7-Day: Body, Mind & Soul Yoga Retreat in Beautiful Bulgaria
7-Day: Body, Mind & Soul Yoga Retreat in Beautiful Bulgaria
RisingSoul Retreat, Belitsa 5363, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Up to 15 in group
June 1 - 7, 2026
Retreat Highlights
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- Calm your mind and body with daily yoga, meditation, and breathwork
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- Reconnect with nature in the pristine forests, rivers, and mountain air
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- Unlock your creative power to consciously shape your reality
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- Cultivate mindfulness and self-love for lasting inner peace
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- Experience the magic of community in an inspiring, like-minded environment
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Maria has been practicing and teaching yoga for the last 10 years all around the world. She made her 500h teaching training in Israel where she gained most of her experience.
Her style is Hatha Yoga followed by breathing exercises and meditation. She keeps the practice simple and suitable for everyone.
She spent 2 years in Cambodia as the head teacher and the manager of a beautiful yoga retreat there.
She felt and saw how through practice, simple food, laughter, spending time in nature, by being playful and being surrounded by like-minded people can bring such a lightness to one’s self. And there she made a decision that she wants to continue spreading this light, these powerful tools for self-realization, for harmony and balance.
She teaches also healing yoga, partner yoga, laughter yoga, mindfulness practices and meditation.
She loves cooking and baking plant-based meals and desserts.
She loves being surrounded by humans and being in service.
Tomas was born close to the North see in Germany, now living in the wild mountains of Bulgaria.
After studying many different subjects at university (physics, biology, anthropology and more) he travelled around Europe for many years, visiting communities and gaining knowledge in crafts and social interactions.
Since he is 8 years old he is interested in supernatural phenomena. He started reading different kinds of literature on this subject and experimenting with it, entering different states of consciousness. Since 2012 he gives regular workshops on the topic of magic or how to create your reality.
He also gives fire workshops and teaches different techniques living in the wild.
He loves playing music and he improvises with different instruments and styles.
Details of this retreat
A Transformational Journey in Nature
Led by experienced guides Maria and Tom, this retreat is more than just yoga—it’s a gateway to self-discovery and personal empowerment. Allow us to guide you through meditation and ancient practices on a journey to reconnect with your inner self. Our retreat is a place to get back in touch with your body, your intuition and your creative
powers.
We teach simple yogic and magic practices that you can easily incorporate in your daily life.
In just one week, you will learn how to calm your body and mind, how to love yourself, and how to be more authentic.
Harnessing your mind is the first necessary step to a self-empowered life in love, freedom and happiness. When you realise this, you understand that you create your life and also your surroundings. And, without doubt, you will feel that you already know everything deep inside yourself.
The retreat enables you to improve your quality of life, bringing more awareness and mindfulness. All exercises are easy to learn and have great benefits for you, which enhance material aspects as well as relationships with other beings.
Come and share an inspiring atmosphere with like-minded people in the beautiful nature of Bulgaria.
Is This For You?
✨ You’ll Love This Retreat If You…
• Feel the call to slow down, disconnect, and reconnect with yourself and nature
• Are curious about yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and simple spiritual practices you can actually use in daily life
• Want to calm your mind, regulate your body, and deepen self-love
• Are open to exploring and transforming old belief systems, emotional patterns, and conditioning
• Appreciate a plant-based, alcohol-free, substance-free environment that supports deep detox and clarity
• Are willing to embrace a digital detox (yes, we’ll lovingly take your phone 📵)
• Enjoy authentic community, shared practices, creativity, music, and meaningful conversations
• Feel aligned with a non-profit, karma yoga–based community, where contribution and presence matter more than luxury
• Are comfortable with rustic, off-grid simplicity and see it as part of the healing experience
• Sense that you already carry deep wisdom inside—and are ready to remember it
🚫 This Retreat May not be for you if you…
• Are looking for a luxury resort, spa holiday, or party retreat
• Prefer constant internet access, scrolling, and staying digitally connected
• Are not comfortable with phones being put away during the retreat
• Feel resistant to self-reflection, inner work, or questioning ingrained beliefs
• Need a meat-based diet, alcohol, or substances during your stay
• Are unwilling to participate in light karma yoga (20 minutes, twice a day) as part of community living
• Expect a purely physical yoga retreat without emotional, mental, or spiritual depth
• Prefer rigid schedules over a flow-based, intuitive, heart-led experience
What Makes This Retreat Unique
• Align with your inner self through simple practices that will continue to benefit you long after the retreat
• We share with you important exercises that you will learn to apply and practice using games during the retreat.
