Day 1: Saturday, August 22
Arrival and Orientation
5:00 to 6:30 pm: Arrival and Check-In
Settle into your room, explore the residence, and transition out of travel mode.
6:30 to 7:30 pm: Welcome Session and Orientation
Introduction to the retreat structure, grounding practice, personal intention setting, and community agreements.
7:30 to 8:30 pm: Nourishing Welcome Dinner
8:45 to 9:30 pm: Restorative Yoga and Breath Awareness
9:30 pm: Rest and Ground
Day 2: Sunday, August 23
Regulation and Volcanic Perspective
7:30 to 8:00 am: Morning Refreshments
Tea, lemon water, fruit, and light nourishment.
8:00 to 9:00 am: Nervous System Regulation Yoga
9:00 to 9:30 am: Breathwork and Guided Meditation
9:30 to 11:00 am: Breakfast
11:30 am to 4:30 pm: Sete Cidades Crater Lakes Experience
Guided nature exploration, silent walking practice, meditation overlooking the crater lakes, sensory awareness, nature integration, and a packed lunch.
5:00 to 6:30 pm: Free Time, Rest, or Optional Bodywork
7:00 to 8:00 pm: Nourishing Dinner
8:30 to 9:30 pm: Yin Yoga and Sound Integration
9:30 pm: Rest and Restore
Day 3: Monday, August 24
Pattern Awareness and Recalibration
7:30 to 8:00 am: Morning Refreshments
8:00 to 9:00 am: Dynamic Yoga Flow
9:00 to 9:30 am: NLP-Based Subconscious Meditation
9:30 to 11:00 am: Breakfast
11:30 am to 1:30 pm: Neurogenesis Workshop, Part One
Explore patterns, perception, behavioral loops, automatic responses, attention, environmental input, and the space between stimulus and response.
1:30 to 2:30 pm: Lunch
2:30 to 5:00 pm: Free Time, Journaling, Rest, or Optional Bodywork
5:00 to 6:00 pm: Guided Integration Session
6:30 to 7:30 pm: Nourishing Dinner
8:00 to 9:15 pm: Kava Ceremony and Nervous System Downshift
9:30 pm: Rest and Restore
Day 4: Tuesday, August 25
Geothermal Renewal
7:00 to 7:30 am: Morning Refreshments
7:30 to 8:30 am: Mobility, Breathwork, and Grounding Meditation
8:30 to 10:00 am: Breakfast
10:30 am to 5:00 pm: Furnas Valley and Thermal Immersion
Explore São Miguel’s geothermal landscape through volcanic springs, fumaroles, thermal bathing, garden and forest integration, local or packed lunch, and quiet reflection.
6:30 to 7:30 pm: Nourishing Dinner
8:00 to 9:00 pm: Yoga Nidra and Recovery Practice
9:00 pm: Rest and Restore
Day 5: Wednesday, August 26
Elemental Alignment and Embodied Intention
7:30 to 8:00 am: Morning Refreshments
8:00 to 9:00 am: Nervous System Reset Yoga
9:00 to 9:30 am: Guided Meditation
9:30 to 11:00 am: Breakfast
11:30 am to 1:30 pm: Elemental Reciprocity Workshop
Explore your relationship with land, water, community, and self, alongside energy management, sustainable output, personal values, and practical reciprocity rituals.
1:30 to 2:30 pm: Lunch
2:30 to 5:30 pm: Free Time, Rest, Local Exploration, or Optional Massage
6:00 to 7:00 pm: Light Dinner
7:30 to 8:30 pm: Cacao Ceremony and Intention Anchoring
8:30 to 9:30 pm: Ecstatic Movement Session
9:30 pm: Rest and Restore
Day 6: Thursday, August 27
Water, Perspective, and Integration
6:30 to 7:00 am: Sunrise Refreshments
7:00 to 8:30 am: Sunrise Breathwork and Meditation
8:30 to 10:00 am: Breakfast
10:30 am to 4:30 pm: Lagoa do Fogo and Caldeira Velha Experience
Volcanic lake viewpoints, guided nature walking, silent observation, thermal water immersion, packed lunch, and personal integration time.
5:00 to 6:30 pm: Rest and Restore
7:00 to 8:00 pm: Closing Celebration Dinner
8:30 to 9:30 pm: Multidimensional Sound Journey and Final Integration
9:30 pm: Rest
Day 7: Friday, August 28
Closing and Return
7:30 to 8:00 am: Morning Refreshments
8:00 to 8:45 am: Restorative Yoga
8:45 to 9:15 am: Closing Meditation
9:15 to 10:00 am: Breakfast
10:00 to 10:45 am: Closing Circle
Key insights, integration commitments, personal next steps, and take-home practices.
11:00 am: Check-Out and Departure
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change