Tech Wellbeing Retreat with @metawe.ll ★ March 2026
Tech Wellbeing Retreat with @metawe.ll ★ March 2026
Safe Mode (Tech Wellbeing Retreat) 13-19th March 2026, Barcelona Spain
In partnership with
Safe Mode the term for the technical setting that strips a device down to its essential files + functions, by disabling all third-party programs. This mode allows you to better locate + repair internal issues within the device.
This is exactly the work we’ll be doing on our retreat. Stripping away the layers of distortions + distractions fueled by technology, our goal is to reconnect with a more essentialist view of our inner + outer worlds.
Through a blend of teaching, movement, community, time in nature, and creative practice- we’ll find our way back to things that truly light us up , and learn how to sustain them in our daily lives.
It’s not a detox, more a lifestyle level-up and a chance to develop a healthier relationship with your tech, with the ultimate goal of helping you…
Rediscover awe!
£200 off for earlybird, ends Sept 2025*
Highlights
Visit to natural springs & waterfalls with option to wild swim • Wine tasting and local vineyard tours • Swim in the saltwater pool • Playful creative workshops • Mindfulness workshops, including both movement & stillness • Open fires and conversation • Silent Disco • Lots of space and time for yourself • 121 creative sessions • Time to connect with others, and let go of tech
What to Expect
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Reflect on the problem
Explores how technology pulls us from what truly lights us up—movement, making, nature, and community—fueling anxiety and disconnection. Through reflection and embodied activities, we’ll reconnect with authenticity, awe, and meaning. Participants will map personal tech habits and rediscover joy through presence, creativity, and deeper human connection.
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Your inner world exploration
Reconnect with purpose, presence, and play in a world of comparison, overwhelm, and performance. Through journaling, self-reflection, creative practice, and inner child/elder connection, you’ll explore avoidance, rediscover joy, and clarify your authentic self—beyond perfection, pressure, and the imaginary audience shaping your choices.
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Immerse yourself in the real world
We’ll invite you to rediscover the awe and magic we often miss in a hyper-connected world. Through playful rituals, sensory exploration, and shifting perspective, you'll learn to see again—beyond the content lens and imagined audience—reconnecting with wonder, presence, and the beauty hiding in plain sight.
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Who are you (without tech)
It’s now time to release outdated identities shaped by algorithms and insecurity. Through creative and introspective workshops, you'll craft a new, authentic self. Create a personal talisman, realign your digital world, and use tech as a tool for expansion—not limitation—rooted in clarity, intention, and self-defined growth.
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Returning to the real world
Disrupt old patterns with practical tools and accountability to realign daily life with your new found values, presence, and purpose. We want you to leave the retreat feeling empowered to continue alone, but also with a more subtle and natural feeling that things have shifted. We’ll leave you with rhythms & rituals that you can take back to your reality post retreat.
Guest Reviews
The Venue
in the rural Spanish countryside, near Barcelona
Pricing from £1800 pp*
Mas els Igols is a traditional 18th century Catalan farmhouse, transformed into a beautiful art-filled retreat and holiday home for 15 people. An oasis-like estate surrounded by the Pènedes vineyards near Barcelona.
Switch on your senses in this quieter situated Masia, that breathes warmth and understated luxury. We are inviting you to ‘Live Light’ and unwind; sit back and come to yourself in the lushness of this rural setting.
Shuttles from Barcelona airport will be provided on arrival and departure days, or you can arrange your own transport if you prefer.
Still have questions? Contact us for more details
* this includes earlybird discount
Who created this retreat?
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Retreat Leader
Amy is a therapist-in-training and designer, bringing together person-centred theory and creative thinking in her work with clients. Reflecting on her 80s childhood, she credits boredom for unlocking her imagination—and invites others to rediscover creativity by stepping away from constant stimulation.
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Retreat Collaborator
Jocelyn is a cyber-psychologist based in Sydney. She’s the founder of Digital Nutrition TM, researcher with Sydney University, practicing psychologist, as well as a writer, public speaker and media commentator on the topic of digital wellbeing.
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Retreat Collaborator
Kelly is a New York-based brand and innovation strategist. With a background in visual and cultural theory, she’s spent nearly a decade consulting for some of the world’s biggest, most disruptive brands, with a specialty in food + beverage, health + wellness.
“Being immersed in nature became a kind of therapy I didn’t know I needed. It gave me the opportunity to let go of daily stresses, and make intentional time for creativity. One of my most important takeaways was realising the importance of play in adult life”
Fran Bibby • Retreat Attendee
Past Retreats
(*this was our Lithuania Retreat, but many of the workshops are similar)
Your Retreat Leader
Amy is a therapist in training, professional graphic designer, and amateur artist - she has also explored wellbeing both personally and professionally for over a decade, and may have found a new approach.
Growing up in the 80s, boredom was a common occurrence, but it was never something that was as feared as it is nowadays. Remembering this time fondly, she shares “Most of my childhood I was faced with boredom. But it was this time in my life that I started drawing - and I’d spend HOURS doing so. Most of all, my imagination was totally WILD, and I saw the world through a very inspiring lens.
I know I wouldn’t have found my creative streak without that 'boredom', and it made me think what we might discover if we dare to venture away from constant stimulation today…”
The retreat will include optional 121 sessions with Amy throughout the week, if you’re interested in exploring person centred therapy, alongside your creative expression.
“Since returning from the retreat, I’m more mindful of using my phone, and have consciously switched it off for hours at a time. I also opted to walk without a podcast - allowing time to think or just enjoy the scenery, rather than being plugged in all the time. I spent an evening painting a canva, and have a new sketchbook on order”
Coralie Watson • Retreat Attendee
A Day on Retreat
We want you to know, this is your retreat, we are providing a framework, but you can always take what you need.
8.30am • Every day will start with a mindfulness practice. This might be a moving meditation or a simple silent creative task
10.30am • Group workshop where we will start with a discussion on a theme, then offer you ways to explore that idea
2pm • Your time to continue to create, rest or introspect.
5pm • Talk, share, connect. Join the group for some reflection on the day, what you’re creating, and how you’re feeling.
3x meals are included at set times each day.
Spend your evenings however you wish…a glass of wine by the fire getting to know your fellow retreaters, or luxuriate in a silent stroll through the gardens and star gaze
We are launching on the 18th July, Sign up and join the waitlist below
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