3 Day Intimate Healing: Reiki, Shiatsu, Meditation, Self-Hypnosis
3 Day Intimate Healing: Reiki, Shiatsu, Meditation, Self-Hypnosis
Cogula, Trancoso, Portugal
Up to 7 in group
Apr 17 - 19, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Small, intimate group for a truly personalized experience with a blend of therapeutic experience and in-depth learning :
- - Reiki Level 1 certification with hands-on practice
- - Guided self-hypnosis for mental clarity and deep relaxation
- - Restorative Shiatsu bodywork sessions
- - Personalized Bach flower support to take home
- - Guided meditation sessions to calm the mind and reconnect inward
- - Peaceful farm setting surrounded by nature, animals, and silence
- - Nourishing vegetarian meals made with seasonal, local ingredients
- - Practical tools to support your well-being long after the retreat
About this Retreat
Laetitia is a certified herbalist, naturopath, and hypnotherapist with over a decade of experience supporting individuals on their path to health and emotional balance. With dual French and Canadian nationality. now based in Portugal, she brings together scientific knowledge and traditional healing wisdom to offer a deeply rooted, holistic approach to health.
With a background in anthropology and years of humanitarian work around the world, she discovered through lived experience the power of herbal medicine and ancestral healing practices across different cultures. These encounters shaped her vision of care as something both personal and connected — to the land, to the body, and to our emotional ecosystems.
She now offers integrative, interdisciplinary consultations, weaving together herbalism, naturopathy, and hypnotherapy into a cohesive path of support. Over the past decade, she has accompanied hundreds of people — individually and in group settings — through personalized and comprehensive approaches to well-being. toward greater vitality, balance, and self-awareness.
In addition to her clinical work, Laetitia teaches herbal medicine both in a Canadian school and through her own online offerings. She is also the author of L'autre pharmacie (Ecosociété, 2020), a practical French-language guidebook published in Canada on using common medicinal herbs to support everyday health within the family.
Deeply committed to the plants she works with, she grows her own herbs and has created a line of therapeutic products, handcrafted and sold locally in Portugal.
Yannick is a certified Shiatsu therapist and Reiki master, offering a deeply intuitive and holistic approach to bodywork. Trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, he welcomes clients from across Portugal in his clinic, Hortus Vitae, where he integrates both ancestral and contemporary healing modalities to restore balance and vitality.
Drawing on a broad range of tools — including Shiatsu on futon or chair, Thai massage (Nuad Bo-Rarn), Reiki, and Access Bars — Yannick adapts each session to the individual’s needs. Whether to relieve chronic pain, release emotional tension, ease stress, or reconnect with the body’s natural energy flow, his work offers a space for profound realignment and inner calm.
His touch is precise and attentive, allowing the nervous system to shift from a state of tension to one of deep restoration. Sessions with Yannick are both grounding and energizing, helping to support the body's self-healing capacities on physical, emotional, and energetic levels.
Details of this retreat
STEP AWAY FROM THE NOISE OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND ENTER A SPACE DESIGNED FOR DEEP REST, RECONNECTION, AND GENTLE TRANSFORMATION
This 3-day intimate retreat takes place on a quiet farm in the Portuguese countryside, surrounded by rolling hills, granite stones, and untouched nature. With a very small group, the experience remains personal, grounded, and supportive — allowing each participant to fully unwind and feel truly accompanied.
Over the course of the weekend, you will be introduced to REIKI LEVEL 1, a simple and accessible energy practice that allows you to reconnect with your own natural capacity for balance and self-care. This is not only a training, but an experience — one that unfolds through practice, presence, and embodied learning.
Alongside Reiki, you will explore SELF-HYPNOSIS techniques to calm the mind, release tension, and cultivate greater inner clarity, as well as a guided MEDITATION SESSION to support relaxation, presence, and inner awareness. These practices are complemented by SHIATSU BODYWORK sessions and PERSONALISED BACH FLOWERS GUIDANCE, offering a deeply nurturing and restorative experience.
The intention of this retreat is not only to help you slow down and recharge, but also to give you practical tools you can take home — simple, accessible ways to support your well-being in everyday life.
Held in a natural, peaceful setting where daily rhythms are simple and grounded, this retreat invites you to reconnect — with your body, your energy, and your own inner resources.
