Ainoa Ryll + Sheila Ilz van Hofen
Reserve your place →Feeling strong in our bodies can create a deep sense of empowerment that transcends the purely physical aspect of strength; it is the foundation for resilience, balance, and confidence in everything we do.
Integrating resistance training and Yoga into your lives can have profound benefits, particularly for women: Strength training, such as resistance work with weights, bands, and body weight, is a powerful tool to build muscle mass, enhance bone density and support metabolic health. Research shows that strength training can also help in balancing hormones, reducing symptoms of menopause, and improving overall energy levels and mood.
The ancient practices of Yoga teach us discipline, patience and self-acceptance. Asana, meditation, pranayama and chanting are powerful tools to remind ourselves that we are more than our narratives, more than our bodies and minds, and help us connect to a sense of gratitude and devotion for life.
Join us for a week of yoga, strength training, and nutrition, designed to empower you with tools for clarity, resilience, and longevity.
Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Coach Ainoa Ryll will teach the key movement patterns like push, pull, hinge and squat and how to execute those correctly so you can progress safely and effectively with your workouts.
During guided group workouts, Ainoa will give individual feedback on form and technique and create a supporting and fun environment that helps you build confidence on your strengthening journey.
Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher and Villa Pravernara founder Sheila Ilz van Hofen will guide you through dynamic and powerful asana classes, paired with grounding meditations, devotional chanting and clearing pranayama techniques.
She provides insights on how to build more strength within your yoga practice to counterbalance flexibility, avoid injuries and build stamina. Sheila will also be offering her signature Backbending Workshop as well as relaxing Yin Yoga sessions.
Chef and nutritionist Margan Sharifzada ensures your nutrition matches the physical demands and creates a nourishing, delicious and healthy menu for you.
Our beautiful 16th century villa overlooks the serene hills of Piemonte and provides the perfect environment to disconnect, relax and wind down. Stroll through the peaceful surroundings, book a massage or visit one of the nearby markets. Of course, we set aside time for a trip to the beach!
Whether you're a gym rat interested in Yoga or a Yogi new to strength training - this retreat will provide you with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to independently continue your journey after you return home and implement what you’ve learned over the week.
This retreat will leave you feeling stronger, confident, capable and connected.
Strength Training Basics: Learn how to perform key movements, ensuring effective and safe workouts.
Yoga & Strength Synergy: Discover how to build strength within your yoga asana practice.
Cycle-Aware Nutrition: Understand how to align your nutrition with your hormonal cycle, to help you maintain your energy and mood levels.
Post-Retreat Independence: Gain the skills to continue your strength and yoga practice at home or in the gym, with a clear understanding of proper form
Ainoa Ryll is a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Coach based in Berlin and specialized in Strength Training.
She has +10 years experience in weight lifting and strength training and has coached over 100 women to empower them in their strength training journey, helping them understand their hormonal cycle and breaking their fear to start going to the gym.
Her mission is to offer women a better coaching focus, one that takes into account our genetics and specifics for training. Because we are not small men and we shouldn’t train like that.
You might have seen her energetic coaching style at Beat81, Run’n’rave and other Berlin-based workouts.
Sheila is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga and Yin Yoga teacher, teaching classes, workshops and retreats all over Europe. She is the founder of Villa Pravernara, currently dividing her time between Berlin and Italy.
Sheila teaches from what she experiences in her own daily practice. To her, asana practice is a gateway to explore the depths of having a human experience. She strongly believes the practices of Yoga to be a transformative tool to cultivate awareness and compassion towards ourselves, others and our planet.
Expect a dynamic and sweaty practice, intelligent sequencing paired with a carefully selected soundtrack, combined with chanting, pranayama and meditation. Her compassionate and kind approach infuses every aspect of her teaching, from skillful, yet non-intrusive hands-on assists, beautiful chanting to individual instructions for all levels of experience.
Continuing to be a dedicated student herself, Sheila passionately studies and practices all facets of yoga.
Schedule might vary slightly and is subject to change.
Arrival day: Check-in from 16.00.
Departure day: Usually no yoga class;' 9.00 breakfast; Check out until 11.00
We’ll let you know again what’s good to bring a few days before your retreat.