Date: March 1-4th 2027
Four days, three nights retreat in the beautiful Amden mountains hosted by Mandy Tsui and Myriam Bartu.
Take a break from your routine and come to the beautiful peaceful mountains of Amden. Awaken each morning surrounded by mountains, overlooking the postcard perfect Wallan lake for nourishing yoga, yoga nidra, sound healing and meditation to nurture the wisdom of your inner teacher. Immerse deeply in nature, share meals of nutritious vegetarian food and meaningful chats with the retreat family.
Retreat Host & Main Facilitators
Myriam Bartu has been teaching meditative practices since 2016 and specialises in yoga nidra, Yoni Shakti nourishing yoga and sound healing. She is passionate about sharing healing, restful and heart opening practices and building community through retreats to help humans come back to peace, connection and wellbeing.
Mandy Tsui is a sound healer, yoga teacher and yoga nidra facilitator. She integrates singing bowls, nature connection, yoga nidra and meditation into her daily life and shares these practices with others, gently guiding anyone on the path of self-care and inner exploration.
What to Expect:
Balancing yoga, Qigong, yoga nidra, sound healing, meditation, and breath practices to restore the body, mind and nervous system
Daily nature immersion: forest bathing, mountain walks, river connection, soaking up healing energy from nature.
Guided snowshoe walking if there is snow.
Fire ritual to purify and let go of what is not helpful, express gratitude, and invoke blessings for the start of a new cycle of life
Free time for rest, reflection, journalling, self discovery and solo wandering in Nature
Participation in all sessions is optional - listen to your body
Detox with healthy nourishing vegetarian meals
Optional 1-1 sound healing or Akashic records reading with Mandy (for an additional cost)
Retreat Centre
Far from the noise and pace of daily life, Amden, just 1.5 hours by train from Zurich, is known for its fresh alpine air, panoramic mountain landscapes, forests, waterfalls, and peaceful walking trails.
Schwendihaus is a family friendly retreat house in Amden, equipped with an activity room just for our group. Accommodation is in spacious shared rooms. We will be taking turns to cook together.
For our final night together, we’ll walk from Amden up to the Naturfreundehaus Tscherwald, a traditional Swiss mountain lodge surrounded by forest and alpine scenery at 1,361 metres. It will be a chance to truly immerse in nature, enjoy a simple evening together, and take in the views. We will be preparing dinner and breakfast together here. The following morning, we’ll set off on foot and walk back down to Amden, completing our mountain adventure together.
Costs: All costs are in Swiss Francs.
Food:
Breakfast will be provided for the first two days and we will be cooking together in the evenings and on the last day. We can buy lunch food from the local supermarkets and share picnics, also welcome to bring your own lunch and snack food. Our group will have use of the kitchen in Schwendihaus.
Retreat Fee (in Swiss francs):
Supporter: 700.- , Early bird by Feb 1st: 600.= Your contribution helps us create more lower income spaces
Standard: 600.=, Early bird by Feb 1st: 500.=
Low income: 450.= Early bird by Feb 1st: 350.-
Typical Day Schedule:
8 am Nourishing morning Yoga, Qigong & Pranayama
9 am Breakfast
10am Nature Walk, Forest bathing, or mountain hike including picnic Lunch and nature connection practices, snowshoe walking if there is snow.
3pm | Personal time
5pm Yoga Nidra relaxation
6pm | Dinner
8pm | Evening circle
9.30pm | Good night