You will leave with:
a Reiki Level 1 certification
a personalized Bach flower blend prepared for you
practical tools for self-care and emotional balance
a deeper sense of calm, clarity, and inner stability
This retreat is ideal for those who feel the need to pause, reset, and take meaningful time for themselves — whether you are new to these practices or simply looking for a space to reconnect in a gentle, supportive environment.
This 3-day intimate retreat takes place on a quiet farm in the Portuguese countryside, surrounded by rolling hills, granite stones, and untouched nature. With a very small group, the experience remains personal, grounded, and supportive — allowing each participant to fully unwind and feel truly accompanied.
Over the course of the weekend, you will be introduced to REIKI LEVEL 1, a simple and accessible energy practice that allows you to reconnect with your own natural capacity for balance and self-care. This is not only a training, but an experience — one that unfolds through practice, presence, and embodied learning.
Alongside Reiki, you will explore SELF-HYPNOSIS techniques to calm the mind, release tension, and cultivate greater inner clarity, as well as a guided MEDITATION SESSION to support relaxation, presence, and inner awareness. These practices are complemented by SHIATSU BODYWORK sessions and PERSONALISED BACH FLOWERS GUIDANCE, offering a deeply nurturing and restorative experience.
The intention of this retreat is not only to help you slow down and recharge, but also to give you practical tools you can take home — simple, accessible ways to support your well-being in everyday life.
Held in a natural, peaceful setting where daily rhythms are simple and grounded, this retreat invites you to reconnect — with your body, your energy, and your own inner resources.
You will leave with:
a Reiki Level 1 certification
a personalized Bach flower blend prepared for you
practical tools for self-care and emotional balance
a deeper sense of calm, clarity, and inner stability
This retreat is ideal for those who feel the need to pause, reset, and take meaningful time for themselves — whether you are new to these practices or simply looking for a space to reconnect in a gentle, supportive environment.
Schedule
DAY 1 – Arrival & Opening
- Arrival from 2:00 pm, welcome and settling in
- Introduction circle and presentation of the retreat
- Gentle opening session to arrive, relax, and connect
- Dinner and quiet evening
DAY 2 – Learning & Integration
Morning:
- Reiki Level 1 initiation
- Lunch
- Afternoon: Reiki practice (self-treatment and group practice)
- Free time to rest or enjoy the surroundings
- Evening: guided meditation or inner exploration practice
- Dinner and optional evening activity (e.g. stargazing)
DAY 3 – Wellness sessions & Closing
- Morning: self-hypnosis introduction and practice
- Bach flower guidance and personalized support
- Lunch
- Individual Shiatsu sessions
- Farewell session and departure
NB: you can arrive 1 day earlier and/or leave 1 day after the day 3. Contact us for details and prices.
- Arrival from 2:00 pm, welcome and settling in
- Introduction circle and presentation of the retreat
- Gentle opening session to arrive, relax, and connect
- Dinner and quiet evening
DAY 2 – Learning & Integration
Morning:
- Reiki Level 1 initiation
- Lunch
- Afternoon: Reiki practice (self-treatment and group practice)
- Free time to rest or enjoy the surroundings
- Evening: guided meditation or inner exploration practice
- Dinner and optional evening activity (e.g. stargazing)
DAY 3 – Wellness sessions & Closing
- Morning: self-hypnosis introduction and practice
- Bach flower guidance and personalized support
- Lunch
- Individual Shiatsu sessions
- Farewell session and departure
NB: you can arrive 1 day earlier and/or leave 1 day after the day 3. Contact us for details and prices.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Hortus Vitae, Cogula, Trancoso, Portugal
Directions
Our location is almost equidistant from Porto and Lisbon international airports, so you can fly into either city.
BY CAR
By car, the drive takes around 2 hours from Porto and 3.5 hours from Lisbon. Once booked, we will provide you with the exact location and GPS coordinates.
If you come from the Spanish border, send me a message when you have crossed the Portuguese border, so that I know where you are.
From the border you'll be about 1 hour away from us.
For those coming from inside Portugal, you can text us on the way to inform me on your approximate time of arrival.
BY BUS / TRAIN
Coming from Lisbon, there is a direct train from the central station, which takes around 4 hours to Vila Franca das Naves. From there, we can come and pick you up (for 10 EUR extra cost) or you can take a taxi for 20 EUR.
To book your train tickets, you can do so at: www.cp.pt
From Porto, you can leave from 3 bus stops. The main stop is the huge bus station Campanha (next to the train station) but there are 2 more: one in the airport and one in Polo Universitario. The bus will take you to Trancoso (the closest town to us) where we can come and pick you up (for 10 EUR extra cost) or you can take a taxi for 20 EUR. There will be 1 easy connection in Viseu bus station; you just need to get down and go to another platform for getting into a second bus.
