CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN-ADVENTURE HEALING RETREAT
SEPTEMBER 6-12, 2026
COIMBRA, PORTUGALREBIRTH
CLEANSING
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EMBODIMENT
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CONNECTION
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WHOLENESS
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INTEGRATION
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CLEANSING ✺ EMBODIMENT ✺ CONNECTION ✺ WHOLENESS ✺ INTEGRATION ✺
This is The Portal You’ve Been Waiting For….
HEALING HAS NEVER BEEN, AND WILL NEVER BE ONE SIZE FITS ALL Sometimes healing asks for more than another hour squeezed between meetings.
Sometimes it asks for space.
Space to breathe differently. Space to move differently. Space to notice the stories your body has been carrying long after your mind understood them.
That's why we gather for seven days in the mountains of Portugal—not to escape life, but to meet it more deeply than you have in a long time. Through somatic therapy, shamanic energy healing, ritual, movement, community, and deep rest, Rebirth offers the structure, support, and spaciousness to move beyond simply collecting more coping tools and toward genuine integration.
We know your healing will be as unique as you are. That's why Rebirth is designed as a choose-your-own healing experience, bringing together three experienced practitioners with different gifts and perspectives. Each day, you'll have the freedom to choose the practices and support that feel most aligned with where you are.
Rebirth isn't about becoming someone new.
It's about feeling more deeply, trusting yourself more fully, and returning home with a deeper connection to the person you've been all along.
Healing Happens Here.
Tucked into the mountains of Portugal, this retreat offers more than beautiful scenery. It offers distance from the demands of everyday life, making space for your nervous system to soften, your intuition to become clearer, and your healing to unfold at its own pace.
❋ A NOURISHING RETREAT EXPERIENCE❋ A SAFE, TRAUMA-INFORMED CONTAINERa private mountain ecolodge surrounded by forest, river access, hammocks, and fire circles beneath the stars. Throughout the week, you'll enjoy thoughtfully prepared vegetarian and vegan meals designed to nourish both body and spirit.
where you can slow down, soften your nervous system, and explore your healing with curiosity, consent, and compassionate support. This is a space where every part of you is welcome.
❋ GUIDANCE FROM SPIRITUAL EXPERTS❋ A COMMUNITY TO WALK ALONGSIDE YOUFacilitators who bring diverse backgrounds, complementary modalities, and a shared commitment to holding space with presence, intention, and care. You'll be supported every step of the way while remaining the expert of your own experience.
people who are showing up with openness, courage, and a shared desire to heal. Through meaningful connection, you'll discover that some of the most profound moments of growth happen not only within yourself, but in relationship with others.
❋ A PERSONALIZED HEALING EXPERIENCE❋ A BALANCE OF STRUCTURE AND SCAPIOUSNESSblending somatic therapy, shamanic energy healing, yoga, ritual, creative practices, and more. With choice woven into every day, you'll have the freedom to follow the path that feels most aligned with your needs.
guided workshops and community experiences with plenty of time to rest, reflect, integrate, and simply be. Healing doesn't only happen in the sessions—it happens in the quiet moments between them.
Seven Days Dedicated to You
SEPTEMBER 6-12Join us on a choose-your-own-healing adventure as we venture through the medicine wheel, guided with shamanic healing, somatic therapy, and yoga – learning to love your weeds and plant new seeds in your beautiful inner garden.
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Your journey begins the moment you arrive. Today is about slowing down, settling into your new surroundings, and giving your nervous system permission to exhale. Together, we'll begin building the trust, connection, and sense of community that will hold us throughout the week.
Day One experiences include:
Group pickup in Coimbra and transportation to our mountain ecolodge
Time to settle into your accommodations, enjoy a snack, and explore the property
A welcome circle to open our time together
A shared vegan dinner
An outdoor cinema night beneath the stars with your retreat community
Need help getting from Porto or Lisbon to Coimbra? Travel support is available as an optional add-on during checkout.
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The South invites us into the body—the place where healing begins. Today is about grounding into the present moment, awakening your senses, and planting the intentions that will guide your journey throughout the week.
