Beach Yoga Retreat Mallorca Sandra Van Olmen – Ciudad Jardin

Sandra is an amazing woman, whose wisdom, insight and guidance can truly change your life for the better (speaking from experience). I highly recommend working with her and her wonderful daughter Indy. You will not regret it.

This retreat is not just a break from everyday life but it gives you so much more! I go out with so many wonderful moments and memories. The pure joy of life and motivation of Sandra spreads such an intense energy. I’m so grateful for this experience. Gracias Sandra and Indyra!

I was first surprised that I was the only participant in the retreat. Then I realised how lucky I was to work with Sandra one on one. This is not a Yoga retreat, it is so much more. By the end of the third day I felt healed from my pain, free, peaceful, happy… Thank you, Sandra!

I can really recommend it and feel so peaceful that I did it

A wonderful experiencia, thank you both, Sandra ando indy. Such a beautiful beach. More peaceful than I expected. We will be back next year for sure. A big hug, S

Han sido unos días llenos de enseñanza y espiritualidad que siempre llevaré conmigo! Muchas gracias Sandra por compartir tus sabidurías y sacar lo mejor de las personas para que lleguemos a ser nuestra mejor versión! Destacaría especialmente los despertares con vistas al mar y la variedad de actividades como: clases de yoga, meditaciones profundas, senderismos por sitios únicos, paddle surf, lecturas interesantes de los chakras, paseos en bici… Sin olvidarme por supuesto de las deliciosas comidas caseras que nos preparó Sandra cada día! Muy agradecido y sin dudarlo volveré muy pronto ♥️

I have just finished one week at the yoga retreat with Sandra and her daughter Indy. It seriously has been such a special, intense, at the same time calm and peaceful but also diversified week, and I’ve learned a lot about myself and what I can do myself to make the most of myself and life. If you think this week is just yoga then you’re wrong. It is so much more. I didn’t even know just how much I needed this, until I started the retreat. Tomorrow I will be heading back home, but I really hope that one day in the not so far future I will return. Thank you Sandra and Indy, for letting me join the retreat at such short notice! <3

Thank you, Sandra ❤️ for an experience of a lifetime.. a Start Into more awareness and consciousness towards my body and my soul❤️ It was a Soul touching Gift to connect to you and your wisdom and your abundaned Life experiences, which you shared so deeply. I am looking forward to Meeting and learning more from you again and your wonderful daughter Indy, as well. Lots of Love❤️, Sandra

A vacation I will never forget. With great yoga practice, meditations and workouts in front of the waves in different locations. The readings Sandra offered me shows me who I am and what I am still capable off… A million thank you.. also to you Indyra, you are such loving presence. I will be back for sure. Lovely greetings from wet England, Bea Vasikiev

The lady who runs the retreat is surprisingly harsh, judgemental and vary far from humble. I would have expected more gentle and kind approach from someone who describes themselves as a shaman. Deeply disappointed.

