Crete
July 22nd - 29th 2026
At Island Girl Yoga Experience LLC, our retreats are not just another vacation getaway. They are transformative experiences designed for women who are high-achieving, deeply accomplished, and quietly exhaused. If you're looking to find new approaches to growth, empowerment and make connections with other like minded yoga enthusiasts, this is for you! Our luxury yoga retreats are all about getting out of your routine and into a new flow, on the pool deck, or on a pristine beach where community building happens naturally, stressful patterns and cycles dissolve, and breakthroughs are inevitable.
All retreats are comprised of small groups, and are tailor-made to allow the newbie, devoted yoga enthusiast, or yoga teacher to elevate their practice, and get clarity on how to use yoga and somatic work to enhance and bring peace and ease to daily life; days, months, even years after the retreat has come to a close.
What Awaits You
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An experience that allows you to cultivate stillness and calm, ease and optimism, and your own inner resource to handle any situation life throws your way once you return home.
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A beautiful series of excursions and yoga practices in a beautiful island location far from the source of your stress.
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A chance to discover yoga modalities you may be unfamiliar with that can really compliment your personal practice or studio classes and get you in touch with your body’s innate healing power.
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An opportunity to address pain patterns, injuries and feel more at ease in poses you find particularly challenging.
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A caring approach to empowering you step by step, day by day, toward reaching your wellness goals.
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A unique opportunity to build community with likeminded people who may be facing similar challenges, while building the tools to simplify, reset and recharge.
Benefits
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Unmatched Community Building and Connection: Form relationships with like-minded yoga enthusiasts, creative minds and caring hearts who will walk with you on this journey of self-development, growth and empowerment.
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Shared Growth: Dive deep into your life’s challenges and get calming strategies, guidance, mindfulness and instruction from a seasoned yoga teacher who has used these techniques to find stillness, calm and ease in her own life.
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Workshops & Collaboration: Each participant gets dedicated time in tailored small group workshops to receive focused instruction in their biggest areas of challenge.
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Return Home with Somatic Yoga tools and a Plan: This is about actionable tools that matter, and meaningful practices in several modalities of yoga that you can take with you to continue the retreat vibe long after the experience is over.
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Breathtaking Adventures: When you’re not deepening your yoga practice, you’ll explore the vibrant island beauty of Crete, savor gourmet meals, and unwind in luxury, enjoying great community and new friendships.
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Nervous System Reset: A perfect balance of somatic yoga, dynamic yoga, meditation and nidra sessions and leisure time to refresh your outlook and experience a boost in wellness, joy and optimism.
What's Included
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Amazing, locally sourced and prepared Greek meals are included in this program starting with lunch on arrival day and breakfast on departure day.
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Snacks at the retreat center for free time, pool time, meditation time and introspective time on the patio and by the pool.
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Immersion into Crete’s unique relaxed pace, both in mealtimes and cuisine, and in daily activities.
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Double or Single Occupancy with an en-suite bathroom with shower in a secluded and picturesque villa just outside of the historic town of Chania.
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ALL group excursions, activities, visits to archeological and historical sites.
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Use of all facilities at the villa (pool, patio, garden, indoor and outdoor living veranda, etc.)
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A pre-trip Zoom meeting to meet and greet each other and discuss any dietary preferences.
**NOT included: Roundtrip airfare in and out of Crete (CHQ); personal, medical or trip cancellation insurance (required!); Two lunches on beach excursion days; two dinners, alcoholic beverages; any additional days’ stay in Crete before or after your retreat program.
Sample Itinerary
How to Book Your Space
What Makes Us Different
Many retreat leaders embark on their offerings having never visited the place or the venue they are utilizing. Liz welcomes her participants to islands she knows well enough to call home. This includes a knowledge of the culture, cuisine, language and basic geography of the retreat location.
If you are delayed arriving or departing, you will not be left to fend for yourself for lodging or meals; Liz has you covered because she has local connections everywhere she facilitates her retreats! Preparations will always be completed ahead of time; Liz arrives to retreat locations first, and leaves after her participants.
Register Here
A curated group of 5-6 participants will join Liz Daneu, a seasoned RYT-500 yoga teacher with certifications in somatic healing, pranayama breathwork, sound baths and various styles of yoga, on an unforgettable, highly personalized retreat which promises to transform and elevate your personal practice and the approach you take to adversity, struggle, stress and the busy brain. **Yoga teachers earn 30 CEUs toward recertification with Yoga Alliance.
