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Included: 3 nights with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all activities.
Tier A | 350€ -
Twin room with own bathroom.
Tier B | 330€ - Twin room in shared two bedroom house.
Tier C | 280€ -
Twin room with shared bathroom in main house.
Number of participants: 24
Starts: Thursday, 03 April 2025, arrival 19:00pm – 21:00
Ends: Sunday, 06 April 2025, departure 14:00pm – 16:00
FREE online seminar | 06 March 2025,
Thursday, 19:00
If you want to know more about the retreat, join Peter for this free webinar.
Montado do Freixo do Meio, located in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo, just an hour from Lisbon, is a protected landscape in Alentejo, encompassing over 600 hectares of rich biodiversity and cultural heritage.
The estate integrates agroecological practices with archaeological initiatives, offering visitors a chance to explore its unique ecosystem and history. The estate also emphasizes sustainable food production, providing organic products derived from its agroforestry systems.
“Your body is not a machine, rather a wonderfully intricate interaction with everything around you, which is why it "knows" so much just in being." E. Gendlin
We belong to the natural world just as much as a the crow or deer, yet somehow we have forgotten this. We have found ourselves disconnected from our home and from all that sustains us. We have forgotten our place in the more than human world. This immersive retreat will invite us to learn again how to listen and converse with the natural world, we will learn how to listen to it’s wisdom. Using nature connection practices and the embodied practice of Focusing, and all held in community, we will find again our place in the bigger family of things.
What the retreat will involve:
• Time alone in nature
• Focusing partnerships
• Group discussion and exploration around the fire
• Activities, games and walks immersing ourselves in nature
• Being in community
What you will go away with
• A deeper connection to the natural world, each other and self.
• Skills and practices that support you in connecting to nature away from the retreat.
• A renewed sense of what it means to belong in the natural world.
Open to anyone - even if you are new to Focusing.
We will be staying at Herdade do Freixo do Meio. Accommodation is simple and has everything you need for a comfortable stay. Most of the rooms are shared and single sex (unless you ask otherwise). Some have shared bathrooms.
The meals are vegetarian (this includes dairy and eggs) but there is always also a vegan option. This is a no intoxicants retreat (no drugs or alcohol).