Soul Dance & Self Awakening in Milos

Soul Dance and Self Awakening Retreat in Milos, Greece

You’ve spent decades hearing what you should be.

A good daughter. A good wife. A good mother. Grateful. Selfless. Easy to love, easy to please, easy to overlook. You’ve been so busy becoming who everyone else needed that the question of who you actually are got quietly set aside — some years ago, without you ever deciding to set it aside.

This retreat is where you pick it back up.

On the volcanic shores of Milos, we trade the shoulds for one honest question: what do I actually want? Not what’s expected, not what’s practical, not what keeps everyone else comfortable. What you actually want.

Each day begins in the body — daily dance to shake loose what words can’t reach, to remember that your body has always known things your mind talks itself out of. From there, you’ll move into workshops in self-awakening with Nan, unwinding the stories, roles, and inherited “shoulds” that have quietly shaped your life, and making room for what wants to take their place.

Between the movement and the inner work, there’s a lot of Greece: swimming off Milos’s turquoise coves, a boat day to Kleftiko you’ll talk about for years, long dinners in the village of Plaka, endless sunsets and sea swims and the permission to be free. This isn’t a retreat that asks you to sit still and think your way to an answer. It’s one that asks you to move and feel your way there.

Come alone or bring someone close to you. Either way, you’ll be held by a small circle of women asking the same brave question — and by the end of the week, you may find you already knew the answer. You just needed the permission and space to hear it.

Jollene Berghoff  

Jollene loves to dance, share rhythm and movement with people and actively seeks JOY. She has been a movement instructor for over 30 years and finds happiness and peace through sharing her love of connecting to the beat of the music and to the beat of the heart. She believes healing and inspiration comes through movement, stillness and connection.

Dreams do come true, if…you step out and reach for them. A few years ago, she got on a plane, lived out a dream of dancing on a boat, like the movie MAMMA MIA, on the Sea in Greece. She had such a fabulous time adventuring on the Island of Milos, she wants to share it with other joy seekers.

We can’t wait to share this vibe with YOU on the gorgeous island of Milos, Greece.

what’s included in your Soul Dance & Self Awakening retreat

• 5 nights, 6 days in a new modern boutique hotel by the sea
• Roundtrip group transfer from Milos Port
• 2 meals per day: daily breakfast and lunch or dinner based on our schedule
• Daily Soul Dance classes with Jollene
• Experiential Workshops with Nan
• Local beach and swim dip spots within a few minutes walk
• Boat Day Excursion: best day ever! We sail to Kleftiko with our favorite Captain
• Experience the village of Plaka with a group excursion and dinner out
• Eyia Retreats Tote Bag
• Travel booking support from Eyia Retreats for your journey to Greece with the option for special rates on additional travel planning before or after the retreat

Flights, Ferries, Travel insurance not included.

Our destination

Milos is a volcanic island with unique and insanely captivating rock formations and beaches. As you explore the island and its waters, you will find a wide range of colors from turquiose blended with teal and cyan to Greece’s crystal deep blue. Milos is an island with adventure, culture, and incredible cuisine. It’s one of Katrina’s favorite islands and now a favorite by many around the world.

Where We’ll Stay

During your retreat in Milos, you will be staying in a beautiful modern boutique hotel in the village of Pollonia. We have the privacy of being the only guests of the hotel during our retreat.

Our partners at Phos, which means light in Greek, is on a mission to light up every experience during your time in Milos so that you will want to come back a thousand times and, still, it won’t be enough. As the poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote: Light, my light, the world-filling light, the eye-kissing light, heart-sweetening light! Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the center of my life; the light strikes, my darling, the chords of my love; the sky opens, the wind runs wild, laughter passes over the earth.

We can’t wait for you to experience the magic of Milos and Pollonia.

Our Boat Excursion in milos

One of our favorite experiences of this retreat is our incredible private Boat Day on a catamaran. Every year we witness our retreat participants have the time of their life and feel so free and full of life on this day. We can’t wait for you to have this once-in-a-lifetime experience with us. 

The day includes incredible views, history and interesting facts about Milos, swim stops in places that can only be reached by boat, fresh lunch on board,  Stand-Up-Paddle boarding, riding through caves on the dingy, seeing the incredible Kleftiko, a spot on the southern part of the island with incredible white rock formations and turquoise water. 

Adopt or Sponsor a Greek Kitty

Eyia Retreats has partnered with Let’s Be S.M.A.R.T. a registered non-profit organization with the mission to educate children and adults on animal welfare. Their main goals are to Successfully Manage Animal Rights Today and work toward global animal welfare. In Greece they have multiple activities including a sterilization program and running a cat sanctuary in Attika region where they rescue cats in need.

While in Greece you can adopt a Greek kitty to take home with you! Contact us or Let’s Be S.M.A.R.T to go through an adoption pre-approval process. 

They complete all the necessary exams and paperwork so your kitty is ready and safe to travel home with you!

Alternatively, at the time of booking you will have an opportunity to donate.