Destination Yogadventures in Greece
Holistic Hellenic offers unique bucket-list-level experiences for the adventurous traveller seeking peace, joy, balance & bliss. We lead our guests off the beaten path to enjoy some of the hidden gems we have found along the Mediterranean coastline of the Aegean Islands, and mainland of Greece as well.
Any level of experience in yoga is welcome, with an open mind & an open heart. We restrict our groups in size, so that each student can be given individual attention and guidance. We offer daily yoga sessions, guides walks or hikes, philosophy talks, and plenty of free time to absorb the mystic atmosphere of Greece.
Guests will also have plenty of time to explore local culture and visit nearby villages, at leisure. Fresh, locally sourced, traditional Greek breakfast will be offered daily, along with our Welcome Reception and Closing Circle Communal meal, leaving remainder meals open to individual appetites and to help encourage guests to seek out excellent local dining options.
We like to host our guests at private, family-owned and managed boutique hotels, or villas, throughout Greece – which we personally select for their ambience, serenity and calm. Guests will have access to most modern conveniences such as free Wi-Fi, and cozy comforts without having to endure crowded and overbuilt resorts that could be anywhere in the world. When you sty with us, you will know you are in Greece – but your own unique version of it as you find your balance – the balance of all things, Παν Μετρϖν Αρηςτον as Aristotle used to say: Find your excellence in the balance of all things -> find your personal αρετε, i.e. arēte
A spectacular Mediterranean vacation for travellers who value a unique, peaceful experience apart from the usual tourist destinations.
To Karavaki: Traditional Xmas in Greece
The practice of decorating sailing boats with Christmas lights, a fabulous Greek Christmas tradition, is making a comeback – even amongst Greeks in the diaspora from Australia to the coastal US. So for this Christmas 2020, what could be better than adding more lights to your holidays: ‘To Karavaki’ aka, ‘the small boat’, is rooted in […]
Seek Wonder in a Refreshed World
Welcome back! Socrates once said: “Wisdom begins in Wonder” There are so many places around the world that are aching to welcome you back as guests after the global lockdown due to Covid19 – none more so than our beloved Greece. Greece managed a successful reopening of tourist zones this summer, and everything should be […]
Seeking Calm Waters in a Chaotic World
During this difficult time, it seems the world has come together in ways unseen in order to fight the novel Covid-19 coronavirus crisis. In the end – in the After Times – we hope/we trust we will come out the other side, stronger, better, and more compassionate towards one another and our planet. It is […]
Foraging Workshop date TBD
Welcome to a day spent reconnecting with nature! We will spend a day in nature together, anchored at the gorgeous SpiritWood Retreat , just south of Calgary in the gentle, rolling hills of Priddis, Alberta. Take a glorious day to yourself - &/or bring a friend to learn how to forage wild dandelions in the [...]
Attica Riviera Sample Schedule
Especially during this era of Covid19, our passion remains to enable a safe and transformative experience, that will allow our guests to take the serenity, and peace they achieve during their adventure, with Holistic Hellenic, home with them. Some of us remain nervous re: international travel, but Greece has consistently remained one of the top [...]
Attica Riviera: Shared Room
Aegeon Hotel - Yogadventure Shared Room Use the button below to reserve a shared room (family members only) at our 2020 Yogadventure in Sounio, Attica Riviera in, Greece. If you'd like to review options for this retreat, please visit for a full description of all accommodation options. The remainder of the balance is due on [...]
Attica: Private Room Bookings
Aegeon Hotel - Yogadventure Private Room Use the button below to reserve a private room at our 2020 Yogadventure in Suonio, Attica Riviera in, Greece. If you'd like to review options for this retreat, please visit for a full description of all accommodation options. The remainder of the balance is due on ATBD. According to [...]
Cape Sounio/Attica Riviera | on hiatus
Book now => My husband & I just came back from Greece, after spending a week on Spetses with Eleni and the rest of the group & we had an amazing time! The yoga was wonderful and the island gorgeous. We highly recommend Holistic Hellenic. Svetlana & Mark Spetses guests, September 2019 Eleni has created [...]
