Rock Flow Retreat
A holistic approach to your climbing with Pablo Scorza & Tess Driessens
To us, rock climbing is much more than just thicking grades and reaching the top. It’s about challenge and personal growth, moving body and mind in harmony, experiencing the magic of flow, and most of all, having fun together out there! We truly believe that a more holistic approach to climbing will elevate your climbing experience to new heights in a sustainable way.
What makes our climbing retreat unique?
- 🏋️♀️Body Awareness and Recovery: Learn techniques to enhance your body awareness, improve recovery, and prevent injuries, ensuring you can climb stronger and longer.
- 🧘♂️Mental Training: Explore the connection between mind and body through mental training exercises tailored specifically for climbers, and through daily morning meditation practise.
- 🎯Personalized Coaching: Benefit from personalized climbing coaching designed to hone your skills, conquer challenges, experience personal growth in an empowering environment and unlock your full potential outdoors (max. 6 climbers/retreat).
- 🌿 Healthy Food: Nourish your body with delicious, nutritious meals crafted to fuel your climbing days, recovery and support overall well-being.
- 🏞️ Unique Climbing Experience: Immerse yourself in one of the best and most beautiful sport climbing crags in Europe, Siurana! You will embark for an unforgettable climbing experience filled with laughter, learning and inspiration!
Specifics about joining our retreat
For who
Every climber is celebrated as a unique individual with their own journey to explore. Whether you’re an experienced climber seeking to deepen your practice or an intermediate climber eager to learn, our retreat offers value for you.
We adopt the requirement of climbing min 6a/6b lead on rock, as Siurana starts mostly from that grade. Besides, participants should master the outdoor single-pitch basic climbing techniques, including lead climbing, dynamic belaying and setting anchors.
To guarantee a high quality retreat involving personal coaching, we allow maximum 6 climbers per week.
Guided by
Two fanaticos with an infinite love for rock climbing and a desire to share their knowledge about body and mind to deepen your climbing experience. They have been working together for many years and share the holistic view that climbing involves so much more than just physical training.
Pablo Scorza is one of the most sought-after physiotherapists in the climbing world, working with both amateur and elite climbers for over 20 years to help them stay healthy and climbing strong. His work uses functional biomechanics and nutrition as tools for injury prevention and treatments for climbers; all is underpinned by his delightful philosophy: “Take care of your body, it’s your most valuable climbing gear”. For more information, check out his website
Tess Driessens is a recognized climbing coach in Belgium and Spain. Because of a trajectory of serious back injuries combined with physical training limitations, she invested a lot of time and effort in the mastery of her technical and mental climbing skills. Over the years, she has helped a lot of climbers in finding more joy and flow in their rock climbing experiences with better performances as a consequence. Her Mission is to share that deep passion and love for climbing and to help others reaching their climbing dreams and goals in a supportive environment. For more information on her story, check out over Motion
When
The rock flow retreat will be organized in November and February:
• November: Sun 17/11/’24 (from 6pm)– Sat 23/11/’24 (until 10am)
• February: exact dates still need to be confirmed
Where
Siurana, Catalunya / Spain
We will mostly climb on the magical rock faces of Siurana and potentially in nearby crags like Montsant or Arboli. The accommodation, food and practise with Pablo are located in the beautiful village of Cornudella de montsant.
Accommodation & Food
Accommodation: We stay in La Vileta in Cornudella de Montsant, a rural cosy house with fantastic views on Siurana and its rock faces. You can choose between the option of a private room or a shared room with 2 separate beds. Bed linen, blankets and pillows are provided and included in the price.
Food: El Palauet will serve us a generous breakfast and a delicious 2 course dinner. The food is fresh, healthy, local and made with a lot of love! Vegetarian options are possible.
Program Summary
- Sunday : arrival in La Vileta by 6pm (dinner will be provided)
- Monday & Tuesday: body-mind work with Pablo + personalized climbing coaching with Tess
- Wednesday: restday activities with Tess
- Thursday & Friday: body-mind work with Pablo + personalized climbing coaching with Tess
- Saturday: Breakfast + departure
The program may change depending on weather conditions.
Online introductory moment
We believe it’s important to organize an introductory moment before the actual retreat takes place. The goal is to get to know each other, talk about your climbing experience, expections and needs, as well as tuning in on the logistics of the trip.
The online moment will last about 1 hour and will be scheduled based on the availability of participants (end of September – beginning of October).
Price
The price of the rock flow retreat depends on your chosen accommodation:
- €910/pers. for 2-person shared room with separate beds
–> €860 (50 euro discount for early birds before july 15th) - €940/pers. for a private room
–> €890 (50 euro discount for early birds before july 15th)
Included are:
- Professional climbing coaching with Tess and body-mind work with Pablo (all in English)
- Accommodation in La Vileta (6 nights)
- Food in El Palauet (6x breakfast and dinner)
Excluded are:
- Transport cost
- Lunch / snacks during climbing
- Personal climbing insurance (required)
- Climbing gear will not be provided
Cancellation policy (optional)
- €45 (5%, read general terms and conditions – only refund in case of serious injury, illness etc.)
The retreat can take place with 6 registrations. If we don’t reach the number of 6 participants 1.5 month in advance, we are unfortunately financially forced to cancel the retreat week. In that case, you will of course receive a full refund of your paid inscription fee (excl. possible pre-paid transportation costs).
