Fasting holiday by the sea · Turkey
Five-day fasting retreat — out of execution mode.
A private fasting retreat in Datça, Turkey – for founders, executives and people who carry responsibility. At work, in the family or for themselves. Because leadership always begins with yourself.
- Date
- 11–15
October 2026 - Location
- Datça, Türkiye
- Group
- Max. 10 people
- Investment
- 1.450 €
Wasserfasten · Yoga & Atemarbeit · Spa & Hamam · Massage · Natur · persönliche Gespräche
Not a seminar. Not a networking event. Not a self-optimisation programme.
Clarity
starts with distance.
If you carry daily responsibility for people, decisions and results, you tend to keep functioning long past the point where it still does you good. This retreat gives you four deliberately reduced days: less input, less distraction, more room for what usually gets buried.
The question isn't what you have to give up. It's how freely you actually decide.
Self-leadership
Notice the automatic routines. Sit with discomfort. Find out you can act without following every impulse.
Mental clarity
Distance from stimuli, decisions and being permanently reachable. Quiet makes room for priorities.
Regulation
Breathwork, gentle movement, nature and recovery help you find the way back out of execution mode.
Why I built
this retreat.
I started out just wanting to know what happens when you go several days without food. In spring 2025 I fasted six days on water, in autumn nine.
Was mich dabei am meisten überrascht hat, war wasn't going without food — it was how much my sense of hunger, habit, discipline and clarity shifted. Danach kamen immer häufiger dieselben Fragen aus meinem Umfeld: Wo kann man so etwas eigentlich in einem guten Rahmen machen? Daraus entstand Führungskräftefasten.
- 13 years an entrepreneur
- Four businesses built
- Teams averaging 10 people
- 6 and 9 days of my own fasting
I host this retreat from my own fasting experience and as a leader — not as a doctor or therapist.
Take in less.
Notice more.
Water fasting sits at the centre of the four fasting days. You drink water, and unsweetened herbal tea if you want it. No solid food, no caloric drinks.
Taking part stays voluntary throughout. Everyone decides for themselves whether to continue, adjust or stop.
One aim is to support the cellular processes that come with fasting, autophagy among them — the body's own recycling and renewal inside the cells. When and how strongly autophagy increases in any individual can't be measured or guaranteed here.
Datça. Space, quiet
and Mediterranean nature.
The Datça peninsula sits between the Aegean and the Mediterranean. Olive groves, mountains, clear light and the sea nearby — a natural counterweight to a scheduled life.
Viva Knidos | Kairos Health Valley is a retreat with its own spa, movement spaces and accommodation in the middle of nature. October is usually mild.
Where you'll spend
five days.
- The grounds at dusk — Viva Knidos, Kairos Health Valley
- Tree House among pines and olive trees
- Modern Accommodation — eigene Terrasse, Blick ins Grüne
- Spa with pool, sauna and a view of the mountains
- Hamam ritual and massage, included
- Body composition analysis on arrival — orientation, not diagnostics
A room of your own
is part of the concept.
Everyone gets their own room. Couples are welcome and stay in separate rooms. Having somewhere to withdraw isn't an add-on here — it's part of how the fasting works.
- Modern Accommodation — included
- Tree House — Aufpreis 100 € / Nacht
A fixed frame.
Plenty of room inside it.
The schedule is the same for both groups. It gives you orientation without filling every hour. Silent Free Time stays deliberately free of group pressure and fixed agenda.
Optional on the evening of day 2: a film evening together. The exact schedule can be adapted on site to the group's rhythm and to practical conditions.
Recovery isn't
a side programme.
The free hours are yours. Withdraw, go to the sea, walk, use the spa — you decide what actually does you good that day.
Daily
Access to spa and sauna
60 Min.
Hamam ritual per person
50 Min.
Massage per person
Free
Sea, nature, walks and time alone
Sauna, movement and treatments are voluntary and follow how you feel.
Clear frame.
Clear responsibility.
A body composition analysis is planned for your arrival. It can show body fat, muscle mass and device-based reference values. It is not medical diagnostics.
Before we accept you
- Application and health questionnaire
- Disclosure of relevant conditions and medication
- A personal check on whether the format fits at all
Während des Retreats
- Fasting, movement and wellness stay voluntary
- Fasting can be adjusted or stopped at any time
- Medication must never be changed or stopped on your own
Yoga and
breathwork.
Senior yoga teacher with a postgraduate diploma in transpersonal and spiritual psychology. Her work combines yoga, breathwork and body-oriented practice.
Four sessions of around 90 minutes accompany the fasting days — easy to get into, with intensity matched to how the group is doing.
Five days. Four nights.
A private space to withdraw to.
Tree House: €100 extra per night.
Payment: 50% once your application is accepted,
the rest up to three days before departure.
What's included
- Four nights in your own room
- Five retreat days in a group of no more than ten
- Four yoga and breathwork sessions of around 90 minutes each
- Interactive talks and one-to-one conversations
- Body composition analysis on arrival
- Dailyer Access to spa and sauna
- 60 minutes hamam and 50 minutes massage included
- Water and unsweetened herbal teas
- Preparation and refeeding guidance
Not included
Flights, airport transfer, car hire, individual extras and personal travel insurance. You travel in via Dalaman airport; a transfer can be arranged on request and is billed separately.
Staying longer is welcome. Extra days can help with rest and integration and are booked separately, subject to availability.
Ten places per group.
Personal on purpose.
Who's in the group is part of the quality. The aim is an atmosphere of trust, with people who carry a comparable level of responsibility and come with a clear personal intention.
Register your interest
Non-binding enquiry for one of ten places