The 10 Best Yoga and Meditation Retreats in the World

If you are looking for an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, focused on wellness and relaxation in a stunning yoga retreat, then this article is for you. We have put together a list of the top 10 yoga and meditation retreats in the world.

📝 The best yoga and meditation retreats

From Bali to thailand, these yoga retreats offer everything you need to relax the mind and rejuvenate the body.

So, whether it's for a week or the whole year, check out some of the best yoga retreats that will leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

4 Day Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Cornwell, England

Overview

Enjoy a magical weekend with "Do Yoga" in this yoga retreat very close to a 12-meter waterfall. Open yourself up to yoga, meditation and deep healing in the heart of an ancient Cornish woodland.

The most outstanding:

• Yoga sessions twice a day
• Meditations by the magnificent waterfall
• Experienced Yoga Teacher and Retreat Director
• Beautiful beach and cliffs within walking distance
• Vegetarian meals and hot drinks
• 2 nights accommodation

Accommodation

You will enjoy the perfect environment to fully relax in peaceful surroundings, with many lovely beaches and coastal walks nearby. This place has been a spiritual haven for hundreds of years and now is your chance to experience the charm after everyone else has gone home.

The retreat center just like Mykonos Villas, is hidden from the general public, so you won't be disturbed. It also has a large garden, a covered yoga area and a treatment room.

Program

Join Emma for twice-daily yoga sessions (outdoors, when possible) and meditations by the magnificent waterfall, where you'll have private access. In the afternoons, there will be dynamic and gentle yoga, as well as Yoga Nidra to relieve stress.

If the weather is nice on the hill, you can participate in a Solstice Fire ceremony! You will leave rejuvenated and restored from this unique experience.

Program:

• morning meditation
• dynamic hatha yoga
• shared meal
• Free time in nature for hiking or bathing on the beach
• Dinner
• Relaxing Hatha yoga session
• Yoga Nidra for deep sleep

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6-Day Yoga, Meditation, and Healing Eco Retreat in Turre, Spain

Overview

No list of the best yoga retreats would be complete without La Finca Paradiso retreat center. A magical six-day experience at La Finca Paradiso retreat center, set amongst 33 acres of productive Spanish gardens and overlooking the Sierra Cabrera Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.

This luxurious eco-retreat center allows you to enhance yoga, meditation, breathing, movement, creativity and the mind-body-spirit connection. You will focus on deeper levels of yoga practice, meditation, breathing, physical activity, creativity, and spiritual connection.

The most outstanding:

• 4 yoga classes
• 6 days of practice
• Daily guided meditation session
• Dance classes and mantras and Chakras workshop
• Daily breakfast, lunch and dinner
• 5 nights of accommodation
• Airport transfers

Accommodation

La Finca Paradiso is a sacred place in the mountains of southern Spain that runs entirely on solar energy. The owner, who has spent the last 20 years creating this charming and unique family home, can't help but feel the timelessness and romance.

Each view is a work of art, thanks to the exquisite attention to detail in the main Estate and other houses, as well as in the intricate gardens. La Finca Paradiso invites individual visitors seeking rest, rejuvenation and reconnection with Mother Nature.

Finca Paradiso combines the aesthetics of carefully planned gardens, seasonal dishes picked from the ground, and the energy of the bed of selenite and quartz crystals that sustain it to create a paradise-on-earth experience for all who visit.

The Finca is a three-bedroom main residence that includes three cozy double accommodations: the Main Room, the Butterfly Room and the Garden Room, as well as two double rooms: the Blue Room and the Citrus Room. On both levels there are private terraces with amazing views from above.

Program

After breakfast, you can practice yoga in the Moroccan Hymer tent before taking a dip in the solar-heated black and gold pool, book an Ayurvedic massage in the healing space, connect with nature while contemplating more than 600 fruit and nuts among Los Jardines, and recharge your batteries with a meditation in the moonlight in the Amphitheatre.

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11 Days Inspirational Ayurveda & Yoga: Kerala Healing Retreat (in Spanish)

This is an encounter journey, a space to nurture and reinvent yourself to let go of the old, leave low frequencies behind to open yourself to a new leap of perception: feel your multidimensionality and direct your life towards what elevates you. Silence yourself, listen to your voice, sprout from within... Welcome home!

The knowledge you will receive is living matter. You will be able to apply it to the different aspects of your daily life after this immersion. Daily yoga exercises, a healthy diet for each season and tips to keep your body, mind, emotions and spirit aligned. This is a unique opportunity to give your cells a gift, empty the imperfect and open yourself to a new perception.

