Personalised Attention to Heal & Awaken
Overview
Your Retreat Journey in a Nutshell
Tired of feeling tired? Let’s reboot your energy system in quartz-loaded lands with ancient wisdom – at exactly the pace and vibe that are most beneficial to you right now.
Meeting you where you are at, we will tailor the perfect mix of adventure, relax, chill, exploration, yoga, breathwork, meditation, tantric techniques, forest walks and more – or less – of what you desire.
Retreat from the daily to release any energy blockages that are holding you back in life. Drop into the magic mountain air of the Andes arising in the backdrop of our finca. Let movement, breath and sound heal and elevate you physcially, mentally and emotionally.
Whether you think life is divine, or it isn’t – in either case you are creating your reality.
Refugio Zen, Santa Elena, Colombia
The ayurvedic retreat centre is our permaculture acrage lying in the beautiful, lush Aburra Valley , less than an hour from Medellin’s hustle-bustle and hip culture.
Around us the fresh smell of pine from the Arvi National Park mixes with the sweet scent of flouwers which this region is famous for. Forest hikes take you through small, traditional villages, and meditation spaces around our farm invite to pause.
All of our vegetarian meals are cooked ayurvediccally with organic and homegrown ingredents where possible, accompanying your well-deserved get-away to reconnect, rejuvenate, evolve, and expand through the unsurpassed healing powers and beauty bestowed upon us by nature.
Upcoming Dates
Get in touch with your preferred dates. Each retreat will be tailored to your needs. We love working with individuals, couples, families and small groups.
Dates
One of the many advantages of a private retreat is being able to chose your own days. We reommend a minimum of 2 nights. Get in touch vie Email or WhatsApp (+57 313 two four five 0865) to check our availability.
Each retreat will be tailored to your needs. We love working with individuals, couples, families and small groups.
Daily Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation
Our private retreat is an excellent choice for you if…
– You are desiring to reconnect with your partner in a safe, guided space
– You wish to reconnect with your inner God or Goddess, stop holding back and live life to its full potential
– You are ready to free yourself from limiting beliefs, held trauma, and judgement of self and others.
– You want to deepen your spiritual practice and activate your body’s powerful healing capacity
– You need more insight and clarity to guide you through life decisions and transitions
– You are open to invite more joy, passion and freedom into your daily life.
Shamanic Ceremonies upon request
A private Retreat can help you
1. Reclaim your aliveness and youthful energy
2. Use the potential of ancient lands and teaching of ancient cultures to heal ancestral wounds, allowing you to fully trust and flourish in the now
3. Feel whole in all parts of you again
4. Experience Mayan warmth with your dearest one(s) or simply in the treasure of your own company
5. Create time and space to heal yourself on all levels
6. Move and laugh more, whilst breathing and thinking less
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7. Activate your superpowers
8. Let go of what no longer serves you to give every moment the possibility to be the best of your life.
9. Awaken your full health and well-being potential
10. Pick up new embodied tools to take home and help you integrate your journey in a sustained way
Escape, Renew, Transform: Your Journey to Inner Harmony
What a day could look like
Refugio Zen – your Home in the Andes Mountains
You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Accomodation at Refugio Zen, Colombia
El Refugio Zen became our home when we were longing for land after having spent ten years at sea. The plan wasn’t to settle in Colombia, but the magic of this quartz supported land caught us unexpected.
Since moving in, we have created a mandala garden bed, plenty of veggie patches, planted 50 trees and 50 bamboos, designed a food forest, converted the hexagonal shed into a precious yoga studio; put love and plants into every nook and granny and are in the process of building a temazcal.
You will be accomodated in your own private cabin, with ensuite bathroom and incredible views as soon as you step into your own private piece of garden.
Whilst a small outdoor kitchen is at your disposition, all meals will be lovingly prepared for you during your retreat.
