An invitation to rest in the timeless dimension of your being.

This 3-day silent meditation retreat offers a rare chance to step away from everyday demands and enter a space of deep rest, stillness, and presence. Supported by heart-centered meditation practices, you will be guided to explore what it means to awaken to your essential Self — beyond the mind, beyond habitual thought patterns, and beyond the constant drive to do.

Set in a quiet, contemplative atmosphere, the retreat unfolds through guided meditation, yoga, and silence, allowing space for clarity, peace, and inner transformation.

What You’ll Experience

Methods to calm the mind, relax the body, and open the heart
Ramana Maharshi’s Self-Inquiry practice, based on the question “Who am I?”
Ways to center in the Spiritual Heart and bring its wisdom into daily life
Core teachings of non-duality, the understanding that everything is One
Traditional contemplative Hatha Yoga
Insights from Advaita Vedanta, Christianity, Buddhism, Sufism, and Kashmir Shaivism

A Glimpse Into the Retreat Rhythm

Each day includes:

4 meditation sessions
2 Hridaya Hatha Yoga sessions
Practical guidance for deepening meditation
Inspiring talks on spiritual themes, plus a Q&A session with written questions

Daily Schedule

07:00-09:00 - Meditation (beginning in shorter segments)
09:00-10:00 - Breakfast
10:00-11:30 - Lecture
11:30-12:30 - Hatha Yoga
12:30-13:00 - Meditation
13:00-16:00 - Lunch and break
16:00-18:30 - Meditation (beginning in shorter segments)
18:30-19:30 - Personal practice and dinner
19:30-21:00 - Q&A and themed spiritual discourse
21:00-21:30 - Meditation

Accommodation

Ananda Forest offers several accommodation options in a space that is both physically and energetically clean and uplifting.

In addition to your selected lodging, you will have access to the shared living area and the gardens.

The cabin and glamping tents include all essentials: a comfortable bed, sheets, blankets, pillows, closets, towel, and more.

Your Teachers

Paulina Gostomski

Yogini / Meditator / Co-founder of Ananda Forest + Director of Amaratva Yoga / Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500HR certified

Paulina began practicing yoga around 2003 as a physical discipline, but everything changed after her first 10-day silent retreat in 2011. Since then, yoga in all its dimensions has been central to her life and work. She has participated in and facilitated silent meditation retreats, yoga modules, teacher trainings, and workshops across Mexico and Europe almost continuously since 2003.

She lived, studied, and taught at Hridaya Yoga in Mexico for one year and in France for two years.

Deeply inspired by the transformative power of meditation and yoga, Paulina enjoys sharing the depth and light this path has brought into her life. What continues to inspire her is witnessing the peace and personal transformation it creates for people from all walks of life.

She has studied with many teachers, completed two 200-hour teacher trainings, and graduated from the 500-hour Hridaya Teacher Training Course in 2017. A teacher since 2012 and a lifelong student of life, she now lives at Ananda Forest in Órgiva, Spain, after years of traveling the world.

Flavien

Yogi / Meditator / Kirtan lover / Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500HR certified

Flavien is a French seeker devoted to the transformative power of yoga, meditation, and creative expression. His path began in Peru, where he was deeply moved by the stillness of Hridaya Yoga. After years immersed in silent retreats, he strengthened his practice through teacher trainings in both Hatha and Hridaya Yoga.

Through the sacred practice of kirtan and bhajan, Flavien has deepened the bridge between stillness and expression. He shares this inspiration through online creative courses designed to help others unlock their potential. His mission is to bring presence into every aspect of life, using yoga and creative flow as gateways to deeper awareness.

The Cuisine

All meals are included and prepared with great care. The menu features healthy, delicious, nutritious, and well-balanced vegan meals, with an option for eggs possibly available. Ingredients are locally sourced whenever possible, and organic or home-grown produce is used when available, resulting in nourishing raw, vegan, and vegetarian dishes.

Our chef will also show you how to give yourself what you truly crave without falling into unhealthy habits.

Guests with food allergies can be accommodated, and gluten-free and dairy-free meals are often prepared as well — always served with love.

We see this retreat as a gentle way to cleanse the mind, body, and spirit, supporting renewal on many levels. Please let us know if you have any special needs so our chefs can take care of them.

Practical Information

Dates: May 21 - 24, 2026

Arrival: Between 2 and 4 PM (or contact us if you would like to arrive earlier or later)

Departure: Between 11 AM and 1 PM

Possibility to extend your stay

Price

€500 Private room with attached bathroom
€450 Private glamping tent
€400 Shared glamping tent (2 people max) or shared cabin (3 people max)
€350 Camping with your own tent and bedding or sleeping bag

* The glamping tents are set up with a comfortable bed, carpets, solar lamp, and a small table or closet.

Includes

3 vegan meals per day, tea and fruit available at any time, 3 days of classes and workshops, accommodation, and pick-up and drop-off from the Órgiva bus stop.

Language

English

Necessary Pre-Requisites

Dedication, openness, and willingness to transform and learn.

You should be relatively healthy in body and stable in mind. If you have a major injury or disease, significant depression or psychological imbalance, or are taking medication, please inform us. This will be kept strictly confidential, and we will discuss together whether the program is suitable for you and how we can support you.

Subscription Process

Fill in the form below and let us know your preferred accommodation.

We will contact you as soon as possible.

To complete your reservation, a deposit is kindly requested.

Silent/quiet retreat in Órgiva