The Skyros Centre, home of the Life Choices, Writers’ Lab and the new Music & Arts programme, nestles on the hillside at the edge of Skyros village. Built high up long ago to evade the clutches of the Mediterranean pirates, the village is accessible only by foot through narrow, cobblestoned streets. The beach is a pleasant ten minute walk away.
The Centre’s courtyard, shaded by fig and pomegranate trees, has a panoramic view of the valley and the Aegean. Its white walls are covered by bouganvilleas and grapevines.
In this delightful environment people can enjoy the unalloyed beauty of Greece, engage in joyful Greek island holiday activities and relish the company of new and often life-long connections. Stepping back from the stress of everyday life, they can also reach new insights, reconnect with the source of their creativity and experience a wonderful sense of liberation. As one participant wrote, ‘Skyros is sunshine for the soul’.
Life at the Centre is bursting with energy. A typical day starts with yoga on the terrace followed by the late morning workshop, the day‘s centrepiece. Choose one of the three programmes on offer and, if you're with us for two weeks and there's sufficient space, then you can swap to another programme for the second week. One can then laze around on a long sandy beach, delight in a massage, or just like the Greeks, take an afternoon nap which even Churchill recommended in his memoirs!
