Take the opportunity to join the inspiring and empowering teacher Max Strom for his summer well-being retreat. Enjoy seven days in beauty and transformation. Connect through breath, community, and indulge in the healthy and delicious Mediterranean cuisine.

About the retreat

This summer, immerse yourself in a seven-day retreat with Max Strom in the Spanish countryside, amidst Andalucian gardens and Mediterranean vistas. Max has created the transformative healing practice Breathe to Heal and he will guide you through every step of the way by sessions of gentle movement, powerful breathwork, and visualizations. These practices are specifically designed to alleviate stress, anxiety, and enhance sleep, nurturing both body and mind.

This retreat is more than a getaway; it's a path to emotional healing and personal growth. In addition to the movement and breathwork practices, you will be offered insightful lectures and explore self-expression through writing. A retreat with Max Strom is a unique opportunity to connect with a global community of like-minded individuals in an atmosphere of friendship and solidarity.

The Santillan Yoga and Wellness Retreat, with its expansive gardens and tranquil surroundings, offers an ideal space to relax, recharge, and restore. Delight in a healthy, vegetarian cuisine that nourishes body and soul. You will understand why many describe Santillan as a “home away from home.”

Reserve your spot at Max Strom’s Summer Retreat in Spain for a journey of deep relaxation and transformation.

Elements of this retreat

Max Strom’s retreat focuses on revitalizing and nourishing our wellbeing, deep relaxation and transformational growth.

• All classes will be taught in English.
• Max’s work is a deeply transformative practice that is designed to alleviate stress, anxiety
  and restore sleep.
• Breathing patterns and gentle movement that is deeply nourishing and is accessible to
  everyone.
• A community of like-minded people from across the world gathering together in solidarity
  and friendship.
• Lectures on personal growth.
• Q&A and writing.
• Guided meditations and visualizations.

Practical info and registration

• Dates: 25 - 31 August 2024
• Location: Southern Spain, Santillan Retreat Center
• Registration: To secure your spot for this retreat email Tanja and mention your accommodation preference (see the available room options under ‘Investment').

Investment

Price per person in euro

• €1,450 triple room
• €1,650 twin/double room with sea view
• €1,590 twin/double room with garden view
• €2,050 single room with sea view
• €1,990 single room with garden view
• €2,250 single suite with lounge and terrace (also available as a double/twin on request)

Investment includes

• All classes
• En-suite accommodation (triple, twin/double or single)
• Three meals a day
• Full use of all facilities
• Mineral water fountains
• Freshly squeezed orange juice, tea, coffee

Investment does not include

• Flights
• Transfers (although these can be arranged for you)
• On-site purchases
• Massage and treatments

Retreat Schedule

(subject to modification)

Arrival Day (Sunday)

• 3:30 - 6:30pm: Arrival and check-in
• 7 - 8pm: Dinner
• 8:15 - 9:15pm: Welcome and introduction session

Monday - Friday

• 8:30 - 9:30am: Breakfast
• 10:30 - 12:15am: Lecture, Inner Axis, Movement and Breathing
• 12:15 - 1:30pm: Free time
• 1:30 - 2:30pm: Lunch
• 2:30 - 4:30: Free time
• 4:30 - 6:30pm: Lecture, Inner Axis, Movement and Breathing
• 7 - 8pm: Dinner
• 8:30 - 9:15pm: Lecture, meditation, or free time

Closing Day - Saturday

• 8 - 9am: Breakfast
• 9 - 10am: Goodbyes and checkout

Requirements

For the optimal retreat experience, it is important that you have practiced with Max Strom before, either in-person or via his online events. If this is not possible, you are required to practice at least five times with his video Learn to Breathe, or his 16-minute sequence on YouTube called: Instantly Release Anxiety and Stress: 16-Minute Breathwork & Gentle Movement Practice, prior to committing to this retreat. We entrust you to ensure this requirement will be fulfilled.
If you are not sure about meeting this requirement but you'd like to join this retreat, please contact Tanja with your questions or concerns.

Arrival / departure

On Sunday 25 August 2024, check-in is open from 3:30pm onwards. Please arrive at Santillan at the latest by 6:30pm, for the opening dinner at 7pm. Dinner is followed by a meet & greet and a light practice to aid sleep. The first full class will be the following morning.

On the last day of the retreat, Saturday 31 August 2024, checkout of the rooms will be by 10am. The final class will take place on Friday evening.

Travels / Transfer

The nearest airport is the international airport in Malaga, which is serviced by a number of (budget) airlines. The retreat center is only a 30-minute drive away from the airport. You can get to the retreat center by (rental) car, an airport pick-up arranged by Santillan, or your own arrangements by taxi or taxi app service (Uber and similar services.)

If you choose to be picked up from the airport or if you are interested in a group transfer, please let us know as soon as your flights are booked.

Prices at the time of publishing are:

• Transfer from/to Airport Malaga:
  Car (for up to 3 people): €59 per car, one way
  Minivan (for up to 7 people): €79 per minivan, one way
• Transfer from/to Malaga city center:
  Car (for up to 3 people): €45 per car, one way
  Minivan (for up to 7 people): €55 minivan, one way

About Santillan Retreat and Wellness

Santillan Retreat and Wellness was born from the seeds of an ancient Andalucian olive farm estate. Set in a secluded location at the top of its own private valley looking to the sea, Santillan is a 5 hectare estate with the retreat centre at its heart. Located in the serenity of the Spanish countryside, and yet conveniently a mere 35 minutes from Malaga airport, you can immerse yourself in the peaceful sounds of nature in the lovely gardens and surrounding hills. Due to their micro-climate and their love of flora the gardens of Santillan have matured to a tropical Mediterranean paradise, bursting with rare and colorful plants, shrubs, trees and flowers. Some of the best beaches in the area are only a short car ride, or a 45 minute walk from the retreat center. Santillan has numerous paths for hiking and stunning sea views. Santillan offers one of Europe's finest fully equipped yoga studios, spacious en-suite accommodation, a wide range of indoor and outdoor facilities including a salt-water swimming pool.
Their Mediterranean and vegetarian meals are based on organic produce grown under the Spanish sun. The chefs enjoy sharing their popular Spanish-influenced healthy Mediterranean cuisine and their produce is grown in their own organic vegetable gardens or sourced from local farmers.
Learn more about Santillan Retreat and Wellness

Terms and Conditions

A deposit of €500 per person must be paid at the time of booking, within 30 days. Once the deposit has been received, the booking is confirmed and is binding. The deposit will not be refunded under any circumstances and cannot be transferred to another person. We reserve the right to release the reservation if we do not receive a deposit within 30 days.
The remaining costs must be transferred unsolicited by 1 July 2024, at the latest. If the reservation is canceled after 1 July 2024, the full costs are due.
Should the teacher be unable to attend for unforeseen reasons, we reserve the right to deploy an equivalent teacher. Changes to the daily program can be made spontaneously.
Insurance is the responsibility of the participants. We recommend that you take out travel cancellation insurance. Yogatanja and the teacher, Max Strom, accept no liability for personal injury or damage to property.