Glow

Yoga, guided meditation & complete wellbeing for the body, mind & soul

Retreat Essence

Harness your inner light with the magical Glow formula and be transported to a state of radiant peace and wellbeing.

Glow’s 5 night signature retreats are held throughout the season in Ibiza, with each retreat intentionally designed to offer a unique wellness environment which sensitively fuses Glow’s ‘Essential Elements’ with inspiring practices and carefully curated healing modalities, to offer an original and expansive experience for every guest. Renowned for sustaining perfect balance in a gentle yet powerful journey for the mind, body & soul, Glow alchemizes the nourishment of self-care with the nourishment of pleasure – and welcomes you back into peaceful connection with yourself.

In June, Glow heads to the Greek isle of Lefkada for our 6 night luxury wellness holiday-style retreat, ‘Rediscover Your Glow’. A blend of daily Yoga, mindfulness practices & guided meditation with a lightness of touch – and plenty of time for blissful relaxation at our magical venue, gazing out to the surrounding islands of the Ionian Sea.

“I rediscovered a love for myself, healed emotional wounds, laughed until I cried, swam in sparkling clear waters, enjoyed spectacular food and made life-long friends.”

May
10th – 15th 2024
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May
24th – 29th 2024
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June 16th – 22nd

Lefkada
From: €2695

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September
20th – 25th 2024
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October
25th – 30th 2024
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Glow Essential Elements

Deeply uplifting Vinyasa & Hatha yoga
Soothing evening Restorative & Yin yoga
Breathwork practices
Powerful guided meditation & creative visualisation
Live music evening experiences
Calming Yoga Nidra
Individual wellness check-ins
Wellbeing workshops & takeaway self-care tools
Connection to nature – sunset hikes and sea dips
Full body diagnostic massage
Full menu of additional therapeutic treatments for body, mind & soul
Optional additional coaching
Integration support and post-retreat resources

Rediscover your Glow

About the location

Can Shanti – a stunning & tranquil sanctuary nestled in the pine forests near the sleepy village of Santa Agnes

The magical Can Shanti, Ibiza, will be your comforting retreat home-from-home for your journey. It is a unique and very special location, infused with a calming, soft energy of peace & healing. It is a truly beautiful & sensitively renovated finca, parts of which date back over 300 years, which has been transformed into a stylish, light & welcoming space

Imagine being amidst complete tranquility with nothing but the sound of birds and the breeze whispering through the pines. Follow a hidden path through the private forest to the secluded yoga deck passing by the azure infinity pool, rustic Balinese beds, a poolside chill-out lounge and fruit orchards, all the while being accompanied by the scent of wild rosemary and lavender. Can Shanti is the most blissful backdrop to support your retreat experience.

Your retreat includes

5 nights full-board accommodation in your chosen room – either on a triple, twin or solo occupancy basis

An inspiring & satisfying vegetarian menu prepared by our exceptional private chef Remko
A peaceful start to each day with a freshly brewed tea or coffee & a light pre-yoga bite
Daily morning powerful guided meditations & creative visualisation to nurture your connection to yourself
Daily morning deeply uplifting & inspiring vinyasa flow-style yoga practices to energise and nourish your body
Cold pressed juices & Elixirs
Poolside brunches of plant-based goodness
A full body diagnostic massage upon arrival
A full menu of additional treatments for the mind, body & soul
Dinners in the garden under the stars with an exceptional three-course menu – while enjoying a glass of organic wine if you wish!

Deeply calming & rebalancing practices and wellness workshops

A unique yoga nidra journey by candlelight with a soothing restorative stretch & release
A gentle sunset stroll through surrounding countryside to magical ‘Puerto del Cielo’ look-out
Connection to nature with beach yoga & morning or evening sea dip
Creation of your own personalised yoga sequence to establish your home practice
Roundtable style wellness workshops & inspiring guest speaker
Closing ceremony of blissful Yin practice to live music
5* hosting & personalised care from the Can Shanti team

Plus: In-bound transfers (for flights arriving between 13:00 & 16:00) and an outbound airport shuttle of departre day departing at 11.30

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Radiate

your inner glow

Clarify

your purpose

Renew

your positivity

Rebalance

your natural rhythm

Reconnect

to your true self

On Glow, the food is most definitely inspired by LOVE!

Nutrition is one of the best ways to elevate your sense of wellbeing

A Glow retreat is where eating becomes dining – as you have the space, tastes and setting to fall in love with food – and therefore be deeply nourished by it. Glow´s menu is created & served by Remko the Healthy Chef who produces exquisite vegetarian and plant-based menus to elevate the wellness journey. His flair for flavour & richly colourful plates inspire imagination, elevate the senses and vitalise every cell.

