Yogalates Teachers’ Retreat

7 night retreat for movement professionals

Algarve, Portugal

30th October - 6th November 2027

Are you craving fresh inspiration, time in remote nature, and the company of fun, like-minded souls?

This skills development retreat for movement professionals will challenge your body in new ways, reinvigorate your class planning, refine your skills as a teacher, and offer you the chance to step away from the daily grind.

Seven nights, daily practices that build deep core strength and overall joint stability using Pilates and resistance training, interwoven with stress-relieving, heart-opening yoga practices to stretch, energise and restore.

If you're a movement teacher who rarely gets the chance to be held yourself, this is your invitation to take proper rest, reconnect to body and breath, and rekindle your passion for functional movement.

Expect a nourishing week of movement, learning, laughter, and well-earned indulgence!

If you want to…

• Deepen your anatomy knowledge, from core stability and intra-abdominal pressure to pelvic floor function, so you can cue with precision and explain the "why" with confidence.

• Upskill your teaching with best-practice Pilates and resistance training exercises you can bring straight into your classes, and stand out from the crowd

• Build your own strength, stability and improve your posture with daily Yogalates classes, so you feel great form in your own body before you teach it.

• Learn to sequence balanced, engaging classes that combine strength, endurance and mobility, keeping students progressing safely and continuing to show up.

• Get direct, hands-on feedback from me, with time after every session to ask questions and refine exercises in person.

• Connect with other yoga, Pilates and movement professionals, swap ideas, and leave with a community of peers to lean on.

• Switch off and recharge properly, with nourishing food, time in nature and deep rest, and come home stronger, calmer and with your passion for teaching reignited.

This retreat is open to all movement professionals, including: Yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, personal trainers, dance and barre teachers, fitness coaches and anyone else who spends their days moving and supporting other people's bodies.

No experience needed, no competition… just sunshine, great company and time for yourself.

Retreat Programme

Enjoy Yogalates every morning in the fully equipped studio at Wild View, followed by a different focus each afternoon, from deep rest to deep learning. You’ll receive 1:1 guidance from me during these practices, helping refine your technique, plus you’ll learn a heap of new strength-focused exercises.

Classes are tailored to suit most abilities and all ages, beginners and intermediate levels welcome.

Morning Yogalates

Yoga + Pilates = Yogalates! Expect a balance of strength and flexibility work, light weights, resistance bands and Pilates rings, slow and steady rather than fast and furious. You'll feel it in your own body, and leave with cues and sequencing ideas to take straight back into your own classes.

How often do you get the chance for a long, luxurious practice, just for you?

These morning classes offer you the space to really enjoy your practice. Running for 90 minutes, followed by an optional 30 minutes of reflection time, I’ll answer any questions you have, and we’ll break down the class as a group ‘from the teacher’s perspective’, refining your teaching skillset. Especially useful for Yogalates graduates or those starting my next training in November 2027.

Everyone is welcome, and everything is completely optional.

Afternoon workshops

• 2 x Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra mini retreats (2.5 hours)

These luxurious sessions are a big highlight of my retreats. Passive Yin postures will help release physical tension and mental stress, leaving you feeling 100% blissed out. Yoga Nidra guided meditations shift your brain and body into a profoundly calming state, and down-regulating the nervous system.

• 1 x Core Connection workshop (3 hours)

Refine your skillset around locating your own deep core stability, and learn to teach it. In this workshop we'll cover the anatomy and the role of the breath in core stability, why “navel to spine” isn't the most effective cue, then you’ll practise teaching each other in pairs. Leave with a proper understanding of the mechanics, and real experience teaching it.

• 1 x Yogalates sequencing workshop (3 hours)

Crafting a Yogalates class never gets boring, there’s a wealth of Yoga, Pilates and resistance training exercises that can be woven together. You’ll receive my top sequencing guidelines for building varied, exciting Yogalates classes that balance strength, endurance and mobility. Learn the six key phases of any class, and have a go at designing your own mini Yogalates sequence with my feedback if you’d like it.

+ One day of rest (or exploration!)

During the week there will be one full day off from classes, during which you can fully relax at the retreat centre, or join my day trip to Loule (see below).

BONUS EXTRA…

Brand photography for your business

Limited number available

A special addition to the retreat programme will be a three hour photoshoot with a professional who knows how to take the awkward out of brand photography!

Six teachers, three hours, we'll spend the afternoon larking about as ‘students’ for each other's styled teaching shots (nobody photographs well alone in an empty room, but put six friends together and it's a different story!). Then step in front of the lens for solo images that you’ll be able to use for years to come on your website, on social media; professional pictures that make you stand out to your future clients.

You’ll receive ten photographs p/p, shot either in the award-winning studio at Wild View, or on the outside decking against the sunlit Algarve foothills. Honestly one of the loveliest backdrops you'll ever get for a yoga shot.

Plus, a special pre-retreat branding training (90 minutes)

No winging it on the day - before you arrive, I'll run a 90 minute live Zoom session on brand clarity and photoshoot prep; what to bring, what photographs well, accessories worth packing, and yes, full permission to raid Pinterest for inspiration.

Turn up ready, supported by your peers, zero anxiety just shed-loads of laughs and memorable moments!

Places are strictly limited to six, so this one's very much first come, first served, and a premium add-on.

Ready to book?

Optional extras…

This is your time, so everything is optional on this retreat.