Temperatures are mostly warm during the day (around 20C) and slightly crispy at night (down to 10C), generally making for a great night’s sleep tucked away under your cosy blanky. The sunrises here in the land of flowers are completely somthing else.
because you deserve it
Cozy mountain cabin with ensuite
Prices & Booking Conditions
Single Occupancy: 100USD/night
Double Occupancy: 150USD/night
See below for what’s included in this standard retreat package which has a minimum booking of two nights.
Check in is at 4pm and check out after lunch. At times this can be flexible.
Booking is confirmed upon receipt of the full payment.
Breath in the freshest air whilst enjoying homegrown food.
because you deserve it
Inclusions
- Accommodation at Refugio Zen (half an hour’s drive from Medellin’s international Airport JMC)
- Ayurvedically catered meals for breakfast and lunch with a light soup for dinner (gentle cleanse) with food grown organically in our own finca and where not available sourced from organic neighbouring fincas3 delicious daily vegetarian / vegan meals
- Potable water and herbal tea
- Twice daily yoga and meditation classes (morning vinyasa flow & breathwork; pre-dinner yin class and meditation)
- A permaculture tour around the place upon arrival
- Plenty of nature walks in the adjacent forests
- A follow up call two weeks post-retreat
Not Included
- Air-fares
- Transport from Airport (although we can help with logistics)
- Travel Insurance
- Additional services or excurcions like laundry, guided walk, traditional sancocho (a kind of stew which is cooked in a huge pot over open fire for many hours) or visit to ruins, museums or silletas (which we can organise for you)
- Meeting of one of the most traditional silletera families in the area (look up ‘Santa Elena Silleteras’ – it’s the local flower festival every summer which has reached international fame and is deeply routed in the traditions of the area)
- Optional extras workshops: Couples Tantra Therapy; Ayurvedic Lifestyle consultation; Vedic Astrology Reading – all 1 hour each with follow up summary via email
- Permaculture handson workshop (3 hours)
- Massage or Reiki session
- Specially curated ceremony
International Retreat Leader
Experienced Yogini
Dedicated Tantrica
Ayurvedic Consultant
Vedic Astrologer
Your Yoga Teacher, Guide & Space Holder
Dini has been devoted to yoga for almost 20 years. She is a 500RYT experienced yoga teacher with over 5,000 teaching hours, Reiki practitioner, Ayurvedic consultant, passionate Tantrika, skilled Doula, certified Vedic Astrologer, trained in the temple arts and passionate retreat leader.
People around the world – from refugees and prisoners, over corporate mums and dads, to glorious superyacht owners and fellow nomadic hippies all have been impacted by her teachings.
Dini has been living on a boat with her family, sailing the seven seas for the past decade. In 2024 part of her life shifted to a finca near Medellin, Colombia, which she has since been transforming into a permaculture farm and tantric retreat centre.
The nomadic mother of three speaks seven languages and loves nature, ecstatic dance, fire-twirling and jamming with her guitar. She is deeply passionate about creating a more sustainable and peaceful world, and strongly believes this process starts within each of us; from there within our relationships and then spreads into our communities.
Where Permaculture meets Yoga
Lose your mind. Come to your senses.
Fritz Perls
Reconnect with Spirit
“Beautiful, calming yoga retreat in the countryside”
“We loved this beautiful, calming, restful and healing finca retreat! The whole space allowed us to check-in with ourselves, rest, pause, and decompress from the wild world 🌎 Dini’s communication was amazing from start to finish, and we really felt at home in her finca the whole time.. getting to share some meals/time with the whole family; Dini, her husband Pablo, their 3 awesome kids and doggo. Dini accommodated an early check in as we arrived into Medellin on a night bus at the crack of dawn. We absolutely loved the availability of so many mindful moments in the place.. the farm views, the chickens, the forest, the garden and most importantly the yoga/meditation hexagonal space. We loved our little rustic outdoor breakfast bar/kitchen w/ stools and fresh bottled water (with an electric pump 🤓), the books scattered around the place, the vege/plant sanctuaries, the hammock, the deck, and enjoyed being private/separate in our cabin, but also pleasantly optionally included in the day-to-day authentic family going-ons! The food was absolutely amazing, every meal surprised us, and made with such love! Amazing coffee with cacao toppings. Standout touches – lovely hot shower, plant sanctuary, the private yoga sessions – calming + a workout & intimate yet expansive, Sacha the dog, the chickens. We arrived exhausted, fragile and disconnected from ourselves.. and we left feeling healed, connected to ourselves/each other and grounded/present! Would defo stay again!”
