AYA is welcoming you in for a rebalancing week. A healing journey hosted in a pristine green valley located in the mountains of undisturbed central Portugal.
This retreat will provide you with the surroundings and care to take a step back from your daily life and regain balance using your natural inner elements. We will guide you to find what is already there, come to terms with what is out of sync, and heal things towards a natural balance.
The yogi masters say: "When you master to balance these elements within, you can master life itself, and live in great health''.
In AYA you will be guided towards an awareness of the wholeness of all, and your being part of it. Through an attentive staff, a personal touch and genuine interest in our guests, and excellent nutrition we are inviting you to dive deeper on your journey towards wholeness.
With love and full attention, the best vegan and vegetarian meals will be served to you. To nourish and heal you, inside and out. Read undisturbed in a hammock by the river, partake in an Ecstatic Dance in AYA's Temple or go for a hike on one of our hiking trails, enjoy a massage, partake in a Reiki session, or grow through this particular retreat's Elemental course.
Through this 'Elemental Rebalancing Retreat,' AYA brings those things together that make your soul thrive.
On Sunday, you will arrive and check in preferably between 14.00 and 18.00.
On Monday we will start with a morning meditation, after a smoothie and a drink. The intention of this meditation is to ground and connect you firmly in your center. Followed by a sharing circle so we can get to know each other a little.
Day 3 we will start by breathing exercises and Kundalini Yoga, of course after a lovely smoothie.
Day 4 has a program free morning.
Day 5 we will start with a self-love meditation and cuddling workshop.
Day 6 we will start with a joined forces meditation, where we experience all our energies as one.
On Day 7, after a delicious breakfast buffet, there will be a group sharing. Followed by hugs, thanks and goodbyes.
This retreat will provide you with the surroundings and care to take a step back from your daily life and regain balance using your own body's ability to heal, by the power of intentions and attention and free ourselves through playfulness.
Through dancing, we can shift our awareness through different aspects of being, and our perceptions of the different layers of self. We will start dancing from the perspective of the mind, but when we go further on this path of liberation, at a certain point we will feel our soul is taking over. And we will dance our souls dance. Complete freedom, expressed through the body. You will see this freedom will follow you in its rhythm in every aspect of your daily life.
You can dance to connect. Connect with the Earth that grounds you, the Cosmos above, and everything in the middle. With everything that you are. Experience that you are a piece of the ALL. Give space to what is held inside the body, give it form. Follow the body to release inner obstructions and in doing so allow space for the soul to express itself. From the awareness of the soul, you will reconnect with the world around you. Energy flows to the love for the self, into love for life itself. From there it can flow freely to the people around you.
Dancing will be a daily part of the menu. Different kinds of dances, like Ecstatic Dance, Contact Dance, wild dance, elements dance journey. The dances we will explore are not about teaching you a new dance, not about following the steps of the teacher. It is about giving space to your inner world. To express the mind and follow the way your body wants to move. This gives space for the soul to follow and express itself through movement. This movement goes beyond dancing. Every movement is welcome, and every sound that comes with it. Let's go beyond the dances we learned to dance in our past.
We provide deliciousness on three or four moments every day. There will be two sumptuously buffets every day, and one or two moments of healthy snacks, smoothies, juices, nuts and fruits.
Everything is included in the price*. Drinks are only available at the restaurant on the four moments we provide meals or snacks, so make sure you bring your water bottle, so you can always provide yourself with pure spring water from our own wells.
Curious about the food? Think colorful, fresh and juicy. A mix of raw food and cooked/baked food. For you to choose. Vegetarian as well as vegan.
Cooking is a very mindful activity for us. We treat the veggies and fruits with love and respect and full attention. Most of our food is home-grown. We even sing to the plants when they sprout.
*Because we don't want to encourage drinking coffee, we don't include it in the package. But it is for sale, for just €2 (including oat milk/sugar) in our restaurant. You can also buy soft drinks. Payments only in cash.
We don't offer alcohol.
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