Back to Nature Retreat
31st May - 7th June, 2025
Escolta Alta Mountain Retreat
Move Well and Feel Better with Rebeca (Organic Embodiment) and Sharon (Move Well Yoga) in Andalucia
Unlock Your Potential: A Holistic Movement Retreat in the Alpujarra Mountains
Tucked away in the foothills of the Alpujarra Mountains, this retreat is perfect for anyone seeking to improve their movement. Led by expert coaches Rebeca Montero and Sharon Iacono, you'll explore the 5 essential rhythms of the body:
Breathwork:
Breathing is crucial for both mental and physical health, significantly influencing how you move and feel.
Movement:
Join daily functional movement classes and workshops with Rebeca and Sharon, using tools like elastic bands, partner work, and MFR balls to identify and correct imbalances.
Heart Rate (Joy):
Through movement practices, you’ll learn to regulate your heart rate and understand how heart health connects to emotions, movement, and mental well-being. A happy heart leads to a happy you!
Gut Health:
Explore the impact of nutritious foods on your overall well-being. Our retreat chef, Bongo, prepares fresh, locally sourced meals daily.
Mental Peace:
Learn how stress in the mind affects the body, and discover techniques to connect the brain's signals to promote calm and inner peace.
This retreat will help you become more aware of how to stimulate and connect your body’s rhythms, leading to a more sustainable, enjoyable, and holistic approach to health. Your coaches will support and encourage you every step of the way, helping you rediscover the natural functionality of your body.
Are you ready to take your health and well-being to the next level?
DAILY ITINERARY :
8am | Morning Movement Class with Sharon
9:30am | Breakfast
1pm | Light buffet-style lunch
5pm | Mini Workshops with Rebeca
7pm | Dinner
Movement sessions last 60–90 minutes. The rest of the day is free to relax by the pool, explore the village, or engage in optional activities (details below).
All activities listed below are included in the price of the retreat. If you want to book any additional activities : consultation with Birgit, massage, hikes, bike rides and hire, horse riding, etc this will be at an additional cost.
OPTIONAL INCLUDED ACTIVITIES :
Forage & Feast - Guided Medicinal Herb Walk and Lunch | Learn about the plants of the Alpujarras and how they can not only enhance your diet, but can also be used in natural medicines and herbal balms. This will be led by local herbalist, Belen Tierra Amada
Spanish Guitar Recital with Jose Vilchez | Imagine an evening sitting under the stars listening to Classical Spanish Guitar while sipping on Sangria after a specially prepared Spanish themed dinner by our resident chef, Bongo? Sound good? Join us for this as part of our week long retreat.
Introduction to Tissue Salts with Birgit Morayma Harp | health-coach-sierra-nevada.com
- What they are made of, no side effects, good for babys and adults, animals
- History - where they coming from and why they are working so well
- 27 different Mineral salts to enhance your wellbeing
- Questions on how they work and when to take
- Option for individual personalised check up (extra cost)
Sound relaxation with Tibeten Singing bowls
The vibrations of the bowl stimulate body cells to strengthen their self-healing powers. Individual areas of the body react differently to certain frequency spectra and vibration characteristics of a singing bowl.
The basis for the design and manufacture of Peter Hess singing bowls is the ancient knowledge ofmanufacturing and material composition (copper and tin).
A sound ritual of just a few minutes a day is enough to strengthen your own physical, mental and spiritual health in the long term. Enjoy and let the sound take you into deep relaxaion!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
On the last evening, we’ll venture into Lanjaron to enjoy its bars and restaurants. No evening meal or practice on this day. Meals/drinks during these outings are not included in the retreat price.
Please inform us in advance of any food allergies or intolerances.
Alcohol is not provided, but you're welcome to bring your own.
RETREAT PRICE INCLUDES :
Accommodation
All movement practices
3 meals per day: breakfast, light lunch, and dinner (except Wednesday lunch and Friday dinner)
Activities listed above
*** Flights and transfers are not included, but we can assist with transfer arrangements or car hire advice.
We offer a few open movement holidays per year, but private group bookings are also available. The property can host up to 13 guests in 7 ensuite bedrooms (a mix of twin and double rooms). Pricing is based on 2 people sharing a room. Private rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, with prices listed below.
For more details, visit: www.escolta-alta.com
ADDITIONAL SERVICES (at extra cost) :
1:1 lessons with Rebeca and Sharon
Massage sessions
Cooking lessons with Richard
PRICING (PARBATE HOUSE) :
Single Room (x1) – £1095 – BOOKED
Small Double Room (x1) – £1150 (single occupancy) / £995 per person (2 sharing) – BOOKED
Small Twin Room (x1) – £995 per person (2 sharing)
Large Double/Twin Room (x2) – £1050 per person (2 sharing)
Swimming pool
Bedroom
RIVERSIDE COTTAGE :
VERY LARGE DOUBLE/TWIN x 1 - £1150 PER PERSON - 2 SHARING
LARGE DOUBLE/TWIN x 1 - £1095 PER PERSON - 2 SHARING
** ALL ROOMS ARE ENSUITE / ** COTTAGE ALSO HAS ACCESS TO A SEPARATE KITCHEN AND LOUNGE AREA
Cottage Living room
Cottage Bedroom
A NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT OF £300 IS REQUIRED TO SECURE YOUR PLACE, WITH THE BALANCE PAYABLE 8 WEEKS BEFORE THE RETREAT BEGINS.
CANCELLATIONS AFTER THIS TIME WILL RESULT IN THE FULL BALANCE BEING RETAINED.
If you're interested, don’t wait too long—places fill up quickly!
EXTRAS TO ENHANCE YOUR RETREAT EXPERIENCE
Looking for a more active holiday? We’ve partnered with Spanish Highs, a hiking business in Lanjaron that also offers climbing and trail running. These activities are popular and need to be booked well in advance due to high demand during this season.
For an extra thrill, we can also arrange mountain and road biking through Cycle Sierra Nevada, offering bike hire and guided routes for all abilities. Please note, the steep mountain climbs require a reasonable level of fitness. There is also a special hire discount of 5% and free bike set up when you book bike hire with us.
Prefer horse riding? Enjoy a scenic hack or lesson in the mountains with Sarah from Caballo Blanco, who has Spanish horses suitable for riders of all experience levels—a unique way to take in the breathtaking landscape.
If relaxation is what you're after, why not indulge in a Spa Package? The 4-star Balneario de Lanjaròn offers a range of thermal treatments using the famous mineral waters of Lanjaròn.
These activities are optional and available at an additional cost. If you'd like any of them added to your retreat package, simply let us know!
MOVE WELL YOGA - Sharon
Trained in yoga, FRC and massage, you can expect a wide variety of styles in my teaching. Always based around functional movement to maintain balance in body and mind.
ORGANIC EMBODIMENT - Rebeca
Rebeca Montero is totally fascinated with the human body as a connection of rhythms. She was trained as a yoga teacher and sports massage therapist, realising that was the beginning of a journey to help people connect with what we are naturally designed to be, move and achieve. She also trained as a functional anatomy yoga teacher and other modalities of massages to be able to access the different body types in order to taylor the needs of each individual. She also incorporates healing with sound in her classes.
Her enthusiasm is a contagious energy that will make you feel curious about what your body is capable of.
RICHARD - Bongo
Richard can adapt menus and dishes to cater for most types of diets and requests and always tries to source food from local suppliers where possible and his menus are seasonal and fresh.
Contact Me for Info or Booking!
**Note: Please add “sharon@move-well.yoga” to your contacts when you use the contact form. This way, you will get my reply, and it won’t go to your spam folder.