Macalla Farm, Clare Island

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Macalla Farm, Clare Island

Retreat centre specialising in yoga, mindfulness, vegetarian cookery, natural horsemanship We cut some of our firewood from our woodland and tree plantations.

Macalla Farm is a 240 acres holding located on Clare Island, off the Mayo coast of Ireland. We offer courses in yoga, meditation, mindful eating, vegetarian cooking, natural horsemanship and natural hoof care with resident and visiting teachers. The land is mostly mountain land grazed by a flock of sheep and a small herd of horses, but there's also a 10 acre native woodland, orchards, gardens and two polytunnels. The horses, mostly Connemara ponies, are used for riding, driving, horsemanship courses and for various jobs on the farm. They are kept and trained as naturally as possible, live out all year, and are ridden and worked without shoes or bits. We aim to be as self sufficeint as possible, and grow all our vegetables and some of our fruit organically in our garden and polytunnels. We also have a small flock of milking sheep, and in the spring and summer, make yogurt and cheese from their milk.

17/12/2025

the last small fundraiser of the year for Palestine at the Christmas Market on the island -

A massive thanks to all who have helped us raise more than €6000 through on our dinner nights, as well as two brilliant music gigs and a coffee morning.

All funds have gone to , , and

We will continue to raise our voices in 2026 and support as best we can

14/12/2025

Late harvest fermenting - with ginger, tumeric and chilli for added spice ✨

08/12/2025

2 spaces left for our New Year Sati Yoga Retreat 🌱 28th - 2nd January 2026. More info on our website macallafarm.ie. We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be a very special retreat ✨

16/11/2025

Only a couple of places left for our New Year Sati Yoga Retreat! A truly special way to close the year. Link in bio / macallafarm.ie 💛

12/11/2025

the very last of the tomatoes! ready to be preserved as tomato sauce and enjoyed at home, in the cafe and on retreats for the year to come 🍅

We also save over a dozen different varieties of seed to be used in the next growing season when it all begins again!

02/08/2025

A shared experience from one of our July Elemental Yoga practice participants 💕. We were grateful to have such an engaged, open and delightful retreat group.

We would love to see you during the 26-30 August Elemental Yoga and Meditation retreat, where we will again dive deep into our inner elemental make up and the outer environment—dispelling the myth of separateness and contemplating together what it means to grapple with care for the inner and outer worlds, in a time of extreme challenge to both.

DM or visit our website for more info.

01/07/2025

July Yoga & Meditation Retreat and Cooking Course -

It's informed by a persistent question for us here at Macalla Farm: How can our yogic/Buddhist/somatic practices help us to creatively respond to the crazy times we're living through?

06/06/2025

Summer Solstice Yoga & Meditation Retreat; Returner & Referral Discounts -

the Buddhist teachings on the hindrances and factors of awakening and their application to our practice on and off the mat

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Clare Island
Co Mayo

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http://www.macallafarm.ie/

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Macalla Farm is a 240 acre farm on Clare Island, off the Mayo coast of Ireland. With its own yoga studio over looking Clew Bay, it has been offering yoga retreats since the 1990. Run by Christophe Mouze and Ciara Cullen share their insightful and transformative wealth and wisdom, crafted over many years of enquiry, insight and practice of asana, pranayama and meditation. Living the teachings of yoga, the farm has grown to become an experiential journey for visiting students - offering the chance to see how yoga can be extended into our daily life, into our food, how we cook, how we take care of our animals and how we can move with more grace and intention in the world. Macalla Farm offer courses in yoga, meditation, mindful eating, vegetarian cooking, natural horsemanship and natural hoof care with resident and visiting teachers. They aim to be as self sufficient as possible, growing all of their vegetables and some of their fruit organically in the garden and polytunnels. They keep a small flock of milking sheep, and in the spring and summer, make yogurt and cheese from their milk. Read more about their garden, their kitchen, their story and their yoga here - www.macallafarm.ie