Discover and experience a complete and holistic purification for 11 days to re-tune your body, mind and spirit.

The most outstanding

• Two daily yoga sessions
• An initial consultation with an Ayurvedic doctor
• Retreat in English and Spanish (with Spanish translator)
• Boat trip, waterfalls, beach, botanical garden, hiking...
• 21 Ayurvedic massages (20 health, 1 beauty)
• Full board of Ayurvedic food
• Personalized meal and massage plan
• 10 nights of accommodation

Level of Experience

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Yoga Styles

• Hatha
• kundalini
• vinyasa
• Therapeutic

Accommodation

Right next to the sea and surrounded by palm trees, is the medical clinic and international school of Ayurveda: Greens Ayurveda.

At this well-appointed location in Kerala, you'll be cared for by the best team of Ayurveda specialists to help you unlock your infinite potential. Live an experience that takes you out of your comfort zone at all levels.

During this retreat, your accommodation will be at Greens Ayurveda in a private room.

Program:

• 6:30 a.m. Meditation and yoga
• 8:00 Breakfast
• 9:00 am Visits and excursions accompanied by your guide
• 13:30 Lunch
• from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free time to dedicate to reading and walking around
• from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Outdoor activities
• from 18:30 to 20:30 Ayurvedic massage or spiritual speeches
• 8:45 PM Dinner, then retire to your room for the night

Day 1

• 08:00 – 12:00 Check-In and initial inquiries.
• 12:00 Greetings and introduction.
• 13:00 Buffet Lunch (with consideration of the initial consultation)
• 14:00 In-depth interview: first treatments and classes.
• 18:00 Yoga with Lumiel.
• 19:00 Buffet dinner.

Day 2

• 07:00 Light yoga class in English. The practice is taught by a native yogi with a set of exercises suitable for all levels.
• 08:00 Yoga class in Spanish.
• 09:00 Hot and cold buffet breakfast (for the specific diet prescribed by the doctors)
• 10:00 – 13:00 Time for classes, receiving treatments, resting and relaxing, reading, going for a walk or swimming in the sea, sunbathing on the beach… simply enjoying life.
• 13:00 Buffet Lunch: Vegetarian and Ayurvedic (for the specific diet prescribed by the doctors)
• 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Treatment hours.
• 18:00 – 19:00 Yoga with Lumiel. Yoga exercises, specially designed for your internal work of detachment and release of the inherited ballast. Working guided by your intuition, you will be able to unlock deep emotional and physical blocks that will help you overcome your fears, generating more confidence and self-esteem.
• 19:00 Buffet dinner.
• 20:00 Round of talks to share feelings, ideas and personal experiences.

Last day

• 07:00 Last yoga class.
• 09:00 Hot and cold buffet breakfast (for the specific diet prescribed by the doctors)
• 10:00 Delivery of the diploma accrediting the completion of the course (for those enrolled in the course)
• 11:00 a.m. Farewell ceremony.
• 12:00 Departure

*There are no classes on Sundays. Instead you will have an excursion (weather permitting or a massage).

This retreat is for you if:

• If you feel that you lack energy to realize your dreams.
• If you lack motivation and joy or are excessively lazy.
• If you have any health problem (digestive, circulatory, mood or skin) and you don't know what to eat to feel better.
• If you want to prepare to be a mother or father.
• If you have been in a bad stage and want to start with renewed energy.
• If you feel good, but want to feel even better. Whether you are young or have lived a long time: this Indian adventure has a lot to offer you.

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6 Day Yoga Meditation Retreat – Tampaksiring, Bali

General view

This could certainly be one of the best yoga retreats in Bali. The Amori Yoga Retreat is a unique way to learn more about yourself.

It is an exciting personal journey of self-discovery that also includes purification of body and mind, as well as spiritual insight into the world's most stunning and unspoiled naturally-occurring regions. Enliven your body, mind and spirit with Amori's wellness and healing experience.

Leave this yoga retreat feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and energized.

The most outstanding:

• daily yoga practice
• meditation sessions
• Body massage and body mask
• 5 nights of accommodation
• daily healthy breakfast
• Airport transfers

Accommodation

Amori Villas is located in one of the most impressive and undisturbed natural landscapes in the world. It is a small luxury hotel with an emphasis on wellness. Retreat leaders have exclusive use of all facilities and staff for their most important yoga and health retreats. Do you want to visit Bali for real? Choose Ubud and Amori Villas as your destination.

