Wellness Retreats on the West Coast of Ireland

Mind Body Soul Retreat with Niamh Jones

Start Date: January 3, 2026
End Date: January 9, 2026

The Burren Escape

The Perfect Balance

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7 days / 6 nights Retreat
3rd - 9th January 2026

Ireland retreats

Book any 2 to 6 Nights

Our Mind Body Soul retreat is the perfect way to spend the first week of January of the New Year.

Experience the perfect balance of relaxation, immersion in Nature, healthy exercise, deep restful sleep, delicious healthy vegetarian food and a complete digital detox.

Daily guided outings in The Burren.

Massage is optional on Monday.

You Choose

  • vigorous hillwalking or a relaxing stroll in the magical Burren
  • gentle yoga or more challenging
  • socialise and make friends with new like-minded people, or take time for yourself
The Burren Yoga Retreat is all about choice, flexibility and options.

Niamh Jones

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Flow Yoga and Restorative yoga

Mind Body and Soul rejuvenation to energise and balance your energies. This retreat is designed to nourish you and leave you fully rejuvenated.

Niamh has beautiful energies and is an inspiring teacher of a variety of forms of yoga and energy work.

She has a lovely easy going personality and takes the time with each person to ensure they understand the practices and also encourages each person in a wonderful way to reach their own potential.

Niamh will teach a variety of types of yoga including vinyasa flow, yogalates, kundalini, Bikram, ashtanga, restorative, yin, deep relaxation yoga nidra and meditation.

Some of her classes are soft and gentle, others are dynamic and challenging, and others work with internal energies and will leave you deeply relaxed on all levels.

Niamh uses her huge experience to tailor the classes so that each person works to their own ability, and there is no comparison with anybody else.

Niamh’s gentle encouragement and adjustment tweaks will help you to deepen your practice and you will be able to bring these learnings home with you.

This retreat is suitable for all ages, and all levels of fitness, and for complete beginners as well as advanced practitioners.

Relax and Rejuvenate

Escape to the magical Burren for a week-long retreat

25 years of experience running our retreats.

Award-winning yoga retreats Ireland.

We know how to give you the best experience.

For us to design a retreat especially for your own group, please see Retreat Venue Hire Ireland.

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What is included

Not included:

Lunch is not included, as during our outings we stop at one of the local cafes to sample the best local cuisine.

Massage on Monday

Travel to and from the retreat centre.

Highlights

The Perfect Wellness Retreat to begin 2026

Whether you want to immerse yourself in a very positive uplifting environment, or just need some down-time to get away from a stressful life situation, or would like a holiday in Ireland and be shown some beautiful locations, or want to learn new techniques for your health and wellness, you will enjoy and benefit from your time at the Burren Yoga Retreat.  This is the perfect wellness retreat Ireland.

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Schedule

Saturday 3rd - Friday 9th January 2026

Saturday

17:00   Settle in and relax.   Enjoy welcome drinks or go for a walk

19:00   Delicious dinner and dessert by our chef and socialise with like-minded guests

20:15   One-to-one chat with the teacher about any health conditions or special requests

21:00   Welcome meeting and introduction to the retreat

21:25   Breathwork and Yoga Nidra deep relaxation

08:00  Meditation including introduction for beginners

08:30  Yoga class

10:00   Delicious breakfast with plenty of choice

11:15     Guided outing in The Burren and hang out with yoga teacher

14:00   Lunch at local cafe

15:30   Optional swim at our local beach

16:30   Free time

19:00   Delicious organic vegetarian dinner and scrumptious healthy dessert

21:00   Meditation & Yoga Nidra deep relaxation

08:00  Meditation including introduction for beginners

08:30  Yoga class

10:00   Delicious breakfast with plenty of choice

11:15     Guided outing in The Burren and hang out with yoga teacher

14:00   Lunch at local cafe

15:30   Optional swim at our local beach

17:00   Yoga class

19:00   Delicious organic vegetarian dinner and scrumptious healthy dessert

21:00   Meditation & Yoga Nidra deep relaxation

08:00  Meditation including introduction for beginners

08:30  Yoga class

10:00   Delicious breakfast with plenty of choice

11:00    Choice of Massage and/or Free Time to explore the Burren on your own or with other guests.

19:00   Delicious organic vegetarian dinner and scrumptious healthy dessert

21:00   Meditation & Yoga Nidra deep relaxation

08:00  Meditation including introduction for beginners

08:30  Yoga class

10:00   Delicious breakfast with plenty of choice

11:15     Guided outing in The Burren and hang out with yoga teacher

14:00   Lunch at local cafe

15:30   Optional swim at our local beach

17:00   Yoga class

19:00   Delicious organic vegetarian dinner and scrumptious healthy dessert

21:00   Meditation & Yoga Nidra deep relaxation

08:00  Meditation including introduction for beginners

08:30  Yoga class

10:00   Delicious breakfast with plenty of choice

11:15     Guided outing in The Burren and hang out with yoga teacher

14:00   Lunch at local cafe

15:30   Optional swim at our local beach

17:00   Free time 

19:00   Delicious organic vegetarian dinner and scrumptious healthy dessert

21:00   Meditation & Yoga Nidra deep relaxation

08:00  Meditation class

08:30  Yoga class to prepare you for practice at home

10:00   Delicious breakfast with plenty of choice

11:30    Farewell to each other

12:00   Departure from the retreat centre

Niamh's training & background

Niamh is a 500 hour advanced Yoga Teacher and has been teaching since 2001 and has been teaching at the Burren Yoga Retreat since 2004.

Niamh has completed a number of yoga teacher training courses, and teaches a wide range of forms of yoga including Vinyasa flow, Hatha yoga, Bikram yoga, Restorative yoga and meditation. She is also a qualified Pilates teacher.

Niamh has been practicing Energy Healing for the past 15 years as a Shamanic Healer and Reiki Practitioner. She has trained as a Sound Healer and sometimes brings this amazing practise of the Gong, Tibetan Bowel and Chimes into her retreats.

Niamh is trained in Qi Gong the Chinese Method of Energy Medicine, an awareness-based movement and self-healing technique which brings more energetic dimensions into your Yoga Practise.

She is owner of a very successful Yoga, Meditation and Pilates studio in Galway open 10 years now.

Niamh maintains her own daily yoga and meditation practice and is continually attending workshops and furthering her own studies.

Through her 20 years of trainings in various types of Yoga, Pilates, Meditation and Energy Work she brings a very unique quality and variety of classes to her retreats.

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