In-Person Trainings & Retreats

This Ikaria Longevity Lifestyle Medicine Retreat is led by Netflix series ‘Live to 100: Secrets from the Blue Zones’ stars George and Elani Karimalis and overseen by IWA founder and head instructor, Dr. Rachel Dew. This Ikaria Longevity Lifestyle Medicine Retreat begins before you arrive in Ikaria, Greece with a virtual session with Dr. Rachel Dew to review your health, wellness and wellbeing goals and health history. You will then head to the magnificent blue zone island of Ikaria, Greece for a special 6-day program.

This retreat is designed for coaches and practitioners who want to deepen their personal knowledge of lifestyle medicine and longevity as well as for those who want to take a break from the intensity of life, make a shift towards a deeper well-being focused lifestyle drawn from the knowledge and ancient wisdom from the blue zone’s lifestyle medicine.

What you will learn during this program is designed to easily be integrated into your daily life with many beneficial results! Decrease stress, optimize health, vitality and longevity all while living in a more balanced and harmonious state.

What you will experience:
Guided by longevity health experts you will participate in Ikarian lifestyle medicine living. This includes longevity focused cooking classes, daily antistress & anti-inflammatory exercise, trekking and exploring nature, hot-cold fusion treatment at the hot springs, classes on longevity and lifestyle, natural wine tastings, 3-meals a day of high-quality longevity nutrition based on organic locally sourced products. Additionally you will learn how to cook tasty food without killing the nutrients. Each day you will have 3 freshly prepared meals at the on-site farm to table restaurant, with with 1-glass of the Karimalis on-site vineyard’s natural wines at dinner time.

After you return home, you will meet virtually again with Dr. Rachel Dew to co-create your personalized lifestyle medicine and wellbeing plan! Walk away with not only an incredibly educational and restorative experience but also with a balanced and sustainable personalized plan of action to continue expanding your health and well-being!

Schedule:

• 60-minute virtual session with Dr. Rachel Dew
• 6-night stay at Karimalis estate traditional rooms and houses with breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Meals made from mainly organic ingredients, many of them from our organic farm and prepared with the principle of “how to cook tasty food without killing the nutrients”.
• 3 cooking workshops with Eleni Karimali. Duration 3.5 hours each. The workshops aim to show the cooking methods of how to prepare food in a way that keeps nutrients safe, and how to avoid having toxic factors in your meals when at the same time your cooking results in very tasty dishes.
• 1 guided walk on the mountains of Ikaria with a very knowledgeable guide. Duration 3 hours or more depending on participants.
• 60 minutes of morning anti-stress exercise with George Karimalis for 6 days. The exercise aims to reduce intense stress, improve blood circulation, reduce inflammation, and improve joint flexibility. Includes unloading, stretching, breathing and balance exercises.
• 4 hours training on Greek dances with an experienced trainer, aiming to strengthen the sense of community and being together, while learning the circular Greek dances.
• 5 hours lecturing, Q and A included, on Ikarian lifestyle and longevity by George Karimalis, aiming to look for the factors of living healthier and longer.
• 1 wine tasting and wine tour with Iliana Karimalis
• 3 meals per day with very balanced, high quality meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner of the traditional and creative Ikarian diet.
• Mindful walks after dinner.
• Hot-cold swimming at the hot springs. A visit to the place where the hot springs come into the sea, where we do the extra healing hot-cold swimming-exercise.
• Virtual one-on-one session with IWA founder, Dr. Rachel Eva Dew upon your return home to review your health and wellbeing. You will work together during your session to develop your personal action plan to optimize your wellness and incorporate longevity into daily practice in a balanced way for your life! Leave the session with your own individualized action plan.

Additional Professional Benefit: 
Expand Your Current Certification

Attend the retreat in the beautiful blue zone of Ikaria, Greece and you earn a 50-hour CEU and add-on to your current IWA certification. This new designation ‘EL – EXPERIENCED IN LONGEVITY’ will be added to your current IWA certification. informed practitioner’.

You can also invite friends or family to join the retreat with you!

2026 Retreat Dates:

Cost: $3,800 USD

*Airfare not included. Airport pick up and drop off at the airport of Ikaria is included.

*Price is for shared rooms. A few individual rooms are available at an additional cost. If you are interested in a private room, please email info@iwacoaching.com to find out additional pricing and availability

***Retreats are NON-REFUNDABLE and not able to be exchanged for a different date