The warm atmosphere of every Glow retreat evokes the natural desire to gather together around the table, making this ritual an integral & enjoyable part of our daily self-care practice. Experience foods that are clean, green, living and local. Make life-long friendships and lasting memories.

Your daily nourishment includes:

Pre-yoga light bites & freshly brewed herbal tea or coffee
Post-yoga cold-pressed juices & elixir shots
Poolside brunch buffet
Healthy afternoon snack
3 course plated supper in the garden
Unlimited purified water , herbal teas and fruit throughout the day

An example day on retreat

(timings & additional activities will change slightly according to the season)

08.00 – Light help-self breakfast bites
09.00 -11.00 – To the forest deck for our daily morning Glow yoga practice
11.00 – Post yoga juices and elixir shots
12.00 – Daily delicious, healthy & hearty Brunch
13.00-15.00 – YOUR time for massages, therapies & relaxing
15.00 – An interactive wellness workshop
16.00 – A healthy snack will be served
17.30 – 18.30 *Evening Restorative practice & calming Yoga Nidra
19.00 – Three course dinner in the garden
20.30 – Outdoor cinema with superfood hot chocolate

*Evening practice will vary & other activities are offered during the retreat

About the yoga & meditation

All are welcome to the deck on Glow. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner looking to deepen your practise, Glow yoga is accessible for all levels.

Every Body has a Different Story

Glow Yoga is inspiring and uplifting; influenced by multiple styles and infused into a practice for the modern mind, body & soul.

It’s a journey that focusses on the body-mind connection to bring you back to your ‘centre’ – both physically through movement and mentally – back to a place of trust & understanding of yourself.

Always with both teachers – Susie Howell and Sarah Oliver – to guide you when you need extra support, or to help you go deeper.

We have a twice-daily practice. Mornings are more ‘yang’ based – flowing and strengthening, whilst the evenings are more ‘yin’ and restorative – deeper and slower sessions to profoundly relax you. Our evening practice is often based around sound or breath-work & nourishing Yoga Nidra.

Glow Meditation is a key part of the experience of reconnecting back to yourself. While its effects can be profoundly moving & uplifting, it is universally accessible as we guide and support the practice with music, creative visualisation techniques and breath-work.

Our guided meditations will give you clarity on your goals and intentions and life purpose, whilst helping you to be fully present in the moment and an active participant in your life!

What to expect from a Glow retreat?

We created Glow with the ethos of wanting to design a retreat that we would want to go on ourselves…

So our retreats are really from our heart. We believe that with truly accessible Yoga, guided meditation, workshops, wellbeing tools and complementary resources, along with wonderful food, peacefulness, relaxation – and lots of joy & laughter – our guests find their way to what they are looking for.

We guide each guest through their own personal retreat journey with as much, or as little, support as they need or want.

“Susie & Sarah are beautiful souls. Their teachings are warm and filled with love and laughter.

The varied classes are always down to earth and attainable as well as a challenge. You must give the retreats a try – they are absolutely perfect for both beginners – taught with patience – as well as for more experienced practitioners, with their diversity & knowledge.

The yoga has transformed my life. Not only has my strength & flexibility improved, but my mind is more peaceful.”

– Chris, London

Who we are

We are Susie & Sarah of Glow Retreats. Both together & individually we have a huge amount of experience creating, coordinating & hosting in excess of 150 group, private & corporate retreats over more than a decade. Our Glow Retreats honour the unique stories, needs & wishes of all those who attend them and we love welcoming & bringing together a rich variety of wonderful people from all corners of the globe.

Susie Howell

I believe we are born with a glowing resonance of light and natural luminescence. At certain stages in our lives, our light may become dimmed or even entirely hidden so that we feel completely disconnected from it, but it is always there, shining steady at our centre. We just need to know how to navigate our way back to it.

I completed my first 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in 2008 in Camden, London and in 2010 I made Ibiza my home. I have been running retreats here ever since.

Sarah Oliver

For me, the ancient practice of Yoga is the magic key to managing the pressures of modern life.
By establishing & nurturing a mind-body-soul connection through movement, breathwork & meditation you will feel more complete, more balanced & more able to joyfully participate in life from a place of empowerment, stability & peace.
In addition to teaching yoga (RYT 500) I am a certified CBT practitioner, wellness coach & meditation teacher.