Align, Restore & Writing Retreat

The Align, Restore & Writing Retreat is a week-long yoga retreat at Suryalila Yoga Retreat Centre in Andalusia, Spain. It is led by Michelle Berrange and Lara O'Brien, and it suits anyone who wants to slow down, look inward and put what they find into words.

The week brings together therapeutic yoga and meditation with guided creative writing for self-enquiry and release. It is built around reconnecting, reflecting and renewing, in peaceful surroundings and in the company of a warm community.

What to Expect

The retreat runs for a week and weaves two strands together. Michelle's therapeutic yoga and meditation support alignment on four levels: structural, energetic, emotional and physical. Alongside this, the creative writing is guided and used as a form of self-enquiry, a way of noticing what is present and letting some of it go.

The two practices complement each other. Yoga and meditation settle the body and mind, and the writing gives that settled attention somewhere to land. Nourishing food and the company of other participants shape the rest of the days.

Your Teachers

Michelle Berrange teaches the yoga and meditation. Her approach is therapeutic, aimed at supporting alignment across the structural, energetic, emotional and physical, so the practice works as restoration rather than exertion.

Lara O'Brien co-leads the retreat with Michelle, and the guided creative writing is part of the week she shares in leading.

The Setting

The retreat takes place at Suryalila Yoga Retreat Centre in Andalusia, Spain, in surroundings the organizers describe as peaceful. It is a place for stepping away from the everyday and giving yourself room to reflect, whether you come to write, to practise yoga, or to rest.

Before You Go

This is a retreat for people drawn to both movement and writing, and for anyone who wants a week that attends to body, emotion and reflection together. Nourishing food is part of the week, and so is the community you share it with.