• Learn how to change your believe-systems and disempower the mechanisms and social/trauma conditioning that impact your personality
• Another very important part of our retreat is the digital detox – yes, that’s right, we will take your phones away. We believe that the best way to reconnect with nature and yourself is when you disconnect from the virtual world.
Come and share with us one unforgettable experience that will change your life.
Led by experienced guides Maria and Tom, this retreat is more than just yoga—it’s a gateway to self-discovery and personal empowerment. Allow us to guide you through meditation and ancient practices on a journey to reconnect with your inner self. Our retreat is a place to get back in touch with your body, your intuition and your creative
powers.
We teach simple yogic and magic practices that you can easily incorporate in your daily life.
In just one week, you will learn how to calm your body and mind, how to love yourself, and how to be more authentic.
Harnessing your mind is the first necessary step to a self-empowered life in love, freedom and happiness. When you realise this, you understand that you create your life and also your surroundings. And, without doubt, you will feel that you already know everything deep inside yourself.
The retreat enables you to improve your quality of life, bringing more awareness and mindfulness. All exercises are easy to learn and have great benefits for you, which enhance material aspects as well as relationships with other beings.
Come and share an inspiring atmosphere with like-minded people in the beautiful nature of Bulgaria.
Is This For You?
✨ You’ll Love This Retreat If You…
• Feel the call to slow down, disconnect, and reconnect with yourself and nature
• Are curious about yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and simple spiritual practices you can actually use in daily life
• Want to calm your mind, regulate your body, and deepen self-love
• Are open to exploring and transforming old belief systems, emotional patterns, and conditioning
• Appreciate a plant-based, alcohol-free, substance-free environment that supports deep detox and clarity
• Are willing to embrace a digital detox (yes, we’ll lovingly take your phone 📵)
• Enjoy authentic community, shared practices, creativity, music, and meaningful conversations
• Feel aligned with a non-profit, karma yoga–based community, where contribution and presence matter more than luxury
• Are comfortable with rustic, off-grid simplicity and see it as part of the healing experience
• Sense that you already carry deep wisdom inside—and are ready to remember it
🚫 This Retreat May not be for you if you…
• Are looking for a luxury resort, spa holiday, or party retreat
• Prefer constant internet access, scrolling, and staying digitally connected
• Are not comfortable with phones being put away during the retreat
• Feel resistant to self-reflection, inner work, or questioning ingrained beliefs
• Need a meat-based diet, alcohol, or substances during your stay
• Are unwilling to participate in light karma yoga (20 minutes, twice a day) as part of community living
• Expect a purely physical yoga retreat without emotional, mental, or spiritual depth
• Prefer rigid schedules over a flow-based, intuitive, heart-led experience
What Makes This Retreat Unique
• Align with your inner self through simple practices that will continue to benefit you long after the retreat
• We share with you important exercises that you will learn to apply and practice using games during the retreat.
• Learn how to change your believe-systems and disempower the mechanisms and social/trauma conditioning that impact your personality
• Another very important part of our retreat is the digital detox – yes, that’s right, we will take your phones away. We believe that the best way to reconnect with nature and yourself is when you disconnect from the virtual world.
Come and share with us one unforgettable experience that will change your life.
Schedule
• In the mornings and in the evenings, we will have yoga and meditation practices (mandatory).
• The afternoons, we will enter into the magic world of reality creating and intuition workshops.
• The evenings we will spend next to the fire, playing games and exploring different interactions.
Daily Schedule
Yoga
Hatha yoga, breath work and meditation. The practice includes focus on relaxation, concentration and strengthening the body using the breath and asanas (postures) in a flow of slow movement and meditation. Hatha practices are designed to align and calm your body, mind, and spirit.
