The weekend runs from Friday to Sunday on selected dates. Friday afternoon is for checking in and getting into the spa. Your access starts at 14:00 on arrival day, so you can be in a sauna or the outdoor pool before the first class. Across the three days there are six yoga sessions in total, usually one in the morning and one later in the day, so you're doing two classes on most days.

The classes are taught by Kirsten Terhoff. Her Queen's Yoga mixes classic yoga postures, relaxation and fitness-style movement, and she developed it with women in mind. The hotel's wider yoga programme also includes hatha yoga with breathing exercises and meditation, yin yoga for slow and deep stretching, and kundalini yoga. No experience is needed. The teachers adjust postures for beginners and give more experienced people more to work on.

The main difference between this weekend and a typical yoga retreat is the spa. The AQUA SILVA Spa is very large: 5,300 m² with an indoor pool, an outdoor pool, a sauna park with seven saunas, a gym and quiet rooms. You get full use of it for the whole weekend. Many yoga retreats have a small plunge pool or one sauna. Here you have a full spa complex next to your room.

Food comes from the hotel restaurant. The kitchen uses mostly regional produce from North Rhine-Westphalia. Breakfast is described as a "vitality breakfast", and dinner is either a three-course menu or a buffet depending on the evening. If you want a snack or lunch between yoga and the sauna, the AQUA SILVA Bistro is on site, but you pay for it separately.

The hotel sits in thick green forest on the Lower Rhine, near the edge of NRW. Between classes you can walk or hike through the surrounding woods. Wesel train station and the smaller Wesel Feldmark station are both close enough that you can arrive by train and take a short taxi ride or walk. If you drive, there is parking on site, though it isn't free.

There is free WiFi throughout the building, including the rooms and the yoga room. Bring comfortable, breathable clothes. You can bring your own mat, blanket or meditation cushion, but the hotel also provides them.

What's included

- 2 nights in a hotel room - 2 vitality breakfasts - 2 dinners (3-course menu or buffet, as offered) - 6 Königinnenerwachen® yoga sessions with Kirsten Terhoff (Friday to Sunday) - Use of the 5,300 m² AQUA SILVA Spa - Indoor and outdoor pools - Sauna park with 7 saunas - Fitness area and relaxation rooms - Spa access from 14:00 on arrival day - Yoga mats and props provided - Free WiFi throughout the hotel

What's not included

- Travel to and from Wesel - Hotel car park (EUR 10.00 per night) - Underground parking (EUR 15.00 per night) - Lunches and snacks at the AQUA SILVA Bistro - Massages and other spa treatments - Drinks - Travel insurance - Personal expenses