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Freediving & Yoga Retreat in Sataya, Egypt

Encounter dolphins in the wild, ethically, every day

3-10th April 2027

Join our 8 Day Wild Dolphin Retreat

Open Your Heart to more love, joy and peace in your life

There is a place where your heartbeat begins to match the natural rhythm of the sea.
Where you and the water become one, and wild dolphins swim beside you, teaching you to love, to trust, and to be free -

Welcome to Sataya.

Freediving for beginners, daily yoga, ethical dolphin encounters and holistic practices on a liveaboard boat at Sataya Reef, Egypt.

Sataya Reef is home to one of the world's largest resident pods of spinner dolphins. For one week, it's home to us too. We'll be living aboard a beautiful liveaboard boat, waking up to open water, spending our days learning to breathe, freedive, move and slow down. You’ll be swimming with dolphins on their own terms, ethically, in the wild.

This is a collaboration between Flowstate Freediving and Yoga with Maja. We've brought these two practices together because they complement one another perfectly. You’ll get out of your head, into your body, and into the present moment.

You don't need to be a freediver. You don't need to be a yogi. You just need to be a little curious to give it a go. This week is specifically designed so you can try freediving with no prior experience.

Swim with Wild Dolphins in Sataya, Egypt

Reconnect With Yourself. Swim With Wild Dolphins.

We’ll live aboard a beautiful liveaboard yacht in the Red Sea, where the waters shimmer with turquoise light and the energy is infused with ancient wisdom. Sataya Reef is a powerful portal, carrying the frequency of purity, peace, and a deep remembrance of who you are and why you came. It invites you to slow down, soften, and be present.

The dolphins here are wild and free, yet they choose to come close, teaching us, through their presence, how to return to play, open our hearts, and live in harmony with the natural flow of life.

If your soul is calling for a reset, to realign with your truth, awaken your intuition, and connect with a loving, like-hearted community: this retreat is for you.

Come home to your heart, with the dolphins as your guides.

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This week is for you if:

❋ You keen to try freediving

Learn the basics, including safety, breathing, equalisation and how to safely explore in a wild environment. Freediving equips you to interact with wildlife with little impact and total presence. It also teaches you how to tap into a state of internal calm and bodily connection.

❋ You’re curious about the ocean

You've always been drawn to the water but never quite made it below the surface. This week is a gentle invitation to change that, and explore the depths of yourself and the water.

❋ You want to go deeper

Into yourself, and the water. You want to skip the small talk and get straight to the soul connecting convos. Sataya and our retreats have a way of channeling that energy.

❋ You want to meet wild dolphins

Not behind glass, not at a theme park. In the open ocean, ethically and respectfully on their terms. And the freediving gives you the stillness to be with them in a way nothing else does.

❋ You’re drawn to yoga, breath and holistic wellness

Whether you've practiced for years or you're brand new to it, the sessions here are about connecting more deeply with yourself, others and nature. It goes beyond just traditional yoga, and takes you on a journey within.

❋ You’re craving a reset

A week away from the noise, disconnected, living on the reef, nowhere to be except with the group, enjoying the energy and dolphins of Sataya reef. This place has a way of upgrading you to a new level of life.

Highlights

Wild Dolphin Swimming
Swim daily with wild and free dolphins in their natural habitat , a heart-opening encounter that inspires deep emotional release, joy, and a new way of living in flow.

Freediving & Marine Life
Glide on a single breath through the vibrant coral gardens of the Red Sea, immersing yourself in a colorful, diverse underwater world that awakens awe and wonder. Learn to move with ease beneath the surface, deepen your connection to dolphin behaviour, and grow into a calm, confident freediver.

Awaken Inner Wisdom with Embodiment Practices
Through breathwork, movement and a cacao ceremony, reconnect with your inner guidance and awaken the power to live your life in alignment with your most authentic, true self.

Sunrise Yoga & Meditation Under the Stars
Start and each day with soul-nourishing yoga and meditation, creating space for healing, clarity, and deep connection to self, all beneath a sky free from light pollution and filled with stars.

A Floating Home on the Red Sea
Live aboard a beautiful and comfortable yacht, your peaceful sanctuary at sea. Surrounded by calm waters and far from the noise of the world, you’ll find space to breathe, be, and reconnect.

Freediving Starts With Letting Go

Freediving is often misunderstood. It's not about pushing limits or holding your breath until it hurts. It's about learning to be calm, trusting your body to do what it is naturally capable of, and letting go of the tension that can hold us back.

The week is focused on building the foundations of freediving. It’s not a formal qualification, so there’s no pressure to achieve.

We run a series of introduction workshops, where you'll learn:

  • How to breathe properly for breath holds

  • Freediving safety, rescue basics and how to buddy properly

  • Equalisation technique and how to keep working on it

  • How to duck-dive efficiently so getting below the surface stops being a struggle

  • How to stay calm and regulated in and under the water

  • How to approach wildlife ethically and read a dolphin's behaviour

  • What freediving actually feels like when everything clicks

This is an introduction, not a formal qualification. We'll give you the foundations to experience the reef in a new way.

