Sant Salvador Monastery

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It is a sublime feeling to practice yoga and meditation at this special location. You can feel the power of the ancient walls and their historic story. The origins of Sant Salvador Monastery date back to 1342. The monuments are unique and impressive. With yoga and meditation, you learn to better manage stressful thoughts and emotions, protect yourself from stress, and thus increase your life satisfaction. A special retreat to get to know and appreciate yourself better. A journey to your inner self.

In absolute seclusion, the former Sant Salvador Monastery stands at 509 m on Puig de Sant Salvador near the small town of Felanitx. The monastery complex with its church is completely preserved. The tranquillity in the church is simply mesmerising. From here, you have a fantastic view of the landscape, nature, and the sea. The monastery is surrounded by the impressive backdrop of the Serres de Llevant mountain range in the east of Mallorca. The location is unmatched on Mallorca.

The rich breakfast includes bread, jam, cheese, sausage, butter, various spreads, eggs, yogurt, fruit juices, various types of milk, tea, and coffee (vegetarian breakfast available on request). For lunch and dinner, a 3-course menu awaits you. The dishes vary daily and are international or Spanish.

Michaela Mayr is a trained Hatha yoga instructor (3 years, 550 hours of teaching for over 20 years), yoga, breath, and hypnotherapy practitioner, as well as a mental, sports, and health coach, and psychological consultant (training as a non-medical practitioner in psychotherapy). She teaches powerful Hatha Yoga, gentle Yin Yoga, Fascia Yoga, and Chakra Yoga. She places great emphasis on targeted breathing during yoga exercises. She leads all various wonderful meditations. After her sessions and retreats, people feel inspired and content. Michaela excels in reaching people on a mental and emotional level. Participants are relaxed, happy, and composed, feeling a renewed sense of stability. With her extensive experience and soothing voice, Michaela can energetically guide you through the yoga and meditation sessions.

Susi Carniato: My journey led me to yoga in 2012. A year of sudden new responsibilities (end-of-life care) and several draining changes brought me to Zen meditation. After a very inspiring stay at the Songgwangsa Monastery in South Korea, I asked my mentor Hyon Gak Sunim how a monk maintains vitality and movement when sitting for many hours. The answer was: Yoga. Alongside Zen meditation, I began practicing. The joy and complete change of direction led me further to yoga teacher training and to becoming a founding member of the Zen Center Regensburg. In workshops and further training, I learned to teach pregnant women, children, and seniors (chair yoga). In my yoga classes, I want to share the joy of movement, the ease through breathing, and the complete relaxation through letting go. In my Hatha yoga practice, one learns through precise alignment of exercise postures and guidance of breath, to open up for greater mental and physical flexibility.

Sabine Hlous: I have been practicing for 20 years and teaching various students in different yoga studios for over 8 years. My own experience as a cancer patient has fundamentally changed my view of people, my own life, and yoga in general. My desire is to reach as many people as possible with yoga. No matter why they come to yoga. I always try to meet my students where they are. Mindfulness and empathy have always been more important to me than flexibility and athletic asanas. From my perspective, the approach we find in Yin Yoga is true yoga. Without judgment, without comparison, and always individually tailored to the mental and physical situation. In my classes, there is always a place for Pranayama (breath control) and meditation. I like to enhance my classes with atmospheric music.

Experience nature high up on the monastery mountain, the view is breathtaking. The entire monastery mountain is surrounded by wild nature. Hikers will find an extensive network of trails, and road cyclists will thoroughly enjoy their rides.