The Vitality Retreat

Morocco has always felt like home to me.

It is a feeling that returns every time I visit, and one I find difficult to explain until you have been there yourself. The warmth is not just the climate or the light, though both are generous. It is something in the pace, the colour, the way the days unfold, that makes it easier to breathe and harder to hurry.

I have been bringing groups to Morocco for years, and the effect on practice is always the same. Something loosens. The body responds differently when the environment is this rich and this unhurried.

Away from the energy of Marrakech, Tigmi sits on the edge of a traditional Berber village, quiet and contained, with courtyards, terraces, and gardens that invite you to slow down from the moment you arrive. It is the kind of place where the afternoons feel long in the best possible way.

This is the setting for the Vitality Retreat, a week designed to help you rebuild energy, regulate your nervous system, and rediscover a sense of ease in your body. Through somatic yoga, breathwork, and deep relaxation practices, each day offers practical tools you can carry home alongside the memories.

September in Morocco is warm without being overwhelming, and the evenings are long enough to sit outside after dinner and feel properly at rest.

The Vitality Retreat

Let’s speak about your practice during the week in Morocco…

May is the time when nature is stirring and life is rejuvenating. It’s time for our bodies to awaken and do the same.

During this themed retreat, let’s reset and indulge in essential self-care to rejuvenate our vitality and prepare for the sunny days ahead.

Discover revitalising techniques for both body and mind.

During those seven days, you will explore ways to gradually rebuild energy levels, elevate and regulate the nervous system and moods, and foster a sense of bodily comfort and ease.

The morning workshops and evening classes are carefully and thoughtfully crafted to leave you feeling rested, refreshed, and with a clear mind.

Tigmi takes its name from the Tachelhit Berber word for home. It is an apt choice.

Tucked behind the walls of a traditional village on the outskirts of Marrakech, the property feels genuinely removed from the city, even though it is only 25 minutes away. Meandering corridors, shaded courtyards, and secret terraces create a sense of depth and discovery that is rare in a retreat setting. You do not feel as though you are in a hotel. You feel as though you have been lent someone's beautiful house.

The twenty rooms are built and furnished in the traditional Berber style, with warm terracotta walls, handcrafted details, and the kind of quiet that only thick walls and thoughtful design can produce. Many have their own private outdoor space, a garden, a terrace, or a courtyard where you can sit undisturbed.

There are two pools, surrounded by olive trees and sun loungers, where the afternoons pass without effort. The hammam and spa offer traditional Moroccan treatments using natural, locally sourced ingredients, and the team there is both skilled and unhurried.

The food at Tigmi is one of its quiet highlights. Meals are prepared fresh each day, drawing on Morocco's extraordinary culinary heritage: vibrant salads, slow-cooked tagines, and three-course dinners eaten outdoors as the temperature softens in the evening.

For the practice, there are both indoor and outdoor yoga spaces with views over the gardens and the surrounding landscape. The outdoor shala in particular has a quality of light and air that shapes the work in ways that are hard to manufacture elsewhere.

Tigmi's twenty rooms are built in the traditional Berber style, with warm terracotta walls, handcrafted furnishings, and a quiet that feels genuinely restorative. Each room is ensuite and equipped with air conditioning, a safe, a hairdryer, and bathrobes, with a nightly turndown service.

Between sessions, Marrakech and the surrounding area offer as much or as little as you want.

Within the venue, the two pools and the hammam are reason enough to stay close to Tigmi on a free afternoon. The spa team offer a full range of traditional Moroccan treatments, from hammam sessions and massages to facials and body treatments, all using natural, locally sourced products. These can be booked directly on arrival.

Marrakech itself is 25 minutes away and well worth a visit, ideally with a local guide who can help you navigate the medina and find the parts of the city that reward slowing down. The souks are extraordinary, and the food scene has grown considerably in recent years without losing its roots.

The Ourika Valley, about an hour from Tigmi, offers a complete change of landscape: Berber villages, terraced hillsides, and the foothills of the High Atlas. It makes for an excellent half-day excursion.

A visit to a local artisan workshop is also easily arranged and gives a different window into Moroccan craft and culture, from ceramics and leather to textiles and metalwork.

We are happy to help with recommendations and arrangements for any of the above.

Flights and transfers are not included in the retreat price, giving you the freedom to travel on your own schedule. We are happy to help you plan your journey.

The closest airport is Marrakech Menara Airport (RAK), with direct flights from across the UK and Europe. From London, British Airways flies from Heathrow and Gatwick. EasyJet flies from Gatwick and Manchester. Ryanair flies from Stansted, Luton, Manchester, and Liverpool. Most major European cities have direct connections.

Tigmi is approximately 25 minutes from the airport by car. Taxis and private transfers are readily available at arrivals and straightforward to arrange.

Entry requirements

UK and EU passport holders do not require a visa to enter Morocco for stays of up to 90 days. We recommend checking the current entry requirements for your nationality before travelling.

Arrival and departure

Check-in is from 3:30 pm. Check-out is by 10:30 am.