Women’s Workshop
Evia Greece
Precisely during a draining, painful and cruel time of war, we have organized to bring out again the workshop we love so much and feel connected to. We will go out together, as a group of women, on a journey of deep practice, rest and nourishment for body and soul. A week that will embrace, strengthen and empower us, a source of light after a dark period. The workshop will strengthen in us the strength to move forward and to support our families and our surroundings.
All you need to do is register, buy a flight ticket and let go. We will organize everything for you.
Each day we will practice women’s yoga – we will work with our feminine body and do good for ourselves. Each day we will use writing as a way to meet our inner world and the joy of creation within us.
Chef Avital Sabag will cook for us fresh, healthy, delicious and comforting food and will enrich us with her knowledge of nutrition.
To rest, to practice women’s yoga, to write and to eat well – what could be more right in such a time? Join us for the workshop – a vacation in women’s company with meaningful content. No experience in yoga or writing is needed. The workshop is multi-age and creates an exceptional feminine and human experience.
Who is the workshop for:
• The workshop is suitable for women aged 30 and above, with or without experience in yoga or writing.
• For women who want to release the residues of this difficult period and take a break
• For women looking for a workshop and a vacation with content and meaning.
• For women who want to understand the changing female body and learn through women’s yoga practice.
• For women who wish to nourish their bodies with healthy and fresh food and learn how to care for themselves through nutrition.
• For women interested in writing, expressing what is on their heart, and learning different writing techniques.
• For women who want to step away a little from a painful Israel and spend time in the company of quality women.
• For self-employed women, a professional workshop invoice will be issued
About the Workshop
During an ongoing time of war, with so much pain and uncertainty, we invite you to an intimate women’s retreat – a space of softness, listening and gathering inward. Together we will leave the borders of Israel for a place where quiet and nature are present, in a historic 18th century villa, “Villa Abrahoff,” where we will stay in complete privacy within a small village in nature, with acres of gardens, a swimming pool, magical corners and the sea a seven-minute drive away. The practice will take place in the renovated historic barn. Each day at noon there will be an option to go to the sea.
This is an invitation to pause and remember yourself. All you need to do is register, buy a flight ticket and let go. We will organize everything for you.
The yoga practice with Mira will give you simple and accessible tools to improve your quality of life, to cope with the challenges of daily life in Israel and to strengthen our core as women. The writing with Sagit will offer you creative and simple tools for release, personal expression and joy. It will connect you to the creative parts within you and allow you to experience yourself with connection and clarity. Avital will cook for us healthy and delicious delicacies, and our production will take care of everything for you – finally you will not need to plan, think, or take responsibility for anyone else.
What the workshop price includes:
– Transportation to the villa from the airport or from another location in Athens with a production team that will be waiting for you.
– Six days (5 nights) in a historic villa in a small village on the island of Evia, with acres of gardens and nature that we have rented entirely for our private use.
– Women’s yoga practice – twice a day we will practice and learn to listen to our body and care for ourselves.
– Writing workshops – twice a day we will sit and write as a space for personal expression and inner reflection.
– Meals throughout the stay – 3 meals a day with chef Avital Sabag – we will eat healthy and high-quality food.
– A vegetarian meal at a restaurant to close the retreat.
– A daily option to go to the sea at noon for those interested (there is a fish restaurant nearby); taxi cost is shared between participants.
– A thoughtful, professional production with an open heart that will lead the hosting and the workshop, take care of everything and accompany you.
– The price does not include flights and taxis to the sea. Beyond that, everything is included.
Early bird price until May 15.
A professional invoice for the workshop can be issued if needed.
Once you join us, the worries will stay behind. We will take care of every small detail – from the hosting, through the practices, to the time together and the transportation. You only need to arrive, take a deep breath, and surrender to the experience. We would love for you to join us.
