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.
Austria Edition · September 2026or explore all retreats
Now booking · 6 spacesNext retreat
Austria Edition
15–20 September 2026 · Austrian Alps · €3,690
A different kind of retreat. Built on the land, held in the mountains, and opened through ceremony. 6 spaces, couples welcome — four ceremonial medicine experiences, daily meditation and yoga, sauna and pool, a private chef, and the mountains.
The 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.
More about JoeWho 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.
The first edition
This is what the work looks like
The first ANIMA retreat ran in Mallorca in July 2026 — a private villa above the coast, and a small group of people who showed up fully.
In their own words
What the week actually did
Three guests from Mallorca, on what they took home with them.
“I came in looking for a plan. I left with a version of myself I actually recognise.”
James
“Something shifted that week — and I'm not going back to how things were.”
Tanja
“For the first time in a long time, I felt like myself again.”
Marco
The retreats
Where the next chapter begins
Intimate gatherings in carefully chosen locations. Each with its own purpose — some ceremonial, some physical, some both.
Now booking · 6 spacesAustria Edition
Austria
15–20 September 2026 · €3,690
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Thailand Edition
Southeast Asia
Coming Q4 2026 · Interest list open
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Mallorca
Balearic Islands, Spain
July 6–11, 2026 · The first ANIMA retreat
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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