A room balcony above the bay: two chairs, the sea below

Five nights on Ios, above Milopotas beach

A breath and yoga retreat with Katerina and Ryan. 20 to 25 May 2027. Fifteen people.

The hotel is built into the slope above Milopotas beach, and near the top of it is a small open-air theatre: a circle of stone, cut into eight, with the bay below the wall. That is where we practise, morning and evening. Fifteen people, no more, and a room indoors for the morning it rains.

Katerina teaches the breath. Ryan teaches asana, meditation and japa. One morning we teach the Three-Part Breath together. We found we had both been teaching it when we met in Ticino in 2024, and we have wanted to teach it side by side ever since.

The open-air stone theatre: a circle cut into eight, with Milopotas beach and the bay below the wall
Anassa Breath

ανάσαAnassa is Greek for breath.

Where you sleep

A sea-view room, shared or your own. Every one of them looks over the bay.

Two chairs on a stone balcony, the bay of Milopotas below
A bed with the sea framed through an open door

Where you practise

Morning and evening in the stone theatre. Indoors on the morning it rains.

A stone doorway giving onto the theatre circle

Where you eat

Breakfast and dinner every day. The evening table sits above the town.

A dinner table on a terrace at night, the town lights behind
A shaded dining room with a stone wall
Breakfast, close

Where you rest

A pool cut into the slope, an indoor spa, and Milopotas beach at your feet.

The infinity pool at dusk, the bay beyond
Milopotas beach from above
The indoor spa pool

The week

When
Thursday 20 to Tuesday 25 May 2027. Five nights.
Where
Ios Palace Hotel & Spa, above Milopotas beach, Ios, Greece.
Who
Fifteen people, with Katerina and Ryan.
Practice
Morning and evening, in the stone theatre. Indoors if it rains.
Teachers
Katerina teaches the breath. Ryan teaches asana, meditation and japa. One morning they teach the Three-Part Breath together.
Food
Breakfast and dinner every day.
Rooms
A sea-view room, shared or your own.
Price
€1,021.50 a person sharing, €1,309 with a room of your own, all in. How it breaks down
Not included
Getting to Ios, lunch, wine, tips.

Getting there. Ios has no airport. The ferry from Piraeus takes about four hours on the fast boat and seven on the slow one, and there are crossings from Santorini, Naxos, Paros and Mykonos. We will send guidance long before you need to book anything.

The sea. The Aegean in late May is around 19°C. Going in is optional.

Booking is open.

From €1,021.50 a person, sharing: your room, breakfast, dinner and the teaching. €1,309 with a room of your own. Fifteen places.

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