The Release Retreat with Laura Wilkes

The Release Retreat with Laura Wilkes is a healing retreat held at Bab Zouina on the Route de l'Ourika in Morocco. It is a yoga retreat in a house where yoga is the heart of the programme, and it suits anyone looking for a guided, residential week of practice away from home. Laura Wilkes leads the retreat, which sits within Bab Zouina's year-round calendar of teacher-led gatherings.

About the Retreat

The Release Retreat is one of many retreats Bab Zouina hosts each year, each designed around its own teacher and theme. Laura Wilkes leads this one, and the title points to its focus on letting go. Guests who want to know the exact style of practice, the daily schedule or the finer details of the programme will find them in the retreat brochure that Bab Zouina provides for each retreat.

The Setting

Bab Zouina is a retreat house on the Route de l'Ourika in Morocco, set up to host yoga retreats throughout the year. The venue works with a range of qualified teachers across many traditions, including Ashtanga, Flow, Hatha, Iyengar, Jivamukti, Kundalini, Sivananda and Yin. It also hosts Teacher Training courses, generally following the Yoga Alliance framework. That experience of hosting teachers and groups means a retreat here is built around the practice itself, with accommodation and meals handled on site.

Airport transfer is part of the arrangement, so guests do not need to plan the final stretch of the trip on their own.

Before You Go

At Bab Zouina retreats, the price includes:

- airport transfer
- teaching and workshops
- accommodation
- meals

Some retreats add excursions or other activities. Depending on the retreat, guests can book either directly with the teacher or through Bab Zouina, so it is worth checking which applies before you arrange travel.

Because the Release Retreat is a healing retreat rather than a technical training, it is a good fit for people who want a supportive environment to rest, practise and let go. If you have questions about your level of experience, the style of yoga Laura Wilkes will teach, or specific needs such as dietary requirements or accessibility, ask the teacher or the venue before you travel so that you arrive knowing what to expect.