Wellness is one of the fastest growing industries, and wellness tourism, as part of health tourism, is an increasingly sought-after combination of travel, rest and care for the health of the body, mind and spirit. The forerunner of health tourism were Roman spas, so saunas and spa treatments are often an integral part of wellness tourism. Awareness of wellbeing and a healthier lifestyle has been prevalent lately, especially since global events as well as the plight of the modern sedentary lifestyle have forced us to take heed of them. When we are traveling, we pay more and more attention to the natural environment, increasingly care about activities that in some way promote a healthy lifestyle, encourage physical fitness, good immunity.
A yoga retreat is a form of wellness and organized rest for groups and at the same time focused on the individual, with professional programmes under the guidance of trainers, therapists, yoga instructors, life coaches… Yoga exercises, massage, meditation, acupuncture, aroma therapy are an integral part of these professional programs. If you add an outdoor gym, cycling trails, hiking, climbing, proximity to a natural attractive location under UNESCO protection, pet friendly space, honey inhalation, clean healing air, silence that surrounds you and enables digital detox – you just found our Camping Plitvice. You’ll get all that from us. The Camping Plitvice yoga retreat is ideally organized out of season when the whole camp is available to a group of participants and lovers of this type of reset, along with many additional services.
That it is a misconception that retreats are exclusively places of silence and dormancy is also confirmed by various types of retreats that offer a wide range of organized services, such as those dedicated to enjoyment or healthy cooking workshops, such as culinary wellness retreats, spa and wine retreats or wellness cruises. Ayurveda retreats are more dedicated to medical services, and corporate ones will especially benefit businesspeople who are exposed to everyday stress situations, pressures and challenges.
How to cope with stress and positively look at life, learn to slow down and take rest seriously, make a physical and psychological departure from everyday problems and look at things from a different angle is one of the many goals of yoga retreats.
The difference between a retreat and classic vacations
A retreat is a type of holiday that signifies withdrawal. The very roots of the word “retreat” in Latin means “to withdraw”, “to go to oneself” or to allow oneself a break from everyday life. Instead of focusing on travelling from the outside, it invites you to travel inside and discover your own possibilities.
While on vacation you organize travel, accommodation, transport, food and more, everything on the retreat is already organized and ancillary to the participant, their enjoyment and relaxation. Vacations are more oriented at what you do, while a retreat is focused on your very being. Instead of pleasing others about where to go, what to do and when to do it, the focus is on you and taking care of your needs.
In addition to a healthy diet, yoga and breathing exercises, as well as meditation are performed on the yoga retreat. They help to calm the mind and body, feel physical relief from tension, and often relieve pain, for example in the area of the back or shoulders where stress accumulates the most, and to improve resilience, flexibility and focus.
A yoga retreat usually lasts one to three days, often on weekends, but can last up to a week.
If you’re still wondering why come to the yoga retreat, these are the benefits
– Long-term benefits of introducing healthy habits or changing habits (healthier diet, exercise, application of acquired knowledge as anti-stress tools, positive thinking habits);
– Personal growth and development;
– Detox of mind, body and spirit;
– Mental rest and digital detox;
– Triple relaxation – physical, mental and emotional;
– A new insight, a new view of life situations and a move away from problems;
– Making new friends, who are in the same group with the same intention and goals;
– Deepening your yoga practice.
One of the greatest benefits of a yoga retreat is certainly that it can trigger the desire to reactivate your daily life. When you go back to your everyday life, it is as if you were starting over, refreshed and enthusiastic, and acting out of inner calmness, you deal with stress more easily.
By organizing yoga retreats in Camping Plitvice you benefit from all of the above, as well as more favourable prices for the group and a great time for holiday gatherings or winter in the new year, which bring you a lot of additional benefits. Contact us for more information, we will be happy to help you organize your yoga retreat.