Grandmother Oya and husband Michael,   offer a nurturing and transformational   residential experience away from the stress and strain of the fast paced mobile   world: : an open invitation to ecstatic dancers (no dance experience required) to  withdraw from the pressure of modern day living.

Red Earth provides an oasis of harmony and tranquility, and celebrates the universal language of Ecstatic movement and dance as our metaphor and medium for self-exploration, self-inquiry, and awakening;

Our co-created intention for day to day activity here, whether swimming, resting, dancing, Meditation, Self inquiry, sharing, feasting, is to bring courage, hope, support, and strength, on the eternal quest with- in for freedom, joy, wisdom, understanding, and the true awakening of the sacred heart

When we act from condistioning its like cementing over the earth - when we discover ways to crack open our true nature  shines through;

Grow up - Clean-up - Show up - Wake up

Discover and directly experience who you are and who you are not through these five vast fields of conscious exploration;

5 Rhythms Dance

Dance to remember who you truly are and forget who you believe your self to be

Spiritual Inquiry:

Discover the deeper truth

True Meditation:

lays the ground for awakening

Ritual Theater

reveals you are a unique spontaneous expression through which life consciously reveals itself again and again in every moment 

Zen Voice -

Diolog with  disowned aspects of the constructed self

Being on retreat at Red Earth offers a unique opportunity to withdraw from everyday life and inquire into who you truly are and what you truly want. Grandmother Oya, and husband Michael, offers participants, a beautiful contemplative tranquil setting, provide true support for your deep inner dive of self-discovery.

Red Earth Sanctuary is a refuge, a practice ground for the pioneering spirit to explore, express and experience new ways of tending the ground of your being and the tender shoots that grow from that rich soil:

Each retreat with Grandmother Oya is a unique jewel of discovery a potent medicine that tenderly opens your heart to the vast potential of your true self: Every moment at Red Earth is fresh and alive with possibility and a celebration of what it means to liberate from the limited self into the vastness of one heart, one love;

Throughout your time here Oya offers you her deepest support and guidance in meeting yourself fully.

Red Earth Dance Sanctuary is situated just 40 mins inland from Malaga International Airport and 18kl from Marbella and the Mediterranean, with a regular bus service to the Village of Monda. The sanctuary nestles deep in the beautiful countryside of Andalucia close to the white village of Monda. The area surrounding the Sanctuary is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and part of the Sierra de las Nieves mountain range.

The Joys of Red Earth

• Beautiful studio with sprung floor

• Large 9 meter spring fed pool with sunbathing area overlooking the mountains.

•  Comfortable and beautifully presented accommodation, cosy beds and crisp white linen

• Organic Mediterranean vegan vegetarian  diet, seasonal and locally sourced from the finest produce

Attending a residential retreat with Oya offers a unique opportunity to with draw from the normal distractions of your everyday life and inquire into what you truly want

With self-inquiry, Oya draws your attention away from your thoughts and into the direct experience of what is always here and who you truly are—peace itself, consciousness itself. In the willingness to retreat from your search for just one moment, you can profoundly realize you are already home, already free: