Macalla Farm is a place of learning, collaboration and reflection. We are an organic, regenerative farm and yoga retreat centre located on Clare Island, off the west coast of Ireland. We run Sati Yoga and meditation residential retreats and skill sharing courses, continuously exploring a way to respond creatively to the tumultuous times we’re living through.

"Macalla Farm is an ideal place for yoga, meditation and to rest your mind."

I have been 10 times to Macalla Farm, mainly for yoga, but also for enjoying the peace and quietness and the fabulous food. Ciara and Christophe are extremely knowledgeable teachers and helped me from day 0 of my yoga practice. They are real professionals and I have met very few people like them in my life… I warmly recommend it and I look forward to my next visit!

~ Francesca Di Rosso

When we started at Macalla farm more than two decades ago, our interests and passions were many – yoga, vegetarianism, horses, tree planting, living close to the land. Two decades on, these passions have only deepened and widened – the boundaries between them becoming more porous. We started to not only see that everything was interconnected but actually experience it as such. What matters is how we are in relation to ourselves and to others and crucially how we are in relation to the non-human world. The crises of climate, natural systems and inequality demand that we show up and respond as best we can.  This ever evolving response colours all that we do.

Thus our approach to yoga, to all aspects of food, to the land and the animals is one that is caring, playful, inclusive, regenerative – maybe best described as an exploratory and ethical process rather than something fixed and complete.

An invitation, then, to join us – on one of our Sati Yoga retreats or practical courses on food or horses or in the Stone Barn Cafe for a meal or as a volunteer – or all of the above!

COURSES

One of Ireland’s first retreat centres, we have been running residential courses at Macalla Farm since 2001. Sati Yoga, our distinctive approach to yoga, breathwork and mindfulness provide the foundation for long weekend, five night and week long retreats, (including week long silent retreats).

We also run skill-sharing courses in vegetarian/vegan cooking and fermentation in July and August.

By opening our home and farm to those keen on exploring these practices we hold dear, we’ve enriched our own lives through meeting so many different types of people, many of whom have become close friends.

JOIN US

Since 2004 the running of Macalla Farm has been assisted by a large number of generous volunteers and woofers, coming from more than 25 different countries.

It works as an exchange – your help for food and accommodation – the help can be with any aspect of what we do, the food is organic, mostly fairtrade, of the highest quality and delicious, the accomodation comfortable, the place open and welcoming.

Get in touch if you’re interested – we have pretty much assembled our team for the ’25 season, but might be able to fit you in if the dates and skills match!

Kids and ponies

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