Bliss Yoga Retreats: Accessible Yoga Adventure in Tenerife

Bliss Yoga Retreats is a yoga retreat operation based in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The programme is a week-long yoga holiday: you practise, you eat, you go out and see the island, and you rest. Yoga sessions take place outdoors in the garden, which is the detail guests tend to mention first — practising outside in Tenerife's climate rather than in a studio with the door shut. Meals are included and are described by guests as a highlight rather than an afterthought. Excursions around Tenerife are part of the week, so the trip isn't only mat time; you'll leave the property at least once during your stay to see more of the island.

The thing that separates this from a lot of yoga retreat listings is the explicit stance on ability. The site's own framing is that being good at yoga "shouldn't really be a thing" — the point, as they put it, is that you get the benefits from doing it, the same way you don't need to be good at drinking water. In practice that means classes are taught to a mixed room, with adaptations for people who can't touch their toes and enough options for people who've been practising for years. If you've ever felt out of place in a fast vinyasa class, this is aimed at you.

The group is international — reviews mention meeting people from all over the world during the week. That mix is part of the experience; you'll share meals and excursions with a group that turns over each week, which suits solo travellers in particular. The retreat has been featured in press, according to its site, which is where the "As Featured In" line on the homepage comes from.

The location is Tenerife, which does a lot of the work here. Warm enough for outdoor practice most of the year, with the Teide volcano, coastal towns and swimming spots all reachable on excursion days. Beyond the scheduled yoga and trips, the week is deliberately loose — you'll have time to read, walk, swim, or do nothing, and the reviews suggest that's how most people end up using it.

On the specifics of who leads the classes, the source material doesn't name individual instructors or list certifications. If that matters to you, ask before booking. Everything else — the outdoor garden practice, the included meals, the excursions, the mixed-ability teaching — is what the week is built around, and it's the combination guests' reviews keep coming back to.

What's included

- Accommodation for the duration of the retreat - Daily yoga sessions, mostly outdoors in the garden - Meals throughout the retreat - Excursions around Tenerife - Group welcome and farewell dinners - Use of the property's garden and shared spaces

What's not included

- Flights to Tenerife - Airport transfers to and from the retreat - Travel insurance - Alcoholic drinks and personal expenses - Optional spa treatments or extra activities - Meals and drinks taken outside the retreat