There’s a version of New Year’s that’s loud, rushed, and over before you’ve had a chance to feel it. And there’s this one.

Five days to leave the noise of the year behind, to actually arrive in your body before you arrive in 2027, and to step into January not hungover and depleted, but clear, grounded, and pointed in a direction you chose on purpose.

You’ll release what you’re ready to let go of, celebrate the year that was, and set intentions that actually stick, because you didn’t just think them. You felt them, wrote them down, said them out loud in a circle of people who witnessed you doing it.

Held by Aliki and Grace, together, through the year’s final chapter and its first.

Practice, Not Just a Plan

A vision board is only as good as what you do with it on a random Tuesday in February. So alongside the intention-setting, we build the actual routine: the habit stack, the reminder system, the follow-up, that carries your intention past the retreat and into your everyday life.

TRADITIONAL GREEK and TAILORED TO YOU

Food is part of the ritual, not just fuel.

Every meal on this retreat is a proper, sit-down, traditional Greek table: cooked with local, seasonal ingredients, shared family-style, and treated with the same intention as everything else on the schedule. This isn’t retreat food in the “clean eating, small portions” sense. It’s real Greek cooking, made to be genuinely enjoyed, especially over a New Year’s table.

And it’s entirely built around you. Every dish comes with both a meat and a plant-based version, and our kitchen team works with you before you arrive to know exactly what you can’t or don’t eat: allergies, intolerances, preferences, so nobody’s working around a separate “safe” plate off to the side. Everyone eats from the same table.

A Taste of What’s on the Table

Various Salads: Horiátiki (traditional Greek salad), beetroot salad, and other seasonal vegetables, dressed with local olive oil

Lamb Kleftiko: slow-roasted for hours with lemon, garlic and rosemary until it falls off the bone, wrapped the traditional way in parchment, with a plant-based alternative for those who prefer it

Octopus Stifado: octopus slow-braised in a rich tomato and red wine sauce with baby onions and warming spices

Roasted Turkey: a classic Greek New Year’s centerpiece, with a plant-based alternative available

Rice, embellished with pine nuts, currants and herbs: a traditional Greek pilaf-style side

Spanakopita (Spinach Pie): local spinach and herbs in crisp, hand-folded filo

Mezze Spread: tzatziki, melitzanosalata, fava and warm village bread, baked fresh daily

For the Sweet Tooth

Kourabiedes & Melomakarona: the classic pairing of Greek festive cookies, one almond-based while delicate and buttery, the other orange-based  and spiced.

Traditional Vasilopita: the New Year’s good-luck cake, with a lucky coin baked inside for whoever finds it.

Gluten-free, dairy-free, nut allergies, vegan, vegetarian, or simply “I don’t eat X.” Let us know at booking and it’s handled, without you having to ask twice once you’re here.

ALWAYS

Grounded in the Body

Every reflective and ceremonial practice is paired with movement, breathwork or sound, so intentions don’t just live in your head, they land in your body.

✓ You want to actually feel the turn of the year instead of just watching it happen

✓ You’re tired of resolutions that quietly disappear by February

✓ You want to process the year you’ve had before diving into the next one

✓ You’d rather ring in the New Year with intention and a real group than a loud party

✓ You want structure and ritual around your goal-setting, not just a vague “new year, new me”

✓ You want to celebrate, properly, but wake up on January 1st clear-headed

× You’re looking for a big nightlife-focused NYE party

× You want a fully silent, screen-free retreat with no celebration element

× You’re not open to reflective or ceremonial practices (journaling, fire ritual, sharing circle)

× You’d rather spend the New Year with rigid structure and no downtime

★ A nervous system that starts the year regulated, not depleted

★  A concrete tool (your vision board and journal) you take home with you

★ An actual plan for turning your intention into a habit, not just a resolution written down

You don’t just watch the year turn. You take part in it.

✓ A completed vision board for 2027

✓ A spoken, witnessed intention for the year ahead

✓ Tools for regulating your nervous system after high-stimulation periods (like the holidays)

✓ A journaling practice you can keep going at home

✓ A calmer, clearer relationship with the idea of “starting fresh”

✓ New friendships and a group who knows exactly what you’re working toward this year

✓ A written habit stack for your #1 intention

✓ An accountability partner, and a 30/60/90-day check-in from us so you’re not doing it alone

This isn’t about a perfect New Year’s resolution. It’s about starting the year already in motion.