Yelala Spring Retreat 2025

Our lives cycle through sleeping and waking, with the other-worldliness of dreaming in between.

Our ancestors developed practices around winding down, dreaming and awakening, marking the rhythms of their bodies, and the rhythms of the Earth.

Join Yelala for our annual spring retreat, drawing on our ancestral wisdom to sustain us through the movements of our lives.

We will sing, learn, and feast, we will celebrate shabbat, steam in saunas, walk in woodland, we will sleep and awaken amongst friends old and new.

We welcome Jewish and non-Jewish participants of any gender and sexuality.

Visit the link for retreat FAQs, reviews, and bookings.

If you are wondering whether you will feel at home, please read the FAQs below and email us if you are still unsure.

Registration closes on Sunday 16 March.

I have enjoyed every part of this retreat and appreciate the care and thought put in by Rachel and Yael.
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The weekend was restful and joyful. It has been good to make new friends, and meet old ones in person...Eat and drink wonderful food. Sing so much that my throat hurts, but my heart is so full with love and community - witnessing and caring for each other however we show up.
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This weekend has given me tools to reflect and protect myself, sharing in a caring community which has felt like a home...I have felt held, and supported, and met.

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I enjoy all the singing and practices around how this is led have helped me to heal my relationship with singing...Thank you for making a queer-friendly space.

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This weekend was wonderful. I had time and space to be just me with no obligations. I met friends joyfully and made new friends and connections… I found peace and relaxation and a quiet mind…I felt truly free to be my unmasked self