4 day Back to the Roots, Yoga and Permaculture Retreat in Portugal Copy

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Zee Barn, Rua do Coval, Encarnação, Portugal
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Up to 12 in group
Date
September 19 - 22, 2024

Retreat Highlights

  • Daily yoga (Asana) and breath work with a sound healing session
  • Meditation sessions
  • Chanting mantras and jam by the fire
  • Introduction to Permaculture
  • Forest Gardening & foraging activities (plant-based food)
  • Daily tasty & healthy brunch and dinner
  • Secluded beach trip

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

Connect with nature, a holistic sustainable lifestyle, yoga, healthy food, friendly community & permaculture gardening.

Zee Barn Bio Center is the place to be. This 4-day Back to the Roots, yoga & permaculture retreat has lots of treasures for you while contributing to Mother Earth. This retreat gives you the opportunity to destress, reconnect with nature, recharge and find an inner balance through various practices.

* Morning breathwork invigorates your nervous system
* Intentional meditation sessions for your life’s success.
* Afternoon yoga sessions will raise your body awareness
* Sound journey and drumming will make sure you move every part of your body and release what does not serve you anymore
* Permaculture workshop and guided walks
* Secluded Beach trip
* Organic & authentic homegrown foods

We focus on the authentic essentials: experiencing the beauty of simplicity and wild beauty of the natural world through various practices.
We appreciate the abundance and opportunities that are available to us through nature within & around us!

Nature is giving us the opportunity to feel inwards, breathe, and nourish ourselves. In this retreat, we acknowledge the patterns in nature and learn from each lesson. We work on replenishing our energy levels through yoga, meditation, soul food & sound.

Join Zee Barn for this four-day retreat where you share practices that gear you into these states while also learning about permaculture as an incredible toolkit to design a regenerative lifestyle wherever you are.

Experience off-grid living on our permaculture farm while enjoying the beautiful surroundings and forest gardens we are growing.

This retreat is potentially the experience you have been yearning for to give you the strength and inspiration to go forward with your dreams and aspirations while experiencing living examples of manifested labor of love at Zee Barn. Here, you will get the chance to meet like-minded other beings from different backgrounds yet with a common goal: to better yourself and live your best version. Take this opportunity to destress, detoxify your body and regain mental clarity with proven techniques that will help you evolve into the person you deserve to be.

Schedule

-Daily Schedule
-Day 1
*14:00 - 15:00 Arrival and greetings
*15:00 - 17:00 Opening circle, intention setting, and farm tour
*17:30 - 19:00 Yoga practice (Hatha Vinyasa class), approaches to Surya Namaskara, sun salutations, and anatomical alignment of the basic standing poses
*19:30 - 20:30 Delicious macrobiotic homecooked dinner
*21:00 - 22:00 Chill night sharing stories in the cozy living room
-Day 2
*08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
*08:30 - 10:00 Breathwork, meditation, and hang drum sounds
*10:30 - 11:30 Free time (optional one on one support session)
*11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
*13:00 - 17:00 Free time
*17:30 - 19:00 Yoga practice (Balance day: physical and mental balance, creating focus and grounding which promotes the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system)
*19:30 - 20:30 Heavenly dinner
*21:00 - 22:00 Permaculture presentation (sharing an 18-year-old past project ensured to inspire you)
-Day 3
*08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
*08:30 - 10:00 Breathwork and new potential meditation
*10:30 - 11:30 Free time (optional one on one support session)
*11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
*13:00 - 14:00 Free time
*14:00 - 16:30 Permaculture workshop (learn through observation and hands-on experience)
*17:30 - 19:00 Yoga practice (heart opening asana class to open your heart with back-bands and set new intentions)
*19:30 - 20:30 Heavenly dinner
*21:00 - 22:00 Jamming session, mantras chanting by the fire in the Tipi tent
-Day 4
*08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
*08:30 - 10:30 Breathwork, Meditation & Sound
*10:30 - 11:30 Free time
*11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
*13:00 - 14:00 Closing circle with tea, snacks, and loving hugs
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Zee Barn, Zee Barn, Rua do Coval, Encarnação, Portugal

Directions

-Arrival by bus
From Lisbon Portela Airport (LIS), you can arrive by bus from Campo Grande Lisbon to Ericeira town (1 hour) and then a bus (25 minutes) or uber (12 minutes) to Barril village, Encarnacao. The Portuguese bus company's name is Mafrense. The uber can bring you straight to Zee Barn.
-Arrival by taxi/uber
You can arrive by Uber for 35/40 EUR directly from the airport. You can get in contact with us and we can send you the contact of an Uber that works with us.

