Not Just a Retreat. An Off-Grid Spiritual Community near Barcelona, Spain.
Step out of the city matrix and commercial wellness retreats and into an authentic human experiment in nature. Supported by yogic and shamanic philosophies and a loving tribe.
Stop surviving. Start waking your Fire up.
- Meditation & Yoga
- Plant Medicine
- Nature Life
- Authentic Tribe
Our Why
Located just outside Barcelona, we’ve built an artistic spiritual sanctuary for humans ready to wake their “Life Fire” up and live in the Here-Now. Combining various meditations, yoga, and guided plant medicine to help you grow in consciousness, contribute with love, and occasionally dance, chant, and laugh at yourself.
Niz & MariaFounders & Space-Holders
Find Your Place in Our Community
Five quick questions, about a minute. We’ll match you with the program that fits where you are right now.
We Don’t Accept Retreat Guests.
We want temporary community members. So, we offer you one of the 3 programs below, all of which take place in our holistic center, near Barcelona, within our conscious non-profit eco-community. You will be part of us for a few days or weeks, sharing most of our conscious routine (yoga, meditation, kirtans…), with some special workshops or ceremonies dedicated to your own healing and growth.
We Live Holistically, in The Here & Now.
At WakeTheFUp, every practice is crafted to fuel our off-grid eco-community through somatic yoga, deep meditation, transpersonal art, and shared daily life in mindfulness, love and joy.
Active & Silent Meditation
Increase your mindfulness and serenity by engaging in various meditation practices. From silent hiking and Vipassana meditation to chanting mantras and Hatha Yoga, all these sessions help the guests to become less stressed, more focused, and more mindful.
- Silent Hiking
- Mantra Chanting
- Hatha Yoga
- Vipassana Meditation
Yoga & Nutrition
Maintain your physical and mental well-being through yoga, breathing exercises, healthy eating, and other wellness activities. Such activities help you achieve greater flexibility, energy, inner peace, balance, and wellness by maintaining balance in life.
- Hatha Yoga
- Karma Yoga
- Breathwork
- Day Fasting
Energy Work & Sacred Medicine
Awaken your raw life force through intensive breathwork, energy activation, and sacred plant medicine, we dive deep into the subconscious to release what no longer serves.
- Holotropic Breathwork
- Psilocybe Ceremony
- Peyote Ceremony
- Cacao Ceremony
Authentic Connections
Meaningful connections are very important for personal growth. Participants create real connections through groups, tea sharing, music gatherings, and community engagement.
- Tea Sharing
- Group Activities
- Firecamp Music
- Men & Women Circles
Art & Music
Experience your creativity and express yourself through art, movement, and sound-based activities. They help you heal emotionally, reflect on yourself, and become more connected to yourself and to other people.
- Ecstatic Dance
- Art Therapy
- Inner Child
- Sound Healing
What Our Guests Say
People from all over the world join us to experience mindfulness, nature and community. Their words are the best proof of what happens here.
Journey Calendar
We don’t do comfortable vacation getaways. Our year-round retreat calendar near Barcelona, Spain is a lineup of raw, off-grid immersions, deep meditation and hatha yoga retreats, and high-intensity seasonal resets. Take a short survey to see if we vibe and what’s the best retreat option for you.
All Year Retreats
Special Retreats
We also organize special retreats at key dates of the year to celebrate life and the change of seasons, and adjust our community rhythm to a fresh energy cycle.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have Questions? We’re Here to Help
Whether you are looking for information on our retreats, the community itself, accommodation or activities, we will be glad to help. Reach out to find out more about upcoming retreats and how to join us.
Why Choose WakeTheFUP?
This is not a vacation. It’s an off-grid human experiment.
Most “wellness retreats” sell you a comfortable escape—a temporary bandage for the stress of modern life. At WakeTheFUP, we do the exact opposite. Perched on a sea-view hill in the rugged Tarragona mountains, just a short drive from Barcelona, Catalonia, we offer a raw, intensive plunge into what it actually means to be a conscious, sovereign human being. Here is why true seekers leave the matrix behind and choose our off-grid sanctuary in Spain.
Hidden Inside a Protected Nature Reserve
We don’t do artificial environments or manicured resort lawns. Our off-grid retreat center is nested directly within a wild, protected nature reserve in Tarragona, Catalonia. High up on a sea-view hill, you are fully enveloped by pristine, untamed wilderness. This biodiverse landscape isn’t just a scenic backdrop; it is our greatest facilitator. Connecting with this raw natural reserve allows you to strip away urban sensory overload, ground your nervous system, and remember how to exist in harmony with natural rhythms and elements (sun, sea, trees, wind…)
100% Off-Grid, Eco-Community Living
You can’t “wake up” while remaining comfortably plugged into the same systemic conveniences that put you to sleep. Our sanctuary is 100% off-grid, powered entirely by the sun and the earth, with pure natural water sourced deep from the mountain. To be here is to participate in an active, intentional eco-community. You will experience communal eating, take part in daily shared Karma Yoga (mindful contribution), and strip back your lifestyle to the physical basics. In simplifying our impact on this earth, we make room for massive internal expansion.
Deep, Unapologetic Shadow & Energy Work
If you want to casually stretch and drink tea, there are plenty of commercial spas near Barcelona. But if you want to break past your limits, our retreats are the catalyst. We specialize in deep-work processes designed to shatter emotional blocks and rewire your ego. Through intensive somatic breathwork, daily yoga programs, immersive meditation, and guided plant medicine ceremonies (including psilocybin and ancestral cacti), we help you go straight to the root of your shadows and liberate your raw life fire.
An Active, Real Tribe (No Spectators)
A true community is not a hotel. At WakeTheFUP, you are never just a “client” or a tourist; you are an active piece of a living, breathing human experiment. Our daily life is built on radical honesty, shared communal spaces, and group integration circles. Working, eating, and breathing alongside our long-term residents and volunteers provides a powerful human mirror that is missing from isolated, commercial retreats. You get to test your breakthroughs in real-time, within a supportive, sovereign tribe.
Ready to Join Our Next Retreat?
Answer five quick questions and we’ll show you the journey that fits you, or just message us and say hi.