Coming up: Yoga Retreat - 1 till 5 September 2025

Yoga in Nature

Combine yoga with nature in this amazing experience!

Tarcu Mountains, Romania

Are you up for going away for some days? Immerse yourself in the extraordinary nature of beautiful Romania. Deepen your yoga practice amidst splendid mountains, likeminded people and professional guidance. No matter if you’re an experienced yogi or just a beginner: this retreat will create unforgettable memories for you!

The YOGA IN NATURE yoga retreat is our new collaborative specifically designed together with our partner MOYO, and with local support of WeWilder in the Țarcu Mountains, an important rewilding site in Romania.

During this 5-day Nature Positive Yoga training, you will have the opportunity to deepen your yoga practice, or if you’re a beginner: even take your first steps on your yoga journey. In one of the wildest and most beautiful areas in Europe, we will work on the inspiring WeWilder campus to have you experience all aspects of Yoga in Nature.

Every morning we start with a yoga class at sunrise, where you start your day in the middle of nature waking up all around you. The yoga classes will be based on the vinyasa and hatha technique. Every day will be dedicated to a theme with parts of the body: such as your core, hips, shoulders, back, legs or a combination of these.

After a scrumptious breakfast, you will experience the Tarcu Mountains and the local area in different ways: through hiking, cycling, tracking wildlife or community activities.

In the afternoon you will delve deeper into yoga in a more workshop-like setting. With the chosen day theme, we will deep dive into certain asanas (yoga postures). And whether you are a beginner or more advanced, we offer you a safe environment with professional guidance to challenge yourself to gradually learn new postures such as inversions - think of a headstand and other super fun asanas. Together we will continue yoga and its versatility in a playful and relaxed way. In addition to asana yoga, we will also occasionally sprinkle in the splendid yoga philosophy and beautiful do's and don'ts as a guideline for your practice.

You will enjoy delicious healthy dinners and interesting discussions by the campfire in the evenings. Of course there is plenty of time to relax, meditate, write in your diary or just enjoy the fresh fruit from the trees in the beautiful surroundings.

This is not a standard yoga retreat, but a yoga adventure where aside from enjoying and deepening your yoga practice, you will also create a deeper connection with nature, yourself and your surroundings.

You will be hosted in an exceptional example of sustainable community development and introduced in the concepts of Nature Positive and Rewilding practices. Local guides will take you on breathtaking adventures in this wild corner of Romania, show you tracks and signs of bears, bison and wolves, and you will be able to connect with the local community, with yourself, and each other.

During this yoga training from 1 till 5 September, you will sleep in the tiny houses on the WeWilder campus, or in a nearby local Romanian guesthouse. All meals, drinks, accommodation, transfers, yoga and activities from Monday afternoon till Friday morning are included*. You only have to train or fly to the city of Timisoara, where we will pick you up (ask us for advice on transportation).

Minimum 8, maximum 10 participants.

**All MOYO programs are (aside from transport to Timisoara) fully inclusive, and come with a 10% give back on top of the training price, that flows into a fund to a) support nature in the areas we operate in, and b) benefits new trainees through (partly) funded training programs

Price: 1890,- *

Do you have Unlimited Yoga or the Home of Yoga membership? Then you get €75 discount!!!

From 1 till 5 September 2025

All training, meals, accommodation and transfers are included.

*Not included: your transport to Timisoara and 10% give back**

FROM DAY TO DAY

Day 1

ARRIVAL AT WEWILDER CAMPUS Transfer from Timisoara to the WeWilder Campus - Welcome - Check in - Yoga session - Dinner - Introduction to Nature Positive - Overnight

Day 2

YOGA & HIKE Sunrise Yoga - Breakfast - Hike & Wildlife watching - Lunch - Yoga Training - Dinner - Campfire & Discussions - Overnight

Day 3

YOGA & COMMUNITY Sunrise Yoga - Breakfast - Community experience - Lunch - Yoga Training - Dinner - Stargazing & Discussions - Overnight

Day 4

YOGA & BIKE Sunrise Yoga - Breakfast - Relax - E-biking, or just relax on campus - Lunch - Yoga Training - Dinner - Campfire & Music - Overnight

Day 5

LAST YOGA SESSION & GOODBYE Sunrise Yoga - Breakfast - Debrief - Transfer back to Timisoara

WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE

Once you have tasted yoga, most people notice that yoga is an indispensable element in your life. With many health benefits on both a physical and mental level, yoga gives a better quality of life.
In an informal, relaxed setting far from home and in close contact with the yoga teacher, the student will learn more during the retreat than they normally learn and find depth in their yoga practice.
In fusion with nature and the local community, this retreat offers a unique opportunity to learn a lot and also to become a beautiful memory that you will never forget
You feel a deeper connection with nature and the people around you
You have more confidence in your own strength and resilience

And you also:

Can make more Nature Positive choices in your life and pass this information on to others
Have insight into how the local community live together with wildlife
Understand what local nature conservation organisations do
Have contributed to the conservation of nature and the training of nature guides in Europe

Services included

Lodging: In tiny houses at the WeWilder Campus, or in local accommodation nearby

Meals: Includes all local meals & drinks, and packed lunches for field days

Transport: Local transport, transfers from Timisoara airport

Training:: Includes materials and instructors from Home of Yoga & MOYO

Meet the Team

Aukje van Gerven

MOYO TRAINING
Growing up, Aukje enjoyed nature mostly from horseback, which instilled a love for wandering in wild spaces. She holds degrees in Law and History, but she discovered true adventure travel while cycling from Tanzania to the Netherlands. She has more than twenty years of experience in ecotourism, community engagement, hospitality, and wildlife tourism development & training in European rewilding areas.
In 2023 she co-founded MOYO Training Foundation, and delivers nature positive training programs to support wildlife, biodiversity and communities around the globe. She's also an avid yoga practicioner herself.
Bas Dorlandt

HOME OF YOGA
Bas Dorlandt is the owner of Home of Yoga, and has worked as a professional dancer and choreographer for many years, both in The Netherlands and abroad. In 2004, he took his first yoga class and since then, yoga has been an indispensable part of his life.
After obtaining his teaching diploma in Los Angeles in 2013, he has been a full-time teacher of bikram yoga, hatha and vinyasa krama yoga and has taught in Utrecht, Amsterdam, LA, San Francisco and Warsaw. Starting his own yoga school in 2017 taught him how wonderful it is to make other people happy. He is therefore very committed to spreading the benefits of yoga further into the world.
Alina Floroi

WEWILDER
Alina Floroi is passionate about finding treasures every day. Curiosity initially led her to journalism, but then exploration led to creating realities or helping other projects in this direction. She joined the WWF Romania initiative in Armeniș for several years in increasingly frequent collaborations, which turned into a full-time involvement in the WeWilder team.
On the WeWilder campus, she is "a good at everything", important skills to launch and keep the WeWilder Campus alive, a place dedicated to innovation and collaboration in the middle of nature.
Oana Mondoc

WEWILDER
A campaigner, communicator, and mobilizer, bursting with passion and determination, Oana is driven by the pursuit of justice for the vulnerable and inspiration for the masses—this is her work.
Innovating and creating spaces or moments for multidisciplinary communities to collaborate is what she thrives on. From hackathons to workshops, tourism programs, and bringing the WeWilder Campus to life, each initiative began as an idea and took shape through project management and relentless drive. These efforts continue to support bison rewilding in the South Western Carpathians.