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Meditation retreats, holidays and centres
Absolute Sanctuary
based: Koh Samui, Thailand
website: absolutesanctuary.com
Absolute Sanctuary, 'Thailand's Premier Detox and Yoga Resort', is a Moroccan inspired boutique wellness resort specialising in detox, spa and yoga holiday programs on Koh Samui, Thailand. Blending accommodation with a wide range of detoxification programs, yoga offerings, spa-based healing therapies and healthy nutritious cuisine, catering to those seeking balance, rejuvenation and wellness.
| detoxification | destination spas | yoga | massage | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | meditation | weight loss | Thailand |
 Amoghasiddhi Kadampa Buddhist Centre
based: Norfolk, UK
website: amoghasiddhi.org.uk
Buddhist meditation retreats, courses and workshops suitable for everyone, held in a quiet and peaceful environment in the heart of Norfolk. Accommodation either in the centre or locally.
| meditation | England |
Aztec Yoga Centre
based: Derbyshire, UK
website: yoga-world.com
A relaxing break in a traditional Bulgarian village near the historical port of Sozopol; offering daily yoga classes alongside various therapeutic treatments ranging from Thai massage to reflexology. Non-yoga partners are more than welcome! Mountain biking, horse riding and water sports are all available. Also yoga and blues music breaks.
| yoga | meditation | massage | shiatsu | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | music appreciation | Bulgaria |
Azul Fit – Yoga & Pilates Retreat
based: Fuerteventura, Spain
website: azulfit.com
At Azul the focus is on improving your health and wellbeing in beautiful sun soaked Canary Island scenery. Offering retreats in Fuerteventura that include pilates, hatha yoga, vinyasa flow yoga, meditation, beachside classes, delicious brunches and evening meals, massage and excursions that will you will leave feeling revitalised and uplifted.
| pilates | yoga | retreats | massage | meditation | detoxification | ayurveda | nutrition | surfing | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | Spain |
Bali Meditation Retreats
based: Bali
website: balimeditationretreats.com
Meditation retreats in Bali, including guided still and active meditations, pranayama, satsang, healing therapies, group workshops, accommodation and delicious organic Ayurvedic food.
| meditation | Bali |
Beach House (The)
based: Goa, India
website: thebeachhousegoa.com
A 5* luxury wellness retreat situated on the beautiful Sernabatim Beach, offering all inclusive wellness, detox and weight management programmes that can be tailored to meet customers' needs. The retreat programmes have been designed with careful precision by nutritional therapists, doctors, life coaches, neuroscientists and consultants. Packages also include return airport transfers.
| retreat | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | weight loss | detoxification | ayurveda | destination spa | nutrition | massage | meditation | India |
Bodhisattva Kadampa Buddhist Meditation Centre
based: East Sussex, UK
website: meditateinbrighton.com
Weekend meditation retreats for everyone from beginners to the more experienced meditator. Comfortable single, twin and dormitory accommodation is available for those attending weekend courses.
| meditation | England |
Casa Blanca Yoga & Reiki Therapy Centre
based: Almeria, Spain
website: casablancayogareiki.com
Yoga holidays and personal retreats in an Andalucian manor house with panoramic views. Individually tailored yoga sessions by a distinguished teacher. Enjoy wonderful yoga and reiki, gourmet vegetarian food, visit a volcanic spa and monastery. Airport transfers available. Featured in The Good Retreat Guide 6th Edition.
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | retreats | yoga | reiki | tailor made | meditation | massage | vegetarian | Spain |
Chillout
in the Sun!
website: chilloutinthesun.com
Holistic holidays with pampering in Spain and Portugal! Offering pools, saunas and jacuzzis, plus
25 treatments for mind, body and spirit in private treatment rooms at
4 star hotels or retreat, set in tropical gardens on an ancient Roman site.
Relax and de-stress with treatments, pampering and indulgence! Featured by ABTA
and Sunday Times Travel.
