These aren't retreats where you show up and meet a stranger teaching yoga. Karla plans, leads, and is present for every practice, every meal, every moment. This is her work — and these places mean something to her personally.
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Intimate groups only
Montenegro is eight tents and twelve places. Small enough that everyone gets real attention on the mat, real conversations at the table, and real friendships that outlast the trip. Not a group tour. Not a yoga convention.
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Locations chosen for transformation
Ašuma is a purpose-built glamping sanctuary in the mountains of Montenegro — private tents scattered through ancient forest, a 145 m² yoga hall open to the trees, and silence you can actually hear. Chosen because the environment does half the work before you even step onto the mat.
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6Days in Montenegro
Greece 2026 · Completed
Mani, Peloponnese / October 1–6, 2026
Thank you for Greece.
Six days in the hills of Mani — olive groves, sea air, and a group of people who arrived as strangers and left as something else entirely. Thank you for trusting me with your time, your practice, and your rest. For showing up on the mat at 7am. For the conversations at dinner that went longer than planned. For letting it be what it needed to be.
Brazzo di Maina
Karavostasi, Mani — Peloponnese, Greece · Oct 1–6, 2026
In their words
Ten women answered. This is what they said.
Everyone who came to Mani was asked for honest feedback afterwards. These are their own words, unedited.
Asked for three words to describe the retreat:
Friendly, fun, warmthRecharged. Confidence and careExceptional. Joyful. PositiveJoyful, peaceful and fulfillingEnergizing, uplifting, positivePeaceful & restful, friendship with connectionsFun, relaxing and friendshipRecharging, discovery, catharticUplifting, fun & memorable
On the whole experience
This trip brought out the child in all of us — the playful, carefree side that sometimes gets lost in the routines and responsibilities of everyday life. We laughed, we connected, we enjoyed the simplest things, and for a little while, we allowed ourselves to forget about everything else.
It wasn't just about the destination or the activities; it was about the people, the energy, the laughter, and that beautiful feeling of belonging to a group that just clicks.
We came as friends, but we're leaving with even more beautiful memories, stronger connections, and a little more joy in our hearts.
Guest · Mani, October 2026
What they enjoyed most
I enjoyed the yoga sessions, the beautiful resort and the opportunity to connect with the lovely ladies. Unforgettable experience.
Guest · Mani, October 2026On the organisation
Thank you for all your hard work arranging retreat. Everything was done with a lot of thought and preparation. Day trips were great and transportation was excellent.
Guest · Mani, October 2026Favourite moment
There is no favorite moment, everything was so wonderful! The place where we practiced yoga was simply breathtaking.
Guest · Mani, October 2026A note to Karla
I would like to thank you so very much for your effort to make this amazing retreat happened. Thank you for your calmness, acceptance, patience.
Guest · Mani, October 2026Favourite moment
Surprise belly dancing party, personalised goody bag, everyone bonding together even though we didn't know each other.
Guest · Mani, October 2026What they enjoyed most
The get together sessions and open talks. Early morning yoga sessions. Somehow, we all speak the same language — the language of laughter, spontaneity, and friendship.
Guest · Mani, October 2026What they enjoyed most
being with my friends discovering a beautiful place and feeling complete and inspired with the yoga sessions
Guest · Mani, October 2026
Were you in Greece?
Tell me how it really was.
Your honest feedback shapes every retreat that comes after this one — Montenegro included. What worked, what didn't, what you'd change. Please don't be polite about it.
This goes straight to Karla and stays private unless you tick the box at the end.
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Thank you — truly.
Your feedback is in Karla's hands. It genuinely shapes what the next retreat becomes.
Greece · Oct 1–6, 2026
That chapter is closed.
Greece 2026 has come and gone. The next one is Montenegro — six days in the mountains, and the priority list is open now.
Thank you to everyone who came to Mani · October 2026
Montenegro 2027
A 6-Day Women's Retreat / Ašuma Retreat
Montenegro. 2027.
5 nights · 6 days — 2027 dates announcing soon
Ašuma Retreat · Montenegro
From €1,400 pp · 10% off
Women only · 12 places
A six-day women's retreat immersed in the nature of Montenegro. Yoga, movement, nourishing food, connection, and time to slow down — surrounded by forest and mountains.
Ašuma is a purpose-built sanctuary of private glamping tents, a 145 m² yoga hall open to the trees, a dining hall full of forest light, and a 250 m² lounge anchored by ancient driftwood. We take eight of its tents — twelve places in total — and every tent has its own bathroom. Montenegro is Europe's most underrated country — wild, beautiful, and almost entirely undiscovered. That's the point.
