unique, Personal & Authentic retreats in the Spanish Mountains

Welcome to Casa Rico Retreats

We are so much more then just a retreat-centre. Casa Rico Retreats is our home, where we live our unique and authentic way of life in a Homstead Style.

With the years, our offering became an extension of our individual and family-life. The things that we have learn to love and are passionated about we have translated into our retreat-programs, activities and workshops. This makes the experience with us authentic, real and personal.

Casa Rico Retreats is located in Finestrat, a mountain village in the province of Alicante. We are surrounded by mountains, and our place is fully off-grid. The guest-spaces are ecological and rustic, we have animals and love to be active with permaculture and self-sufficient projects! Beside the retreat program, workshops and sessions we provide, we love to integrate you in this magical world.

Hosts & Facilitators: Raymond & Femke

After starting a relationship years ago, we soon found out that we had a common purpose what was around guiding people on their (spiritual) path

In the Netherlands this was translated in online coaching, online-programs and being active on social media. But after we went to Spain for a healing-retreat ourselves, we awakened for new and deeper parts of our true life path. The beginning of something new.

We went on a quest and soon we learned that we belonged on this place on earth (Casa Rico), in the nature and with land so we can welcome people and share our love and healing in an authentic way with you.

We both love to provide a journey for our clients that's deep, transforming and full of joy. And both we are doing that on our own way.

Femke will be more around with here feminine energy, softness, heart-felt breathwork sessions, opening our home and being supportive with delicious food.

Raymond will be more present with his masculine energy, providing most of the program & structure, giving lead to the journey and share the adventures with you on our land, as the animals and cooking on fire.

We both have our license as breathwork teacher, and use different breathwork methods in our work. We also use other ways and techniques to guide you towards the right places.

But mainly it's our intention for you to feel home and safe with us, so you can go within on your personal journey.

Recommended by BookRetreats

To give you confidence that we are experienced and a well-reviewed center, we share our experience with BookRetreats with you.

For the last years we are with our retreats on BookRetreats. It's a platform where retreat-hosts can share their offerings.

This means that our retreat programs are carefully designed to meet the standards set by BookRetreats, ensuring that you receive a profound and life-changing experience.

The photo is not an example copy. We actually have an average FIVE star rating from our guests till now! 🙂 

See here one of our retreats on the platform:
https://bookretreats.com/r/4-day-feminine-embodiment-tantra-retreat-for-women-in-spain

Interested in a Life-changing Retreat with us?

Start Your Healing Journey Let's have a chat!

Our retreats offer profound healing through nature, breathwork, and personal connection and guidance. Choose the retreat that resonates with you and join us for an unforgettable journey of self-awakening.


Join Us For One Of Our Retreats Or Workshops

We are having years of experience in individual and private retreat-journeys, working in small groups and facilitating workshops. It's our main-thing to do since 2018.

We love to work in intimate and small settings so there is a lot of space to connect and give you the attention you need in your process and keep our work within the energy of simplicity.

Our intention is to make you feel home, feel safe and touch deeper parts with each other.

Within your visit you can expect to be welcomed in our day to day life and experience a different, alternative and natural way of living!

 

 

Our Yurt is also available as ceremony space for your workshop or activity if you look for a place to hold your workshop or give your private sessions as facilitator

Events For The Local Community

Since 2025 we offer the practices, activities and workshops we have facilitated in our retreats the last years as well for the local community.

Every week we have multiple things scheduled for you! If there are retreat-guests, we integrate the retreat-program with the workshop & activity schedule.

Expect spiritual things as breathwork, guided meditations, masculinity and femininity workshops, plant-medicine and tantra. As well as 'simple' things as a homestead tour by one of our neighbours, a family barbecue or nature hike. 

Just send Raymond a WhatsApp through the contact button to stay updated!

Yurt Stay In Nature

In the middle of our plot stands a magical yurt that has hosted hundreds of people the last years. 

It's a perfect get away for you if you want to have some alone time, or quality time with your partner or kid.

The yurt is wonderful designed with natural and ecological material. In the Yurt Garden you look upon the animals and mountain views. 

You have your own outside kitchen, eco-toilet and outside shower to your disposal.

It's possible to combine your yurt stay with one of our workshops, or book a private session as extra to complement, deepen and enrich your stay.

Yurt is for maximum two persons. (an extra small child is possible)

Click here for the link to check the agenda! When you've found your night you can book on the airbnb platform or book straight with us.

