“Unleash your cooking sills and relax with yoga”
7 Day Yoga Holiday and Ova-Lacto Vegetarian Cooking in Trujillo
Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Yoga Holiday and Ova-Lacto Cooking in Spain
Looking for a holiday where you can relax and unwind, nourish your mind and body with delicious and healthy food, and develop skills for a healthier and happier life? Then join Spanish Yoga Retreat for a delicious yoga and veggie cooking holiday. Incorporating daily yoga and mindfulness classes with vegetarian or vegan cooking tutorials, optional body therapies, and top-notch plant-based fare, this yoga and cooking holiday has all the ingredients to leave you feeling empowered, inspired, and rejuvenated.
Highlights
- Daily yoga and mindfulness classes
- Daily plant-based cooking tutorials
- Holistic body therapies
- 6 nights accommodation
- Daily brunch and dinner
- Airport transfers
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
5 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Spanish
Group size: 2-6 participants
Airport transfer available:
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (US$ 93 per person)
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (US$ 93 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
18:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Bar
- Café
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Lobby
- Luggage room / storage
- Restaurant
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Wireless internet
Superior option: Posada El Baciyelmo
The Posada is a 16th-century building stylishly and exquisitely decorated in a contemporary style. The studios have en-suite bathrooms, a kitchen, a terrace, underfloor heating and air conditioning, a television, and Wi-Fi. There is a library, a garden with a pool (and a lemon tree), and on-site parking. This is an intimate family-run place. The very friendly staff speaks fluent English, Dutch, and Portuguese as well as Spanish. Situated in the town center, it is just a five-minute walk from the yoga studio.
Value option: Mesón Hostal Hueso
Comfortable simplicity with a private bathroom and all essential amenities at unbeatable value
Top end option: Eurostars Hotel
Eurostars Hotel is a 4-star accommodation in the Palacio De Santa Marta. It has all the facilities, including an outdoor pool. Splash out with top-end accommodation in this former baroque convent. Just meters from Trujillo's Plaza Mayor and with glorious views of the surrounding countryside this is one of the city's most exclusive locations. Facilities include TV / Wi-Fi, heating / air-con, room service, outdoor pool (Jun-Sep).
Program
From local produce to world gastronomy
The yoga and cooking holidays bring you millennia of human gastronomic ingenuity from around the globe to help you create traditional and innovative dishes using fresh local ingredients. With practical hands-on tutorials to grasp those essential cooking methods and yoga and mindfulness to spark your creativity. These cooking holidays will help you relax and unwind as you acquire skills for creating world-class dishes as big as your imagination.
A complementary partnership
Yoga and a vegetarian diet
Ethical, sustainable, and nutritious, a plant-based diet is yoga’s natural partner, creating a synergy that will benefit your whole physical and mental well-being. And is it delicious? You bet it is! With its fusion of mindfulness and bodywork, yoga helps you reduce stress, optimizing your structural, vital, and mental well-being while being a source of inspiration for all your creative endeavors.
Learning to create great food from simple, natural ingredients will satisfy your creativity and all your senses while supporting your well-being and being kind to the planet and your budget. Add a good dose of yoga and congenial company in a stunning location and you have a perfect recipe to unwind, recharge, and acquire new skills that will last you a lifetime.
Art Of Flavour
- Sweet to balance sharp
- Salt to enhance sweet
- Bitterness for depth
- Umami for deliciousness, fat for richness, and chili for the thrill
Balance smell with the six primary tastes for an infinity of flavors.
Cooking Methods
- Sautéing and braising
- Steaming and searing
- Roasting and baking
And other classic and innovative ways to make your plant-based cooking varied, nutritious and delicious.
Science Of Spice
- Explore their aromatic and health properties
- Work with whole and ground spice
- Create your own spice blends
From seasoning your oil to tempering and layering, learn to work with spice for depth and complexity.
Positive Nutrition
Optimize your menus for maximum nutrition:
- Food combining for protein
- Getting your B12 and other essential vitamins
- Feeding your friendly bacteria
And other ways to make your diet healthy and complete
Antinutrients
Eliminate toxins through:
- Soaking and sprouting
- Peeling and heating
- Curing and fermenting
And other ways to make your food yummy on your palate and gentle on your body.
