Summer Calling

Intermediate ✺ 17th - 23rd May 2025✺
The Relais, Sorrento, Italy

The beginning of summer is often associated with a sense of freshness, renewal, and new energy. We invite you to call in summer together and offer you a space to step into this energy, deepen it, and embrace it. 

The increasing warmth of the sun and longer daylight hours energize both body and spirit, bringing a sense of vitality. It sparks inspiration for what we want to create in this new season. Early summer brings a feeling of expansion, growth, and abundance in life. As we gather energy for the year ahead, we’ll embrace change and explore how to gracefully transition into new phases of life.

Away from the daily bustle of our everyday lives, this retreat invites you to reconnect with yourself and others. Whether you seek solitude or meaningful connection, your needs will be honored. You decide how you wish to experience your time here.

Summer’s beginning is often about embracing more spontaneity, playfulness, and ease, with a lighter, more carefree energy. We offer you a retreat where you can be fully yourself. Take things lightly and with ease, as we explore the magic of practice together. The most profound spiritual insights arise when we feel safe and open, so our goal is to create an atmosphere where you can truly relax. We teach from an authentic, informed place—never pushing, but gently challenging. We love to have fun, but we also hold space for depth.

The practice

The morning asana classes will be the full package – a vigorous practice, fun and sweaty with a soundtrack that will make you want to dance, chanting which softens the heart and dharma (philosophy talk) that sparks new ideas for the spiritual path.

We recommend some experience with Jivamukti Yoga or Vinyasa/Ashtanga Yoga (you can join online classes or come to the studio in Berlin or elsewhere).

The afternoon practice is usually held in workshop style where we dive deeper into a topic. Some asana related, some focussing on a chakra or on a teaching. In any case we go deep here.

Some evenings are spent with Satsang (chanting or meditation together and some philosophy) where you get to connect or simply be inspired by the teachings.

Intermediate Level: You should have a regular asana practice and expect dynamic, challenging classes. Take a look at our ‚All Level‘ retreats if this doesn’t sound suitable to you.

We – Dana & Philippa – will be hosting our second retreat together at Yoga Spirit Circle. Each time we teach a retreat together, we are also asked to show up for each other and for the retreat group and each time we are even more surprised by the amount of love, joy and connection we get to experience.

Dana Sertel (Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher)

Dana is based in Berlin where she practices and teaches daily – Ashtanga and Jivamukti Yoga. She cares a great deal about authenticity and vulnerability. She is giving thanks to her teachers, who always accompanied her with a loving eye, while giving her the tools she needed. Her classes are vigorous and always come with carefully curated music.
Danas website

Philippa Heyden (Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher)

In early 2015 she completed the Teacher Training at Radhanath Swami’s magical Govardhan Eco Village in India with her teachers Sharon Gannon, David Life, Lady Ruth and Jules Febre under her mentor Yogeswari.

What inspires her about Jivamukti Yoga is the combination of intensive asana practice, meditation, chanting, various styles of music, pranayama, awareness and awareness of the direct and indirect environment.
Philippas website

 

Answer the call of summer;
let the sun lead you to new beginnings.

retreat offerings
○ 6 nights at the relais in sorrento
○ 3 vegan meals per day
○ jivamukti yoga morning practice
○ chanting, meditation, pranayama
○ afternoon classes restorative/workshop style
○ kirtan & satsang
○ transfer from and to Sorrento train station
○ water, tea & coffee

not included
○ travel to/from Sorrento
○ city tax (ca. 1,50€ per night)
○ massages, day trips
○ travel insurance  (recommended)

investment
2.050€ twin, 2.900€ single room

group size
18-22, the hotel is not exclusive for our group 

please visit our faqs for infos about travel, airport transfer and much more.

Additional information

a typical day

06.30 tea, coffee, fruit

07.00 meditation

07.30 yoga

09.45 breakfast

13.45 lunch

17.30 yoga

19.30 dinner

arrival day: check-in to rooms from 14.00, you can arrive earlier and leave your luggage at the reception and get lunch at the beach restaurant (not included).
The retreats starts at 17.30 with a
short welcome yoga class, 19.30 dinner, 21.00
welcome circle

departure day: no yoga class,
breakfast, check out of the rooms until 10.00

all yoga equipment is available at our retreat location, as well as towels & bed linen, shampoo, shower gel and beach towels. we’ll let you know what’s good to bring, a few days before your retreat.

arrival & departure: group pick ups & drop offs from near Sorrento train station (free of charge). You can get to Sorrento by train from Naples (1,5 hours) or by bus from Naples Airport.

please take a look at our faqs or send us an email. Looking forward to hearing from you.

about the place

If you are looking for the lushest of all Yoga Spirit Circle experiences this is for you. The famous Sorrento peninsula with it´s breathtaking views, the charming towns radiating La dolce vita and The Relais indulging you with the exclusivity of a private beach and it´s 4 star amenities. More

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