New Year Yoga Retreat Portugal 2026
A 6-day immersive New Year yoga retreat in central Portugal combining yoga, qigong, meditation, and nature immersion to reset body and mind for the year ahead.
The New Year is a natural moment to pause, reset, and create clarity. This retreat is designed to help you release the previous year and enter the new one with renewed energy, focus, and grounding through daily yoga, meditation, and nature immersion.
What the retreat includes:
- Daily yoga (vinyasa, yin, somatic)
- Qigong and breathwork
- Meditation practices
- Sound healing sessions
- Nature walks and river immersion
- Vegetarian meals and accommodation
This retreat is ideal for:
- Beginners and experienced yoga practitioners
- People wanting a New Year reset
- Anyone seeking rest and clarity
- Individuals looking to disconnect from stress and routine
- Beginners and experienced yoga practitioners
- People wanting a New Year reset
- Anyone seeking rest and clarity
- Individuals looking to disconnect from stress and routine
27th December 2026 - 2nd of January 2027
Join Peter & Sue on retreat at the Yoga Evolution Retreat Center in central Portugal for Our New Year Retreat and Start the New Year Anew: A Yoga Retreat to Rebalance, Refocus and Rejuvenate
Our Outdoor dining area fire pit is wonderful for the cool nights
As the calendar turns and a new chapter opens before us, there is something deeply wise about stepping away from the familiar and welcoming the fresh with open arms. A dedicated New Year yoga retreat offers the perfect container for this. One such compelling opportunity is the New Year 2026/2027 retreat, offered by Yoga Evolution Retreats at their centre in central Portugal, from 27 December 2026 to 2 January 2027.
Nestled in six hectares of carefully tended forest land, the retreat venue provides more than a holiday-it offers a lived-in sanctuary where body, mind and spirit can deeply unwind. The invitation is to spend this festive season not in the bustle of crowds and parties—but in a restful, rejuvenating environment where healthy vegan and vegetarian cuisine, movement, stillness and connection combine to support renewal.
What awaits you during this week? The programme is built around an integrated practice led by founders Peter & Sue (senior yoga teachers) whose approach, coined “Evolutionary Yoga”, blends dynamic and restorative approaches-including vinyasa flow, yin yoga, qigong, meditation and sound healing. Mornings might flow with Vinyasa to build strength and presence; evenings ease into Yin, sound healing or deep meditation as you release tension and soften into stillness. You’ll also journey into Qigong (including the five-animal method and meridian qigong) to connect to your energy body, and experience gong baths tuned to planetary frequencies, designed to reset your nervous system and support immune resilience.
The setting is a major part of the experience. Away from the rush of city living, the forest tracks invite guided walks (with Peter or Sue) through nature, fresh air, silence and simple wonder. At night, an outdoor dining fire-pit offers a warm communal space under the stars-a beautiful contrast to the frenetic pace many of us live at year-round.
- Deep relaxation and stress-relief. The end of one year and the start of another often bring pressure—plans, expectations, deadlines. A retreat offers you permission to step off the treadmill, breathe more deeply and allow the body to rejuvenate in a supportive container.
- Mind-body-spirit reconnection. Yoga and Qigong emphasise the interwoven nature of body, breath, mind and energy. On this retreat you’re guided to re-connect with your deeper self-awareness rather than just your to-do list.
- Intentions for the year ahead. The new year carries symbolic power: new page, new choices. This retreat invites reflection on the year gone by and supports you to plant seeds of intention and growth for the year ahead—rather than plunging in un-prepared or reactive.
- A healthy start. Meals are wholesome vegan/vegetarian, movement and stillness practices support body renewal, and the environment is designed to support wellness rather than indulgence. The result: you begin the new year not exhausted but energised.
- Community of like-minded people. There is something powerful about collective intention. On this retreat you join others who, like you, are choosing to pause, reflect, practice, connect—bringing added strength to your own journey.
Gently release tension from the physical body and clear you’re meridian channels with our set sequences that massage the internal organs and clear any blockages. Yin yoga works on creating compression in the joints and tension on the connective tissue allows for our fascia to release and rejuvinate.
Gong Healing
On the retreat Peter who is an advanced gong healing practitioner will bath you in planetary gongs that are tuned to planetary frequency’s. Gong baths reset the nervous system and enhance the immune system as well as allow you to relax deeply.
Practical details to know: Click here for all travel information from Porto & Lisbon as well as arrival pickup times.
Who is it suited for? All levels of practice are welcome-whether you have years of yoga or are new to the discipline. The key is being open to exploration, presence, and a willingness to step away from habitual patterns. If you’re feeling the need to reset: physically, mentally or emotionally-a New Year retreat offers a gift you give yourself.
Imagine arriving at the tail end of December, leaving behind the stress of the season, stepping into fresh air, walking forest paths, moving your body with intention, resting deeply in meditation, sharing nourishing meals, and then greeting the dawn of the new year with clarity, connection and ease. That is the invitation of this retreat. If you are looking for a transformative way to begin the year-reset, reconnect, recharge - then this New Year yoga retreat may be just what your body, mind and spirit are calling for.
Yoga Evolution Retreats, Amieira, Oleiros, Castelo Branco, 6160 052, Portugal - 00351 962 734 259
with Sue & Peter
https://www.yogaevolutionretreats.com