Raw food and Yoga Retreat

7 days with instruction (Yoga Breath of Life)

Enjoy the outstanding natural beauty of Crete in spring. Spend a week in the most natural, full of beautiful wild flowers and positive energy environment in South Crete. In this raw vegan yoga and holistic therapies retreat, you will find your inner self; you will become rejuvenated, calmer, and healthier. You will even be able to see small snow caps on the top of Psiloritis mountain combined with the most breath taking view of the Cretan sea.

Highlights

• Daily yoga classes

• Raw cooking classes

• Live like a Cretan for a day program

• Hiking and walking trips to the mountain

• Fresh organic local fruits for snacks

• 1 free Holistic massage therapy

• Healing Cretan herbal teas

• 7 nights accommodation

Group sizes

The maximum participants in the group is 12.

Styles

• Hatha

• Ashtanga

Languages

• Instruction language: English

•  Spoken languages: German, Greek, English

Daily schedule

• 08:00 Hatha or Astanga yoga session

• 09:30 Raw breakfast with fresh local juices and fruits

• 11:00 Hiking excursion in the Cretan mountains or raw cooking workshop

• 13:00 Raw vegan lunch

• 14:00 Free time or rest

• 17:00 Holistic therapies sessions with organic skin care

• 19:30 Herbal tea time and discussions

• 20:00 Dinner

• 21:00 Free time

Included excursions

You will have the chance to enjoy mindful hiking in the local gorge and join a Cretan night with the locals of a nearby village.

Instructors

Paraskevi Voulgaraki

Paraskevi is the owner of holistic skin care and nutrition company based in Crete that promotes healthy and sustainable living. She loves nature and adventure and always willing to show you around new unknown places. She has studied Business and Management in The University of Maryland but found out that what she really likes doing is living a holistic and meaningful life. She will prepare all your raw meals for the retreat, since she is a certified holistic raw food chef with the most nutritious bio-local fresh fruits and vegetables. 

Activities

• Cooking classes

• Hiking

• Massage

• Swimming pool (outdoor)

• General

• Air-conditioned rooms

• Balcony

• Garden

• Yoga deck

Services

Free Wi-Fi

• Hair dryer

• Internet access

Food

You will be provided with raw meals with organic local fruits and vegetables daily, along with daily hot and cold Cretan mountain tea.

The following meals are included:

• Breakfast

• Lunch

• Dinner

• Drinks

The following dietary requirements are served and/or catered for:

• Vegan

• Raw food

(If you have special dietary requirements it’s a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation)

Spa treatments

Enjoy two holistic full body massages with Cretan essential oils and Pure Strength OF THE ISLANDS Magnesium

What’s included

• 1 holistic full body massage

• 7 nights accommodation

• A welcome basket with organic vegetables and fruits

• All daily raw meals with organic local fruits and vegetables

• Cretan night with the locals of a nearby village

• Daily hot and cold Cretan mountain tea

• Daily yoga practices

• Dinner in the village

• Greek raw vegan workshops

• Mindful hiking in the mountain of Psiloritis

• Night presentations and talks

• Pure olive oil soap making workshop

• Traditional Loom weaving workshop

• Transport to all activities and in all excursions

• Transportation from Heraklion International Airport (HER)

What’s not included

• Additional activities, excursions, or services

• Airfare

• Car rental

• Extra body or face massage treatments

• Horseback riding classes