Accommodation Onboard

Relax aboard a spacious, modern liveaboard yacht moored inside the reef, with more than enough room to feel at home. Each twin cabin has its own ensuite bathroom and window, ensuring comfort and privacy, and there's plenty of shaded space to rest, read, journal, or do nothing at all. Enjoy three buffet meals daily, plus fresh juices, snacks, and soft drinks, in the dining area, or find a cozy spot around the boat to unwind. Sunbathe on the top deck, mingle with others, or take time for yourself: everything is possible.

But the most beautiful part of being together on a boat is the sense of community. It's a chance to form lifelong friendships and share meaningful, thought-provoking conversations. There's always space to retreat and reflect, yet the experience is also about supporting and challenging one another and that's what deepens the transformational journey.

Women’s Wellness Retreat, Accessible Yoga Retreat
Women’s Wellness Retreat, Accessible Yoga Retreat

3-10th April 2027

  • 8 Days | 7 Nights | Sataya Reef, Egypt

    What's included

    • 7 nights all-inclusive aboard the yacht

    • 3 buffet meals daily, snacks, soft drinks and fresh juices

    • Two dolphin swim sessions daily

    • Dolphin behaviour introduction so you know how to approach them well

    • Marine park entrance fee (€140)

    • Morning yoga with Maja

    • Evening meditations and a cacao ceremony

    • Conscious breathwork journey

    • Freediving workshops: in-water basics and dry theory sessions

    • Dry equalisation practice

    • Small group freediving sessions with feedback from your instructors

    • Freediving instructors present throughout the whole week

    • Snorkeling guides

    • Airport transfers from Hurghada or Marsa Alam

    Not included

    • Flights and visa

    • Travel insurance and personal expenses

    • Crew gratuity (100 Euro)

    • Gear hire (wetsuits and fins available to rent)

    • Optional scuba diving

    Nearest airports: Hurghada (HRG) or Marsa Alam (RMF), Egypt

Payment Plans Available

BOOK WITH A€500 DEPOSIT

Please note: All deposits are non-refundable regardless of circumstance, including natural events or unforeseen changes. I highly recommend purchasing travel insurance to protect your investment and offer peace of mind as you prepare for this life-changing journey.

Overview

Pricing

Twin shared cabin (per person)

  • Lower deck: €2,750

  • Upper deck: €3,000

Private cabin (single occupancy)

  • Lower deck: €3,550

  • Upper deck: €3,800

Reserve your place with a €500 deposit. Payment plans available.

Limited spaces and availability of private cabins.

8-Day Soulful Dolphin & Yoga Retreat | Egypt with Yoga With Maja

Maja, Yoga with Maja
Retreat facilitator and certified yoga instructor

My name is Maja Mika. Yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator, author, and retreat creator. But beneath the titles, I'm simply a human being on a spiritual journey, just like you.

In 2014, while studying Film Production and dreaming of becoming a documentary filmmaker, I was also living with depression, anxiety, self-harm, and thoughts of ending my life. I was 18 and completely lost. Then yoga found me. What started as a gym class became a lifeline. For the first time, I felt at home in my body, aware of my breath, present with myself. That moment changed everything.

Over the next last 10 years, I gave myself to the practices that helped me heal, grow, and reconnect with who I truly am. I gathered tools from around the world, rebuilt my inner foundation, and chose light, one day at a time. Somewhere along the way, the ocean became my greatest teacher, and Sataya became home. I've returned again and again to swim with the wild dolphins there, drawn back by something I couldn't quite name.

Then in 2025, I discovered freediving, and everything shifted. Learning to breathe, to surrender, to move through the water on a single breath, it changed the way I meet the sea. Suddenly I wasn't just watching the dolphins. I was meeting them on their terms, quiet and weightless in their world. That connection deepened beyond anything I'd known.

And now I can't wait for you to feel it too. What it's like to be welcomed into a dolphin pod, weightless in their world, a guest in their home.makes so much sense.

Meet Your Retreat Hosts

Immy & Joe, Flowstate Freediving
Retreat facilitators and certified AIDA freediving instructors

I'm so happy to introduce Immy and Joe, who'll be guiding the freediving side of this week.

They teach freediving because they believe it's one of the best ways to explore the ocean. They're less about chasing depth and numbers, and more about that flow state feeling you find when you're at one with the water and yourself.

What I love is how naturally their world overlaps with mine. Freediving draws on breathwork, nervous system regulation, mindfulness and presence, all the things that sit so close to yoga and other body-based practices. It's why bringing our expertise together felt so right.

Everything I bring to the programme feeds directly into your time in the water, and your time in the water feeds back into everything else. That's the heart of why a week like this makes so much sense.

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