May 29 – June 3, 2023
Yoga Retreat with Adela Serrano
“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity” – B.K.S. Iyengar
Make a meaningful break and feel the effects of some warm days of yoga, sunshine, sea and nourishment in many ways.
This all-inclusive retreat will allow you to deepen the understanding of your practice, to rest, to connect and it will give you tools to sustain a simple and consistent daily yoga routine at home.
Immersed in the nature of this beautiful place as a container, we will explore and experience the potency of a daily practice, how the transformative qualities of the science of yoga can be learnt, practiced and applied into your life also when you are off the mat in the midst of your daily life.
In our daily lives, our home and our circumstances is where we would like to be natural, at ease and free. Our bodies are our direct home, and our home is a reflection of our mind. With playful practices, tapping into our spontaneity and innocent nature we come closer to the “natural mind”, more free of conditioning and limiting beliefs.
Everyday we will go through an early morning practice of pranayama and asana, we will introduce a theme of the day that we will explore in relation to the practice and to the surrounding nature, there will also be energy work and healing yoga, walking and guided meditations.
The group will be small, to take care of each detail with time and dedication.
After this retreat you will feel energized, relaxed and radiant.
You will enjoy delicious, freshly prepared vegetarian foods, take hikes in nature and cool off in the ocean. Letting everything go surrounded by nature, walking along the beach, observing the sea, the sunsets and the stars and absorbing the magic of this wonderful place.
THE TEACHER
Adela Serrano
Adela is a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, with extensive anatomy knowledge and a compassionate and skillful approach to yoga.
Her yoga journey started in New York while she was facing a major change in her life; motherhood. Practicing Yoga helped her to feel more at home with herself and her changing circumstances.
She felt inspired to teach thanks to one of her first teachers in New York, Jenny Aurthur who as she says: “Literally pulled out the best of me and helped me in my journey.” She learn from Maty Ezraty and Carrie Owerko, great sources of inspiration in her New York years.
In Amsterdam, she became a certified Iyengar teacher with the help of Barbara Queirolo, Kristien Van Reusel and Rembert Petrus. She also specializes in injury prevention and injury recovery.
Her anatomy knowledge makes her teaching style very safe but also challenging for all levels. According to the old Yoga teachings, her classes bring attention to the poses and movements/actions as a way to access a more refined body and mind awareness.
“I like to demystify complex concepts to make the practice of Yoga applicable to everyday life, I am a devoted student and practitioner and I bring my all in every class I teach.” Adela Serrano
She likes to call her life, her family, relationships and her students her true teachers.
After living in different countries since 2000, Adela, originally from Spain, lives and teaches in the Netherlands.
Adela teaches classes and workshops in Amsterdam, The Hague and for online yoga studio EkhartYoga.com, with more than 800.000 students all over the world.
You can find her on www.adelaserranoyoga.com and EkhartYoga.com
Share these beautiful retreat days with us
THE PLACE
We will stay in an unique villa reseved exclusively for our group. A Portuguese country house with a privileged location, overlooking the sea and the valley,
The villa is located on an 11-hectare estate, among pine trees and fruit trees, surrounded by silence, tranquility and a starry sky. The farm has an organic garden, with production of lemons, figs, oranges, peaches, persimmons, quinces, etc.
Walking along a beautiful 20-minute walk, you reach the wide natural beach of San Lorenzo, perfect for walks and for a quiet swimn.
The villa has single, double rooms and apartments, all with private bathroom and terrace.
We will practice in a newly built 120 m2 rooftop yoga shala, fully equipped, overlooking the sea, which we allow us to practice with amazing views.
A unique paradise to integrate your practice, rest, eat consciously and allow yourself to be healed by nature and relaxation.
How to get there?
The venue is located 10 minutes from Ericeira.
You can reach this beautiful place in just 50min from Lisbon airport.
There are direct and affordable flight options to Lisbon from most European main cities.
If you want to have a taxi from the airport to the retreat venue, we can group you with other participants in a group taxi, so you can have an easier and cheaper trip.
Groups taxis will be available from the airport to the venue, round trip, on the arrival and departure days.
If you want to join the group taxi, please take into account this schedule before planning your trip.
- May 29: Group taxis will leave Lisbon airport at 14.30
- June 3: Group taxis will leave the venue to Lisbon airport at 12.00
Let us know in your registration form (or later by email, until 2 weeks before the retreat), if you are interested in having a place in the group taxi. The prices will vary (from 10 € to 45 € per person) depending on the number of people who book.
We will confirm you the service and the price, one week before the retreat.
You can also reach Ericeira by bus from Lisbon city and later take a taxi from Ericeira to the venue (only a 10 min drive).
Please, remember the check in is at 15.30 (we can’t arrive before to the venue)
THE PROGRAM
The yoga practices will be a blend of traditional Hatha Yoga, Healing Yoga and meditations, paying attention to the individual physical and energetical alignment, to safely build up your own practice. Blending different rivers of ancient wisdom teachings that lead the practitioner to the ocean of awareness.
