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Women's Yoga Retreat in Greece

This retreat will awaken your deep knowing and intuition so that you will find your path and walk it, supported by like-hearted women from across the world. You'll learn to express the whole spectrum of womanhood and experience a deep sense of relaxation and alignment with your body, your womb, your calling, your past, your future, your lineage, and your pleasure. The sisterhood is waiting for you on the magical and wild South coast of Crete!

Meet the instructors

Julie & Lucile
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Highlights

  • All classes
  • 1x return boat trip to Sweet Water Beach
  • Linens and bath towels (a limited number of beach towels are available for use)
  • Time off to explore the wild Sfakian coast
  • 7x brunches and 5x dinners
  • 7 nights accommodation

Skill level

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate

6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French, Italian
Group size: Maximum of 14 participants
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Accommodation

YogaOnCrete House

Accommodation is offered in a lovely traditional stone house. The house is a 5-minute walking distance to the village center and beach, but also pleasantly secluded. The garden at the front and the private olive grove at the back blend in with the landscape and offer options for places to rest.

Rooms

Rooms are designed in a natural combination of old and new and are spacious and comfortable. The rooms are allocated on a first come first served basis (there is a limited availability of rooms and single rooms in particular).

Program

About the Program

Come join YogaOnCrete for a week of deep relaxation, self-discovery, and joy. This retreat is an introduction to living in tune with the cycles of the sun, the moon, and the womb through women’s circles, yoga, and intuitive movement sessions.

Every day at the retreat includes a morning meditation and Hatha-flow yoga practice, and a late afternoon women's circle, both designed to explore the energy of each phase of your menstrual cycle.

You will have the chance to swim daily in the cool, turquoise Mediterranean waters at beautiful beaches, explore the idyllic unspoiled surroundings of Chora Sfakion, and be nourished by wholesome local food cooked with love by their wonderful cook Maria!

The retreat will awaken your deep knowing and intuition so that you will find your path and walk it, supported by like-hearted women from across the world. You'll learn to express the whole spectrum of womanhood and experience a deep sense of relaxation and alignment with your body, your womb, your calling, your past, your future, your lineage, and your pleasure.

The sisterhood is waiting for you on the magical and wild South coast of Crete!

Highlights:

  • Morning Hatha yoga classes, including elements of free flow and somatic practices, with Lucile
  • Morning Cyclical Living mini-workshops with Julie
  • Afternoon Women’s circles with Julie to experience each phase of your cycle through beauty medicine, intuitive movement, singing, drawing, soul sharing, ritual, and much more
  • Amazing nourishment with all the real goodness of Cretan food - vegan and gluten-free options available
  • Time off to explore the wild Sfakian coast, its gorgeous beaches on the turquoise Libyan Sea
  • Possibility to tailor and deepen your journey further by booking an extra 1-on-1 Somatic Coaching for Women session with Julie or Yoga session with Lucile

Women's Yoga

The morning yoga practice with Lucile will start with a short breathing meditation and end with deep relaxation and breathing techniques. The practice is based on Hatha yoga and incorporates elements of free flow and somatic practices.

You will look at how the body can feel free and open when allowed to experiment, flow, and be breathed into. Through the practice you create a more bright, centered, spacious awareness of your being so you enter everyday life more confident, true to yourself, and happy.

You will uncover the vitality and joy that is present in the body when you slow down, listen to its needs and make space to receive its wisdom.

Particular practices for the four phases of the hormonal and / or moon cycle will be offered (follicular / waxing moon; ovulation / full moon; luteal / waning moon; menstruation / new moon), for menstruation and menopause to balance and contain hormonal and emotional fluctuations.

Women’s Circles

Women's circles are a beautiful, safe, and supportive space to share, practice listening with compassion, allow yourself to follow your heart, and be held by a group of like-minded women.

Julie, a trauma-informed life coach, menstrual and creative movement therapist, as well as Awakening Women Circle facilitator, will hold space for you to dive deep into exploring the feminine cycle through movement, art, and rituals.

The sessions will start with a womb relaxation, then enter into a healing journey and you will complete with more relaxation and sharing.

In each circle, you will experience initiation into another phase of womanhood, another way of entering pleasure and creating oxytocin (the love hormone), another phase of your cycle, of the moon, of the sun:

  • Inner Girl: Finding Peace and safety for your little girls (follicular phase or innerspring)
  • Abundant Woman: Healing the mother-daughter relationship (ovulation or inner summer)
  • Wild Woman: Welcoming your fierceness (luteal phase or inner autumn)
  • Wise Woman: Embracing your intuition (menstruation or inner winter)

Whether you have a menstrual cycle, are going through, or have passed menopause, these phases apply to the subtle energies that affect a woman and her creative potential throughout life.