Butlers, chefs and spa therapists will provide you with a warm and personalized service. With Amori's calm and smiling employees, immerse yourself in the peaceful natural surroundings while listening to the river and the infinity pool. Amori is much more than excellent accommodation and service.

Amori was built by two well-traveled Australians who split their time between Perth and Ubud. They understand what you want when you are on vacation. Amori Villas is architecturally stunning, with marble bathrooms, large bedrooms, infinity pool, vaulted ceilings, eco-friendly yoga pavilion, great spa treatment rooms, organic gardens, and lush tropical surroundings.

Program

You will do four 1-hour yoga sessions every morning, starting on the second day, at 6:30 – 7:30 a.m. You will also do two meditation sessions in the afternoon. Tea time will follow meditation sessions, with ginger tea, lemongrass tea, or ginger/honey/mint tea available as options.

Pamper yourself with a herbal massage and body wrap, which includes a combination of a relaxing body massage and a Boreh head mask. You will also receive three Balinese body massages and a natural facial using organic herbs and natural products.

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6 Day Health, Yoga and Meditation Retreat – Maui, Hawaii

General view

This yoga and meditation retreat in Hawaii is a once-in-a-lifetime spiritual experience Snorkeling in beautiful waters, stand-up paddle boarding and seeing sacred sites on Maui are some of the fantastic ocean experiences available. We provide a deep connection to Mother Hawaii, Mother Ocean, and your genuine self.

Every day, in addition to these magnificent excursions, we have blissful yoga, sound healing with crystal bowls and dynamic ancient meditations. Enjoy gourmet food and luxurious accommodations while expanding your consciousness and heart-center.

The most outstanding:

• kundalini yoga classes
• Afternoons of sacred sound sessions
• Meditation and yogic philosophy classes
• Roundtrip transportation to the retreat location
• Plenty of free time to explore Maui
• Daily Fresh Organic Local Cuisine
• 5 nights of accommodation

Accommodation

The location of this Hawaiian yoga retreat is beautiful. You can spend the night in a wonderful shared room with a shared bathroom or in a lovely private room with a private bathroom. You may have to pay one day before or one day after the session, so you can extend your stay in paradise even more. Any of the Hawaiian Islands can be reserved for an extra week.

Program

This exciting retreat includes yoga, adventure, crystal bowl sound healing and ancestral meditation studio. Diane Leilani Cline is a medicine woman, shaman, and healer who has studied with Hawaiian elders, gurus, and three of the original 13 Grandmothers. During this session, you will also learn about a sacred ritual that connects you more deeply with nature to discover tools to live in harmony.

A beautiful tropical island awaits you, where you can rest, relax and disconnect. This retreat will offer you the best accommodation, a caring environment, and a highly sacred learning space available only for your use. Diane's mission is to lift people up. He has taught over 7,000 people around the world and is based in Hawaii, so you will be able to visit the island with a local expert guide! Therapeutic fasting under Juice Detox conditions can be arranged on request.

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5 Day Empowerment Yoga and Meditation Retreat – Arizona, USA

Overview

Now is the time to recharge, reinvent yourself and re-ignite. The Sedona Vortex, Arizona's strong red rock current, is the ideal setting for that activation! Whether you are ready or not, you are being urged to alter your life. The transformation that can take place in this 4 night / 5 day adventure will require 6 months of weekly lessons. Enter a state of immersion.

Diane Cline has taught 71 yoga retreats in the last six years, and is an expert at tailoring them to each participant. Everything is possible when you have a teacher and a method. The retreat will focus on how to get your energy back. Whether it is a mental block, a physical problem, a relationship issue or professional difficulties that prevents you from being balanced, the retreat demonstrates how to return to balance in four ways.

These proven methods will serve as tools for you to use in the future, even after you return home from the yoga retreat.

