7 Day Journey to Self: Private Horse Riding Retreat with Coaching and Yoga at Costa del Sol, Spain
Spain Private Horse Riding Holiday
If you need time to think things over and would like some coaching to find out how to get more out of life, then this is the retreat for you. This week you will receive maximum support to develop your, your relationship's or your family's full potential. The stables are well known for their jumping lessons. They compete at a high level themselves. They also have ponies and all-round horses for riders of all levels.
Key information
- Rider weight limit: 176 pounds / 80 kilograms
- Horse height range: Ponies to 15 or 16 hands
- Horse breed: Pure Spanish breed, Andalusians, and crossbreeds
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- 6 hours of horseback riding (non-rider alternatives also available)
- A minimum of 20 hours of other activities
- 1-to-1 private retreat option and 1 excursion included
- A 40-minute Peter Hess® sound massage or a relax massage
- Sound bowl bath, coaching, breathwork, and body awareness
- Mindfulness, Yin, slow flow, core / and Pilates
- Friendly, professional guide
- 6 nights glamping accommodation with breakfast and lunch
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Styles
Málaga Airport (US$ 53 per person)
Accommodation
Facilities
- Golf course
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Bar
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Convenience / grocery store
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Laundry
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
- Outdoor shower
Coachman Caravan
You will stay in this fresh and bright caravan with a 1.40 x 1.90 bed and a sofa that is convertible to a bed with a 1m x 2 m mattress.
The finca has a lovely garden with all kinds of vegetables, herbs, and several fruit trees, including lemon, orange, kaki, and pomegranate. We also have our own chickens. Every season offers different things that will be served fresh from the garden.
You will also find a BBQ area, a yoga area, and a sweet little swimming pool with sunbeds and an adorable cat to cuddle with. Photos under "Select your package".
Program
A journey to self
So, how will you most positively and powerfully interpret the circumstances of this moment? How to best enjoy your precious life? Let Mia Isacsson guide you to a journey to self.
Welcome to a conscious awakening retreat in Malaga. It is great for a single person, a couple, or a small family. If you will come alone, this will be a private retreat just for you. If you will come with friends or family, everything will be tailor-made to suit your level and wishes.
Mia Isacsson's team will guide you to a flow of experiences to unravel the higher version of yourself: Yin, slow flow, Hatha, Ying, Kundalini yoga, mindful meditation, Pilates, body flow, breathing techniques, sound bath, horse riding, art therapy, coaching, four elements, conscious awakening, and Tantric numerology.
If you choose a non-riding package, you will have free time instead of riding. If you would rather have other activities instead, you will just pay the full price, then you can choose as you please.
All tuition will be tailor-made to suit each individual rider's level and preferences, starting with the basics. Mia Isacsson will also help you find your path based on your energy level. No experience is required, just meet them as you are.
Six hours of horseback riding included. The stable is a five-minute walk from the Spainriding Finca, and Adolfo, Adolfito, or Celia will be your riding teacher.
It will be possible to fill your days with activities. They, however, would like to encourage you to not get too busy, but instead take some time to be on your own and reflect. This will be a journey to Spain, but even more so, a journey towards yourself, a journey within.
Peter Hess® sound massage
To make you even more relaxed, a Peter Hess® sound massage is included. The session typically starts with the client lying down comfortably on a yoga mat, mattress, bed, or massage table, fully clothed. Each session will be 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.
Voice and sound journey
This will be useful if you would like to explore and express yourself through the use of your voice. The voice is the first instrument, coming from the depths of human existence.
The goals of this practice are to more consciously hear and know yourself, feel free to express yourself, make yourself heard, free yourself from limiting conditioning, develop a greater understanding of your creative expression, and create a greater trust in yourself. You can also be introduced to "light code / language."
Moon ceremony
A celebration to the moon, this can be done in many ways. In summer, just lying down and looking at the sky is an amazing experience. In colder seasons, a yoga moon salutation might be a better choice. Crystals will be used, and there will be different themes according to the lunar phases and what astrological sign the moon is in.
Yoga
Yoga and other exercises can 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. Yin, slow flow, core, Qigong, pilates.
Riding gear
It is recommended that if you are going to ride, you provide your own riding helmet and that you wear riding pants and boots or chaps. There are some helmets that you can use in the stable, but they are not of very high quality. Gloves are also needed while working on the ground. All guests should have a reasonable standard of fitness from the view of safety.
You will ride in dressage, all-around, or jumping saddles, depending on what you will practice. The bridles are double bridles or single bridles.
Weather
It rarely rains there in Costa del Sol, but during the winter, there can be heavy rains that make riding risky.
