THE ANCIENT GREEK WELLNESS RETREAT
A reset the way
the ancient Greeks did it.
Six days on a private stretch of the Northern Greek coast, for high-achieving creatives ready to reconnect with themselves.
Slow mornings, lunches by the sea, and a curated group who gets it.
September 15–20, 2026
Fifteen seats. Applications close July 31.
Northern Greece · September 2026
A sanctuary modeled on the original wellness centers of Ancient Greece
Set across a private 150-acre beachside wellness center in Agios Nikolaos, Halkidiki, in Northern Greece, the space was not built for passing through. It was built for anchoring. Modeled on the Asclepieion — the sacred sanctuaries where Ancient Greeks journeyed not just for treatment, but for transformation.
This is an invitation for creatives, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, directors, and storytellers who want to rest, be immersed in nature, eat beautiful food, and reconnect with their own rhythm. There is no manufactured urgency here. Nothing is mandatory. Everything is available if you desire it.
The honest part
The Shift.
You've tried the fixes.
The Pilates class, the gym, the therapist on Zoom, the five-star resort with someone bringing you breakfast in bed.
When you're stuck, none of it moves you.
Some of it makes you feel worse, because underneath you already know it isn't the thing.
You have the technique. You're missing the soul. You can play every scale perfectly and still make no music.
This is the place that gets you back to it.
Not another luxury fix. The real one.
The Week
What the days hold
Morning movement
Yoga, pilates, HIIT, somatic work, and breathwork to get you out of your head and into your body before the day asks a single thing of you.
Inner work
Daily psychodrama, meditation, and space to look inward without pressure. A therapist on standby and individual coaching sessions if you want to get a project off the ground.
Play and presence
Tango lessons with Jordi Caballero. Zip lining, canoeing, swimming, and sailing. The private beach, the pine forest, and the slowness that lets you find yourself again.
Where you'll be
A completely private location in the forest and on the beach. 150 acres. No cars, no transportation, private dining. The space can hold 700 — we use it for just 15.
This cohort is limited to fifteen people. Applications close July 30th.
WHO THIS IS FOR
You make things for a living and you've gotten very good at it. The outside looks handled. What you're after is the part that never shows up on a resume: your own creativity, your own voice, the feeling of being switched all the way on again. You're ready to invest in that, and when you commit, you show up.
You're an adventurer at heart, drawn to self-development and to the kind of trip that leaves you a little changed. Maybe you've wanted to travel like this for years but never had the friend or partner to go with, so it stayed on the someday list. Maybe you're the kind of traveler who wants the real place over the Instagram version — the local table, the long conversation, the things you can't fake.
If you're looking for luxury accommodations and nightlife, this likely isn't the right fit — reach out and we'll point you to one of our other trips.
You don't come home rested.
You come home yours again.
Connection to yourself is not a soft nice-to-have. For a creative, it's the whole game.
Your best, most original, most effective ideas only come from the version of you that's actually switched on. You can't reach it from inside the achieve, achieve, achieve.
Six days here and you leave with your clarity, your own voice, the freedom of not performing, and fourteen people who walked in as strangers and feel like family by the time you go.
The Table
Food, friendship, and the people around you
This cohort is intentionally curated to fifteen individuals. We gather around long tables, share Mediterranean meals, and find ourselves in the company of people who were strangers a week ago and feel like family by the time we leave.
A small group of fifteen. An intentionally curated cohort.
People who show up as strangers and leave as something more.
Your hosts
Zina Wilde
Actress, writer, producer (7 seasons on Showtime's Billions) and creator of EU Zina. Grew up spending every summer at this exact camp. Founded the retreats in 2022 to help people reconnect with themselves through self-love and storytelling.
Brett Simon
Osychotherapist (studied literature at Princeton, taught at Berkeley, 20 years as a filmmaker). Uses Internal Family Systems (IFS) and psychodrama, with curiosity, humor, and play, to fuel healing and growth.
Jordi Caballero
Actor, writer, producer, and award-nominated dancer-choreographer who has worked with Ed Sheeran, Madonna, J.Lo, and Andrea Bocelli, and appeared in shows like Sex and the City and Gaslit. Leads the tango lessons.
What guests say
Words from past guests
