Winter Wellness Retreat in Lithuania's Labanoras Forest: Fitness, Yoga & Cold-Water Immersion

The retreat runs from 19th to 23rd February 2027, four nights at a private forest resort in Lithuania. You fly into Vilnius and are collected from the airport — arrivals need to be in by 2pm on day one, and departures should be late afternoon or evening on the last day so the group transfer works. From Vilnius it's a drive out to the Labanoras Forest, where the venue sits on a secluded three-hectare peninsula with the lake on one side and woodland all around.

A typical day starts with movement — either functional fitness or vinyasa yoga — before breakfast. Mid-morning tends to be mobility or a workshop: Vic runs journaling and life coaching sessions, and there's a mindfulness workshop and a cacao ceremony during the week. After lunch there's free time, then an afternoon session that might be yin yoga, sound healing, or the cold-water and sauna experiences. Evenings are fireside, with dinner and whatever conversation happens.

What separates this from a standard yoga retreat is the range of hosts. Sean brings strength and conditioning coaching for people training for Hyrox and marathons, Vic brings PT and coaching, Katie brings eight years of yoga teaching. You get proper fitness sessions and proper restorative work in the same week, and the programming is built so the one supports the other rather than one cancelling out the other.

The accommodation is spread across a collection of wooden lodges — a large main house with shared living spaces plus several smaller houses with private entrances. Rooms are a mix of single, twin and shared, most with private bathrooms. The food is traditional Lithuanian cooking, seasonal and on the lighter side, three meals a day.

Winter is the point. This is February in the Baltic, so expect cold, quiet and probably snow. That's what makes the sauna and lake sessions what they are, and it's why the forest feels as still as it does. If you want a warm-weather beach retreat, this isn't it.

What's included

- 4 nights accommodation at Šiaurys, Lithuania - 3 meals per day - Airport transfers from Vilnius Airport - Towels and bedding - Vinyasa Yoga & Yin Yoga - Wim Hof Experience - Sauna Master Experience - Sound Healing Session - Fitness Classes - Cacao Ceremony - Mobility Sessions - Mindfulness Workshop

What's not included

- Flights to Vilnius Airport and any associated costs - Travel Insurance (required) - Any meals or drinks not specified as included - Anything not specified as included