Immersion retreat on Karpathos
Join us in beautiful Karpathos for a week of yoga, deep presence and exploration of inner space. This is an immersion retreat for those of you who already teach yoga, or have extensive experience with the practice – and who long for replenishment, silence and connection.
Date: 16 August – 23 August 2026
Organizer: Kathy’s Island Retreat
Early Bird: 1,450 euros until February 27th
Regular: 1,550 euros
We live in a world that rarely allows us to just be . There is rarely room to sit quietly with ourselves, listen within, and follow what we are intuitively guided towards. But what happens when you actually give yourself that time?
This retreat is a warm invitation to those of you who resonate with the part of you that longs to awaken . To feel what is alive. To meet your true self – through your body, your breath, your silence and your presence.
Through daily classes, meditation and reflection, we open up to what already lives within you: a clarity, a power and a calm that does not waver in the face of the world.
Is this the week you've been longing for?
Each day we explore ways to land at home within ourselves. Through satsang (sitting together in truth), sadhana (practice), Swadyaya practice (study of the self) via selected sutras from sacred texts and physical exercises, this will be a nourishing week of exploring the Self.
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A Typical Day
07.30 – Morning practice with Asana, Mantra and Pranayama
09.30 – Breakfast
10.30 – Own time or Workshop
1:30 PM – Lunch and free time
5:00 PM – The evening session will vary between resting practices, fascia practices and satsangs
19.00 – Dinner
During the week there will also be a trip to the seaside resort of Lefkos and another small beach. Here the water is crystal clear, and you can just enjoy the sun and leisure.
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Workshop 1: Introduction to Tantric Philosophy and Tradition
Tantric philosophy is a non-dualistic spiritual tradition with roots in India, where all that exists is seen as an expression of one and the same consciousness. Rather than withdrawing from life, the body, or the senses, tantra invites us to include everything as a path to realization.
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Workshop 2: Listening touch in the yoga room
We explore how we can support each other with physical touch through light massage, pressure and support with friendly and listening hands. We take the starting point in yin postures
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Workshop 3: How Fascia Works in Your Body?
Learn about how fascia moves, takes different forms, and remodels itself in your body. Here there is both theory and practice.
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Bonus:
Asana and Movement lab for those who want to work even more physically, here we help each other with good technique in poses, adjust and explore.
At the intersection of stillness, patience, and absorption there you will find yin, a state where the body and mind are receptive to listening to what needs to be heard in the moment.
– Rebecca van Eck
Kathy's Island Retreat
On the west coast of the island of Karpathos lies Kathy’s Island Retreat. The place is located in a quiet and beautiful area of the island, between mountains and water with a beautiful sea view. A 15 minute walk along the coastal path we find a private small lagoon for swimming.
The yoga shala overlooks the ocean and has a gentle warm breeze all day long. We have all the equipment we need for yin yoga, but you are welcome to bring your own shawl and eye pillow if you normally use one.
In the garden you can lean back in a number of hammocks hanging around for those who want to relax in the shade of the beautiful pine trees.
Accommodation in shared double or single rooms.
1,550 Euro (6 rooms/12 people)
1,900 Euro in a single room (4 rooms)
Teacher at the retreat
Rebecca van Eck
She is a yoga teacher with a heart for fascia, research and philosophy. She supports the body’s ability to heal itself, and that the path to a balanced body and mind is individual. She is a massage therapist and movement therapist with a focus on Fascia.
Rebecca has been a student of Anushree Singh for 9 years, in hatha yoga, yin, Chinese medicine and the nervous system. In recent years, she has taken further training in Embodied Flow and works with both somatic and tantric concepts, and with trauma-informed yoga teaching.
She uns a clinic in Drammen in addition to teaching weekly classes, retreats in Norway and abroad. She arranges training in Yin and Aquayoga.
What’s Included
- Daily Sadhana
- 7 nights accommodation in a shared double room
- Airport transfers
- 3 healthy vegetarian meals per day, tea and coffee with breakfast
- 3 workshops
- 1 sound healing session
- 1 video of the Fascia Movement Masterclass for postural alignment
- Inspiring learning environment
- 2 excursions to beautiful beaches, including sunset meditation
Not Included
- Flights
- Additional drinks during the stay
Organizer: Kathys Island Retreat
Practical Information
Product: Retreat – Home to Yourself
Location: Greece, Karpathos
Duration: 7 days
Price from: 1550 Euro
Teacher: Rebecca van Eck
Contact: info@kathysislandretreat.com