Winter Wellness Yoga & Breathwork Week in the Andalusian Hills

The retreat runs Saturday to Saturday. Arrival day is gentle: a 5pm yin class with Charmaine to land, then dinner and a welcome meeting. From Sunday the pattern settles. Sunday brings the 8am Suryalila yoga class, a late-morning sound session with Charmaine, yoga nidra at 5pm, and a film in the evening. Monday adds rebirthing breathwork at 11:15 and a restorative or yin class at 5:30. Tuesday has devotional chanting at 5pm and a permaculture tour of the farm at 8pm.

Wednesday breaks the routine with the trip to Arcos de la Frontera and a picnic by the lake, back in time for a 5:30 restorative class. Thursday starts with meditation and flow yoga, then a second rebirthing breathwork session at 11:15, and in the evening a cacao ceremony with sound led by Charmaine and the Suryalila team. Friday is the river walk in Benamahoma in the morning, restorative or yin at 5:30, and a closing circle at 8:30. Saturday morning there is one last 8am class before departures.

Charmaine has been working in healing and contemplative practice for more than 20 years. She leads the breathwork, sound, chanting, yoga nidra and ceremony herself; the morning vinyasa classes and some afternoon classes are taught by Suryalila's own teachers, and the cacao ceremony is a joint session with the Suryalila team. She adapts each retreat to the group, so the schedule above is described by the centre as preliminary and subject to slight changes.

Suryalila sits in the Andalusian countryside near Villamartín, in the province of Cádiz. The setting is farmland and hills rather than coast, with the white towns of the Sierra within driving distance. The centre grows food on site and runs its own permaculture project, which is what the Tuesday evening tour covers.

The room options run from a private suite with a king bed and en-suite bathroom down to dorm beds and a vanlife pitch, so the week can be done at a range of prices. All of them include the same programme and the same three meals a day.

What's included

- 7 nights' accommodation in your chosen room type - Daily 8am energising yoga class with Suryalila teachers - Afternoon restorative or yin yoga, or yoga nidra - Rebirthing breathwork sessions with Charmaine - Sound healing session with Charmaine - Devotional chanting with Charmaine - Cacao ceremony with Charmaine and the Suryalila team - Opening and closing circles - 3 vegetarian buffet meals a day, with vegan options - Unlimited fruit, tea and coffee, 24 hours a day - Unlimited use of the outdoor saltwater pool - Sauna evening session - Permaculture tour of the farm - Trip to Arcos de la Frontera with picnic lunch by the lake - River walk in Benamahoma

What's not included

- Travel to and from Suryalila - Airport transfers - Travel insurance - Massage and other treatments - Personal expenses - Anything not listed as included