A lone yoga figure in warrior pose at sunrise, reflected in the wet sand of an empty beach as the sun comes up over the sea

Ciudad Jardín · Palma de Mallorca · year round

A morning on the Palma sand, paced like one long breath.

  1. 01Inhale
  2. 02Hold
  3. 03Exhale
  4. 04Rise
Hold me a place See how a day breathes
breathe in
Inhale 01

Not a class you drop into. A breath you are walked through.

Most people arrive a little wound up — phone still warm in the hand, shoulders somewhere near the ears. That is the right place to start. The whole retreat is built like a single breath: we draw the day up slowly, hold a quiet middle, let it all go, and stand up lighter than we sat down.

Groups stay small on purpose. I want to see your face, fix a wrist, hear when the breathing changes. It is meditative and energetic Vinyasa, breath techniques you can take home, sound and didgeridoo cleansing, and the kind of guided meditation that talks about confidence and self-worth without the eye-roll.

  • Meditative & energetic Vinyasa on the sand
  • Breathwork for an actual, ordinary day
  • Sound bath & didgeridoo cleansing
  • Chi Gong, chakra work & deep relaxation
Hold 02

One day, drawn as one breath

No fixed timetable. The shape is always the same four movements — we just let the sea and the light set the pace.

  1. Inhale

    Morning on the sand

    Bare feet, flat light, the slow Vinyasa that wakes the body up without shouting at it.

  2. Hold

    Breath & sound

    Breathing techniques, didgeridoo and a sound bath — the still middle of the day where the noise drops out.

  3. Exhale

    Coastal walk

    A mindful hike along the shore — some retreats reach the old monastery, all of them reach quiet.

  4. Rise

    Sea-view sunset

    Deep relaxation as the light goes warm, a sea-view sunset, then a good book and no plans.

From the shore

A few mornings on this coast

Real groups, real light — no models, no stock. This is roughly what a day out here looks like.

Sandra Van Olmen holding a steady warrior pose on a clifftop high above the Mallorca bay, islands and headland behind her
Past fifty, on the cliffs above the bay.
Four women standing in the clear shallows of a rocky cove with paddleboards, laughing together on a calm Mallorca morning
A small group in a cove of our own.
A woman in white with arms thrown up in a joyful balance on bright white sand beside turquoise shallows
Lighter than you sat down.
Palm trees in silhouette along the Palma seafront as the sun sets over the bay, one person walking the sand
Exhale 03

Ciudad Jardín, Palma — five minutes by bike

We are on the calm, white-sand stretch of Ciudad Jardín, on the Palma side of the bay. The historic centre is a short ride down the seafront; the airport is roughly fifteen minutes away — easy to fold the retreat into a longer break on the island.

My home sits about a kilometre back from the water — a five-minute bike ride — with an organic garden, fruit trees, figs and lemons, and a half-board option for those who would rather not think about meals.

  • BeachCiudad Jardín · white sand
  • From home~1 km · 5-min bike
  • Airport~15 minutes
  • TableOrganic garden · half-board
Rise 04
Sandra Van Olmen and a younger woman sitting on rocks above a Mallorcan cove in warm late-afternoon light
Sandra, above the cove, late light.

I teach what I actually live

I am Sandra Van Olmen — yoga instructor and, on the quieter, ceremonial side of things, a practising shaman. I have held these retreats on the Mallorca coast for years, year round.

None of these photos are stock models — that is an ordinary practice morning, somewhere past fifty. I am not promising a new you in a weekend. I am offering a few honest days of breath, movement and sea air, and the techniques to keep a little of it once you have flown home.

Breathe calmly out. You are never alone on the way back to yourself.

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Hold yourself a place on the sand

Tell me roughly when you would like to come and how many of you there are — I keep dates flexible and groups small, and I will write back myself with what is open.

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