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Embody your Spirit Retreat - Forrest Yoga & Breathwork, Vale de Moses, Portugal with Ilias Kousis


  • Vale de moses Portugal (map)

This retreat aims at equipping you with essential tools to connect or deepen your relationship to your Spirit. Many of our people are suffering from stress, anxiety, depression and lack of purpose all of which lead to manifestation of physical ailments such as chronic pain and injuries. All this can be avoided with one simple medicine: Connecting and romancing our relationship to Spirit. I can help you do that by offering you a unique, therapeutic blend of Forrest Yoga, Breathwork and Energy Medicine through my teachings.

This retreat is a great match for you who:

  • Feel that there is more to life rather than working to just pay bills and wishes to explore deeper layers and aspects of your personality

  • Wish to gain more clarity on their purpose in life is, connect to it and pursue it

  • Wish to heal their physical injuries and pain

  • Wish to ignite their passion for life and come out of the veils of depression, procrastination and fear

  • Are ready to question their self-limiting beliefs and rewire their brain in order to overcome emotional blockages

  • Burn to find the root cause of their chronic pain and learn how to ease it or heal it completely

  • Perform already at very high level, but recognise that their ways can be more sustainable and intend to better mitigate stress

Come and sweat and detox with me on all levels (physical, emotional and spiritual) so that you can create space for more of your Spirit to come and reside in your most precious temple: your body. Vale de Moses is an excellent choice for introspection as it is in the middle of the forest free of distractions and noise of any kind. The water you will be drinking comes from local wells (tested for safety) and the food you will ingest will be mostly sourced locally. Food allergies will be catered for.

A few afternoons will be free of sessions so that you can prioritise activities of your choice: introspection, socialising with fellow participants, going for a swim at the river ponds at the retreat center or drive to nearby lakes with magical landscapes or even taking massages with local therapists

About me:

Hi, I am Ilias, a Forrest Yoga Guardian (Level 5 - handpicked by Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco), Energy Medicine Practitioner (Four Winds) and Certified Breath Coach (YogaBody & Dan Brulé). I am formally educated as Geologist and Climate Scientist (MSc), which has been a result of my early passion to study Earth and Life in general to satisfy my own thirst for knowledge as well as to serve humanity. After realising what my life’s purpose is, I decided to make a radical change: I quit my PhD 90% before completion and dedicated myself to transitioning in teaching yoga full-time. I never looked back since then and my life is full of blessings one coming after the other. I know what it feels to be scared of standing up for yourself, disobeying your fear, stepping into your own power and daring to chase after your dreams. I did it for myself, still do it and will continue doing it until I die. I can help you find the courage to dream your life into being; you know, that “life” that YOU authentically desire living, not the ones others expect you to live. Learn more about me by navigating my website and IG profile.

Your investment:

  • Prices from 1150 to 1650€

The retreat package includes:

  • Daily 2,5-hr morning intensive Forrest Yoga practice with Ceremony

  • Afternoon sessions with additional yoga practices, ceremonies and breathwork

  • 3 daily meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner and unlimited access to fruit, coffee and tea all day long

  • Accommodation of your choice: glamping tent (single or double occupancy), shared accommodation in cottages or private room (single or double occupancy)

  • Transport from Oleiros to Vale de Moses on the arrival day (Monday) and back to Oleiros on the departure day (Saturday)

What the retreat package does NOT include:

  • Flights to and from Portugal

  • Transportation to Oleiros

  • Massage sessions with local therapists

Why Vale de Moses and how to get there?

  • Located approximately equally far from both Lisbon and Porto and accessible by car (2.5 hrs) and public bus transport (3.5 hrs), Vale de Moses is situated deep in the Portuguese forest and relatively high elevated (~790 m a.s.l.) and serves as an excellent location for connection to nature, self-reflection and deep cleansing physically and energetically. It offers a unique blend between freshness of mountain air and cooler temperatures in the morning and evening and more elevated warm temperatures during midday. The water you will be drinking comes from local wells (properly tested to be safe), the air you breathe will be clean and straight from the exhalations of the plants surrounding you, the land will welcome you and support your healing journey, and your body will enjoy reduced radiation exposure time, which will mend your energy field.

  • You can get to Vale de Moses either by renting a car from Lisbon or Porto (2,5 hr) or if you travel by public transport, it is recommended to travel via Lisbon with regular Rede Expressos bus services to the local town of Oleiros, where Vale de Moses staff will pick you up for the short drive to the retreat without additional cost.

  • Read more about the unique beauty of Vale de Moses here.

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