Journey to Wellness – Yoga, Hiking, and Harmony Retreat in Enchanting Madeira, Portugal!
An ENCHANTING 6 Day/5 Night all-inclusive yoga, hiking, and wellness retreat to elevate your wellbeing amidst stunning landscapes.
Journey to Wellness
October 25-30th, 2024
Overview
Join us for a transformative blend of invigorating hikes, soul-soothing yoga, bodywork, and nourishing farm to table cuisine. Immerse yourself in a holistic experience that rejuvenates mind, body, and spirit.
Organized by Lindsay Barrett, a former Madeira resident, you’ll experience the island like a local! Each morning will begin with invigorating yoga classes led by Lisbon’s favorite yoga teacher, Steph Jaksch. Sound healing and body work offered by Open Hearts Lisboa founder, Julie Boulanger.
Each participant will receive personal attention and support during the retreat. The facilitators offer guidance on how to identify and alleviate causes of tensions both physically and mentally. We’ll use tools such as yoga, active meditation, sound healing, energy/body work, and connecting with mother nature.
We encourage a positive, supportive environment so you’ll not only leave feeling rejuvenated, but having developed lasting friendships and love for nature, yourself, and the world around you.
Accommodation
Getting There
Meet your Retreat Leaders!
What's Included
6 days and 5 nights accommodation in private or shared accommodation (based on your booking)
- Daily breakfast and healthy hiking snacks
- Healthy, gourmet vegetarian dinners (vegan on request, local fish on request)
- Daily vinyasa flow with personalized guidance and attention
- Daily hiking or walking excursions around the island
- Yoga mats, blocks, and belts
- Transportation to/from airport
- Bodywork (additional charge)
- Flights
- Hiking poles/gear/backpacks
Quinta Golfinho offers luxurious self catering apartments in a huge banana plantation, with breathtaking views, directly in front of the sea, close to Calheta, Madeira, Portugal.
Located in a huge banana plantation in one of the most exclusive locations in Madeira, facing directly the sea, no through traffic disturbs the total relaxation.
Take a refreshing dive in the crystal clear blue pool, read a book under the shades of the lush green banana plants or enjoy simply the sun. On one of the sunniest spots in the southwest of the island, you find almost perfect climatic conditions around the year.
Oceanline Villa
There are two bedrooms in the Villa open to participants with twin beds, note, the third bedroom will be used by the facilitators.
The rooms share a bathroom, kitchen, and living space.
Getting There
The retreat center is located a 45 minute drive from Funchal (FNC) international airport, in the town of Arco do Calheta. The villas are a 15 minute walk from neighboring town, Calheta.
Transportation can be arranged upon your arrival. Please inform us of your flight information at the time of booking.
Major airlines service FNC international Airport daily.
Direct flights to/from Lisbon can range from €60 (advanced booking) to €100 depending on time of booking.
Please note, direct flights from the US to Madeira are limited. Please get in touch with me to discuss travel planning tips should you have any questions.
Please contact me with any further questions at [email protected].
We look forward to guiding you through a beautiful retreat on a truly magical island!
Retreat Leaders
Lindsay Barrett
Lindsay is a 200 hr YA certified Vinyasa Flow yoga teacher and vegan chef. Lindsay earned her certification in Goa, India and teaches yogis of all levels. Part of Lindsay’s health and wellness journey has led her to focus on her passion for cooking. She currently works as a Vegan Chef, catering for events and retreats, as well as continuing to teach a dynamic power yoga flow.
Lindsay lived in Madeira from 2019-2021 where she taught yoga and offered yoga retreats. When she wasn’t teaching she spent a lot of her time hiking and trail running across the island. She is thrilled to share her knowledge of the island with you!
Steph Jaksch
Steph from Berlin completed her first teacher training in 2003, at Jivamukti Yoga NYC, followed by many further training courses with other international teachers, and in 2005 she was certified as an “Advanced Teacher”.
The interplay of gentleness and dynamism unites Steph perfectly in her person and thus also in her teaching. When you get to know her in her classes, you see her completely in her element: motivating, positive and in a good mood – always with the right correction at her side.
Julie Boulanger
Julie is a Reiki master and body worker, originally from France, now living just south of Lisbon in Costa da Caparica.
Julie began working as an actress at the age of thirteen.
In a world where money and success dictate the value of accomplishment, and in an industry where beauty, envy and jealousy were all around, Julie found herself yearning for something deeper. Then, after surviving a life threatening tumor, Julie was awakened.
She felt the calling to go back to what is essential.
She turned to meditation, breath work, hatha yoga and reiki. She uses tool to connect to a soul’s purpose, using her power to help others find their own.