Ašuma Retreat
Montenegro · ashuma.me · @ashuma_retreat
The practice
Movement for every mood.
Karla leads every session inside Ašuma's 145 m² yoga hall — a freestanding structure with panoramic forest windows, woven pendant lights above, and the sound of trees outside. Mats, blankets, blocks, belts, bolsters and chairs are all there and all included. Each class adapts to the group's energy that day. No performance. Just practice.
Hatha YogaKundaliniAshtangaYin YogaBreathworkMeditationChi Gong
Between sessions, Montenegro unfolds. The Adriatic coastline. Kotor's medieval streets. Skadar Lake at dusk. Mountains you walk into and come back from quieter. The country does its own kind of healing.
What's included
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
5 nights in a private en-suite tentReal bed & linen · own bathroom with stone basin and rain shower · towels, bathrobes, slippers & amenities · private deck
Daily brunch & dinnerVegetarian and vegan menus prepared on site · gluten-free available on request
Daily yoga & movementHatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin and Chi Gong — every session led by Karla
Fascia releaseSlow, deep myofascial work to unwind what years of sitting and stress have built up
Meditation & breathworkDaily practice in stillness — and breath techniques you'll take home and actually use
Women's circlesHeld space, real conversation, and the kind of honesty that only happens in a small group of women
WorkshopsDeeper sessions on alignment, inversions, and building a practice that survives real life
Full use of the 145 m² yoga hallMats, blankets, blocks, belts, bolsters, chairs and speakers — all equipment provided
Free time to actually restAfternoons left open — walk the forest paths, read, swim, nap, or do nothing at all
Full use of the grounds250 m² lounge, dining hall, forest paths and common areas — yours for the whole stay
Not included
So there are no surprises, here's exactly what sits outside the retreat price:
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FlightsTo and from Montenegro — Podgorica (TGD) or Tivat (TIV)
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Airport transfersCan be arranged on request — ask when you book
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ExcursionsOptional day trips, organised on request at additional cost
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Alcohol & lounge-bar drinksAvailable on site, settled directly with the venue
Optional excursions
Montenegro. Explored deeply.
Arranged on request · not included in the retreat price
Montenegro packs more beauty per square kilometre than almost anywhere in Europe. Medieval cities, national parks, the Adriatic, and mountains that hold a quiet kind of power — all within reach of the retreat. These are offered as optional add-ons so you can build the week you actually want. Tell Karla what appeals and she'll arrange it and confirm the cost before you commit.
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Kotor — UNESCO Old Town
A medieval walled city at the edge of a fjord. Ancient streets, sailors' secrets, and a traditional family lunch that changes everyone.
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SUP Boarding & Kayaking
Hidden caves, spectacular bays, tranquil rivers. Skadar Lake or the Adriatic — your choice. Guided, at your pace.
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Skadar Lake Boat Tour
A UNESCO national park seen only from the water. Unique Montenegrin flora, fauna, and a stillness that quietly resets you.
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Hiking
3–4 hours or a half-marathon distance — adapted to the group. Hidden paths, off-trail views, and mountain air you can feel in your chest.
On request
Cacao ceremony (ceremonial grade)
Conscious dancing session
Women's circle around the fire
Perast & Our Lady of the Rocks island
Massage sessions
Airport transfers
Added to your retreat on request. Tell Karla what you'd like and she'll confirm the cost before you commit.
The ritual
Cacao ceremony. Heart wide open.
Ceremonial-grade cacao sourced directly from small Mayan farms in Guatemala — hand-peeled, 100% pure, and consumed in community the way Mesoamerican tribes have for thousands of years. Gathered in a circle around a sacred fire. Prayers, gratitude, and intention. Its energy opens your heart, guides you to a deeper understanding of yourself, and replaces whatever you've been running on with something quieter and clearer. Not a trend. A ritual that's been doing this for millennia.
"Not therapy. Not yoga. Something that sits between them and does more."
Available on request — ask Karla to add it to your retreat.
The retreat space
Built for transformation.
Ašuma is not a hotel that happens to offer yoga. It was built around the practice. A 145 m² yoga hall with panoramic forest windows. A 250 m² outdoor lounge sheltered by a sweeping Bedouin tent. A dining hall with live-edge wood and forest light. Every space is intentional — and every space does its own quiet work.
145 m²Private yoga hall equipment included
250 m²Outdoor lounge under Bedouin tent
11Private tents all en-suite
1Dining hall brunch & dinner daily
Where you'll sleep
The forest, inside out.