The most outstanding:

• Sound healing with crystal singing bowls
• Practice of meditation and understanding of the quantum energy field
• Kundalini yoga, a dynamic form of yoga that uses breath, posture, and meditation
• Explore hiking trails at the vortex locations, learning about the vortex and the sacred ceremony
• Sedona's amazing and potent surge energy is a highlight
• Vegetarian, ecological and healthy breakfast and dinner
• 4 nights accommodation

Accommodation

This yoga retreat is in West Sedona, which is an ideal location for a retreat. You are in the "airport vortex," which is associated with solar plexus energy. As a result, as you progress by recognizing and embracing your unique talents and birthing a new version of yourself, the zone you stay in will be "activating" power, commitment, and confidence.

sample program

• 07:00 – 08:30 Yoga
• 08:30 – 09:15 Healthy breakfast
• 09:30 – 12:00 Hiking tour and sometimes sacred ceremony (Native Americans)
• 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
• 13:30 – 16:30 Free time, experience art and shopping in the center of Tlaquepaque or take an excursion #2
• 16:30 – 18:00 Meditation, yogic teaching and connection with the quantum self
• 18:00 – 19:00 Healthy ecological dinner
• 19:00 – 20:00 Healing and rebalancing session with crystal singing bowls

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5-Day Private Couples Yoga Meditation Spa Retreat – Tuscany, Italy

The Amazing Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Italy is a perfect place for couples looking for a deep, unique, beautiful and unforgettable adventure. Spend 5 unforgettable days together practicing yoga, meditation and other modules in the charming medieval town with therapeutic thermal springs in the heart of Tuscany.

Take advantage of the tranquility while you recharge, disconnect and, if you want, take your relationship to the next level in this incredible yoga retreat. All this in the mystical area of Tuscany, in the medieval village of Bagno Vignoni, with therapeutic thermal springs, wellness spa, deep healing energy and the Italian dolce vita!

The most outstanding:

• 3 sessions a day
• 100% program to suit you!
• Unique teachings of two modern masters
• A deeply recharging and transformative experience
• Night bath under the stars in the thermal pools every Wednesday and Saturday
• 4 nights of accommodation in a spa hotel with thermal pools
• Wellness spa and outdoor thermal pools
• Delicious buffet breakfast

Accommodation

Bagno Vignoni's Historic Best Spa Hotel is a secluded and peaceful retreat on the hills of Bagno Vignoni. Thermal pools, dining options, rooms with views of the Tuscan hills. It's hard to think of a more relaxing and therapeutic location The deep healing outdoor thermal pools have significant therapeutic benefits.

sample program

• Begin each day by reaching deep into your heart through prayers, mantra chants, powerful yoga asanas, and meditation.
• Immerse yourself in the thermal water with different exercises to grow together
• Master alchemical healing through Reiki
• Clairvoyance therapy session of the path of the soul with healing and regression
• Floating session in the thermal water with a mixture of reiki and watsu – a true aquatic immersion of the soul!

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8 Day Indian Meditation and Healing Yoga Retreat – Lefkada, Greece

Overview

This yoga retreat will immerse you in meditation, yoga and even beyond with a bonus workshop on Ayurveda. This is a 50 hour curriculum that is not a simple yoga vacation. Come experience the True Change.

A paradise on earth, this yoga retreat is located on the Ionian Islands and the Ionian Sea, with panoramic views of the nine islands and the sea on top of a mountain. You will stay in a neoclassical Greek villa surrounded by nature, with its own swimming pool, sun loungers, umbrellas and a huge terrace available for vegetarian meals served by an expert vegetarian and vegan chef. Each room offers its own magnificent view that will create a memorable experience.

The most outstanding:

• 2 daily yoga classes (Iyengar style)
• Daily pranayama, yoga practice of breathing
• 3 hours daily of Vipassana meditation as taught by the Buddha
• Classes on classical Yoga, history and application of concepts
• Daily classes on Chakra Healing, Energy Channeling and Aura
• Extra workshop on Ayurveda and its life hacks
• Daily vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner
• 7 nights accommodation

Accommodation

This luxurious yoga retreat is located on a low hill with stunning views of the Ionian Sea, close to the well-known Greek beaches of Egkremnoi and Porto Katsiki. The four houses, Villa Fos, Helios, Ios and Iris, are situated amongst oak and olive trees and far enough apart to provide seclusion.

All rooms have spectacular sea views, are isolated from each other by a low hill with excellent views to the south and west, and are one kilometer up a modest hill with wonderful views to the south and west. Other services are the tranquility of the villas, the private pools, the outdoor lounges and a peaceful atmosphere that will make your vacation unforgettable.

Program

• 05:30 -08:30 Training with a two-hour break for breakfast
• 08.30- 11:30 Rest, relax and explore the scheduled therapies
• 11:30- 15:30 Meditation and Classes on Chakras, Yoga and Healing
• 1530 – 1700 Yoga Meditation Class
• 1700 hours – Dinner and Break
• 1800 hours – Visit to the beach
• 2000 hours – Questions and answers
• 2030 hours – Retire to bed

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7 Day Luxury Yoga and Meditation Retreat – Marrakech, Morocco

Overview

Co-founders Pip and Naz are thrilled to present their most luxurious and daring excursion to date, after more than 5 years creating boutique yoga retreats. With the exquisite Peacock Pavilions (a stunning artisan estate named by Forbes one of the World's 8 Most Stylish Hotels), they have created a decadent Moroccan week-long getaway that will rejuvenate and recharge you.