We will have also alignment workshop where you can learn how exactly and correctly to practice alone.
We will have also laughter yoga and partner yoga
Magic Workshop
Welcome to the magic theater, the world of miracles and wonders. The self-created fairytale.
Or are we just repeating the old stories of our culture and other programming?
It is a workshop where you become conscious of the mechanism of the manifestation process. You will see and become more aware of your personal hidden story behind the surface we call reality.
Discover the obstacles in your personality, free yourself of limiting judgemental thoughts and morals. This will allow you to listen to your inner mission, your inner self.
Start a neverending journey, a learning process. Be brave enough to see a new view of the world, even when you know that it is contradicting the common beliefs.
I follow no specific tradition, I looked in ancient European branches in magic as well as modern beliefs and traditions all around the world and i even discovered it in the natural science.
We are pioneers although the knowledge is already very old and written down in many books. Many times yoga philosophy agrees on these magical explanations of the world and that’s why we do our experiment of joining these two arts – magic and yoga.
Take Aways
• You will learn four basic exercises and through practical application you will experience how it feels to be aligned with your Inner Self, Intuition and how to create consciously your wishes.
• We will also look closer at a method how to change our believe-systems and with it our whole personality with all its Traumas and dis-empowering mechanisms.
• The afternoons, we will enter into the magic world of reality creating and intuition workshops.
• The evenings we will spend next to the fire, playing games and exploring different interactions.
Daily Schedule
Yoga
Hatha yoga, breath work and meditation. The practice includes focus on relaxation, concentration and strengthening the body using the breath and asanas (postures) in a flow of slow movement and meditation. Hatha practices are designed to align and calm your body, mind, and spirit.
We will have also alignment workshop where you can learn how exactly and correctly to practice alone.
We will have also laughter yoga and partner yoga
Magic Workshop
Welcome to the magic theater, the world of miracles and wonders. The self-created fairytale.
Or are we just repeating the old stories of our culture and other programming?
It is a workshop where you become conscious of the mechanism of the manifestation process. You will see and become more aware of your personal hidden story behind the surface we call reality.
Discover the obstacles in your personality, free yourself of limiting judgemental thoughts and morals. This will allow you to listen to your inner mission, your inner self.
Start a neverending journey, a learning process. Be brave enough to see a new view of the world, even when you know that it is contradicting the common beliefs.
I follow no specific tradition, I looked in ancient European branches in magic as well as modern beliefs and traditions all around the world and i even discovered it in the natural science.
We are pioneers although the knowledge is already very old and written down in many books. Many times yoga philosophy agrees on these magical explanations of the world and that’s why we do our experiment of joining these two arts – magic and yoga.
Take Aways
• You will learn four basic exercises and through practical application you will experience how it feels to be aligned with your Inner Self, Intuition and how to create consciously your wishes.
• We will also look closer at a method how to change our believe-systems and with it our whole personality with all its Traumas and dis-empowering mechanisms.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
RisingSoul Retreat, RisingSoul Retreat, Belitsa 5363, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Directions
Travel info
Top Tip! For guests who book through the website we also offer a 5% thank you discount for supporting us by booking directly with us. Head to our pricing page to select your bed preference and read our booking procedure.
It is also possible to get a bus to Gabrovo or Veliko Tarnovo and then a taxi or connecting bus to Tryavna.
The cheapest airlines with regular flights are Wizzair, RyanAir and EasyJet. You can fly to Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv or Sofia. Without a car, Burgas or Plovdiv which is a great stopover option with a scenic mountain train ride to Tryavna. The trains are slow and scenic but very affordable if you are not in a rush this is a great option. Please note on the BDZ train booking system Tryavna is spelt Tryavna you can get tickets at the station or even on the trains.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental or their economy partner, but you can make it as far as Tryavna or Voneshta Voda by bus or train.
Coaches to Tryavna run from Sofia, Gabrovo, Varna, Stara Zagora and Burgas many go via Veliko Tarnovo. There is a bus from Belitsa to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed and are around 120 euro each way.
