Step into the evening practice on a Nourish retreat
Feel what a day of mountain air and an evening of sound healing does to a nervous system that has been running too hard for too long.
What actually happens in the evening sessions
After a day of hiking the cobblestone paths of the Tramuntana, the body is ready to be met gently. The evening practice at Nourish moves through yin yoga, restorative yoga, yoga nidra, and sound healing, sometimes as distinct sessions across the week, sometimes woven together in a single evening. Yin yoga works through long-held, supported poses that invite the connective tissue to soften gradually. Restorative yoga goes further: bolsters, blankets, and time do the work, and the body learns it is safe to let go. Yoga nidra is a guided practice done lying down, navigating the threshold between waking and sleep. And the sound bath layers over all of it: crystal singing bowls whose resonance you feel as much as hear, encouraging the nervous system toward a depth of rest that is genuinely hard to reach any other way.
Why the morning and evening practices work together
The morning session is a dynamic slow-flow class drawing on Ashtanga Vinyasa and Hatha traditions. It builds warmth, moves energy through the body, and sets a clear, present-tense tone for the day. The afternoon hike through the UNESCO World Heritage landscape of the Tramuntana does its own work: fresh air, physical effort, the particular quality of attention that mountain terrain demands. By the time the evening practice begins, the body has earned its stillness. Yin and sound healing land differently after genuine physical exertion. The parasympathetic nervous system, which governs rest and recovery, responds more readily when the sympathetic system has already had its turn. The programme is designed with this arc in mind, not by accident.
Presence over performance, from the first breath
Every session, morning and evening, is led by Lisa and capped at eight participants. That number is not a marketing detail; it is what makes genuine adaptation possible. If a pose does not suit your body on a given day, the practice adjusts. If the group needs more stillness and less movement, the session responds. The focus throughout is breath and presence, not alignment perfection or how deep a forward fold goes. Complete beginners are genuinely welcome, not as an afterthought but as a design principle: the programme was built to be accessible from the very first session, so no prior yoga experience is needed to benefit fully from the sound bath, the yin practice, or the yoga nidra.
Fornalutx sits in the Tramuntana mountains above the Sóller Valley, considered one of the most beautiful villages in Spain, and the quiet that falls over it at dusk is something you feel in your chest. The retreat house is close to the village square, the rooftop studio looks out over peaks that have barely changed in centuries, and that stillness becomes part of the practice itself.
- Fornalutx is considered one of the most beautiful villages in Spain
- The village sits in the Serra de Tramuntana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Fornalutx is located above the Sóller Valley in the Tramuntana mountains
- The village has a population of around 743 people, giving it a genuinely quiet, unhurried character
Benefits
Genuinely beginner-friendly by design
Every session is adapted to the group's level, so no prior yoga experience is needed to participate fully. Complete beginners are not placed in a modified corner of the room; the whole programme meets them where they are.
Capped at eight participants
With a maximum of eight guests per retreat, Lisa can respond to each person's body and energy rather than delivering a fixed class to a crowd. That intimacy changes what is possible in a sound bath or a yoga nidra session.
Nervous-system regulation, not performance
The evening practices are explicitly oriented toward parasympathetic nervous system activation: the state of rest, repair, and digestion that chronic stress erodes. Sound healing, yin yoga, and yoga nidra are each tools for arriving there.
A full sensory context that supports the practice
The rooftop studio opens onto panoramic Tramuntana mountain views, and the silence of Fornalutx at dusk becomes part of the sound bath rather than a backdrop to it. The environment is not incidental; it is doing real work.
The mountains go quiet at the same moment the bowls stop ringing, and for a few seconds you genuinely cannot tell where the sound ended and the silence began.
Sound bath questions from guests in Fornalutx
What exactly is a sound bath, and what will I experience?
A sound bath is a guided relaxation experience in which you rest, usually lying down, while resonant instruments are played around you. At Nourish, crystal singing bowls are used to create sustained vibrations that you feel through the body as much as you hear with the ears. There is nothing to do but receive it; most guests find it the deepest rest they experience all week.
Do I need any yoga experience to join the evening sessions?
None at all. The programme is designed so that complete beginners can participate fully from the very first session. Lisa adapts every practice to the group in the room, which is straightforward with a maximum of eight participants, so there is no fixed sequence you need to keep up with.
What if certain poses are uncomfortable or don't suit my body?
Yin yoga and restorative yoga are built around support and time rather than effort or range of motion, so there is a great deal of room to modify. The practice adjusts to your body, not the other way around, and Lisa is present throughout to offer alternatives. You will never be asked to push through discomfort.
Are the evening sessions optional, or is attendance expected?
The retreat is a residential programme and the evening practices are a core part of it, but the spirit of Nourish is genuinely unhurried. Rest is always an option, and if your body needs an early night rather than a yoga nidra session on a particular evening, that conversation is always possible. The programme serves you, not the other way around.
Your nervous system already knows it needs this
The retreat runs for five days in Fornalutx, with morning and evening yoga sessions, guided mountain hikes, and vegetarian meals all included. If the combination of sound healing, yin yoga, and mountain silence sounds like what your nervous system has been asking for, the next step is to get in touch and ask whatever questions you have.