Yoga Retreat with Ruth Wheeler
Includes a 2 night tour to the High Atlas Mountains and Marrakech

22 - 29 May 2025
From £650 plus about £130 (1635 MAD)

Just perfect. The surroundings are beautiful and peaceful. The eco design is welcoming and relaxing. Rooms are very well appointed and comfortable. Staff are very welcoming, nothing is too much trouble. Food amazing- delicious and healthy. I cannot praise this place enough.”               Anne Parry Jan 2024 

 “Just a quick note to say how much we love La Maison Anglaise. It is the tranquil and beautiful oasis we’d hoped for. The staff are brilliant. What a special place you’ve created! ” Ric Sykes Jan 2024 

The Venue  Well known for magical meaningful holidays, excellent food and exceptional staff, this award-winning set up relocated in 2020 to a stunning sustainably-run eco-lodge with a chlorine-free pool and permaculture gardens. Located on the south side of the ancient town walls of Taroudant, which enjoys the best winter climate in Morocco. Enjoy an exceptional menu of local healthy food.  

It’s just brilliant. I love it – the whole vibe in the well-designed garden, the buildings, and the sustainable aspect of it all. The staff are incredible, all caring, kind, diligent and willing to do whatever it takes to make your stay perfect. The food is truly delicious, fantastic for vegetarians and meat-eaters too, as well as offering tea/coffee at any time by helping yourself. Relaxed, with the smell of the beautifully planted garden at night, and a well-stocked library so I can read all day long by the pool. Heaven!”              Jane Duncan Rogers January 2024 

Bedrooms The comfortable, beautifully appointed rooms are cleverly designed to be cool in summer and warm in winter. All have ensuite bathrooms, their own terrace and garden and can sleep two or more. A limited number are allocated for single occupancy. More details of rooms here 

Heartful Holistic Holidays which offer a wide choice of authentic activities run by amazingly knowledgeable English-speaking guides. Explore the fascinating culture and landscapes, use our library, our small spa, swim or simply laze in the sun. 

Optional activities include cookery, walks, visits to local families and charitable projects, wildlife, massage, shopping and several other choices. Little visited by tourists, the local souks offer an exotic traditional atmosphere. 

Located within 30 minutes’ drive of the contrasting mountain landscapes of the majestic High Atlas and the extraordinary Anti-Atlas (beyond which lies the Sahara). We are also only an hour’s drive from the Atlantic coast.  

Feel safe and cared for thanks to the care of loving, experienced English-speaking staff, good medical facilities, excellent WiFi, safe drinking water and being on the edge of a small, relaxed and friendly town with few tourists.  

Why choose a Yoga holiday with us?

We have been organising group holidays since 1998. Our venue has a variety of lovely spaces for yoga including the tiled circle in the gardens, the spacious 64 sq metre activity room and a very large tiled roof terrace, lovely at sunset and sunrise. Read more about our Yoga Holidays here 

“I have organised, attended and facilitated many group events in a myriad of locations around the world over the last forty years…I found the ideal setting.  It is small enough to maintain intimacy whilst having the spaciousness to accommodate privacy. The bespoke planning and vision which created this venue, inspired by Jane’s deep knowledge of the needs and requirements of small group holidays and workshops is evident in the care paid to every detail.”  Tutor Katy van Haeften 

High Atlas Mountains Itinerary from Taroudant to Marrakech.

Trip over the Tiz n Test Pass (illustrated below): Drive past the orange groves of the Souss Valley to the top of this spectacular mountain pass (rising to 2011 metres), widely held to be the finest in Morocco (and Michael Palin says it was his best trip ever!) 4 hour drive. The beautiful Tin Mal mosque is worth a visit en route but is currently closed for restoration, planned to be reopened in  May 2024

Stay at Ouirgane Ecolodge at 1000 m (the site and a sitting room are illustrated below): in the High Atlas Mountains where you have the option to use the pool and/or to go walking. Easy walks near the village or more serious walks with a mountain guide. The owner of the ecolodge is a very competent guide who we have known for years.

Spend the last night at Riad Khabia in the bustling city of  Marrakech. Courtyard with plunge pool & the roof terrace at Riad Khabia, water sellers at the big square, Koutobia Mosque at night.

Photo: Ruth Wheeler

Read more about your tutor here

To Book or Express an Interest: Limited places available. Request a place at www.cecu.co.uk/book  We will then send you the payment schedule (split into instalments with £100 initial deposit to secure your place).

