*This retreat will be entirely held in English
The most awaited retreat of the year!
Prepare yourself for a totally delicious experience where the common denominator will be our passion for food.
◈ Hands-on Kitchen Experience
◈ Living Food Cooking Workshop
◈ Winter Pantry Preparation
◈ Yoga, Movement & Breathwork practices
◈ Sensorial Dinner Experience
◈ Forest Foraging & Fire Cooking
◈ Nature & Silence
◈ Fermentation Workshop
◈ 30+ Recipe Book
The Amara Kitchen team will open up a new perception of healthy food. This will be a multi-day experience to ignite your curiosity about plant-based food, nutrition, health and pleasure so that you go back home knowing how a natural way of eating can feel in body, mind and soul.
Preparing for Winter
A four-day retreat in food, nature and seasonal living
We often expect ourselves to keep the same pace all year round. Nature tells us otherwise. As the days get shorter, nature slows down. It’s a time to gather, preserve, rest and turn inward.
At Amara Valley, we’re taking inspiration from this natural rhythm and exploring what it might mean for us, too.
Over four days, we’ll cook, ferment, forage, taste, work with plants and share nourishing meals around the table and fire. Together, we’ll fill the winter pantry, explore traditional herbal preparations and cook simple, warming food to share.
No previous cooking experience needed — just curiosity and a willingness to slow down.
WHAT WILL WE LEARN?
What we’ll explore
In the kitchen
- Fermentation, kraut and pickles
- Oxymel / fire cider
- Simple seasonal preserves
- Nourishing batch cooking
- Cooking with herbs and seasonal ingredients
Through the senses
- The Taste Lab: flavour, memory and sensation
- Slowing down and becoming more present
- Listening to hunger, warmth and other signals from the body
Through nature
- Connecting to the seasons
- Foraging
- Exploring our relationship with plants through sensory and intuitive practices
“Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people eat together” – Guy Fiery
Is this for you?
Come if you’re feeling overstimulated, ready for a slower pace, or simply curious about living more seasonally.
This is your invitation if you are interested in fermentation, herbs, traditional food practices or spending more time in nature. Or perhaps you just want a few days away from everyday life to cook, eat well and reconnect.
You don’t need to be an experienced cook. Just come curious.
What you’ll take home
You’ll leave with new recipes and skills, the food and preparations you make during the retreat, and simple ideas for bringing more seasonal nourishment into your own kitchen.
Four days of food, nature, good company and preparing for winter.
– The 4 Days –
DAY ONE – SLOWING DOWN
Arrival, a grounding meal & the Taste Lab
We’ll settle into Amara with good food and our Taste Lab — a sensory exploration of six flavours, memories and the stories food can bring back.
DAY TWO – LISTENING
Nature, plants & fermentation
We’ll spend time outdoors, forage, explore our relationship with a chosen plant and begin learning the basics of fermentation.
DAY THREE – PRESERVING
Building the winter pantry
We’ll make ferments, simple preserves, oxymel / fire cider and nourishing batch meals, followed by a shared meal around the fire.
DAY FOUR – INTEGRATING
Cooking, reflection & closing
We’ll cook one final seasonal meal, reflect on the experience and share a simple closing ritual before heading home.
THE KITCHEN TEAM
A bit more about us…
After seven years of creating recipes and delicious food to nourish retreats at Amara, the kitchen team have developed a renowned cooking style combining richness and lightness, elaboration and simplicity, and freshness and nourishment. Using local and even homegrown ingredients from our garden, we are inspired by the mediterranean flavours always with a twist of world cuisine that is the signature of our kitchen.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES & SERVICES
MOVEMENT & YOGA SESSSIONS
“Corpore Sano, Mente Sana” – Along with a healthy diet comes a healthy lifestyle. Every morning we will have the benefit of enjoying movement and yoga classes, a combination of practices that we like to share to inspire you to introduce them into your daily life. The best way to wake up the body and start the day with a boost of energy! Bring some comfortable clothes
This sessions are included in the Program and everyone is welcome to join!
MASSAGE & THERAPIES
Our therapists will take care of your body and help you enter a deeper state of relaxation to be able to absorbe and digest the information and food that we will be preparing and eating. Nothing better than taking care of ourselves on a weekend where we will engage in good habits!
This sessions have an extra cost depending on the therapy and duration
SAUNA & COLD PLUNGE
One of the Amara highlights is our wood burning Sauna that combined with the cold pool plunges creates a great activation of the circulatory system that helps regenerate our cells and nervous system. Bring a towel or sarong to sit on, drink lots of water and sweat on!
This sessions will be included in the program!
ACCOMMODATION & BOOKING
The price of the retreat will depend on your choice of accommodation. We have different options available. A 200€ deposit will be requested to reserve your spot and the rest of payment can be done upon arrival.
Once you click on the button below, please select your choice on the booking form and we will ensure the preferred accommodation for you.
PRICES and BOOKING FORMWHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
- All workshops, sessions, talks and activities
- 30+ Recipe Book
- x2 Amara Cook Ebooks
- All Meals
- Shared or private accommodation with bedding
- Tea and fruit throughout the day
- Wifi and use of facilities – pool, shala, sauna and outdoor grounds
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
- Massages and extra services
- Shower towel and outdoor towel
- Travel insurance
- Transport and travel costs
We will help create a ride share group for those without transportation
Cancellation Policy
After registering through the online form there will not be any refunds available for cancellation.
