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Retreat with Nora

Back to YourselfA retreat with Nora & Ena

Back to Yourself is seven days of slowing down, moving, exploring, connecting and reflecting — and of learning to listen again to what the body and the mind are telling us.

Far from the everyday routine, the obligations and the pressure to always be “more”, we make room for the thing we usually leave for later — ourselves.

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Island
Fehendhoo
Group
12 people
Stay
Isla Retreat
Hosted by
Nora & Ena
  • It is not about being perfect.
  • It is not about changing your body.
  • It is not about becoming someone else.

It is about meeting, feeling and loving yourself — right where you are.

  1. Move
  2. Explore
  3. Connect
  4. Reflect
  5. Rest

Day by day

Back to Yourself

  1. Day 1

    Arrive

    • Arrival on the island and settling into the hotel
    • An afternoon bike tour around the island
    • Welcome dinner 🤍
    • Workshop: getting to know each other & what we each hope for
    • An evening to rest and settle in together
  2. Day 2

    Move

    • Morning training by the ocean
    • Snorkelling with turtles and a visit to a sandbank
    • Lunch on the excursion
    • A free afternoon for the beach, swimming, SUP, kayak — or simply nothing
    • Cinema under the stars
  3. Day 3

    Explore

    • Yoga by the ocean
    • Freediving breathwork workshop
    • Free time — beach, swimming, SUP or kayak, a book, a rest
    • Sunset fishing, with dinner from the catch afterwards
    • Game night!!!
  4. Day 4

    Connect

    • Scuba diving!
    • A free afternoon and evening to rest
    • Nutrition workshop
    • Karaoke night!
  5. Day 5

    Adventure

    • Morning outdoor training
    • Snorkelling with reef sharks and manta rays (fingers crossed!)
    • A visit to an uninhabited island
    • A free evening
  6. Day 6

    Reflect

    • An easy morning run and a stretch
    • Free time
    • Back to Yourself — journaling session and workshop
    • Sunset and a last dinner together before we go
  7. Day 7

    Return

    • A free morning — a last swim, breakfast, coffee, a walk, or a little more time to yourself
    • Packing up and the journey back to the airport

    Alongside the main programme, every day brings one short journaling question — five or ten minutes that are only yours.

Who you are travelling with

Ena standing waist-deep in the shallows with her arms raised

Ena

Your host on Fehendhoo

If you are wondering who will meet you on this small island in the middle of the Maldives — I am Ena. I moved here a few years ago, and it was life on this island that reminded me how easily we lose touch with ourselves along the way. In the pace of everyday life, in the obligations, the work and everything we think we have to do, we often forget to stop and ask what we actually want, what we need, and what makes us happy.

Here I learned to slow down again. To take a moment. To stop always chasing the next thing and notice the one that is happening right now. And somehow it was here that I found the parts of myself I had lost on the way.

So this retreat is not just an escape from everyday life for me. It is a chance to set aside everything that usually occupies us and give ourselves room to get to know ourselves again — what matters to us today, what we want, what makes us happy, and what may no longer be ours. We are not looking for a new, “better” version of ourselves. We are just giving ourselves the chance to rediscover the one who was there all along.

Nora in training clothes, smiling

Nora

Fitness coach

I am Nora — a fitness coach, but above all someone who believes that training is never only training. Sport has been a big part of my life for years. Through it I learned how much can change once we start trusting ourselves, our bodies and what we are capable of. What motivates me most is exactly that sense of progress — when you realise you can do something today that you could not do before, and that step by step you have become stronger, steadier and more capable.

Fitness has never been a question of looks for me. What happens along the way matters far more — more energy, more confidence, a feeling of strength and of being at home in your own body. That is why I do not believe in an “all or nothing” approach. I believe in discipline, but in flexibility too. In the challenge, but in the rest as well. In having goals without forgetting to enjoy life along the way.

And that is exactly what I want to bring to this retreat — movement that is not a punishment, but a way to connect better with our bodies and see everything we are capable of. I do not want you to become someone else. I want to help you discover how strong YOU can be.

Accommodation details

Isla Retreat

Isla Retreat · 6 nights · Breakfast included

An elegant, carefully put together local guesthouse that combines comfort with the real feel of island life — our home for a few days. Spacious rooms with their own balcony and a view over the island, a private bathroom and air conditioning give you everything you need after a day out on the ocean. A fresh breakfast waits for you every morning.

What is included

Stay

  • Six nights at the Isla Retreat guesthouse on Fehendhoo, with breakfast
  • Transfer to and from the island

Move

  • Outdoor training sessions by the ocean
  • A yoga session

Explore

  • Snorkelling with turtles and a sandbank trip, with lunch
  • Sunset fishing and dinner from the catch
  • A scuba dive
  • Snorkelling with reef sharks, looking for mantas, and a visit to an uninhabited island, with lunch
  • A bike tour around the island
  • SUP and kayak

Connect

  • Group dinners as set out in the programme
  • Cinema under the stars, game night and karaoke

Reflect

  • Nutrition workshop
  • Freediving breathwork workshop
  • The Back to Yourself journaling session and workshop
  • A short journaling question every day

What is not

  • International flights
  • Travel insurance
  • Meals beyond the ones listed
  • Personal expenses

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