CRYSTAL ISLAND RETREAT

Rebirth of the Soul

Koh Phangan – Thailand
09.09.2026 – 16.09.2026

A 7-night retreat experience for women, rooted in spiritual practice, inner transformation, and shared life in community, held on one of Southeast Asia’s most powerful and unique islands, that has carried seekers, healers, and mystics for generations.

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FINAL ROOMS AVAILABLE
Special last-minute OFFER for our final places

If you feel drawn to join us this September, contact us directly.

We will personally connect with you, share the final room options
and answer any questions around your last-minute journey to Koh Phangan.

THE ESSENCE

The Crystal Island Retreat is an creative inner journey guided by Kristina, across 7 planetary days, dedicated to spiritual practice, personal transformation, and connection within a carefully held group.

Across the week, participants enter a structured, nourishing and spacious retreat container that brings together daily Kundalini Yoga sadhana, group systemic family constellation work, ceremonies, and time lived close to nature and the sea.

This retreat is created for women who feel drawn to explore themselves beyond traditional concepts, through lived experience, continuity of spiritual practice, and honest encounter, with themselves, with others, and with what needs to be seen.

Throughout the week, we open a creative station where hands are free to craft, express, write, and shape personal belongings that accompany the inner process.

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THE ISLAND

Koh Phangan is known as an island of transformation. Many experience change simply by arriving here.

The island carries a depth that is difficult to put into words. It has a natural way of bringing inner themes, unresolved patterns, and questions to the surface. What is ready to be seen often reveals itself without being forced. What is ready to heal finds movement through being on this land alone.

At the same time, Koh Phangan holds lightness, beauty, joy, and vitality. Life unfolds close to the different elements: the sea, the jungle, the magical sunrise and sunsets, the open clear sky under bright shining stars, as the transforming rain, creating a rhythm that supports both depth, ease, purification and cleanse.

The Crystal Island Retreat is shaped by this field and it is a unique atmosphere.

WHY CRYSTAL ISLAND

Koh Phangan is often referred to as Crystal Island within local spiritual communities and among people who have lived and worked with the land for many years.

According to long-standing local narratives, the island is said to lie on a natural crystalline structure within the earth. This structure is described as a living energetic field that can be activated, charged, and interacted with ritual and through conscious work with the land.

These teachings circulate primarily among long-term residents, land workers, and practitioners who have dedicated years to living on the island and studying it´s energetic qualities.

Many people report that processes of change intensify on Koh Phangan. Themes that have been held unconsciously often surface more quickly, and inner processes tend to accelerate. For this reason, the island has become a place where people come for deeper transformation and magical, breathtaking experiences that are beyond words.

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THE 3 MAIN PRACTICE

1. Sunrise Kundalini Yoga Sadhana

Each morning begins with a sunrise Kundalini Yoga sadhana, open to all participants.

Accompanied by the first light of day, the sadhana becomes a inner journey of exploration of consciousness and the soul. Kundalini Yoga, chanting, breathwork, and meditation guide the soul into deep remembrance.

2. Group Systemic & Family Constellation Work

We explore personal and ancestral roots through systemic and constellation-based work within the group field. This shared process allows deeper layers of individual and collective patterns to become visible, offering insight, movement, and integration beyond the personal story.

Through this collective exploration, a deeper understanding of oneself emerges alongside a strengthened sense of connection and belonging in life.

3. Ceremonies & Body Connection

Shared meals, creative expression, chanting, dancing, and guided movement mark meaningful moments throughout the retreat week. Women come together through rituals, crafting, singing, and embodied practices that connect the body with the land, nature, the senses, and a lived experience of beauty and being a woman.

FOR WHOM THIS RETREAT IS

This retreat is for the woman who feels drawn to spiritual practice and inner exploration, whether she is stepping into this path for the first time or has been practicing for years.

It is for women who value practicing together in community, who are willing to arrive with an undefended heart, and who are open to being seen, supported, and reflected within a group.

The Crystal Island Retreat offers a safe and clearly held container, with structure and guidance throughout the week. Within this structure, there is space for curiosity, self-reflection, joy, grief, laughter, dance, deep conversations, and shared moments that often become unforgettable.