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | spa hotel/accommodation | reiki | meditation | massage | aromatherapy | yoga | tai chi | qigong | Portugal | Spain |
Clear Sky Meditation & Study Foundation
based: British Colombia, Canada
website: clearskycenter.org
Clear Sky is a not-for-profit, charitable meditation and study center in the Canadian Rockies. It focuses on Western Mystical and Buddhadharma teachings and offers meditation retreats workshops and courses.
| meditation | Canada |
FISU Meditation
based: UK
website: www.fisu.org
FISU, the Foundation For International Spiritual Unfoldment, offers residential and non-residential meditation courses. Their residential meditation retreats take place over three weekends and are held in various venuesand centres around the UK.
| meditation | UK |
Freedom2be – Alternative holidays in the Caribbean
based: London, UK
website: freedom2be.org.uk/wellness_retreat
Wellness, spiritual, personal and couples retreats for anyone wanting to find true happiness and peace in their lives. Providing individually tailored programs for the best results. Based in the paradise island of Guadeloupe, a perfect location to help you unwind from the stresses of daily life.
| retreats | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | self development | relationship coaching/dating skills | meditation | Caribbean | Guadeloupe |
Get On And Live
based: London, UK
website: get-on-and-live.co.uk
A retreat combining life coaching, personal fitness training, massage and more. Do you want to redress your life's balance, reduce stress, gain clarity? Do you need time to identify and plan your next steps, define your goals in terms of career and personal life? Devote a week to you.
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | fitness breaks/gym/keep-fit | NLP | retreats | self development | massage | meditation | Jamaica | UK | Portugal |
GoLearnTo.com
based: London, UK
website: golearnto.com/wellbeing.../yoga...
Affordable yoga holidays that allow you to take a break from the relentless rhythm of everyday life – yoga breaks designed to relax, restore and revive. You can also combine yoga with other activities such as pilates, meditation, surfing, scuba diving, cooking and more, for a wellbeing holiday with a difference.
| yoga | pilates | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | meditation | multi-activity | Spain | Italy | Greece | Egypt |
Himalayan Yoga Institute
based: London, UK
website: himalayanyogainstitute.com
Yoga retreat holidays in two locations; in the Indian Himalayas and on the Isle of Losinj in Croatia. Offering intensive practice of yoga and meditation in beautiful locations, a vegetarian diet and a wide range of activities: twice daily yoga classes, meditation, chanting, hiking, swimming, nutritional advice and life-coaching.
| yoga | retreats | meditation | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | vegetarian | India | Croatia |
Inner
Light Yoga & Health Co
based: Kent, UK
website: yogapilatesholidays.com
Deeply relaxing and rejuvenating yoga, pilates and meditation holidays, retreats and weekends in the UK and abroad at spa hotels in beautiful, peaceful locations. Offering daily classes with a very experienced tutor, evening meditation and deep relaxation, small groups, massage and other treatments available. Beginners are welcome and a full brochure is available.
| yoga | pilates | retreats
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | massage | meditation
| spa hotels/accommodation | destination spas | UK | Sweden |
 Insight Meditation Society
based: Massachusetts, USA
website: dharma.org
Meditation Retreat Centre in central Massachusetts, with a separate Forest Refuge in the countryside for more experienced meditators and longer term retreats. The meditation practice is in 'Insight meditation' (Vipassana) and lovingkindness meditation (Metta).
| meditation | USA |
International Meditation Centre
based: Wiltshire, UK
website: internationalmeditationcentre.org
Buddhist meditation centres offering short Vipassana meditation courses in centres worldwide. Vipassana meditation (insight meditation) is an ancient meditation practice that teaches the 'Eightfold Noble Path' as taught by the Buddha.
| meditation | UK | Australia | Austria | USA | Germany | Japan | Netherlands | Singapore | Switzerland | Ukraine |
Jasmine House (The)
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.thejasminehouse.co.uk
Are you stressed-out? Would you like to 'step off your world' for a few days? To unwind, relax and rediscover who you are and what you'd like from your life? Personal Retreats at the Jasmine House on Portland include life coaching, empathic healing, EFT and meditation, join them and find your way back to happiness.
| retreats | self development | meditation | England |
Kalikalos Holidays
based: Magnesia, Greece
website: kalikalos.com
Kalikalos summer school offers a full programme of holistic community-based workshops, retreats and workcamps from May through September. Offerings include, Advaita satsang, August family weeks, creative arts, healing, self development, Vipassana meditation, walking weeks and yoga. The centre is unique in that it's run as a community and with vegetarian meals.
