4 Day Detox Cleanse and Yoga Course in Portimao, Portugal
Praia da Rocha Beach, Portimao, Algarve, Portugal
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Detox Fasting and Juice Cleansing Retreat in magical Portugal!
Fasting has enormous benefits for the physical, mental and spiritual body. It allows the digestive system to rest and recharge, allowing a detoxification of the body, leading to improved mental clarity. The four-day, three-night cleanse is a great introduction to fasting and will have many positive results.Treat yourself on this inspiring yoga holiday to southern Portugal. Be surrounded by stunning beauty such as the three world class beaches all within walking distance! Be inspired, meditate, learn, contemplate, take home a valuable gift of restored health, and learn in depth about fasting, yogic lifestyle, pranayama, Reiki, Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing, Ayruveda massage and self-community sustainability and much more!
Inquire about our Usui Reiki 1, 2 and Master Level 3 certification to teach others Reiki, in our Portugal in person course.
Meet the instructors
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Highlights
- Daily Vinyasa and Yin yoga
- Pranayama, ancient powerful Breath Work techniques and mindfulness sessions
- Reiki, yoga philosophy, and Ayurveda massage classes
- 2 daily yoga, pranic energy healing, meditation, and sound healing sessions
- Optional/ Inquire to Receive the 6 hour Ayurveda massage training and certificate
- Daily 5 detox green, 5 cleansing juices, and nut milk every day
- Tibetan bowl sound healing, sound journey
- 3 nights’ accommodation at a newly renovated 4 star hotel
Skill level
- Beginner
- Advanced
Styles
3 days with instruction
Group size: Maximum of 4 participants
Airport transfer included:
Faro Airport
Accommodation
During the retreat, you will be staying at a comfortable, cozy, 4-star hotel accommodation, Flor da Rocha hotel, Praia da Rocha beach, Portimao. All bedrooms have their own living room, kitchen, patio, bath, and shower.
Facilities
- 24-hour reception
- Cutlery
- Daily cleaning service
- Free strong Wi-Fi
- Fridge
- Pool
- Glassware
- Kettle
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Microwave
- Plates
- Stovetop oven
- cable tv
- Spa, hot sauna, wet sauna
- Swimming pool
- Massage and treatments available at the spa
Program
This retreat is a perfect balance between peaceful beachside relaxation and upbeat, lively friendly, cafes and restaurants of the beach strip of Praia da Rocha beach. There are several gorgeous, worldclass beaches available walking distance. The evening and morning yoga, meditation, and pranayama are the essential aspects of this retreat. You will find the teacher and yoga studio uplifting and relaxing. Many of the yoga classes will be on the beach for sunrise, weather permitting.
During the retreat, you will practice sunrise Vinyasa flow yoga in the morning, followed by Yin or Restorative yoga session in the evening. The sessions are usually held in a stunning yoga studio on Praia da Rocha or on the beach and include pranayama, breathwork, mindful meditation, and yoga Nidra meditation.
The evening yoga sessions will be followed by various unique healing activities such as Reiki, crystal and Tibetan bowl sound healing, angel therapy cards, yoga Nidra meditation, and healing, powerful pranayama sessions. All of the yoga sessions are inspiring and customized for our students needs, empowering and made with love to ignite your heart’s spark.
What you will get from the program
- Ancient teachings brought into a contemporary context
- Becoming a part of the family and feeling like you've known everyone for years
- Complete change in your lifestyle
- Delicious healthy organic Detox super green cold pressed juices, nut milk and lemon cayenne morning juice during the entire 3 day fasting retreat
- Surrounding beaches and the beautiful nature, sound of owls, singing starlings, and of course the amazing sunsets, sunrises, and millions of stars and moonlight
- Lessons from a variety of experienced teachers (each one has different strengths) who will help you grow in many different ways
- Meeting people from all over the world who share the same passion for the yogic lifestyle
- Transformational experience that you’ll remember for the rest of your life
Sample daily schedule
- 07:30 Meditation on the beach and pranayama (breathwork)
- 09:00 90-minute peaceful Vinyasa Flow yoga sessions
- 11:30 Free time
- 15:00 Reiki Attunement, Ayurveda massage, with sound journey
- 16:00 Gentle Vinyasa flow or Yin or Restorative yoga classes
In the evening, option to participate in Hydro aqua candlelight spa with cold pools, hot pools, Turkish baths (steam rooms), sauna, and various relaxing aqua massage jets
Included excursions
In the evening, option to participate in Hydro aqua candlelight spa with cold pools, hot pools, Turkish baths (steam rooms), sauna, and various relaxing aqua massage jets
Instructors
L. Farrah Furtado
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L. Farrah Furtado is Canadian-Portuguese and is a Yoga Alliance E RYT 500 Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher, author of three spiritual best-selling award winning books, and director of Kaohsiung Yoga School and Bend it like Buddha Yoga in Portugal. She has lived in Asia for over 14 years, studying the healing arts in Buddhist monasteries in Taiwan, Balinese healing with energy healing masters in Ubud, and has trained in the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa system and pranayama with BNS Iyengar, the lineage of Pattabhi Jois and Krishnamacharya in India. Farrah is a third degree Usui Reiki master.
