LAR Lisbon Art Retreat

30/08/2024

is coming to Lisbon, and we're preparing a very special teach in based on her book "Who Is Wellness For?", happening on 22 September!

Fariha Róisín is an acclaimed writer, poet and cultural worker based in Los Angeles, and it's such an honour to welcome her.

💭 "Who Is Wellness For?" is divided into four sections, beginning with The Mind, in which Fariha examines the art of meditation and the importance of intuition.

❤️‍🩹 In part two, The Body, she investigates the physiology of trauma, detailing her own journey with fatphobia and gender dysmorphia, as well as her own chronic illness.

🧘 In part three, Self-Care, she argues against the self-care industrial complex but cautions us against abandoning care completely and offers practical advice.

⚖️ She ends with Justice, arguing that if we truly want to be well, we must be invested in everyone’s well-being and shift toward nurturance culture.

Expect movement, breathwork, lectures, creative writing, and meditation, as we delve into each of those levels.

🗓 22 September, 2.30 – 7.30 pm
📍 , Lisbon

More information and bookings via lisbonartretreat.com (link in bio).

02/05/2023

In a new article on the villa villa blog, Jule Kurbjeweit asks how we can enter into a different relationship with the more-than-human world, based not on domination but rather on awe.

If knowing is also a form of control, can we accept the unknowability of the natural world? 🌿

“If we accept the unknown and the unknowability of nature, we accept that we cannot control it. [...]
And the unknown would not inspire the need to control, but curiosity, wonder and appreciation.”

In a new article on our blog, Jule Kurbjeweit asks how we can enter into a different relationship with the more-than-human world, based not on domination but rather on awe.

https://villavilla.co/2023/04/the-importance-of-the-unknown/
Enjoy the read!

Image: paper card by Stefanie Hessler, Maude Johnson, Camille Georgeson-Usher & Himali Singh Soin, curators of the 17th MOMENTA Biennale de l'image, "Sensing Nature", 2021

23/06/2022

Last EARLY BIRD week for our upcoming retreats!

Our Autumn Retreat (13–16 October) is an invitation to slow down, come back to yourself and to your own creative nature. 🍃

Guided through powerful flows by Marina de Lima, you get to explore how to access creativity through movement.

Jilly and Tom of Lisboa Social Press will take you on a creative journey to reconnect with yourself and the surrounding nature through an equally meditative and playful approach to making.

Until 30 June, we offer a 10% early bird discount on our upcoming retreats.

Find more details here: https://lisbonartretreat.com/upcoming/autumn-retreat/
or send us a message. We look forward to meeting you! 🤍

02/05/2022

DANÇA IMAGINAL special price! 💫
Join us at the gorgeous Floresta Encantada Sintra for a creative flow of movement and the imagination with a special early bird price of €55 until 15 May (then €65)!

Dança Imaginal is an artistic and performative research project founded by Maddalena Ugolini and born from the desire to build a space in which people can imagine.

Dance and movement, in this method, ease the imaginative work, and the body becomes the place and instrument of access to the beauty and poetry of movement.

Maddalena, dancer, choreographer, therapist and teacher, is specialised in “Authentic Movement” and mastered in 2017 with her thesis about Body Imagination.

Find more info on https://lisbonartretreat.com/upcoming/danca-imaginal/ or send a message with your questions.
See you there! 🤍

19/04/2022

~ WOVEN STORIES ~
We invite you to a special day retreat, on 1 May at Quinta Azenhas.

We will gather in this beautiful garden that overlooks the ocean and open with a breathing meditation to take in the surrounding landscape and become grounded.

Then, guided by MACHEIA, we join for a contemplative action around an ancient neolithic basket weaving technique, navigating the present into finding its place.🌾
After a walk through the garden, you weave your impressions and the stories you want to materialise into your artifact.

Of course we also take time to feast on nature's gifts with a delicious picnic.

Find more info on https://lisbonartretreat.com/upcoming/woven-stories/
We look forward to having you. 🤍

07/04/2022

Our INSPIRED FLOW retreat is still echoing in us. 🌸

It has been a journey of reconnecting with our true self, in connection with nature and all beings, guided by Maria Macedo, Tamara of Distinto Studio and Gaelle Ceramica and hosted by Casa Paço D'Ilhas, all of whom held a space of flow, ease and inspiration in these beautiful gardens that overlook the sea.

We will share more impressions, as the memories and effects of the experience settle in.

Thank you to everyone who has made this journey so special. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

Sending love,
Jule

📷 beautifully captured by Eglė Duleckytė

01/02/2022

We are so ready. 🌿
To sit together under the olive tree, feel the breeze, get our hands dirty and let our creativity and conversation flow as we connect with each other and ourselves.

We are so ready to connect with you at our INSPIRED FLOW spring retreat (31 March – 3 April). Just a few spots left. See you there. 🤍

📷 Gaelle Ceramica

18/01/2022

We're in love with these beautiful, all-natural soaps handmade with love by Raw Care Studio. 🥀

A treat to the senses, they are perfect for nurturing rituals and make for a lovely gift to our retreat guests, not just to accompany the experience but also to take a piece of retreat mood home and continue creating selfcare moments that indulge the skin and inspire the soul.

06/01/2022

As you find stillness in movement
and connect with your body's wisdom
and listen to your knowing intuition
and, through presence, expand the moment
(which is where life happens),
you meet yourself.
And you realise that you are here
to create beauty.

Dear Maria Macedo will hold space for stillness and deep listening through the practice of Jivamukti yoga at our INSPIRED FLOW spring retreat (31 March–3 April) at Casa Paço D'Ilhas.
We invite you to join us on this journey of discovery and beauty.

Find out more on https://lisbonartretreat.com/upcoming/spring-retreat/
Sending love 🤍

27/12/2021

Last EARLY BIRD days for our INSPIRED FLOW – Spring Retreat from 31 March to 3 April!

Overlooking the hills of Ericeira all the way to the ocean, Casa Paço D'Ilhas is a magical hideaway and the perfect home away from home with a uniquely warm atmosphere.

Creativity is our true nature, so we invite you to tap into your creativity, to become present in the moment and grounded within the creative process, in connection with nature.
Guided by Tamara of Distinto Studio, you will create your own watercolours from plant pigments and learn to paint intuitively, getting out of the head and into the hands.

Certified 800hrs Jivamukti yoga teacher Maria Macedo will guide you through energising Jivamukti yoga, soothing yin yoga, breathwork and meditation and hold the space for you to explore and enjoy movement, balance and presence, both physically and mentally.

From €320.
More info and bookings: https://lisbonartretreat.com/upcoming/spring-retreat/