Essência: Return to What Matters
A unique opportunity for those yearning to return to their inner essence through the healing pathways of yoga, nature, community, and reflective writing.
Essência (Portuguese for “essence”) centers the purpose of stripping away the excess and reconnecting with what truly matters.
Wild View Retreat Center, Portugal
April 25th-May 2nd, 2026
Reconnection simplicity essence
Work with Essence: Your Body and Portugal's Wild Magic
Ten essential questions to hold for the week of retreat--guiding us back to clarity and purpose
Resetting the nervous system with hiking, walking, and nature-bathing in the mountains of southern Portugal
Daily breathwork/pranayama paired with morning and evening yoga/embodiment practices to journey into self-inquiry and spacious opening of the physical and energetic body
Daily, optional writing and writing support for those seeking a deeper personal writing practice
Optional small-group work with internal inquiry
Healing and nourishing meals, hand-crafted and locally sourced by Imi, one of southern Portugal's HIDDEN GEMS
Align and Unwind: Yoga and Breathwork
with
Jamie Gilbert
Jamie’s unique background in both movement and mental health counseling bring an invitation to your own body through alignment and curiosity, deepening trust in your physical and emotional self.
Ink and Asana: Somatic Doorways to Embodied Writing
with
Kelly Burns
Kelly's unique background in Somatic Literacy creates an embodiment practice that integrates poetry, myth, and the soulful storytelling through liberatory movement and subtle stillness.
Dhyana & Sankalpa
with
Jamie and Kelly
Jamie and Kelly will bring TEN ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS for us to work with on retreat, in meditation and intention, so that we might truly use Portugal's geography and spaciousness to transform.
Adventure awaits
What is included?
(Prices are per person - Single, Double, or Triple occupancy/privacy)
Prices include:
Lodging and 3 nutritious meals each day.
Daily yoga practices, including satsang, meditation and mantra.
Finnish sauna will be available 2 hours each day.Infinity pool, cold tub, and cold shower can be used for alternating hot/cold.
Optional writing classes will also be offered in the afternoon with personalized craft and development instruction
Options for one-on-one or small-group integrated, therapeutic support
