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Healing Contact: A Story from the June Yoga Retreat in Qeret
Do you know what the first thing every human being does when they come into the world? The child reaches out and seeks contact. Right? We have all grown up through the touch, care, and warmth of the important figures in our lives, our mothers and our closest ones. We have sought contact, seeking to be loved.
Contact is the first language of love – and the last one we forget.
Although we carry it from birth, living in this “modern” world as adults, over the years, we close ourselves off. We become reserved, distant, controlling, defensive. We protect ourselves with silence, with humor, or “busyness”. And deep inside us – we long for contact: “If only someone would hear me!”. “If only someone would understand or touch me”.
Well, this year, at the active yoga retreat in Qeret, Albania, that's exactly what happened: a return to ourselves through contact – first with ourselves, then with the people around us, and finally with nature. . There were 40 of us, all with different life stories, but with the same desire – to feel something real, deep, and meaningful for each of us.
In those seven days of practicing yoga in combination with the entire program - which was not just yoga, we touched many parts of our personality. Some participants, for example, allowed themselves to cry for the first time in a long time. Others - to laugh from the heart. Everyone found their own rhythm. Someone learned to say "no". Someone - to ask for help. Someone - to forgive.
One participant said:
"For me, the best thing was that I met many aware people. These days will motivate me to visualize our Macedonia on a higher frequency – with love and understanding."
Another shared:
"The fun workshops were the best – the secret admirer, so much laughter and childlike joy! I forgot how much I miss spontaneity."
During the break we were lucky enough to hear a lecture about Feng Shui and the KI number Alexandra Icevski, a healing technique and inspirational speech by JJulia Macievska, as well as a session for EFT and tapping Celina Tompkin – a guest from Australia. They all really enriched the program and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for agreeing to participate.
Of course, a walk in Durres was inevitable, where we explored the city and the delicious local food, and we rounded off the evening with a dinner together at the rural restaurant near Zeni - a completely rural place but with seafood like nowhere else in the world.
""If you go deep into some far, far forest and become very quiet, you will understand that you are connected to everything."" –
Alan Watts
Contact doesn't always have to be serious. Sometimes it's laughter, joking, moving, dancing that opens the door to the outside. That's where we did it and truly touched ourselves, through relationships with others.
📊 What participants said – evaluation results
At the end of the vacation we conducted anonymous questionnaire, which was completed by 34 out of 40 participants. Here are some of the results:
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85% stated that their expectations were met in full., while 15% – partially.
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For the duration, 68% think 7 days is ideal, and 12% wanted even longer.
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The balance between yoga and workshops was rated as "just right" by 76% from participants.
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When asked "would you come again?", 100% answered YES.
The most frequently mentioned activities as favorites were:
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Morning yoga
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The EFT technique
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Phyllis Crystal Meditation
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The "secret admirer" workshop
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The excursion to Durres
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Meditations in silence
Some participants wrote:
"Best choice in 5 years – first time at sea, first time in Albania. The hotel, the beach, the food – everything was perfect. I am beyond satisfied."
"Exercises, meditations, and socializing make you feel fulfilled! An active vacation with beautiful activities! Perfect!"
"The contact with others – that was the most valuable thing for me. I felt part of something again."
The organization received 94% grade 5, the space and working conditions were rated as excellent, and the instructor 🙂 received extremely positive ratings for clarity, warmth, and interaction with the group.
💛 Finally
This wasn't just a vacation. This was healing through contact. Returning to oneself, through othersA space in which we remembered who we are, where we have been and where we are going.
And finally, I have to tell you that I decided on what is a winning combination, which is: sea + hotel + conditions + food + activities + people + hospitality. 🙂 to use it again, so see you next time YOGA ACTIVE HOLIDAY will be held from September 21 to 28 2025 in Nikiti, Halkidiki, Greece
Who is interested in September vacation – write to me 🙂
See pictures from the June 2025 yoga retreat HERE
And the pictures from the yoga retreat May 2024 HERE
and come with us in September, 🙂
See all the pictures from the yoga retreat in Qeret - June 2025 HERE
See the pictures from the yoga retreat in Qeret – May 2024 HERE
and come with us in September, at same place - new concept 🙂
YOGA ACTIVE HOLIDAY will be held from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Nikiti Halkidiki, Greece
Love and light
trainer, yoga instructor, wellness coach and author.
about the author: Biljana is the founder of the brand Healthy Life Skills & Healthy Yoga where she holds seminars, retreats, active vacations, trainings and classes to reduce stress and tension in modern man using a holistic approach in working with individuals and organizations. She is the author of several programs “Mental and Emotional Healing”, “Releasing Grief”, “Conscious Health”, “January Spiritual Workshops”, “Create a New Image of Yourself”, “Whisper with Ease” and others. She is the author of the book “Guide to Releasing Grief” - Holistic Tools for Establishing Life Harmony” and has so far organized 25 yoga active vacations which you can view HERE .