Sensit Yoga retreats are a week-long invitation to come home to the body — gentle, grounded, and guided by Maja Zilih, systemic family psychotherapist-in-training and founder of Sensit Yoga™ Somatics, with over 20 years of teaching experience.
These retreats are not exercise holidays. The practice is slow, interoceptive, and attentive — drawing from Feldenkrais, Body-Mind Centering, and Continuum movement, and weaving together mindful yoga with psycho-emotional self-care: nervous-system regulation, self-compassion, and resilience-building. Through breath awareness, guided reflection, journaling, and listening to different inner parts, we explore how emotional experience is held and expressed through the body.
For twelve consecutive years, the retreat has returned to the same magical place on the southern edge of Crete: Agios Pavlos, with its 180° view of the Libyan Sea, untouched beaches, and the quiet rhythm of the coast. An invitation to move while listening deeply to the subtle intertwining of sensation, thought, breath, and the impulse for movement — to discover what becomes possible in the meeting places between physical awareness and mental acceptance.
What makes these retreats different and unique?
Guided by a psychotherapist-in-training — not just a yoga teacher. The psychosomatic element is genuine, grounded, and supervised.
Gentle, not athletic — the practice is slow and interoceptive, drawing from somatic movement modalities. Suitable for all levels, including complete beginners and those recovering from injury or burnout.
Body-mind integration — weaving mindful movement with nervous-system regulation, self-compassion practices, and resilience-building.
Twelve years in the same place — deep relationships with the location, the hotel, the local cuisine, and a community of returning guests.
Small groups — attentive guidance, personal space, and time in nature between sessions.
Upcoming retreats
7–13 June 2026
Sensit Yoga and Psychosomatics Retreat on Crete
A 7-day retreat at Agios Pavlos, southern Crete. Twice-daily practice of mindful somatic yoga, interoceptive awareness, and psycho-emotional self-care, guided by Maja Zilih. June offers long warm days, long evening light, and the freshness of early summer.
A 7-day retreat at Agios Pavlos, southern Crete. Twice-daily practice of mindful somatic yoga, interoceptive awareness, and psycho-emotional self-care, guided by Maja Zilih. October brings warm sea, quieter beaches, and a particularly contemplative light on the southern coast.
Maja is the founder of Sensit Yoga™ Somatics and Athens Yoga Center. She is a systemic family psychotherapist in training under supervision at Sigmund Freud University Vienna, and an E-RYT 500h Yoga Alliance registered teacher and teacher trainer with 20 years of experience. Her work draws from Feldenkrais, Body-Mind Centering, and Continuum movement.
Her method bridges mindful somatic movement with tools of emotional regulation, resilience-building, and psycho-emotional self-care — helping participants develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves, awaken inner resources, and open to growth and vitality.