Anima · Recalibrate · Connect · Become
Return
to yourself.
A series of retreats around the world — where the right people gather, in the right places, to do the real work.
Explore the retreatsThe philosophy
Most of us spend our lives becoming someone. ANIMA is the work of finding out who that actually is.
Anima — Latin for soul, breath, life force. The energy beneath the person you’ve constructed.
These are retreats for people at a turning point. Held in extraordinary places around the world, in small groups built for depth, this is not networking. Through breathwork, ancient practice, physical discipline, and integration, we go somewhere most people never reach. You won’t do it alone — and that’s the point.
Joe Butler
Facilitator & Guide
The guide
This work is only possible
because I did it first.
I am not a therapist. I am not a life coach. I am someone who reached the point you may be at now — outwardly successful, inwardly unmoored — and found a way through. What I offer is not a framework I studied. It is a process I have lived.
At ANIMA, we work with ancient healing practices, breathwork, and the rigorous integration of transformational experience. Our retreats span Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and South America — led by a small circle of facilitators I trust completely, each bringing their own depth to the work.
Every person who enters the ANIMA world receives full attention. Which is why we work with very few people at any one time.
Explore the retreatsWho this is for
You have achieved everything
you set out to achieve.
Something still feels unfinished.
ANIMA works with people who are already successful by external standards — and who sense, quietly, that the most important work is still ahead of them. Our retreats are not for everyone. They are for those who are genuinely ready.
You are performing well in every area of life — and feeling less connected to all of it.
The goals you are chasing were set by a version of you trying to prove something. You are no longer sure they are yours.
You know something needs to shift. You are too close to it, and too busy, to find it alone.
Upcoming retreats
Where the next chapter begins
Intimate gatherings in carefully chosen locations. Each with its own purpose — some ceremonial, some physical, some both.
Mallorca
Balearic Islands, Spain
A private villa, a small group, 5 days that change the trajectory. Breathwork, meditation, ancient ceremonies, yoga, and deep inner work set against the Mallorcan landscape.
July 6–11, 2026 · Limited spaces remain
Request a placePhysical & practiceUAE Edition
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Desert landscape. Extreme conditions. A retreat built around physical discipline, breathwork, and the kind of clarity that only comes from being pushed. Our Q4 edition is in the early stages — details to follow.
Coming Q4 2026 · Interest list open
Join the interest listImmersionThailand Edition
Southeast Asia
Jungle stillness, breathwork, meditation, and cold exposure — a Q4 immersion being built carefully, far from ordinary life. Join the interest list to be the first to know.
Coming Q4 2026 · Interest list open
Join the interest listQuestions?
Let’s
talk.
These retreats are held for a small number of people, ready to do real work. If something here speaks to you — or you simply have a question — reach out, and we will find the right one together.
Small groups · Places are strictly limited