Fit fusion 5-days

Retreat Highlights

• Our Fitness and Health retreat has been designed specifically for those who wish to kick-start, seek additional challenges, lose weight, or maintain an established fitness routine. This fitness retreat is jam-packed, with stimulating high-intensity and low-impact training exercises. High-intensity interval training will keep your heart pumping, burn calories, improve cardio fitness, and strengthen muscles while protecting you from injury, joint damage and pain.
• Our work-outs focus on a full-body balance between the mind and the body: using varied functional movements at low and high intensity to strengthen your core, enhancing muscle strength, flexibility, agility mentality, body tone and breathing.
• Your Experience
• We combine indoor and outdoor activities such as Yoga, Chi Kung, cross-training, resistance and weight training, rock climbing, canyoning, hikes and cycling to leave you feeling invigorated, improve your fitness level, improve bone density, and leave you feeling energised, charged and your internal compass calibrated and back on track.
• No matter what your fitness aspirations or goals are, our trainer can help you achieve them. Our group sessions allow us to focus on specific fitness goals or areas of improvement. The work-outs are engaging and fun and can be fine-tuned to your needs or skill level.
• If you are serious about improving your fitness and being active but need more free time, high-intensity interval training may be the solution for your work-out woes and help nurture your personal growth and self-development.
• Specialist Support
• Our qualified team of professional Personal Trainers, Martial Arts instructors, Hike Guides, Cycling Instructors, Pilates and Yoga Teachers will be on hand to help you get the most out of your work-outs, support and motivate you when
• Benefits:
• It is an ideal location for indoor and outdoor activities, famous for its sunny skies, breathtaking beauty, rolling hilltops, deep ravines, walks and rugged cliffs.
• Our varied program will help keep your heart rate up during the entire exercise, which is optimal for burning calories, building muscle mass and supporting weight loss.
• Small intimate groups of 8 attendees.
• Qualified professional support, including Yoga Teachers, Martial Arts Instructors, Cycling Coaches and Hiking Guides.
• Tasty nutrient-enriched meals, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
• Close to amenities.
• Health Benefits High intensity and interval training
• It helps burn more calories; it has a high burning average of 3 kilocalories per minute compared to a 2-8 burning average per minute after a steady run.
• It can help you lose weight alongside a healthy diet; in 2019, the British Journal of Sport found that lost high-intensity activities help people lose 28.5% more fat than moderately intense continuous exercises.
• It builds many muscle groups; HIIT exercises help build muscle, improve your ability to keep working out and boost muscular endurance.
• It improves oxygen and blood flow and even strengthens the circulatory system. It supports cardiorespiratory capacity and the ability of the heart and lungs to deliver oxygen to the body.
• It can help lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels; HIIT can help you lower blood pressure and blood sugar while boosting oxygen and blood flow.

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Daniella

Lourdes

Jorge

Ron

Daniella

Daniela de Girolamo specialises in Chi Kung and Yoga and is as enthusiastic about teaching a willing learner as she is to practise it herself. Having spent the last 18 years studying and working as a Shiatsu therapist, Ayurvedic massage therapist, Yoga teacher-trainer and Chi Kung and Yoga instructor, she firmly believes in the goodness of holistic healing. So, regardless of age, gender or concepts, all you need to do is enrol for Daniela’s class to embark on the process. What renders Daniela truly accomplished is her in-depth understanding about how the elements of nature manifest, and more importantly, how they are represented in the human body. Every human being experiences a different level of energetic vibration and these manifest through the body, emotions, mind, and spirit. It was while working as a Shiatsu therapist that Daniela was attracted to Chi Kung, and immediately developed a bond towards this ancient Chinese practice. Initially she would attend 4-5 sessions a day to remain healthy and energetic. But given its positive impact, she decided to continue, and went on to complete two years of training. Based on the concepts of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Chi Kung aims to stretch and streamline the body’s energy channels in a fluid and harmonious way. Regular Chi Kung practice makes you strong both internally and outwardly. Not only does it build muscles, but also strengthens the internal organs, improves digestion and enhances the quality of sleep. Menstruation/menopause, respiratory and cardiovascular rhythm and inherent immunity are other areas that benefit from Chi Kung. Because all movements and exercises work directly on the energy channels of the body, they are related to a specific organ/viscera which represent thoughts and emotions. For example, if you work on an exercise that targets the energy channel of the stomach, there will be an improvement in digestion and muscular strength and elasticity. You will also slip into a state of relaxation and would be better prepared to handle stress and anxiety. There are a series of exercises, and while some are meditative and static, others involve movement and provide a great physical workout. All exercises are associated with a breathing technique and aim to cultivate harmony in movement. Breathing consciously causes the body to re-align naturally and find its balance. Chi kung encourages self-healing and creates a feeling of well-being, thus prompting a feel-good factor. When Daniela sees the positive impact of her classes on different segments of the community, it brings her joy and contentment. A farmer once told her that after two months of Chi Kung he was able to harvest his olives again after years of his back not allowing him to do so. A person with depression told her about the feeling of vitality that floods him every time he practises Chi Kung. A woman weaver and entrepreneur told her that her creativity at work was awakened after a class. Another person with heart and circulation problems said that on days when she practised Chi Kung, she was able to relax and sleep much better at night. All this and much more is what motivates Daniela to share her knowledge and practice every day with passion and enthusiasm.

