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La Crisalida Retreats is a health and wellbeing centre located in the quiet seaside town of Albir, north of Alicante on the Costa Blanca, Spain. La Crisalida Retreats offers guests from all over the world a relaxing all-inclusive retreat experience in a quiet and welcoming retreat centre. La Crisalida Retreats offers a holistic approach to health and well-being through a programme of activities that include yoga, life makeover workshops, meditation, rebounding and more, combined with tasty nutritious plant-based food and juices. You can experience the whole programme of activities during your stay.
Start your refreshing yoga retreat with a morning meditation and then your first yoga class of the day outside on the terrace with views of the sea and mountains. Enjoy a healthy breakfast before joining a workshop, taking a walk or maybe relaxing on your sunbed with a good book. You can try rebounding, aqua aerobics (summer only) or legs, bums and tums before enjoying a delicious plant-based lunch. After a siesta, you can choose to enjoy a second yoga class of the day, a workshop or learn how to make the food that are served. There is a weekly programme of activities on offer. All activities are optional so you can do as much or as little as you want. Find the inner peace and leave feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and more like you.
Yoga
Yoga is a core part of the La Crisalida program, and they cater for beginners and people with an intermediate level of practice. Studies have proven yoga to be one of the best ways to reduce stress, lower blood pressure and relieve symptoms such as insomnia, depression and anxiety. Yoga also helps to improve overall fitness, strength, and flexibility.
Yoga classes at La Crisalida
There are 12 yoga classes every week. The classes are either 90 minutes or 60 minutes depending upon the day. There is one all-levels class each day (suitable for beginners and intermediate practitioners) and at least five intermediate classes during the week. Classes are open to everyone, however, the intermediate classes are stronger and more challenging.
Most of the yoga classes are Hatha based, although La Crisalida Retreats offers a range of different yoga styles, including Yin, Restorative, Kundalini and Hatha flow. There are four or five yoga teachers each week, so you can experience different styles and teachers. If you are new to yoga, this is your opportunity to try something new! The common theme underlying yoga at La Crisalida is to help you to get back in touch with the inner you, to find balance, strength, flexibility and inner peace.
Where possible, the yoga classes are held outdoors on the roof terrace (which has retractable shade) with views of the surrounding area, sea and mountains. You will leave your short yoga break feeling relaxed and rejuvenated from your time at the retreat.
Other activities
Each day there are other classes that you can take part in, like yoga-lates (a combination of yoga and pilates), legs, bums and tums, in addition to rebounding and aqua aerobics (summer only).
Yoga Nidra and guided visualisation
Each week there is a wonderful yoga nidra, to enable you to deeply relax and reconnect body, mind and spirit. You will also find deep relaxation in our guided visualisations.
Guided walks
La Crisalidas location by the sea and close to a natural park and woodland makes the surrounding area a great one to explore and enjoy the scenery, sea and fresh air. La Crisalida encourages all guests to join the daily guided walks, which give you some of the very best views of the Costa Blanca. Various routes can be followed depending on your desired level of activity.
La Crisalida Retreats programme
The retreat offers a full programme of activities that run every day of the week, starting at 08:00 and finishing between 20.30 and 21.00 (depending upon the activity). You are welcome to choose to attend all the activities that you want to.
Sample daily schedule
- 08.00: 90-minute morning walk
- 09.30: Morning juice or breakfast
- 10.30: 90-minute yoga class
- 12.15: 30-minute exercise class (It can be one of: rebounding, coreworks, or aqua aerobics in the summer)
- 13.00 Meditation
- 13.30: Lunch, followed by siesta / relaxation time
- Welcome chat for new guests
- 15.00: 60-minute class (cooking demo or juice demo), some days
- 16.00: Afternoon juice
- 16.30: 90-minute class (It can be one of the workshop, exercise class e.g. yogalates, yoga)
- 18.30: Dinner: evening juice or healthy meal
- 19.30: Evening activity (It can be one of: Yoga nidra, guided visualisation, mindfulness workshop, life makeover workshop, or evening walk in the summer)
Note. The start time of the yoga classes varies depending on the day. This schedule is shown for indicative purposes, as classes can vary. You will be given a weekly programme of activities when you arrive at the retreat.
Instructors
John Brant
John is an author, speaker and transformational coach. He oversees the retreats, as well as often leading life makeover workshops, meditation, walking, and if you are lucky, rebounding! John worked in a high pressure career as an Actuary before making significant changes in lifestyle culminating in his move to Spain. At the retreats, he shares generously the best of what he has learned and put into practice. John inspires and challenges guests to take personal responsibility for their health and well-being.
Lisa Brant
Lisa is one of the founders of La Crisalida Retreats and one of the yoga teachers, taking a mindful therapeutic approach to yoga teaching. She is also a nutritionist and designs the food and juice menus at the retreat. Lisa originally trained as an Epidemiologist, studying health and disease. After studying NLP, she changed direction in 2011 to take a more holistic approach to health and wellbeing. With more than twenty years of experience, Lisa shares her knowledge and expertise with guests so they can be more self-aware of their health.
LaCrisalida Team
The activities at La Crisalida are run by a talented team of skilled professionals. They have varied backgrounds and training, which encompasses yoga (500 hours or 200 hours minimum), personal training, Pilates, exercise to music, meditation and mindfulness and much more. This wonderful team lead the activities and workshops. They will also welcome you to the retreat with a group welcome chat and are around if you have any questions. In addition to all the staff at La Crisalida, the programme team are here to support you on your health and wellbeing journey.