This is a retreat for inner transformation, self-realization and a soul rebirth.

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WHAT IS INCLUDED

  • 7 nights in stunning accommodation within a private retreat compound
  • Accommodation in private or shared rooms
  • Daily Brunch & Dinner, freshly prepared, nutritious, and lovingly cooked
  • Snacks, water, tea, coffee and fruit throughout the day
  • Daily sunrise Kundalini Yoga sadhana (optional participation)
  • Wellness & Creativity Rituals
  • Systemic Family Constellation Workshops & Root Exploration
  • Activating and restorative Yoga Classes and Meditations
  • Chanting and pranayama practices
  • Community gatherings, guidance, and group support
  • Time for rest, movement, dance, and integration
  • 1 60-minute traditional Thai massage in your Room
  • Transfers from the pier can be arranged for participants arriving at similar times, for a small additional fee

THE VENUE & SERVICE

The Crystal Island Retreat takes place within a exclusive and sacred retreat compound within its own grounds on Koh Phangan, consisting of private villas with private and shared rooms, private pools and a yoga shala, surrounded by tropical nature and located next to the sea.

The space is held as one unified retreat setting, offering privacy, safety, and an uninterrupted process throughout the week. The property is secured with on-site staff and security hd-cameras, allowing participants to arrive, settle, and relax fully.

A dedicated team supports the daily rhythm of the retreat. Rooms and shared spaces are cleaned every day, fresh towels are provided regularly, bed-linen are changes every 3 days and the villas are maintained with care and discretion.

This setting allows the retreat to unfold naturally between spiritual practice, inner work, rest, and shared time.

Transfers from the pier to the space can be arranged for participants for a small additional fee.

Have a Look into the Space

VIEW FINAL ROOM OPTIONS

Accommodation is spread across beautifully designed villas and private bungalows, surrounded by a tropical coconut grove and offering a high level of comfort and privacy throughout your stay.

All rooms are equipped with air conditioning and fans, while each villa has its own private pool, tropical garden and spacious indoor and outdoor areas for rest and connection.

Room options include private and shared, each offering its own atmosphere and level of privacy.

For our final available rooms, special last-minute rates are available. Current room options and rates are shared personally upon request.

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VILLA 1
Full Privacy Master Room

King-size bed with private bathroom. Ground Floor to the Pool & Garden.

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Shared Room (2 persons)

Shared Room, 2 single beds with shared bathroom located outside the room
(1 Bed left)

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Spacious Master Room

King-size bed, additional sofa, shared bathroom located outside the room. Upper Floor with Gardenview.

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DAILY RHYTHM, GROUP ENERGY & FLOW

Each morning begins with a sunrise Kundalini Yoga sadhana for the aquarian age, which serves as a daily anchor for the retreat. Held under the open yoga shala with the first lights of the sun and the sound of the birds. Participation in the morning sadhana is voluntary. Those who wish to sleep longer on certain days are welcome to do so.

After the morning practice, the day unfolds through shared meals, creative rituals & ceremonies, workshops, group family constellation work, integration time, and space to rest.

Afternoons remain intentionally spacious, allowing the experiences to settle naturally and to connect with each other.

All retreat practices take place during the retreat week. By joining the Crystal Island Retreat, participants agree to engage openly with an undefended heart in the retreat process and to take part in all practices.

This shared commitment creates a strong, safe, and supportive group field, allowing depth, connection, joy, laughter, and trust to grow over the course of the week.

DAILY SCHEDULE

05:25 –  07: 17 Sunrise Sadhana (optional)

08:18 – 10:10 Brunch & Pooltime

10:10 – 14:14 Workshops or Group Constellation

14:14 – 15:15 Snack Time

15:15 – 18:18 Integration, Creative Expression & Wellness

18:18 – 19:19 Sunset Dinner

19:19 – 20:20 Evening Practice

Below is an overview of the planned retreat schedule; please note that the schedule will adapt to weather conditions, group energy, and ongoing processes, while all practices included in the retreat will be held and experienced over the course of the week.

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FOOD & NOURISHMENT

During the Crystal Island Retreat, participants are nourished with daily freshly prepared European & Thai retreat cuisine, cooked daily with care and attention.