Yoga and meditation classes
This yoga and cooking holiday offers you daily yoga and meditation classes led by José Manuel Ponce, a registered osteopath and yoga teacher for more than three decades. You will work in small groups of six, integrating classic yoga postures, dynamic movement, and mindfulness informed by modern science for a yoga practice 100% focused on your needs and goals.
Retreat itinerary and activities
Start your day with a soothing and invigorating yoga class incorporating classic postures, dynamic movement, breath work, and guided relaxation and meditation. Then enjoy a wholesome brunch of raw and cooked salads of fruit, vegetables, grains, and pulses, with a protein dish. Served buffet style so you manage your own portions before your dinnertime feast.
Post-lunch, some time for yourself: enjoy a snooze, lie by the pool, or walk off your meal exploring the city and beyond. The cooking tutorials combine demonstrations with working singly or in pairs in your own workstation for that hands-on practice to help you cook with confidence. You’ll get handouts on nutrition and other essential topics in addition to facilities for making your own notes. After dinner, you can take a gentle evening stroll and round off the day with a nightcap before retiring.
Day 1: Arrive
- Welcome, orientation, and buffet dinner from 7:30 p.m.
Days 2 - 6
- Morning yoga class
- Brunch
- Free time
- Cooking tutorial
- Dinner
- Evening stroll and nightcap
Day 7: Depart
- Round off your gastronomic adventure with some yoga self-practice and a full veggie brunch. Buen provecho!
Location
This retreat will take place in Trujillo, Extremadura in Spain. Set on a high granite tor ancient Trujillo is a beacon of culture in a pristine land of forests, mountains, rivers, and endless skies. Whether your preference is for the activity or just relaxing, for town or country, Trujillo has it all.
The city's 9th-century Moorish citadel gives way to a labyrinth of shady streets and open squares housing the rich artistic heritage of nobility, merchants, and conquistadors during the city's long and complex history. Modern-day is a haven of beauty and tranquillity. An ideal place to enjoy, relax, and heal.
City Of Trujillo - Microcosm Of Old And Modern Spain
Historic, modern, lively, and also laid back, the diminutive hill-top City Of Trujillo in Extremadura offers you the best of town and country and an authentic taste of Spain. Explore the labyrinth of streets, leafy plazas, and ancient monuments of the Medieval city, relax and people watch in its plentiful cafes, or discover a rugged natural landscape of mountains, forests, and endless skies, all accessible on foot. Whether you like city living with all mod cons or immersing yourself in nature, our yoga and cooking breaks give you the best of both
Distances
- Posada El Baciyelmo - 5-minute walk
- Hotel Cuzco - 4-minute walk
- Hotel Eurostars - 3-minute walk
- Town Square - 3-minute walk
Food
During this retreat, you will be served lacto-ovo vegetarian brunch and dinner.
The following meals are included:
- Brunch
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Daily yoga and mindfulness classes
- Daily plant-based cooking tutorials
- 6 nights accommodation
- Daily brunch and dinner
- Airport transfers
- Holistic body therapies
What's not included
- Airfare
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MAD
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
227 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 93 per person
Driving directions from Madrid
- Trujillo is off the A5 trunk road connecting Madrid to Lisbon, 189 kilometers from Madrid.
- From the airport follow the signs to the circular M40 traveling south-west (counter-clockwise).
- You will eventually see signs for the Avenida de Extremadura / A5 to Badajoz.
Arrival by airplane
Spanish Yoga Retreat is able to arrange for an inbound transfer from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Trujillo by private car for 90 EUR one-way per person. They can only provide this service for a minimum of 2 participants. The distance is 256 kilometers and takes about two hours.
If you are opting for the airport-to-hotel transfer please book your flight to arrive at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) in time for the 5 p.m. departure. The rendezvous is at Barajas Terminal 4 arrivals meeting point between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
The usual mode of travel is by Express coach From Estacion Sur De Autobuses, Madrid, direct to Trujillo. Take a taxi (30 EUR fixed price) or travel by metro from the airport to Estación Sur De Autobuses where there are numerous daily direct coaches to Trujillo, including non-stop services. Tickets are bookable in advance online where there are Spanish and English speaking options.
If you need to get to the retreat center by yourself Spanish Yoga Retreat will meet you on arrival, either at the bus station or in the main square (Plaza Mayor), escort you to your accommodation, and assist with your check-in as necessary. Full travel details will be automatically available on booking and at any time on request
Airport: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Airport transfer available:
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (US$ 93 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 22% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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