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26th May -2nd June 2024, Keela Permaculture Farm in central Portugal.
Yoga Immersion in Nature
In 2024, we are excited to combine our retreat hosts into a Yoga immersion. A fully authentic experience with two yoga teacher trainers and a certified permaculture educator to introduce you to Permaculture. Sudhir Rishi will join us from Sthira Yoga, India, and Anya from Yoga in English from Berlin.
Yoga and Permaculture in Central Portugal
Enjoy one week of deepening your knowledge of yoga asana and philosophy, as well as having the opportunity to join homesteading, gardening and permaculture workshops. This special retreat is held at Keela Yoga Farm in Central Portugal where the only sound you can hear is nature.
Yoga and permaculture in central portugal
What is included in this Immersion?
Wake-up tea with fresh herbs from the garden
Asana and meditation classes, Satsangs, and Pranayama workshops
Permaculture and Homesteading workshops
18 hectares (52 acres) of land to enjoy many kilometres away from cities and towns, nestled in nature
Fresh, vegetarian, organic meals with home-grown and locally sourced produce
Plant a tree to offset your carbon for your travels
Free time for relaxing, reading, sunbathing, hammock time and exploring the local area
Experience off grid, sustainable living in nature
Trip to a local site (at extra cost)
Massage and reflexology sessions are available on-site (at extra cost)
Your yoga immersion teachers
Director of Teacher Trainings at Sthira Yoga
Sudhir will be taking you through Meditations, Pranayama and yoga philosophy through satsangs.
Sudhir Rishi is the Director of Teacher Trainings at Sthira Yoga in India. He has been involved in the fields of yoga, meditation, philosophy and Ayurveda for the past 25 years. He lived as a monk for eight years, dedicating himself to intense meditation practices. In the last 9 years, he taught in more than 100 groups of TTC 200 and 30 groups of TTC 300 in addition to pranayama & meditation courses, workshops and silent retreats in India and Europe. He is a ERYT-500 with more than 30,000 hours of teaching experience.
This is Sudhir’s third teaching at Keela. The team at Keela met him in 2016 at their yoga teacher training at Samporna Yoga in India, where he was teaching yoga philosophy, pranayama and meditation.
Anya
Yoga Teacher Trainer from Yoga in English Berlin
Anya will be leading your Asana classes with meditation and pranayama
Anya is a senior teacher with 20 years’ experience of teaching and practice. She runs regular teacher trainings as well as several courses that stay true to the whole path of Yoga, remaining rooted in its rich philosophy throughout movement, breath and meditation practices. Outside of retreat and teacher training season she runs Yoga courses and classes at ‘Yoga in English’ in Berlin, Germany.
Anya has visited and run retreats at Keela every year since 2017. The Keela team first met her in 2013 during a retreat that Anya was running in Indonesia and remained friends since.
Yoga Teacher, homesteader and co-founder of Keela
Kimberly will take some asana classes and teach a homesteading class such as food fermentation.
Kimberly Manchee is the co-founder of Keela Yoga Farm. She has been teaching yoga for 10 years and is an experienced primary school teacher. She manages and coordinates all things food related on the farm ensuring garden to kitchen connection so that fresh produce reaches the table on a daily basis Kimberly is the resident yoga teacher at Keela delivering classes to the local community. Visit her profile here
Laurence Manchee
Permaculture teacher, homesteader and co-founder of Keela
Laurence will be your teacher for gardening and permaculture related activities. Laurence is the Co-founder of Keela Yoga Farm. He is certified by the Permaculture Association to teach certified PDCs. He is a regular speaker at local agriculture events and podcasts, and is an author in Permaculture Magazine. Laurence leads Permaculture Design , Agroforestry and Natural Building Courses on the farm. He completed his Yoga TTC with Sudhir Rishi in 2016
Deepen your yoga knowledge
Yoga Immersion
- This is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the ancient Philosophy of Yoga which helps and develops your knowledge to understand yourself.
- Improve your asana practice and alignment from two experienced teachers, allowing yourself to nurture your body and mind in an atmosphere of safety and comfort
- This retreat is suitable for all levels of practice and knowledge
What to expect?
- Daily workshops and classes (all optional)
- You will deepen your yoga practice with daily asana classes with Anya, workshops and yogic philosophy satsangs with Sudhir Rishi.
- You will enjoy and experience off-grid living, living by the rhythms of nature with our electricity generated from the sun, water from a spring, and eating seasonal fresh food from the gardens. We have compost toilets that contribute to our healthy gardens and showers surrounded by plants with hot water powered by the sun or firewood.
- Get involved with workshops on gardening, permaculture and homesteading and take some sustainable living tips back home with you.
- There will be one free silent day in the middle of the week to recover, relax or explore
- Hang out with our many farm animals and enjoy eggs straight from our chickens
- This is an organic farm so everything will be organic from the food you eat to the floor cleaner and feed for our chickens.
- You will leave refreshed with new knowledge, experiences and friends
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Pricing?
- Super early bird price* €490 (book by 31st December 2023) + accommodation
- Early bird base price* €540 (booking by 31st January 2024) + accommodation
- *Early Bird discount applies based on the date the deposit is received.
- Regular base price €590 + accommodation costs
- Discount for locals and past guests who are able to also help the hosts for 2 hours per day
- The price includes 3 organic vegan meals per day, all the classes including yoga, meditation, satsangs and permaculture workshops.
Booking and Cancelation Policy
* To hold your place: a 100 Euro non-refundable deposit is due. The full balance is due by 6 weeks before the retreat start date
Cancellations:
- * Up to 6 weeks before: your deposit may be moved to another retreat
- Within 6 weeks before: Retreat fee is retained; no refunds or date changes are possible
Accommodation Options
- Your tent or caravan (free)
- Rent one of our caravans: EUR 150 EUR (all bedding provided)
- Tipi or Tent EUR 100 per person (all bedding provided)
- Click here for more information on accommodation
- Prices include mattresses and all bedding.
Secure your place with a deposit now
Bookings
- Please book the retreat by clicking the button below and then selecting the deposit and your accommodation. The deposit is paid now and the rest will be paid 1 month before the retreat.
- Arrival is 5pm on 26th May 2024
- Departure is 11am on 2nd June 2024
- Fly to Lisbon or Porto then take a train or bus to Fundao (we will send you instructions)
Permaculture and Yoga Courses in Portugal
Future courses at keela
Food Forest Course
This is just the booking page; book this course below. For more info on this course, please click here Join the PDC that is straight
Yoga immersion with Sudhir Rishi & Anya with Permaculture
Keela Yoga Farm 26th May -2nd June 2024, Keela Permaculture Farm in central Portugal. Yoga Immersion in Nature In 2024, we are excited to combine
Natural Building Course July 2024
This is the booking page for the Natural Building Course. For more info, please visit this page. This course is run straight after our Summer
Agroforest / Reforestation / Food Forest Tours
Join us at Keela to see some of our plantations. We have over 200 types of different tree planting with different methods. See the trees
Automated Irrigation Demo – Drip, sprinkler for fields, pots or greenhouses.
As per requests of so many people. Join us at Keela Yoga Farm for an irrigation demo. Laurence is keen to find ways to automate
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