Here, item by item, is what lies behind the price of a Flowaway retreat.
Venues chosen with real demands
The venue is often the first thing you fall for, and one of the first budget items. We do not sign with the first address that comes along: we look for premium, warm places with that little extra soul that makes you want to put your bags down and never leave.
Looks matter, of course. But we also look very closely at the essentials: a setting surrounded by nature, a proper room dedicated to the practice, and enough bedrooms and bathrooms to host the whole group comfortably for several days. They are sometimes just lines in a listing… but once you are there, they change everything.
Classes you do not get every day
A Flowaway retreat is not your Tuesday evening yoga class down the road, relocated somewhere prettier. Alexandra and Maïwenn, your two teachers, design every programme specifically for the retreat.
We like to leave the beaten track: themed classes, aerial yoga, danced movement, meditation, playful or more intense workshops… The idea is not to pile up hours of practice, but to create real experiences around yoga, designed for the destination, the world of that retreat, and the people taking part.
Activities that are part of the journey
A Flowaway retreat does not stop at the mat. We give real space to the experiences around it, chosen to suit the destination and the identity of each stay.
A vineyard visit, a bike ride, kayaking, paddleboarding, a mountain hike with lunch at altitude, and so on. We look for moments that show the region in a different light, that build connection and make you want to share.
These experiences come at a cost, which we build fully into the budget. But they are part of what we want to offer: a complete, generous, different stay.
The table, a real part of the experience
What lands on your plate matters just as much as what happens on the mat. For every retreat we look for a chef who fits the spirit of the stay: generous, flavourful, carefully prepared food, from someone available, attentive and able to adapt to what we have in mind.
We accommodate everyone's needs as far as we can, but our retreats are not systematically vegetarian. Flowaway has a resolutely epicurean side: we love long shared tables, good produce, and those aperitifs that put the flavours of the region centre stage.
The choice of chef, the quality of the produce, the way the menus are built: all of it weighs on the budget. For us, the table is fully part of the experience.
And then there is everything you do not see…
Beyond accommodation, meals, classes and activities, the price also reflects a whole body of invisible work done upstream: painstaking research into the venue, selecting the chef and suppliers, scouting activities, studying transport and accessibility, building the programme, creating the materials, talking to partner brands, preparing the goody bags…
Every retreat represents dozens of hours of preparation, often several months before you arrive. Work nobody ever sees, but which makes all the difference: once you are there, you have nothing left to think about or organise. We anticipate every detail so that your only job is to enjoy it, fully.
The Flowaway touch
Finally, there is what fits into no budget line at all, but which makes us who we are: the Flowaway touch.
Personalised gifts in the colours of each edition, small touches thought through for everyone, themed classes, festive moments, themed evenings and of course our now iconic white party. We get ready, we cover ourselves in gold and silver at the tattoo workshop, we put on our finest outfit, we laugh, we dance, we let go. That is often where the bonds formed during the retreat take on a whole other dimension.
It is for all these reasons that we like to call our retreats Yogi Festive Retreats: yoga, yes, but also creativity, discovery, beautiful tables, celebration, new faces and a great deal of sharing.
Choosing a Flowaway retreat is therefore not just booking a few nights and a few yoga classes. It is choosing an experience thought through and organised from A to Z, where every detail has been cared for with one aim: that you can, for a few days, simply let yourself be carried.
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