The World's Best Mental Health Retreats
With increased awareness for the importance of mental health, we're seeing more wellness retreats starting to take this seriously, although there's still only a select few offering comprehensive mental health programmes. Speak with one of our wellness advisors to find the perfect one for you, or explore some of our top options below:
Inner Emotional Harmony at Euphoria Retreat in Greece offers a holistic healing experience with science-led therapies. The Inner Emotional Harmony retreat focuses on emotional healing through meditation, Chakra work, massage, and floatation. It creates a safe space to address emotional weight, find peace, and embrace resilience, restoring inner balance.
Tucked away on a healing crystal mountain among the lush jungle vistas of Costa Rica, The Retreat Costa Rica is a sanctuary for the soul, and the perfect escape for anyone chasing inner and outer wellbeing and a taste of La Pura Vida. For anyone seeking to let go of stress and release negative emotions, the Emotional Healing & Recovery Retreat is the ideal first step on your journey to inner peace.
The Farm at San Benito is a luxurious eco-wellness resort in the Philippines. Surrounded by lush greenery and tropical jungle, it offers holistic and medical wellness programs based on the ‘Five Pillars’ of healing. Supported by medical professionals, guests can enjoy traditional healing methods, Mandala flower arranging, morning yoga, and a nourishing plant-based diet. Read about the Mental Health Programme at The Farm at San Benito
New Life Portugal’s Depression Recovery programme provides a supportive, understanding environment where individuals can engage in therapeutic activities, connect with others, and build strategies to navigate and manage depression, ultimately finding a renewed sense of purpose and joy. New Life Portugal also offer specialised programmes for anxiety, grief, stress and burnout. Read more about New Life Portugal.
Mental health retreats for stress & emotional healing
Hectic lifestyles, personal trauma, low self-esteem and even ongoing pressures of the pandemic can call for mental and emotional healing. Health Travel’s mental health retreats aim to reduce feelings of anxiety, stress and sadness through empowering change. Each retreat is individually-tailored to your unique needs, using the guidance of skilled psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists to coach and support. Movement and fitness sessions, workshops and mental health treatments start the journey of processing emotions, understanding thought processes and establishing mental clarity. Whether it’s learning to calm the nervous system through breathing techniques or processing thoughts through journaling, each tool can be entwined into daily life.
Mindfulness, mental health and preventative care
By stepping away from the daily routine and into nature, we return to basics with our physical, mental and emotional needs. Each of our mental health retreats are carefully designed with a tailored treatment plan and life coaching from qualified mental health experts and wellness practitioners. Meet with like-minded individuals are release those feel-good endorphins through gentle activity out in nature, through yoga and pilates, woodland walks and wild swimming. Return each day to soothing spa treatments to relax the mind and body and tuck into deeply nourishing meals before a peaceful night sleep.
For many, mental health is often neglected until issues arise. Health Travel's luxury mindfulness retreats focus on preventative care, designed to reconnect with the present moment through expert guidance and experiences out in nature.
Our mindfulness retreats are filled with nourishing experiences with the guidance of expert practitioners, from forest bathing and Tibetan singing bowl therapy to mindful hikes through the mountains.
