The Alaya Retreat Centre is located in a 150 year old, recently renovated wine farm(“Cal Pau Cruset”) at 45 minutes from Barcelona. We are surrounded by vineyards and a large garden with fruits, olive and almond trees. Our beautiful ‘Masia’ (winefarm) consists of 3 private villas, 1 large villa, and the 120 m² yoga shala. The beautiful 4×12 m² swimming pool is located at the far end of the garden between the fruit and palm trees. There is a wellness centre with a jacuzzi and a sauna near the swimming pool area as well. It is an inspiring, idyllic and peaceful place that can accommodate yoga retreats, meditation groups, and workshops of all kind.
For retreat organizers we offer:
Our beautiful centre offers several varieties of accommodation depending on the needs and budgets of our guests. The houses are bright and airy, decorated in a comfortable and welcoming way, giving a nice Mediterranean flavior.
We offer
Yoga is not for the flexible, it is for the willing
Because some questions can't be answered by Google
A good weekend starts with a positive attitude and a great massage
Coaching with horses
Your body's ability to heal is greater than anyone has permitted you to believe
Connect with our beautiful rescue horses by riding through the vineyards
From waterfalls to quarrys, the Penedes region is full of breathtaking adventures
Quartz sound bowl healings
“Healings for Animals by Humans and For Humans By Animals”
We offer energy healing and coaching for animals and people:
Ellen took her first yoga classes at age 14. At that age she wanted to become a vet. After that she was a bit distracted for about 30 years by doing a master in psychology and a doctorate in Information Systems at Harvard and MIT and working for many years in the academic and consulting world. From 2005 on she started to focus again on what life was really about and educated herself in healing techniques and in 2008 left her academic career as an Associate Professor of Information Systems to dedicate herself to build ALAYA Retreat Centre at Masia Cal Pau Cruset, near Barcelona, Spain.
She has worked with groups for over 20 years. She completed 2 years of the Four Cycles TM integrated healing program (http://www.cuatrociclos.com) and in 2006 obtained her master in Reiki which allows her to teach reiki to other students and work as a reiki healer. In addition she participated in a first level teacher training of Yin Yoga and has a diploma in sound therapy level I and II, to give healing with Quartz Bowls. Since 2017 she educated herself as a horse assisted coach and animal reiki healer. With this her circle was completed and she is now happily doing healings on horses, sloths, dogs, cats, donkeys, leopards, lapas, ant eaters, squirrels, monkeys, scorpions, bees and humans.
Currently she is the owner of Alaya Retreat Centre where retreats are held on a variety of topics like yoga, meditation, detox, tantra, healing, hiking, mindfulnes and coaching.
Warm dishes
Cold dishes
Deserts
Home made (ice) teas
Home made smoothies
We regularly run different retreats, festivals, workshops and sessions at our centre. We offer services at Alaya Retreat Centre and we also collaborate with a number of world known teachers who during the year, hold their activities at our Masia. To learn more about upcoming events and workshops please visit our facebook page.