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | tai chi | yoga | self development | meditation | painting/drawing | ethical/ecotourism | vegetarian | family/child friendly | summer schools | working/volunteer holidays | Greece |
Kamalaya Koh Samui – Wellness Sanctuary & Holistic Spa Resort
based: Surat Thanni, Thailand
website: kamalaya.com
Kamalaya Koh Samui is a wellness sanctuary and holistic spa on the tropical island of Koh Samui, Thailand. Its integral concept is holistic wellness. Its location, facilities, programs, retreats, cuisine, and Kamalaya's team together create a synergy of nurturing for your whole being.
| destination spas | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | yoga | detoxification | weight loss | meditation | tai chi | nutrition | luxury spa collection | ayurveda | Thailand |
Le Retreat
based: Vienne, France
website: le-retreat.com
Country house retreat offering luxury gite accommodation. They focus on relaxation and explore bespoke ways to unwind; facilities promote health benefits; a salt water swimming pool, infra red sauna, and an exercise room with power plate. Also workshops including yoga and meditation, and personal health coaching and beauty treatments on request.
| NLP | nutrition | yoga | meditation | self development | France |
Limnisa
based: Methana, Greece
website: www.limnisa.com
In a secluded bay with its own private beach on an unspoilt, unknown Greek island, Limnisa offers writing seminars, silent retreats and personal retreats. For those who can appreciate the simplicity, the purity and the calmness of the place and get inspired by it.
| writing | retreats | meditation | self development | Greece |
Living Harmony Foundation (The)
based: Slovenia
website: livingharmony.co.uk
Reconnect with nature, experience inspiring workshop facilitators, or just relax in a Retreat Centre set within three acres of outstanding natural beauty. The buildings and land have been purposely harmonised to promote an atmosphere in which people can regenerate, feel calm, relax, energise and transform.
| retreats | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | self development | meditation | yoga | pilates | team building/management courses | groups | Slovenia |
Mairela Healing Retreat
based: Kuhmoinen, Finland
website: mairela.com
Holistic healing holidays at a lakeside cottage with traditional sauna set in the natural environment of the Finnish forest. Personal sessions with an experienced healer, workshops, meditation and reiki, or just peace and serenity. Guests gather tools to enhance their daily life on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | detoxification | reiki | meditation | self development | retreats | Finland |
Osho International Meditation Resort
based: Pune, India
website: osho.com
Tropical meditation resort offering a wide variety of meditation types, including active, passive, traditional and contemporary – in particular are the Osho Active Meditations. 'Live In' programme and guesthouse accommodation available.
| meditation | India |
Radiant Light Retreats
based: Langedoc/Rousillion, France
website: radiantlightretreats.net
Guided transformational retreats offering the opportunity to explore, create and evolve. Using the healing power of the five elements, these retreats utilise yoga, Chi Kung, meditation and affirmation practices together with homeopathic and flower essence therapies to empower you to move into a more creative, fulfilled and healthy life.
| retreats | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | self development | yoga | meditation | France |
Renaissance Retreat - Weight Loss Holiday
based: Alicante, Spain
website: weight-loss-holiday.com
Combine a weight loss programme and holiday in Alicante, Spain. Renaissance Retreat offers tailor-made 1-to-1 weight loss programmes, fitness and wellbeing holidays and detox breaks. They offer holistic packages that combine exercise, healthy eating programmes, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques, together with yoga, pliates, massage and meditation.
| weight loss | tailor made | keep-fit/gym/fitness breaks | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | NLP | massage | pilates | meditation | retreats | detoxification | Spain |
Responsibletravel  Featured Site
based: East Sussex, UK
website: Responsibletravel
 A superb worldwide selection of holistic and wellbeing holidays and retreats to destinations from Asia to South America and from Ireland to Italy. Time to relax, do yoga or Pilates, meditate, enjoy the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurveda treatments, take a holistic workshop, a life coaching holiday, a fitness break or just a quiet retreat.
| retreats | holistic/wellness/wellbeing | yoga | meditation | self development | ayurveda | pilates | tailor made | Worldwide |
Sedona Meditation
based: Arizona, USA
website: sedonameditation.com/MeditationVacation...