Lourdes

Lourdes Bueno is a Sports instructor and personal trainer, social health caregiver and lover of childhood and nature. She entered the world of yoga and this practice helped her open the door to her inner world. In order to consciously live the fullness of life in all its aspects and to feel more consistent with what she wants, what she feels and what she does in her day to day. Lourdes enjoys sharing and learning each step through body awareness to improve posture and understand body mechanics. From self-care and self-knowledge without demands and from the pleasure to gradually integrate the multiple benefits of this practice and at all levels (physical, energetic, emotional, mental, and spiritual) Her aims for the retreat programs that she will be supporting MENOPAUSE In this special stage, of greater serenity, heightened intuition and maturity, yoga can bring us closer to being more connected with ourselves in order to achieve a more conscious transition. We will practice fluid movement and body awareness to mobilise energy and establish a greater connection with our body and its physical, mental and emotional needs in addition to breathing exercises to reduce symptoms and increase energy and vitality. FITNESS The objectives of yoga transcend the integral well-being of the physical body. In this space we will combine sequences of dynamic asanas to gain flexibility, resistance and balance to strengthen the muscles and tone from a conscious practice supported by the breath to deepen in a more precise training adapted to all levels. Working the body, listening and caring to better integrate personal practices and thus regulate the intensity relieving tensions and resistance. WELLNESS Yoga Wellness is a practice with the intention of returning to our centre to act in coherence and harmony in our lives. During the practice we work with pleasure to free ourselves from stress and connect with our body, get to know its energy centres and shape them through the elements. In this practice we go into the depths of the conscious and the unconscious to put it at the service of our evolution.

Jorge

Jorge Damski takes immense pride in being a personal trainer. His role as a personal trainer is to facilitate, motivate and enable people to view physical activity as a daily habit, given the increasing evidence that indulging in regular physical exercise boosts morale. It also enables you to feel better, both physically and mentally. Strength training has many proven health benefits, such as increasing bone density, improved joint health, flexibility and balance and reducing body fat and BMI, not to mention improving cardio function and facilitating better digestion. As a trainer, Jorge has had the opportunity to witness the impact of physical exercise on healthy people as also on people with pathologies. These interactions have stoked his passion and admiration for this profession and continue to serve as an unending source of inspiration. Meet Jorge at Evolve, brimming with energy, and brace yourself for a fun workout.

Ron

Born in Utrecht, The Netherlands, Ron describes himself as an optimist, adventurer, epicurean, connector and entrepreneur. His list of successful climbs includes Mont Blanc (4.807 metres), the highest mountain in Europe, Kilimanjaro (5.895 metres), the highest mountain in Africa, and Aconcagua (6.962 metres), the highest mountain in South America. In addition, he has also conquered the highest peaks in Russia and Antarctica. Ron’s proclivity towards walking/hiking stems from scientific evidence that points towards the various benefits that this form of physical exercise. Because walking outdoor triggers the production of the happy hormone, serotonin, not only does it boost health but also enhances overall well-being. A study involving 20,000 people in England showed that people who spent at least two hours a week in natural surroundings seemed to be more content and at peace. This positive impact is evident even if you just sit outside in a park, the beach or the woods. Walking is a proven antidote for overcoming mental stress and its related problems, like anxiety and depression. During the hiking sessions at Evolve, Ron often asks his clients to evaluate their mood before and after the nature walk. Most people admit to feeling calm and balanced following an outdoor walking session. Various ways in which walking improves health are – Strengthening heart muscles and bones, burning calories, reducing excess body fat, and boosting muscle power and endurance; Reducing your risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2-diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers; Replenishing vitamin D in the body; Building the immune system by triggering production of white blood cells; Having a positive impact on gut health by encouraging growth of good bacteria; Healing the trauma of pain; While Ron likes to hike on his own, he lets others follow their own preference. You can choose to walk with your family members or friends, or pair up with a walking buddy in case you lack the motivation to venture out on your own. So, all you need to do is put on a pair of walking shoes and step outside for at least 20 minutes every day to appreciate the goodness of nature. In addition to the multiple physical, mental and emotional benefits, an outdoor hike could provide lasting memories, like a beautiful sunset, frolicking squirrels, chirping birds, wild flowers in full bloom, and so on.

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