This mostly-silent weekend retreat is a personal invitation to recharge yourself at a luxury working Quinta surrounded by nature. Leave your busy life behind, embrace nature and let our team of passionate experts guide you through an eclectic experience.

Designed for women navigating the fullness of life, feeling the pressure of careers, families or caregiving. This retreat supports silence as an invitation to feel spaciousness and a chance to hear yourself without the noise so you can reconnect to your needs. The luxury accommodation and facilities on site will enhance your experience.

You will be respectfully guided through a well designed opt-in/out schedule of numerous yoga sessions in a beautiful shala, various meditation practices in nature, the yurt or inside, journaling prompts and soundbaths. Everything offered is geared to lowering tension in your body and nervous system. The spa has a heated pool and sauna to relax aching bones and busy minds.

There will be a fireside ritual to purge what your inner wisdom deems unnecessary. You will be spoilt with three healthy, delicious vegetarian meals a day as well as a complimentary 30-minute massage for each participant.

We are limiting spaces to 10 to keep this as intimate and nurturing as possible.

Come with a friend or come alone, you’ll be warmly welcomed by us all.
Quinta do Areal is located in Lousã, Coimbra (just 2 hours drive from Lisbon).

Do as much or as little as you need, there will be no pressure or expectations on you, just true presence.

Price
490 euros - includes daily programme of gentle yoga, soundbath, guided meditation and relaxation exercises, twin bedded, en suite luxury accommodation, three meals and snacks each day, use of the pool and a 30 minute massage with our compliments.

The Team

Alison Melvin @alison_yoga - Yoga & Meditation Teacher

Alison is an experienced Yoga Alliance E-500 RYT yoga and meditation teacher who has trained in the UK, the US and the Netherlands. After many years of living and teaching in the Netherlands, Alison moved with her partner to Portugal in 2020. Together they have lovingly restored an abandoned old farm and are working to create a more sustainable and kind way of living. Alison’s goal is to create a peaceful haven for people who want to take time off to rest and recharge in the beautiful natural surroundings of unspoilt Portugal.

Justine Farnworth @sweetyoga_justine - Yoga Teacher

Justine started yoga as a new year’s resolution in January 2000 and it wasn’t long before she was in a teacher training programme at Yoga Campus, London, 200hr Registered Yoga Teacher. Justine also became an Advanced Restorative Trainer® with Judith Lasater after studying with her for a decade. Her interests in yoga as a therapeutic tool lead her to become an Integrative Yoga Therapeutics teacher with Bo Forbes and Trauma Informed with The Yoga Clinic UK. In 2022 Justine completed Yoga Anatomy: Principles training with Leslie Kaminoff and is studying Yoga Anatomy: Practices. She has completed 400+hrs of additional Continued Professional Development. Justine believes the journey to a pose takes many forms and it’s a tool for deeper understanding of yourself and what surrounds you. She teaches practices that help you engage with your body to discover its innate wisdom. For more info, see www.sweetyoga.co.uk

Nina Ballinger @soundbath_portugal - Hypnotherapist & Sound Therapist

Nina is a Hypnotherapist and Sound Therapist with 23 years of experience. Nina sees one to one clients and host retreats, group Sound baths and Hypnotherapy workshops.
In 2000 Nina trained with the National Body of Hypnotherapists and later with the Academy of Sound. She combines deep relaxation inductions with sound vibrations to take you on an inner journey of body and mind.
"Sound is a vibration that travels through air, water, and solids and therefore the human body. Sound has the capacity to shift neurochemistry and neurobiology in a profound way."

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