10 sustainable Yoga-Retreats for Zen-Seekers in 2024

10 sustainable Yoga-Retreats for Zen-Seekers in 2024
©Moritz Attenberger | HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio

This is an update of our article on sustainable yoga hotels from July 4, 2023 and contains current dates for yoga retreats 2024.

Namaste. Do you feel like you’re missing out on your schedule? Well, lying down on the beach might do the trick. But it doesn’t give you a strategy for dealing with your stress in general. So when you get home, it’s bound to come back. How about a week of daily yoga instead? Here are ten sustainable yoga hotels in Thailand, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, and Germany. In the end, you also get a free yoga tutorial!

 

Yoga by the Atlantic Ocean at the OCÉANO Health Spa Hotel in Tenerife

Yoga auf der Dachterrasse des nachhaltigen gesundheitshotels OCÉANO Health Spa Hotel
©OCÉANO Health Spa Hotel

 

At OCÉANO Health Spa Hotel, yoga has been practiced for more than 30 years and is an integral part of the health concept. There is a yoga room and a yoga space on the roof terrace. Hatha yoga is practiced Monday through Friday, with levels depending on the participants. If you’d like, you can also book a personal one-on-one class for 78 euros to deepen your knowledge.

Other highlights: The Canary Island hotel is right on the ocean and has a fantastic infinity pool and saltwater pools.

Dates 2024: You can book the “YOGA ESCAPE” program for your vacation in 2024. It consists of a combination of group training, individual lessons and Ayurveda treatments. Bookable at any time.

 

Paradiso Pure.Living on the Alpe di Siusi, Italy

Paradiso Pure.Living offers you Sunrise & Vinyasa Yoga 3 times a day! Your first class always starts in the morning at 7.30 am (Pure Flow, Pure Strengh, Pure Core). In the afternoon between 11am and 2pm you have the opportunity to take a private lesson and in the afternoon at 4.30pm there is another group yoga class open to all guests. (Maximum group size is 12). The sustainable hotel on the Alpe di Siusi in South Tyrol has both an indoor yoga room and a yoga terrace.

Other highlights: The Paradiso Pure.Living offers a purely vegetarian-vegan kitchen, which is since 2024 run by the prominent vegan chef Aggeliki Charami.

Yoga retreats 2024: In combination with the daily offer, the team also organizes yoga retreats according to your wishes. Simply contact them by email and let them know your preferred dates and goals.

 

LA VIMEA, South Tyrol, Italy

Yoga at LA VIMEA © Biotique Hotel LA VIMEA
Yoga at LA VIMEA © Boutique Hotel LA VIMEA

 

A connection to yourself and nature – that’s what LA VIMEA in South Tyrol wants you to experience. This is achieved through a combination of yoga, meditation and forest bathing. Guests can take part in both Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga classes. The two yoga teachers, Monika and Melanie, have years of professional experience and want to help you find inner peace.

Other highlights: LA VIMEA is a purely vegan hotel, which also ensures that no animal products are used in any of the hotel’s amenities.

Dates 2024: In the current calendar you will find yoga dates from Monday to Saturday, once or twice a day. You can also book private meditation classes at any time.

 

Okelmann’s, Lower Saxony, Germany

Okelmanns, Warpe, Yoga
The head of the hotel, Maren Geisler-Okelmann, is a qualified yoga teacher. @Okelmanns

 

Located in the idyllic town of Warpe in Lower Saxony, Germany, Okelmann’s is a family-run eco-hotel. In addition to sound massages and yoga retreats, you can also book yin yoga classes with your dog.

Other highlights: Okelmann’s has an excellent café with delicious cakes (vegan options available) and its own concept store with sustainable, handmade products, such as beautiful dog gifts.

Dates 2024:

10.05.2024 – 12.05. 2024 Yoga-Retreat Spring Break

30.05.2024 – 02.06.2024 Heart-connected Retreat

14.06.2024 – 16.06.2024 Yoga Summervibes

19.07.2024 – 21.07.2024 COOL DOWN – YOGA.RETREAT

29.07.2024 – 01.08.2024 Flow & Relax – Yoga of the elements

23.08.2024 – 25.08.2024 Open your heart and shine retreat

30.08.2024 – 01.09.2024 Ground & Glow Yoga & Breathwork Retreat

12.10.2024 – 15.10.2024 Balance and inner Peace Retreat

31.10.2024 – 03.11.2024 Let it go, let it flow

22.10.2024 – 24.11.2024 November-Silence (Yoga, Mediation, Mindfulness)

 

STURM, Rhön, Germany

© STURM

 

Are you looking for a place to practice yoga in peace and quiet? At STURM in the Rhön biosphere reserve, you’ll find the perfect place for such a time-out. The light-filled yoga room with mats, cushions and yoga blocks is open daily. There are also beautiful spots in the garden. An experienced yoga instructor is available upon request to teach yoga according to the “Indian philosophical culture”.

