5-night residential retreat: Living in the Present
We warmly invite you to join us for our 1st mindfulness residential retreat abroad. Set in Perunea, a beautiful retreat centre nestled in the stunning Aralar mountains in Basque Country, Spain, we will offer you a home from home experience.
Receive the invitation as an opportunity to step away from your everyday life…. to slow down, have the opportunity to reconnect with parts of yourself that perhaps get lost or silenced in the everyday habits of your life.
The retreat is suitable for those completely new to retreating, those with experience are more than welcome to join too! Mindfulness meditation experience is recommended.
Based on Vicky’s personal retreat experience, which she has benefited from immensely over the years, you will be offered the chance to live and practice mindfulness in community, sharing periods of meditation, teaching and being in silence as well as the preparation of and eating meals together and the beautiful living space.
There will also be pauses in the day for you to spend as you wish, reading, drinking tea, going for walks. There will also be the option to join a restorative yoga session. Spending time in this way can be a very beautiful, healing and rejuvenating experience and we are excited to offer you this big wee retreat!
What is included
- 5 nights’ accommodation – single beds in shared rooms (one private double bedroom available for a couple).
- 3 meditation practice, teaching & inquiry sessions per day. Please note, the retreat will include extended periods of silence.
- Homemade meals including dinner on night of arrival; breakfast, lunch and dinner on all full days; breakfast on day of departure. All meals are plant-based (gluten-free options if required).
- Organic herbal teas served throughout the day and prepared with herbs, both wild and from the garden.
- An optional evening restorative yoga session offered by one of our hosts.
- An optional guided walk in nearby forest/ mountain (potentially including a swim in river).
- All meditation cushions, yoga mats, blankets etc.
Please note the retreat includes extended periods of silence. Please be in touch if you have any questions around this aspect of the retreat.
About Perunea
Lisa & Koldo loving run this beautiful retreat centre in their ecologically remodelled, 500-year-old Basque home. They pride themselves in providing a warm welcome and lovingly prepare healthy and tasty meals that include organic produce from their garden and edible wild plants. Lisa & Koldo are wellbeing practitioners themselves, accompanying people in their personal growth is part of their profession and a priority for them both.
Details
Where: Gaintza, Navarre, Basque Country-Spain
Getting there: flights from Edinburgh to Santander, Biarritz & Bilbao; local transfers available by arrangement with hosts directly after booking.
Dates: arrival from 4pm Tuesday 25th – departing by 10am Sunday 30th August 2026
