Iyengar Yoga retreat with Sabine Naud

This Iyengar Yoga retreat with Sabine Naud takes place at Bab Zouina, on the Route de l'Ourika in Morocco. It is a week-long residential yoga retreat for people who want to practise in the Iyengar tradition, with teaching and workshops led by Sabine Naud and everything of the stay arranged in one place.

What to Expect

The retreat is built around Iyengar Yoga, a method of yoga known for its attention to alignment and precision in the postures. Sabine Naud leads the teaching and the workshops through the week. Bab Zouina designs each of its retreats around the teacher who leads it, so the shape of the days follows Sabine's approach to the practice.

Iyengar Yoga is one of several traditions taught at the venue, alongside Ashtanga, Flow, Hatha, Jivamukti, Kundalini, Sivananda and Yin. Iyengar retreats come up often in its calendar, which says something about how well the style suits the place.

The Setting

Yoga is described as the heart of Bab Zouina. The venue hosts retreats throughout the year, working with a range of qualified teachers, and it also runs yoga teacher training courses that generally follow the Yoga Alliance framework. A retreat here is therefore held in a place used to receiving groups who have come to practise, rather than a space borrowed for the occasion.

The address is on the Route de l'Ourika, in Morocco. Guests stay on site, with accommodation and meals as part of the retreat, and an airport transfer is arranged as part of the stay, so you do not have to work out the final stretch of the journey yourself.

What Is Included

The retreat price covers:

- airport transfer
- teaching and workshops
- accommodation
- meals

Some retreats at Bab Zouina add excursions or other activities, and each teacher's retreat has its own brochure with the specifics. Depending on the retreat, guests can book either directly with the teacher or through Bab Zouina, so it is worth confirming which route applies to this one before you arrange travel.

Before You Go

Those who already practise Iyengar Yoga will find a week of focused study with a dedicated teacher. If you are newer to the method, it is sensible to ask the teacher about the level the week is pitched at, since the retreat information does not set a prerequisite. Because transfers, lodging and meals are all handled for you, the main thing to organise is your flight to Morocco and what you need for a week of daily practice: comfortable clothes you can move in and your own sense of what helps you settle into a yoga routine.