First, you might like to know we are a legal registered business.
Why are we telling you this?
We think it’s important you know you’re dealing with a business that takes its responsibilities seriously. Sadly, not all retreats are legal – but we are – and we hope this brings some peace of mind.
See below for Who We Are, What Makes us Different and then discover more about me – Nicole – the Founder & owner of Yoga Breaks in Spain in My Story.
Always happy to answer any questions so please, get in touch.
Who We Are
We’re Yoga Breaks in Spain, a small but mighty retreat company with over 100 retreats under our belt and over a 1,000 happy guests so we know it’s the little things that make all the difference – and we’ve been busy perfecting them! Beautiful venues, inspiring teachers, delicious food & the right balance of activity & rest.
Come, stay with us!
What makes us Different?
Apart from our many years of organising retreats & first hand knowledge of Spain having lived here for many years – so we know the best teachers, activity guides and places to stay & eat! – we think the three big differences between us and other retreats are …
1. Unique Experiences
Our retreats take place at carefully chosen little venues near the ocean that are owned & run by local Spanish families. So not only are you helping to support the local community by choosing us but, we are the only yoga retreat guests at the hotel unlike a retreat centre where there could be multiple retreats taking place at the same time meaning classes, meal times & pool side could be busy & noisy :(
2. When You’re With us, You’re Our Only Focus
You’ll meet and be cared for by the owners of Yoga Breaks in Spain not volunteers passing through on a gap year. Nothing wrong with volunteers, it’s just that we believe that when the owners of a business are looking after you you get the very best care & service possible.
3. We Do Less – So We Can Give More
We deliberately choose not to run retreats every week as no-one can maintain continuously high standards week in week out. So, rather than you turn up and be greeted by a tired, lacklustre team, we take time out after each retreat to recharge so that you have the very best experience possible and for that, we need to be on our A-game.
my story
Hi, I’m Nicole – that’s me above – I founded Yoga Breaks after moving to Spain in 2003. Before then I lived in the UK & worked for over 20 years in corporate marketing whilst teaching yoga in the evenings. Just like everyone, I worked ridiculously long hours and had little time for myself, my family or friends.
My move to Spain with my husband Gary & our daughter Poppy was prompted by a health scare that stopped me in my tracks . My health issue was so ‘out of the blue’ that it made me to reconsider the way I was living.
At the time our daughter, aged 4, was spending 10 hours a day at a child minder whilst we rushed between home, work & home. It was exhausting & I knew that if we didn’t change, something was going to break. And it did. My health.
Having a health scare forces you to focus on what’s really important in life & it doesn’t take long to realise it isn’t a corporate career, material possessions or how much you earn.
When you have the opportunity to re-evaluate you decide how you really want to live. It was during this evaluation that I realised teaching yoga bought me more peace, joy and satisfaction than most of my possessions or my career. So off to Spain we set, initially as a place to just recharge & heal.
We started running yoga holidays purely by accident and now, a few years later, with a great team beside us, we believe we know the secret of what makes a great yoga holiday. And, whilst we never set out to win awards, we are a little (ok, a lot!) proud to be included in the Top 10 Yoga Retreats of the World !
Awards are nice but the best reward we can ever have is when we see guests return time & time again.
So, discover our press reviews , check out guest review videos or get in touch, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
The fab Yoga Breaks Team
In addition to our Yoga & Pilates teachers – read about them here – we have a great team of people who bring their own sparkle to our yoga holidays.
You’ll meet our airport drivers, activity guides, beauty therapists, masseuse & of course a great team of people who look after your every need at our yoga hotels – Chefs, housekeeping, reception, gardeners. We feel so proud and lucky to have such a good team, can’t wait for you to meet us all!
A little more on what makes us different to other yoga holidays
- Our consistent focus on delivering a great customer experience has led us to be included in the Top 10 Yoga Retreats of the World – woo-hoo!
- Our retreats take place at different locations near the sea within a 75 minute drive (north) of Alicante airport so not only is it easy to get to us – we offer an airport transfer service – but you’ll not have to spend hours in a bus getting to us.
- Each venue has been chosen for their super comfy & spacious bedrooms – each with own ensuite bathroom, good onsite facilities, spaces to relax inside & out, nearby to a lovely little town (& beach) for when you want to explore, a great yoga space and a warm friendly service from the local owners.
- We don’t ask – nor expect – solo guests to share rooms & so everyone has their own spacious room & ensuite bathroom … unless they want to share with a friend.
- You’ll NOT be asked to do ‘karmic’ duties such like washing up, clearing tables, making beds or cleaning bathrooms! Our team are here to do this for you so you don’t have to lift a finger – which we’re quite serious about!
- We believe a big part of a retreat’s success are the friendly impromptu chats that take place between the yoga sessions. We make it easy for these to take place by having all guests stay under one roof rather than spread out in various accommodations where you’d be on your own for much of the time. Oh & all yoga session take place on-site so just roll out of your bed onto your mat!
- The yoga sessions are carefully planned & themed and taught by 2 yoga teachers. This means there’s a ‘flow’ to the classes with the same teachers taking you on a progressive path rather than a variety of teachers ‘popping in’ where you may find yourself doing the same thing over & over & over again!
- Our world class therapists come to us to dispense their seriously good therapies so you can just pad along to the therapy room in your slippers – no need to get dressed to visit a nearby salon.