We highly recommend to book in advance, online. The timetable may change, so you have to check online before you come. Here is the website: www.rede-expressos.pt
There is also a direct bus from Porto airport to Guarda city by the company Flixbus. From there you can take a Uber/ taxi to the train station, and catch a train to Vila Franca das Naves. Then again, we can come pick you up for 10 EUR extra or you can come by taxi for 20 EUR.
AIRPORT PICK-UP
We also organize private taxi transfers from Porto Airport. Contact us to book your transfer and inquire about the cost!
BY CAR
By car, the drive takes around 2 hours from Porto and 3.5 hours from Lisbon. Once booked, we will provide you with the exact location and GPS coordinates.
If you come from the Spanish border, send me a message when you have crossed the Portuguese border, so that I know where you are.
From the border you'll be about 1 hour away from us.
For those coming from inside Portugal, you can text us on the way to inform me on your approximate time of arrival.
BY BUS / TRAIN
Coming from Lisbon, there is a direct train from the central station, which takes around 4 hours to Vila Franca das Naves. From there, we can come and pick you up (for 10 EUR extra cost) or you can take a taxi for 20 EUR.
To book your train tickets, you can do so at: www.cp.pt
From Porto, you can leave from 3 bus stops. The main stop is the huge bus station Campanha (next to the train station) but there are 2 more: one in the airport and one in Polo Universitario. The bus will take you to Trancoso (the closest town to us) where we can come and pick you up (for 10 EUR extra cost) or you can take a taxi for 20 EUR. There will be 1 easy connection in Viseu bus station; you just need to get down and go to another platform for getting into a second bus.
We highly recommend to book in advance, online. The timetable may change, so you have to check online before you come. Here is the website: www.rede-expressos.pt
There is also a direct bus from Porto airport to Guarda city by the company Flixbus. From there you can take a Uber/ taxi to the train station, and catch a train to Vila Franca das Naves. Then again, we can come pick you up for 10 EUR extra or you can come by taxi for 20 EUR.
AIRPORT PICK-UP
We also organize private taxi transfers from Porto Airport. Contact us to book your transfer and inquire about the cost!
Accommodation
Accommodation is simple, comfortable, and designed to support rest and ease throughout your stay. Guests can choose between a shared dormitory space or a private room, depending on their preference. All sleeping areas are calm, clean, and thoughtfully arranged to create a peaceful atmosphere. The shared dormitory offers a cozy and welcoming environment, ideal for those who enjoy a more communal experience while still having space to rest. The private room provides a quiet, more intimate setting, with a comfortable double bed — perfect for individuals or couples seeking additional privacy. You’ll also have access to shared living spaces, including a spacious and warm living room as well as a shared kitchen — inviting places to relax, read, or connect with others. Bathrooms are shared and located near the rooms. The overall atmosphere is warm and unpretentious, allowing you to feel at home, slow down, and fully recharge.
Comfortable bed in a shared dormitory
Double room with 1 double bed, for couples
Private Single Room with 1 double bed
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
A quiet, intimate farm in the heart of rural Portugal :
Surrounded by nature and open landscapes, this peaceful setting invites you to slow down and reconnect. Life follows a simple rhythm, with fresh air, silence, and the presence of animals. A nearby river offers a refreshing place to pause and reset. The atmosphere is warm, authentic, and deeply restorative.
Surrounded by nature and open landscapes, this peaceful setting invites you to slow down and reconnect. Life follows a simple rhythm, with fresh air, silence, and the presence of animals. A nearby river offers a refreshing place to pause and reset. The atmosphere is warm, authentic, and deeply restorative.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Delicious organic, healthy, fresh vegetarian or vegan meals prepared with products from our farm!
What's Included
- Accommodation (various options available to suit your preferences)
- 3 delicious, healthy vegetarian meals per day – organic, with our farm products, and prepared with care
- Unlimited herbal tea & fresh water
- Reiki level 1 training
- 1 Bach flowers consultation, with a personalised treatment to take home
- Initiation to self-hypnosis
- One individual shiatsu treatment – to support nervous system balance and relaxation
- Guided Meditation within group work
What's Not Included
- Transportation to/ from the venue (which can be arranged through us if needed); personal health & travel insurances.
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