“Feeling is our birthright. It is innate wisdom, and through reconnecting with is, we can re-wild ourselves back to our original nature: the place we started from, before layers of doing, pushing, and obligation clouded over who we are’”
let HER be…
This retreat is for HER to tap into who she really is if she can ‘just be’.
I will invite you to slow down, to breathe, to feel, to soften, to loosen the hips, to open your voice, to rest, to allow yourself to be nourished and to be able to receive … so you can just be who you really are in your organic feminine.
… slowing down to listen to what is true! … not to become a better version of your self, but to just be yourself!
The Retreat:
Since 3 decades, my main somatic practice is yoga and I do love the clear instructions, discipline and commitment that comes with it. But it is only since I started dancing and moving in more non-linnear ways, allowing flow and chaos to happen, moving ‘just how I feel’... that I felt my embodiment practice to be more me.
So, we will do both. The morning program inculdes yoga in form of meditation, energy work, breath work, asanas and deep relaxation. In the afternoon we sing, we dance, we discuss, we share, we learn, we move, we shake, we bounce, we write and we play.
Beside the program we eat extremely nourishing and deliciously healthy food, freshly prepared with love by our private chef, you can spoil yourself with massages or other treatments, you can rest at the pool, walk to the beach, swim in the ocean, but also you can do just nothing!
Who is if for?
It’s for her who knows there is more to life than just ‘getting by’.
It is for her who feels tired of running around, being stuck in the ‘go – mode’, maybe depleted and exhausted from daily life, from working hard and/or managing the family or relationships.
It is for her how likes to tap into her own needs and desires and would like to learn to receive.
Daily schedule:
07:30 Meditation / energy work / pranayama
08:45 Powerdrink
09:00 Yoga asana & relaxation
11:00 Brunch
12:00 Leisure time / pool / beach / massage
16:00 Sharings / journaling / singing / moving / dancing & yoga nidra
19:00 Dinner
You will leave with:
easy to apply somatic exercises that help your feeling of embodiment (=feeling connected with your mind, body, sensations, emotions and breath)
a felt sense of body intelligence and deeper sensibilisation and trust to listen to any signs in your body.
a felt sense of body sovereignty - knowing that you have 100 % control over your body and boundaries are very clear - so you will never have to abandon your self again!
open senses and a deeper connection to your instincts.
a joyful feeling of ‘I could not care less how I look when I dance’ !
a full heart … do you know how magic is when women spend time together? It’s an ancient memory in your body cells.
Dates:
27 April - 03 May 2025
29 June – 05 July 2025
14 - 20 September 2025
Prices:
Shared: €950
Double: €1050
Single Room: €1490
all inclusive
Alternative therapies like massages, shiatsu, spiritual healing, foot reflexology etc can be booked on the spot = approx €60/hour.
The venue:
This women’s retreat is taking place in the very charming portuguese Quinta da Rosa near Salema with a private swimming pool. The rooms are spacious with high ceilings, arched windows, and lovely mahogany floors and doors. It is a very charming and modern house that has a classic and vintage style.
The house has 5 rooms and they can be divided into single, double and a shared (4)rooms. 3 showers and toilets are shared.
The groups are kept small (ca 8 women), so we can go deep.
a retreat at Quinta da Rosa filmed in June 2022, music by Jeska Onderwater :-)
The team:
The facilitator
Diana, yoga teacher and somatic educator for women is passionate about bringing her back to her essence.
The cook
Liliana is spoiling us preparing nutritional balanced healthy meals. She has studied macrobiotic cooking and is very committed to ecology, sustainability and nature… and her food is dangerously delicious, but super healthy.
‘‘ thank you for this wonderful week Diana. The way you could make us feel comfortable and save made all the difference. I feel so relaxed and nourished and at the same time, I feel so powerful again. Muito obrigada!’’ Daphne Maas, Netherlands