The most outstanding:

• Yoga practice once a day with Pip Taverner
• Two sessions of deep relaxation yoga Nidra with crystal singing bowl
• Two 2-hour workshops – Yoga with Pip and Life with Purpose with trainer Naz
• Cultural visit to the famous Majorelle Gardens and Boutique (YSL Gardens)
• Moroccan Cooking Class and Tea Ceremony at Chef Tarik's Ecological Farm
• Excursion to the Kasbah Toubkal, with trekking through the Atlas Mountains
• 6 nights of luxury accommodation
• Airport transfer

Accommodation

The hotel offers an 800 square meter swimming pool, an outdoor gym, a painted dining tent and a yoga pavilion. The exotic art and prints, sumptuous fabrics and exquisite attention to detail that pervade the entire ecologically sensitive property radiate luxury and comfort.

Program

Every day, before heading out on the adventure of the day, you will practice yoga and meditation to connect with yourself: will it be a search for self-discovery or a trekking through the High Atlas mountains? Perhaps get lost in the medieval medina of Marrakech's labyrinthine streets or unwind in a deeply relaxing hammam spa session. Alternatively, visit YSL's world-famous Majorelle Gardens or a North African cooking class on an organic farm for something different.

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8-Day Yoga Meditation and Wellness Retreat – Boca Raton, Florida USA

Overview

Zen Den Yoga Retreats is a yoga school with an emphasis on safety and nurturing that enables yogis and yoginis to develop and practice the yoga lifestyle. The Zen Den Yoga School is not your typical yoga retreat. Zen Den School of Yoga stays true to the meaning of the term yoga in its teacher training programs and retreats, which is to “yolar” or gather.

This yoga and meditation retreat offers a wonderful opportunity to unwind in a beautiful natural setting and participate in many fun activities. During your vacation, you will have free access to Wi-Fi and a state-of-the-art kitchen with Vita-Mix and juicer. Bicycles are also provided to guests so they can explore the nearby areas.

Accommodation

The beach town of Boca is surrounded by tropical beauty and magnificent homes. Guests can relax in a private or shared room, or find comfort to meditate, study, or socialize with other visitors in a welcoming environment.

If you are on a program where sharing is possible and would like to share a twin room with another single traveler of the same sex, the Zen Den Yoga School will assign you a roommate. Otherwise, a single supplementary fee will apply for a private room.

Program

Ira Ohm, the director of the Zen Den Yoga School, believes in providing a safe and nurturing environment for all students. Ira and his wife Valerie have created an unforgettable experience that allows guests to attend enlightening workshops in a luxurious wellness center located just minutes from the sea. Guests can participate in as many classes as they wish to fully enjoy the experience.

Example of hours:

• 07:00 Breakfast
• 08:00 Meditation
• 08:45 Flow of Hatha chakras
• 10:00 Snack
• 12:30 Lunch
• 14:00 Vinyasa Flow
• 15:30 Snack

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Frequently asked questions about the yoga and meditation retreat

Is a yoga retreat worth it?

Yes, sure! It is an experience you will never forget. You can get so much inspiration and motivation from the retreats that it will help you change your life forever.

Where can you go on a yoga retreat?

You can go to a yoga retreat almost anywhere. There are yoga retreats all over the world, from Thailand to Canada and from India to Costa Rica.

How much should a yoga retreat cost?

A yoga or meditation retreat can be as expensive or affordable as you want. Depending on how comfortable you want your accommodation to be, what type of amenities you prefer, etc… Prices may range from $1,000 to $1,000 for different types/levels of accommodation options.

How do I choose a yoga retreat?

To choose the best yoga retreat for you, consider what type of experience you would like to have. Do you want a secluded and secluded setting or do you prefer the bustle of urban life? What kinds of activities will be available to keep your day full while you're on vacation? Do you offer meditation sessions, guest speakers?

Is there an option if I don't know how to meditate yet but would like to go on a meditation retreat?

Not all yogic/meditational practices may require prior knowledge. However, it may require more time and effort during your stay at one of these types of centers, as staff may need extra time with new people to help them learn skills such as mediation techniques.