Yoga Retreats In Spain
SPAIN YOGA HIKE RESTORE RETREATS
7 Night Asturias, Spain Retreats
with Jessie Chapman & facilitators
SEP/OCT 2024: Friday 27th September – Friday 4th October
SEPTEMBER 2025: Friday 19th – Friday 26th September
Join us for an inspirational Yoga Hike Restore Retreat set in the beautiful green Asturias of Northwest Spain. Each morning be energised and relaxed with a yoga practice before heading out for our days walking adventure exploring all that this stunning region has to offer. Be immersed in the natural beauty and rich culture with our local Asturian guides sharing insights and stories along the way. In the afternoons we’re back at our hotel to relax with restoration yoga before a homecooked meal. If you love exploring new lands, Spanish food and culture, walking and yoga you’ll love this vibrant retreat journey.
Our journey begins in Oviedo, where our group meeting and pick-up location is. Oviedo is the cosmopolitan capital city of the Asturias Region – and the starting point on the Camino Primitivo or ‘The Primitive Way’ on the Camino De Santiago Walk. From Oviedo we’re transferred to our retreat hotel in the Quiros Valley for 7 nights and days of picturesque walks, scenic mountain hiking, yoga, restoration and cultural immersion. Everyone is welcome and well cared for by Jessie and our knowledgeable guides. The yoga classes are designed for all, from the complete beginner to those with a regular practice, with lots of nourishing one-on-one yoga adjustments and instruction.
Our Retreat Days
Wake up in stunning surrounds
7am: morning yoga
9am: abundant buffet breakfast
10.30am: depart for our day’s guided walking adventure
1.30pm: we share a picnic lunch or stop at a traditional restaurant
4pm: back at our hotel for a bath and a rest
5.30pm: afternoon relaxation and restoration yoga
7pm: a home-cooked Spanish dinner
8.30pm: yoga nidra I relaxation I meditation
Deep restorative sleep
All classes are included and optional. Feel free to miss classes or walks as you feel to simply rest and explore the local area.
Upcoming Dates & Prices I 7 Night Spain Retreats
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024:
Friday 27th September – Friday 4th October 2024
2100 Euro – Twin Room with ensuite (per person)
2600 Euro – Single Room with ensuite
SEPTEMBER 2025:
Friday 19th – Friday 26th September 2025
2300 Euro – Twin Room with ensuite (per person)
2800 Euro – Single Room with ensuite
Many people join our Spain Yoga and Hiking Retreats on their own and can either book a single room or share with another participant.
What's Included - Spain Yoga Retreats
7 nights accommodation
Return Oviedo town/hotel transfers
All vegetarian breakfasts and dinners
Twice daily yoga with Jessie & facilitators
Daily guided hikes and cultural insights with qualified bilingual local guides
Evening relaxation / meditation
Not included: airfares, travel insurance and lunches, which we either enjoy at a resturant or we buy produce at the market to share a picnic along the hiking trail. On one of our hiking days we visit a thermal spa with steam, sauna, ice bath and a range of pools and hydrotherapy experiences. This is an optional activity and the cost is about 30 euro per person.
Spain Yoga Retreat Accommodation & Location
We stay 7 nights in a picturesque rural hotel located 1 hour outside Oviedo in the stunning Quiros Valley of the Asturias Region in Northwest Spain. All rooms are spacious with ensuite bathrooms, bathtubs and a patio with village or valley views. There’s a lounge room, library, wi-fi and private areas to soak up the fresh air and Spanish sun.
Your Spain Yoga Retreat Hosts
Your Spain retreat hosts are Jessie Chapman and Lee Purdie along with the retreat hotel owners and the Asturian hiking guides to take us on our daily adventures. Jessie loves sharing the transformational yoga practice and powerful retreat journeys; creating space for people to deepen in yoga and to be inspired in beautiful natural surrounds. For this retreat Jessie is joined by Lee, who assists in the morning and afternoon yoga classes, giving lots of nourishing one-on-one yoga adjustments and care. Jessie has been teaching yoga for 27 years and for the past 22 years (since 2002) she has been offering Radiance Yoga Retreats in Byron Bay, Asia, New Zealand and Europe. Author of 4 Yoga Books (HarperCollins) including the bestseller Yoga Postures for your Body, Mind & Soul and creator of the Radiance Yoga DVD Series.
