immerse yourself in a week filled with yoga, culture and connection.

Qarrya Retreats was built to be a yoga and wellness retreats platform that transports yogis outside of their studios to further develop their practice while discovering the colorful and enchanting landscape that is Morocco.

Born and raised in Rabat, Morocco, Qarrya Retreats' founder, Meryem Chouirf-McClintock, left home as a young adult to pursue her college education abroad. She lived in different countries in Europe and Asia before settling in New York City. Being fascinated by yoga, she traveled around the world exploring different lineages and sharing her practice with friends and family ever since she started her yoga practice over 15 years ago, and upon her move to NYC, became a certified yoga teacher to share her passion with an even wider audience.

Although passionate about travel, Meryem maintains a deep connection with her motherland, Morocco. “I built Qarrya Retreats as a platform combining my yoga training and my traveling with my love for my motherland and my culture. We want our retreats to be a journey for our guests. A journey into wellness and mindfulness aswell as a journey to new lands and cultures. “

We create unique experiences that, we hope, will create lifetime rituals and memories.

Morocco is a country where African, Amazigh, Arab and European cultures are entwined. It is situated on the far northwestern corner of Africa; with the Atlantic Ocean to the West and the Mediterranean Sea and Europe to the North. It's an incredible melting pot of cultures and landscapes making it hard not to fall in love with its colors, flavors and smiles. 

Meryem and her co-hosts go over and above to ensure reach retreat is unforgettable. If you attend a retreat with Qarrya Retreats, you can expect to go beyond the surface to discover the heartbeat of Marrakech and the people who make up the soul of the city.

What makes these retreats unique is the extensive amount of one-of-a-kind experiences incorporated into reach retreat, planned to each and every final detail.

You can expect to immerse yourself in daily yoga and meditation practices in the most gorgeous spaces, stay in authentic sustainable design-forward hotels, explore the Atlas Mountains and ride camels into the sunset.

You will the opportunity to discover the essence of Morocco: learn how to make our own tagine and traditional mint tea, discover the science and magic of spices with a traditional herbalist, watch artisans at work and dance to the beats of tribal music.

We go beyond the surface to discover the heartbeat of Marrakech and the people who make up the soul of the city.

When asked what they are most looking forward to on the retreats, Meryem responded; “We love beginning as a group of strangers from different walks of life and growing as a family and global community of yogi travellers. We made life-long friendships and helped build incredible collaborations and partnerships and we are forever grateful for that!”

Don't overthink it. We only live once. If your soul wants it, you will find a way to do it!

And if we can promise one thing, it’s that once you get to Marrakech, you will never want to leave!