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 working week to work on your most important project, your lust for life.
8th - 13th | September 2026 | Between Lisbon & Ericeira
Retreats to inspire real wellness; Feeling alive, inspired, sensual & creative
Your Euro summer just got a little juicier;
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. 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?
Daily Menu
Itinerary, 8th-13th September, 2026
Mornings spent sharing a nourishing seasonal breakfast, taking a swim right outside your bedroom in our pool, or beginning your day with sweat & endorphins with a Pilates or stretch class led by me.
Workshops hosted by local & international artisans, where you’ll get to celebrate & learn true craftsmanship. We’ll explore traditional tile painting, pottery & jewellery making. You’ll be learning new skills and artistic practices under the vine leaves on our big outdoor table or at the artist’s studio itself, so you feel like you’re on your very own European art residency.
Visiting Ericeira, our local beach & surf town where you’ll be able to go on a coastal horse trek & visit the local stables (optional), or grab a pastel de nata and a coffee while exploring the town, finishing off with a refreshing swim in the Atlantic ocean to experience true ocean & cold plunge therapy.
A inclusive and inviting Workshop by Sexologist Katarina Warras on creating your own pleasure menu and living authentically, so you’ll be able to embody everything you’ve learnt about yourself on this trip & go and live it.
Experiencing Portuguese food, culture, & architecture. One of our chefs Theresa, is a local grandmother who loves making other people feel connected through food. She will be cooking us up local dishes made with love to suit every dietary requirement.
Afternoons filled with outdoor showers at the villa, lots of play & big nourishing spreads of food.
Beautiful summer sunsets every evening, long dinners outside & a feeling of deep safety & exhalation.
A chance to explore one of the most beautiful cities, Lisbon.
Massages, facials & self care practices to be added on as optional extras.
Your Trip:
Itinerary, 8th - 13th September, 2026
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Settle in & meet the friends you’ll be sharing this experience with. You’ll share an inviting welcome dinner with them, prepared sharing style. You’ll find wellness & self care goodies for the trip on your bed as a little surprise as you settle into your new room & make yourself at home, take a shower to reset and cover yourself in body oil before bed. This time is your invitation to set an intention and make this retreat exactly what you want it to be.
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Our morning starts with glasses of orange juice, coffee, pastries, seasonal fruit, eggs & fresh bread, followed by a stretch & surrender class to get you out of your head & into your body. After this there’ll be time to shower and get ready for the day, followed by a nourishing lunch.
PM
We’ll head into Lisbon for a traditional tile painting workshop taught by a local artisan. After we have time to enjoy Lisbon, explore the tiny streets, explore local cafes or bars, shop a little in the city and end our evening with a miradouro (viewpoint) for sunset. A chance to sample local wines, take pictures with your new/or old friends and make memories, that will last a long time.
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A light breakfast followed by a morning trip to the ocean to grab a coffee and feel the sea air against your face, swim in the ocean, and have your memories captured by our guest photographer Caitlin Joyce. If it floats your boat there’s an optional horse trek by the coast you’re free to book as an add on; Because riding, the coastline & nature is great for the soul.
PM
A big delicious local sharing style lunch prepared for us at the villa followed by a jewellery making workshop, we’ll work with our hands to create something beautiful you can keep long after your trip ends.
After you’ve spent all day exploring and creating a long, slow traditional Portuguese dinner will be the perfect way to unwind.
Note: Before dinner sunset pool swims, massages & after dinner tiramisu & gelato is optional but encouraged :)
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The day will begin with our regular breakfast, coffee & tea wake up. This time we’ll have time for morning swims, time to play & write or paint if you wish. There will be art supplies on site to create if you feel pulled to do so.
We will have a group activity where we’ll have pretty thick papers to write love letters to the parts of ourselves we’d like to keep giving attention to after the trip, thanking them for coming alive and making promises to ourselves to water them in our everyday life.
We’ll then head to a local pottery class in Ericeira to learn from a local teacher & craft our own pieces, think love, slowness and intention today :).