2-day meditation vacation with one of the leading meditation training companies in Arizona; including luxury accommodation, private meditation instruction, optional yoga session and a guided nature adventure amongst Sedona's Red Rocks.
| meditation | USA |
Silent Stay
based: California, USA
website: silentstay.com
Non-religious and open to anyone, silent meditation retreats in Assisi, Italy and Napa Valley, California. Aimed at cultivating inner peace and restoring wellbeing through heartfulness meditation and silence. Offering first class accommodation priced so everyone can attend.
| meditation | Italy | USA |
Tranquil Times Holistic Retreat
based: Varna, Bulgaria
website: ruralhealthretreat.co.uk
Relax and rejuvenate your mind, body and soul at this rural retreat close to the Black Sea. Offering a personalised service for individuals and small groups, running twice daily poolside yoga and tai chi/qigong classes, life coaching and holistic treatments. Delicious vegetarian food with non-veggie options. All ages and abilities welcome.
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | yoga | qigong | tai chi | retreats | reiki | self-development | massage | meditation | vegetarian | Bulgaria |
Transcendental Meditation Scotland
based: Edinburgh/Glasgow, Scotland, UK
website: tmscotland.org
Information on courses in Transcendental Meditation in Scotland, including residential weekend courses taught by qualified teachers trained by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of this unique form of meditation.
| meditation | Scotland |
Viveka Yoga Holidays & Retreats
based: Aude, France
website: www.franceyogaretreats.com
Yoga centre located in a beautiful oak forest in Southern France; offering twice daily yoga classes, an introduction to yoga philosophy and an introduction to meditation. Yoga for all and family camps with yoga for parents and children, plus various activities for children; child care provided. Offering delicious vegetarian meals.
| yoga | retreats | meditation | massage | family/child friendly | vegetarian | holistic holidays | France |
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Ayurvedic Natural Health Centre
based: Goa, India
website: healthandayurveda.com
Traditional retreat centre at Goa, India specialised in Ayurveda,
yoga and meditation.
| holistic/wellness/wellbeing | meditation | yoga | retreats | India |
Blue Mango in the Himalayas
based: New Delhi, India
website: bluemangohimalayas.com
The world's highest meditation, inner work and spiritual rejuvenation retreat.
| meditation | retreats | India |
Bodhisattva Buddhist Centre
based: Sussex, UK
website: meditateinbrighton.com
Weekend meditation retreats suitable for all levels, offering a relaxing holiday for the mind!
| meditation | England
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Heather Prince Cae Mabon Retreat
based: Gwynedd, Wales, UK
website: heatherprince.co.uk
Meditation retreat at Cae Mabon, heavily influenced by ancient buildings, the accommodation is Hobbit-like!
| meditation | Wales |
Huzur
Vadisi
based: Ceredigion, Wales, UK
website: huzurvadisi.com
Alternative holidays in Turkey, various courses or just a relaxing
holiday.
| walking/trekking/hiking | belly dance/Middle Eastern | meditation | yoga | tai chi | Turkey
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Iuna
based: Cumbria, UK
website: iunameditation.com
Week-long meditation and yoga retreats at La Hacienda near Granada, in Andalucia, Southern Spain.
| meditation | Spain
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The Art of Meditation
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: theartofmeditation.org
Meditation retreats and weekend workshops in London, around the UK and beyond.
| meditation | UK | France
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Walk of Life
based: Devon, UK
website: walkoflife.co.uk
Weekend guided Sumarah meditation workshops; Sumarah is a Javanese meditative practice.
| meditation | England
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Z Meditation
based: Himachal Pradesh, India
website: zmeditation.com
Meditation retreats in India and California; 15-day silent retreats held at the Z Meditation Center in Dharamsala.
| meditation | India | USA
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