Join us in the beautiful Portuguese mountains, where we'll gather for five unforgettable days of deep renewal, nourishing food, inspiring practices, heartfelt connection, and peaceful moments in nature.
Whether you're seeking rest, clarity, healing, or simply space to breathe, this retreat offers a supportive environment to replenish your energy and step into the next chapter of your life feeling lighter, clearer, and more alive.
Throughout the four days we will use various modalities to facilitate a deeper connection to ourselves, our breath, bodies and the natural world around us, creating space for letting go of what no longer serves us.
There will be classes in movement, dance, somatics, breathwork and plant medicine using ancient techniques alongside new practices and innovative art technology to offer a unique immersion for deep rest, relaxation and renewal.
This is a unique opportunity to try Sym technology, a one-of-a-kind immersive art experience that visualises your breath in real-time using coloured light. The device enhances interpersonal connection by allowing up to four people to synchronise their experience, creating a collective unified consciousness. Optional plant medicine micro-dosing is available for the two guided evenings with Sym.
On the final day after wild swimming and hiking in nature, we will celebrate Samhain with optional dress up/face painting, dance, and a sacred fire where we can consciously release the old and plant seeds for the new.
"Absolutely beautiful and mesmerising work, incredible <3" - Lisa
"Wonderful moment of breath to be connected in the experience" - James
"This was a blissful experience, focusing on the depth of breathing was very therapeutic and allowed a new level of relaxation" - Sergio
"Feeling more connected through the breath" - Tanya
Accommodation is a choice of luxurious private double or twins rooms with 8 shared bathrooms between them. For relaxation there is a beautiful swimming pool and sundeck with panoramic views over the hills together with fireplace lounge and floor cushion circle for sharing and discussions.
The retreat is fully catered with meals consisting of freshly prepared local, seasonal ingredients eaten together at a shared table.
There is high-speed Wi-Fi throughout the property and a small gym.
Kira Zhigalina is a pranayama-trained breathwork practitioner, immersive artist and founder of Deep Sym. Her work brings together breathwork, somatics, movement, mindfulness, light and technology, creating experiences that invite people to slow down, connect with their bodies and explore deeper states of presence and awareness.
Inspired by a profound experience of non-duality through her own breath practice as a teenager, Kira has spent years exploring the relationship between embodied awareness, creativity and consciousness.
She leads workshops and immersive wellbeing experiences in London and beyond, including at festivals such as Medicine and Wilderness.
At the heart of her work is a passion for helping people reconnect with their own spark; that sense of aliveness, authenticity, and possibility that can become buried beneath stress, old patterns and life's challenges. She is passionate about supporting people to rediscover themselves and create a life that feels more meaningful, alive, and fulfilling.
She is certified in counselling skills and professional breathwork and brings ancient shamanic wisdom and modalities into her work to complement Western therapeutic approaches, acquired during 15 years of studying indigenous wisdom traditions. You can find her on Therapy Directory.
She also works in healthcare with groups of people, facilitating social health, wellbeing, and creativity in therapeutic settings.
The retreat is held in the stunning village of Priados, approximately 2 hours drive from Porto and 2.5 hours drive from Lisbon.
Please contact us if you require us to arrange transportation.
Early Bird offer - GBP 960 (1120 euro) - registration until 10.9.2026
GBP 1200 (1400 euro) thereafter. 50% deposit due within 14 days of registration.
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