PM
A big lunch as per usual with be followed by a sexology workshop, beautifully set out with lots of flowers guided by the intentions we set at the start of our trip; to feel more alive, more present or more at home in our own bodies. Katarina will take us through making our own pleasure menu & living more authentically. She is a fully qualified sexologist, and will provide everything we need to feel safe & understood within this process.
A local dinner prepared prepared by our chef; think fresh fish, big salads, sautéed vegetables and bread and butter in excess, a little bit sexy and a little bit homemade & grown all at once.
Since it’s a Saturday if you’d like to head out for the evening to Ericiera you’d be more than welcome too.
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A chance to get all the rest and recovery you need, with another trip to the local surf town to soak in all the beauty of Ericeira.
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Time to take part in a painting workshop for all levels, by Australian artist Jamie Preisz, where you’ll get to experiment with paint and create something uniquely yours.
Get ready for a long candlelit dinner at the villa, a chance to commemorate the week and share a night with all the new friends you’ve made. A beautiful evening to wrap up a beautiful week.
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Our last morning, precious time to enjoy the villa one last time, take mirror selfies, eat lots & lots of food & take a few pastries away with you for the plane ride back home.
Do You Want The House Tour?
Solo Double Room
A room & ensuite all to yourself. all creative activities, villa meals & amenities are included.
£1800
Pricing & Payment Plans
Shared Solo Room
A shared room with one other solo traveller, all creative activities, villa meals & amenities are included.
£1100
Travel Together
Travel with a friend, share a double room or a room with two singles & save when you book as a pair.
£2000
Payment plans are available to split the cost into 2-3 payments up to 8 weeks before the retreat, A deposit of £400 is required to secure your place on the retreat.
What does my package include?
You’ll be staying in a beautiful private villa, a space designed for softness, connection, and ease. Think sun-drenched corners, a serene pool, thoughtfully curated rooms, and your own ensuite bathroom. You can choose to share with a friend (or someone new you meet along the way), or enjoy the luxury of your own private double or king room.
All villa meals are included, Everything within the villa is taken care of, so you can simply arrive, exhale, and enjoy.
Throughout your time here, you’ll be guided through a carefully curated flow of workshops, wellness classes, and creative experiences. From a sexologist-led workshop to tile painting and other artisan-led, hands-on sessions, each experience is designed to inspire, connect, and awaken something within you.
A photographer will be there to gently capture moments from your stay, so you leave with beautiful, lasting memories to hold onto long after the retreat ends.
What is not included?
Flights and airport transfers are not included, giving you the freedom to travel in a way that feels best for you. I’ll always do my best to help coordinate shared transfers where possible, making your arrival feel smooth and supported.
Meals and drinks outside of the villa are not included.
Optional extras, such as spa treatments or additional horse riding experiences, are available at an additional cost should you wish to deepen or personalise your stay.
Anything beyond the wine served at selected villa dinners or tastings, including additional drinks or snacks is not included.
If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, please email me here. I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Inspired by the idea of Saudade
"The love that remains.”
Because maybe there is a longing for parts of you that still live within you but have not felt alive for a while, maybe there are parts of you you’re yet to meet but nonetheless sit excited for you to come and find them and maybe there are parts of you waiting to be lived out by you, you’ll know if there is because it will feel like untapped potential.
This retreat is all about giving those parts of you a chance to live, come back to life or be met again. It is an exploration of the love that remains, though creating, playing, exploring and belonging.
It is about finding the love that has been lost, the love that waits for us and “the love that remains”.
Hello!
Thank you for reading all about the retreat.
Here’s a little about me.
I have been working within the wellness industry since 2022, however I have been esoteric & weird since about seven (no overstatement). These retreats combine everything I care, love & think about into one short burst of time: Travel, experiencing somewhere new, a perspective shift (probably alongside realising you could of thought like that all along), healthy vibrant food, indulgent food, the ocean, people, connection, culture, nature, moving your body, being taken care of, realising it doesn’t matter like that, realising what does matter like that & just feeling like you’re using your life & body how it wants to be used.
While I don’t live like this everyday myself, I know it exists and what it feels like to feel all sparkly and satisfied and thoughtful and excited and my work here is to help you find that feeling too.