We highly recommend flying to Plovdiv and staying with the Old Plovdiv Hostel (please mention us) for a night to discover the sites and vibe of Plovdiv with its ancient sites, old town and university vibe. Awarding a European Culture award it’s a perfect stop over. To get to us, you can rent a car or take the scenic mountain train to Tryavna via Stara Zagora.
You can also break up the journey with an overnight stop in the nearby village of Veliko Tarnovo. We recommend the Rooster Hostel or Sofia where there are many options.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental, but you can make it as far as Tryavna by bus or train. There is a bus from the village to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed.
However, the train or bus is considerably cheaper. Please get in touch for help with travel arrangements and further help if you wish to arrive from other destinations such as Greece, Istanbul & Bucharest which also have ok bus and train routes.
We provide free transfers from Tryavna and Voneshta Voda Once a Day Tuesday – Thursday.
If you are arriving outside of these times, there are taxi’s (15lv, equivalent to around 7 euro) outside Tryavna train or bus stations but we can arrange a taxi for you, if you prefer.
PLEASE NOTE we are not Belitsa near Bansko regardless of what Google tries to tell you. Use RisingSoul Retreat on google maps or the full address Belitsa 5363, Tryavna, Gabrovo and it will bring you straight to use.
What To Pack
Shoes to hike in
Swimsuit
Warm scarf, poncho, comfy cardigan for chili evenings
Wooly hat and gloves if your visiting in Spring or Autumn evenings & mornings can be chilly
Head torch if you like to camp or walk in the evenings
Water bottle with a lid
Insect repellant
Journal
Any meds or special foods you need
Cash in Bulgarian Lvs
Travelling & COVID
Jan 2023 Bulgaria is not currently under any restrictions you are not required to present any COVID related documents. but please be aware that due to the war in Ukraine it is currently an immigration requirement for longer stay guests (over 6 days) to register within 3 days of arrival at the passport office in Tryavna. we will facilitate this for you.
At RisingSoul we are pro freedom of choice, self responsibility and respect that everyone has their own personal circumstances and beliefs regarding our current world situation. We make no judgment whether you vaccinate or not and everyone is welcome. We do kindly ask that you act in the best interests of others and if you have a sickness of any type you delay your arrival until you are happy that you are well enough to be around others.
Of course we can all get sick so you might want to know that private health care is good and not expensive in Bulgaria. Please check your own insurance and rights as a non national in Bulgaria . We have a hospital in Tryavna and good dentists.
Latest COVID Travel Advice
Reopen Europe and the Bulgarian embassy tend to be the best places for recent info.
Please note Bulgaria is not in the Schengen Zone and in most people's cases non EU visitors can stay three months, this now includes the UK.
Travel info
Top Tip! For guests who book through the website we also offer a 5% thank you discount for supporting us by booking directly with us. Head to our pricing page to select your bed preference and read our booking procedure.
It is also possible to get a bus to Gabrovo or Veliko Tarnovo and then a taxi or connecting bus to Tryavna.
The cheapest airlines with regular flights are Wizzair, RyanAir and EasyJet. You can fly to Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv or Sofia. Without a car, Burgas or Plovdiv which is a great stopover option with a scenic mountain train ride to Tryavna. The trains are slow and scenic but very affordable if you are not in a rush this is a great option. Please note on the BDZ train booking system Tryavna is spelt Tryavna you can get tickets at the station or even on the trains.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental or their economy partner, but you can make it as far as Tryavna or Voneshta Voda by bus or train.
Coaches to Tryavna run from Sofia, Gabrovo, Varna, Stara Zagora and Burgas many go via Veliko Tarnovo. There is a bus from Belitsa to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed and are around 120 euro each way.
We highly recommend flying to Plovdiv and staying with the Old Plovdiv Hostel (please mention us) for a night to discover the sites and vibe of Plovdiv with its ancient sites, old town and university vibe. Awarding a European Culture award it’s a perfect stop over. To get to us, you can rent a car or take the scenic mountain train to Tryavna via Stara Zagora.
