About us

Inner Retreats was born from a deep need: to create a safe, authentic, and vibrant space for anyone who, at some point in life, felt lost among roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
It is for you, the one who feels that you no longer want to just function, but to live. To breathe. To feel. To be.
A search that was ours too.
We were also there in moments of agitation, confusion, disconnection from ourselves. We lived the rush to 'do', to 'be enough', to seek external validation. And one day we felt we could no longer continue like this.
Thus our journey began. A journey in which we sincerely explored techniques for working with the body, mind, and soul. We went through therapies, retreats, deep silences, and unexpected revelations.
We listened to each other. We learned to embrace each other again. To honor each other. To be. Inner Retreats is the gift we want to pass on.
A vibrant, warm, sacred space where everyone can breathe again. To return within. To listen to oneself. To heal.

With gentleness,
Mariana Demeter and Liliana Ștefan

TRAINERS

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Mariana Demeter

Psychotherapist / Mindfulness Instructor / Theta Healing Instructor

I am Mariana Demeter - psychotherapist, supervisor in clinical psychology, founder of the Alegria Clinic, and guide in the inner processes of returning to oneself. I have been working for 19 years with souls in search - sometimes for meaning, sometimes for peace, sometimes for love or courage. I accompany them on this journey of healing and reconnection with approaches such as Schema Therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, couple and family therapy, as well as with MBSR Mindfulness practices and Theta Healing, which open doors to conscious living and deep integration. But beyond methods, I wholeheartedly believe in the power of human presence. In a gentle gaze. In a pause where you breathe. In a safe space where you no longer have to explain yourself, but just to be. InnerRetreats was born from this belief: that we need places to return home, to the body, to the heart, to our inner truth. The retreats I create are carefully woven, like soul shirts: group therapy sessions, mindfulness practice, meaningful silences, real connections, and time to hear yourself again. I invite you to come alongside me, not as a patient, not as a student, but as a whole person, with all that you are. To leave your worries at the gate, to stretch your roots in tranquility, and to grant yourself the gift of renewal. "There are places where the soul does not heal through words, but through the warm silence of a presence. There I await you." M.D.
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Liliana Ștefan

Integrative psychotherapist / Somatic therapist

I am Liliana Ștefan – mother of three boys who light my path and give meaning to my life. I am a clinical psychologist, with a master's degree in clinical psychology and psychological interventions, I am an integrative psychotherapist, with solid training in body therapies. I approach people with gentleness and curiosity, guided by a vision that unites science with the wisdom of the body. In my work, I integrate approaches such as EMDR, NLP, psychosomatics, applied neuroscience alongside techniques dedicated to regulating the nervous system and processing traumas. I support healing through deep somatic interventions – craniosacral therapy, fascia release, reflexology, trigger point therapy, Bowen therapy, Spinal Flow therapy, and TRE – rooted in the belief that the mind, body, and emotion are threads of the same inner fabric. I strongly believe that well-being and healing lie in the balanced connection between these three dimensions of the human being: mind, body, soul. I invite you to dare to look beyond the limits of the human being.