Women's Yoga & Shamanic Wisdom Retreat in Mallorca

Sandra van Olmen leads this retreat with her daughter Indyra. Sandra is a sport psychologist, yoga and meditation instructor, and life coach, and was baptized as a shaman in Mexico. She trained with shamans from Tulum and Tepoztlán, and over five years this retreat was ranked number one in Europe on a yoga retreat platform. She is the founder of the TheGa Method, which fuses theta and gamma brainwave states — theta for deep relaxation and gamma for heightened awareness — and this frame runs through the meditation and coaching sessions.

The retreat is four days. Mornings start with yoga and meditation, usually outdoors where the light and air are part of the practice. After breakfast there are coaching or shamanic sessions, sometimes one-to-one, sometimes as a group. Afternoons are open — rest, swim, walk, or simply sit. Evenings may include a meditation or a talk.

What makes this different from a standard yoga retreat is the mix of shamanic practice and sports psychology. Sandra doesn't separate the two: a session might move from breathwork into a conversation about what's actually holding you back, using both the meditative and the practical. Her background includes working pro bono with locals during the years she lived in nature, and she brings that directness to how she teaches. She also speaks openly about healing illness, including cancer, and about learning to live with purpose.

A second difference is that it's a mother-daughter team. Indyra, 28, co-hosts and is part of the session leadership. Sandra describes her as an example of the balance the retreat aims at, and her presence changes the dynamic — it's less a guru-and-student setup and more a family running a house.

On Mallorca specifically, the setting gives you sea, sun and quiet without a long trip. The retreat is designed so that the four days feel like a pause rather than a course: you arrive, you settle, you do the work, you leave with something you can keep using.

What's included

- 4-day retreat - Accommodation on site - Daily yoga and meditation sessions - Group and individual coaching sessions with Sandra - Shamanic practice sessions - Meals during the retreat - Opening and closing circles

What's not included

- Flights to and from Mallorca - Airport transfers - Travel insurance - Personal expenses - Additional one-to-one sessions outside the programme