“Learn how to communicate with horses”
5 Day Trail Ride: Horseback Riding and Yoga Holiday With Sound Massage in Grazalema Nature Park
Grazalema, 116 10 Cadiz, Spain
Spain Horseback Riding Holiday
The maximum number of guests is 4 so the tuition will be in a very small group or even private so there will be a lot of time for you to get specific about the skills you want to improve. Grazalema Nature Park is the perfect place to come to when you want some change of air. With the help of beautiful nature, horses, coaching, workshops, and exercises you can easily disconnect with your regular life and reconnect with your true self. Your guide Mia Isacsson and her team will make sure you get the best out of your stay.
Key information
- Rider Weight Limit: 176 pounds / 80 kilograms
Meet the instructors
Mia, Raul, & Nano
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Highlights
- Equestrian yoga training
- 6-hour horseback riding
- Sunrise sessions and moon ceremony
- Sharing circles, slow flow and yin yoga, workshops, group coaching, and meditations
- If you happen to be the only guest, Mia will run the retreat exclusively for you
- 4 nights accommodation with 4 breakfast, 3 lunch boxes and 4 dinners
- Video call to define your intentions and follow-up video call coaching session
- Sound massage (20 minutes), tarot card, crystals, and Tibetan singing bowls
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Styles
5 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: German, Spanish, Swedish
Group size: Maximum of 4 participants
Airport transfer available:
Málaga Airport (US$ 178 per person)
Málaga Airport (US$ 178 per person)
Airport transfer available:
Seville Airport (US$ 178 per person)
Seville Airport (US$ 178 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Terrace
- Free Wi-Fi
The organic farm is a small ecological family business. By coming here, you support an organic and integrated production that complies with all the legal requirements and moral responsibilities associated to the park and its natural environment. The perfect place to take care of yourself, reflect, ride, hike, eat high energy food, practice yoga, qigong, have a sound massage and so much more.
The boutique hotel, an old renovated agricultural building, has 10 double rooms. Some have their own terrace, a private entrance from the garden. Some are upstairs and feature a small balcony. They all have a king-size bed or two individual beds, a bathroom, A/C, heater, and free Wi-Fi. The hotel offers large open common areas and a lot of space where you can find privacy. It is surrounded by a lovely garden, terraces and an infinity pool integrated within natural rocks.
Facilities
- Honesty bar: Help yourself when you need a coffee or a drink
- Filtered-water fountain
- Free access to a natural infinity pool
- 5 marked hiking routes
- The kitchen serves traditional dishes made from own and local ecological products with a lot of innovation and a modern touch
- Own certified organic production of merino sheep and fish from lakes in the park
- A lot of trail rides available for all levels, from 1 hour to 6 hours
- The horses graze freely all year round on the 6 hectares of meadows that surround the farm
- All horses have a box in the stable.
Program
The schedule will be adjusted according to the season, the weather, how many participants, what day you arrive and your skills and wishes. We will be outside as much as possible.
Daily Schedule
Day 1
- 15:00 Check in
- Introduction to the finca
- Welcome circle
- Define your intentions
- 20:30 Dinner
- Moon ceremony
Day 2
- 08:00 Sunrise session
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 10:30 Workshop - communication and energy
- Sharing / coaching circle
- Lunchbox
- 2-hour trail horseback riding
- Sharing / coaching circle
- 20:30 Dinner
Day 3
- 08:00 Sunrise session
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 10:30 Workshop
- Sharing / coaching circle
- Lunchbox
- 2-hour trail horseback riding
- Breathwork, yoga and meditation
- 20:30 Dinner
Day 4
- 08:00 Sunrise session
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 2-hour trail horseback riding
- Lunchbox
- Time to book extra riding, have one of your included private sessions or just relax
- Soft yoga and crystal and sound meditation
- 20:30 Dinner
Day 5
- 08:00 Sunrise session
- 09:30 Breakfast
- Sharing/coaching circle, summarize
- 12.00 Check out
Sunrise sessions every morning to welcome and appreciate the new day. Equestrian Yoga Training and other exercises wake up your physical body, create a nice feeling in your emotional body, balance your mind, set clear intentions, and tune in to your spiritual body.
Horse riding
Horses detect and expose every nuance in your personality and will tirelessly tell you about it. Use the horse to learn more about yourself, as a spiritual animal or just enjoy being with them. They can teach you patience, how to be focused, to exist in the moment, and how to enjoy life.