You can also break up the journey with an overnight stop in the nearby village of Veliko Tarnovo. We recommend the Rooster Hostel or Sofia where there are many options.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental, but you can make it as far as Tryavna by bus or train. There is a bus from the village to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed.
However, the train or bus is considerably cheaper. Please get in touch for help with travel arrangements and further help if you wish to arrive from other destinations such as Greece, Istanbul & Bucharest which also have ok bus and train routes.
We provide free transfers from Tryavna and Voneshta Voda Once a Day Tuesday – Thursday.
If you are arriving outside of these times, there are taxi’s (15lv, equivalent to around 7 euro) outside Tryavna train or bus stations but we can arrange a taxi for you, if you prefer.
PLEASE NOTE we are not Belitsa near Bansko regardless of what Google tries to tell you. Use RisingSoul Retreat on google maps or the full address Belitsa 5363, Tryavna, Gabrovo and it will bring you straight to use.
What To Pack
Shoes to hike in
Swimsuit
Warm scarf, poncho, comfy cardigan for chili evenings
Wooly hat and gloves if your visiting in Spring or Autumn evenings & mornings can be chilly
Head torch if you like to camp or walk in the evenings
Water bottle with a lid
Insect repellant
Journal
Any meds or special foods you need
Cash in Bulgarian Lvs
Travelling & COVID
Jan 2023 Bulgaria is not currently under any restrictions you are not required to present any COVID related documents. but please be aware that due to the war in Ukraine it is currently an immigration requirement for longer stay guests (over 6 days) to register within 3 days of arrival at the passport office in Tryavna. we will facilitate this for you.
At RisingSoul we are pro freedom of choice, self responsibility and respect that everyone has their own personal circumstances and beliefs regarding our current world situation. We make no judgment whether you vaccinate or not and everyone is welcome. We do kindly ask that you act in the best interests of others and if you have a sickness of any type you delay your arrival until you are happy that you are well enough to be around others.
Of course we can all get sick so you might want to know that private health care is good and not expensive in Bulgaria. Please check your own insurance and rights as a non national in Bulgaria . We have a hospital in Tryavna and good dentists.
Latest COVID Travel Advice
Reopen Europe and the Bulgarian embassy tend to be the best places for recent info.
Please note Bulgaria is not in the Schengen Zone and in most people's cases non EU visitors can stay three months, this now includes the UK.
Please see Find us page on www.risingsoulretreat.com
Top Tip! For guests who book through the website we also offer a 5% thank you discount for supporting us by booking directly with us. Head to our pricing page to select your bed preference and read our booking procedure.
It is also possible to get a bus to Gabrovo or Veliko Tarnovo and then a taxi or connecting bus to Tryavna.
The cheapest airlines with regular flights are Wizzair, RyanAir and EasyJet. You can fly to Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv or Sofia. Without a car, Burgas or Plovdiv which is a great stopover option with a scenic mountain train ride to Tryavna. The trains are slow and scenic but very affordable if you are not in a rush this is a great option. Please note on the BDZ train booking system Tryavna is spelt Tryavna you can get tickets at the station or even on the trains.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental or their economy partner, but you can make it as far as Tryavna or Voneshta Voda by bus or train.
Coaches to Tryavna run from Sofia, Gabrovo, Varna, Stara Zagora and Burgas many go via Veliko Tarnovo. There is a bus from Belitsa to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed and are around 120 euro each way.
We highly recommend flying to Plovdiv and staying with the Old Plovdiv Hostel (please mention us) for a night to discover the sites and vibe of Plovdiv with its ancient sites, old town and university vibe. Awarding a European Culture award it’s a perfect stop over. To get to us, you can rent a car or take the scenic mountain train to Tryavna via Stara Zagora.
You can also break up the journey with an overnight stop in the nearby village of Veliko Tarnovo. We recommend the Rooster Hostel or Sofia where there are many options.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental, but you can make it as far as Tryavna by bus or train. There is a bus from the village to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed.
