Awakening Growth - YOGA retreat in portugal
3rd-6th June 2021
(please read the notice re Covid-19 below next to the booking form)
Join us for a long weekend in beautiful rural Portugal and replenish, revitalise and rejuvenate. Maybe you are feeling quite exhausted and stagnated after the challenges of the past year and are looking for a break to make a fresh start. A chance to shake off the dust and step into your own growth again. Summer is lurking around the corner - lets embrace the rising energy of the long days, the warm sunshine and the ripening fruits, and stoke the fire of the heart.
Sometimes we need to make time, detox body and mind, and turn to the practices we know lift the spirit, for this power of natural growth to really manifest. During this weekend retreat, we will be exploring our own intentions of personal and community growth through movement, breathwork, massage, yoga philosophy and self discovery; awakening to the growth within ourselves.
A generous programme of physical and mental practices for relaxing the body, silencing the mind and nurturing the soul awaits you. Return home feeling calm, cleansed and armed with simple techniques for building these positive results into daily life.
Come too to enjoy the early summer air, healthy and delicious food and the beauty of nature. A chance to rest, rebalance, and tune into the uplifting forces of this seasonal transition. We look forward to welcoming you.
(please read the notice re Covid-19 below next to the booking form)
Join us for a long weekend in beautiful rural Portugal and replenish, revitalise and rejuvenate. Maybe you are feeling quite exhausted and stagnated after the challenges of the past year and are looking for a break to make a fresh start. A chance to shake off the dust and step into your own growth again. Summer is lurking around the corner - lets embrace the rising energy of the long days, the warm sunshine and the ripening fruits, and stoke the fire of the heart.
Sometimes we need to make time, detox body and mind, and turn to the practices we know lift the spirit, for this power of natural growth to really manifest. During this weekend retreat, we will be exploring our own intentions of personal and community growth through movement, breathwork, massage, yoga philosophy and self discovery; awakening to the growth within ourselves.
A generous programme of physical and mental practices for relaxing the body, silencing the mind and nurturing the soul awaits you. Return home feeling calm, cleansed and armed with simple techniques for building these positive results into daily life.
Come too to enjoy the early summer air, healthy and delicious food and the beauty of nature. A chance to rest, rebalance, and tune into the uplifting forces of this seasonal transition. We look forward to welcoming you.
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The Programme
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Typically the days will unfold like this...
Thursday From 16h00 - Arrival 18h00 - Welcome, introductions, intentions 19h30 - Dinner 20h45 - A deep relaxation with Katrin Friday 07h30 - Nourishing Morning Practice with Katrin 09h00 - Breakfast 10h30 - Workshop with Katrin: We are a product of our survival 13h00 - Lunch 16h00 - Workshop with Tiago: The Power of Pranayama 19h30 - Dinner 20h45 - Restorative Yoga with Kirsten |
Saturday
07h30 - Dynamic Yoga Flow with Kirsten 09h00 - Breakfast 10h30 - Workshop with Tiago: Understanding the concept of Vinyasa 13h00 - Lunch 16h00 - Workshop with Kirsten: Ground to Earth / Ground to Sky 19h30 - Dinner 20h45 - Sankalpa & Yoga Nidra with Kirsten Sunday 07h30 - Morning Yoga with Tiago 09h00 - Breakfast 10h30 - Workshop with Katrin: Changing the story 13h00 - Lunch 14h30 - Closing Ceremony 15h00 - Everyone leaves |
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About Casa do LimoeiroCasa do Limoeiro is a traditional house in an idyllic little village in a famous wine region, 50 minutes northwest of Lisbon. The large garden offers not only a peaceful place to relax and enjoy the country air, but an abundance of fruit and vegetables for our meals.
