Yoga, meditation, breathing & mindfulness - retreat week on the Greek Blue Zone island of Ikaria

Ikaria, the island of free spirits
Experience relaxation, strength, joie de vivre and enjoyment in the midst of nature and the sea.
16. - 23.5.2025

About the island
Ikaria is an absolute insider tip and is considered a phenomenon among Greeks and tourists alike. Ikaria is the cozy, unadulterated Greece of the 1970s. The people are simple, open and welcoming.
Ikaria is a place of longing. A place to slow down, where people savor and enjoy life to the last drop. Dive into the lightness of being, away from materialism and consumerism, back to nature and people, to music, liveliness and joy.
Many even say that this is the perfect place to find the real meaning of life...
Written by Ursula Kastanias @ Raches - Ikaria - Greece

About the retreat vacation
When was the last time you felt alive? In your power? In flow with yourself? We often live an idea of ourselves. This makes us narrow, almost rigid. We ignore our feelings and our needs. We ignore ourselves.

In this retreat, we come into our power with hatha yoga and flows. With deep breathing exercises, we achieve relaxation and expand the body and mind. In meditation, we deepen our contact with ourselves and release blockages that prevent us from living the life that feels good. We make our hips and neck supple again. We connect with our inner truth, our soul life and allow ourselves to be. We enjoy the sea, long walks, the sun, conversations with like-minded people, good food - wellness for the soul.

The program
Twice a day we practise and experience meditation, breathing exercises, hatha yoga, flows, yin yoga, yoga nidra, savasana
Mind walking with personal mantra (optional)
Self-reflection painting coaching (in the group, no prior knowledge required).
Creative self-reflection, journaling

Contents
Meditation: We take time for our soul and deepen the connection to our inner truth and intuition. In silence, we connect with lightness and joy. And we listen to what our heart desires so that it feels alive and powerful.

Asanas: With physical exercises we mobilize our spine and joints, strengthen and stretch our muscles and tendons and strengthen and increase our energies (chakras) so that we can walk new paths upright and strengthened. We straighten up both externally and internally and stand up for ourselves.

Pranayama: With targeted breathing exercises, we get our prana (life energy) and our chakra energies flowing again. Calming, invigorating and balancing breathing techniques support us on our inner journey.

Total price
7 days
12x 1.5 - 2 hours of meditation, yoga etc.
1 hour of mind walking with your own mantra (optional / depending on the weather)
1.5 hours of painting coaching, "self-reflection" (in the group, voluntary)
creative self-reflection, journaling

Accommodation
Daidalos Hotel, Armenistis, Ikaria, Greece
7 nights in a standard twin room with balcony and garden view including breakfast

Total price
Yoga & accommodation including breakfast
Price per person
- Double occupancy: 739 €
- Single occupancy: 969 €

Flight to Ikaria has to be organized by yourself. It is advisable to search via Skyscanner. I will be happy to help you. Just get in touch with me.

The Greek hotel Daedalus on the island of Ikaria offers comfortable double rooms with all modern amenities such as large verandas with panoramic views of the Aegean Sea, direct dial telephone, modern bathrooms with shower, washbasin, WC, fridge etc.

Accommodation
Daidalos Hotel >, Armenistis >, Ikaria, Greece
7 nights in a standard twin room with balcony including breakfast

Total price, per person
Yoga sessions & accommodation breakfast included

- Yoga
8 days
12x 1.5 - 2 hours of meditation, yoga etc.
1 hour of mind walking with your own mantra (optional / depending on the weather)
1.5 hours of painting coaching, "self-reflection" (in the group, voluntary)
creative self-reflection, journaling

- Accommodation
Daidalos Hotel, Armenistis, Ikaria, Greece
7 nights in a standard twin room with balcony and garden view including breakfast

- Double occupancy: 739 €
- Single occupancy: 969 €

Arrival to be organized by yourself. I recommend searching via Skyscanner. Ikaria has its own airport, which you can fly to via Athens or Thessaloniki.
I will be happy to advise you.

Flight to Athens, domestic flight to Ikaria.
Do you have any questions? With pleasure. Just write to me.
We recommend travel cancellation insurance.

Breakfast is included in the hotel. The village of Armenistis has many different cafes and eateries that cater to different tastes and needs. The food on Ikaria is considered to be one of the secrets behind why people on this island age so well and for so long.

Program schedule
(subject to change)

Arrival day
18 - 19.30 Welcome & getting to know each other
Relaxing yoga sequences (arrival, introspection, letting go)
from 8 pm dinner together

Yoga days
8 - 9.30 a.m.
Meditation, introspection, pranayama, asanas, savasana
9.30 a.m. Breakfast
Free time at your disposal
1x mind walking (optional)
1x painting self-reflection, group coaching (voluntary)
5 - 7 p.m.
Asanas, pranayama, meditation, introspection, yoga nidra
from 19.30 Dinner

Departure day
8 - 9.30 a.m. Meditation, introspection, pranayama, asanas, savasana
9.30 a.m. Breakfast
Check out until 11 am

1 free afternoon for excursions
Joint hikes and painting sessions are organized on site.
There are many beautiful places on Ikaria where it is worth making an excursion. Excursions can be done on your own or with other yogis.
You may want to book a rental car during this time to be more flexible.
Feel free to ask me about this.

Arrival is to be organized by yourself.
I will be happy to advise you.

Flight to Athens, domestic flight to Ikaria or via Samos and then by ferry to Ikaria.
Tip for Hamburg: with Condor to Samos, then by ferry to Ikaria

Do you have any questions? No problem. Just write to me.

We recommend travel cancellation insurance.