Current Available Retreats

Private Retreats:

"Take Your Space Retreat" 
(a unique retreat experience where the program is not leading, but your unique situation)

"Digital Detox & Connect Retreat"
(A journey of four days to let go of the fast paced and digital modern world and fully emerge in nature, slow-living, reconnection and normality)

"Transformative Shamanic Breathwork Retreat"
(a private retreat experience where you are going to make a journey into rebirth, transformation, emotional and physical release and transcendental experiences)

"Tantra & Feminine Energy Retreat for Women."
(enjoy this individual retreat journey specially for women to embrace your feminine energy, connect with your body and reclaim your sexual power)

Group Retreats:

"Elemental Masculinity Journey for Men"
(a practical, real and raw retreat journey to connect with your manhood through the elements)

"Nervous System Regulation: Yoga & Breathwork Retreat"
(a journey into soothing & regulating the nervous system through breathwork, release, EFT and yoga)

(The retreat links above are listed on BookRetreats. But if you are here now, just reach out and book through this website with filling in the contact or send a chat through WhatsApp :))

4-7 Day Private Retreats, 1 on 1, Deep, Adventure & Life Changing

Since 2018 we facilitate individual and private retreats. It's something we love to do and it's a way how we love to support people in their evolvement as human and guide on their spiritual path.

We have 3 private retreats possible. 1, for men and women, 1 for men and 1 for women. 

We have the Private Breathwork Retreat. This is a 4 Day Journey. You will be facilitated in our retreat-guesthouse in nature. Within the days you stay here we will guide you with different breathwork practices and ceremonies into deeper states of yourself. 
Private Breathwork Retreat is 1500,-

We have the Feminine Energy & Tantra Retreat for Women. A 4 Day journey where you as a woman can spiral deeper down into your womanhood. By embracing your emotions, needs, sensuality and softness. We use different breathing, embodiment and tantric practices to guide you with this.
Private Women Retreat is 1500,-

For Men we have a 5,6 or 7 Day Hiking Journey with Raymond in the mountains. You will walk from accommodation to accommodation between the valleys of Finestrat and Alcoy. It's in this quest where you will receive spiritual practices and deep sessions beside your adventure what's going to bring you by the roots of your masculinity. More info here!
Private Men's Hiking Retreat is 4999,-

All Retreats Are Included With:

Accommodation

We provide for you the accommodation. We have at Casa Rico at our disposal an ecological yurt, wooden cabin and rustic finca. Within the hiking retreats the ecologic and rustic accommodations are carefully chosen by Raymond.

Meals & Snacks

From the moment you walk in, till the moment you go we have your belly fed. We arrange multiple (healthy and local) snack and meals for you to prepare in the community kitchen. In the evening we provide an delicious community meal for you. On the Hiking retreats everything on the road is covered as well.

Daily Breathwork Sessions

Which retreat you book, one thing is for sure, you will receive daily breathwork session to go deeper within and have your own inner experience.

Unique Hiking Routes

Within the hiking retreat you will be taken on amazing hikes in the mountains. Some routes are even only known by Raymond. If you are for an retreat in our centre, there are many hiking possibilities around as well!

Healing Ceremonies & Practices

Within the years we have gained many experience in providing authentic and attuned rituals of healing. Within different ways, on different moments you can expect an magical ceremony where you have to change to let something go and step into your true self.

Intimate Guidance through Private Retreats

Shared Experience through Group Retreats

Access to Nature Animals & Permaculture

Deep Healing & Transformation

Post-Retreat Tools & Practices for Home

Hear from Our Guests

Our retreats have brought lasting transformation to people’s lives. Here’s what our past guests have to say.

Simon Amazing experience!

Ray, Femke and Aram are beautiful people. I'm definitely going back to see them!
Needed a break and wanted to try something new.
I chose this retreat as I already had flights to Alicante and this was close by.
Breathwork, meditation, wrestling, singing round a campfire; a world away from city life!

Rossi A dream come true!

Ray and his family are beyond loving. The warmth i received and programming put on was just above expectation.
Lastly, the views, the nature and just EVERYTHING was just amazing. I couldn't recommend this experience more if i tried!!
I wanted to get away and get in touch with my inner man, discuss some issues and really get to know myself in a deeper way.
When I spoke with Ray about what I was after, he said that there were many ways and offerings that he could bring to the table and none disappointed.
I was able to release some trauma and learnt many new things.

Imre Borsanyi

It’s been a profound experience spending a few days at this retreat. Ray was very welcoming from the first minute and I felt really comfortable and open with him right away. The facilities are clean and the food was fresh and great. Ray and his family welcomed me to join them for dinner as well. With the various ceremonies with Ray as well as the time spent alone on the property and the surrounding mountains, the experience was well rounded and transformational. I highly recommend to anyone desiring to reconnect and feel grounded again - I promise you that you will walk away with much more than expected or hoped for.

Danielle

I did the 4-day Femininity Retreat at Casa Rico Retreats and stayed in the magical yurt in the middle of beautiful nature. It were a fantastic days, during which I made a deep connection with myself again. Raymond and Femke offer a safe and loving environment, in which I felt so comfortable. The program was completely attuned to what I needed. Dancing on the beach, massage, delicious food, the sun, beautiful personal in-depth sessions with Femke and Raymond, the silence and tranquility…. Thank you for this experience. You will definitely see me again!

