5 Day Soul Food and Yoga Retreat in Nature at Yoga Lodge in Odeceixe, Portugal
Yoga & Soul Food Retreat Portugal
Nourish yourself with daily yoga, meditation, and breathing practice, delicious food, walks through nature, and silence. You are hosted in a yoga lodge surrounded by nature, within walking distance to the ocean. The yoga retreats are ideal to pause, rebalance, bring new energy, and more consciousness in your daily life,
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Highlights
- Experienced yoga teacher offering hands-on adjustments and personal attention
- Hatha and Yin/Restorative yoga inspired by Iyengar principles
- Small group size for a more intimate experience
- Learn to integrate yoga into your daily life
- Lodge surrounded by nature, walking distance to ocean and scenic beach
- Access to several hiking trails and outdoor adventures
- Yoga on a stunning outdoor terrace
- 4-night stay with daily healthy vegan/vegetarian meals using organic/local ingredients
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Kitchen
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking lot
Cachopas accommodations are rustic, cozy wooden houses with comfortable double beds or two single beds and a hammock to relax The outer compost toilet and shower are shared with other guests. At the main house there is flushing toilet as well.
Each house has its own outer terrace with a view of nature. Houses are designed for two to three guests. Genders are separated as long as guests do not travel together. At the main house, there is an outside dining and chill area where guests can socialize. There is Wi-Fi and good phone reception at the lodge.
Program
You start the day early at sunrise at 8.30 am with a guided meditation and pranayama practice, followed by a dynamic Hatha yoga session, based on Iyengar yoga.
Afterward, you will have a rich and healthy brunch vegetarian and vegan-friendly.
At 5:00 pm you will have another yoga session, focusing either on a calmer, yin or restorative yoga, working on specific postures in a group or independently on postures you like to improve.
Dinner is at 7 p.m. and there is time to socialize with the other guests
In your free time, you have the possibility to go to the beach, go surfing, stand-up paddling, canoeing, hiking on one of the Rota Vicentina hiking trails, rent a bike, horseback riding, visit some places around, or just stay at the lodge to relax, read a book, get a massage or sound bath.
If you like to visit some places around, they can recommend for example the "Ponta da Piedade" a stunning rock formation at the coastline in Lagos, visiting the southwest end of Europe in Sagres and the nearby unique beaches or visiting the Monchique mountains with its different flora and fauna and the small town where you find some traditional, local handicrafts.
Please note for some activities, you need a car and massages have to be booked beforehand or at the latest on arrival. The retreats have the intention to bring yoga in its wholeness closer to you and to inspire you to integrate the yogic practice into your daily lives in order to live a more peaceful, fulfilled, healthy, relaxed, and mindful life in harmony with you, yourself and your surrounding. As an experienced yoga instructor and a passion for healthy food and Cachopas offer all out of their hand.
The yoga style Cachopas teaches is Hatha yoga, based on Iyengar yoga where they focus on the symmetry of the body and good posture, working with hands-on adjustments. Classes are adapted to the level of the participants.
Schedule
- 08:30 Daily meditation and pranayama practice (30 minutes)
- 09:00 Yoga asana (60 minutes)
- 10:00 Brunch
- Free time
- 17.00 Afternoon yoga lesson (60 minutes)
- 19:00 Dinner together, time to socialize
Instructors
Tanja Fleischmann
Tanja started to practice yoga in 2011 with a group of becoming yoga teachers. She has become a Baby Massage and Toddler yoga instructor before she started to a one year (200-hour) yoga teacher training course under the guidance of Gordon Silence and has graduated as a Hatha yoga instructor with base on B.K.S Iyengar's methodology. Later she developed her skills and certifications in Ashtanga yoga, Yin, Restorative yoga and as a Women's Holistic Health Coach. Her teaching is focused on alignment, bringing awareness to the movement of the body and supporting own personal development.
Retreat location
Cachopas is located in the middle of nature in a Natural Reserve, close to the little town Odeceixe, and it's award-winning beach at the southwest coast of Portugal, where the vibrant Algarve meets the calm Alentejo. There is a well-known hiking trail that connects Cachopas place with the town and beach.
The next smaller village is reachable by foot where you find a small supermarket, cafe, and restaurant. In the next bigger town there is as well a pharmacy, a bank, bakery, post, more supermarkets, restaurants, nice cafes and souvenir shops.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Cachopas serves a rich and healthy brunch vegetarian and vegan-friendly. In the evening, they will serve a warm dinner. Tea and water are available all day. All meals are carefully prepared with local or organic ingredients.
The following meals are included:
- Brunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Things to do (optional)
The region offers a lot of sportive activities just as surfing, bodyboarding, stand-up paddling, canoeing, and horse riding. There are also some nice places to visit like a beautiful rock formation " Ponta de Piedade" in Lagos, the southwest end of Europe in Sagres and the Monchique mountains with their unique flora and fauna as well as it's beautiful little town where traditional handicraft is still being manufactured.
Massages, Reflexology, Sound Bath, Japanese Acupuncture are available on request.
If you like, Cachopas can help you organize your trips beforehand or help you to find the right places when you are here.
Please note for some activities a car is required.
Spa treatments
Massages and other treatments are available on request and recommended to be booked beforehand or on arrival.
Available treatments: Holistic Massage, Lomi Lomi Massage, Thai Massage, Reflexology, Tibetan Sound Bath and Japanese Accupuncture
What's included
- 4 nights accommodation
- 4 vegetarian / vegan brunch
- 4 vegetarian/ vegan dinners
- 4 lead pranayama and meditation sessions (30 minutes)
- 4 yoga sessions in the morning (60 minutes)
- 4 yoga sessions in the afternoon (60 minutes)
What's not included
- Airfare
- Transfer from or to the airport
- Massages
- Other activities or day trips
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Faro Airport
83 km
Transfer not provided
Lisbon Portela Airport
152 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by bus
Guest can arrive at both airports, Faro or Lisbon. The Lisbon airport is further away, but you have a good bus connection with the "Rede Express" or "Flixbus" directly to Odeceixe. Duration is about three and a half hours. Tickets have to be bought beforehand.
The Faro Airport is just one and a half hours away and has bus connections as well you just need to change the bus once in Lagos to go to Odeceixe. When you want to discover the larger region we recommend to hire a car.
Pick-ups are provided from the next bus station
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 16.94% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 3 days before arrival.
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