“Enjoy the beautiful mountains!”
7 Day Hiking Tour with Mindfulness and Yoga in Austria with Johanna and Megan
Innsbruck, Statutory City, Tyrol, Austria
Hiking Tour in Austria
Join Megan Halewood for a rejuvenating yoga and hiking tour led by her and international hiking leader Johanna Welsch where you will disconnect from daily life and reconnect with nature.
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Megan & Johanna
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Highlights
- 7 days of activities
- Daily hike with Johanna
- 2 yoga classes every day
- Guided breathwork and meditation sessions
- Fully qualified international mountain leader and yoga teacher
- 6 nights accommodation
- Daily meals
Skill level
- Intermediate
- Advanced
7 days with instruction
Group size: Maximum of 12 participants
Accommodation
During the tour, you will stay two nights at a hotel in Innsbruck and four nights at a hut.
Hotel
In Innsbruck, you stay in double or twin rooms with bathrooms in a simple hotel, which is within five minutes walking distance of the main station.
Meißner Haus
Meißner Haus is a simple mountain hut, and you stay in shared rooms, yet only share within the group. The hut has new shared washing facilities including showers, a cozy common room, and a large sun terrace that you share with other hikers.
Program
This tour is located in a cute mountain refuge tucked away in a quiet corner of the Alps. The hut is located at the end of a tranquil valley by a river from where you venture on picturesque day hikes to the surrounding lakes and mountains. Throughout the hikes, you take some time out to enjoy the beautiful and wild surroundings of the Alps.
Each day you will experience different styles of yoga and learn how to meditate and take away tools to help incorporate more mindful moments into your life. In the evenings, the hut team pampers you with typical vegetarian or vegan Austrian cuisine. This tour requires a certain level of fitness to participate in the hiking. Please send an inquiry if you are unsure.
Who is this for?
- Anyone looking to find space and time to reconnect to themselves and nature
- Both solo travelers looking to connect with a group of like-minded people as well as couples and friends who want to take some time out to explore nature and rejuvenate
- Anyone in need of a break from routine, a stressful job, or needing a reset
- Those wanting to educate themselves more about mindfulness, yoga, and hiking
What you will learn: Yoga, mindfulness, and hiking
- Learn how to adopt a mindful yoga practice to suit your body and mind
- Find ways to embed more moments of mindfulness into your day
- Learn tips and tools on how to build endurance and be safe in the mountains when hiking
- Discover how the breath can help manage stress and anxiety, calm the nervous system, and help you during exercise
- Learn the basics of how to develop and maintain a meditation practice
Yoga
Before breakfast, Megan will teach a Hatha Vinyasa seasonal yoga flow, which is influenced by traditional Chinese medicine and the seasons. During the classes, you are guided through a unique sequence of postures that have been specifically prepared to align your energy with the current summer season. Each class has a theme or intention to help you get more out of the session and encourages you to take what you have learned off the mat.
After your hikes or after dinner, Megan holds another relaxing yoga class focused on stretching your tired muscles and turning inwards. The practice is open to anyone and there are always options provided to suit all levels. There is a large yoga shala next to the hut that they use exclusively for your yoga class, especially in the mornings, and a private sun terrace facing westwards that is gorgeous to practice at in the afternoon or during sunset.
Hiking schedule
Day 1 - Arrival
You meet at the hotel in Innsbruck, where you will also spend your last night, so extra luggage can be stored at the hotel during the tour. There is a pre-tour briefing and discussion of the packing list in the late afternoon and a joined dinner in the city center in the evening.
Day 2 - Meißner Haus (1720 meters)
- Distance: 6 kilometers
- Elevation: +700 meters, -50 meters
- Walking time: 3 hours (not including breaks)
You take a bus to the small village of Mühltal from where you start your hike to Meißner Haus. The gravel path winds along a long river valley gently uphill until the hut appears on a wide green meadow. Please note that you will carry your backpack up to the hut yourself, which will weigh about 10 kilograms.
Day 3 - Boscheben (2035 meters)
- Distance: 2 kilometers
- Elevation: +350 meters, -350 meters
- Walking time: 2 hours
Directly behind Meißner Haus leads a beautiful path through the quiet pine forest up to the Boscheben hut. The cute little hut offers coffee, delicious cakes, and comfy sun loungers. If you feel like it, you can continue to the peak of Patscherkofel (2246 meters, one hour) and join the coffee upon your return.
Day 4 - Rest day
Today you rest from hiking and focus solely on your yoga practice. You meet after breakfast in the yoga shala for a long and deep Hatha yoga class. The rest of the day is free for you to enjoy the hut’s sun terrace or venture to the nearby river, where it forms into a little lake, for a swim or just to enjoy the surrounding nature. After dinner, you come together on the private sun terrace for a relaxing Yin yoga class.
Day 5 - Blue Lake (2235 meters)
- Distance: 10 kilometers
- Elevation: +650 meters, -650 meters
- Walking time: 4 hours
This hike starts on a gravel path up the river valley, which soon turns into a narrow hiking path. At the end of the valley, you encounter the small blue lakes that invite you to swim. Megan will lead you through a guided meditation, and you have enough time for a snooze in the sun. Afterward, you take the same way back.
Day 6 - Descent
- Distance: 6 kilometers
- Elevation: +50 meters, -700 meters
- Walking time: 2 hours
Today, you enjoy a lie-in and come together after breakfast for a playful yoga workshop on the sun terrace. After lunch, you descend to the village of Mühltal from where you take a bus back to Innsbruck.
Day 7 - Departure
You finish your hiking week over dinner the night before. Everybody can meet up for breakfast in the hotel and you can start your travel home at any time today.
Sample daily schedule (subject to change)
- 07:30 - 08:30 Hatha yoga and breathwork
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 11:00 Hiking with Johanna
- 16:30 - 17:30 Yin and meditation
- 18:30 Dinner
- 21:00 Lights out
Instructors
Megan Marcelle
Megan has always been fascinated by the workings of the mind, which is why she studied psychology at Edinburgh University. She found yoga after graduating when she travelled to Vietnam to work as an English teacher for local children. Megan has completed the following complimentary courses: Mindfulness in schools training, 300-hour yoga teacher training specialising in traditional Chinese medicine and Yin yoga in India, intensive training course with Usha Devi, Vipassana (10 days of silent meditation).
Johanna Welsch
Johanna Welsch is a fellow yoga teacher and hiking guide who has been exploring the Austrian alps since she was a young girl.
Location
The tour will take place in Austria.
Food
You will be served daily breakfast and four healthy dinners as well as unlimited tea included in the price. The hut aims to cater to dietary restrictions. However, it is not always possible given its simple facilities and the remoteness of its location. If you have any dietary requirements, please communicate them in advance.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Organized trip by a registered travel company
- Guided hikes by a fully qualified UIMLA and VDBS international mountain leader
- 2 yoga classes per day by a qualified yoga teacher (Megan Marcelle Yoga)
- 6 nights accommodation
- 6 breakfasts
- 4 vegetarian or vegan dinners
- Unlimited tea
- Public transport from Innsbruck to the start and from the end of the trek
- Information package about the trip and the area including a packing list (3 months in advance)
- Tax
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Dinners on the first and last evening in Innsbruck
- Lunches and beverages during the trip
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MUC
Munich Airport
124 km
Transfer not provided
INN
Innsbruck Airport (Kranebitten Airport)
3 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by train
Megan Halewood recommends traveling to Innsbruck via train. The hotel and meeting point in Innsbruck is 500 meters from the main train station.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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