Just Pure Being – Nature Retreat | Madeira | Portugal | 9 days
“Let your Heart be touched by the Miracles that happen when you feel profoundly connected and don’t have to be anybody!”
A Journey from the limits of the Mind to the Wisdom of the Heart.
Allowing the Flow of Abundance following the Path of Joy, Excitement & Playfulness.
What we will do and what will happen
Join us to free our mind walking through amazing Landscapes while exploring and discovering Madeira’s Nature and richness. Although we will spend a lot of time walking, the real focus of the event is to grow into a new attitude of connecting to the other participants and to ourselves.
An attitude of being with each other in a very different way that creates connection and trust, explores the worlds of each other and acknowledges and appreciates what “is” without wanting it differently or changing anything about it.
Transformation happens when we welcome what is!
Communicating and relating like this is very relaxing for our nervous system and activates our self-healing powers so that valuable parts of ourself can reemerge and enrich our and other people’s lives. Because the secret to inner peace, happiness and fulfillment is within us and emerges from inside.
There will be morning and evening activities on most days before and after heading out into nature in order to get acquainted with the new attitude of being with each other. We will also do exercises, use tools and share wisdom about how to open ourselves up for the abundance that comes to us by itself when we stop blocking it by constant doing, efforting and wanting.
Are you ready for the
Adventure
and to embrace your most
profound
Being?
What you will take away from this event
- ● Tools and exercises and a new attitude in order to allow abundance to come into your life
- ● More clarity about your beliefs, coping and compensation strategies, attachment styles and why you are the way you are
- ● More compassion with difficult parts, states and emotions of yourself and others
- ● More capacity to hold space and accompany others emotionally meeting them with humility, curiosity and compassion
- ● Equal opportunities for more introverted people to express themselves and feeling seen and heard without having to compete with more outgoing people
Accommodation
We will stay in a hostel in Funchal in a 10 – 18 bed dorm.
Food
Food is not included in the event fee. So please make sure that you have your food prepared for breakfast and lunch every day. And maybe bring it along for the fist day to make sure that it won’t cause you any distress. Especially at lunchtime we will be out in nature where it might not be possible to get any food. We will stop at a supermarket every morning to buy the necessary provisions. For dinner we usually go to a restaurant but everybody is free to decide if that is convenient.
Rental Cars
We will rent cars and share the cost and fuel among all participants. Rental cars are pretty affordable on Madeira and the cheapest offer I have found was 27 euros per day. We will be 4 people in each car maximum to make sure that all our luggage fits in.
Preparation
We will meet one or more times personally or online (Zoom) to discuss the details and to exchange our experience. All questions can be asked.
Modification of the itinerary, schedule and plan
If we all agree we can do modifications to the planned places to visit, schedule and plans it seems too much, too stressful or maybe even too little for some of us. In spite of the above indicated program the daily activities will be decided spontaneously. Depending on weather conditions we might shift activities and do any of the other planned tours.
Details
| Duration | 9 days |
|---|---|
| Arrival | Saturday 05.04.2025 at Funchal airport |
| Departure | Sunday 13.04.2025 from Funchal airport |
| Meeting point | Funchal airport |
| Target group | Adults |
| Participants | Max. 16 |
| Event fee | 739 euros, Please get in touch if you need to keep track of your finances for a discount! |
| Accommodation | 10 – 18 bed dorm in a hostel |
| Event facilitation | Oliver |
| Places to visit | a lot |
Includes
- ● Event Facilitation and Guidance
- ● Accommodation
Does not include
- ● Food not included
- ● Flight not included
- ● Rental car and fuel not included
Program
Saturday, April 5, 2025
We will meet at the airport, get our rental cars and to the place where we are lodged. In case of different arrival times we will find a different solution. After everybody has arrived we will gather to get to know each other and to share important information.
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Adventure through Levada do 25 Fontes, Levada do Alecrim, Risco Waterfall, Lagoa do Vento
- 1. 6:20 – 6:50: Breakfast if you like
- 2. 6:50: Group activity
- 2. Nature Experience (Levada do 25 fontes …)
- 3. Dinner
- 5. Group activity
| Difficulty | |
| Distance: | 11,4 km |
| Ascent: | 480 m |
| Descent: | 480 m |
| Minimum Height: | 1000 m |
| Maximum Height: | 1320 m |
Video
Monday, April 7, 2025
Sunrise at Pico do Arriero and tour to Pico Ruivo
- 1. 5:30: Start to Pico do Arriero to see the sunrise
- 2. Nature Experience (Pico do Arriero to Pico Ruivo)
- 4. Dinner
- 5. Evening activities
| Difficulty: | |
| Distance: | 11,2 km |
| Ascent: | 1020 m |
| Descent: | 1030 m |
| Minimum Height: | 1540 m |
| Maximum Height: | 1830 m |
Video Pico do Arriero to Pico Ruivo
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Visit to a lot of sights like Fanal Forest – Porto Moniz and many more ….
- 1. 6:30: Morning activities
- 2. Fanal Laurel Forest
- 3. Porto Moniz (natural lava swimming pools)
- 4. Praia da Ribeira da Janela (beach with rock formations)
- 5.Seixal village (best beach and rocks)
- 6. Véu da Noiva viewpoint (waterfall into the sea)
- 7. Miradouro Água d‘Alto (viewpoint)
- 8. São Vicente (beautiful village with church up on a hill)
- 9. Miradouro Lombo do Mouro (viewpoint)
- 10. Miradouro Bica da Cana (viewpoint)
- 11. Dinner
- 12. Evening circle
We won’t walk considerable distances to recover from the strenuous day before!
Video Fanal Forest
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Adventure through Levada do Caldeirão Verde
- 1. 6:00 Morning activities
- 3. Nature Experience (Levada do Caldeirão Verde)
- 4. Dinner
- 5. Evening activities
| Difficulty: | |
| Distance: | 13,6 km |
| Ascent: | 100 m |
| Descent: | 100 m |
| Minimum Height: | 809 m |
| Maximum Height: | 930 m |
Video
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Pico Grande
- 1. 6:30 Morning activities
- 3. Nature Experience (Pico Grande)
- 5. Dinner
- 6. Evening circle
| Difficulty: | |
| Distance | 10 km |
| Ascent: | 696 m |
| Descent: | 707 m |
| Minimum Height: | 1230 m |
| Maximum Height: | 1656 m |
Video
Friday, April 11, 2025
Ponta do Sol – Funchal
- 1. 7:30: Morning activities
- 2. Punta do Sol (nomad village)
- 3. Anjos waterfall
- 4.Cabo Girão Skywalk
- 5. Christo Rei
- 6. Funchal
- 4. Dinner
- 5. Evening activities
We will visit different sights by car so we won’t walk so much to recover from the day before.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Ponta de São Lourenço
- 1. 7:00 Morning activities
- 2. Ponta de São Lourenço
- 3. Valley of the nuns / Eira do Serrado viewpoint
- 4. Dinner
- 5. Evening activity
| Difficulty: | |
| Distance: | 8 km |
| Ascent: | 300 m |
| Descent: | 300 m |
| Minimum Height: | 20 m |
| Maximum Height: | 90 m |
Video
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Back to the airport
What to bring
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