Yoga harmony retreat in Morocco

The retreat is designed for people who would like to combine yoga practice with a journey through Morocco and time spent in the Sahara. The programme includes both travelling and several slower days at Desert Camp Chraika, followed by a camel trek, wild camping and a journey deeper into the desert.

November is a great time to travel in southern Morocco. Days are usually warm and sunny, while mornings, evenings and desert nights can be much cooler. Temperatures also vary along the route, especially between the mountains and the Sahara, so layers are essential.

Comfortable, lightweight clothes for warm days and warmer layers for cool mornings and evenings. Comfortable walking shoes, a sun hat, sunglasses and sun protection will be useful, as well as a warm jumper or fleece and a light jacket for desert nights. Comfortable clothes for yoga and a small daypack are also recommended.

The practice will be led by Beata Steć, a therapeutic yoga and meditation teacher and founder of Beata Yoga Harmony. She has over 20 years of experience in yoga and meditation, including years of practising and teaching in India. Her approach combines alignment-based therapeutic yoga with breath awareness, relaxation, yoga nidra and meditation. The practice is accessible to both experienced practitioners and complete beginners, with a focus on listening to the body, conscious movement and finding balance between effort and rest.

The practice will combine alignment-based therapeutic yoga, inspired by the Iyengar tradition, with breath awareness, relaxation, yoga nidra and meditation. Sessions will be adapted to the rhythm of the journey and the needs of the group, with a focus on conscious movement, regeneration and finding balance between effort and rest.

Yoga will be part of the daily rhythm of the retreat, with sessions adapted to the journey and the needs of the group. Depending on the day, we may practise in the morning or afternoon, at the camp or outdoors in the desert.

Accommodation is in atmospheric riads and carefully selected local guesthouses throughout the journey, combined with stays in desert camps. One night is spent in a private wild camp in the dunes, sleeping in large traditional canvas nomad tents.

It is a private bivouac set up specifically for the group among wild dunes. The guides set up the camp for one night, with large traditional nomadic tents. The evening includes a campfire, tagine cooking and traditional sand bread baked in the hot sand.

The programme combines road travel, yoga and relatively gentle desert walking. The camel caravan section includes approximately two hours of walking to the wild camp.

Yes. During the stay at Desert Camp Chraika, additional experiences can be arranged, including hammam, henna, a desert blues concert, a visit to the old M’Hamid kasbah and a tagine cooking workshop.