This isn't camping. Every tent has a real bed with crisp linen, its own en-suite bathroom with a stone wash basin and rain shower, towels, bathrobes, slippers and amenities, and a private deck where trees surround you on every side. The tent disappears. The forest stays.
Choose your tent.
Eight tents. Twelve places. Once they're taken, that's the group.
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Only the price is sharedSplit a tent's price with one other woman and you each pay half. The tent itself is still just yours and hers — your own bed, your own bathroom, your own door.
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Every tent is 10% offEach card shows the full price and what you pay now with the early-bird discount, so you can see exactly what you save.
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AED 500 secures your placePay the deposit to lock your tent. The balance is arranged with Karla afterwards.
Shared tents — 2 guests
Tents 7, 9, 10 & 11 · own bed each · €1,400 per person · 8 places
2 places
Tent 7
Shared · 30 m² · forest & green field
Two women · your own bed each
Two single beds (200×100)
Your own en-suite bathroom — never communal
Private deck · forest & green field view
Only the price is shared. €2,800 for the tent with the discount applied, halved between the two of you — everything included. Nobody else is in it.
Prices cover the full retreat — 5 nights accommodation, daily brunch and dinner, and the whole yoga and wellness programme. On a split tent, the only thing shared is the cost: two women take the tent, each with her own bed and the tent's own en-suite bathroom, and the tent price is halved — €1,540 each at full price, €1,400 each with the 10% discount applied (€2,800 per tent). Private-tent prices are for the whole tent, one woman. Every price shown as "you pay now" is 10% off the full price and applies while early-bird places last. AED figures are indicative only — the final amount depends on the exchange rate at the time of payment. Flights, airport transfers, optional excursions and bar drinks are not included.
Montenegro · 2027
The mountains are waiting.
Twelve women. Eight tents. Six days in the forests of Montenegro. Early bird is open now at 10% off every tent, and AED 500 secures your place — message Karla to claim the tent you want before it goes.
From €1,400 per person with 10% off · AED 500 secures your tent · Limited places
Questions
Everything you want to know.
Only the price is shared — nothing else. Two women take one tent and split its cost in half, so you each pay half the tent price. You still get your own bed, and the bathroom is inside your tent and used only by the two of you. It is never a communal or dormitory arrangement, and nobody else is placed in your tent.
If you'd rather not split with anyone, four of the eight tents are offered as private: the whole tent is yours alone, and those prices are listed above.
Montenegro welcomes all levels — from complete beginners to regular practitioners. Karla adapts every session to the group. You don't need to be "advanced" to come. You just need to be ready to show up.
Message Karla on WhatsApp with the tent you want and pay the AED 500 deposit — that locks your place and your tent. The balance is arranged with her directly afterwards. Early bird takes 10% off every tent while places last, and exact 2027 dates are being confirmed now.
Included: 5 nights in a private en-suite glamping tent, daily brunch and dinner, all daily yoga and movement sessions, fascia release, meditation and breathwork, women's circles, workshops, full use of the 145 m² yoga hall and all its equipment, and the retreat activities and experiences.
Not included: flights, airport transfers, optional excursions, and alcoholic or lounge-bar drinks. Transfers and excursions can be arranged on request — just ask and Karla will confirm the cost before you commit.
Absolutely — most women come solo. The small group means you'll connect quickly, and the women's circles are built for exactly that. If you'd rather not split a tent with anyone, four tents are offered as private: you take the whole tent, and the price is listed above with no guesswork.
A deposit secures your tent and is non-refundable, with the balance due in instalments ahead of the retreat. Exact deposit amounts and payment dates for Montenegro 2027 will be confirmed alongside the dates, and sent to you in writing before anything is due. If you need to cancel, Karla will do her best to find someone to fill your spot — reach out as early as possible and she'll work with you.
Comfortable yoga clothes, a journal, sunscreen, walking shoes, and an open mind. Mats and all yoga equipment are provided, and so are towels, bathrobes, slippers and bathroom amenities. Bring warm layers and a light rain jacket — Montenegro's mountains cool down in the evenings. A full packing list goes out to everyone once dates are confirmed.
Yes. Montenegro 2027 is a women's retreat — eight tents, twelve places. The women's circles and the whole rhythm of the week are built around that.
Brunch and dinner are served daily — vegetarian and vegan menus, prepared fresh on site and served in the dining hall. Gluten-free is available on request. Let Karla know about any allergies or dietary requirements when you book and they'll be accommodated.
Yes — plenty. The schedule is built around sessions in the morning and evening with afternoons mostly free. Nap, read, walk the forest paths, journal in the 250 m² lounge, or do nothing at all. The retreat is designed to let you decompress, not rush through a programme.
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