YOGA – DANCE – MASSAGE. A journey towards inner listening and shared connetion

July 3, 4 & 5, 2026
WEEKEND RETREAT
at tragantCamp (l’Alzina, between Ponts and Guissona)

with Francis Trepels and Olga Tragant

 

 
 

Come and spend an unforgettable weekend

practicing different activities that cultivate well-being and nourish us on many levels:

YOGA, DANCE, MASSAGE and MEDITATION.

We will be in a peaceful and magical rural setting, surrounded by nature,

with good company and healthy, delicious food.

 

 

 

Dates: July 3–5, 2026

Arrival: Friday, July 3, between 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Closing: Sunday, July 5, 6:30 pm

Accommodation and meals: at tragantCamp
  (at l’Alzina de l’Aguda, between Ponts and Guissona).
Small group: accommodation limited to 12 participants

Meals: vegetarian food. Healthy and delicious
Prices: Look at prices and discounts at the end of this page

 

Workshop adressed to:  anyone interested in body practices and movement who wishes to improve their physical and/or emotional well-being.

Open to people of different ages and levels of experience in bodywork, movement and/or dance.
 No previous experience in all the proposed activities is required to participate in this Retreat.

 

 

About the workshop

 

YOGA, DANCE & MASSAGE
 A journey towards inner listening and shared comunication 

 

 

Classes and Contents

  • HATHA YOGA
  • DANCE: Feeling and Moving /  Feeling and Dancing
  • THAI & RELAXATION MASSAGE
  • MEDITATION

 

 

HATHA YOGA

with Francis Trepels

 

To connect is, literally, the meaning of the word “yoga”. It also means focusing attention. Merging and uniting opposites. Bringing light into darkness, in the sense that the purpose of yoga is to overcome pain and suffering — in other words, to free yourself from the prison of the mind. You are not your thoughts, you are not your mind!

Although yoga originally is a spiritual path, hatha yoga mainly works through the physical aspect of the person, using dynamic and static postures, as well as movement sequences. Yoga is therefore a spiritual path while also benefiting our overall health.

Through specific postures focused on the seven main chakras, the flow of energy throughout the body is encouraged. This connects the mind, heart and belly with one another and restores balance to the whole body. Thinking, feeling and acting come together and once again become ONE.

 

DANCE: FEELING and MOVING / FEELING and DANCING

with Olga Tragant


Morning session: Feeling and Moving

While cultivating the pleasure of moving, we will introduce different proposals that help awaken the senses and movement.
During the morning sessions we will focus on exploring and discovering  many movement possibilities, finding new ways of feeling and moving through  sensory, anatomical and spatial awareness. 


Afternoon session: Feeling and Danscing

In the afternoon Dance session, we will move towards proposals that research connection and communication, opening to space and to the others. 
We will enrich the dialogue within ourselves and with others by  playing with essential movement elements such as rhythm, tone, weight and space as well as with the sense of touch and contact.  Practicing various dynamics and structures, and discovering movement qualities and ways of letting go, will help us to unfold our own movement/Dance and express ourselves with enjoyment and pleasure.

 


THAI MASSAGE combined with RELAXATION MASSAGE

with Francis Trepels

 

This massage is a true experience… you are touched with love and attention. With “traditional massage”, treatments are often focused on solving physical problems and releasing blockages.

Here we seek deep relaxation using Thai massage techniques combined with relaxation techniques, which also means slowing down the pace. Thai massage is sometimes called “yoga for lazy people”. Your body will therefore be placed in positions that may be familiar from yoga.
Touching and being touched — it is a vital human need! Being touched with affection helps you reconnect with yourself. You come home again… grounded, centered, and ready to face the world with confidence.

No oils are used. You wear comfortable lightweight clothing, and the work is done on mattresses on the floor.

 


MEDITATION

with Francis Trepels

 

The techniques we will practice come from Mindfulness meditation and Vipassanā.
We will cultivate the ability to appreciate the fullness of each moment we are living. Meditation helps us to realize our automatic functioning and proposes to listen to the nature of our mind through systematic and careful self-observation. The work of mindfulness allows us to develop greater awareness and clarity and accept the reality of the present moment.

