02/12/2023
IKARIA LIFESTYLE RETREATS 2024
(Reserve a spot with an email to ikarianwine@gmail.com)
Our Ikaria Lifestyle Retreat is a special 6-day program for those who want to take a break in an intense and anxious life, or for those who want to make a restart in a lifestyle with more well-being. What you will learn during this program can potentially become part of your daily life with many beneficial results.
Cooking classes, daily antistress anti-inflammatory exercise, trekking and exploring nature, hot-cold exercise-swimming at the hot springs, lecturing. natural wines, High quality nutrition based on organic products and the way of "how to cook tasty food without killing the nutrients". We have 3 meals daily, breakfast at the farm kitchen, light lunch and dinner with 1 glass of our natural wines at the farmhouse restaurant.
Guests are kindly requested to avoid snacking between meals and avoid alcohol out of the wine we serve at dinner time.
Activities
1) 6-night stay at Karimalis estate traditional rooms and houses with breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Meals made from mainly organic ingredients, many of them from our organic farm and prepared with the principle of "how to cook tasty food without killing the nutrients".
2) 3 cooking workshops with Eleni Karimali. Duration 3.5 hours each. The workshops aim to show the cooking methods of how to prepare food in a way that keeps nutrients safe, and how to avoid having toxic factors in your meals when at the same time your cooking results in very tasty dishes.
3) 1 guided walk on the mountains of Ikaria with a very knowledgeable guide. Duration 3 hours or more depending on participants.
4) 60 min of morning anti-stress exercise with George Karimalis for 6 days. The exercise aims to reduce intense stress, improve blood circulation, reduce inflammation, and improve joint flexibility. Includes unloading, stretching, breathing and balance exercises.
5) 4 hours training on Greek dances with an experienced trainer, aiming to strengthen the sense of community and being together, while learning the circular Greek dances.
6) 2,5 hours lecturing, Q and A included, on Ikarian lifestyle and longevity by George Karimalis, aiming to look for the factors of living healthier and longer.
7) 1 wine tasting and wine tour with Iliana Karimali
8) 3 meals per day with very balanced, high quality meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner of the traditional and creative Ikarian diet.
9) Mindful walks after every meal
10) Hot-cold swimming at the hot springs
😎 A visit to the place where the hot springs come into the sea, where we do the extra healing hot-cold swimming-exercise.
Any extra days out of the 6-day all inclusive program will be at prices for simple guests with breakfast included.
In case participants arrive on the date prior to the Retreat they have the option of starting the next day with a free exercise at 8.30am.
The all inclusive prices per person in our 2024 Ikaria Lifestyle Retreats are $1600 (USD) in case of 2 people sharing a room with private shower/toilet, $1750 in case of 1 person staying in a room with an outside shared shower/toilet and $2000(USD) for 1 person staying in a room with an indoors private shower/toilet.
The prices do not include air flights or ferry tickets.
We will collect you from the airport or port and drop you back on departure.
The day by day program in general terms for the main activities.
Retreat day 1,(arrival day for participants) 2pm lunch, 3pm-4pm walking, exploring, breathing, 5-7pm lecture on Ikaria lifestyle and longevity, 7pm dinner, 8.30pm-15 min walking,breathing,relaxing.
Retreat day 2, 8.30am -9.30am Anti-stress exercise, 9.30-10.30 breakfast, 11am-2.30pm 1st Cooking class and lunch, 4pm-6.00pm Greek dancing lesson, 7pm dinner, 8.30pm-15 min walking,breathing,relaxing.
Retreat day 3, 8.30am -9.30am Anti-stress exercise, 9.30-10.30 breakfast, 11am-4pm Swimming at the hot springs (picnic lunch), 5pm-6.30pm, wine tasting, 7pm dinner, 8.30pm-15 min walking,breathing,relaxing.
Retreat day 4, 8.30am -9.30am Anti-stress exercise, 9.30-10.30 breakfast, 11am-2.30pm 2nd Cooking class and lunch, 3pm-5.00pm Mindfull walk in nature (silence and breathing) +1 hour circular dancing to connect, 7pm dinner, 8.30pm-15 min walking,breathing,relaxing.
Retreat day 5, 8.30am -9.30am Anti-stress exercise, 9.30-10.30 breakfast, 11am-3.30pm guided walk via an ancient path to Kambos beach, swimming and return to the estate(picnic lunch), 7pm dinner, 8.30pm-15 min walking,breathing,relaxing.
Retreat day 6, 8.30am -9.30am Anti-stress exercise, 9.30-10.30 breakfast, 11am-2.30pm 3rd Cooking class and lunch, 3pm-5pm swimming and healing-walking at an amazing beach, 7pm dinner and celebration party at the farmhouse restaurant.
Day 7 departure day, 8am- 9.am Anti-stress exercise, 9.15am-10.30 breakfast.
The dates of the 2024 Retreats are:
April 22-28,
May 6-12,
June 3-10,
October 7-13,
October 14-20,
October 21-27.
