Seven days to reclaim your body and your calm
Retreats guided by Prof. David Luján in Spain, India and Bali: a personal diagnosis, daily therapies and a protocol designed around your problem — not a generic wellness program.
Choose your retreat Discover the method Why an ECAN Retreat?- Duration7 days*
- Group10–20 people
- LanguageEnglish
- LocationsSpain · India · Bali
Caring for the person, not selling just another retreat
We've spent more than 20 years treating patients without pause, in very different countries. An ECAN retreat is born from that same clinical method — it's not a week of yoga with acupuncture in the background, it's a real diagnosis followed by a protocol made for you.
Anxiety, insomnia, chronic fatigue or excess weight aren't treated the same way in two different people: that's why everything begins with the teacher's reading of your pulse, tongue and breathing, not with a fixed program for the whole group.
Retreating to heal
Since the beginnings of humanity, and for almost a million years until the arrival of our modern society, when someone fell ill, they would seek out a Retreat.
The idea of the Retreat is to isolate the person from all the factors in their life, since one of them — or a combination of several — is the real cause. It's confusion and loss of vital direction that generate bad decisions. A destructive routine takes hold of us from within without our realizing it, deep and unconscious. Repeated over time, it becomes a great danger.
Without a doubt, for every illness, the deep root lies in a chain of bad decisions across different areas of life.
To identify it, the best thing is to retreat: in tranquility, in silence, with different habits, with different people. Often, with the help of a professional or guide. In that guided, controlled calm of new habits, it becomes possible to identify the bad habits causing the problems.
The best hospital
That's why Retreats have always been the best hospital: no need for harsh chemicals or invasive surgeries, just recovery through natural change. The message that brings about healing lies within.
Because once achieved, a reintegration takes place that ensures the illness doesn't return. You learn, you correct course, and you can move forward with greater strength, clarity and vitality.
The 5 phases of the Retreat
Assimilation and recognition
After years of struggling, we understand that we won't be able to get out on our own. Pushing in the same direction is leading everything toward illness.
Humility
We ask for help and put ourselves in the hands of professionals.
Peace
Letting go and delegating. It's not through struggle or pushing harder, but quite the opposite: surrendering, seeking peace, without effort, setting aside distractions in search of one's own fulfillment.
Awareness
Signs begin to arrive, unsought and unasked for, in the form of peace and beauty. That's where healing appears: the body works through its complex biology and repairs itself.
Reintegration
It's time to return to your previous life. It's essential to have clarity and the strength to make deep changes — not just material or abrupt ones, but changes in attitude, expectations and direction, focusing your efforts where they're truly needed.
At ECAN Retreats we dive deep into the 5 essential Factors
Five factors where bad habits typically originate — habits that, chained together, end up causing illness. Tap each one to learn more.
The most important Harvard University study on Health and Longevity, after 78 years of tracking, concludes that the most important factor is the quality of our interpersonal relationships. We need to learn to identify the gaps and improve these skills that are essential for health and longevity.
Watch the study's video →Everything around us affects us. A harmonious environment, pleasantly designed, helps foster balanced decision-making. We need to review possible shortcomings here and find ways to compensate for them.
Learning to eat well and enjoy it is key. Together we review the most important studies on a healthy diet. It's not just what you eat, but how it's prepared. We run a personalized test to identify which types of food help you most, as well as which ones are doing you the most harm.
Our brain is the great translator that filters data from the outside in, and vice versa. The consumption of information matters, first, because of the quality of the content: it should fit each person's life's work, not be mere entertainment but produce genuine inner fulfillment. And, on the other hand, the way that data comes in matters too: if it arrives in a fast, disorderly rhythm, that's what the brain sends on to the body, and what the body ends up craving in an equally forceful way. We need to learn to re-educate ourselves and be responsible for what we consume.
This is the fifth factor, and all the previous ones exert a direct influence on it. You can't sustain a healthy body or a calm mind without achieving a steady, stable balance in relationships and groups, environment and design, diet and nutrition, and information consumption. Trying to sustain body and mind when there are intertwined errors across the 5 factors is a tense, impossible fight. But together they support one another: that's why we design exercises suited to each body and each age, and we learn what the mind is and its quirks, so we can train it in our favor.
Relationships and groups
The only retreat that starts with a diagnosis
None of the retreats we've reviewed on the market include a pulse diagnosis or an individual protocol — most offer the same fixed program to the whole group. At ECAN, the order is always the same:
- Diagnosis — pulse, tongue, breathing, blood pressure and blood sugar with the teacher.
- Personal protocol — the teacher decides with you which program and which therapies you need.
- Daily therapies — acupuncture, massage and kinesiotherapy according to your protocol, plus group bodywork practices.
- Follow-up support — 3 months of follow-up with your healer and the teacher after you return home.
You don't work with the teacher alone
The team supporting you varies by location — here's what you'll find at each retreat. We'll be adding the names and photos of each specialist here soon.
Full team
Prof. David Luján, nutritionist, acupuncturist, massage therapist and kinesiotherapist.
See the retreat in Spain →Full team
Prof. David Luján, nutritionist, acupuncturist and massage therapist.
See the retreat in Bali →Compact team
Prof. David Luján and a nutritionist — the 4-day format focuses on guided fasting.
See the retreat in India →Two profiles, the same care
40+, on vacation. They come looking for a real pause: anxiety, poor sleep, stress, or a few extra pounds they've been carrying for a while. They want a guided reset, not just a few days of rest.
55+, with chronic conditions. They live in the region or in Europe and come specifically for treatment: pain, digestive or mobility issues that no longer respond to the usual approaches.
Three ways to work through the same week
The program is set together with you after the initial diagnosis — it isn't freely chosen at booking, because fasting and weight loss aren't suitable for everyone. The exact price depends on the location: check it on your country's page.
Integral health
Full diagnosis, personal protocol, daily therapies, morning practices and follow-up support afterward. The foundation of all three programs.
See the full program →Weight loss
Same format and inclusions as the main program, with the protocol focused on weight loss. Available in Spain and Bali.
See the full program →Fasting
Same format and inclusions as the main program, with fasting guided by the teacher. In India, it's also offered as its own 4-day program.
See the full program →What the week includes
No competitor we've reviewed offers 3 months of follow-up support after the retreat — it's ECAN's biggest differentiator in the market.
Same foundation, three very different locations
Spain
La Cabrera (Sierra Norte de Madrid) and Marbella. Mediterranean climate and close to home for those coming from Europe.
See dates & price →India
Palolem Beach, Goa — ECAN's original location. Wellness Fasting Program, 4 days.
See dates & price →Bali
Ubud. A change of scenery as part of the therapy, in a setting designed for disconnecting.
See dates & price →*In India the format is 4 days — see details on its page.
Before you book
Professor David Luján has over 20 years of clinical practice and the 2009 Merit for Excellence award. We're preparing testimonials from previous retreats for this page — in the meantime, message us and we'll answer any questions before you book.
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