Teachers
The teachers
Developer of the ‘Feminine Yoga’ method, which she has been teaching for over two decades and has trained hundreds of instructors and yoga teachers. Mira has been the chairperson of the Yoga Teachers Association’s ethics committee since 2018. Her unique method adapts traditional yoga positions to the needs of the female body, focusing on routines tailored to address the many transformations and cycles women experiences throughout their lives – such as menstruation, pregnancy, post-partum and menopause. Mira exceptional method also addresses common physical issues women may face: pelvic dysfunctions, fertility issues, menopause symptoms and more. To Mira Arzi Padan website
An award-winning author and playwright (the Levi Eshkol 2021 prize for ‘Days to See’, as well as both the Ze’ev and Leah Goldberg prizes for ‘Gaya’s Dawn’), Sagit has been a writing workshop facilitator and mentor for over two decades. Sagit describes the writing of her first book as a healing experience, which has taught her just how important the role of a mentor is to writers and led her to mentor hundreds of writers since. To Sagit Emet website
Arriving to the workshop
Recommended airline is El Al. On Friday, July 3 there is a morning flight, and return on July 8 on an evening flight after 20:00. You can travel with a trolley or a suitcase if needed.
Do not book a flight without receiving email confirmation that a place is reserved for you and a room is held. There are several flights from different airlines that can fit the workshop arrival – consult with us if needed, but responsibility for delays or changes that do not match the transfer times is on the participant. (There is an option to take a taxi to the villa for 180 euros each way.)
The transfer to the workshop will depart on July 3 at around 11:00 from the airport (according to the El Al flight landing around 7:00 in the morning). It is possible to choose other flights before or after the workshop and even stay in Athens the night before. It is recommended to stay in a hotel in the city center at Syntagma Square; the transfer will wait at a meeting point in Syntagma Square for pickup before and after the workshop for those who wish to stay in Athens.
You can also check charter flights or cheaper flights and arrive for the transfer at the planned time, or speak with the production and we will think together about separate arrival for those on different flights.
The transfer back will leave for the airport on July 8 at 17:00 and will continue to a stop in central Athens, for those staying an additional night or wishing to spend time in Athens after the evening flight. The El Al flight departs at 21:50. There is also an option to stay in Athens and take flights the next day.
For participants arriving from abroad or living abroad, we will hold a personal call and coordinate the meeting point with the transfer.
It is possible to arrive by private taxi to Evia at any time for 180 euros (to be arranged in advance with the production). The production has no responsibility for cancellations or delays of flights that are not the recommended El Al flight and aligned with the transfer schedule.
For your convenience, a travel agent accompanies participants. Her name is Tali – send her a WhatsApp message and she will get back to you: 054-7318854
A rideshare list to the airport will be available. You can share parking at the airport (long-term parking with a private shuttle) and split the cost together. There are trains all night to the airport.
About the dining
In this workshop, the amazing chef Avital Sabag, one of the leading chefs in Israel, will cook for us as she joins the workshop. The meals will be in Middle Eastern flavors with Greek dishes, vegetarian with vegan options, along with lectures on nutrition for menopause in relation to the seasons and Chinese medicine.
The workshop will include two main meals, breakfast and dinner, and a salad meal at noon, with fruits and vegetables available throughout the day, and a coffee and tea corner. On the last day we will enjoy local Greek food in a village taverna.
We will leave with a recipe booklet from Avital, given with love.
About the production
Our production is professional, precise, personal and done with an open heart. The production will take care of everything for you – with no need for you to plan, think or take responsibility for anyone else, so that you can give yourself time to rest, enjoy, and practice yoga and writing.
The workshop is intended for up to 26 women only, and includes 30 hours of practice and learning throughout the days.
If you would like to check if the workshop is right for you and learn more details, please click to get in touch.
What does the workshop include?
- Five nights at “Villa Averof” in the room type of your choice.
- Transportation from the airport or from Athens and back.
- The workshop will have about 30 hours with the teachers, including female yoga practice with Mira and writing workshops with Sagit.
- Meals for all the retreat made by chef Avital Sabag.
- Organization of noon trips to the sea in a shared taxi (separate payment of approximately 10 euros for a round trip to the beach)
- A vegetarian Greek meal at a taverna on the final evening, with wine (option to order meat/fish).
- A meticulous and precise production that will accompany you in everything.
- The price of the workshop does not include plane tickets
- An invoice will be issued for a professional training workshop.
