“If in every breath you strip naked just like winter the joy of spring will grow within.”

                – Rumi

This joint retreat with Ruta, the creator of Be Outside Coaching will be about releasing, letting go, empowering, and reconnecting with your deepest self through breathing and nature practices.

We will dedicate an important part of the retreat to Transformational Breath®, sharing, and human connection. The days will be topped up with very gentle hikes, nature connection practices, and yin yoga and yoga nidra.

Food will be beautifully created by our exceptional food and nature-loving chef, Donata.

We welcome you in a small village of typical Swiss houses surrounded by a pristine alpine environment. Come and enjoy the energy of this exceptional valley.  Relax in private SPA facilities after a full day of breathwork and nature outside!

This retreat is for you if:

• You are holding onto the past, have cumulated emotions, and feel heavy inside
• You tried several different healing techniques but none helped you create a long-lasting change
• You are longing to manifest your deepest desires but feel stuck and nothing is moving in the direction you wish for
• You are curious to discover a life-changing breathing technique
• You wish to improve your wellbeing holistically
• You wish to expand your awareness and connect further with your inner self
• You wish to reduce your anxiety, and stress and clean the messiness inside of you
• You value nature and believe in its impact on wellbeing

Retreat location:

You will stay in an authentic Swiss chalet located in a pristine and wild Chateau D’Oex- Gstaad Valley, a place still full of traditions and original lifestyle. Chalet is surrounded by the mountains and forest of the gorgeous Pays d’Enhaut region. This valley is reachable by public transport (gorgeous Belle Epoque train) and it’s a 2-hour drive from Geneva and a 2-hour and 50-minute drive from Zurich.

On a day when you might not feel like hiking, you may just relax on a long comfy chair and keep watching it.

This is what the Swiss do when they do not feel like hiking 🙂

Immerse into Swiss life while staying in this beautiful jewel chalet which has full comfort, the charm of 200 years, and even a private SPA.

Activities during the retreat:

• Transformational Breath®
• Forest Bathing (Shinrin Yoku)
• Hiking – easy level
• Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra
• Creative healthy food​
• Private Spa

Food during the retreat:

• Feed your body with nourishing food
• Develop a healthy relationship with food & eating
• Learn to eat healthier and more balanced foods

About Retreat Chef Donata

Inspired by nature, Donata creates food with love & passion. She is a nature lover and gets her main inspiration to cook from nature – using natural products. Aesthetics of food is part of her style, she spoils multiple senses of the one who tastes her food.

​Lithuania is her home country and her initial inspiration to cook came from her mother’s vegetable & fruit garden.

​You will eat healthy & natural food prepared by Donata. Allow your body to energize with seasonal & local goodness. Find joy in eating the rainbow on your plate and feel yourself becoming more grounded and feeling comfortable in your own skin.

About Ruta

Ruta Mikulenaite did her first hike back in 2013- she then realized that real life is not happening in the indoor- office environment but rather outside.

This made her realize that she was missing something important in her life – a connection with Nature. Since then, most of her time she has spent outside – climbing, hiking, wild camping, and walking in the forests, parks, and other natural places. She has become a hiking ‚guru‘ and is now passionate about sharing the most beautiful places in the Swiss Alps with the others. Retreat participants often say that Ruta’s passion for Nature is contagious.

Ruta is a professional neuro-coach (Neuroleadership Institute, London), forest therapy guide (Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, USA), and mountain leader (Association of Mountain Guides in Switzerland). Ruta has also studied ancient yoga in Bali and is a certified yoga teacher. She loves bringing nature to the mat through the practice of yin and yang yoga.

By creating Be Outside Coaching movement, she has connected her 2 major passions: activities outside and human evolution. Be Outside Coaching delivers immersive and holistic Nature experiences in the different corners of pristine the Swiss Alps.

About Alev

Alev discovered Transformational Breath® by chance in 2007. Fascinated by the power of this technique, she pursued her trainings internationally. She is the Transformational Breath® Foundation’s National Leader. She is a Certified Senior Trainer of Transformational Breath®, completed various trainings as a shamanic practitioner, and is a Reiki Master Teacher. She gives private and group sessions and leads training and workshops. Her mission is to inspire and support others on their journey of self-realization, with the guidance and wisdom of their breath. Session after session she witnesses with awe and appreciation the unbounded healing power of breath. Supporting others towards their inner light fills her with gratitude.