When horses are free they “hang” together. They don't do very much- saving energy in case they need to escape. People are mostly “doers”. They want to do, see results, they have prestige and judgments about what is right or wrong. Learn the difference between doing and being. The difference between head and heart, between thinking and feeling. The horses can teach you how to just be, and hang together. Try to BE, even when you do things. Rider Weight Limit: 176 pounds / 80 kilogram.
Peter Hess® Sound Massage ( A 20 minutes session is included and you are very welcome to book more)
The session typically starts with the client lying down comfortably on a massage table, fully clothed. Each session is tailor-made to suit the needs of the client. Tibetan singing bowls are placed on or around the body, often on specific energy centers or chakras, and played with a mallet. The resonant sounds and vibrations emitted by the singing bowls are thought to gently balance and harmonize the body’s energy, facilitating relaxation and a sense of inner calm. The vibrations and frequencies produced are said to penetrate deeply into the body, helping to release tension, reduce stress, and induce a meditative state.
You are challenged to take the opportunity to leave your mobile phone to us during your stay to really disconnect. It will be possible to fill your days with activities. You, however, are encouraged not to get too busy but instead, take some time to be on your own and reflect. Time to absorb and integrate is a s important as the things you do. This is a journey to Spain but could also be a journey towards your self, a journey within.
All tuition is tailor-made to suit each individual's level and preferences, starting with the basics. The stable has all-around saddles, The bridles are single bridles.
Included excursions
- 6-hour trail rides in the beautiful nature park
Instructors
Mia Isacsson
In the early -90s, Mia became an Astrology & Psychodrama Coach. She went trough counsellor´s training program 1995-1996 based on modern relationship-oriented psychoanalysis. She progressed from student to teacher. She has been training executives, management, staff and personnel, group as well as on one-to one. Mia had an intensiv yoga teacher training 2015. She has CBT & M.I. diploma and is certified to give Peter Hess® Sound Massage. Mia has also been training horses and clients up to Grand Prix level and ran her own course farm 2005 - 2015 and has since offered retreats in Spain.
Raul
He has been with us from the onset. His passions are horses and he is an expert horse-whisperer. He makes sure that everything works in the state.
Nano
In love with nature and horses. He is a guide always ready to teach you horse riding or show you around in the Sierras. You can also find him in the hotel reception or dressed up as a waiter!
Location
The Finca is a 32-hectare estate, 800 meters above sea level, at the heart of Grazalema Nature Park. The park spans more than 53.000 ha between Cadiz and Malaga. It was declared a Biosphere Reserve already in 1977. These forests are among the best preserved and most biodiverse in Europe, hosting more than 1,500 plant and animal species, some of which are unique to this area–such as the beautiful Spanish fir.
The landscapes alternate cork-oak trees with open valleys cut by spectacular limestone sierras. The mountains are traversed by paths linking the white towns and full of legends and traditions. The park is a Special Protection Area for Birds and a part of the European Union’s Red Natura 2000, designed to protect biodiverse habitats and migratory passes.
Food
Three daily meals are included in the price. If you have special requirements, please send an inquiry. Mia is happy to be at service.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- Extra horseback riding, sound massage, and coaching
- Guided routes in the environment
- Astronomy sessions
- Relaxing massage
- Special massage for hikers and riders
- Therapeutic massage
What's included
- 6 hours of horseback trail riding
- 4 nights accommodation
- 4 breakfast
- 3 lunch boxes
- 4 dinners
- 4 sunrise sessions
- 1 moon ceremony
- 1 preparatory video call to define your intentions
- 1 follow-up video call coaching session
- 1 20 minutes sound massage session
- 1 crystal and sound meditation (Tibetan singing bowls)
- Several sharing circles, group coaching sessions and meditations
- Free access to natural infinity pool
- 5 marked hiking routes around the finca
- Time to reflect, absorb and integrate
- Yoga mats, blankets, blocks and yoga straps for the yoga sessions
- Bed linen and towels
What's not included
- Airfare
- Transfer (available)
- Extra treatments
- Extra horseback riding (outside the included 6-hour trails)
- Things from the honesty bar
- All their horses and things carry insurance, however, you are responsible for your own holiday and riding insurance
How to get there
Recommended Airports
AGP
Málaga Airport
76 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 178 per person
SVQ
Seville Airport
88 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 178 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Malaga Airport (AGP) or Seville Airport (SVQ). Transfer from and to this airports is available upon request.
Airport: Málaga Airport
Airport transfer available:
Málaga Airport (US$ 178 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Seville Airport
Airport transfer available:
Seville Airport (US$ 178 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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