This retreat was a nourishing experience. Sandra’s programme took me out of my comfort zone in all the best ways. The retreat is not just about yoga, it’s more about one’s whole life, direction, soul – and the kinship between us all on the retreat, and this spirit of kinship and fearlessness radiating to all the things in one’s life. Here are a few examples of how special this retreat is, how seemingly everyday things Sandra encourages us to do, turn out to be life-enhancing. 1. I have not cycled since I had a road accident on a bicycle as a teenager. On this retreat, one of the activities was a cycle ride along the beaches. I didn’t know this until on the retreat, and I thought I’d sit it out as I was a bit fearful. But I did it in the end and really enjoyed it. After initial trepidation, it turned out to be just what I needed to do after 20 years of avoiding bicycles. How could such a simple activity be so transformative? And to experience this with Sandra and the other lovely people on the retreat – all of whom made me feel safe and helped me practice on the bike first – I can’t thank everyone enough. The things that seem so ordinary or small in life can turn out to be the most transformative. It is not about the overly complicated, pretzel shapes and yoga toe stands one does that makes one’s life – it is the simple, the everyday, the joy in overcoming little things that have kept one back, that make the biggest emotional changes in one’s life. And it makes a huge physical change for me too. After that day of cycling, I no longer look at cycling on roads with fear. I want to do it more now. How could Sandra know that this would help me so? It takes a person with a special energy to sense what and how, in subtle ways, another human being can be grown from an experience. 2. I would probably not have tried Stand Up Paddle boarding on my own steam, but again, this is one of the activities. And it’s not just paddle boarding on one’s own, Sandra hires a huge 10 person board that we all coordinate as a collective to paddle. It was such a joyful experience to work as a team, to be in tune with each other’s movements and help each other through nerves, worry about falling. We could see just how untrue some of the stories we tell ourselves are – that we have poor balance, that we’re scared of the sea. We are all capable, and encouraging each other on this giant paddle board made us feel strong and safe enough to overcome old stories of limitation. Also, how wonderful to be out on the sea in the sunshine with the loveliest energy of amazing people, caring for each other. Another great thing we did was all stand in tree pose on one leg only – all at the same time – with a hand on each other’s shoulders in a circle. Proof if ever of our balance and poise, of being at one with the elements, and of our simultaneous human experience of helping support each other. 3. We did yoga on the beach and breathing exercises, meditation and had some shamanic insight experiences with Sandra too. This retreat was so varied, I can’t say it was a yoga retreat so much as an all-round wonderful affirmation of life, kinship and empowerment. Yoga-retreat is so reductive a description, it does not do justice to what I experienced here and the down-to-earth connectedness I felt. There are so many retreats and yoga schools even in the cities/places one lives – what is the point of going to a retreat that does the same thing as I could do in my normal life? I don’t see the point of going somewhere to do a hundred downward dogs – what I’d normally do in my city yoga school each week – and only swapping out the setting, adding maybe a fancy pool or a secluded villa. It all seems so shallow in comparison to this more earthy and varied experience offered by Sandra. Connect, transform, see the world a little differently here!

Unique experience for people willing to open their minds. My Canadian mate and I met at Sandra’s retreat. We are quite energetic business ladies but were a bit shuttered from the workload and the personal situations during the last months. Coincident no. 1 was that Kim and I researched separately in different countries but we both found Sandra’s retreat and we both were immediately attracted by it. In reality the retreat was so much more than just a Yoga class. Due to Sandras empathic spirit and her extraordinairy skills we were taken deep into our souls and we let our always on control go…It is now almost three months away but I still feel the power and positive energy that Sandra gave to us. I am more a logical than a spiritual person but this changed for good and I am very happy with the compromise I found for me. Dear Sandra, you are an unbelievable free spirit, thank you so much for all your energy you spent during our retreat. I will make sure it was well invested. All the best for you, we really appreciated every moment.

I am writing this review, reminiscing about the beautiful and life-changing time I spent on this retreat. This is not your ordinary commercial yoga retreat. Yoga with Sandra & Indi on the beach by the rocks and cliffs, overlooking the beautiful ocean, brings you to another level of awareness. Sandra is an amazing woman and shaman, she helps you bring light into matters or sequences in your life that you thought were insignificant and clouded. Enlightenment. The apartment is perfectly located with its big balcony overlooking the ocean, waking up to a beautiful sunrise and falling asleep to the bright moon. Sandra will lead you through spiritual guidance, just be open and enjoy the ethereal ride.

This was a completely unique experience , if you’re looking for a mindful, restorative break with the opportunity to try new things , gently push your comfort zone and open your mind to new ideas , people and activities this is for you . Hosted by the kind hearted Sandra who is filled with knowledge and passion and her lovely daughter Indie. Experience yoga on the beach over looking the sea , group paddle board yoga , cycling and many more mindful and meditative activities . This retreat suited me perfectly, it was informal, varied and so restorative, and I met such wonderful people. I would definitely return.

The retreat was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. It was a refreshing mix of yoga and mindful self awareness with buckets of consideration and kindness delivered by Sandra and her daughter. A word of warning though, this isn’t ideal for the rigid minded or those die hard yogis- it will make you consider your own practice and grow as long as you leave your inhibitions at the door. That coupled with great accommodation, food and fun activities such as group SUP, cycling and digeridoo, this is one not to miss. Thanks Sandra, I’ll be back soon