Spring Long Weekend Retreat

This yoga retreat in Domburg, on the Zeeland coast of the Netherlands, is a long weekend of functional movement, breathwork, silence and sea air at Yogabee Retreat Centre. It is meant for anyone who wants three days to restore mind, body and spirit, with practice in the mornings, time outdoors and a spa on site. It is led by yoga teacher Mike Van Cauter of Pop Up Yoga Concepts.

What to Expect

The retreat begins at 6 pm on the arrival evening and ends at 3 pm on the last day, across three nights. The days combine movement, breath and time outside.

Movement is the core of the programme: six dynamic, workshop-style functional movement classes, including wall yoga and mobility work with Kinstretch. An optional early morning guided mindfulness meditation comes before the morning practice. One morning is set aside as a silent mindfulness experience, and there is a transformational breathwork workshop as well.

The coast is part of the programme. Guided walks follow the Zeeland shoreline, finishing with a warm drink in the village of Domburg. There is a 30-minute HIIT session on the beach, and a cold sea immersion with guided breathwork. After movement or a walk, the indoor heated pool and dry sauna are there to ease the body.

About Mike Van Cauter

Mike Van Cauter is a Brussels-based yoga teacher, movement specialist and retreat facilitator, and the founding teacher of Pop Up Yoga Concepts. He has more than ten years of professional experience helping people understand how their body is designed to move. His work centres on functional movement: yoga in service of how the body actually functions, with attention to spine health, injury prevention, holistic mobility and long-term physical resilience. Where many teachers focus on form, he focuses on function and explains the reason behind each movement.

He founded Pop Up Yoga Concepts in 2016 on the belief that yoga belongs in your life and not only in a studio. Before teaching, he spent ten years in an international corporate career, during which he lived with stress, emotional trauma and severe asthma.

The Setting

Yogabee Retreat Centre sits in the unspoilt seaside countryside of Zeeland, about an hour from Antwerp. The yoga room is large, well heated and looks out over nature. A separate wellness house holds the dry sauna and the indoor pool.

All rooms are twins. Most share a bathroom, including one smaller room, and two deluxe rooms have an ensuite bathroom.

Meals are vegetarian and cooked from scratch by the retreat's vegetarian chef, using organic and seasonal ingredients. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are provided, with gluten-free and dairy-free options. The food is meant to leave you nourished without feeling heavy, and recipes are shared afterwards for anyone who wants to cook them at home.

Before You Go

The price covers accommodation, all meals and snacks, the movement classes, meditation, breathwork, silent morning, cold sea immersion, beach HIIT, guided walks and use of the pool and sauna. A massage with the onsite masseuse is available at an extra cost.

The room you choose sets the price: the smaller twin with a shared bathroom, a standard twin with a shared bathroom, or a deluxe twin with ensuite bathroom. A deposit secures your place.