The German ashram at Horn-Bad Meinberg carries the most options. A three-day yoga retreat for beginners costs €131 and covers yoga and meditation sessions in a community setting. A flexible yoga weekend is €142 for three days, a six-day yoga week with meditation and community is €314, and a seven-day yoga holiday is €386. There is also a six-day yoga break with a themed week at €316. These are the cheapest entries on the list and the most straightforward: you turn up, sleep on site, and follow the ashram's daily programme.

Tenerife accounts for three of the pricier options, all based in Puerto de la Cruz in the north of the island. A five-day yoga or meditation and wellness holiday is €2,040, an eight-day Pilates and wellness holiday is €2,670, and a five-day Pilates and wellness holiday is €2,040. Further east, an eight-day yoga and wellness holiday in Agios Gordios on Corfu is €699 and includes daily yoga, time in the sea and Greek sunshine.

Several entries are one-to-one rather than group programmes. In Palma de Mallorca there are three seven-day 1:1 retreats at €1,999 each: Love Alchemy, Stress Alchemy and REMEMBER. A three-day clarity retreat in Palma is listed at €1,550, currently offered at €1,250 as an early-booking rate for January to March. A five-day dance-based retreat, Tanz Dich Frei, is €1,650 against a regular €1,950, again as an early-booking rate.

Other programmes spread wider. A leadership and breathwork retreat for managers runs seven days at Rt Veslo in Montenegro for €1,950. A body and mind retreat week with one-to-one supervision in Düsseldorf/Hubbelrath is €1,900 for five days. A yoga and reset retreat on Bali's original north coast at Bondalem is €930 for eight days. A four-day horse and human retreat involving groundwork and a ride in the natural park at Tarifa is €770. An active break overlooking the sea at Adrasan in Turkey is €999 for seven days. A Wing Chun course in Niebüll is €449 for three days. A pregnancy yoga retreat at Obertrum am See in Austria is €350 for three days. A nature and outdoor retreat with energy work and spiritual coaching on the Atlantic coast at Zahora in southern Spain is €1,290 for six days. A four-day chance-management course for pensioners in Pula, Croatia, is €3,500.

What's included

- Overnight stay for the length of the chosen programme (three to eight days) - The programme's own sessions, as described for that retreat (yoga, meditation, Pilates, breathwork, coaching or equivalent) - Meals where the individual retreat states them

What's not included

- Travel to and from the retreat - Travel insurance - Personal expenses - Anything not stated for the specific retreat you book

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