Yes, if you want to combine travel adventure with a truly transformational experience that will allow you to distance yourself from your everyday life, review it and take a different perspective. Yes, if you are ready and willing to face and answer tough questions. Yes, if you want to spend a uniquely authentic week in a truly magical place, working on your mind, body, and spirit.

There is no “typical” day, as each chakra owns an entirely unique process; however to give you an idea, here is a general outline for one of the days. We begin the day with pranayama, meditation and yoga followed by a nourishing breakfast, giving us all the energy required to work on the day’s chakra until lunch. You then have two hours for yourself to rest or visit nearby areas. The afternoon and evening hours (depending on the day’s program) will be devoted to additional activities aimed at exploring the local culture – all of which are carefully selected to support the healing of particular energy centres. All this will ensure a healthy appetite for a traditional dinner feast.

The retreat combines mind, body and spirit work alongside an exploration of the fascinating local culture; each day is designed in such a way that you will be exposed to both. The programme of the retreat is based on the chakra system which gives us a daily framework to work with. We will delve into key processes, emotions, and behaviors such as relationships, intimacy, creativity, motivation, different kinds of love, communication, inner energy, and self-expression. We’ll then explore these in our everyday life and discover new tools to utilise. Each day’s work will go along with carefully planned local activities that will support the healing process and immerse you in the beautiful local culture.

We’ll explore chakras in-depth during the retreat, but you can think of them as 7 energy centers throughout your body where energy channels intersect and concentrate. Chakras are the hubs of your energy management: they receive it, transform it and transmit it further. The programme of the retreat is based on the chakra system which gives us a daily roadmap to work with. Every day we will work on each of the 7 individual chakras, understanding their roles and meanings.  We’ll also conduct a personal diagnosis and learn self-healing methods that will increase your chakras’ vibrations in everyday life.

Carefully – to answer with only one word. I believe that some places serve us better than others. And the rich energy offered by certain locations around the world combined with the activation of inner body energy and meditation has a great transformative power. Therefore, as I travel the world, I look for these special places in both Europe, Asia, and the Americas. I investigate them intensely to provide the best possible experience for my guests.

Miannah retreats are not typical yoga retreats; I place a strong focus on chakras and employ a wide spectrum of tools and techniques to facilitate your transformation, yoga asanas being an important yet small part of what you will learn and experience. While some retreats consist of a morning and evening yoga practice and a lot of ‘on your own’ time in between, Miannah retreats offer a carefully-planned full-day programme replete with local cooking classes, excursions, hands-on workshops, treatments and many other health & wellness activities complementing the daily chakra work. Every moment and element of the retreat is designed to form an important part of the bigger transformative process.

Absolutely! No advanced asana practice experience is needed; we welcome both yoga beginners and intermediate practitioners. If you are new to yoga, it will be our pleasure to introduce you to this beautiful and life-enriching practice which may turn into a lifestyle! If you’ve been practising yoga for some time now, the retreat will help you reconnect with yourself and deepen your practice. My yoga sessions are inclusive and designed in such a way that every participant can enjoy their beneficial effects – as long as they are open to focus inward and listen to their body.