Breath & body
Morning breathwork and yoga to awaken your life force and bring you home to your body.
Private retreats · South Goa, India
Peace with Prema
A private week to really know peace — a soft place to land, to remember who you are.
One-to-one, personally guided by Gayle (Prema).
Email Gayle to apply
gayle@iamgayleberry.com
Retreats are by application only. Email Gayle to be considered.
The invitation
To experience peace, so you can be peace
“A space for release, rebuilding and remembering who you are.”
I offer only private retreats, so that you can really know peace. Each one is personally guided by me, so that you get quality time with yourself and reflection from me — so that you can realign, relax and find your way again.
Everything is taken care of, so you can relax and truly let go of everything you are holding. Held in my home and garden, moments from the beaches of South Goa, this is an intimate respite — a place to soften, to be held, and to come back to yourself.
This is a week for leaders and change-makers who want to live and lead by values they're proud of: love, care and community, in service of all.
My whole life runs on one law: love creates love. This week is simply where I live it, and where you can come and live it with me.
Peace is the new wealth.
Your week
The practice of being here
Each day unfolds as a well-being practice — breath, yoga, sound, art, journaling, time in nature and one-to-one reflection — woven together with rest, beauty and the sea.
Sound & stillness
Sound journeys and meditation that move energy in stillness and open you to receive.
Art & journaling
Creative practice as a doorway — making, writing and listening to what wants to emerge.
Nature & the sea
Time on the beaches of South Goa, with the land, the sunsets and the magic of India.
Reflection with Prema
Quality one-to-one time each day, with loving, honest reflection to help you realign and find your way again.
Nourishment
Beautiful food prepared for you each day, created by Jigs — food that feeds body, mind and soul.
A day on your retreat
The rhythm of your days
A gentle, unhurried rhythm — time to move, to be still, to be nourished and to rest. Because your retreat is private, each day is shaped around you.
- 8:00 amMorning practice and journalling
- 9:00 amBreakfast
- 10:30 amOne-to-one time and reflection with Prema
- 12:30 pmLunch
- 2:00 pmTime for yourself — rest, the sea, the garden
- 7:00 pmDinner
- 8:00 pmEvening wellbeing session
There will also be days with more time for personal reflection — the sea, the garden, the sunsets and the silence.
The journey
Three pillars
Love
coming home to your body
We begin by cultivating more love for yourself — arriving fully in your body through breathwork, yoga and practices of regulation. Less disembodied, more grounded, more present.
Creativity
what is yours to share
Once you are grounded and present, we open the door to your creativity — understanding what it is you want to share with the world, and letting it come through your own joy.
Leadership
lead from love
Finally we bring it all together — choosing the values you want to live by and the way you want to lead. Rooted, clear and at home in yourself.
When you leave, you carry a greater safety in your body — whatever the uncertainty of the world. These are practices to live, not just to learn.
“Love creates love. Peace is the new wealth. When we nurture the smallest hearts and lead from love, we change the world.”
Gayle Berry
Your guide
Gayle (Prema)
Prema — your guide
Gayle Berry is the founder of Blossom & Berry, an author and TEDx speaker, and a recipient of the Points of Light Award for her volunteer work with Love Support Unite, a charity for mothers and babies in Malawi. For 24 years she has built work rooted in love, care and community.
Her work is not theory. She lives it — choosing love, joy and peace each day, cultivating gratitude, presence and deep safety in the body. Your retreat is an invitation into the way she actually lives, guided personally by her in the home where she lives it.
“I don't teach this from a book. I live it.”
Jigs — nourishment
Jigs is an incredible cook with an exceptional palate. He has owned and run multiple restaurants, and his love of beautiful food shapes every meal of your retreat — the kind of vibrant, soulful cooking that nourishes your body as deeply as the practices nourish your mind and soul.
He is also the co-founder of the Love, Sex & Food podcast alongside Prema.
Sourced from Goa's markets — the colours and flavours that shape each meal.
In their words
In their words
Leaders, founders and change makers who have experienced Gayle's work.
“Gayle is an exceptional leader and is embodied in what she teaches.”
“Gayle coming into our lives changed the future of our charity Love Support Unite. Her energy, leadership and direction had profound effects.”
“Everyone should have a day with Gayle. She clarified something deep within me and I have the courage to take the action I needed.”
“Gayle's retreat helped me choose a new path and I am so grateful.”
“Gayle is an incredible leader and has had huge impact on those she has taught and mentored.”
“Gayle has enabled me to create my business touching the hearts of so many in Mexico.”
The setting
A home by the sea at Patnem Beach
You will be staying in Prema's own home in South Goa, on the gentle curve of Patnem Beach. This is a homestyle environment — not a hotel or a retreat centre — with your own private room, meals shared around our table, and everything taken care of, so you can simply rest.
Much of your week can be spent out in nature and in the local area — walking the beach at dawn, swimming in the warm Arabian sea, exploring the markets, temples and villages of South India, and sitting under the stars. This is not a retreat spent indoors; it is an immersion in the land, the sea and the everyday magic of Goa.
Patnem is one of the softest, most peaceful beaches in South Goa — far from the noise of the north, with fishing boats at dawn and sunsets that pour gold across the water. Every detail is made with beauty, art, creativity and love.
Getting here
Patnem Beach · Canacona, South Goa, India
Goa Dabolim Airport (GOI) — the closest airport, around 60 km / 1.5 hours by road to Patnem Beach. Most international flights connect through Mumbai or Delhi.
Manohar International Airport, Mopa (GOX) — the newer airport in north Goa, around 90 km / 2.5–3 hours by road. Less convenient for the south, but an option for some flights.
Margao (Madgaon) railway station — the nearest main rail hub, about 35 km / 1 hour away, on the Konkan line from Mumbai and Kerala.
Airport and station transfers are not included — but we are happy to help you arrange a trusted driver so your journey to us is easy and restful.
What's included
Everything is taken care of
One week, fully held — your stay, all your meals, your practices and your one-to-one time with Prema, all included — so you can let go of everything you are holding.
Included
- One week in Prema's home in South Goa, on dates arranged with you
- Your own private room in a homestyle environment, not a hotel
- All your meals each day — breakfast, lunch and dinner — created by Jigs
- Daily one-to-one time and reflection with Gayle (Prema)
- Daily wellbeing practices — breathwork, yoga, sound, art and journalling
- All materials and activities throughout your week
Not included
- Flights to and from Goa
- Transfers from the airport to Patnem Beach
- Travel insurance and personal expenses
Investment
Your private retreat
Private retreat
£4,999
per person · including everything
- One week, one-to-one with Prema
- Your own private room in Prema's home
- All meals, practices and one-to-one time
- Dates arranged with you
Email Gayle to apply
gayle@iamgayleberry.com
Private retreats are by application only. Email Gayle with a few lines about you and what is bringing you here, to be considered. We no longer offer group retreats.
A three-month payment plan is available on request.
An invitation
A week to come home to yourself
Nourished in body, mind and soul, held with care, watching the sun set into the sea. You will leave softer, safer in your body, and clearer about the life that is yours to live. With all my love — Prema.
Private retreats · South Goa, India · By application
Email Gayle to apply
gayle@iamgayleberry.com