JOIN US
for a 28-day
Group Experience
A Journey to Authentic Self-Expression
We welcome you for a transformative journey envisioned
to reveal your authentic self and offer life-changing perspectives
to create freedom of expression and joy of being.
Our retreat is a sanctuary where you can heal and rediscover yourself within the embrace of a supportive small community setting.
Experience change by allowing yourself to Just Be......
and let your expression emerge from that unique place.
The part of the symphony of life
that only you can offer to the world
Our Vision
We are a small, communal family committed to holistic living. Our aim is to harmonize with nature and cultivate true peace within ourselves and with every being we encounter. Our intention is to provide a nurturing environment where healing and self-discovery are natural outcomes.
Location and Experience
Nestled in the serene hills of the Algarve, our retreat is an intimate gathering for a maximum of 5 participants. A variety of accommodations is offered, ranging from a rythmic nature experience in a tent to our more opulent private suites.
Here, you can immerse yourself in our daily life, supported by our community's care and service. This experience is envisioned to provide you with the peace and inspiration needed to manifest the deep longings of your heart.
Here, you can immerse yourself in our daily life, supported by our community's care and service. This experience is envisioned to provide you with the peace and inspiration needed to manifest the deep longings of your heart.
Daily Practices
We invite you to join us in daily practices that promote
well-being and spiritual growth, including:
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Qi-Gong
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Meditation
As per your preference, you can engage in simple, grounding tasks
that connect you with the rhythm of communal life, such as:
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Cutting firewood
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Sweeping the terrace
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Cooking
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Cleaning
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Gardening
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Building projects
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Art works
Included Individual Experiences:
Over the course of your 21 days with us,
every participant will receive two sessions
for each of the following experiences:
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Therapeutic Healing: Work through emotional and mental blockages with guided support.
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Massage: Relieve tension and stress with a healing touch of love.
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Sound Journeys: Immerse yourself in a variety of sound experiences, delivered with grace to guide you deep into your subconscious and help release energy blockages within the body and mind.
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Life Coaching: Explore individually with one of our facilitators to discover valuable insights on how to live a more fulfilling life in alignment with your heart.
Welcome to Healing Circle Sanctuary
First, we warmly welcome you to join our heart-centered, family-tribe community.
This is a small, intimate setting where you are invited to live, co-create, and simply be.
We begin your stay with a 21-day Transformational Journey:
This unique experience offers you 21 days of deep inner work, in connection with like-minded people,
In this journey you can benefit from the healing modalities, meditations, Qi Gong classes, creative workshops, nature, and animal connections that we offer here at Healing Circle Sanctuary, and also from therapists and places in the surrounding areas, when this proves to be beneficial.
After the 21 days of your guided inner journey, we offer an additional 7 days to integrate everything at your own pace, rest, create a holiday-like rhythm, or, if you feel the need, continue with additional therapy or guidance of your choice.
21-day Transformational Journey
This journey offers space for both intensity and deep rest. All emotions and inner movements are welcome — joy and doubt, light and shadow. Not to be acted out unconsciously, but to be met with awareness, honesty, and curiosity. In doing so, we begin to lift the illusion that we need to be “fixed,” and recognize that, at our core, we all struggle and long for the same things: love, belonging, and authenticity.
Connection & Authenticity
True connection is essential for a joyful, thriving life. When it is missing, fear, loneliness, anger, and sadness can arise. Yet beneath these so-called negative emotions often lies a dormant well of gifts, talents, and qualities you carried with you into this life.
Through societal structures, education, and conditioning, we often forget these innate gifts and begin to live only from what we were taught, rather than from what naturally flows through us as our unique expression.
This retreat is an invitation to reconnect with that authentic spark that only you carry.
Through spontaneous interactions, shared presence, and community life, masks can gently fall away. Your essence is rediscovered, revealed, and brought back to life. The rhythms of your heart and soul are respected and nourished, while heartaches and old wounds are met with compassion and care.
Whatever we do, gardening, cooking, painting, making music, cleaning, talking, yoga, meditation, walking, or resting, we practice meeting life with full presence, remembering that everything belongs.
Community Living
At Healing Circle Sanctuary, the community setting is not an add-on; it is part of the healing. You are not just a guest; you are welcome as part of our wider family.
You will live alongside others who may, like you, be people longing for something deeper than society’s expectations. Together, you’ll share meals, creative projects, and be with the land and animals.
Community becomes a mirror, a medicine, and a catalyst for growth — not a duty, but a source of connection and learning.
Spiritual Foundation
Our work is grounded, embodied, and heart-led. We specialize in reconnecting with the inner child and our multidimensional nature, allowing forgotten passions and dreams to resurface.
The journey here is not about perfection, on the yoga mat or in life, but about honesty, authenticity, and integration. The path may not always be comfortable, but when whatever arises is met with love and sincere interest, we begin to experience ourselves beyond limitation and duality.
We gently guide this process, helping you recognize and soften protective patterns. When the pain beneath them is released, hidden strengths and gifts naturally emerge.
Practical Rhythm of Life
On a practical level, daily life is simple and connected to nature.
Our drinking water comes from a natural spring, which we collect in Alte or Caldas de Monchique — known for its alkaline water. Alte also offers a beautiful waterfall during much of the year.
