The Retreat;
Ocean dips, Pottery, Finding the brightest star, Spa - ing, Long dinners, Wine for the table, Laughter, New Friends, Old Friends, Being right here, The type of sleep you have when you feel satisfied & complete, Everything else that feels kind of alive & lots of it.
A beautifully unique 5 days between Lisbon & Ericeira, my own “the love that remains” retreat. A working week to work on your most important project, your lust for life.
5th - 9th | August 2026 | Between Lisbon & Ericeira
The dreamiest (very) long weekend
5 days of feeling alive;
Working alongside local artisans, long, slow & savoured dinners, good wine, better coffee. The shock of the ocean against your skin after a brave jump, Your hair pulled back by wind, your body pulled forward by seemingly magic? (you’re horseback riding). The wide, wide, wide ocean that makes you feel so, so, so small. The feeling of being connected back to your childlike sense of awe & silliness (maybe it’s been a while but that doesn’t mean they won’t pick up the phone). Discovering that actually you are a creative person. Enjoying failing for once because you are human & that’s supposed to happen if you’re doing it right. You call it falling forward instead now. Not rushing your success, letting it go right in it’s own time, being proud and a little in love with being, making & seeing because that’s also supposed to happen when you’re doing it right. Savouring everything a little tiny bit more & learning what people mean when they say ‘it goes by fast’ and ‘if not now when?’ and then living the now part instead of the when part. Just like how you stop just knowing that life is here now but instead you start feeling it now. That’s the art of living. We learn by repetition so when we can start being a little more wide open to life we learn we can do it again and again and again. Maybe everything feels a little more vivid and raw, maybe even softer focused and a little kinder, anyway that’s exactly where we are going, wanna come?
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Your Itinerary, inspired by wide open living:
Wednesday, welcome home
You’re here finally! Time for a welcome dinner, meeting your new friends and enjoying the first evening of your trip. Important reminder: this is a new page and you can write it however you like, make it yours.
Thursday, this must be the place
Starting the morning with your creative practice - morning pages, strong coffee & super sexy pastries followed up with a morning of ocean dipping (this is kind of like praying I think, I’m not sure there’s a deeper connection anyone can have with the world than being in the ocean), after all this we’ll have a fresh & nourishing lunch, roasted vegetables, lots of fresh herbs and dips, warm freshly baked bread - like the ultimate girl dinner?? but prepared by a chef who really gets it. Then things will get really exciting as we’re going to learn artisanal skills from people who have been creating art for a while now, we’ll head up to Lisbon & learn Portuguese tile painting as taught by a local & followed by an evening experiencing one of europe’s most beautiful cities at sunset & into the night.
Friday, wild woman
A morning of nourishing food, laughter, and being, we’ll head out for a morning of horseback riding down the coast of Ericeira (if this feels a little scary there will be an option 2, that equally feels wild & restorative), cool off with an outdoor shower back at the villa, wrap yourself in a towel and let yourself feel that feeling of when your body has been used, in the right way - satisfaction. Snap pictures on your disposable to make the memories last, you’re not worried so much about how you look anymore, you just want to remember. Refuel with good food and conversation & then get ready for an afternoon workshop with sexologist Katarina Warras, it’s time to feel a little see through, don’t worry you’ll feel stronger for it later. We’ll seal in the day with a long slow dinner with lots of Portuguese wines to try. This is one of those days where you get to just let go.
Saturday, it’s all here now
Starting with our regular ritual you’ll know what to expect now, this time you might start to feel a little cheekier with life, which might show up as taking morning pool dips, dancing in the mirror and wearing whatever you packed ‘just incase’ the occasion came up - being here, alive and with your eyes open is the occasion!! (party!!) Time to move our body & celebrate, we’ll follow breakfast with morning Pilates, a good shower so we can feel really fresh & maybe another coffee if it feels right. Let’s head into town to make jewellery, I feel a silver or gold ring you’ve shaped and designed yourself will never be a waste of time or beauty. Let’s get back to the villa and have a well deserved late lunch/early dinner, get dressed up for sunset and head out to the local surf town, it is a Saturday so if you want to go out I’m not judging you! Plus you only live once, but if you’re feeling an early night, or maybe an evening of connection and pool swims and snacks - it’s whatever you feel, I hope you listen to you. The life in which you feel the most alive is the one in which you listen to you!
Sunday, your new creative life is born
You wake up feeling refreshed, in the life sense, back to feeling satisfied and full up on life. We’ll have a slow morning of good breakfast and movement, time to talk it out with your new & old friends, set an intention for your next adventure and let life move through you.
*Example Itinerary, exact daily itinerary tbc
Your Villa & Your Stay
Just 30 minutes from Lisbon (with easy access from the airport) and only five minutes from the beautiful surf town of Ericeira, your home for the week is nestled in peaceful Mafra.
A chance to slow down, savour, sweat, take up space, be silly, let go, let up and let free.
This is your formal invitation to take yourself on your dreamiest trip yet. If you’ve never done something like this for yourself before, I’m giving you permission to begin.
Each room comes with its own ensuite bathroom, giving you both comfort and privacy throughout your stay.
Early Bird
£799 — Shared room with one other (a chance to make a new friend), or share a double room with a friend or partner. (usually £849)
£999 — Double room to yourself (early bird rate, usually £1060).
Only 2 early bird spots remaining.
This isn’t about doing life perfectly it’s about feeling it fully, if you’ve been missing yourself or maybe even your life, this is your invite back to a life that is uniquely your own and deserves your full attention.
You are worth celebrating, worth a life that is worth living, worthy of feeling and that is worthy being done.