Tenerife: Feeling the glow at a rejuvenating yoga retreat in the sun

Having discovered yoga in the US years ago, a winter retreat in Tenerife offered good food, new friends, and the perfect location to get back on the mat, writes Roisin Meaney

Hiking through Tenerife's Masca valley where Masca village, originally a Guanche settlement before the Spanish conquest in 1496. is now home to around 90 inhabitants.

In the autumn of 2023, a friend booked herself a six-night yoga holiday in Tenerife. She was newly single and decided to make the most of her independence with a solo trip, but because holidaying alone was a new thing for her she wanted some group activity involved, so she chose yoga for the exercise and Tenerife for the sunshine.

On her return I met her to see how she’d fared, and found her glowing with enthusiasm.