For anyone who is quietly asking: is this all?
Eight days in Tenerife to find your way back to yourself.
Yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy and breathwork at La Malvasia, a stone country house above the sea in Tenerife. Small groups, guided by two psychologists since 2011.
Click to see dates and prices.Guiding retreats in Tenerife since 2011 · A meditation workshop at the UN headquarters in Vienna, 2024 · Hundreds of guests from across Europe
What actually happens in the week
Three minutes with Anahat and Ricardo, filmed at La Malvasia.
Most people arrive at a turning point.
Not broken. Just at the edge of something. This is a meaningful break, not a holiday, and the people who come tend to recognise themselves in one of these:
You are burned out. The work, the roles, the calendar that runs like clockwork, and a tiredness that no weekend and no beach ever seems to reach.
You are at a crossroads. A career, a relationship, a chapter that is ending or asking to change, and you want space to hear what you actually want next.
You are carrying a loss. A grief, a separation, something that shifted the ground under you, and you are ready to feel lighter without pretending it did not happen.
You want to reconnect with yourself. You have done the reading and the apps and the good intentions. You want to actually practise it, for eight days, with people who know how to guide it.
And you want it to be gentle. Not an intense bootcamp of the soul. A calm process in the sun, at your own pace, with nothing you are ever forced to share.
Led by two psychologists, not just yoga teachers.
That is the difference you feel by the second day. Anahat and Ricardo are both trained psychologists, so the inner work most retreats skip is woven gently through the week, alongside the yoga, the food and the island.
Yoga & meditation
Daily yoga in different styles, and guided meditation as the sun comes up over the sea of clouds. Movement and stillness to settle the noise before the deeper work begins.
Hypnotherapy & inner work
Guided hypnotherapy and breathwork for compassion, forgiveness and letting go of the beliefs that quietly hold you back. This is the part that makes it more than rest.
The island itself
Hikes to natural pools and quiet volcanic coast the resorts never show you. Fire, sharing and mantras at night. Vegetarian food by Raquel that even the meat lovers ask to recreate.
A week with a shape to it.
Each day opens a different doorway inward, from grounding and joy to love, silence and the teacher within. Seven steps, walked the same way since 2011.
- 1
Inner Grounding
Root down, release what you have been holding, and feel the healing power of surrendering to the earth beneath you.
- 2
Inner Joy
Reawaken the joy that apathy buried, through breath, movement and song, and gently meet your inner child.
- 3
Inner Strength
Reclaim your power and self-worth, and step out of the story of the victim into the one who creates.
- 4
Inner Love
Open the heart, release the personal lie you have carried, and remember your own sacred truth through forgiveness.
- 5
Inner Silence
Enter the stillness where clarity lives, and glimpse the life you truly want to call in.
- 6
Inner Guru
Meet the teacher already within you, and come face to face with your future self.
- 7
Plenitude
Awaken the natural joy that lives inside, and return home full, grateful, and seeing the world with new eyes.
The rhythm is what changes you.
Not one big breakthrough, but eight days of the same gentle shape, until the noise quiets and something settles. Here is what a day looks like.
Yoga and meditation on the terrace as the sun comes up over the clouds. A long, unhurried breakfast after.
Yours. The pool, a book, a walk through the vineyard, or a quiet conversation with one of the hosts.
Hypnotherapy, breathwork, or a guided walk with a picnic to places most visitors never find: the hidden pools of Montaña Pelada, the volcanic reserve of Malpaís de Rasca, or the water spring at Fuente de Tejo.
Fire, sharing, mantras, sometimes a guitar. You are never required to speak. Silence is always a valid answer here.
Morning. The terrace floats above a sea of cloud. Warm cup in your hands, body still soft from the practice. No inbox. No noise. Nowhere to rush to. Just breath, and light, and the slow surprise of feeling like yourself again.
You recognise yourself here.
- You want depth, not just a break. You could book a spa hotel. You are looking for something that actually shifts how you feel when you get home.
- You want to be guided by professionals. Two psychologists with real training, not a group leader with a playlist.
- You are new to this, or you are not. Beginners and seasoned practitioners both belong here. No experience, flexibility or beliefs required.
- You value a small, real group. Ten to twelve people who know your name by the second evening, not a crowd.
- You are coming alone. Nearly everyone does. By the first dinner it stops mattering.
- You want the gentle version. A calm, warm process in the sun, never intense, never performative.
Anahat · Aday García
Psychologist · Founder, Inner Truth AcademyA Spanish psychologist from Gran Canaria, guiding international retreats since 2011. In 2024 the UN invited him to lead a meditation workshop for staff at its Vienna headquarters. Trained in kundalini and kriya yoga, Biogestalt therapy and Ayurveda. Guests describe his teaching as patient, warm and quietly perceptive.
Ricardo
Psychologist · Coaching & hypnotherapyA psychologist and coach who brings the therapeutic layer that makes the week more than a yoga holiday: hypnotherapy, mindfulness, and gentle work with the beliefs people carry. Grounded and unhurried. The two of them together, one holding the practice, one holding the inner work, is what guests remember long after they fly home.
From people who have been.
A very special week in Tenerife. The venue was a calming place with sea and mountain views. Anahat and Ricardo created a beautiful, open space and were always ready to share their knowledge. My body felt stronger by the end of the week.
This was my first yoga retreat. I hoped to manage my stress and meet like-minded people, and it was even more than I hoped for. The teachings by Aday and Ricardo were inspiring, delivered with such patience it did not matter that I had never meditated before.
As a 54 year old man with no experience of this kind of retreat, I could not have been in a better place. We were a small group, and that made it easy to get to know each other well, in a beautiful village up the mountain, in a villa with a pool almost to ourselves.
Aday and Ricardo were a healthy combination of present yet discreet, supportive and encouraging without giving too many answers. Not only quality yoga, but a deeper exploration of the mind. I would recommend it to anyone with a real thirst for learning.
I needed to get away from the darkness, cold and winter. I chose it for the sun, and what I loved most was being away from the noise of society, the calm, the group, and the mid-day activities. The retreat helped bring my own answers to the surface.
I was looking for more than a relaxing week, an opportunity to kickstart better habits and a different mindset. It went well beyond my expectations. Beautiful yoga, energizing hikes, thought-provoking workshops, and lessons I took home with me.
Choose your week.
Every price is here, in the open. No hidden costs, no calls needed to find out what it costs. A €400 deposit holds your place, and the balance is paid on arrival. Nothing else to pay in advance.
- 24 – 31 Oct 2026 Season opener
- 21 – 28 Nov 2026
- 26 Dec 2026 – 2 Jan 2027 Christmas
- 2 – 9 Jan 2027 New Year
- 26 Jan – 2 Feb 2027
- 27 Feb – 6 Mar 2027
- 23 – 30 Mar 2027 Easter
- 24 Apr – 1 May 2027 Season close
What it costs
Three months from now.
Do you want to still be telling yourself "one day", or do you want this?
- Your mind is quieter than it has been in years, and it is staying that way.
- You are sleeping properly again, without trying so hard to.
- The pattern you named at the fire has loosened its grip on your days.
- You have a morning practice that actually stuck, because you lived it for eight days straight.
- You stopped carrying the "is this all?" question around, because you did something about it.
Things people ask before booking.
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