Renewal Retreat

The Renewal Retreat is a wellness retreat at Suryalila Retreat Centre in Villamartín, Andalusia, Spain, for anyone who wants to rest, move and reset in a quiet rural setting. It is built around daily yoga, led by the Suryalila in-house teachers, with the freedom to shape the rest of your stay yourself. You can stay for five, six or seven nights.

Suryalila also runs guided retreats with a set schedule. If you prefer a fixed programme to a self-designed stay, a teacher-led week may suit you better than a flexible one.

What to Expect

The self-designed stay starts from a simple rhythm: yoga each day, organic vegetarian meals, time outdoors and plenty of room to do nothing at all. Around that core you choose what suits you. Holistic treatments are available, and there are optional add-ons for those who want more activity, adventure, healing or deeper immersion. Some guests keep their days spare and quiet. Others fill them.

The guided retreats at Suryalila show the range of what the centre offers. A winter wellness retreat with Charmaine pairs daily yoga and meditation with sound healing, breathwork sessions and a cacao ceremony. Michelle Berrange leads a week of therapeutic yoga, meditation and holistic healing, working with structural, physical, energetic and emotional alignment. Lidiya Petkova leads an all-inclusive six-day hiking and yoga retreat, in which 10% of profits go to charitable organisations. The self-designed stay sits alongside these as the open, unhurried option.

The Setting

Suryalila Retreat Centre is in Villamartín, in the Andalusian countryside of southern Spain. Nature is part of the experience here rather than a backdrop. Many guests spend their free time outdoors, and the sunshine and landscape are a large part of why people come to rest and recharge. Meals are organic and vegetarian, and they are part of the daily rhythm of the stay.

Before You Go

- Length of stay: choose five, six or seven nights.
- Daily yoga is part of the retreat.
- Add-ons and treatments are optional, so you decide how full or how empty your days are.
- Guided retreats follow a set schedule and are led by named teachers, so check which format you want before you choose.
- Popular weeks can sell out, so it is worth planning ahead.

Whether you come to practise, to recover or simply to be somewhere calm, the Renewal Retreat at Suryalila gives you a clear structure of yoga, good food and nature, and leaves the rest of the pace to you.