Private Retreat
Private Men's Retreat
Space to step away from the roles you carry and explore what rarely gets your attention.
Three full retreat days · Four nights · A Private Retreat for one to four men
Space to Examine the Man You Have Become
Many men become extremely capable at getting on with life. We work. Solve problems. Provide. Build. Compete. Protect. Carry responsibility. Keep moving.
And sometimes, somewhere amongst all of that, we lose contact with parts of ourselves we rarely make time to examine. Who have I become? What shaped me? What am I still carrying? What happens to me under pressure? What kind of relationships am I creating? And what do I want the next part of my life to look like?
Men's Work is not about somebody teaching you how to be a man.
It is an opportunity to create enough space to examine the man you have become, and to give attention to the parts of ourselves that ordinary life leaves little time to explore.
What's Included
- Three full days of private Men's Work
- Four nights' accommodation at Samyama
- Accommodation in the Villa or Cottage
- All meals included
- Programme personalised around the man or men attending
- One to four participants
- Daily 90-minute yoga and embodied practice
- Daily two-hour facilitated Men's Work
- Daily 90-minute Yoga Nidra and nervous system regulation
- Curated evening experiences
- Final evening Water Ceremony
Our Private Retreat packages are designed and priced around four nights and three full retreat days. If your travel plans or circumstances require a different length of stay, talk to us. Where appropriate, we can adapt the duration and programme around you.
Who comes
Who Comes on a Private Men's Retreat?
There is no single type of man for whom this work is intended.
A man might come alone because something in his life feels ready for attention. Two brothers might come because they share a history but have rarely explored how differently they experienced it.
A father and adult son may want to understand each other beyond the roles they have occupied for years. Close friends may realise they know almost everything about each other's careers and almost nothing about what each is actually carrying.
Other men arrive at moments of transition: separation, fatherhood, career change, loss, retirement, ageing or simply the recognition that something in the life they have built deserves attention.
Because the retreat is entirely private, there is no group of strangers to impress, and no expectation that you arrive already comfortable talking about deeply personal things. It can be taken alone, or with up to four men who already share a meaningful connection.
You do not need a crisis to do this work. Curiosity is enough.
Morning
Out of the Head and Into the Body
Many of us become skilled at analysing, rationalising, planning, solving and explaining. The body often knows something is happening before we have words for it.
Each day therefore begins with a 90-minute yoga and embodied practice.
We begin noticing breathing, tension, sensation and emotional state without immediately turning them into another problem to solve. Where do you tighten when you feel uncomfortable? What does anger actually feel like before it becomes an argument? What happens physically when you feel exposed, rejected or uncertain?
The intention is not athletic performance; it is awareness.
Midday
Private Men's Work
Each day includes two hours of facilitated Men's Work, divided into two focused sessions. There is no rigid curriculum because the work follows the man or men who arrive.
For men attending together, the existing relationship becomes part of the opportunity. Brothers may see old family roles differently. A father and son may hear something from each other that has never previously found the right moment to be spoken. Friends may discover that honesty creates connection rather than threatening it.
There can be seriousness in this work. There can also be enormous humour, relief, warmth and joy. Men's work does not need to be heavy in order to be meaningful.
Possible areas of exploration include
- Identity and purpose
- Our relationships with our fathers and mothers
- The boy we were and the man we became
- Masculine archetypes
- Shadow
- Fear, shame, anger and grief
- Relationships and intimacy
- Emotional expression
- Responsibility and boundaries
- Work, achievement and status
- Fatherhood
- Friendship and brotherhood
- Ageing and transition
- The man we become under pressure
Afternoon
Learning Not to Push
Another familiar masculine strategy is to push harder when something becomes difficult. This retreat deliberately offers another possibility.
After the deeper work of the day, each afternoon includes 90 minutes of Yoga Nidra and nervous system regulation. There is nothing else to achieve. The invitation is to stop, notice and allow the nervous system to settle.
Rest itself can become unfamiliar territory for men accustomed to measuring themselves through output. Learning that integration sometimes requires doing less rather than more can become a valuable part of the experience.
Evening
Experience Without Performance
The evening shifts the energy again.
Some of these may be experiences a man would never ordinarily choose for himself. That is partly the point. The retreat creates permission to encounter different ways of slowing down, receiving, connecting and simply being.
There is also time for good food, conversation, laughter, quiet and friendship.
Depending upon the retreat, curated experiences may include
- Sound Healing
- Reiki
- Therapeutic Massage
- Meditation
- Breathwork
- Fire Circle
- Fire Dancing
- Other Samyama experiences
Final Evening
Water Ceremony
On the final evening, a Water Ceremony marks the closing of the three-day journey.
It creates a moment to acknowledge what has been explored, what you may no longer wish to carry in the same way and what kind of man you want to be as you return to ordinary life.
Who Is This Retreat For?
This retreat may resonate if you are
- At a transition point in life
- Questioning purpose or direction
- Feeling disconnected despite outward success
- Exploring your relationship with your father or mother
- Wanting to become more emotionally present
- Navigating relationships, separation or fatherhood
- Interested in masculine archetypes or Shadow Work
- Wanting to understand yourself under pressure
- Looking for a meaningful experience with a brother, father, son or close friends
- Simply curious about Men's Work but reluctant to join a larger group retreat
No previous experience of Men's Work is required.
Retreat pricing
Clear, Complete Pricing
Each price below is the total cost of the private retreat — not a price per person.
One man
IDR 70,000,000
Total · IDR
Two men
IDR 53,000,000 per person
IDR 106,000,000
Total · IDR
Three men
IDR 42,666,667 per person
IDR 128,000,000
Total · IDR
Four men
IDR 37,500,000 per person
IDR 150,000,000
Total · IDR
The package includes accommodation, meals, facilitated sessions, daily practices and curated evening experiences.
Prices are in Indonesian Rupiah for the whole retreat. Where two or more men attend, they are always men who already know one another — we do not sell separate places to unrelated guests.
International cards accepted. Your card provider will handle any currency conversion.
Enquire About This Private Retreat
This retreat begins with a conversation, so we can understand what you are hoping to explore and shape the work around the man or men attending.
There is no obligation in enquiring. Tell us a little about your situation and timing, and we will reply personally.
All bookings are subject to our booking and cancellation policies.