Sounio, Attica Riviera – Packages & Rates
Your Attica Riviera Holistic Hellenic package includes the following: 5 nights +4-star accommodation w/ sea-views of the Aegean &/or Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion Welcome package + Reception Daily breakfast buffet w/ Vegetarian, Vegan & Gluten-free options Daily yoga practice: morning asana + evening Restorative &/or Yoga Nidra w/ optional foraging walks available as well All-day [...]
Sounio, Attica Riviera | on hiatus
SOUNIO - ATHENS/ATTICA RIVIERA IF you choose to join us, we will be at the luxurious Aegeon Beach Hotel situated below the imposing Temple of Poseidon, atop one of the most beautiful spots in Europe – Cape Sounion – as they say ‘Location! Location! Location!’ Begin your day with a soothing morning asana practice, helping to settle [...]
ROCKIES: TBD
Coming soon.. My husband & I just came back from Greece, after spending a week on Spetses with Eleni and the rest of the group & we had an amazing time! The yoga was wonderful and the island gorgeous. We highly recommend Holistic Hellenic. Svetlana & Mark Spetses guests, September 2019 Eleni has created a [...]
Meteora | on hiatus
Book now => My husband & I just came back from Greece, after spending a week on Spetses with Eleni and the rest of the group & we had an amazing time! The yoga was wonderful and the island gorgeous. We highly recommend Holistic Hellenic. Svetlana & Mark Spetses guests, September 2019 Eleni has created [...]
Meteora: Shared Room
Yogadventure Shared Room Use the button below to reserve a shared room at our April 2020 Yogadventure in Meteora, Greece. If you'd like to review options for this retreat, please visit Meteora Package & Rates for a full description of all accommodation options. Balance due by August 1st, 2020. According to our new CANCELLATION POLICY: [...]
2019 Inaugural HHYR, Evia & Spetses
Evia 1 We held our initial Welcome Reception at Zarka Villas on August 18, 2019, welcoming our first-ever Holistic Hellenic Yoga Retreat guests on our inaugural yoga retreat led by Lerrita Rubinoff and Dr. Carol Hutchison. We had a SOLD OUT retreat of all levels of yoga practitioners and enthusiasts, mostly from Canada but also [...]
Reserve Meteora: Shared Room (on hold)
Yogadventure Shared Room Use the button below to reserve a shared room at our April 2020 Yogadventure in Meteora, Greece. If you'd like to review options for this retreat, please visit Meteora Package & Rates for a full description of all accommodation options. Balance due by August 1st, 2020. According to our new CANCELLATION POLICY: [...]
Meteora: Private Room Bookings (on hold)
Yogadventure Private Room Use the button below to reserve a private room at our April 2020 Yogadventure in Meteora, Greece. If you'd like to review options for this retreat, please visit Meteora Package & Rates for a full description of all accommodation options. Balance due by August 1st, 2020. According to our new CANCELLATION POLICY: [...]
Meteora Sample Schedule
Our goal is to deliver a transformative experience for our guests. We welcome you to join us for daily active offerings, including yoga, with our world-class instructors & guides; enjoy locally sourced organic breakfast, and explore the Meteora area as our guest on various group activities. We hope you leave Greece with serenity and peace. [...]
Meteora Active Adventure Packages & Rates
Your Meteora Holistic Hellenic active adventure package will include the following: 5-nights 4-star accommodation w/ unparalleled views of the Meteora rocks Airport transfer from Athens International to Hotel Meteora (return) Welcome package + Reception Daily breakfast buffet + 2 in-house communal dinners – all w/ Vegetarian, Vegan &/or GF options Twice daily yoga practice: morning asana + evening sound [...]
Explore Our 4-star Accommodations at Hotel Meteora
The Meteora Hotel will be our home during our stay in Kastraki. It combines craftsmanship, luxury and natural beauty, and is one of the most fascinating hotels in the beautiful area of Meteora. Enjoy a signature Holistic Hellenic experience at this carefully selected boutique accommodation chosen for its authentic, family-run character and intimate atmosphere. Spend your free time [...]
Meteora Active Adventure
This yoga + adventure (#yogadventure) active excursion will allow us to Seek the Sacred™ at Meteora - recognized since antiquity as a temporal space obviously touched by the divine. You will immediately feel the magic in this spiritual place, and we hope you will find a bit of your own divinity within as well – with [...]
