Founders' Note
How Raksa
began.
On a dusty afternoon in the streets of Rishikesh, India, our paths crossed by chance. We spent the day singing together, feeding fruit to the sacred cows wandering the streets, and discovering a shared love for adventure, mindfulness, and meaningful connection.
That unexpected meeting became the beginning of a journey that carried us through Bali, Thailand, and Europe, where we continued to deepen our practices in yoga, movement, healing, and personal growth.
Though our paths are different—one rooted in healing, the other in movement—they come together through Raksa: an intimate retreat created to share the experiences, friendships, and moments of transformation that have shaped our own lives.
San
Trained hands. A quieter room.
San is an osteopath and long-time student of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the founder of Manos al Alma, a holistic wellness clinic in Barcelona. She has spent more than a decade between her clinic in Europe and teachers in Asia, learning to read the body without rushing it.
Her sessions are unhurried and precise — yoga, breathwork, hands-on treatment, meridian and points work. What people notice first is usually the room: how much steadier it feels when she is working.
She does not think of guests as broken. Her intention is simpler — to help you feel where you actually are, and to hand you a few practical tools you can take home.
- Practice
- Osteopathy · TCM · Yoga · Breathwork
- Rooted in
- Barcelona · Bali · Krabi
Cam
The body as a way of thinking.
Cam came to guiding through a long circuit — martial arts, calisthenics, yoga, a stack of notebooks from ten years of travel. Certified as a personal trainer, nutritionist and behavioural specialist, but that is not really where his coaching comes from.
It comes from paying attention. To how a shoulder loads. To how a breath drops. To what someone actually needs on a Tuesday afternoon after a long flight.
His sessions are physical and honest — mobility, handstands, Muay Thai, running up hills for a view. There is a lot of laughing. His work is helping people find that steady confidence on the other side of trying something they thought they could not do.
- Practice
- Movement · Inversion Balance · Nutrition
- Rooted in
- Thailand · Bali · The Road
Shared Philosophy
Two paths, meeting in Krabi.
Raksa was built between two conversations — one about healing, one about movement — that turned out to be the same conversation. The retreat is what happens when they meet at a table, at a beach, on a boat, in a long walk before dinner.
Presence over performance
Nobody is grading you here. The point is to notice.
Discipline, softly held
Structure so the day carries you — not the other way round.
Nature as the guide
Longtails, limestone, cold water and long walks. Most of the work is done by the place.
Community over individualism
Fourteen guests, two hosts, one long table. That's the heart of it.
Our Intention
Not to change you. To make room.
Raksa is not designed to fix anyone. Nobody arrives broken. What we can do is set a good table — small group, honest guidance, real place — and step back.
What tends to happen inside that week is quieter than the brochures promise. People sleep. They share better meals. They stop checking their phone at breakfast. They remember something about themselves they already knew.
That's the whole plan.
Come Spend A Week
Krabi, October 23 — 30, 2026.
Fourteen seats. Two hosts. Eight days on the emerald coast.