What do we offer as part of our Bulgarian retreats?

A Mindful Escape retreat will offer 3 or 5 days, all inclusive retreats in a surrounded by nature location in Bulgaria. Each year we choose a different spot but it always closely relates to our ethos. Our November location will be announced soon, it will be a forest location in the Rhodopi mountains this time.

We work with certified practitioners who are all fluent in English to cater for our guests best experience. We also align our retreats with a specific nutritional experience, ensuring that the food we offer is seasonally and energetically aligned with the retreat and the outcomes we want to achieve.

What is included in our retreats*?

*some experiences may vary based on the duration of your retreat or the location but it will always be clearly communicated

OVERALL

✓ Award winning PractiTioners

✓ Authentic location

✓ Curated days based on more than 15 years experience in hospitality

✓Real LONG LASTING results BEYOND THE RETREAT

✓everything taken care of

✓ workshops engaging all the senses

For the mind

✓ improving your mental wellbeing

✓ REAL & AUTHENTIC HUMAN CONNECTIONS

✓ daily guided meditation

✓ daily breathwork sessions

✓ daily mindfulness tips

✓ 1:1 focused and guided sessions on understanding your mind

✓ art practices

FOR THE SOUL

✓ safe space to be you

✓ peace and quiet to allow for full relaxation

✓ IMMERSION with nature

✓ astrology evening

✓ art, dance and talk

✓ guided soul practices

FOR THE BODY

✓ improving your physical health

✓ YOGA

✓ DAILY MOVEMENT SESSIONS

✓ SWIMMING OR HIKING (LOCATION SPECIFIC)

✓ ANTI INFLAMMATORY CUISINE

✓ BODY NURTURING TECHNIQUES

Pre- Register

early bird retreat discounts for 2025/2026

This is a no obligation registration, giving you access to early bird discounts and availability for all A Mindful Escape retreats and events.

Our Wellness retreats in Bulgaria

Why did we choose Bulgaria?

Bulgaria is still a slightly off the beaten path destination but here are a few facts about this hidden Balkan jewell. Bulgaria is one of the oldest countries in Europe, established in 681 and has never changed its name since. Bulgaria has diverse nature from forests to golden sand beaches, secluded villages and a lot of ancient traditions. Paying homage to her roots, Deyana has always wanted to work with her home land and showcase it to the world.

Bulgaria believes in keeping nature wild, unpolished. The forests and the sea are beautiful enough as they are, we do not need to put our human touch on them like a lot of other destinations do to make a place look more marketable. There is beauty in the wilderness and there is also a true energetic connection. There is something magical about places that are still wild, untouched and uncrowded. Mass tourism today has ensured that certain destinations that used to be sanctuaries of peace in the past are now flooded with people, digital devices and noise. A Mindful Escape looks to find those more secluded and peaceful areas in Bulgaria that offer a true disconnect for our guests, and Bulgaria has plenty to offer.

There are many places in Bulgaria that are weaved in mysticism and energetic protection. This is why our retreat in 2024 took place in Karandila. A very beautiful and protected area of the Bulgarian Old Mountains, spanning legends about its healing water and air.

The sessions part of your retreat

  • 1:1 Coaching

    We use a blend of methodologies to help and guide our guests during the specific timing in their life we get meet to meet them. Our founder Deyana practices a blend of coaching, CBT and standard psychology to help guests reconnect with themselves, work through stress and anxiety or manage a difficult moment a little easier.

    What will the session look like:

    60 min dedicated 1:1 time where current challenges, emotions and desires are discussed

    Defining success for the session and overall goals. Help with goal definition if needed or unclear

    Opportunity to listen and discuss

    The sessions can be done, indoors, outdoors, sitting or walking

  • Yoga

    Stephanie is an award winning movement specialist, who creates the most transformational yoga experience for our guests every day. Stephanie has been practicing yoga since 2017.

    Moving our bodies is such a fundamental part of our wellbeing. We often forget about that, stuck in our desk jobs, too busy to dedicate time to move.

    During your Mindful Escape retreat you will spend at east 1 hour each day doing yoga with Stephanie. The sessions will be suitable for absolute beginners, as well as more advanced practitioners. Stephanie will guide each group to achieve maximum satisfaction and results.

  • Welcoming and working with our fears

    When we are looking for or on the verge of change, transformation it is more than natural to feel fear, apprehension and maybe even utter panic for some of us.

    In this workshop, using the Journey ® method, we will :

    • Look at the benefits of fear and why it keeps on showing up

    • Getting to know some universal fears and some of our own

    • Learn how we can befriend them

    • Learn what our fears have got to tell us

    • Make them an ally allowing leverage for action

  • Self-compassion through self-care

    Our bodies are the divine vessels for our Souls on this journey on Earth.

    Too often, we go beyond our limits and push forward, forcing our body into situations it does not enjoy. Be it at the gym, at work sitting for hours on end, at home not giving enough rest, in crowded public transport etc…

    We will give it a proper break. This will be a loving and caring workshop where we will :

    • Brainstorm simple ways we can care for our bodies through Presence, Touch and Loving Kindness

    • Listen to what our cells have got to tell us

    • A supportive Sūkshma Marma Therapy® routine to help relieve blockages and restore harmony

    • Learn simple self-massage techniques that can be applied daily

    • How to incorporate self-love into our existing daily routine without adding more on our plate

  • Meditation & Mindfulness

    In our sessions we will teach our guests how to meditate successfully. Trust us, it is easier surrounded by nature and the sounds of the forrest or the sea.

    The practice of mindfulness allows us to sit in the present moment. To avoid distractions. To acknowledge emotions both positive and negative, yet learning to gently push them away when they do not serve us.