If you're experiencing (pre-) menstrual pain, menopausal, fertility, or sexuality issues, you're likely to find release, opening, and a way forward.

Schedule of Activities:

  • The week begins with an opening Women's Circle at 18.30 on the day of arrival, followed by a delicious vegetarian dinner cooked by the wonderful intuitive cook Maria
  • All other days will begin with a 1-hour morning yoga and meditation class led by Lucile (usually 08:30 to 09:30), each day focusing on one of the phases of your menstrual and / or moon cycle
  • This is followed by a Cyclical Living mini-workshop led by Julie (approximately 09:45 to 10:45), which will introduce the theme of each day, followed by brunch
  • In the afternoon, guests are free to relax and enjoy the beach and sunshine, receive a massage treatment or private Somatic Caching for Women session with Julie, or explore the village and region
  • In the late afternoon, there is a Women's Circle (approximately 18:30 to 20:30), in order to dive deeper into the exploration of the theme of the day, after which you will have dinner together
  • All sessions are held on the yoga deck under the olive trees so you can enjoy your connection with the sea, the trees, and the hills.
  • The fourth day of the week is a rest day with no yoga or women's circles: An optional excursion can be arranged, including a guided hike through a gorge of the region (usually the magnificent Aradaina gorge) or another season-appropriate hike, ending at the beach (approximately 25 EUR depending on a number of participants going)
  • On the last day, departure can be arranged after brunch

Included excursions

This is included in the price:

  • A return boat trip to Sweet Water Beach

Instructors

Julie Mosmuller

Lucile Pinteaux

Location

Sfakia, Crete

This program will take place in Sfakia in the region of Chania in Crete, Greece.

About the Location

Chora (pronounced "Hora") Sfakion or Sfakia, the capital of the municipality of Sfakia, is located on the southwest coast of Crete. The landscape of the region is particularly dramatic.

The mountains in this part of Crete meet the sea, with steep slopes towering over the beaches. The road from the north of the island threads through breathtaking mountains and small villages to reach the port village of Sfakia. A sense of peace radiates from the dry mountains and the sunset skies.

With its quiet, picturesque alleys, the beaches are just within walking distance. There are a few restaurants and cafes with tasty local dishes on offer lining the old harbor, Sfakia can become the little haven for anyone who wants to step out of the modern city's fast-paced lifestyle for a while.

If you are up for a short hike after the sun has gone down, just above the last house of the village is the little church of Agios Georgios, hidden away in a cave. Previously a neighborhood of the village, but nowadays abandoned, Georgitsi is also a ten-minute hike up the mountain.

Distances

  • Georgitsi - 10-minute hike
  • Vrisi (Spring) village beach - 10-minute walk
  • Glika Nera (Sweet Water) - 30 minutes walk
  • Amoudi (Sandy Beach), 1.5 kilometers
  • lligas (Vertigo) beach, 1.5 kilometers
  • Filaki (Prison) beach, 2 kilometers
  • Orthi Ammos (Vertical Sand, literally), 15 kilometers
  • Frangokastelo (Frankish fort), 15 kilometers

Features

General

  • Dining area
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Garden
  • Kitchen
  • Lounge
  • Special menu request
  • Terrace
  • Yoga studio

Services

  • Free Wi-Fi

Food

Cretan Diet

The Cretan diet is renowned for its macrobiotic qualities, but also for its great variety of delicious flavors. More than the pure, fresh ingredients themselves, it is the fact that cooking is traditionally performed almost like a ritual, with love, and always in the prospect of offering the food to others, that makes the Cretan cuisine so special.

The cook embodies this spirit, preparing two nutritious lacto-vegetarian meals a day, using local, and wherever possible, organic products (grown in from their own garden!).

The village restaurants, only a short walk away, offer a wide range of local dishes, including fresh fish and game.

The following meals are included:

  • Brunch
  • Dinner
  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Water
  • Coffee
  • Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

  • Vegetarian
  • Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
  • Organic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

  • On 2 of the nights, the guests are free to dine out in the village restaurants (not included in the course cost; approximately 15 to 20 EUR for a full meal including drinks).
  • Individual excursions (e.g., hikes, boat trips) can also be arranged at an extra cost

Places

At a 300 to 500-meter distance from your accommodation, in the village, you will find:

  • Bar
  • Coffee shop
  • Restaurants
  • Post office
  • Pharmacy
  • Dentist
  • Bakery
  • Supermarket
  • Mini-market
  • Tourist shop
  • Medical center
  • Gas station
  • Hairdresser / Manicure-Pedicure
  • Scuba diving school (also offering snorkeling equipment and boat trips)
  • Organized beach with umbrellas, sunbeds, and cafe / tavern, as well as canoes for rent
  • You can also request a special menu, for the meals offered at the house (example is vegan or gluten-free)

Massage Treatments:

Choose from Holistic massage, Cranio-sacral treatment, and Reflexology with Ginger compress treatment with Federica (when she is teaching) or another on-site or local therapist (1 hour/ 50 to 60 EUR).

