Create your own coaching holiday!
Living in Tarifa Spain I offer coaching online but also live! It’s possible to combine online session with live sessions in Tarifa or join one of the weeks organised around a theme. We can also put your own coaching holiday together where a program can be created around your personal coaching goal.
Why Tarifa Feels So Special
= And How Water Sports Amplify It
The science behind spirit, presence, and flow where two seas and two continents meet
Tarifa, Spain, isn’t just beautiful, it feels different. People often describe it as energetic, freeing, even transformative. But what if there’s science behind this sense of “something more”? This is why Tarifa is a great location to have one or more coaching sessions or join one of our coaching weeks. And what if water sports, like surfing, windsurfing, or kitesurfing, could actually amplify these effects?
Let’s break it down.
1. Earth Energy: Magnetic Fields & Moving Plates
Tarifa is situated at the line where the African and Eurasian tectonic plates meet. This geological boundary is also a magnetic anomaly zone. Some research suggests that changes in Earth’s magnetic field can subtly influence our emotional state and even deepen meditative awareness.
And on top of that, being immersed in salt water makes your body more conductive. When you’re riding waves or wind in this magnetic zone, you’re literally syncing your body with the environment. Water sports heighten your sensory awareness, making you more receptive to these natural energies.
2. Ion-Charged Air: Nature’s Mood Booster
Tarifa is where the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea meet. Which makes the air rich in negative ions—tiny charged particles formed by crashing waves and strong winds. Studies show these ions can increase serotonin, improve mood, and boost energy levels.
When you’re actively moving through this air, breathing it in while surfing or kiteboarding, you’re getting a deep dose of these mood-lifting particles. Plus, the physical effort combined with focused movement amplifies your brain’s natural “feel-good” chemistry.
3. Brainwaves & Rhythm: Ocean Meets Mind
The sound and rhythm of waves are proven to influence our brain’s electrical activity, encouraging alpha brainwaves, those associated with calm, focus, and creativity. Tarifa’s unique ocean convergence creates a rich, rhythmic soundscape that your brain naturally tunes into.
Surfing, paddling, or gliding with the wind puts your body into sync with the ocean’s movement. This rhythmic engagement can lead to “flow states,” where your mind quiets and you’re fully present—something meditation apps only try to mimic.
4. Awe at the Edge: Geography Meets Psychology
Tarifa is literally “on the edge”, between continents, oceans, and cultures. This kind of dramatic contrast sparks awe, a powerful emotion that’s been shown to shrink the ego, increase empathy, and connect us to something larger than ourselves. Tarifa is also the point where an estimated 35-40 million birds of 350 species migrate every year and is part of Parque Natural del Estrecho covering 18.931 hectare.
In Tarifa you’re not just watching nature, you’re in it, part of it. The power of the wind, sea and nature combined with your movement across it, creates an intense feeling of humility and connection.
5. Echoes of History: Myth in Motion
Tarifa has been a crossing point for civilizations for thousands of years, from Berbers to Romans to Spanish kings. These layers of history contribute to a deeper, more symbolic sense of place, even if we don’t consciously think about it.
When you ride the same winds that carried ancient explorers, walk the same streets or cross the waters they feared, you’re participating in a kind of modern myth-making. Your movement becomes part of a story that transcends time.
In Short: Tarifa Isn’t Just a Place—It’s a Portal
And when you step into that portal with your whole body, board in hand, heart open, you tap into something rare:
a convergence of science, sensation, spirit, and flow.
Water sports here don’t just activate your muscles.
They awaken your mind.
Would you like to know more about the possibilities f coaching in Tarifa? Just contact us.
A visual impression of Tarifa