However, the train or bus is considerably cheaper. Please get in touch for help with travel arrangements and further help if you wish to arrive from other destinations such as Greece, Istanbul & Bucharest which also have ok bus and train routes.
We provide free transfers from Tryavna and Voneshta Voda Once a Day Tuesday – Thursday.
If you are arriving outside of these times, there are taxi’s (15lv, equivalent to around 7 euro) outside Tryavna train or bus stations but we can arrange a taxi for you, if you prefer.
PLEASE NOTE we are not Belitsa near Bansko regardless of what Google tries to tell you. Use RisingSoul Retreat on google maps or the full address Belitsa 5363, Tryavna, Gabrovo and it will bring you straight to use.
What To Pack
Shoes to hike in
Swimsuit
Warm scarf, poncho, comfy cardigan for chili evenings
Wooly hat and gloves if your visiting in Spring or Autumn evenings & mornings can be chilly
Head torch if you like to camp or walk in the evenings
Water bottle with a lid
Insect repellant
Journal
Any meds or special foods you need
Cash in Bulgarian Lvs
Travelling & COVID
Jan 2023 Bulgaria is not currently under any restrictions you are not required to present any COVID related documents. but please be aware that due to the war in Ukraine it is currently an immigration requirement for longer stay guests (over 6 days) to register within 3 days of arrival at the passport office in Tryavna. we will facilitate this for you.
At RisingSoul we are pro freedom of choice, self responsibility and respect that everyone has their own personal circumstances and beliefs regarding our current world situation. We make no judgment whether you vaccinate or not and everyone is welcome. We do kindly ask that you act in the best interests of others and if you have a sickness of any type you delay your arrival until you are happy that you are well enough to be around others.
Of course we can all get sick so you might want to know that private health care is good and not expensive in Bulgaria. Please check your own insurance and rights as a non national in Bulgaria . We have a hospital in Tryavna and good dentists.
Latest COVID Travel Advice
Reopen Europe and the Bulgarian embassy tend to be the best places for recent info.
Please note Bulgaria is not in the Schengen Zone and in most people's cases non EU visitors can stay three months, this now includes the UK.
Travel info
Top Tip! For guests who book through the website we also offer a 5% thank you discount for supporting us by booking directly with us. Head to our pricing page to select your bed preference and read our booking procedure.
It is also possible to get a bus to Gabrovo or Veliko Tarnovo and then a taxi or connecting bus to Tryavna.
The cheapest airlines with regular flights are Wizzair, RyanAir and EasyJet. You can fly to Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv or Sofia. Without a car, Burgas or Plovdiv which is a great stopover option with a scenic mountain train ride to Tryavna. The trains are slow and scenic but very affordable if you are not in a rush this is a great option. Please note on the BDZ train booking system Tryavna is spelt Tryavna you can get tickets at the station or even on the trains.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental or their economy partner, but you can make it as far as Tryavna or Voneshta Voda by bus or train.
Coaches to Tryavna run from Sofia, Gabrovo, Varna, Stara Zagora and Burgas many go via Veliko Tarnovo. There is a bus from Belitsa to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed and are around 120 euro each way.
We highly recommend flying to Plovdiv and staying with the Old Plovdiv Hostel (please mention us) for a night to discover the sites and vibe of Plovdiv with its ancient sites, old town and university vibe. Awarding a European Culture award it’s a perfect stop over. To get to us, you can rent a car or take the scenic mountain train to Tryavna via Stara Zagora.
You can also break up the journey with an overnight stop in the nearby village of Veliko Tarnovo. We recommend the Rooster Hostel or Sofia where there are many options.
A rental car is cheap & easy, we recommend TopCarRental, but you can make it as far as Tryavna by bus or train. There is a bus from the village to Veliko Tarnovo and Tryavna-Gabrovo. Taxis are cheap and we can arrange an airport transfer if needed.
However, the train or bus is considerably cheaper. Please get in touch for help with travel arrangements and further help if you wish to arrive from other destinations such as Greece, Istanbul & Bucharest which also have ok bus and train routes.
We provide free transfers from Tryavna and Voneshta Voda Once a Day Tuesday – Thursday.