    We will provide 1:1 guidance to each guest who struggles with practicing meditation in their daily life, so they can take it back with them. Different approaches work for different people and our team will work with each individual to select the best way for them to practice daily, when they go back to their busy lives.

    Being able to switch off, look inward and feel grounded is a gift that will allow guests to live a more fullfiling, present and less anxious life.

  • Discover the forgotten Power of your Breath

    Breath is Life. The way you breathe is the reflection of the way you live.

    During this 90-minute workshop, using our breath alongside various other tools such as sounding, touch… we will create a safe cocoon to:

    • Look at various breathing dysfunctions

    • Explore your individual breath pattern

    • Go into a practice to reconnect with our “baby’s breath”

    • Become more conscious of our bodies and breath

    • Liberate some of those long held emotions and patterns holding us back

    • Restore balance into your nervous system

    • Open ourselves up to receiving

    Even though this is held in a group setting, deep healing can happen at an individual level, being magnified by the energy of the group.

  • Dance meditation

    There is so much beauty in dance. Feeling our bodies, our skin and the air that caresses us while we move through space. These sessions are designed for people from all walks of life, no previous dance experience required.

    This movement session draws inspiration from contemporary dance, yoga and mindfulness. It aims at allow participants to connect to their bodies and ideas of heritage, release emotions and access communal joy.

    Stephanie leads the guests into a free dancing session, with carefully curated instructions which layer to inspire movement, release and transformation under the grooves of the music. There’s no choreography to be learned, no movements to be repeated. Bodies dance together, being only here, only now – connecting to the music.

  • Exploring nature

    Nature is going to be a big part of our guests transformational experience. Living a busy city life often deprives us of the beauty comprised in connecting with nature.

    A Mindful Escape retreat has chosen a location surrounded by centuries old forrest, allowing for peaceful walks and hikes.

    During a retreat, our guests will have the opportunity to go on a short hike one of the days. This will be a light climb and won’t be compulsory should a guest have injuries that prevent them from doing light hikes.

    This will be an empowering walk, focusing on the power we hold within us and how to conquer conditioning that is holing us back in life. The conditioning making us feel we cannot achieve our goals and dreams, we say goodbye to those thoughts.

  • Barre, dance and movement

    So many of us are conscious of dancing, thinking we should have skills of a professional dancer in order to hit the dance floor.

    During a Mindful Escape retreat our guests will learn that movement is innate to us as a species. It was given to us for a reason.

    Everyone can be a dancer in their every day life an his is a sill w are confident our guests will walk out with.

    Why is this important? Because your brain releases so many happy chemicals and hormones when you do so. Even a short moment of dance will set the tone of your day to happiness. We will teach you the art of letting go of limiting thoughts and fully embracing joy and movement in your kitchen, or just in your own space, if dancing on the street feels like a stretch at the moment.

Why choose a Mindful escape retreat in Bulgaria?

Award winning teachers

Our award winning teachers have touched and helped 1000s of people between them to live a better, more fulfilling life. The sessions we provide during the retreat will help you re-start your mind, body and soul to recognise there always is light at the end of the tunnel, there always is happiness and gratitude buried deep down in us, there always is strength when we may only see weakness in this moment.

Real results

We are truly invested in all of our guests having a marvellous experience but also walking away with techniques that make their lives better in the long term. This is why this is not another yoga retreat. This is a retreat that gives real tools for our guests to cope with stress and anxiety, it asks our guests to dig deep as to what is bothering them all done in a safe and serene environment.

Authentic location

Experiencing a retreat in a very little known area that has kept its authenticity, traditions and nature for many centuries is something special that we bring into our guests’ lives. Surrounded by the forrest, birds, clean air and literal silence from your busy city life.

real connections

Connect with like minded individuals in the real world. Drop your devices and detox from the screen, while enjoying heartfelt moments with the rest of the guests.

improving your physical health

You will move your body daily and see the difference it makes in how you feel. We have sessions to explore dance, yoga, barre and some dance meditation, which is our personal favourite. We will offer pain relief marma sessions as well, for all the pains and aches from your day to day.

improving your mental wellbeing

We will do daily meditation practices, breath work, 1:1 coaching sessions, group talking circles and workshops. You will be able to discuss your challenges, get structured feedback and support, while connecting with like minded individuals, helping you on your healing path. We all go through moments where we need a little extra support to feel our best.

are you suffering from burnout? A Mindful Escape

ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM BURNOUT OR WORRYING YOU ARE ON THE PATH TO BURNING OUT?

  • Leave with practical tools to reduce stress, reset your nervous system, and build daily habits that support lasting calm.

  • Rediscover your personal direction and create a grounded action plan that aligns with your values.

  • Learn how to recognise burnout signs early, understand the science behind it, and create space for healing.

self love and care a mindful escpe

ARE YOU CONFUSED ABOUT YOUR LIFE PATH BE THAT PERSONALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY?

  • Reconnect with what truly matters through reflective coaching, nature immersion, and emotional clarity.

  • Gain the confidence and mindset tools to take the next step, with support that continues after the retreat.

self love and care a mindful escape

DO YOU STRUGGLE TO GIVE YOURSELF ADEQUATE SELF LOVE, CARE AND CONNECTION?

  • Practice self-awareness and emotional regulation techniques that empower you in everyday life

  • Understand the why behind each practice, and take home rituals that are realistic, grounded, and lasting.

  • Experience the transformational power of presence, silence, community, and authentic rituals.

Annelise:

Wonderful workshop about self-love, I definitely took away some valuable tips and knowledge. Thank you Deyana for your generosity and time

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