Wellness Yoga

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The Wellness Yoga Retreat explores what it means to care for body and mind in everyday life through movement, rest and stress management. This vision takes shape in the teaching of Katerina Camilleri and Lea Siebert, who guide the experience through a practice inspired by the principles of Yoga Synergy, where strength and gentleness complement one another. Their work with the nervous system encourages participants to recognise their own responses: where tension builds up, how they approach physical effort, and how much they allow themselves to slow down.

Each day begins with a moment of silence, followed by breathing exercises, meditation and dynamic sequences with fluid transitions between postures. Movements inspired by Qi Gong support joint and spinal mobility. Mindfulness and journaling workshops offer time to pause, observe and put into words the sensations, thoughts and emotions that arise throughout the week. In the evening, Yin and Restorative Yoga promote relaxation before a period of stillness at sunset.

The retreat takes place at Lanka Yoga in southern Sri Lanka, on the mangrove-lined shores of Koggala Lake. Founded by Stefan Camilleri after years of training yoga teachers across Asia, the centre grew out of the belief that the setting shapes the quality of learning. Beyond the sessions, a Sri Lankan cooking class and a boat trip offer opportunities to discover the surrounding area and its culture. It is precisely this attention to people and to the natural world that connects Katerina and Lea’s approach with the ethos of Lanka Yoga.

A retreat by @collectedsoftness