Day Two experiences include:
begin your day with morning yoga
create a custom flower essence with a local herbalist to anchor your senses in our healing experiences
receive energy healing through an initiation journey with D’orjay
choose your own integration with evening offerings from all of your hosts
swim, relax, reflect, and enjoy incredible vegetarian/vegan meals throughout the day!
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The West invites us into the realm of emotion—the place where old stories, protective patterns, and unprocessed feelings often live. Today is about meeting yourself with compassion as you begin loosening the patterns that no longer serve you, creating space for new ways of being to emerge.
Day Three experiences include:
begin your day with morning yoga
choose your own healing with…
astrological magick with Sam X
1:1 sessions with D’orjay
1:3 meditation
solo integration time
uproot old patterns through somatic ritual with Sam X
choose your own integration with evening offerings from all of your hosts
swim, relax, reflect, and enjoy incredible vegetarian/vegan meals throughout the day!
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The North turns our attention toward intuition, ancestry, and the roots that continue to shape us. Together, we'll explore the wisdom we've inherited, the stories we carry, and the possibilities that emerge when we reconnect with where we come from.
Day Four experiences include:
begin your day with morning yoga
imagine something new in a creative pottery workshop
receive ancestral guidance in an energy journey with D’orjay
choose your own integration with evening offerings from all of your hosts
swim, relax, reflect, and enjoy incredible vegetarian/vegan meals throughout the day!
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The East represents possibility, purpose, and the future that's waiting to be created. Today is intentionally spacious, giving you the freedom to follow your intuition and choose the practices that feel most supportive for where you are in your journey.
Day Five experiences include:
begin your day with morning yoga
choose your own healing all day with…
1:1 and small group sessions with Sam X
1:1 and small group sessions with D’orjay
1:3 yoga session
solo integration time
choose your own integration with evening offerings from all of your hosts
swim, relax, reflect, and enjoy incredible vegetarian/vegan meals throughout the day!
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Today we weave together everything you've explored throughout the week. This isn't about becoming someone new—it's about honoring the healing you've already done, integrating what you've discovered, and carrying it home with you.
Today's experiences include:
begin your day with morning yoga
walk to the waterfall for a group cleansing ritual + swim
integrate your healing through somatic ritual with Sam X
ceremonially close our time together with a Despacho
One final day to rest, reflect, connect, and enjoy nourishing vegan meals together
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Our final morning is an opportunity to move slowly, savor a last meal together, and prepare for the journey home. While the retreat comes to a close, the practices, connections, and relationship you've built with yourself continue long after you leave Portugal.
Before you head home:
A shared farewell breakfast
Time to pack, reflect, and say your goodbyes
Group transportation back to Coimbra
Need help planning your return trip to Porto or Lisbon? Travel support is available as an optional add-on during checkout.
YOUR EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS WHO BELIEVE HEALING HAPPENS THROUGH RELATIONSHIP, CURIOSITY, AND COMMUNITYMeet Your Guides
Sam X- Energetic & Somatic Healer
XE/THEYSomatic therapist, Holy Fire Reiki practitioner, astrologer, death doula, and trauma alchemist – Sam weaves together the scientific and spiritual to walk with you through the darkness and light a new spark inside of you.
As a survivor of childhood trauma, divorce, family estrangement, and complex grief xe knows first hand how challenging it is to embody the change that you’ve spent years dreaming of… and how powerful it is when you can finally breathe that sigh of relief, and respond instead of react. (take it from someone who took the leap to live abroad after being widowed!)
After more than half a decade of working with private clients, learning from Indigenous and diasporic elders, and founding community initiatives such as the Grief Carnival, Sam is grateful to be welcoming D’orjay and Flora to host you in the sacred Portuguese mountains forseven full days of transformation.
D’orjay- Full Mesa Carrying Shaman
D'orjay is a gender non-conforming human, dedicated healer, and full mesa carrying shaman who creates through several mediums of art and facilitates energy medicine in amiskwaciwâskahikan (so-called Edmonton) on treaty 6 land.
From their own personal journey of overcoming childhood trauma through holistic practices, they found transformative healing in energy medicine, shamanic healing, and Buddhism, they developed a unique shamanic practice that integrates both scientific and spiritual modalities.