Accommodation Designed for sharing, the rooms in the main house are simple and comfortable. There are two 4-bed rooms and two 2-bed room, all with the en-suite bathrooms. The Food The food is made with natural ingredients prepared with care and consideration. The organic, locally sourced, naturally high-in-energy and balanced vegetarian/vegan meals will provide delicious replenishment for body and spirit. Much of the produce comes from their own land, including homemade olive oil and wine as well as a variety of traditional jams. A gluten-free diet can be catered for. |
Travel InfoFlights
There are many companies flying to Lisbon. For best deals, take a look at dohop.com. Lisbon is a 50-minute drive away from Casa do Limoeiro. Getting to Casa do Limoeiro Depending on who is joining us from where, we will organise transfers accordingly. If you are based in Lisbon and can drive to Casa do Limoeiro yourself, please let us know if you are willing to take someone else with you. If we don't have enough cars amongst participants, we will organise a transfer in the afternoon and one going back after lunch on the Sunday. The cost will be up to 30€ for this option. |
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Book now to join us
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The retreat is limited to 12 people. We have a number of options to suit you:
Early bird - SAVE 80€ on your booking before 9th May 2021! |
The prices include
It does not include flights, insurance, any transfers, trips or other activities. |
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Step 2: Pay the depositBooking TermsTo secure your place, we kindly ask for a 200€ deposit. The remainder of the fee will be payable 10 days before the start of the retreat, or immediately, should you book less than 10 days beforehand.
All payments are non-refundable and non-transferrable (see exceptions below). In the unlikely event that we have to cancel the retreat or we cannot offer you a place for any reason, you will be offered either a full cash refund minus a 20€ handling fee or the option of being transferred to an alternative event. Covid-19 important notice In the case that
Should the retreat not be able to go ahead due to Covid-19 restrictions, we will try to find alternative dates. In case, the alternative dates don't suit you, you will receive a full refund minus a 20€ handling fee. It is your responsibility to take out adequate travel insurance to cover all your eventual travel costs (flights etc). We will continue to monitor the situation closely on an ongoing basis, to create a safe space for everyone. We may ask all participants to do a fast test on arrival to put everyone's mind at ease. |
Meet the retreat Facilitators
Kirsten (Kaye) Wilkinson
MA, TCTSY Facilitator, YACEP, 200-RYS Kirsten considers herself a child of the Universe, calling home wherever her teddy bear happens to be. She holds a Masters Degree in Dance and Research from American University in Washington, DC and a BA in Dance and Kinesiology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Kirsten is the Founder and Executive Director of Legacy Motion, an American based non profit committed to promoting resilience, empowerment, trauma resolution, psychosocial coexistence, community and peace building through restorative, movement based practices. Her professional dance career spans over 10 years during which she performed with such companies as The San Francisco Ballet, David Dorfman and Heidelberg Ballet. She has held positions at The Library of Congress, Dance Heritage Coalition, and various adjunct professorships at American University Cairo, University of Oregon, University of Hawaii and many more. After much physical trauma sustained in a car accident, she has found sanctuary in her yoga practice and teaching. She is a certified Hot Yoga and 200YTT yoga instructor with thousands of hours teaching moving bodies. Kirsten’s training comes from a broad background including Alexander Technique, LabanNotation, Dance Therapy, TCTSY, and Mind/Body Therapy. She is also the Director of International Programs at BodyWise Foundation. |
Tiago Botelho
Tiago likes to see himself as an "explorer of life", as he understands life as discovering and recognizing what we are and everything around us. He studied and worked as a communication consultant, but discovered in Ayurvedic medicine and in Yoga a different way of Being in life. He has been teaching yoga for over a decade and has been practicing since 2005. Learning from various teachers and in different traditions, he has built a broad, free and simple view of what yoga proposes and how it can be approached and practiced in different ways. With deep gratitude and reverence to all his teachers and to the teachers of his teachers, he continues to study annually in Portugal, Spain and India. He has been teaching in Portugal, Spain, Israel, India and Indonesia for love and dedication to everyone's life and well-being. |
Katrin Heuser
Yoga teacher and bodyworker, Katrin has always been interested in the body and movement. After many years of dance, her Scoliosis lead her to Pilates and finally to Yoga and Thai Massage, which then became her path in life. For her it’s about the never ending discovery of body and mind, to deepen the awareness and to release all tension and stagnation. Only then, the journey towards healing and transformation can begin, the capacity and power of resilience of the body can grow, and more space for positive life energy and joy can develop. She holds a 500h Level 4 NVQ Yoga Teaching qualification, trained in Manual Lymph Drainage and has studied extensively in Thai Yoga Massage and Osteothai, including a Master Osteothai qualification, over the past years. She used to run a Yoga Festival in London and launched an online anti-stress breathing programme. Since 2015 Katrin lives in Lisbon and co-runs Little Yoga Space, where she teaches and gives Osteothai treatments, and is the director of Hadadi School of Thai Yoga Massage, offering foundation and advanced training courses worldwide. |