Compassionate Communication: Living Integrity - A 4-day retreat

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Rua Santa Luzia 8, 3505-348, Forniçô, Viseu, Portugal
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Up to 20 in group
Date
May 6 - 11, 2026

Retreat Highlights

  • 4-day immersive residential experience
  • Practical tools from Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
  • Embodied and somatic communication practices
  • Transform conflict into connection
  • Develop emotional self-regulation and presence
  • Cultivate authentic, honest expression
  • Deepen empathy and sacred listening
  • Strengthen intimacy and trust in relationships
  • Safe, small-group learning environment
  • Integration of self-inquiry and systemic awareness

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

A 4-Day Workshop on Connecting Heart-to-Heart in Any Situation—Meeting in Truth, Authenticity, and Love. Would you like to learn how to move away from the Vector of Violence and step into the never-ending Spiral of Connection, Love, and Compassion?
Does it feel like you can’t wait any longer to build meaningful relationships based on mutual care and support, trust, intimacy, and the power of shared vulnerability?

Are you ready to meet life’s challenges with non-reactivity, anchored in Presence?
Do you long for relationships grounded in pure intention, transparency, and radical honesty?
What would addressing a conflict while prioritizing connection over separation be like? Join us for this residential workshop.

What You’ll Learn / Do
This workshop with Luna provides a fundamental theoretical understanding and an experiential embodiment of essential elements that can help you remain connected to your compassionate and loving nature in any situation—regardless of how challenging it appears.

Using the framework of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as well as the non-dual approach inspired by Self-Inquiry, you’ll learn how to:
Develop self-connection and self-groundedness as the true foundation of being and relating.
Become one with the sacred art of listening.
Hold yourself with presence amid any circumstance.
Embrace all that you are, and in doing so, embrace everyone else exactly as they are.
Fine-tune your capacity to feel safe and rooted in Presence as the basis for revealing yourself and uncovering who you truly are.
Experience how relationships can transform from being retraumatizing to becoming catalysts for deep healing.
Express yourself with authenticity, care, accountability, and integrity.
Listen empathically, regardless of how tragic another person’s expression might be.
Offer compassion and empathy to yourself and others.
Cultivate self-love and self-awareness.
Meet others with a high level of vulnerability and intimacy, strengthening your bond and deepening trust and genuine connection.
Self-regulate and co-regulate when you feel triggered or challenged.
Dive into somatic NVC practices via the non-linear wisdom of the body.
Integrate a systemic approach to understand the root of violence and the way out of it.
This workshop is for you if:
You struggle with conflict or emotional reactivity and want practical tools

You’re ready to take responsibility for your feelings and responses

You value empathy, presence, and real listening

You want relationships based on trust, care, and mutual respect

You’re curious about Nonviolent Communication and embodied practices

You’re open to personal growth in a supportive residential setting

You want to communicate more clearly and honestly in your relationships

Schedule

08:00-08:45
Breakfast
09:00-13:00
Morning session
13:00-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:45
Rest and contemplation
15:45-18:30
Afternoon session
18:30-19:30
Dinner break
19:30-20:30
Evening closing session
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Escola Regenerativa de Forniçô, Rua Santa Luzia 8, 3505-348, Forniçô, Viseu, Portugal

Directions

When you arrive at the airport of Porto or Lisbon, you take the bus to VIseu (city at 20 minutes away from us). From the busstation you take a Bolt taxi to São Pedro de France (you ask for Quinta do Forniçô)

Accommodation

We have a campground available with tents, caravans/campervans for rent and a space to park your own vehicle. We also have a shared accommodation house for rent, 5 min walk from the venue location.

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Venue & Amenities

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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
We offer a communal teaching space, visitor's area with relaxing area, forrest access to hammocks and haybale circle, composting toilets and solar heated showers, camping ground, kitchen, outside dining area, outside bar. There is a campsite available with a spot for campervans and caravans. There is also shared indoor accommodation available upon request.

Meals

Menu

Menu Types

We serve fresh, nourishing vegetarian meals prepared with care. Breakfast includes warm oats with seasonal fruit, nuts, and seeds Lunch consists of homemade soup, a generous salad, and a wholesome g

What's Included

  • Professional facilitation of the workshop
  • Shared meals: Breakfast (also served on day of departure May 11th): oat porridge with toppings and a piece of fruit/ Vegetarian lunch and Vegetarian dinner (also served on day of arrival May 6th): a fresh salad/soup – grains – side of vegetables)
  • During your stay on the land of Forniçô you have access to composting toilets, showers and communal spaces
  • Water and tea throughout the day
  • Access to online Compassionate Communication groups
  • Camping ground

What's Not Included

  • AIrfare
  • Affordable accommodation
  • Snacks outside of the meals (on donation base)

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