Eloin Kelly, New Zealand/Ireland, 2025
“Amazing short yoga retreat”
“I loved everything about the 2 night yoga retreat. Dini and her family were super welcoming and I felt at home right away. The food was absolutely delicious and fresh. A nice change to all the Colombian food that I had been eating. The vinyasa yoga in the morning was the right mix of challenging and relaxing. And I am definitely converted to the yin yoga in the evenings. Will take it up when back home. The property itself is lush, with a nice big terrace and a hammock to chill in. I also loved the chickens. One of my favourite things to do was the hike/walk through the forest. It felt like being in a fairytale forest. Big thanks to Dini for an unforgettable 2 days.”
Monique R., Germany, 2025
“The perfect getaway for slowing down”
“During our long journey through South America we were ready to slow down. Dini offers the perfect opportunity for this. The stay at the Finca but in a private house was wonderful. The house is small but cozy and has a lovely warm shower. It was very nice to hear/learn something about permaculture and we found it very nice to see how Dini is so passionate about it and enjoys it. The food was really delicious. We were surprised every time by the variety and freshness of the food. The surroundings in the mountains are incredibly beautiful and relaxing. In between lessons you can walk and/or hike here. On our last day we also went to Santa Elena, this is a small village that you can easily get to by bus. Nice to end with. The yoga lessons were well tailored to our needs, we really liked that. The variation in the lessons is also very good. Due to the hustle and bustle of traveling and our lives at home, we not only needed to slow down but also to connect with ourselves and with each other. Since Diny is trained in tantra, this was very convenient for us. We were able to sense it for a moment and then made the choice to do a session. This was a really great experience. We both got a lot out of this session and have taken a number of exercises from it into our daily lives. We really enjoyed the hospitality of Dini and her family. The retreat gave us new healthy calm energy and we grew closer to each other. Dini, thank you very much again for this wonderful opportunity.”
Fadou, Holand/Morocco, 2025
“Excelente retiro en un lugar espectacular”
Dini es una excelente persona e instructora de yoga. Las clases fueron adaptadas a mi nivel de yoga y necesidades. También disfrute mucho conocer más sobre la finca y la permacultura. La comida también fue deliciosa y saludable. El lugar respira paz y tranquilidad. MUY RECOMENDADO!
Silvia Rojas, Colombia, 2024
“Mil gracias divinas. Ya tienen un Refugio aquí en Santa Elena que les espera cada vez que necesiten un ‘time out’ y pausar un momento de las locuras de la vida. Apreciamos muchísimo sus lindas energías y historias que compartimos. Aprender y crecer siempre es mutuo y acelera cuando nos juntamos. También quedamos muy impresionadas de sus largas caminatas que disfrutaron y sus baños en los ríos helados!!! Hasta la próxima. Con amor y gratitud. Namaste 🙏”
Lina P., Germany/Colombia, 2024
“La intructura de yoga; La paz que se siente en el lugar; Sensación de estar en casa; La atención; El paisaje del lugar; Las clases de yoga; El amor con el que me atendieron – todo perfecto.”
Nina, Colombia/Germany, 2025
“Un moment hors du temps”
“I found Refugio Zen quite accidentally at a very vulnerable time in my life. A time when a LT relationship was becoming an illusion. A time when I needed to feel validated and valued. A time when I was consumed with a stressful and demanding career. A time when I needed to recalibrate and reconnect with my inner center. I am a yoga teacher and a practicing yogi. When I signed up for the retreat, I did not know what to expect. But, upon arriving on this Colombian finca, I felt immediately at home. I found a sacred space that allowed for resetting of my mind and body. I had an instant connection with Dini who embraced me and guided me on a path of self discovery; to reset my nervous system, find inner peace and wisdom. It was a unique experience in finding healing powers, strength, clarity and transformation.”
