Yoga Retreat: ANACHŌRĒSIS

YOGA RETREAT
ANACHŌRĒSIS 

August 18 – 23 , 2026

Return to Yourself — A Sacred Retreat in the Peloponnese
Yoga, Breathwork, Meditation, wild Nature, Ancient Greece
with Stephanie Sayegh

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ANACHŌRĒSIS — Withdraw. Breathe. Become
Return to Yourself in the Peloponnese”
Yoga · Breathwork · Meditation · Wild Nature · Ancient Greece

A “Retreat” is not a holiday. It is not a schedule to follow, a performance to give, or an achievement to unlock. It is, in its most ancient sense, a withdrawal — a deliberate stepping back from the noise of doing, so that the deeper work of being may begin. The word itself — retreat — comes from the Latin retrahere: to draw back, to pull inward. In the Greek tradition, it was called anachōrēsis — the act of withdrawing from the world not in defeat, but in wisdom. A conscious choice to slow the river of life, and listen to what runs beneath it. At Abeliona, we invite you to surrender this most radical act: stop doing, and simply receive. Let yourself be carried. By the program, yes — but also by the morning mist over the cobblestones, the scent of wild herbs on the hillside, the sound of a waterfall in the distance, and the unhurried light that falls on Apollo’s temple at dusk. 

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Pause Release the urgency of your ordinary life. There is nothing to fix here, nothing to prove. Time softens. Breath deepens.
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Receive Let the practices, the land, and the group nourish you without agenda. Come with willingness. Leave with fullness.
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Be held Greek food, ancient stone, wild nature, and a carefully woven program — all conspire to hold you gently in place.
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Return Not escape — return. To yourself, to your body, to the silence that has always been waiting just beneath the surface. 

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There is no expectation here except one: that you arrive. Arrive with your whole self — your tiredness, your questions, your longing for stillness. The rest is taken cared of.

Yoga at sunrise. Breathwork by the waterfall. Meditation under the olive trees. Evenings nourished by simple Greek food, shared with others who also dared to pause.

The group itself becomes part of the medicine. There is something profound that happens when strangers gather without their usual armour, held by the same landscape, breathing the same mountain air, sharing the same table.

A quiet intimacy forms — one that needs no words to explain itself. “You do not need to earn rest. You do not need to deserve stillness. You only need to be willing to stop — and let the land, the practice, and the people around you do the rest.”

Abeliona is not a backdrop. It is a participant. Its cobblestone streets, its restored stone houses, its yurt open to the sky — all carry the memory of a slower way of living. A way that knew the difference between movement and busyness, between presence and performance. This is what I offer. Not a programme of achievement.
A space of genuine retreat — ancient in its roots, tender in its welcome, and quietly, profoundly transformative in its effect.

Yoga · Breathwork · Meditation · Wild Nature · Ancient Greece

Come as you are. Leave as yourself! 

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Included in the price

• 5 Nights/6 Days in Shared or Single rooms at Abeliona Retreat
  • Double Shared Room: 990€/pers
  • Single Room: 1300€
    (Possibility for 3 people to share a room. Please ask for informations)
    
• 5 Breakfasts
• 3 Dinners
• Minimum 2 sessions a day of Yoga, Breathwork, Meditation, Mantras, & Discussion 

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Not included in the price

• Flights to Athens airport
• Transfers from and to Athens airport to Abeliona Retreat [around 100 EUR per transfer. Cheaper possibility to share a rental car]
• Travel insurance
• 2 dinners (we will eat outside at some taverna)
• All extras (visits, extra food and drinks)

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ACTIVITIES

• Ttrek & Visit of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius
• Visit ST. Theodora Church
• Neda Waterfalls
• Possibility of outdoor activities like E-Bikes – Resting, reading, sharing with others

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RESERVATION

Contact sayeghstephanie@gmail.com
Confirm your attendance with a down payment of 250€

➡️ For any questions or additional info, please email: sayeghstephanie@gmail.com

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🗓 SAMPLE PROGRAM

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