Your Wild Sanctuary

Just 40 minutes from Faro airport, Wild View Retreat is an award-winning sanctuary of whitewashed stone, wide skies and mountain air, a venue defined by its spectacular uninterrupted 360° views of the Serra do Caldeirão mountains.

No neighbours, nothing but the birds and the breeze, and a view that’ll make your shoulders drop three inches on arrival!

This retreat is for Yogalates teachers and other movement professionals with an interest in Yogalates:

• Learn how to combine full body and deep core strength exercises with nourishing, mobility-enhancing yoga practices

• Sharpen your understanding of core stability and IAP in a dedicated hands-on workshop

• Refine your skills as a teacher, alongside fellow teachers

• Make new friendships and feel supported by your peers

• Enjoy two long, luxurious Yin & Nidra mini retreat afternoons, plus pre-bedtime meditations

• Nourish your wellbeing with plant-based meals and time in nature

• Rest deeply, move joyfully, and return home renewed!

In between classes there’ll be downtime for you to spend however makes you feel good… Explore the sprawling landscape, relax with a good book or enjoy the incredible infinity pool and sauna.

Expect a mix of mindful movement, community, laughter, naps, and well-earned indulgence!

Food & Nourishment

Our brilliant Portuguese chefs, Carla and her partner Davide, have been crafting vibrant, plant-based dishes for almost a decade, transforming simple, local ingredients and wild herbs into colourful, nourishing meals that burst with flavour. Blending modern plant-based cooking with a nod to their Portuguese roots, each meal they create has a touch of tradition, a lot of love, and that unmistakable taste of the Algarve sun.

Example dishes:

• Vietnamese Summer Rolls with tofu, carrot, lettuce, cucumber, pepper, coriander & mint with peanut sauce

• “Punched” potatos (Portuguese boiled & roasted rosemary potatos) with shiitake mushroom skewers, white bean puree, hasselback courgette and hazelnut dukkah

• Tiramisù with cashew based mascarpone & coconut-oat cream; raw cocoa

Your teacher

Hi I’m Beth, the founder of Yogalates London, and I’ll be leading all classes on this retreat.

Since 2017, I’ve been leading Yogalates and Yin Yoga international retreats. I’m passionate about helping women find greater ease and freedom of movement through breathwork, mindful movement, strength training, and restorative stillness, supporting the profound mental, physical and emotional transformation that unfolds through regular mat practice.

I’m a big believer in the transformative powers of yoga and meditation in these technology focused, fast paced times of ours.

And of course, there’s nothing quite like the joy of laughing with likeminded people, sharing nourishing food, and being enriched by breathtaking nature on retreat!

Who This Retreat Is For

• This retreat is open to all movement professionals, whether you teach or coach:

  • Yoga teachers

  • Pilates instructors (mat and reformer)

  • Personal trainers and strength and conditioning coaches

  • Group fitness and barre instructors

  • Dance teachers

  • Physiotherapists, sports therapists and osteopaths

  • Massage therapists and bodyworkers

  • Tai Chi, Qigong and somatic movement practitioners

  • Running and fitness coaches

New to Yogalates? New to retreats? You won’t be alone.

Maybe you’re a yoga teacher who wants to add more spice to what you offer. Maybe you tried Yogalates years ago and loved it.

Maybe the idea of doing afternoon workshops around topics like the core will help refine your teaching skillset and infuse your teaching with new energy.

Maybe you just need a break in the sunshine; having incredible meals cooked for you and exploring a new slice of the Algarve with fun, upbeat women who can totally relate to what it is you do.

Ready to book?

Typical daily schedule:

What’s included:

• 7 nights accommodation at Wild View Retreat

• Airport transfers between Faro airport or Faro town and Wild View Retreat (subject to travel times, see T&Cs HERE to learn more)

• Breakfast, light lunch/snack and dinner prepared by our chefs

• Morning Yogalates classes + time for questions on the practice

• 2 x afternoon Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra mini retreats

• Core Connection and Sequencing workshops

• Transport to/from market town Loule for our day trip (optional)

• Log cabin sauna, available for 2 hours per day

• Infinity swimming pool

• Yoga & Pilates equipment

• Tea & coffee + water

• Wifi at villa

Retreat dates:

30th October - 6th November 2027

Private Ensuite

• Single occupancy

• Super king size bed

• Ensuite bathroom

• Personal hammock

• Air conditioning

• Toiletries, hairdryer, towels provided

• Private ensuite for one person - £2045

Private Shepherd’s Hut

• Single occupancy hut for the lover of the outdoors!

• Shared outdoor bathroom w/ hot water

• Hot shower with a view

• Electricity points and air conditioning in hut

• Rustic style!

• Hairdryer, towels provided

• Private Shepherd’s Hut - £ p/p

15ft Private Outdoor Yurt

• Single occupancy

• ONE AVAILABLE

• Super king size bed

• Private deck w/view

• Rustic outdoor bathroom + hot shower with a view

• Fan for staying cool

• Electricity points inside

• Hairdryer, towels provided

• Private Yurt - £ p/p

Hear what previous attendees had to say after my 2026 Wild View retreat:

Travelling solo?

You won't be the only one. After years of attending and running retreats, there is nothing quite like the soul-enriching, joyful and supportive atmosphere that develops. Like-minded souls forming friendships and connections that last far beyond the final savasana.

If sharing a room feels daunting, know that some of the closest friendships from past retreats started exactly there. There are also plenty of peaceful, secluded spots in the grounds and beyond for the moments you need it.