We regularly visit local beaches along the Algarve coast, among the most stunning in Portugal. On Saturdays, we go to the farmer’s market in Silves and gather with friends. At times, we explore further west toward Aljezur and Sagres, or east toward the Loulé area, combining nature walks with shared meals.
Integration & Completion
After the 21 days of your guided inner journey, we offer an additional 7 days of integration. This time is intentionally spacious and unstructured, allowing everything you’ve experienced to settle naturally at your own pace.
These days can feel more like a gentle holiday rhythm — time to rest, reflect, enjoy nature, and simply be. If you feel called to continue therapy or guidance, this is also possible and can be arranged to meet your personal needs and preferences.
This final phase supports the transition from deep inner work back into everyday life, helping you embody what you’ve discovered and carry it forward in a grounded, sustainable way.
An Invitation
Our longer stays offer the time and depth needed for true transformation, while shorter intensives are available for those with limited time.
Most importantly, this is an invitation to step out of old roles and patterns and into a conscious, heart-led way of living, where you are seen, valued, and free to be yourself.
At Healing Circle Sanctuary, you are welcomed home.
Activities:
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Music
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(Mantra) singing
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Dance
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Forest Bathing
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Natural Pool Bathing
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Free Time for integrating, relaxing & Local Exploration
Food:
All meals are seasonal, plant-based, mostly organic, and sourced locally.
This means we have a wonderful variety of fruits and vegetables growing around us, with much of our food purchased from our local friends at the farmers' market.
Daily meal examples:
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Breakfast: A vibrant mix of freshly cut fruits including oranges, mangoes, papayas, kiwis, pears, bananas, and more, accompanied by oat porridge and coconut meat.
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Lunch: A light energy booster featuring an avocado, banana, and nut smoothie.
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Dinner: A delightful veggie curry made with coconut milk, served with brown rice. Sides include a mixed salad and homemade gluten-free bread.
Each meal is complemented by warm herbal infusions. We also encourage everyone to enjoy lemon water and herbal infusions throughout the day. Fresh fruits will always be available, and you can savour cold-pressed local olive oil and excellent Portuguese sea salt with our homemade gluten-free bread as a snack
in between meals if needed.
We invite you to eat mindfully, in harmony with your body's needs. By participating in our daily activities, you'll gradually discover a natural balance within your body. Our atmosphere and facilitators provide a natural support for anyone seeking to achieve a balanced lifestyle.
Animals:
Our space is shared with both dogs and cats, while donkeys roam in the grassy hill field of our backyard.
Free time:
You will have plenty of free time to simply be, or to engage in your own practices and rituals. We encourage reflective time and contemplation, journaling, arts, music. Inviting you to embrace the essence of your being and bringing in presence and mindful awareness in all of life's dynamic expressions.
You can also explore the area, by foot or bicycle.
This is not a requirement but a recommendation;
We invite you to put your phone and other screens aside. And we give you the opportunity to lock them away for the time of the retreat, if any necessary calls or work related tasks needs to be dealt with we encourage you to care for that before coming. We understand this is not always possible though, so you can engage with WIFI related moments in the privacy of your room,
Communication:
We promote communication that is mindful and present.
We encourage genuine expression and invite you to connect deeply with what truly needs to be said. We often engage in lighthearted conversations for various reasons, and can easily lose ourselves in the flow of words.
Many times, we speak out of ingrained habits shaped by the cultural, familial,
and social energy fields surrounding us.
This retreat offers a chance for you to strengthen your connection with all aspects of life, and mindful communication
plays a significant role in that journey.
We will have periods of noble silence, allowing you to explore how gracefully life can flow, and how communication can thrive even in the absence of words.
Creative Contribution:
We encourage you to bring your unique perspective and creative ideas. Whether you have a project to share or a new area to explore,
this is a space to deepen your connection to yourself and others.
This retreat is not just a break from routine:
it's an opportunity to transform your life and reconnect with
the essence of who you are. We look forward to welcoming you to our community and supporting you on this profound journey.
Let go of what no longer serves you, and
give space to EXPRESS FROM the pure essence of your Being.
Open up to all parts of yourself, so your Life can start
unfolding from your innermost Truth.
Experience Peace and Unity,
beyond all the Belief forms you have created,
in your inner and outer worlds,
and be motivated to grow and
evolve beyond your comfort zone.
We created a supportive and encouraging space
for you to feel safe
and seen to express whatever is inside of you.
we are in this together, equal and respectful.
We also offer guidance:
for those who resonate with a new start in Portugal,
we can offer specific practical advice,
and support regarding contacts and introductions
to life and community in Portugal.
We provide different kind of accommodation at
Healing Circle Sanctuary & close to us.
HAVE A LOOK AT THE ACCOMMODATION SECTOR
Please contact us for more information or to make a booking.
We always have a call first to create
the connection & trust to embark on this journey with us.
From the Perception of the Mind;
To the Experience of the Heart.
How can I Change the Perception of;
I want to connect
To the Experience of;
I am connected.
From scarcity: fear, shame, and guilt........
To abundance:
love, joy, and fulfillment
FROM I WANT SOMETHING TO
I CAN GIVE SOMETHING
Everybody has a gift, something unique to share with this world.
Are you Longing to Fall into Your ESSENCE
Come and Join us!