Spring 2025 Retreats Are Here!
Come away with me to Kenya, Norway, and Greece
Hello writers and yogis! I’m very excited to announce three retreats coming in spring 2025 with my friend and incredible yoga teacher Emily Shapiro: Kenya, Norway, and Greece. All three of these retreats will be writing + yoga, although of course both the writing and yoga classes are optional. Details about each are below. I hope you can join us on one (or several) of these adventures.
Kenya Writing + Yoga Retreat, March 14-23 2025
Join me and yoga teacher Emily Shapiro on a 10-day creative journey through city, safari, and sand as we return to my former home in Kenya. I love this retreat because I get to take people to my very favorite places — the places I used to go regularly when I lived in Nairobi, and that are off of the typical Kenya tourist track.
We begin in Nairobi, Kenya’s humming capitol, where we’ll meet some baby elephants, visit a giraffe sanctuary, and explore the city’s culinary delights. Then we’ll be off to Ol Pejeta in Kenya’s Laikipia region for four days of safari, yoga as elephants stroll by, meditation, visits with the world’s last Northern White Rhinos, sundowners, and more. Finally, we will head to Lamu on the Kenyan coast for poolside yoga, fresh-caught seafood, evening dhow rides, long beach walks, and the ability to explore one of the most stunning and special places in the world.
Throughout the retreat, Jill will lead writing workshops focused on effective storytelling. Emily will teach daily vinyasa yoga classes in extraordinary settings. This is not your typical drop-into-a-beautiful-place yoga retreat: Jill spent several years living in Nairobi, will be taking you to her very favorite places that may not be on the typical tourist agenda. And she will work with you individually on your own story-telling project.
Full details of the Kenya retreat, including pricing, can be found here.
Norway Writing + Yoga Retreat, June 6-11, 2025
Does sailing away to a remote and private 15-acre island in the fjords of Norway sound like an absolute dream? Then join us on Manshausen Island in Norway for six days of writing, yoga, and outdoor adventure in the Scandinavian north. Think sea, mountains, a sun that never sets, and spectacular views from the Scandi-design island cabins. This is guaranteed to be a unique and special week.
Full details of the Norway retreat, including pricing, can be found here.
Greece Writing + Yoga Retreat, June 15-21, 2025
We’re going back to Greece! I’m very lucky to have gotten to spend quite a bit of time in Greece, and nowhere in the country is quite like Folegandros, the Cyclades’s best-kept secret and the island where we host this retreat. It’s small — there’s just one road — without an airport, which keeps it just the right level of touristed: Enough to sustain a bustling and vibrant main town where cafes and restaurants spill out onto the cobblestone streets, but never over-crowded (there is not a selfie-stick-wielding influencer in sight). Donkey trails lead down to nearly-empty cove beaches, and the water is as clear and blue as anything I’ve ever seen. Plus: The food, omg. The Greece retreat is a sun-kissed reset in a place you won’t forget.
Full details of the Greece retreat, including pricing, can be found here.
Questions? Want to join? Just hit reply to this email. Hope to see you somewhere in the world soon!
xx Jill