Adela will lead a daily morning class, to wake up the body, breath and spirit. When possible, the class will take place in the terrace of the villa, with fresh air and unique views to sea.
In the afternoons, Adela will guide you through some simple energy work, healing yoga practices and restorative yoga class sequences.
The thread of the retreat will be the connection to ourselves and the attunement to nature through the awareness of our bodies, breath and mind, this will be presented in a practical manner so that you can take these practices to heart and home with you for the rest of your life.
During the retreat, there will also be a simple approach to the yoga philosophy and we will explore how different poses can affect our physical body and state of mind.
Some of the evenings, we will enjoy guided meditation and relaxation sessions with Paloma Dorado, to experience the peace and the stillness within ourselves.
The program will also include trips to the most beautiful and pristine beaches of the nature reserve, unique coves, trekking and natural viewpoints.
A real immersion in nature guided with local people, far away from tourist attractions and habits.
Monday, May 29
14.30 Group taxi departures from Lisbon airport to the retreat venue
15.30 Arrival. Check-in
17.00 Welcome. Introduction to the retreat
17.30 Yoga class
19.30 Dinner
From Tuesday May 30 to Friday June 2
07.30 – 09.30 Morning yoga class (Pranayama and Asana)
09.45 Breakfast
11.00 Excursion to one of the near beautiful beaches or treeking (transport included)
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Resting. Enjoying the venue
17.00 Sharing in nature with a theme for each day.
17.30 Energy work and restorative yoga
19.30 Dinner
20.45 Yoga Nidra/Meditation (some evenings)
Saturday, June 3
07.30 Morning yoga class (Pranayama and Asana)
09.30 Closing circle
10.30 Breakfast
12.00 Check-out
(*) The daily schedule can change depending on the weather conditions and the duration of the trips
Enjoy the tranquility of nature and yoga.
Package Includes
Package includes:
- Accommodation in single, double or triple rooms with ensuite bathroom and large private terrace. All rooms are spacious and confortable.
- Healthy vegetarian food, using fresh, local and seasonal ingredients prepared by an experienced chef specialized in healthy nutrition. 3 meals per day
- All yoga classes, meditation and sessions included in the program, in a beautiful indoor, well equipped yoga shala.
- Trips to some of the most pure, tranquil and beautiful natural beaches and trekkings.
- Transport on the excursions.
On request (at additional cost, on request at arrival):
- Several types of massages and energy healing
Not included:
- Flights tickets and travel insurance.
- Transport from/to Lisbon airport.(Please check the timetable of the group transport in the program section before booking your flight tickets)
PRICES
Total Price per person. All inclusive
OPTION 1
One place in a large triple shared room, with ensuite bathroom.
Total price per person
(all inclusive)
1050 €
OPTION 2
One place in a double shared room, with one ensuite bathroom.
Total price per person
(all inclusive)
1190 €
OPTION 3
Single room: double bedroom, single occupation.
Ensuite bathroom
Total price per person
(all inclusive)
1390 €
80 € DISCOUNT
IF YOU JOIN US WITH A FRIEND
DISCOUNT CODE: FRIEND
Booking and payment policy:
– To book and secure your place, we request a 300 € deposit.
– You can click on the blue button “Book your place” below, fill in your data and pay the deposit online.
– Once the payment is made, your place will be reserved (you will recieve a confirmation email)
– The balance should be paid before April 1. If you book your place after that date, the full payment of the retreat will be requested.
– If you come alone and want to stay in a double room, you will share with a person of the same sex.
IMPORTANT: We can not guarantee that you will have a roommate (sometimes we are odd or there aren’t people of the same sex who request a shared room).
In the unlikely event that there isn’t any other person of the same sex whom you can share the room with, you can have the room for your own but you will be requested to pay the price of a single room.
Cancelation policy:
– If you cancel at any moment before March 1, we will refund you the full amount paid, except the deposit, which could be used as a credit for another retreat during the next 2 years.
– If your cancellation takes place between March 1 and April 1, we will refund the total amount you have paid, less the deposit. The deposit won’t be refunded or be used as a credit.
– If your cancellation takes place after April 1, once you have done the full payment, your payment won’t be refunded. But you can keep the 50% of your payment in a voucher for a future retreat. The voucher will be valid for 2 years in any of our retreats.
– If your cancellation takes after April 28, your payment won’t be refunded.
– At any moment, you could hand your booking over to some other person (friend, relative, colleague…etc), who would like to join the retreat and stay in the same type of bedroom.
– In the unlikely event that the retreat has to be canceled, we will be refund the full amount paid in less than 7 working days.
– Your personal expenses, such as flight tickets or any other cost that wouldn’t has paid directly to us, won’t be refund.
Most travelling insurances covers all your expenses (flight tickets, the payment of the retreat, accomodations cost if you stay before or after the retreat in Spain, etc), if you have to cancel your trip. They are unexpensive and they could be a good option to insure your trip.
Any questions? Write us: info@shamaretreats.com
Call us at +34627419996 or write to info@shamaretreats.com and tell us what you are looking for.
Communicating and asking all the questions you need, is the best way to check if what we offer fits with what you want or feel like at this moment.
