Peter Walters Yoga
Pwy / Retreat 01 / 2026 Last updated 05.05.2026

A week at the edge of the world.

Aegean · gulet at anchor

The only retreat I'm leading in 2026. One boat. Ten guests. Seven nights through the North Dodecanese, in partnership with YogaCruising — a crew that's been running this coast for twenty years.

Where The North Dodecanese, by sailboat
When 10 — 17 October 2026
Who Ten guests, one captain, one teacher
With Peter, in partnership with YogaCruising
An invitation 01

There is nothing wellness about this trip. There is nothing optimized. We are not on retreat — we are at sea, the way people have been at sea for as long as people have known the difference between a coast and a horizon.

Each morning a new island. Practice on deck before the sun gets high. Swim before lunch. Read in the afternoon. Eat what the sea brings. Sleep with the salt still in your hair.

The teaching is the trip. The trip is the teaching. Show up, and the rest is hospitality and weather.

— Peter, on what to expect
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The boat
A wooden Turkish gulet, 25 to 50 metres
The practice
Twice daily, on deck or at sunset on shore
The places
Color-block harbours and empty island bays
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Nights at sea
10
Guests, no more
10
Practices · twice daily, 5 days
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Swims to count

Eight days,
five islands.

Indicative route, weather permitting. The crew decides the morning of. Half the joy is not knowing where you'll wake.

01
Embark · Bodrum → Kalymnos
Fly into Bodrum (or Kos and ferry across). Check in any time through the afternoon. Welcome drink at sunset, then a short cruise to anchor in a quiet bay near Kalymnos. Dinner on board. Sleep on deck under the stars if the weather's right.
Bodrum (TR) → Kalymnos · 36.95° N
02
Leros · windmills + Panteli
Morning practice on board. Hike to the medieval castle and the six old windmills above Ayia Marina. Evening practice at the windmills or back on deck. Overnight in Panteli Bay.
Leros · 37.13° N
03
Lipsi · hidden coves
Morning yoga, then sail to the smallest fishing island in the chain. Hidden beaches, optional walks. Evening practice by the sea. Overnight in a tranquil bay.
Lipsi · 37.30° N
04
Patmos, where John saw it all
Morning yoga on deck. Visit the Monastery of Saint John (1088) and the cave of the Apocalypse. Optional bus tour or hike. Evening practice on board. Overnight in Patmos harbor.
Patmos · 37.31° N
05
Leros, slowly · sunset chapel
Morning practice on deck. Drift south through Kokali and Gourna — quiet bays most boats skip. Evening yoga at a small chapel as the sun goes down.
Leros, southern bays · 37.10° N
06
Kalymnos · Vahti
Morning yoga on land. Sail down to Kalymnos and anchor in Vahti Harbor. Optional hike up to the Crusader castle near Chorio. Evening practice in a secluded cove.
Kalymnos · 36.95° N
07
Kos → Bodrum · farewell
Final morning practice on board. Cruise to Kos and visit the fortress of the Knights of St. John. Late return to Bodrum. Farewell dinner on board, anchored in a quiet bay.
Kos → Bodrum · 36.89° N
08
Disembark · Bodrum
Breakfast on board, then a slow cruise into Bodrum harbor. Disembarkation by noon.
Bodrum (TR) · 37.03° N
Sunset practice · shore · Leros
From the practice
"We're in this together — and the practice works when you show up as you actually are."
— Peter Walters Yoga · The Begin Again Methodology

What's included.

In the price
  • Seven nights aboard a chartered gulet (wooden Turkish sailing yacht)
  • Vegetarian half-board: 7 brunches + 5 dinners on board, plus light lunches and fresh fruit
  • Twice-daily yoga + meditation on five full days — on deck, in coves, at chapels at sunset
  • All yoga equipment (mats, blocks, belts, blankets, pillows)
  • Airport transfer from Bodrum (BJV) — covered by Peter
  • Arrival-day port tax
  • The captain, the chef, the sailor, the boat, the route
Bring yourself
  • Flights to Bodrum, Turkey (BJV) — or fly into Kos and ferry across
  • Travel insurance
  • Two taverna dinners on shore
  • Greek waters port tax (~€110)
  • Tips for the crew (custom is around €100/person)
  • Optional excursions — the Patmos island tour (~€80) or Leros herb hike (~€40)
  • Coffee, juices, soft drinks, alcohol — tea is on us
  • A sleeping bag if you want to sleep on deck under the stars
Six spots remain · standard boat

Six spots left.

If this sounds like the kind of October you've been quietly waiting for, write me. Decision on the bigger boat by end of December — if there's demand, we make room.

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