Accommodation

Depending on your preference, you can choose to stay in the geodesic dome with a double bed (optional for 3 friends we add a single bed), or in our beautiful hand-crafted spacious & cozy wooden dormitory in the garden. We also have 2 tiny cabins to host a single person or a couple.

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Spacious wooden dormitory
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Tiny Cabin
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Single person in Dome
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Couple in Dome
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Tiny Cabin

Venue & Amenities

Venue & Amenities
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms icon A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
Spa icon Spa
Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea icon Coffee/Tea
Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent icon Bicycles For Rent
Our space is designed with various structures within a forest garden. We have a Barn that houses our yoga shala and wooden dormitory, a beautiful geodesic dome (room for 2/3 people), 2 tiny cabins for private rooms (single & double), a stand-alone kitchen, and beautiful super hygienic compost toilets & hot or cold showers.

Meals

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Menu Types

Our food is usually prepared as per macrobiotic principles (meaning it is seasonal & prepared with a loving conscious approach while cooked in a specific way). Plant-based, organic & local homegrown.

What's Included

  • Daily yoga (asana) and breath work with sound healing sessions
  • Meditation sessions
  • Introduction to Permaculture
  • Forest Gardening & foraging activities
  • Chanting mantras and jam by the fire
  • Daily tasty & healthy brunch and dinners
  • 3 nights accommodation

What's Not Included

  • Airfare and airport transfers
  • Surfing lessons
  • Pizza nights

Customer Reviews

4.95 out of 5.0 average rating

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Wonderful experience in beautiful surroundings
A very enjoyable and inspiring 4 days in a beautiful and quiet space, easy to access, and very well maintained. It was a special experience with very caring and genuine, and open-minded hosts. The yoga and meditation was especially good and the food was super. Thank you Peppi and Melania!

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Amazing experience in the 4 day Yoga of Eating Retreat at Zee Barn
Just enjoyed The Yoga of Eating 4 days retreat at Zee Barn, it was my first experience of learning about permaculture and macrobiotic diets. I learnt a lot and have brought back lots of inspirations with me. Melania and Peppi are amazing hosts, their authenticities and passions running this safe and grounded place certainly reflects from their way of sharing. I would definitely recommend activities and retreats at Zee Barn to anyone who wants to learn about permaculture, macrobiotic diets, or simply want a place to connect to the Mother Earth 🌴🕷🌸🍄🫶🏻

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Permaculture Master
If you are into permaculture, then I really encourage you to spend some time with Peppi at zee barn. Getting to know and spend time with Peppi equipped me with the right attitude, motivation and hope of making my forest garden dream to become a reality. Thanks to the community he is creating the learning and growth opportunities remain availble even when you are thousand of kilometres away from zee barn. I am very thankful for all the knowledge he is sharing, and Peppi is a great inspiration through the very humble approach he shares his vast knwoeldge.

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The perfect way to switch off and tune back to nature
I really would like to thank Melania and Peppi for a truly unforgatbble weekend at their amazing Zee barn. All activities done were very professionaly executed and yet had a wholesome comfortable pace adjusted to the needs of our group. If like me, you feel lonely at times, in the way you feel about the importance of being in touch in nature and more same minded people, then I really recommend a visit and jon this community of this truly authentic, wholesome and magical place powered by nature. The tribe that Melania and Peppi are leading is a rare gift in today's materialistic dominated lifestyles. The cherry on the cake was Melania's food creations that were so tasty and satsifying that you completely forget that the food is also healthy and full of nutritions. And for that I will am very thankful. Only downside was that the weekend passed by very fast, and I look forward to be back for a longer period.

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An authentic yoga experience
The food, the yoga and meditation sessions, and Melania herself are the real deal for those who would like to experience and learn to live a humble, and healthy way to live. Her workshops work on the body, mind and heart, resulting in a happier and peacful feeling that lasted . Melania is truly dedicated to her mission to teach and share all her efforts in preserving the traditions and adapting them to a modern life. She is the beacon of light that we should all aspire to be.