Other highlights: The wellness hotel has a natural swimming pond and half board with 100 percent organic products.

Dates 2024: Private lessons on request

 

HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio Allgäu, Germany

Yoga & mindfulness is a big theme at the HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio Allgäu, and in addition to beginner’s classes, you can delve deeper into the practice during various yoga retreats. Internationally renowned teachers lead the retreats, such as Florian Palzinsky, who lived in Asia for 12 years as a Buddhist monk. Throughout the summer, there are daily yoga classes in the outdoor yoga area, including Hatha Yoga, Yin & Yang Yoga, Breath Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, and Nature Yoga. Special men’s yoga retreats are also a specialty.

Other highlights: There’s a 4,500-square-foot spa area with an infinity pool, twelve treatment rooms, and a gym-plus beautiful views of the Allgäu mountains.

Yoga-Retreats 2024: 

28.04.2024 – 27.11.2024: Mindfullness-days with Doris Iding

05.05.2024 – 08.05.2024: Breathe, Flow & Relax with Desiree Klink

26.05.2024 – 30.05.2024: Yoga & Consciousness-Coaching with Mona Köberle

18.07.2024 – 21.07.2024: Yoga Retreat with Ranja Weis

25.08.2024 – 28.08.2024: Meditation- and Yoga-Days with Yeshe Brost

22.09.2024 – 25.09.2024: Yoga-Days for Couples with Esther & Martin

10.11.2024 – 13.11.2024: Slow Down Retreat with Claudia Adolphs & Frauke Brüninghaus

05.12.2024 – 08.12.2024: Meditation – Retreat with Annet Münzinger

 

Keemala, Thailand

Sustainable yoga-retreats in Thailand © Keemala

 

The Keemala villa resort on the Thai island of Phuket offers holistic yoga-retreats of three to six days that can be tailored to your individual needs. If you’re looking for a permanent way to deal with stress, there’s the “Unwind Program” for people with a lot of work (and life) pressure. In this retreat, you will not only relax through yoga and various spa treatments, but you will also learn to identify and decode your personal stress behaviors. Then you’ll learn how to avoid them in the future and instead approach your tasks in a relaxed and confident manner.

Other highlights: Each villa has its own pool and overlooks the Thai jungle to the sea.

Dates 2024: The retreats “Purify”, “Energys”, “Renuvejade” and “Unwind” can be booked at any time and last 3 to 6 days.

 

The Pavilions Himalayas – The Farm, Nepal

The Pavilions Himalayas
© The Pavilions Himalayas

 

If you already have some experience with Yoga and want to get yourself to the next level, you can do so at The Pavilions Himalayas – The Farm. Here you are surrounded by a majestic landscape with organic farms and a view of the Himalayas. The Yoga-Retreats in this resort features not only the fundamental principles of yoga and practice but also Yogic Ahar (diet) and classical Knowledge (that means, the teachings of a traditional understanding of Yoga). The goal is, to develop a personal Yoga Sadhana and to apply Yoga in your life “for maintaining peace, bliss, and harmony”.

Other highlights: Spa with Sauna and Infinity-Pool, the accommodation features authentic Nepalese lifestyle

Dates 2024: Here you can find the brochure about the Yoga-Retreat 2024.

 

Puri Dajuma, Bali, Indonesia

In Bali, many different Hindu gods are worshipped. At Puri Dajuma Cottages & Spa, people also honor a special connection to “taksu”. This is a little-known belief in a cosmic energy that heals the body and mind, directly or indirectly. In yoga, you open yourself to these very energies. But even if you don’t believe in it, yoga and its associated conscious breathing and meditation will do you good. The sustainable yoga-retreats at Puri Dajuma takes place daily under the guidance of yogi “Tini”: in the garden, on the beach, or in the large semi-open yoga room surrounded by palm trees.

Highlights: The eco-resort has several Balinese-style cottages, suites and villas and is located right on the beach.

Dates 2024: daily

 

Yoga retreats for the annual cycle at Gut Sonnenhausen

Gut Sonnenhausen near Munich
Yoga-Retreats in the midst of nature | ©Gut Sonnenhausen

 

Gut Sonnenhausen near Munich is the perfect place to unwind in the middle of nature. The converted country estate has a beautiful secluded location in a nature reserve and offers various yoga day retreats in harmony with the annual cycle.

Highlights: The estate has a large garden that is managed according to the principles of permaculture.

Yoga retreats 2024:

22.09.2024: Day retreat: Autumn equinox – Finding Peace

10.11.2024: Day retreat: Sound & cocoa ceremony

08.12.2024: Day retreat: Preparation for the winter solstice

 

Free yoga tutorial with Simona from ADLER Lodge Ritten, South Tyrol

If you’re now really into the yoga feeling, you might as well get started! Our partner, the ADLER Lodge RITTEN on the Ritten in South Tyrol, Italy, recently published a tutorial with teacher Simona! Here she shows you a simple meditation exercise in 15 minutes:

 


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