7 days Regenerative Living, Meditation & Permaculture Retreat in Portugal

Daily Schedule (tentative program subject to minor changes/weather & group needs)

-Day 1
15:00 - 16:00 Arrival and greetings
16:00 - 17:00 Farm tour, Opening circle, Intention setting,
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 homecooked dinner
21:00 - 22:00 Sitting around the fire in the tipi, sharing life stories

-Day 2
08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
08:30 - 10:00 Breathwork, meditation, and hang drum sound healing
10:30 - 11:30 Prepare Lunch together
11:30 - 12:30 lunch
12:30 - 13:30 Free time
14:00 - 16:30 Introduction to permaculture principles (notes and observations). Head into the kitchen veggie garden to identify and harvest produces. Also, learn more about recycling and reusing waste with compost and worm farms, and feed or check out the chooks. Cooking dinner together.
16:30 - 15:00 tea
15.30 - 17.00 Permaculture hands on workshop continued
17.30 - 18.30 cooking together
19.00- 20.30 Dinner and cleanup
21:00 Permaculture presentation (sharing our previous 18-year-old past project guaranteed to inspire you)

-Day 3
08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
08:30 - 10:00 Yoga practice
10:30 - 11:00 Prepare Brunch & snacks
11:00 - 12:30 Scrumptious lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Free time
14:30 - 16:30 Forest Gardening workshop (learn through observation and hands-on experience)
17:00 - 18:00 Saving seeds & growing food introduction
18.00-19.00 Free Time
19:30 - 20:30 Heavenly dinner
21:00 - 22:00 Jamming session around the fire (or in the yoga space)

-Day 4
08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
08:30 - 09:30 Meditation
09.30 - 10.30 Breakfast
11:00 - 12:30 Microgreens, sprouts & growing food in small spaces
12:30 - 13:30 Preparing lunch together
13.30- 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 15:30 Freetime
15.30 - 17.30 Beach time/ or walk (depends on season & weather)
18.00 - 19.00 Dinner Preparation
19.00 - 20.30 Dinner & cleanup
20.30 - 22.00 Community time (sharings or documentary)

-Day 5
08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
08:30 - 09:30 Yoga
09.30 - 10.30 Breakfast
11:00 - 12:30 presentation: Water in the landscapes (harvesting and storing rain water, use of grey water etc
12:30 - 13:30 Preparing lunch together
13.30- 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 15:30 Freetime
15.30 - 17.30 Water in the landscape cont. irrigation systems
18.00 - 19.00 Dinner Preparation
19.00 - 20.30 Dinner & cleanup
20.30 - 22.00 Jamming session or sound journey

-Day 6
08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
08:30 - 09:30 Breathwork & Meditation
09.30 - 10.30 Breakfast
11:00 - 12:30 Making bio-char (and learning about activated biochar)
12:30 - 13:30 Preparing lunch together
13.30- 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 15:30 Freetime (checking on biochar)
15.30 - 17.30 Soil testing
18.00 - 19.00 Dinner Preparation
19.00 - 20.30 Dinner & cleanup
20.30 - 22.00 Chill time together, sharing of the day


-Day 7
08:00 - 08:30 Tea and hot drinks
08:30 - 09:30 Breathwork & Meditation
09.30 - 10.30 Breakfast
11:00 - 12:30 Making compost piles
12:30 - 13:30 Preparing lunch together
13.30- 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 15:30 Closing circle
15.30 - 16.30 Departures

-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.

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.

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.

• Daily meditation & breath work with a sound healing session
• Meditation sessions
• Introduction to Permaculture design and practices
• Permaculture design, regenerative living workshops
• Forest Gardening & foraging activities
• Creating meals using seasonal produce from our veggie gardens & local farmers
• Walks & swims at our stunning surrounding beaches & cliffs
• Daily tasty & healthy breakfast/brunch/lunch, and dinners (snacks, teas & fruits available all day)
• Superfoods & sprouting cultivation workshops (learn how to grow food at home) all year round
• Chill time in our forest gardens
• Sitting around the fire
• Music jams round the fire
• 6 nights accommodation

What's Not Included

• Airfare and airport transfers
• Surfing lessons
• Pizza nights