A yoga retreat website, from first practice to evening silence
People looking for a retreat compare dates, price and place, but they decide on something harder to show: what a day there is like. They want to know when practice starts, what’s on the table, whether rooms are shared, how much free time there is and what level they need — and a listing on a retreat marketplace rarely says.
Forest tells that day in six of your photos: the house in the morning, four moments — practice, a meal, the free afternoon, the close of the day — and the house lit up at night. Each photo gains depth, and each moment carries its time, so the retreat’s timetable reads as the page goes down.
The last card shows your price from, the arrival date, the nights and the group size, with a button to your sign-up page or a payment link for the deposit. The site doesn’t keep count of places; it tells the retreat and sends people to book.
What your site shows
The house before practice
The first photo is the retreat’s venue from outside in the early light. Over it: the retreat’s name, your headline and a line that places it — where, which style of yoga and for whom, how many days.
Morning practice
The first moment is the room or platform where you practise, at its real hour: seven, eight. Say which style it is, how long the session lasts, whether there’s meditation first and whether practice is expected or up to each person.
At the table
The photo of a meal: the long table, a late breakfast, the house kitchen. Say what kind of food is served — vegetarian, vegan, from the garden — how many meals are included and how allergies are handled.
The free afternoon
Third photo: the garden, the pool or the path leaving the house, mid-afternoon. This is the free time — a massage, a walk, a workshop, or nothing at all — and what costs extra.
As the day closes
The fourth moment is where the day ends: the gentle evening practice, meditation or the spot for the sunset; set it in the evening and the photo takes on the colour of that hour. Say how the day winds down and whether there are silent hours.
Booking a place
The card settles over the house lit at night: your price from, per person; under arrive, the dates or the day and time to come; under stay, the nights; under guests, the group size. The button opens your sign-up page, or a Stripe link where the deposit is paid.
Have this ready
- Six photos of the venue, all six required: the house outside in morning light, the practice room, a meal, the garden or pool in the afternoon, the sunset spot and the house lit at night. 1,600 px or more along the long side.
- If students appear in the photos, their permission to use them.
- The retreat’s name and a short phrase that sums it up: both head the site and the page’s title.
- A sentence or two on where it is, which style of yoga, what level and how many nights.
- The timetable of a real day on the retreat, as four moments: the time, a title and what happens in each.
- What the price includes — lodging, meals, classes, outings — and what it doesn’t, like travel or massages.
- For the card: price per person (and whether that’s a shared room), the dates, the nights and the places; and your sign-up or deposit link.
- Who teaches and how they trained, in a few lines for the footer, plus the legal notice details: name, tax number, address and email.
Worth knowing
The timetable is the retreat
Each moment carries its time, and on a retreat that time is information: put the real one, seven if practice starts at seven. Say what’s optional too; someone coming for the first time is glad to know they can skip the evening session.
Level, and care
Say what level the retreat suits and what to do about an injury or a pregnancy: whether the teacher adapts the practice, whether to ask beforehand. Don’t promise health effects; describe what you do, not what it will cure.
Is it a package holiday?
If you sell lodging and activities together at one price, check whether your retreat counts as a package under your country’s package-travel rules — in the EU, Directive (EU) 2015/2302. If it does, it comes with duties of its own, such as protecting customers’ payments if the organiser can’t deliver.
The room, lengthwise
For the practice photo, stand at one end of the room with mats in front and the windows or the view at the far end. An empty room shot from the middle against a plain wall gains hardly any depth.
Questions
- I run retreats at different houses. Will it work for me?
- The site shows one place: six photos of one venue. If each retreat is somewhere new, change the photos, dates and words in the wizard when you announce the next one, then download the new version; there’s nothing more to pay. Photos of a house that isn’t yours need its owner’s permission.
- Can I list several dates?
- The card has one arrival field, which holds a date: “9–13 May”. If you run several retreats a year, put the next ones in the line that goes with the card’s title, or have the button open the page that lists them all.
- Can people pay for a place on the site?
- The site takes no money, but its button can lead to Stripe, with a payment link for the deposit or the full price. Stripe takes the payment; who has each place and how many are left is yours to track, or a sign-up tool’s if places are few and go fast.
- Will my students appear on the site?
- Only if they’re in your photos, and that needs their permission. Practice photos work just as well with the room set up and empty, or with your own team, who can give their consent in writing.
- My students come from all over. Which language should the site be in?
- Each site is in one language, English or Spanish, chosen on the wizard’s first screen. Pick the one most of your students read, and if you teach in both, say so in the practice moment.