MOROCCO RETREAT
Spring 2026: 28th March - 4th AprilWith Emma Rose Lowe (essential nature yoga) & Erin Bunting (The Edible Flower)
Join us for a deliciously curated 7 nights of sunshine, desert, deep restoration, culture, culinary delight and cookery classes, treasure hunting in the souks, soul searching in the atlas mountains, natural beauty, daily yoga, meditation and lots more.
We have carefully designed this retreat for a perfect blend of relaxation, culture and adventure to create a retreat where dreams will take shape.
We are staying in a gorgeous, luxury retreat space surrounded by the beautiful landscape of the Moroccan desert with postcard perfect views of the Atlas mountains. On the edge of Marrakech's famous palm grove, our venue is an authentic oasis where everything moves calmly and you breathe an air of serenity.
With 2 pools, gardens and sunny secluded terraces overlooked by olive, citrus and date trees, rambling terracotta passageways and courtyards leading to spacious, elegant bedrooms designed with the perfect combination of historic and contemporary Moroccan design features and complete with fire places, en-suite bathrooms, air conditioning and wifi.
There is also an on-site Hamman and spa, offering a range of massage, hammam, treatments and time honoured rituals - which is not included in the retreat cost but is affordable to add on to your stay. There are also bikes to rent at the venue if you fancy some additional exploration of the surrounding areas.
The venue will be our sanctuary to drop in, connect and revive. It is the perfect backdrop to the adventures we are including on this retreat.
Daily Yoga with Emma Rose:
We will practice yoga daily on the terrace every morning. This will be an accessible, breath led movement practice. There will also be some afternoon and evening yoga and Yoga Nidra sessions for the perfect way to relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect with yourself through dedicated time for yoga practice, breathwork, meditation, and reflection.
Moroccan cooking class and chef led talk with Erin Bunting from The Edible Flower and local street food tour
Delight your tastebuds with Moroccan cuisine with a cookery class and talk by Erin and a Street food tour led by a local guide as you take a journey through a vibrant blend of Arab, Berber, Andalusian, Mediterranean, and African influences.
Learn how to choose and recognise spices, try out traditional Moroccan cooking techniques and make beautiful recipes to share with friends back home.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner is also included in the retreat price. (Lunch or dinners that you choose to take outside of the schedule are not).
What’s included:
7 nights luxury accommodation
All meals (included in schedule)
Daily Yoga and meditation
Moroccan cookery class
Marrakesh Street Food Tour
Waterfall hike and picnic in the Mountains
Moroccan storytelling around the firepit
A trip to the medina in Marrakesh to explore the must see sites and/or so you can shop till you drop in the souks
There will also be lots of free time included in the schedule to lay by the pool and relax, read and enjoy the spa or transportation can be arranged for additional trips to the souks or other excursions such as camel or hot air balloon rides (for an additional cost).
Provisional Schedule:
Saturday: Arrival from 2pm
Dinner at 6pm
Welcome circle & Moroccan tea ceremony
8pm Unwind Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Sunday:
830am Yoga
10am Brunch
1pm lunch
- Free time -
3pm food talk with Erin with snacks
7pm Dinner
Evening Yoga practice & Nidra
Monday:
830am Yoga
10am Brunch
1130am: Trip to Medina, souk tour, etc.
Lunch in the souks (at own cost, recommendations of top eats by Erin)
7pm dinner
9pm Goodnight Yoga Nidra
Tuesday:
830am Yoga
10am Brunch
1pm lunch
- Free time -
Guided evening street food tour
Wednesday:
830am Yoga
10am Brunch
1pm lunch
- Free time -
Cookery class with Erin from The Edible Flower
7pm dinner / eat what you've cooked from cookery class
Thursday:
830am Yoga
10am Brunch
Guided waterfall hike through mountains/Berber village and lunch
7pm dinner
Storytelling around the firepit in evening
Friday:
Optional extra: Sunrise hot air balloon ride
830am Yoga
10am Brunch
1pm lunch
Free time (more treasure hunting time)
7pm The Edible Flower Supper
Saturday:
Breakfast
Closing circle and Goodbyes
What's NOT included:
Additional excursions outside of our schedule to souks or hot air balloon ride
Additional food and drinks at the retreat centre or lunch in the Medina
Flights, airport transfers, travel insurance, spa treatments
About your trainers
Emma Rose Lowe
Founder of Essential Nature Yoga and Belonging: living the Celtic Wheel of the Year and owner of Mother of the Woods Retreat, Ireland.
Emma Rose Lowe is an internationally recognised Senior Tantra Yoga Teacher, Yoga Teacher Trainer and retreat leader. Over the course of a decade Emma has led and supported Yoga teacher trainings and retreats all around the world.
Emma has specialist training in yoga for women, anatomy and yoga nidra. She is also a trained fertility, menstrual health, sex and pleasure coach. At the heart of all Emma’s offerings - whether trainings, retreats, Celtic teachings and mythology, folk herbalism, yoga and tantra, ceremony, Mother and menstrual blessings or Women’s Health coaching is a devotion to the divine feminine and to support others reclaim their own body wisdom, intuition, creativity and liberation through reconnecting to the healing power of the natural world and the innate wisdom of cycles and rhythms.
Erin Bunting - The Edible Flower
Erin is a professional chef, TV cook for Ireland AM, recipe developer, food stylist and edible flower enthusiast, trained at the the prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School in East Cork and the author of ‘The Edible Flower, a guide to Cooking and Growing Edible Flower ‘(as featured in Vogue, Sunday World, Country Living, The Irish News, Times and Examiner, Washington Post to name a few).
Erin has a real gift in making wonderfully complex layers of flavour and produce feel unpretentious and at the same time exquisitely beautiful and delicious. Inspired by the Celtic Wheel, her cooking is seasonal, utilising the best of local produce and infused with a little bit of magic in every mouthful.
Getting here: The closet airport to our venue is Marrakech Menara Airport (RAK, IATA, ICAO, GMMX)
All airport transfers can be arranged directly with our venue upon booking for a very affordable rate and discounted group transfers (this will be a private car that will meet you with a name sign at the airport). Alternatively you can get a local taxi at the airport (approximately 30 minutes travel time).
Closer to the date, we will create a whatsapp group so you can coordinate flight times and shared transfers.
Flight info: If you are travelling from Ireland, please note that Easyjet flies direct from Belfast to Marrakech Wednesdays and Sundays and Ryanair flies direct Saturdays and Mondays but these flights are usually not released until 6-9 months in advance (so don't panic if you look at flights and there are none available). On our recent trip we flew from Dublin for £110 return, booking just 3 months in advance.
There are also direct flights from London and all major European airports.
Booking options
£1550 per person based on 2 persons sharing twin or double room
£1950 for private room for 1 person
Includes: 7 nights luxury accommodation and most meals, all yoga classes, cookery class, streetfood tour, hiking and Medina trip
A £500 deposit is required to secure your place and the remaining balance due by December 2025.
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