Personal Retreat

At Umami we believe in the amazing healing power of nature, and therefore simply allow the stillness of being surrounded by mountains to do its natural healing. Our personal retreats allow you to reconnect with nature and connect to your true self.

While simply being in this space in Franschhoek, we nurture you through stillness, movement, mindfulness and optional healing activities. Umami offers delicious wholesome plant-based meals to further enhance your physical wellbeing.

During the personal retreat we offer daily yoga , meditation and other activities like nature walks and a BioDanza movement session (upon request).  Umami has a beautiful ‘Heartspace’ venue where people can come together and share meals or conversation. The Yoga sessions are facilitated on a wooden deck overlooking the dam, and we also have a circular creative sacred space – the Octagon, where different connection/healing/silent or sound journeys may be facilitated.  There are also private wooden decks on various locations in the mountains, where you can spend some time in silence and contemplation.

Our guests find stillness in these mountains and an invitation to calmly come back to themselves, while focusing on simplicity and the restorative power of just being.

If you are burned out or just need some time to reconnect and center, we invite you to visit our mountains and just BE at Umami Mountain Retreat for a personal retreat.