Learn to cook vegan & yoga

With creativity, fresh ingredients and a good pinch of humor, Alex Müller shows you how ingenious and easy vegan cooking is. In four different programs, you will learn the basics, travel across Asia in a cooking pot, discover the joys of Italian cuisine or prepare a heavenly Christmas menu. In the daily yoga classes, the combination of movement and breathing creates inner balance.

Retreat to the Mountain Retreat Center in the Chiemgau mountains. The Retreat Center has 19 rooms with views of the impressive natural landscape of the Alps. It can happen that you are amazed out of nowhere. Again and again. Each of our rooms is a special kind of retreat in its own right. Small, fine, cozy. Some have their own bathroom and toilet, some share a bathroom and toilet with other program participants, but all have a washbasin in the room.

The full board at the Mountain Retreat Center is vegetarian and vegan. The most important meal of the day, at least according to the Chinese, is breakfast. That's why we also attach particular importance to a good, healthy breakfast - always including warm porridge. For lunch you enjoy soup, bread and spreads, and in the evening you are treated to a delicious buffet with salad, creative vegetarian-vegan main courses and a dessert. Always freshly cooked and as seasonal as possible. Intolerances can be catered for by prior arrangement.

Let yourself be impressed by vegan cuisine and its finesse in the mountains of Chiemgau. Try things out, exchange ideas, get to know preparation methods and experience explosions of flavor: vegan cooking is creative and easy. Cook and enjoy together at the Mountain Retreat Center.

Your vacation days start with yoga in the morning. You will feel more flexible, alert and ready for the day. Feel how body and mind become one in the flow of the asanas.

Program "Basics of vegan cuisine", 7 nights, 14-21 Jan. 2024 & 03-10 Mar. 2024

Get to know the basics of vegan cuisine. We cook, braise, cut and marinate. With a pinch of Ayurveda and everything you need to know about flavor theory. Delicious things are created - from soup to dessert. And perhaps you will say, like our chef Alex Müller: "Preferably vegan".

Bella Italia" program, 7 nights, 26 May - 02 June 2024

Italy makes us think of the joy of good food and the art of enjoyment. And also cheese, pasta dishes and crispy dough. Alex Müller shows you how to make vegan cheese yourself and prepare incredibly good pasta and pizza using purely plant-based ingredients. Discover "la bella vita".

Fascination Asia" program, 4 or 7 nights, 01-05 Sept. 2024

Fermentation, street food and curry: Alex Müller shows you how ingenious and simple vegan Asian cuisine is. Learn how to ferment, play with spices and taste what umami means.

Program "The Christmas Menu", 4 nights, 20-24 Nov. 2024 & 26-30 Nov. 2024

This time-out will give you a stunningly delicious Christmas. Alex Müller will show you that Christmas dinner preparations can be relaxed and joyful with his vegan cuisine.

The Mountain Retreat Center is located in the German Chiemgau region, on the border with Austria.

Arrival by car:
Take the A8 highway (coming from Munich or Salzburg) and exit at Frasdorf, direction Aschau, from there it is a 15-minute drive to Sachrang.

Arrival by train:
Take the train or bus to Aschau or Prien im Chiemgau. From there you can either take the bus (few connections) or a cab to Sachrang.
Cab costs from Aschau to the Mountain Retreat Center approx. € 35.
Another convenient and inexpensive way to get from Aschau train station to Sachrang - Rosi, an on-demand service from the Rosenheim region.