- Every day in the workshop there will be free time at noon for a few hours, you are invited to rest, enjoy the pool and go to the beach (7 minutes drive). Take a walk in the village, in nature and in the area.
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For questions and a personal phone conversation with Ida, please send us a WhatsApp message at 0507900460.
Villa Averof
The special and charming Villa Avroff is on the island of Avia, which is the second largest island in Greece and the closest to Athens (two and a half hours by minibus). The estate of the Abroff family was built in 1833 next to a small village from the days when the island was liberated from the Ottoman occupation. Today the estate is managed by the descendants of the Aberoff family and has preserved its original character, it includes two historic houses from 1935 that have been fully renovated, charming gardens all around that expand and are surrounded by terraces and offer hidden places where you can enjoy peaceful moments of silence and privacy, a beautiful yoga hall that was in the old days the barn of the estate , a welcoming swimming pool and a charming stream a few minutes’ walk inside the family area.
We will enjoyed the estate together for a few days as if it were our own home in complete privacy.
Accommodation types at “Villa Averof”
The accommodation prices include 5 nights’ stay, workshop sessions, production, meals throughout the stay, and transportation from the airport to the workshop and back at the end. There is an option to split the payment into up to 4 installments. Explanations and registration will be done after a personal phone call. The price does not include flights to Athens. A professional workshop invoice will be issued.
The photos are for illustration only; each room varies in size and appearance.
Guest room for 2 women:
located in different classic historic houses across the estate, the guest rooms include two separate beds, a shower, toilet, and air conditioning. (Each room looks different)
Price per participant for the entire stay: early bird price until May 15 – 6,900 NIS
Price after May 15 is an additional 300 NIS
Private room – limited to 3 rooms only (each room looks different and varies in size).
in classic historic houses with a shared living room, there are several private rooms with a double or single bed, a shower and toilet in the room, and air conditioning.
Price per participant for the entire stay: early bird price until May 15 – 8,300 NIS
Price after May 15 is an additional 300 NIS
Guest room for 3 women
In a classic historic house, a large room with three beds, a shower, toilet, and air conditioning, with a balcony or access to the garden.
Early bird price per participant for the entire stay until May 15 – 6,200 NIS
Price after May 15 is an additional 300 NIS
Room for four women (friends or single travelers)
In a simple historic stone house, there is one large room with 4 single beds, with 2 shared toilets and 2 shared showers in the room.
Early bird price per participant for the entire stay until May 15 – 5,200 NIS
Price after May 15 is an additional 300 NIS
Inspiration pictures for the workshop
Register for the workshop further down the page
Payment and registration terms
To register for the workshop, click on the registration form and fill it out. If you have comments or questions please write in the form. After receiving the form we will call you back to talk. After registering for the workshop, you will be sent an email with a payment link with the option of 4 interest-free payments. Your place will be reserved until payment according to the registration status.
This workshop can be approved for a continuing education course for you as needed.
Cancellation policy
During this time we are sensitive to the situation; if there is a cancellation due to an emergency, a full refund will be given minus 150 NIS for registration and cancellation expenses.
Participant cancellation up to two weeks before the workshop – a cancellation fee of 600 NIS will be charged, and a credit of 300 NIS will be given for a workshop later in the year of IDC.
Participant cancellation between two weeks and one week – a cancellation fee of 1,200 NIS.
Participant cancellation from one week before up to the workshop date – payment of half of the workshop price.
It is possible to find a replacement participant at any time (responsibility of the cancelling participant). If the production finds a replacement for you, your payment will be refunded minus a registration fee of 500 NIS.
In the case of a family disaster related to the war – a full refund minus a registration fee of 150 NIS, or partial depending on timing before the retreat (at the production’s discretion).
In the case of cancellation due to the security situation in Israel – a full refund minus 150 NIS registration fee and cancellation expenses.
Workshop Registration Form
Women’s yoga and writing retreat – Greece
July 3-8
Please fill in the details and we will contact you by phone for a personal conversation and answer your questions and in accordance with the room inquiries and make the registration and payment.
Option to pay in 4 installments without interest, after payment the place will be reserved for you.
Each participant must fill out a separate registration form.
The prices for early registration are not on the form and will be given according to the closing date