Yoga Evolution Retreats and Holidays 2023 Portugal, Europe

On March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 By Evolutionary YogaLeave a comment

Join us in the Portuguese mountain ranges for a restful retreat experience in 2023

This year 2023 our retreat will be starting on the 1st of April with an Evolutionary Yoga week and continuing through 2023. Evolutionary yoga integrates many traditional yoga practices such as Vinyasa, Qigong, Ashtanga, mindfulness, yin yoga, shamanic, and gong healing as well as earthing practices.

Since 2008 we have been offering practices and retreats that allows for space to just be and feel the powerful healing capabilities of our Mother Earth and Nature. Our retreat center is set in 13 acres of a forested valley with many places to be alone or be social, read a book by our natural salt water swimming pool or under a tree, catch up with your work commitments or completely disconnect from a hectic and fast paced life. The spaces is here.

What retreats are available in 2023

This year we have many retreat weeks to choose from. Join Peter and Leo on the Shamanic retreat week or Kate and Freya on the Vinyasa flow weeks. Sue will also be holding a retreat just for Women.

Our food will be Vegan/Vegetarian allowing for a complete detox of the body.

For more information on the retreats, take a look at our retreat calendar Yoga Retreats Portugal Calendar

Yoga Retreat New Year 2023

On July 1, 2022September 13, 2023 By Evolutionary YogaLeave a comment

New Year Yoga Retreat 2023

New year yoga retreat 2023

For the last few years, we have been unable to hold our regular new year yoga retreat but this year it will be going ahead.

Starting on the 28^th of December 2023 and ending on the 4^th of January 2024 we will be holding a weeks retreat packed with vinyasa flow, qigong, meditation, gong baths, shamanic drumming and yin yoga practice and ending with a positive manifestation ceremony to bring in the new year.

The retreat will be taking place at Yoga Evolution Retreat center in the heart of Portugal. Our retreat center has been established since 2008. The center is just below the hilltop village of Amieira, Oleiros, Castelo Branco. With 13 acres of natural forest land, you will never find it hard to find a quite spot to contemplate the thing you would like to bring into 2024.

Click here to visit our new year yoga retreat page

Yoga Retreats 2022, Spring is in the air and we are getting ready for our retreats and yin training courses

On January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 By Evolutionary YogaLeave a comment

Where does the time go?

We finished our retreat back in November and have been spending the winter months making some changes to our facilities. Last year we upgraded our dining room area with a lovely star gazing deck and built two new outdoor toilets. one was placed next to the swimming pool and the other at the back of the practice space. We also managed to build a new house for the chickens as they had little chicks and needed a little more room. Our donkey Willow also moved into his new stable and is really happy.

yoga people having fun on retreat in Portugal — this is a picture of a few of our yogi friends practicing in our shala

For the first few months of 2022 we have been focusing on making the yoga retreat facilities more user friendly and have installed two new shower rooms. one will serve as an en-suite and the other will be for just two rooms to share. We are pretty sure that this will be more than enough to ensure that there is no queuing to use the toilet as we identified this as being an issue.

During 2020 we have some great retreats on offer that will be the perfect escape to rest and learn new ways to keep your practice inspired and full of wonderful ways to work with the body/mind and energy. Choose from our Evolutionary yoga weeks which incorporate some of the most powerful and trans-formative practices from all over the world as well as an astrological perspective. Our qigong (Chinese yoga) practice explores the energy channels of the body known as the rivers or meridians and organ health. We use these practices to purge the body of toxins or stagnant qi before we use more advanced practices to re-fill our energy reservoirs with nourished qi. Our vinyasa practice or sequence of postures is both challenging and meditative building a strong physical body with endurance. Check our yoga retreat calendar out for more information.