If you are arriving outside of these times, there are taxi’s (15lv, equivalent to around 7 euro) outside Tryavna train or bus stations but we can arrange a taxi for you, if you prefer.
PLEASE NOTE we are not Belitsa near Bansko regardless of what Google tries to tell you. Use RisingSoul Retreat on google maps or the full address Belitsa 5363, Tryavna, Gabrovo and it will bring you straight to use.
What To Pack
Shoes to hike in
Swimsuit
Warm scarf, poncho, comfy cardigan for chili evenings
Wooly hat and gloves if your visiting in Spring or Autumn evenings & mornings can be chilly
Head torch if you like to camp or walk in the evenings
Water bottle with a lid
Insect repellant
Journal
Any meds or special foods you need
Cash in Bulgarian Lvs
Travelling & COVID
Jan 2023 Bulgaria is not currently under any restrictions you are not required to present any COVID related documents. but please be aware that due to the war in Ukraine it is currently an immigration requirement for longer stay guests (over 6 days) to register within 3 days of arrival at the passport office in Tryavna. we will facilitate this for you.
At RisingSoul we are pro freedom of choice, self responsibility and respect that everyone has their own personal circumstances and beliefs regarding our current world situation. We make no judgment whether you vaccinate or not and everyone is welcome. We do kindly ask that you act in the best interests of others and if you have a sickness of any type you delay your arrival until you are happy that you are well enough to be around others.
Of course we can all get sick so you might want to know that private health care is good and not expensive in Bulgaria. Please check your own insurance and rights as a non national in Bulgaria . We have a hospital in Tryavna and good dentists.
Latest COVID Travel Advice
Reopen Europe and the Bulgarian embassy tend to be the best places for recent info.
Please note Bulgaria is not in the Schengen Zone and in most people's cases non EU visitors can stay three months, this now includes the UK.
Please see Find us page on www.risingsoulretreat.com
Accommodation
Various Room & Glamping Options. Full discriptions on www.risingsoulretreat.com
GrassHopper Dorm (7 Day Price)
FireFly Twin (7 Day Price)
Old Stable & Eco Bathroom Single Occupancy (7 Day Price)
Old Stable & Eco Bathroom Double Occupancy (7 Day Price)
KingFisher Ensuite Single Occupancy (7 Day Price)
KingFisher Ensuite Double Occupancy (7 Day Price)
ChurchView Yurt 2 Beds Shared (7 Day Price)
Waterfall Yurt One Bed (7 Day Price)
DIY Camping - Bring Your Own Tent, Mat & Bedding (7 Day Price)
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Immersed in the beauty of the bohemian Balkan mountains of Bulgaria, our community embraces the simplicity and culture of village life. We recognise and embrace the benefits community connection and a reduction in white noise and media exposure.
We are a collaboration of international Karma Yoga Volunteers, providing non profit retreats for all that are called to this magical healing place. We invite you join a Safe & Sacred Space, to Reconnect With Your Authentic Self & Mother Earth.
We are a collaboration of international Karma Yoga Volunteers, providing non profit retreats for all that are called to this magical healing place. We invite you join a Safe & Sacred Space, to Reconnect With Your Authentic Self & Mother Earth.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Natural Home Cooked Plant Based Food
Ethical and eco-conscious practices are important to us at the RisingSoul Community!
Local Healthy Delicious!
What's Included
- • Hatha yoga
- • Breathwork classes
- • Laughter yoga
- • Meditations
- • Partner yoga
- • Creativity & Intuition workshops
- • 2 meals per day
- • Accommodation for 6 nights
What's Not Included
- • Flights cost
- • Visa fee
- • Bus/Train from Sophia to Tryavna €14 and Taxi from Tryavna to Belitsa €10
- • To enhance mindfulness and meditation practices, we abstain from meat, fish, and alcohol. Coffee is available only at the village Chai House between 12 PM and 3 PM.
- • Booking extra healing treatments (Ayurvedic massage, Swedish massage, Lomi Lomi massage, Rejuvenating Kobido Face Massage, Reiki, Tarot, Akashic Records readings, etc.)
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