No experience is necessary. The meditation will be seated. Sitting quietly on a cushion with your legs crossed or in a chair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FACILITATORS / TEACHERS

 

Francis Trepels (Amsterdam)

A bodywork and wellness professional based in Amsterdam, with a background that combines yoga, dance, body therapies and somatic work. He is the founder and director of ONEstudio, a space in Amsterdam where he offers classes, individual sessions and workshops.

Trepels mainly works with yoga (hatha and tantra), Thai massage, therapeutic and tantric massage, and sexological bodywork (body awareness and education related to sexuality). His journey began in the world of dance, and later expanded through training in multiple disciplines such as yoga, psychomotor therapy, Ayurveda, Thai massage, and various approaches to body and energy work.

His approach is grounded in concepts such as embodiment, presence, and the integration of body, mind and spirituality.
The aim of his work is to help people reconnect with their bodies, reduce stress, and develop a fuller and more conscious experience of well-being.
In addition to regular sessions, he organizes international workshops and retreats, combining yoga, dance and massage in contexts of personal growth.

 

Olga Tragant (Barcelona / l’Alzina, La Noguera)

Dancer, choreographer, and teacher of dance and movement. She trained in Contemporary Dance in the United States (University of Illinois and New York) and in Amsterdam (S.N.D.O.). For many years she was actively involved in developing creative projects presented in Catalonia as well as in several European countries, the United States, Japan, Mexico and Morocco.

After practicing various somatic and awareness-based disciplines, she deepened her studies in Anatomy through Movement with Blandine Calais and in the Feldenkrais Method, of which she is a certified teacher accredited by the International Feldenkrais Federation® (EuroTAB).

She has more than 25 years of teaching experience, combining dance classes, creative movement, the Feldenkrais Method, and Anatomy through Movement.
Since 2002 she has directed tragantDansa in Barcelona, and since 2016 tragantCamp in l’Alzina (La Noguera), where she organizes and offers courses, retreats, and various proposals related to dance, self-awareness and creation.
She is also the founder and driving force behind the [festival] NATURES.

 

 

 

 

 

RETREAT SCHEDULE (provisional)

 

FRIDAY, July 3

 

4:00 – 5:00 pm — Arrival

5:00 – 7:00 pm — Yoga and Movement Dance

7:00 – 8:00 pm — Walk in the country side

8:30 pm — Dinner

10:00 – 10:30 pm — Meditation

11:00 pm — Silence

 

SATURDAY, July 4

 

8:00 – 9:30 am — Yoga

9:30 – 10:30 am — Breakfast

11:00 am – 1:00 pm — Dance I

1:30 pm — Lunch and Rest

3:30 – 5:15 pm — Dance II

5:30 – 8:00 pm — Thai and Relaxation Massage

8:30 pm — Dinner

10:00 – 10:30 pm — Meditation

11:00 pm — Silence

 

SUNDAY, July 5

 

8:00 – 9:30 am — Yoga

9:30 – 10:30 am — Breakfast

11:00 am – 1:00 pm — Dance

1:30 pm — Lunch and Rest

3:30 – 6:00 pm — Thai and Relaxation Massage

6:00 pm — Closing Circle

6:30 – 7:00 pm — Departure

 

 

 

 MEALS, ACCOMMODATION & HOW TO ARRIVE

 

Meals

Our cook will prepare healthy and delicious meals using seasonal products and mainly vegetarian ingredients.

 

Accommodation

We offer shared accommodation with the group in a very pleasant space with tatamis, futons, and a few beds.
We can also offer a double room for an additional supplement of €10 per night / per person (subject to availability and registration order).

 

How to arrive

For the retreats, we help participants organize shared rides whenever possible.
There are also bus and train connections to Cervera (25 km from tragantCamp), from where we can pick you up (this must be arranged at least 2 days before the beginning of the retreat).

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PRICES and PAYMENT POLICY

 

Prices

285 € — Full course (includes classes + accommodation + meals)

235 € — Includes classes + meals / accommodation in your own van

225 €— Includes classes + meals / no accommodation

180 € — Includes classes + 2 lunches / no accommodation

 

Discounts

260 € —  Early bird until June 7 /full course rate

Special rate for APdC members, tragantDansa students during 2025–26, and students who have already attended a retreat at tragantCamp:

255 € — full course rate

 

  + Registration and Policy