AWAKEN WITHIN RETREAT
A Yoga & Meditation Retreat
6-10 April, 2026 | Malabar Hill, Sri Lanka
with Marie-Louise Strøyberg
Step out of responsibility. Return clear, strong, and focused.
Awaken Within is a premium wellness retreat designed for those who live full, demanding lives — and who understand the value of stepping away intentionally in order to return with clarity, strength, and perspective.
Held in the quiet luxury of Malabar Hill - a forested hilltop sanctuary between jungle and ocean - the retreat offers a rare experience: everything is taken care of, from arrival to departure, so the mind can fully switch off and the body can settle into a natural rhythm.
This is not an escape from life.
It is a strategic pause.
This retreat offers the space, practices, and atmosphere to listen more deeply, move more consciously, and awaken within.
Through yoga, meditation, breathwork, stillness, and conscious rest, we awaken the parts of ourselves that often lie dormant beneath habit and hurry. It’s not about striving or perfecting - it’s about being present with what is to reconnect with the truest part of yourself.
You’ll leave feeling lighter, clearer, and deeply grounded - not just in body, but in being. The practices, the place, and the presence become a quiet imprint you carry home.
This is your invitation to pause. To breathe. To Awaken Within.
We can’t wait to welcome you.
LOVE
Marie-Louise + Malabar Hill Team
Yoga & Meditation
Marie-Louise teaches a dynamic and diverse style of yoga—ranging from ecstatic Vinyasa to floaty slow flows and nourishing restorative practices.
Influenced and trained by renowned international teachers, Marie-Louise is best known for her signature way of teaching - a breath-led, intelligent and alignment-based flow style yoga that guides students into deep states of flow.
Marie-Louise classes often weave in yogic philosophy, meditation, and mindfulness, especially in her slow flow and restorative sessions. With a strong focus on alignment, she is known for her hands-on approach, offering supportive guiding assists to help students explore and deepen their postures. At retreats, she integrates sacred rituals and ceremonies, creating an immersive and holistic experience.
Passionate about making yogic philosophy accessible, Marie-Louise conveys these teachings in a way that is both pragmatic and deeply transformative, empowering students to integrate yoga into their daily lives. For her, yoga is not just a practice - it is a spiritual path designed to cultivate mental, emotional, and energetic freedom.
The Retreat Space & Neighborhood
Malabar Hill is a contemporary boutique resort carved into the edge of the Sri Lankan forest. Immersed in the natural setting, the hotel offers a unique outdoor living experience
to revive and transport guests a world away from the ordinary.
Weligama in Sri Lanka is a quaint beach town in the South of Sri Lanka, famed for its sandy beaches, surfing and fishing villages. A short tuk-tuk ride from the beach, through rice paddies strewn with water buffalo, Malabar Hill rises from a cliff top to greet you.
During your leisure, if you would like to relax by the beach, we have a complementary shuttle service that can take you to “The Shack” our beach club in Mirissa.
Accomodation
Each exclusive villa is set within the natural landscape setting, providing both scenic views and comforting privacy. Floor to ceiling glass doors open out onto private terraces with salt-water chlorinated infinity pools, artisan furniture and a rare sense of space and seclusion
What’s included:
What’s included:
Villa with private plunge pool
Qualified yoga and meditation specialist
Daily Vinyasa practices to energize, align, and inspire
Evening meditation circles and sound journeys
Yoga workshops, ceremonies and rituals
Daily booster beverage
Curated healthy & nourishing brunch
Healthy midday snack, teas and sweets
A-la Carte dinner
A guided nature walk with our naturalist Mendis
Daily shuttle to our beach club “The Shack” in Mirissa
What’s not included:
Flights to Sri Lanka
Breakfast & lunch on arrival day
Lunch and dinner on leaving day
Excursions outside of the retreat schedule
Travel insurance
Spa treatments
Pre & Post Stay Benefits:
If you would like to extend your stay, the below rates would be applicable
USD 357 per night on Bed & Breakfast Basis
20% daily discount on Spa Treatments between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm
Food
The cuisine at Hill House is local, fresh, inventive and environmentally thoughtful. Delicious, elegant, balanced dishes are the signature style of Hill House Restaurant. With a menu inspired both by Sri Lankan food heritage and the warm shores of the Mediterranean, the restaurant makes full use of Sri Lanka's plentiful ingredients.
Retreat Details
Date: 6-10 April
Location : Malabar Hill, Weligama, Sri Lanka
This exclusive retreat is limited to 16 participants, so we encourage you to reserve your space before it is too late.
early rate available until February 25.
SHARED DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
You will stay in a villa with another person
Regular price USD 2440 - SAVE: USD 200
Your price: USD 2440 /per person
50% deposit pay now- the rest is paid upon arrival
SINGLE OCCUPANCY
You have your own villa - all alone
Regular price USD 3260 - SAVE: USD 200
Your price: USD 3060
50% deposit pay now- the rest is paid upon arrival
For personal assistance:
For personal assistance: reservations@malabarhillsrilanka.com
OR
Via WhatsApp on +94 76 148 9830 (Malabar Hill) // +94 76 693 4983 (Awaken Retreats - me)
MARIE-LOUISE STRØYBERG
Marie-Louise is a certified E-RYT 500 yoga & meditation teacher with more than 10+ years of teaching experience and 20+ of practicing. Marie-Louise teaches everything from creative vinyasa flows to floaty slow flows and meditative yin to nourishing restorative yoga. She is mostly known for teaching her signature class - the Awakened Flow Class - an alignment based, creative and intelligent sequenced flow style class, sending students into deep states of flow. She is a prenatal and postpartum yoga teacher and a trained BabyOm teacher (yoga with baby). Besides teaching yoga she offers Thai Yoga Massage and 1:1 yoga sessions. She is also the owner of Mind-Your Business - a corporate moving mindfulness concept that brings yoga and breath techniques, meditation and mindfulness to companies in Europe.
She teaches internationally and holds yoga trainings, retreats, workshops and events around the world. Originally from Denmark, she now lives and works in Sri Lanka where she teaches through her online yoga platform - Awaken Collective - and at studios on the south coast.
Marie-Louise sees yoga as a deep spiritual practice and is through her teachings dedicated to creating profound eye-opening, mind-body experiences to her students whilst sharing and conveying yogic knowledge and concepts in a concrete and tangible way for people to live authentic and meaningful lives.
IG: @mariestroybergyoga + @awaken__retreats + @awaken__collective
Online: Awaken Collective