If this should happen, you will be offered other activities instead: an excursion, core and yoga classes, sound bath, sound massage, voice and sound journey, coaching, astrology, chakra balancing, crystal and moon ceremonies, and tarot card readings. The same applies if you find it too hot to ride in the summer.
The schedule will be adjusted according to your skills and wishes, which day you arrive, the season, and the weather.
Included excursions
One excursion is included. More can be added. There are a lot of options, depending on the season and day of arrival: guided hike in the mountains, trail ride in the mountains, four-element meditation on the beach, Buddhist temple, donkey dreamland, zipline, flamenco show, a marketplace, a typical Spanish small white village, Malaga center, a beach ride, Spanish Feria, shopping center, the botanical garden in Torremolinos, Agua Park, or just a trip to the beach to relax, etc.
Instructors
Mia Isacsson
In the early -90s, Mia became an Astrology & Psychodrama Coach. Counsellor´s training program 1995-1996 based on modern relationship-oriented psychoanalysis, linguistics, voice dialogue, NLP. She progressed from student to teacher. She has been training executives, management, staff and personnel, group as well as one-to one. Mia has CBT & M.I. diploma, intensiv yoga teacher training 2015, certified to give Peter Hess® Sound Massage, teaching horses and clients up to Grand Prix level. Now she offers retreats for personal growth in Spain.
Adolfo Espinosa
If you want to do showjumping on a higher level, Adolfo will be your instructor. He is very well experienced and loves to teach. He speaks Spanish and enough English to make you understand what he wants you to do (with a little bit of help from hands and an open mind).
Adolfito Espinosa
Adolfito has grown up helping his father with competitions and training horses and clients at the Riding Center. He is now participating in show jumping competitions and has won a lot of medals. His English is quite good and he really get the best out of his students. He puts a lot of work into perfection so that the rider can jump even slightly higher obstacles safely.
Tatjana Di Marzio
Tatjana,born in Italy, has a master in Art therapy and Alchemic symbols, studied fashion and costume, Kundalini yoga and Tantric numerology and practice it for more than 10 years. She a painter, fashion designer,art teacher and Yoga teacher. Tatjana is passionate about psychology of the mind and understanding and healings of traumas. Love life and live aligned with nature cycles. She went through a lot and is now teaching healing by sharing her own experiences. She is spreading love, light and energy where ever she goes. She also cook the best old style high quality Italian food
Location
This holiday will take place in Malaga, Spain. Malaga, the Spanish city that adjoins Costa del Sol, is a popular tourist destination and for good reason.
Coachman Caravan is next to the Lauro Golf, a 27-hole golf course that offers beautiful walks as well as hiking in the mountains. There is also a little village shop.
Just a five-minute walk from the Spainriding Finca, you will find a well-maintained riding center with a large show jumping arena and a 60 x 20 dressage arena. There, you will also find the Stable Bar.
Distances
- Málaga Airport (AGP) - 20 minutes
Features
Activities
- Horse riding
General
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Bar
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Special menu request
- Yoga deck
Services
- Conference room
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Hair dryer
- Laundry
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
Food
Breakfast and lunch are always included in the price. The refrigerator will be filled with whatever you fancy for breakfast so that you can have the breakfast of your own choice. Some fruit, snacks, tea, coffee, etc. will also always be available. Lunch will mainly be served at the Spainriding Finca.
Dinner can be added, or you can visit one of the three local restaurants: the excellent restaurant at Lauro Golf, the Torre de Vega, or the Venta la Porrita.
If you have special requirements, please send an inquiry.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
What's included
- Preparatory video call to define your intentions
- Possibility to book follow-up video call coaching sessions
- 6 hours' horseback riding
- A 40-minute Peter Hess® sound massage or a relax massage
- 1 theory class about natural horsemanship and communication
- Yoga, mindful meditation, Pilates, body flow, breathing techniques, and sound bath sessions
- Art therapy, four elements, leadership, and communication lectures
- Private coaching
- Astrology
- Cosmic human design
- Tarot
- Tantric numerology
- 1 excursion
- 6 nights accommodation
- Breakfast and lunch (dinner can be added)
- Unlimited water, tea, and coffee
- Yoga mats, blankets, blocks, and straps for the yoga sessions
- Small swimming pool (not heated)
- Sunbeds and pool area towels
- A complementary wash of yoga or riding clothes
- Bed linen and towels
What's not included
- Flights
- Airport transfers
- Dinner (can be added)
- Riding gear (Mia Isacsson has a few helmets, but cannot guarantee size nor quality of safety)
- Insurance
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Málaga Airport
8 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 53 per person
Arrival by plane
Please book your flight to arrive at Malaga Airport (AGP). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request. You can easily take a taxi from the airport, or Spainriding can organize someone to pick you up at an additional cost.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% 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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