◈ Daily Movement & Yoga Sessions
◈ Medicinal Mushrooms & Cacao Ceremony
◈ Silence & Fasting
◈ Nourishing Vegetarian Living Food
◈ Medicinal Plant Wisdom & Fire Ritual
◈ Live Music & Ecstatic Dance
◈ Beautiful Nature Walks
◈ Sauna
◈ Optional Healing Therapies
A time to discover your Inner Garden and its Medicine
THE MEDICINE OF CEREMONY
For the first time at Amara, we are so excited to present a retreat were we can share one of our most profound practices: Ritual & Ceremony.
After years of working alongside plant medicines such as Cacao and Mushrooms, we feel the time has come to offer a retreat were the Plants are the protagonists.
Spring is the perfect time for cleansing, letting go and taking advantage of the rising life force in both us and the natural environment. This retreat will focus on how movement, medicinal plants, ceremony, music, ritual and a healthy and nourishing environment can be healing medicines that strengthen and enliven us.
We will have the opportunity to have work on a safe container for 5 days to prepare our bodies, minds and spirits to recieve the messages from the medicine, as well as having precious time for integration and celebration. Everything will be optional and you can decide how much you want to immerse in the experience.
The land of Amara, its beauty and the powerful mountain of Rocacorba will be supporting the work and allowing us to dive deeper into this transition into Spring.
ABOUT THE MOKSHA CEREMONY
◈ The medicine of the circle, based on the ancestral technique of the talking stick, which promotes active listening, respect, and authentic expression within the group.
◈ The medicinal mushroom infusion pontentiated with the Cacao medicine, used consciously and ceremonially to facilitate states of introspection, clarity, and spiritual connection.
WHAT TO EXPECT?
This immersion of 5 days is a chance to develop a relationship with yourself and the natural world, as well as to welcome some plant medicines into your life in a completely safe way. We invite you to look inwards at your inner garden and to hear the deep and quiet voices of your heart.
There will be circles, rituals, explorations, talks, practices, movement and sharing. Everything guided by the Amara team with humour, laughter and a lot of music!
We will slowly dive into the magic world of the beauty plant medicine so that we can unfold the true nature of our being.
SOME OF THE MEDICINES THAT WILL BE PRESENT ARE:
Cacao opens our heart, and releases any blocked trauma or emotion.
Mushrooms will help with us to reconnect with nature and ourselves so we can shine more brightly.
Fire give us a focal point where to direct our energy and centres our attention to be able to transform.
Mediterranean Medicinal Plants are abundant at Amara and we will explore their healing qualities as well as more practical ways to incorporate them into your LIfe.
Music is the underlying medicine of any Ceremony and we will have plenty of it, from meditative music, sound journeys, voice workshops, live music and of course…time to Dance!
Movement is the key for the healthy functioning of our being, so yoga, creative movement and more will be present.
Nature is ever present. We just need to be quiet and observe.
Community is what makes Life rich. We will co-live together for 5 days so that we can share, laugh, cry, hold each other and celebrate being alive.
We truly believe that this will be a powerful to help all of us resolve negative ruminations, reduce anxiety, and forge a healthy, loving and deeply healing relationship with ourselves and the world.
For more about Cacao check Amrita Cacao’s website
For more about Medicinal Mushrooms check here
MORE ON THE HEALING POWER OF PLANTS & MYCELIUM
And we couldn’t resist to bring in some experience based knowledge and wisdom for this retreat. That’s why our friends Frances and Oriol from Essencies Cat will join us to help us understand more about the relationality between humans and plants, using science, sensorial experience, and music.
Mycology and Aromatherapy
The use of Mushrooms, Essential Oils and Hydrosols to treat physical, psycho emotional, or energetic imbalances. Exploring the sensorial approach. Frances Bartlett co-founded EssenciesCaT in 2014 with Oriol Blanch, psycho-aromatherapist. Together with Oriol, she shares her knowledge and experience creating and using essential oils & hidrolates for body, mind and soul
Live Music Concert: DREAM ME GREEN for Cello & Voice
Through ‘deep listening’ to our green friends, Frances awakens the mundis imaginalis, and we don’t know who is dreaming who. This is an open invitation to commune with the spirits of the land and souls of the plants, to re-dream our collective and individual realities.
More about Essencies Cat
We are healthcare professionals and all our products are based on Integrative Scientific Aromatherapy, distilled from sustainably and organically grown plants or wild-harvested in an environmentally friendly way. They are suitable for all types of natural cosmetics and perfumery, and we use them in all our physical, psycho-emotional, and energetic therapies in our clinical practice. We offer holistic treatments to care for all aspects of your well-being.
AMARA FACILITATORS
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
Our schedule will include daily dynamic yoga practices as well as a range of other movement practices, workshops on holistic nutrition and health, music and dance, hiking in nature, and time to rest and enjoy the beautiful Amara Valley grounds.
09:00h Movement Practice
11:00h Bountiful Brunch
12:30h Workshop / Nature Walk / Personal Sessions & Free Time
15:00h Delicious Sweet Snack
16:00h Workshops / Ceremonies
18:30h Delicious Dinner
20:00h Integration Circles / Music / Dancing
Note that this is just a sample and some days will be different to support the work with medicine. There will also Silent time and the opportunity to enter Fasting to prepare for the cermeonies.
THE FOOD
Spring is a time for nature to renew itself, and at this time of the year, so does your body. The Amara Kitchen team will prepare fresh, seasonal vegetarian living food that will help you detox, cleanse and energise your body, cells and mind to be ready for our Moksha Ceremony as well as to get ready for the next season!
Furthermore the kitchen will OPEN its doors for those who would like to have an experience of cooking with the elements. Our kitchen team will guide you through a journey of igniting your inner fire and also discovering how to connect with the element of Fire to transform foods, add nutrition and build community.
We know that food can really support your vitality, wellbeing and success, and we consider that in the preparation of our menus. The Amara Kitchen can accommodate to any dietary needs (allergies, GF, intolerances etc.)
THERAPIES
There is no better gift than self-care!
For this retreat weekend the Amara therapists will take you into their arms and offer their medicine to allow you to relax to the fullest so we can receive the most value from our retreat time.
Pre-book your session on the form below to enjoy 5% off your treatment, and priority choice of timeslot!
THE RETREAT CENTRE
Amara Valley is a beautiful nature retreat venue offering a peaceful oasis in the forests of the hills near Banyoles (Girona). Developed by multiple generations of yoga teachers, intentional communities and healing work, its latest incarnation as Amara is powered by renewable energy, with a range of accommodation options, beautiful rustic facilities and stunning landscape and surroundings, the venue is the perfect site for a refreshing break from the noise and intensity of the city over the Easter holiday.
ACCOMMODATION & BOOKING
Prices start at 595€ and are for the full retreat including all classes & workshops,
all gourmet vegan meals, and your choice of accommodation option.
We host intimate groups so there are limited spots available.
Book now to confirm your place on this transformative retreat.
Included: Amara Valley accommodation & use of facilities ◈ All practices & workshops ◈ All meals – healthy, vegetarian/vegan & delicious!
Not Included: Transport & travel costs ◈ Optional massages/therapies ◈ Personal Insurance