Introducing WATSU® SA’s 1st Soul Essence Retreat in Greece! 16 – 26 July 2025
The Offering: Are you looking for more than just a holiday or a reprieve from your busy schedule? Then this immersive, experiential learning 10-day retreat is for you!
You will receive and engage in bodywork, Yoga and meditation. The WATSU® experiences will invite your body and mind to experience and remember the feeling of deep nurturing, peacefulness and calmness. You will learn several techniques and tools to understand and improve your autonomic nervous system’s flexibility and resilience, assisting you to shift your body’s chemistry from stress and anxiety to ease, calm, and creativity.
We will discover and experience how and why horses assists in deepening our meditation and nervous system regulation experiences and exploring the elements (fire, air, water, earth), learning how to integrate each element’s qualities into our daily lives.
This retreat provides an opportunity to take a deep dive into your own being-ness, giving yourself the gift of space and time to nourish, allow, listen, reflect, explore, and ponder your own inner landscape, connecting with your heart and soul.
Your facilitators
Adéle Pudney, Physiotherapist and WATSU® Instructor, and René Lambert, Yoga and Ayurveda Teacher and WATSU® Practitioner, both has a passion for teaching, guiding, and supporting people to find more comfort and ease in their bodies and minds. Implementing the multitude of modalities they have studied and integrated into their unique way of working, they draw on a deep wealth of knowledge – learned, experienced and remembered.
The village – Molyvos
Molyvos is a charming cobblestone village, built from the rock of the island of Lesvos, Greece. Upon arrival you are welcomed by the majestic Castle, perched on the top of the hill, and the turquoise Aegean Sea inviting you for a swim. René has been traveling to Molyvos since 2011, hosting annual Yoga Getaways at Milelia-Inselgarten, building close, supportive, and loving relationships with local friends. This deep connection she has established with the villagers will help you immerse yourself in a safe, accepting, and fun environment.
The Venue – Milelia-Inselgarten
Situated 1km outside of Molyvos, our home away from home will be Milelia-Inselgarten, where we will combine a variety of experiences to help your mind becoming restful and open, inviting the ancient wisdom of your heart and soul to be revealed. The property has been thoughtfully designed, featuring individual spaces representing the 7 chakras. The spacious movement room, which offers a 360-degree view and balcony overlooking the pool and lush gardens, is built on top of the newly renovated accommodation. There is an outdoor spring water, heated pool with stunning views of the castle. A labyrinth and an Earth temple provide spaces for walking meditations and contemplation.
Not familiar with WATSU®? WATSU® is an aquatic bodywork modality, during which your body is supported, guided and listened to by a skilled practitioner. Whether your body is asking for a stretch, a moment of stillness, a sense of dancing or swinging, or releasing a wave of deeply held emotion – no matter the story your body story is telling – it is heard, supported and allowed to release.
Interested in experiencing WATSU®? Visit www.watsusa.co.za to find a practitioner near you.
Would you like to know more about this Soul Essence Retreat?
Visit https://watsusa.co.za/retreats-conventions/
For local retreats E-mail: retreats@watsusa.co.za
