Longevity Retreats
rejuvenate in serenity and ease
In addition to the experience of the soorhing sounds of silence and rushing streams in pristine nature and tranquillity in expansive spas, the retreats offer you the freedom to unwind and recharge with some or all of the following:
– Swimming in heated outdoor infinity pools and crystal-clear mountain lakes
– Sweating in spacious saunas, salt steam baths, an onsen and an Oriental Hammam
– Ice bathing, meditation, Yoga, Gaga, Taiji, QiGong and Pilates with outstanding teachers
– relaxing and invigorating treatments, including healing methods of TCM
– Spiroergometry to optimise losing weight and getting back into shape
– Mindful Sports in the mountains to strengthen the immune and cardiovascular systems
– healthy cuisine and Food for Thought from experts
– Let your mind come to rest, let your emotions flow, and experience the uplifting power of music and a deep sense of timelessness during concerts with the great artists of our time
Sample daily schedule
07.00: Morning Swim, Walk, Run, Meditation
08.00: Personal Coaching, Mobility Check, Spiroergometry
09.00: Yoga, Taiji, QiGong, Pilates (optional)
10.00: Frühstück
11.00: TIme fort Spa, Sports, Gym, Expert Talks,
13.00: Light Lunch, Ice-Bathing (optional)
14.00: Time for Treatments
15.00: Jivamukti Yoga/Taiji/QiGong/Pilates (optional)
16.00: Sauna Aufguss & Spa Time
18.00: Dinner
20:30 Concert/Lectures
Gaga in the Alps Retreat
15-19 March 2026
The Gaga movement language makes the joy of dance available for everyone, with no prior experience needed. Awaken your sensations, spark your imagination, and expand your physical range with Gaga, a movement language developed by renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin. Ignite your passion to move and go beyond your familiar limits in a sensation-filled Gaga classes with Saar Harari and Yara Moses, and in Gaga/methodika classes with Ohad Naharin himself.
Open to people age 16+.
Classes are taught in English.
Exemplary schedule (subject to change):
Sun: Arrival, welcoming & Gaga class
Mo – Wed: Two to three daily Gaga classes
Thu: Last Gaga class, farewell & departure
Booking Request
Wild-Swimming and Ice-Bathing
Rejuvenate and boost your health with wild-swimming in the crystal-clear Lake Ferchensee, and ice-bathing in the creek in front of the sauna at the Nature Spa. he cold shock during ice bathing in a river or lake triggers the release of adrenaline and endorphins, which creates a euphoric feeling after the bath. In the long term, it can strengthen the immune system, reduce inflammation and increase mental resilience. Cold immersion can also promote muscle recovery and stimulate the activity of brown adipose tissue, which boosts metabolism.
Concerts & Festivals
Schloss Elmau has been celebrating, for over a century now, a unique tradition of music in concerts and festivals with the great artists of our time.
Music can touch in ways that words alone can hardly achieve. In concerts and festivals, a space opens up where sounds calm the breath, expand the heart and bring the mind to rest.
When listening to music, inner tensions dissolve, emotions can flow, and a deep sense of connection – with one self, with others and with a feeling of eternity – becomes tangible. In this experience lies the healing power of music.
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Johannes Mikenda is a sports psychology expert and senior advanced yoga instructor. As a sports scientist, his focus is on evidence-based movement interventions for the prevention of well-known lifestyle diseases such as obesity, back pain, etc. He draws on 20 years of experience in spinal clinics and rehabilitation clinics, as a Pilates and back training instructor, and as a running and Nordic walking coach, and incorporates the latest research findings. However, most restrictions on quality of life have their cause in the mind.
As a sports psychology coach, Johannes relies particularly on acceptance and commitment therapy techniques, combining them with a systemic approach. Meditation and yoga can be ideally integrated as techniques in this process. Johannes uses this combination flexibly and in a variety of ways in his work with professional athletes, musicians, special forces, as a psychosocial specialist in acute trauma relief, and for the guests of Schloss Elmau.
Dr Imke König is a physician, specialist in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qigong and Taijiquan teacher, Pilates trainer, expert in pain physiology, and has developed several special massage techniques for pain patients. She has been Medical Spa Director at Schloss Elmau since 2008 and heads the Turtle Spa®, which offers the full range of Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments.
As part of the Wellbeing Retreats, she works, among other things, with traditional pulse and tongue diagnosis, Chinese herbal prescriptions, nutritional analyses and consultations, Chinese Tuina massages with cupping, moxa and gua sha, as well as Taijiquan and Qigong. Acupuncture can additionally be booked in her private practice.
She has also been a certified BASI® Pilates Comprehensive Teacher for 15 years and teaches both mat classes and personal training on large Pilates equipment (e.g. Reformer or Cadillac). Her anatomical knowledge and her experience with spiraldynamics, Taijiquan and Qigong enrich her teaching and continually open up new movement perspectives for her guests.