Yoga, Restoration & Stillness
Our Spain retreat days are based upon the foundation of morning yoga practice, afternoon restoration yoga along with the daily hikes.
Jessie’s yoga teaching experience, along with the facilitators, allows everyone to be supported and challenged according to their individual needs and level of practice including those new to yoga. Our morning yoga classes are an inspired blend of yoga sequences with breath awareness and holding in postures longer to cultivate strength, flexibility, alignment and awareness. Variations of the postures are demonstrated to suit different energy levels and physical conditions; yoga props are often used for support and an abundance of nourishing yoga adjustments are given by Jessie and facilitators.
The afternoon restoration yoga classes are designed to deeply relax body and mind and restore energy levels. Jessie loves to share the powerful healing benefits gained from deep relaxation. Yoga props are used to set up in the different postures well, allowing for the deep rest and restoration to happen.
Other Spain yoga retreat classes and activities include evening yoga nidra / a lying down guided relaxation and meditation.
Getting There, Arrival & Departure, Extra Night
Arrival Day: Our group pick up on Day One is 5pm at the Oviedo Bus Station (next door to the train station and right in the town’s centre). If flying into Oviedo (Oviedo/Asturias International Airport) there are buses running on the hour from the airport to the bus station. Once you’ve arrived at the retreat there’ll be time to get settled before our first group yoga class followed by a welcome dinner.
Departure Day: On the last day yoga finishes early followed by breakfast and a return drop off to Oviedo Bus Station by 10 am. If you have an earlier flight, a private transfer can be booked at an extra fee.
Extra nights: We suggest arriving to Oviedo a day – or two – before our retreat and staying at Hotel Fruela, which is in a central location in the beautiful old part of the city. There’s so much to see in Oviedo with the cathedral being the start point for ‘The Camino Primitivo’ on the Camino De Santiago walk.
How to get to Oviedo: There’s an international airport 45 min from Oviedo (Asturias) with regular flights from Madrid and other points in Spain and Europe. You can check flights from anywhere in the world using www.skyscanner.net. If flying into Oviedo there are buses running on the hour from the airport to the bus station. Madrid is 5 hours south of Oviedo via fast train and San Sebastian 5 hours north east by bus or car. For train travel information within Spain see www.renfe.es. For bus service see www.asla.es.
More group pick-up and retreat information is emailed upon registration.
EUROPEAN YOGA RETREAT TESTIMONIALS
“Having just spent a fantastic week in Spain, I am delighted to recommend Jessie Chapman’s Radiance Yoga Hike Restore Retreat for anyone who wants an active and stimulating holiday. I feel both rested and reinvigorated, and ready to explore the world further. The hiking and scenery is incredible, and the intensity of the daily yoga helped me make some real gains (even as a beginner). The combination of mental and physical challenges and restorative contemplation was perfectly balanced and both teachers were really helpful and knowledgeable. Oh, and the food was delicious! Fabulous week in an amazing part of the world.
Cara – Spain Yoga Hike Restore Retreat
“I highly recommend Radiance Retreats. I’ve been to 4 now in 4 different countries and they have all been amazing experiences and so well organised. The yoga classes cater to all different levels of experience and everyone is so well looked after.”
Lina – Radiance Spain Yoga Hike Restore Retreat
“The joy began at the sight of our Villa which proved to be ‘home’ for a week of well balanced strengthening, restoring, rejuvenating yoga and meditation. We enjoyed wonderful walks through the countryside and optional outings. The vegetarian food, facilities and staff were outstanding and Jessie’s guidance and nurturing instruction lead us all through a wonderfully, memorable time. I now have a new strength of heart, body and mind. Thank you so much.”
Jenny – Europe Yoga & Walking Retreat