They have been on pilgrimage to Tibet (Tsar Tsar Monastery, Ashuk Village) and trained with masters within the Q’ero tradition of shamanism in South America. With over 15 years of experience, D’orjay has lead hundreds of healing circles, dozens of workshops, and thousands of individual sessions, fostering a safe space for self-discovery and artistic expression.
THEY/THEM
Yoga & Embodiment Instructor
COMING SOONStay tuned for more info on our yogi co-host!
THE SETTING MATTERS...Cara Creek Eco-Lodge
Healing doesn't happen in isolation.
It happens in relationship—with ourselves, with others, and with the places that hold us.
Nestled in the Portuguese mountains, our retreat home offers quiet forests, fresh air, nourishing meals, and the spaciousness to slow down enough to actually hear yourself again.
ENJOY: eco-pod cabanas and permanent tents
natural swimming pool
private river access
communal spaces for dining + relaxing
vegetarian or vegan meals
fire circle, hammocks, and more!
We Do Things a Little Differently…
HOW IT WORKS:check “Reserve Your Spot” for info about our payment plans and equity access / sliding scale pricing
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Trust your body - that little spark of hope? that little glow of yes?
You deserve a chance to see it grow.
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Sign up, and select the right options for you.
private or shared rooms
6-month payment plans, or discounts if you pay in full
optional add-on packages for deeper integration, one-on-one time with your hosts, and more!
Plus, apply for one of our reduced-fee equity access seats, down to 50% off of the full retreat price!
(equity access will prioritize racialized community members, but all are welcome to apply)click here to request a payment plan or to apply for sliding scale pricing
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After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Packet with everything you need to know – from detailed schedules, packing list recommendations, train info, and more.
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We'd recommend booking your transportation to and from Portugal as soon as possible, to ensure you can arrive without any complications or delays.
If you want a little help with booking trains from Porto or Lisbon to Coimbra, we’ve got you!
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Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and step into your new future!
Everything Included:
€3,425 €3,000Stay in a private eco-cabin or permanent glamping tent surrounded by forest, with access to a natural swimming pool, river, hammocks, walking trails, and plenty of quiet places to simply be.
᯽ SIX NIGHTS IMMERSED IN NATURE €990Thoughtfully prepared vegetarian and vegan meals designed to support your body throughout the week.
᯽NOURISHING DAILY MEALS €430Body-based experiences designed to help your nervous system explore new patterns of safety, connection, and resilience.
᯽GUIDED SOMATIC RITUALS €530Create your own custom flower essence with a local herbalist to support and anchor your experience throughout the retreat.
᯽A FLOWER ESSENCE WORKSHOP €120End each day with intimate small-group offerings that deepen reflection, integration, and connection with your retreat community.
᯽NIGHTLY CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN INTEGRATION €190Group transportation to and from our retreat venue, so you can arrive, settle in, and focus on the experience ahead.
᯽ROUND-TRIP TRANSPORTATION FROM COIMBRA €75Movement practices led through an abolitionist, body-honouring lens that invite presence over performance.
᯽DAILY YOGA €480Receive healing and guidance from an experienced practitioner in the Q'ero tradition as part of your personalized journey.
᯽SHAMANIC ENERGY HEALING €530Craft something meaningful with your hands—a tangible reminder of what you're carrying home with you.
᯽A CREAIVE POTTERY WORKSHOP €80Throughout the week, you'll be supported by a group of people who are showing up with openness, courage, and a shared commitment to doing the work together.
᯽A COMMUNITY THAT WALKS ALONGSIDE YOU More than anything, Rebirth offers the space, support, and guidance to reconnect with your body, trust your intuition, and return home carrying a renewed sense of who you are.
᯽A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELFWhat You’ll Carry Home
PEOPLE OFTEN ARRIVE FEELING EXHAUSTED FROM HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER...They leave with a nervous system that feels more settled. A deeper trust in their intuition. A greater capacity to meet themselves with compassion instead of criticism. Not because they've become someone new—but because they've had the time, space, and support to reconnect with the person they already are.
Rebirth isn't about escaping your life.
It's about returning to it with more presence, more self-trust, and a deeper relationship with yourself.
If something in you is quietly saying yes, trust that.
We'll be here to meet you.