Seek the Sacred™
Join us on a unique Active Adventure, to the sacred sites of Meteora and Delphi in Greece, (***originally scheduled for April 2020), immediately after Greek Orthodox Easter, aka Pascha. The relevance of coming to visit these sites so close after Pascha, is in order to give our fellow adventure-seeking travellers the opportunity to experience some […]
Evia dreams ~ discover yourself…
Over the summer Solstice weekend I was wondering what the ancient Greeks did to celebrate? The Greeks were not as specific in their celebrations of solstice as the Celts, per se, because the sun nearly always shines in Greece. However, there was solstice celebrations centred on Apollo Helios– the sun god, specifically during the Athenian […]
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Why I love Spetses
I first came upon Spetses in the spring of 2000. My mom and I had taken a recommended vacation to Greece a few months after my father’s passing in order to help us recoup and recover a bit during our grieving process…and I can say the change of scenery, did indeed help us. It was […]
Sharing the Light at Pascha
The Hellenic world was at its prime when the Byzantine was just rising, and it was in this era in the first centuries Ano Domini, that the traditions fuelling Greek Orthodox Pascha were fused. It was in later centuries that the season of Resurrection and renewal became known as Easter in the Western Roman Empire […]
Welcome Martis!
In Greece, it’s customary to salute everyone you see the first day of each month, with the greeting “Καλo Mήνα” (Kalo Mina), which literally means “good month”. It’s the Greek way of wishing friends, family and kin a good month ahead of them. It’s our way of wishing you well! The tradition of Martis, from which […]
Welcome! How to Yin & Yang in Greece ~
The ubiquitous Yin-Yang taijitu symbol holds its roots in the philosophy of Taoism: the yin= the dark swirl, is associated with cold, shadows, and the trough of a wave; the yang= the light swirl, represents brightness, passion and growth. The relationship between yin and yang is often described in terms of sunlight playing over a mountain and a valley. It […]
Things to do!
Armata is an annual celebration around September 8th on Spetses, which commemorates the battle of Greek Independence during 1821. Local artisans build a boat in the Old Harbour in the weeks leading up to the festival. It is later used as an effigy on the final Saturday evening of the festival, when many yachts anchor […]
Welcome to the Yin/Yang: Community Vibes!
Welcome to our Holistic Hellenic Yoga Retreats community blog! We call it the “Yin/Yang: Community Vibe” and we will be posting relevant content pertaining to our retreats in Greece this summer on Evia and Spetses. A bit on culture, cuisine, history and what to do beyond the retreats. We will also discuss the pillars of our company […]
Happy New Year!
We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Holiday Season, beginning with the Winter Solstice and ending with 12thNight or Epiphany, and which in Greece is called “ton Foton”– or the Enlightment. Its always been so fascinating to me how these holidays are all so illuminating, beginning in darkness and coming to the light, full of […]
Caving in Greece – Purple Caves
We plan to visit the Purple Caves of Evia, during our retreat next summer. This is a newly accessible caving experience for cave enthusiasts, and adventure seekers of all kinds. The North underwater walls are covered with purple-coloured algae, from which these caves get their name. The Purple Caves of Evia The cave complex is […]
Contemporary Greek-Themed Books Worth a Read
We suggest you bring a couple of books to read on the beach, or as you relax on your private veranda during our retreats. If you prefer fiction set in modern Greece, here’s a list of six books we recommend: The Murderess By Alexandros Papadiamantis/Introduction and translation by Peter Levi The Murderess is a bone-chilling […]
~Μέρμηγκας~ | Greek Meze – tapas Taverna | Evia Greece
Mermigkas Greek Taverna is located on the boardwalk of the town of Amarinthos, western Evia. It’s a lovely, seaside oasis of traditional and local Greek cuisine, specializing in fresh seafood. Offering a variety of unique salads, wild greens and various vegetarian specialties, it’s the perfect place for a light snack and a glass of local [...]
Your Holistic Hellenic Yoga Experience in Greece
Our passion is to offer a transformative experience that enables our guests to take the serenity and peace they achieve during their adventure with us home with them. We welcome you to join us for daily yoga practice with our world-class instructors, enjoy locally sourced organic breakfast, and explore Greece as our guest on group [...]
Holistic Hellenic hosts workshops & excursions periodically