The food is healthy, nourishing, and supportive of the retreat process, offering a wide variety of dishes so that everyone feels well cared for throughout the week.

Participants who eat fully vegan, vegetarian, or who have food allergies or intolerances are kindly asked to share this information during the application process.

Tea and coffee are available throughout the retreat.

The retreat is held in a clear and conscious environment. There is no alcohol, no plant ceremonies, and no use of drugs during the retreat week. Participants are asked to fully refrain from any such substances for the entire duration of the retreat.

FACILITATORS & TEACHERS

Kristina - Lead Teacher & Host

Kristina is the founder of KIJU YOGA, certified Yoga Therapist & Trainer, and leads the main practices of the Crystal Island Retreat, including the Kundalini Yoga sadhana, ceremonies, workshops and the group family constellation work.

She is known within her community for her grounded presence, authenticity, her joyful being and the depth of her inner work. Kristina guides retreats with warmth, humor, and a deep respect for each individual process, creating spaces that feel safe, honest, and transformative.

Island Guests

One of the special qualities of our Retreat is that there are always elements not announced in advance.

We intentionally invite surprise guests and sessions that are revealed during the retreat week, offering participants unexpected moments of inspiration and depth.

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SAFE TRAVEL

We would like to make your last-minute journey to the Crystal Island Retreat as easy and smooth as possible. For this reason, we are already sharing the most important travel information with you here.

If you decide to join us on short notice, you will receive all further details directly from us, including everything you need to know about your arrival, the island and the final practical arrangements. 

We will be in direct exchange with you and support you with organizing your journey to Koh Phangan, so that joining us last minute can be as simple as possible.

ARRIVING IN THAILAND & KOH PHANGAN

Most participants travel to Koh Phangan via Bangkok, which is well connected with international flights from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

From Bangkok, there are 2 common ways to continue the journey:

  • Domestic flight to Koh Samui via Phuket, followed by a short ferry transfer to Koh Phangan
  • Domestic flight or train to Surat Thani, followed by bus and ferry to Koh Phangan

Both routes are well established and easy to organize. Thailand is highly experienced in welcoming international travelers, and moving through the country is generally smooth, safe, and well supported.

TRANSFERS ON KOH PHANGAN

Transfers from the pier on Koh Phangan to the retreat venue can be arranged by our team for a small additional fee and take 10 – 20 minutes.

For participants arriving around the same time, we organize group transfers, so no one needs to worry about transportation upon arrival. Simply let us know your arrival details in advance.

VISAS & ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

For most nationalities, a visa-free tourist entry on arrival to Thailand is uncomplicated, and the country is known for its straightforward and welcoming entry process. Thailand has a long history of hosting travelers from all over the world, and support is easily available when needed.

Still: Visa requirements depend on your nationality. We kindly ask each participant to inform themselves about the current visa regulations for Thailand based on their passport and to organize a visa or tourist-visa in advance, if needed.

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ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE

The Crystal Island Retreat begins on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, with a shared dinner at 18:00 pm.

Official arrival at the retreat space is from 16:00 pm onwards, allowing time to settle into the rooms, arrive calmly, and transition into the retreat setting before the opening evening.

Departure is on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, after the final morning sadhana and a shared brunch. Rooms are to be vacated by 11:00 am.

Participants who wish to extend their stay on Koh Phangan beyond the retreat are welcome to do so independently.

Accommodation on the island can easily be booked through common booking platforms. Koh Phangan is a small island, and most locations can be reached within approximately 20 minutes by scooter.

CONNECTION

Community is an essential part of the Crystal Island Retreat. Throughout the week, you will be surrounded by a small group of women, creating a supportive environment for the individual and shared processes of the retreat.

Connection, trust and mutual support are an important part of this journey.

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JOINING THE RETREAT LAST MINUTE

If you feel drawn to join us for the Crystal Island Rebirth Retreat, we would love to hear from you.

As we are now approaching the retreat in few days, final rooms and special last-minute rates are available. 

Simply reach out to us and we will personally share the current room options, answer any questions and support you with everything you need to join us in Koh Phangan.

The retreat is held within a small group and guided personally by Kristina throughout the week.

If you feel this journey is for you, we look forward to hearing from you.

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