Momentum
All Level ✺ 9- 15 April 2026 ✺ Casa Erica, Málaga, Spain
Momentum is a week of intelligent, focused movement designed to realign your body, improve how you move, build strength, and deepen your connection to your practice. Each day explores a core Pilates principle — breath, alignment, centring, control, precision, and flow — through Pilates and functional strength training, all with one intention: balance. Grounded strength with ease. Softness with power. Purpose with awareness.
Over the week, you’ll develop stability, clarity, and confidence as you understand your movement patterns more deeply. Momentum also creates space to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with your own rhythm.
Mornings begin with energising Pilates-based sessions that awaken the body and centre the mind through alignment-focused, core-driven, functional movement, building toward dynamic full-body flow. These sessions set a grounded, strong, and clear tone for the day.
Evenings shift into a slower, more restorative space with gentle mobility, myofascial stretching, and guided relaxation to release tension and integrate the day’s work — a chance to soften, find stillness, and restore balance.
Seanal Yu
Born in Seoul and based in Berlin, Seanal Yu is a Pilates and Strength coach with a background in contemporary dance.
She is currently the ON Ambassador for Germany and leads the team at Studio HAGIUS.
With over 18 years of experience in athletics, dance, and bodywork, Seanal’s teaching blends science and creativity—helping people move with confidence, fluidity, and purpose. She combines athletic precision with artistic expression, offering a distinctive approach to movement that builds both strength and awareness.
Her work has led to collaborations with brands such as Lululemon, ON, Aarke, Highsnobiety, and Zalando. Across her projects, Seanal continues to bridge performance, wellness, and design—creating inclusive spaces where movement becomes a form of connection and exploration.
Claire Bathgate Petersen
Claire is originally from Sydney, Australia, and has been teaching Pilates and barre for over five years. She has trained extensively in Byron Bay, Sydney, and Berlin, earning certifications in mat Pilates, reformer Pilates, barre, and a 200-hour yoga teacher training.
A lifelong dancer, Claire’s movement journey began with her passion for dance, which continues to inform her teaching and deep understanding of the body. Her approach to teaching is rooted in alignment, breath, and purposeful movement. With an emphasis on correct posture, building strength, and fostering body awareness, Claire’s classes are designed to help students feel empowered, balanced, and connected in their own bodies.
When she’s not teaching, Claire loves traveling, being outdoors, and soaking up the sun and sea—whether it’s exploring new destinations or finding moments of calm by the water.
retreat offerings
○ 6 nights at casa erica
○ 3 vegan meals per day & snacks
○ welcome gift
○ pilates morning flows
○ strength & conditioning / functional flow afternoons
○ hike along the cliffs of Maro with local guide
○ water, tea & coffee
not included
○ flight or train to Málaga
○ airport transfer to Casa Erica
○ massages, optional Workshops
○ beach day lunch at local restaurant (25- 35€)
○ travel insurance (recommended)
investment
from 1.550€
please visit our faqs for infos about the different retreat levels, airport transfer, cancellations policy and much more.
Additional information
a typical day
07.30 tea, coffee, fruit
08.30 pilates morning flows
10.30 breakfast
reading 
beach pool massage
15.00 lunch or snack
17.30 strength & conditioning / functional flow
19.30 dinner
Side note: On some days, we may switch the schedule — starting with strength & conditioning in the morning and pilates in the evening to bring variety and balance to the week.
arrival day:
check-in from 16.00
afternoon snack
19.30 dinner
21.00 welcome circle
departure day:
no class
9.30 breakfast
check out until 11.00
Whats there?
– yoga & pilates equipment
– towels & bed linen
– pool/beach towel
– shampoo & shower gel
what to bring?
– sturdy shoes or sneakers with a good grip sole for the hike
we’ll let you know again what’s good to bring, a few days before your retreat.
We are organising group pick ups on arrival day (Thursday) from Málaga Airport & Málaga main central station (María Zambrano). Vice versa for departure on Wednesday. Approx costs: 30€/person/way.
Please read more in our faqs.
about the place
Casa Erica is where it all begun and where we host retreats since 2014. It is a home to us, which we love to share. Peacefully located on the coast of Andalusia, between Málaga and Nerja. The beach in walking distance. More
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