Anja

Transforming and reconnecting 3 days. Coming to the breathwork retreat with Femke was a very spontaneous decision for me. From our first call on (still back home) I felt very welcomed and safe sharing my topics with Femke. During the retreat I really ennjoyed staying in the (luxury) tent, relaxing, playing with Aram, talking to the hosts and other visitors and interacting with the animals. I always felt comfortable taking time for myself and just relaxing too (like lying around in the hammock, going on a morning hike). Breathing with Femke was a very new, intense experience for me - leading to such a fast, deeply transforming process. She always took a lot of time for sharing before and after the breathwork and shared really important knowledge with me. Now 3 months later a lot of things have changed for me - I've felt so much power to take bigger steps in direction of my individual path and releasing old patterns and anxieties. I am looking forward to staying with Femke and the family again soon! 🙂

Alexandra Highly recommended!

Attending the retreat hosted by Raymond was an incredible experience. His warm hospitality, attention to detail, and passion for creating a nurturing environment was evident throughout. The activities, raw nature, were top-notch, allowing for deep relaxation and personal growth. I left feeling rejuvenated, inspired, and grateful for the memories created. Best wishes to Femka, Aram, George, Gizel and all the crew

Danielle

I did the 4-day Femininity Retreat at Casa Rico Retreats and stayed in the magical yurt in the middle of beautiful nature. It were a fantastic days, during which I made a deep connection with myself again. Raymond and Femke offer a safe and loving environment, in which I felt so comfortable. The program was completely attuned to what I needed. Dancing on the beach, massage, delicious food, the sun, beautiful personal in-depth sessions with Femke and Raymond, the silence and tranquility…. Thank you for this experience. You will definitely see me again!

Kaj Investment of a lifetime!

I booked the 6 day hiking retreat with Ray. I had a feeling this was going to be good, but it got even better once I got there. Ray and his family's place at the foot of the mountain Puig Campana is something extra, here you find peace and quiet in the middle of nature in a rustic environment and surrounded by the mighty mountain behind the house. The hike itself was incredible with the beautiful views of the mountain peaks and the deep valleys, along the trail we did various breathing exercises and meditations, which helped me connect with my inner self in a good way I had never experienced before. Ray is a very good guide both physically and mentally, and brings out sides of you that you didn't think existed. He also has an incredible intuition to see and sense each person's needs. Every night during the hike we slept in different retreat places, which are run by absolutely wonderful and warm-hearted people. I highly recommend going on this hiking retreat with Ray, it's an investment of a lifetime!

Jacky

I had a great time with Femke and Ray. They both have a warm and loving energy and are very attuned to each other. We did breathwork sessions (the retreat I booked), but they also customized the program to my needs. So, in the end, we did all kinds of different sessions, which was great. The location is beautiful, the cabin very cozy, and they make sure that there is enough time to spend alone. It is also very nice to see how they are creating their (family)life, according to their values, up in the mountains. The communal diner is a nice place to casually hang out and enjoy a great meal. This retreat enabled me to release many emotions and brought me closer to my(loving)self. Definitely recommend booking this retreat.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

We recommend bringing comfortable hiking gear (specially for the hiking retreats), good walking shoes, swim-gear, clothing tailored to the seasons and personal toiletries. We provide all meals, snacks, and accommodations, so you only need to bring your essentials. For breathwork sessions, it’s helpful to have loose, comfortable clothing.

All of our retreats are all-inclusive. The price covers your accommodation, meals, snacks, drinks, coaching/guidance, all sessions (breathwork, ceremonies, healing practices), and hiking activities. From the moment you arrive until the moment you leave, everything is taken care of.

Absolutely! Our retreats are open to both beginners and those with more experience. In matter a fact, most of our clients are first retreat timers!

Each session and activity can be adjusted to your level of comfort and experience, so that you have a meaningful and transformative experience regardless of your 'level'.

You can book a retreat directly through our website. A 15% deposit is required to book your spot. Payment can be made via bank transfer, credit card, or PayPal. Once your booking is confirmed, we will provide all the necessary details for your retreat and final payment.

Casa Rico Retreats is located in Finestrat, a mountain village in the Costa Blanca area in Spain. The nearest airport is Alicante Airport, what's a 40 minute drive from our place. You can get here with a official taxi (75,-/80,-), an arranged taxi by us (55,-) or public transport can bring you close to the town where you have to take a taxi for the final 15 minutes.

First of all, it depends of your unique situation and intention what and how intense we are going to use exactly.

But we are experienced with, licenced in, and use the transformational breathwork, rebirthing, Shamanic breathwork and trauma breathwork. 

Beside the ones we name above (what's for the longer sessions) we will also provide you with smaller practices like the Wim Hof Breath, Breath of Fire or other 5 til 10 minute rituals that you can use on daily basis.

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