Nadeje Halperin, US/Thaiti, 2024
“J’ai passé 3 jours au sein de cette maison et de cette famille et je recommande réellement de passer ces quelques jours avec elle. Au delà qu’elle soit très professionnelle dans ces cours de yoga, elle arrive à être à l’écoute, à nous laisser de l’espace et à comprendre nos maux et nos besoins. Elle a totalement compris pourquoi je venais passer ces quelques jours chez elle, et a réussi à me comprendre. Les cours de yoga proposés sont incroyables. Elle s’adapte à nos compétences physiques et nous corrige régulièrement. Et l’ambiance est vraiment chouette dans ce petit havre de paix. Toute sa famille est très gentille et ne semble pas être dérangée par notre venue. J’ai pu partager mes repas avec eux. Le fait qu’elle parle français est un réel plus, pour échanger mais aussi pour les cours de yoga et les soins additionnels. J’ai pu réaliser un massage reiki et une séance d’astrologie avec elle qui était hyper complet. en bref, je recommande à tout le monde de la connaitre, de connaitre sa famille et sa maison. C’est réellement un havre de paix, une petite maison du bonheur”
Chloe Collin, France, 2025
“I found immense growth in pranayam/meditation/practice first up in the morning. I feel I’ve dropped deeper in another level of understanding and awareness after this retreat. I feel there is SO much I haven’t uncovered within myself that needs to be released that I have either brushed off or just never addressed… but after the weekend it’s become so clear to me to make meditation a priority every day! The calling to connect with oneness, the universe.. has never felt so strong. Growing with sisters, pure goddess energy, amounts to nothing else. Like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Expansion and peace within.”
Mariah S., Yoga Teacher, Sydney Australia 2021
“Beautiful, private yoga retreat”
“The property is located in a peaceful area and the accommodation is equipped with all you need for a relaxed weekend. I felt very welcomed by Dini and her family. Most of the food comes from their own garden which is lovely and delicious! Dini is a very experienced yoga teacher and I learned a lot from her. The one on one teaching is great because Dini really focusses on your wishes/needs. I highly recommend this yoga retreat if you’re looking for a relaxed getaway from daily life.”
anonymous visitor, Netherlands, 2024
“Simplement super.”
Lena, France, 2025
Disconnect to Reconnect
FAQ
Can I join this retreat even without prior yoga experience?
Yes. One of the greatest benefits of a private retreat is that individual attention insures that both pace and level is exactly where you need it to be.
Can a couples retreat with you save my partnership?
One of Dini’s favourite is working with couples, as well as many other types of relationship constellations. Whilst we cannot put out any warranty on this, we can assure you that a couples retreat at Refugio Zen will bring more insight, clarity, depth and honesty into your most intimate connections. We have seen couples reconnect after many years, if not decades, of drifting apart. We have also seen participants come to a clear understanding that change is necessary and offered tools providing a peaceful transition into a different type of relationship.
Can I retreat alone?
Totally. In fact, spending time to nourish your self is not a luxury, but a necessity. Increasing self-love and -understanding will ultimately make you a better mother, father, lover, husband, wife, friend and person overall.
Will there be free time?
Absolutely. Your personalised schedule will provide you with self-study practices, as well as the time you need to integrate, relax, explore or simply be.
What is your payment and cancellation policy?
To secure your sport we need a 14% non-refundable deposit. The remainder of the retreat fee is due 30 days prior to the retreat.
In the case of cancellation before those 30 days prior, you can change the retreat dates in accordance with availability at Refugio Zen.
Can I request additional private session time with the instructor?
Yes, absolutely. Addional private sessions will be subject to availability and will be charged at a retreat-special hourly rate.
Nourish and Rejuvenate physically, mentally and emotionally.
If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
Dini Martinez 