Autumn is here, time for a wellness retreat...

Summer is gone, but not the good times!
After all the crazy times this summer with lots of events and tourist from everywhere, autumn is here and we, at our Donosti Chill Retreat house we have a couple of retreats organized by different international teachers. If you feel for a little treat this autumn, come to our house and join us on any of the dates. The organizers still have free spots on their dates and yes, you can come last minute :)

On the other hand, if you feel a little bit more adventurous and have more time; join us to our yearly winter retreat to Mexico, organized by myself and my business partner Malakai Wellness.

Following a little sum up of of the retreats. For more retreats hosted in our house, go directly to http://www.donostichillretreathouse.com/retreats/

* Are you a yoga teacher, or a wellness professional wanting to organize a retreat in San Sebastian? Inquire directly here

Yoga & Surf in San Sebastian

7 days/ 6 nights retreat
September 28th to October 4th
Retreat will be held in German or English (depending on the participants)

Organized by: Silke Bilke

SIlke Bilke is a German yoga teacher based in San Sebastian. With a focus on breathing and body awareness she teaches a mixture of styles that lead from arriving on the mat, activating and warming up the body towards a state of concentration, tranquility and peace in the present moment. Her intention is to guide you on a journey that starts on the mat and continues beyond that in your day to day life. Because Yoga isn’t just postures, it’s a path to realize, that you are already perfect the way you are.

She has been trained in Germany and India, but considers herself a curious lifetime student, with the intention to keep an open heart and mind

Full info of retreat: http://www.donostichillretreathouse.com/retreats/dosanseretreat/
More of Silke: https://www.facebook.com/dosanse/

 

Yoga & Wellness retreat

 4 days/ 3 nights retreat
October 6th to 9th
Weekend getaway held in English

Organized by: Malakai Wellness

Escape for a long weekend to San Sebastian, in the beautiful Basque county of Spain and treat yourself to a 4 day yoga and wellness retreat. Stay at our relaxed Donosti Chill retreat house and enjoy daily yoga, healthy breakfasts, massages, cultural tours and more. Malakai Wellness is a business inspired by traveling experiences and a healthy lifestyle, brought to you by passionate yoga teacher and masseuse Nathalie de Haaij with a base in London.

Full info of retreat: http://www.donostichillretreathouse.com/retreats/malakaiwellnessretreat/

More of Malakai: https://malakaiwellness.com/

 

 

 

Surf and Chill with Amigos- Sayulita, México

10 days/ 9 nights retreat
November 28th to December 7th
Retreat held in English

Organized by: From where you'd rather be & Malakai Wellness

Join us in Sayulita, Mexico for a surf trip with amigos, tacos and tropical vibes…
Enjoy 10 days of surf and chill with a group of fun loving people, staying at the beautiful Villas Sayulita, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. This is an easy going trip with no strict program, just lots of time to enjoy the waves, do a bit of yoga, get a massage, eat great food, connect with like-minded people and discover the vibrant Mexican culture.

Full info of retreat: http://www.donostichillretreathouse.com/retreats/sayulitaretreat/

More about the event in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/525688420972011/

 

 

 

 

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Costa Rica take two!

The past February I spent around 15 days in Puerto Viejo, in the caribbean side of Costa Rica.

I've been in Costa Rica before but only the Pacific side. The idea of going to the caribbean, with all those sandy beaches, tropical weather and green panorama everywhere really appealed me since long time ago.

I grew up in a very dry place, in a semi dessert area of Mexico surrounded by cactuses, so these images were so exotic for me.

I planned to stay only 4 days, but at the end I met so many nice people that I couldn't leave before.

These are the pictures I took around Puerto Viejo, Cocles, Punta Uva, Manzanillo and the Natural Reserve of Cahuita.

Oh, yes, I'm a Palm tree lover, that's why you will see a lot of them in my pics!! :)

Remember you can now buy any of my pics printed, mounted, rolled, etc. delivered directly to you worldwide in my new site www.aleromophotography.com

The Akela Surf family

In my way to Nicaragua I spent a few days in Miami visiting friends, and I had the opportunity to meet with the Akela Surf family in Cocoa beach.

Akela Surf is a rad clothing brand specially for the surf needs of us girls. Annie, the fashion designer, along with her husband and business head, Servio, just moved from Montreal (where they met and married) to Miami in search for better opportunities in the surfing scene.

This punkie surf brand was born as they explained to me, when Annie gets pregnant of Kaiku, the youngest member of the Akela surfing family, and as a need of create a family business in order to spend real time with the new born.

These are some of the pics I took of this cool family.

Girls, be sure to check out their online store and get some goodies for the upcoming summer.

Also, if you’re around Cocoa beach, visit their new launched store just in downtown.

Servio, wants to show me his backyard

Kaiku, he's so young, but already love pictures ;)

The sweet designer boss Annie, in a cool poncho by her

It wasn't a perfect day of surf, but Servio didn't care much

Mother and son

Cold surf, warm heart

And I got my share of goodies for the offshore days in Nicaragua

Loving the pants very much!

And the jacket is so rad!

Mediterranean Stoke

Whoever says that Barcelona has no waves to surf, haven’t certainly experienced how is the vibe of the Mediterranean surfing scene.

I have successfully lived and surfed in Barcelona for 6 consecutive years not long ago, and now that I live in the Basque Country, I seemed to forget for a moment the particular stoke of surfing in such places as Barcelona.

A few weeks ago, just before leaving for Nicaragua, I spent one weekend in Barcelona with my surfer buddies.

Living in a place that has waves all year long, I wasn’t expecting to surf during this visit. I just wanted to see my friends, share with them a nice time and take their pictures.

I don’t remember the last time I was up that early to go surf. I forgot about the difficulties of living in a big city, struggling with traffic and drive one hour or more to enjoy one day of surf.

Very naïve of me, I thought I will be free by the afternoon to do another stuff, but once again I forgot that in Barcelona, when you have swell, you forget about everything else and you just dedicate to surf during the whole weekend.

We arrived very early, but a good amount of people was already surfing in actually very decent swell conditions, bright sun and warm temperatures.

I shot for a couple of hours, but of course, as everybody was taking all the fun, I couldn’t stay out of the water and I finally picked an old wetsuit of Diego, and borrowed Fran’s long board.

At the end I spent around 2 hours surfing, just for the sake to enjoy the time with a nice crew of surfing friends. 

In San Sebastian I have friends who surf, but I don’t have a crew of surfing people where we all go together to catch waves. I suppose that, as waves are regular in the North of Spain, is more difficult for people to dedicate a whole weekend to the so called “surf, eat, sleep, repeat”.

After this morning session we shared a cool picnic together along with a couple of beers, checking out the waves for a later session.

These are the pictures of how a surfing weekend is in the Mediterranean. 

The surf season has just begun for them, and these guys are ready to enjoy waves for once, at home.