What to bring to a retreat?

Desire to breathe, enjoy, share and smile. Desire to hear the silence, to stop time and above all, to love, love a lot.

For hiking

For yoga practice and being at Casa

• Comfortable yoga and meditation clothing.
• Yoga mat (although we have to lend and also available in the boutique)**
• Meditation cushion (although we have to lend and also available in the boutique)**
• Blanket or shawl for meditation (although we have to lend and also available in the boutique)
• A special and confortable piece of clothing that you can wear on the Tea Ceremony.
• Earplugs for sleeping (if you think you might need them).
• Organic biodegradable soap/shampoo (very important and available at our boutique).
• Toilet bag with everything you may need during your stay (sanitary pads, medicines, etc.).
• Thick socks for the no-shoes area (first and second floor) and sandals or slippers for the ground floor (basically something easy to put on and remove, we recommend something like “Crocs”)
• Camera, if you like to take pictures.

Note: We will invite you to leave your mobile when entering Casa Cuadrau and forget about it until the retreat is over, to experience an electronic detox. ?

• A notebook and a pen.
• If you like to draw, paint or write, you will have time to explore your creativity.  If you want you can bring your watercolors, brushes, colored pencils and everything you consider.
• Si te gusta dibujar, pintar o escribir tendrás tiempo para explorar tu creatividad. Si quieres puedes traer tus acuarelas, pinceles, lápices de colores y todo aquello que consideres.

**Beautique

We will have for sale in our boutique:

• bottles
• T-shirts
• yoga mats
• meditation cushions
• simple fabric gym bagback
• organic and biodegradable shampoo, hair conditioner, soap
• notebooks

For the car in Winter

It is necessary to bring traditional snow chains for the tires, or the ones that are for emergency made on fabric or winter tires.

The road Ainsa – Escalona – Puyarruego – Buerba – Vio is the best option as it is much more sunny, so it minimize the risk of finding snow / ice. We recommend this option during this time of the year even for those who are coming from Madrid – Zaragoza / País Vasco, and have no experience or appropriate car to drive in mountain roads in winter conditions.

What not to bring?

• It is not necessary to bring bed linen, the service includes duvet, blankets, bed linen and towel (if you plan to swim in the river please bring a small towel to use outdoors).
• Do not bring any meat, fish, drugs or stimulants, including cigarettes and alcohol.
• Do not wear perfumes/after shave and/or strong-smelling lotions or deodorants, as some people are particularly sensitive to odors or chemicals and may disturb during meditation sessions or asana classes.

NO INTERNET SERVICE

Taking a retreat at Casa Cuadrau is an opportunity to disconnect from your routine and, in order to create a conducive environment, we have chosen to not offer internet service.

We invite you to keep your mobile, laptop and other devices off during your stay at Casa Caudrau, and use the mobile, if necessary, outside our premises.

Weather

Except in winter that can be very cold, usually in Vio we have a mild and pleasant weather, but be aware that we are at 1,210 meters of altitude and in the trekking tours we can climb to 3,355 meters. In the mountains the climate is changeable. In mid August we may be surprised with a severe storm, lower temperatures and in high mountains, even snow.

You can download a document with all this info.