Additional Excursions to Beaches

Additional excursions to beaches (if you would like to explore other beaches that are not within walking distance from the village, you should budget approximately 5 to 20 EUR per trip depending on whether a boat or taxi ride is shared with other guests).

What's included

  • All yoga classes and women's circles
  • One return boat trip to Sweet Water Beach
  • Linens and bath towels (beach towels also are available for use)
  • 7 brunches and 5 dinners
  • 7 nights accommodation

What's not included

  • Massage treatments
  • Flights to Crete
  • Insurance
  • Additional excursions to beaches
  • Transfers to Chora Sfakion
  • All breakfast and 2 dinners out per week

How to get there

Recommended Airports

Arrival by car

A car can be hired and picked up at either Chania or Heraklion airport upon arrival or during your stay in the village. The windy mountain road down to the village has just undergone extensive work, with three tunnels replacing the sharp curves, making it much safer and easy to drive on!

Alternative car hires companies YogaOnCrete recommends are Drive Kreta and the international Enterprise.

Arrival by airplane

In order to reach Chora Sfakion, you can fly directly to Crete, to the airports of Chania (CHQ - pronounced Chania, which is an hour's drive) or Heraklion (HER, which is 2.5 hours' drive).

For flights from the UK, Easyjet, Ryanair, and Monarch airlines have direct flights from several UK airports to Crete, both to Heraklion (HER) and to Chania (CHQ), during the tourist season. You can also use Thomas Cook, Just The Flight, Charter Flights, Cheap Flights, or Flight Line. From London Stansted, also check the daily flight of Aegean Airlines to Chania via Athens.

For flights from other European countries try Ryanair, that now connects several European cities to Chania (CHQ). Also Easyjet, Transavia, Norwegian Airlines, Aer Lingus, German Wings, or Air Berlin. Be aware that on some occasions booking two single flights can be cheaper than a return flight!

You can also fly to Athens (ATH) and either get a transit flight or boat to Crete (Chania - CHQ).

Arrival by bus

To get to the bus station in Chania from the airport (2.50 EUR; duration 30 minutes), buses run at different times every day to correspond with the flights. This is also the case for the return journey.

The bus station in the city has a luggage storage, operating between 6:30 and 20:00, which can be useful if you have a long wait, as the beautiful old city is just a few minutes walk away.

If you need to get a taxi from the airport to the bus station, the cost should be about 15-20 EUR. From Chania, you can then get a bus directly to Chora Sfakion, but confirm departures in advance because during high season (April-October) there are only four buses a day (at 8:15, 11:00, 14:00 and 16:00; 8.30 EUR; duration 1 hour and 45 minutes).

From Heraklion airport, there is a frequent bus service (No. 6) that takes you to the main bus station in Heraklion (duration 15 minutes). Ask the driver to tell you where to get off for the bus station, because it is not obvious.

From there, you first need to get a bus to Rethymnon (approximately every hour; 8.30 EUR; duration 90 minutes) and then a bus to Chora Sfakion changing buses at Vrisses (at 8:00, and 13:00; 8.30 EUR; duration 2 hours).

Vrisses does not have a bus station per se, rather, a coffee shop in which you can buy a ticket and in front of which the buses stop.

Arrival by ferry from Piraeus (Athens)

There is an overnight ferry to Chania from Piraeus, the port of Athens, easily accessed by metro from Athens "E. Venizelos" airport. It departs at 21:00 and arrives at Souda, the port of Chania, which is a 10-minute bus journey away from the main bus station in Chania city center, at 05:30 the next morning.

The return journey with Anek lines starts from 63 EUR (deck price; there is a discount if the return journey is booked at the same time as the first part).

Arrival by ferry from Paleohora, Sougia, or Aghia Roumeli

The southwest coast of Crete is fairly well served by daily ferry lines traveling from Paleohora to Chora Sfakion. This is a convenient option if you were thinking of spending some time on the south coast before arriving at YogaOnCrete.

You can also reach them in this way after hiking the Samaria gorge (consider putting your luggage on a bus at Chania, to be picked up at Chora Sfakion, so you can hike light).

Arrival by taxi

Traveling by taxi is the most convenient way to reach the village. A taxi from Chania city center or airport costs 85 EUR (1 hour) and from Heraklion 140 EUR (2.5 hours).

GPS

  • YogaOnCrete house - 35.20192, 24.13809
  • YogaOnCrete studio - 35.20184, 24.13936

Cancellation Policy

  • A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
  • The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
  • The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.
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