Book early to get good flight prices, but please do NOT book flights until we give the go-ahead! 

More Information For FAQs go to www.cecu.co.uk/faqs 
Contact us: www.cecu.co.uk/contact or visit www.holidays-with-heart.co.uk
We will also send detailed pre-visit information after you book.  

About the course: Ruth is an experienced Artist and Sculptor, creating sculptures and teaching to a variety of community groups in Surrey for 25 years as well as running creative retreats. She will weave a creative project throughout the holiday. We will be inspired by visiting and working with local Artisans and work on an optional creative journal /sketch book during the week.

Ruth is also qualified Yoga teacher with Seasonal Yoga and will guide you with a daily morning yoga practice as well as one evening candle lit yoga nidra session, one mindfulness, and one pranayama and meditation.

Ruth’s gentle, explorative and fun style is great for beginners and intermediates. She loves for her students to feel what is right for their bodies and feel rejuvenated, well stretched and relaxed after her yoga classes.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME which will vary with travel arrangements, weather etc

There will be daily tutored sessions and possibly spontaneously at inspiring places.

Each day you may choose one of the optional activities on offer below. Anything listed as “optional” means it is payable locally and not included in the price. Please see our price list for costs.

Day 1 Arrival Day – Our drivers meet you at Agadir airport. Lunch or dinner, settle in, introductory talk and tour of the site. Optional massages. Optional tour around town walls by horse-drawn taxi. 
Day 2 Optional excursion: walking at one of 2 oases and possibly in the Anti Atlas Mountains with Said.
Day 3 Optional cultural experience: cookery lesson; massages; experience our on-site solar powered hammam.
Day 4 Optional excursion: High Atlas Berber Villages – an insight into daily lives of villagers in the mountains with Rachid.
Day 5 Exploring Taroudant. Optional cultural experiences: shopping in the souk; massages; experience our on-site solar powered hammam.
Day 6 Travel to Ouirgane Ecolodge over the Tiz n Test Pass with its spectacular views. 
Day 7 Drive about 1 hour to Marrakech, option to stop for a camel ride on route in the small hamlet of Asni. 
Day 8 Farewell. Vacate rooms after breakfast. 

Summary

Cost:  £650 per person in shared twin/double room plus 1620 MAD (about £130) payable locally. Or £830 in a single room plus 1620 MAD (about £130) payable locally.

Includes:

  • Transfer from Agadir Airport at one designated time  
  • Taxi to Marrakech airport from Riad Khabia at one designated time  
  • Accommodation in en suite twin or double bedroom; single occupancy on request 
  • Chlorine-free pool 
  • Substantial breakfasts and vegetarian evening meals (meat or fish at extra cost) 
  • Lunches on the first 4 days 
  • Tutored workshops – about 20 hours in total 

Excludes:

  • Flights (now about £200 return if booked very soon) 
  • Single occupancy supplement £20 per night
  • Travel insurance (required) 

Payable in Morocco:

  • Tips
  • Meat or fish supplement for first 5 nights
  • Tourist Taxes 41 MAD (approx £3.20) per person per night for first 5 nights
  • Cultural Experiences & Excursions See details of prices and choices
  • Airport taxi transfers at times other than the designated flight

Heartful Holistic Holidays which offer a wide choice of authentic activities run by amazingly knowledgeable English-speaking guides. Explore the fascinating culture and landscapes, use our library, our small spa, swim or simply laze in the sun. 

Optional activities include cookery, walks, visits to local families and charitable projects, wildlife, massage, shopping and several other choices. Little visited by tourists, the local souks offer an exotic traditional atmosphere. 

Located within 30 minutes’ drive of the contrasting mountain landscapes of the majestic High Atlas and the extraordinary Anti-Atlas (beyond which lies the Sahara). We are also only an hour’s drive from the Atlantic coast.  

Feel safe and cared for thanks to the care of loving, experienced English-speaking staff, good medical facilities, excellent WiFi, safe drinking water and being on the edge of a small, relaxed and friendly town with few tourists.  

Best Holistic Ecolodge in Morocco 2023

Trip Advisor: Number 1 in the Taroudant Region 

Voted Top 10 in the World:
 Lonely Planet Eco Stays 2014 & VegeNews Vegetarian Holidays 2005

Responsible Tourism Trophy for Community Project Work 2009 

 

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