Heart-Focused Community Retreat

Join our community of experienced facilitators for a long weekend living together in a beautiful villa with a shared intention: to connect at heart level, sharing genuine friendship, authenticity, play, dance, celebration, and learning crucial community building skills. The diverse team of facilitators includes David Brundige (Authentic Relating, Circling, Meditation, Cacao Ceremony), Donal Gannon (Nonviolent Communication, Sociocracy, Contact Improvisation), Christianna Kohler (Vinyasa and Satya Yoga), Albe Kohler (Ecstatic Dance), Beatriz Megalhaes (Primitive Dance, Intim.Art), Nathalie Gualdaroni (Hatha and Yin Yoga), Lineke Heus (Soma Breathwork, Kundalini Meditation) and More. We are here to hold you with openness and compassion, co-creating a nurturing and heart warming environment to support each of us to integrate into the community and on our personal journeys. Can see the latest program in event discussion. All activities are optional and accommodate beginners as well as more advanced participants, so no previous experience is required. ~ WHEN & WHERE ~ Friday Nov 26 - Monday Nov 29 (with option to sleep over Monday) @ El Love Villa in Penina, Mexilhoeira Grande, Algarve, Portugal Arrivals from 13:00 on Friday, preferably to be ready for our Opening Cacao Ceremony at 16:00. We will close formally on Monday at 13:00. ~ MEALS ~ Hearty vegan breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared with love by Bia and team (Arte Pela Cozinha). We can accommodate any dietary requirements if you let us know when you register. ~ PRICING & REGISTRATION ~ 3 day program of workshops with 3 vegan meals per day: 180€ + accommodation: - Camping / van parking 30€ (10€ / day) - Bed in dorm 60€ (20€ / day) - Private room 135€ (45€ / day) A limited number of concessions available. If you cannot afford to pay the price above, let us know ASAP. To reserve your place, write to us at [email protected] When you register, we will send you details about accomodation, directions, ride-sharing, timings and other practical information you’ll need. If you have any other questions, can contact us at [email protected] ~ FACILITATORS ~ Donal Gannon Donal is a nomadic catalyst for personal, relational and cultural transformation, striving to take steps towards a world that works for all. Since 2003, he has travelled the world providing public and private training, facilitation, consultancy, system building, mediation, and coaching. In these, he uses an extensive tool kit from various modalities, to support individuals and groups to develop skills in conscious communication, effective collaboration, authentic relating, community/team building, shared leadership, as well as personal and relational healing. He continues to collaborate as a Certified Trainer with the Centre for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC), Creative Director of HeartSpace Collective, and a member of the Cultural Catalyst Network (CCN), the School of Consent and Arise to Succeed. Learn more about Donal and his work at www.donalgannon.com David Brundige I love gathering people for connection and self-discovery. I facilitate circling, a practice of mindful communication that deepens connection by raising awareness of self and others. I am a trained plant medicine facilitator and hold space for intense psycho-spiritual experiences. I am also a filmmaker who finds comedy in serious situations. Having spent most of my life in sprawling Los Angeles, I only discovered the power of community after attending Burning Man in 2010, and then Tamera (Portugal), Pachamama (Costa Rica) and MAPLE (Vermont). In L.A., I've organized regular community dinners, cuddle parties and other events, but living in community provides another level of freedom, expansion, and safety. My ideal day in community involves meditation, yoga, circling, contact improv dancing, group art making, strategic planning, and music around the fire. https://integrationclass.com Albe Coming from an Art & Tech Community in the San Francisco Bay area, Albe brings a playful but driving sound to the dance floor. His heart lives in the co-creation of conscious events and his mission is to make bodies move. Christianna Kohler Christianna is passionate about nourishing bodies and relationships. She is an embodied intuitive guide who weaves together movement from multiple modalities including fitness, hatha yoga, vinyasa, therapeutics, pilates, dance, somatics and sexuality to connect with consciousness and prana inside the body. She is a 500hr certified yoga teacher and VITA certified love, sex and relationship coach and loves to support people become more conscious in their relationships. Lineke Heus Lineke is a passionate community weaver, and has been referred to as ‘the glue’ that keeps everything together. She is keenly aware of the need for humans to re-learn living and working together, and puts herself in service to be a vehicle for change. Her most valuable tools include sex magic & embodiment practices (ISTA, orgasmic yoga), authentic relating, and Vipassana meditation, and anything to do with Life Force enhancement. For more about Lineke and her coaching practice, see https://findyourforce.org