Accommodation
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At La Crisalida, they offer spacious en-suite apartments, decorated in a light traditional Spanish style, with white-washed walls, throws and bright scatter cushions. There are different types of accommodation that you can choose from to fit your budget and personal choice.
Every apartment includes a seating area, with large sofas and armchairs, plus a television and a DVD player so you can choose to relax with one of our wide selection of DVDs. This is a small area with a dining table and chairs, plus an ensuite bathroom. There are blackout curtains at the windows to help you get a good night's sleep. For convenience, all apartments also have a basic kitchen containing a kettle and tea-making facilities and a fridge. La Crisalida Retreats also supply a hair drier, safe, iron with ironing board, and clothes drier in every apartment.
The accommodation is situated in two buildings. Private apartments (single person), twin share and multi-share apartments are located on the ground floor and situated around the inner courtyard magnesium pool area, with sunbathing facilities. They all have a small outside terrace area for your apartment. In the second two-storey building, next to the second outdoor pool and close to the yoga terrace, the five apartments are all two bedrooms – here you can have your own private bedrooms in a two-bed shared apartment.
All apartments have free access to Wi-Fi internet. Rooms are cleaned regularly. All apartments and communal areas include central heating for the winter months and air-conditioning for the hot summer months. Fans are also provided.
You can choose from four types of accommodation:
Private apartment
If you like to have your own space, you can choose to have your own private charming Spanish-style apartment. These apartments have their own en-suite bathroom, with an outdoor terrace area. They are situated around the quiet inner courtyard pool area.
Private room in a shared two-bed apartment
For those people who prefer to have their own private bedroom but are happy to share an apartment with one other person, you might like to choose this option. Each bedroom contains a double bed. The seating, dining and kitchen areas are shared and so too is the ensuite bathroom. These apartments are for two people (and you can book this option if you are travelling alone, La Crisalida will match you with another guest of the same gender). There are also two apartments that can sleep up to 4 people coming together as a group. Please ask La Crisalida for prices and availability.
Twin room in a twin share apartment
You could choose to share one of the charming twin-share apartments, with one other person. These apartments have been arranged to make the space suitable for social distancing. There are two single beds, separated by a wardrobe and shelf unit, so the large apartments are divided into two sleeping areas. There is a small seating area, kitchen and ensuite bathroom (shared by both guests). If you are travelling on your own, you can book this accommodation type and La Crisalida will match you with someone of the same gender and, where possible, a similar age.
Multishare apartment
The multi-share apartment is a great option if you are travelling on a budget. La Crisalida has a limited number of apartments available that can sleep 3 or 4 people. This is a large apartment, containing three or four single beds. The apartment has been arranged so that social distancing can be maintained. There is an ensuite bathroom, seating area, kitchen and outside terrace. These apartments can be reserved for people coming as a group. Individuals travelling on their own can also book this accommodation option if you are happy to share with up to three others (same gender).
Facilities
The retreat is set on lovely Spanish grounds, with mature plants, including bougainvillia, palm trees and jasmine. There is a wide range of facilities at the retreat including:
- Yoga roof terrace: The roof terrace is used for yoga classes (depending upon weather conditions) so that you can enjoy practising your yoga with the views of the mountains and sea. It is fully equipped with mats, blocks, blankets and straps. During the day, the terrace gives you magnificent sea and mountain views and is available for you to enjoy when not in use for retreat activities
- Indoor activity studio: the activity studio is used for workshops, rebounding and other activities. Yoga classes are also held here, on occasions when the roof terrace is not available (due to weather, e.g. too cold / hot / windy). It is fully equipped for yoga classes with mats, bolsters, straps, blocks and blankets. (Please note, there is no weight lifting or similar gymnasium equipment at the retreat). This activity studio is fully heated during the winter months and air-conditioned during the summer months
- Outdoor swimming pools: There are two outdoor swimming pools at La Crisalida. One is a magnesium pool that is heated in the cooler months, designed to support your relaxation. The second outdoor pool is located towards the south of the retreat grounds
- Sun beds and parasols: A large number of sun beds are available around the retreat so you can choose where to relax. There is also an outdoor quiet seating area in which you can read, write or relax
- Outside dining area: during the summer months evening meals are eaten outside at large family tables in the outdoor dining area. There are also lots of tables and chairs around the retreat where you can choose to eat
- Inside the dining area and communal area: breakfast and lunch are served here. You can choose to stay inside to eat around the large wooden tables or move outside to another dining area. This area also contains a sofa and TV / DVD area, hot and cold water, herbal teas and some games for you to play
- Terrace areas: all of the apartments around the lower magnesium pool have a personal terrace area containing tables and chairs with sunbeds
- Internet access: free Wi-Fi in all apartments and communal areas
- Table tennis: Enjoy a game of table tennis outside
- Ambient music: Quiet ambient music is played in the reception and dining areas of the retreat
- Satellite television: every apartment contains a TV with satellite stations, mainly in English and Spanish, but a few French and German-speaking channels too
- DVD player in each apartment to enjoy one of our light-hearted DVDs from the DVD library
- Book swap library – bring your book and if you finish it you can swap it for another one from the book swap library
- Educational books and DVDs to borrow during your stay at the retreat
- Car parking: If you wish to hire a car during your stay there is private parking available on the retreat grounds
- Telephone: There is a telephone in your room
- Heating: All apartments and communal areas have central heating
- Air conditioning and fans: All apartments have air conditioning. Fans are also available
- Other apartment facilities: including fridge, hairdryer, tea-making facilities, iron with ironing board, and clothes drier
- La Crisalida offer unlimited filtered water and herbal teas. Fresh fruit is also available at all times
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