Reshma Datar
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Reshy has assisted and also led several 200-hour yoga teacher training programs in India and Thailand for different schools. She has registered her yoga school, Yoga Space, with Yoga Alliance and offers 200-hour yoga teacher training in Hatha and Vinyasa flow yoga. Reshy trained in the discipline of yoga under two very experienced teachers, Sujata Nerurkar and Dr. Renu Mahtani at Param Yoga, in Pune, India, where she completed her foundation in Hatha yoga teacher training and medical yoga therapy in 2011. She trained further in Vinyasa yoga, prenatal yoga, science of pranayama, and Viniyoga.
Mafalda Rodriguez
Mafalda Rodriguez started practicing yoga about 11 years ago and soon realized how yoga is transforming, how it brings people back to their center and allows them a universal and conscious view of life. In 2008, she completed the yoga course in the Samkhya Line by FLY-Lusa Yoga Federation and in these nine years of experience teaching, learning a lot and continuing to learn through her students' needs, and with the challenges she is encountering on the way.
Ricardo Louro
Ricardo Louro, an Ashtanga Yoga practitioner since 2015. His studies took him to Mysore, India where he studied at KPJAYI with Saraswathi and Sharmila Jois, the direct lineage to Pattabhi Jois and Krishnamacharya. It was there also where he began studying Advaita Vedanta with Arvind Pare. Since then, he studied with many national and international teachers.
Daniela Luz
Daniela teaches Vinyasa, Yin, Pre Natal Yoga and Kids Yoga at Bend it like Buddha school in praia da Rocha, Algarve Portugal. Daniela is an International certified mindfulness coach, a healer practitioner and an experienced meditation and yoga teacher, based in Portugal. From social education and social activism to yoga and meditation, Daniela traveled the world and lived abroad sharing her life mission to empower different communities and unprivileged groups, co-founding and managing social projects in Mozambique, Italy and Australia.
Location
This inspirational Yoga Detox retreat is held at a gorgeous Praia da Rocha beach in Portimao - an unspoiled, peaceful beach village in Southern Portugal.
Food
During this fasting retreat, you will be served with daily 5 detox super juices for 3 days. The detox cleanse is healthy, tasty, vegetarian, and organic.
Everything is freshly harvested and lovingly prepared with attention to detail in the on-site kitchen
The following meals are included:
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Raw food
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
During your free time, you are welcome to explore and do as much as you like. In the Algarve the 'Things to do' list is endless. This is your holiday retreat and Bend it like Buddha Yoga believes you should choose what's best for you. They can help you design a unique activities and excursions for your six-day retreat just for you.
Optional activities
- A walk to the Percurso dos Sete Vales Suspensos
- Chilling out at the beach strip café
- Enjoying one of healing treatments offered
- Enjoying the beautiful beach cliff surroundings
- Kite boarding
- Reading or writing
- Swimming at the stunning nearby beaches
- Taking a surf or paddle board lesson
Spa treatments
You will be able to enjoy one session of therapeutic massage tailored to your needs. Other available treatments that you can enjoy at an extra cost include:
- Acupuncture
- Indian scalp massage
- Swedish massage
- Thai yoga massage
What's included
- 5 daily delicious, healthy, organic detox super green, cleansing juices during the entire 3-day fasting retreat
- 3 Nights at 4 star Hotel
- Lessons from experienced teachers (each one has different strengths) who will help you grow in many different ways
- Meditation on the beach and pranayama (breathwork)
- 90-minute peaceful Vinyasa Flow yoga sessions
- Reiki Attunement, Ayurveda massage, with sound journey
- Airport transfer from Faro to your 4 star hotel
What's not included
- Airfares
- Lunch and dinner
How to get there
Recommended Airports
FAO
Faro Airport
52 km
Transfer included
Driving direction from anywhere in Europe
- Praia da Rocha, Portimao, Algarve can be easily reached from anywhere in continental Europe. A superb network of new motorways and dual carriageways allows for trouble-free motoring through attractive areas of southern Portugal. Apart from major holiday periods, there is not a problem with traffic congestion.
- The A22, also known as the Via Infante Sagres Spain is close to Lagoa. Roads branch off to beaches, coastal towns, and inland villages.
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Faro Airport (FAO). Bend It Like Buddha Yoga will help you anytime with the direction.
Arrival by ferry / boat
You can reach the Algarve through the many ports and marinas spread all along the south Portugal coast.
Arrival by train
We recommend you to arrive at Algarve by using a train. It is because Portugal is part of the European rail network and can easily be reached from most of the European capitals.
Getting to the Algarve is part of what makes it one of Europe’s most fascinating holiday destinations. Whether you choose to arrive by plane, car, train or bus, you are bound to be received with a warming and welcoming spirit.
Arrive anytime in the morning before 3 p.m. The retreat starts on any day, yoga class 10 a.m. at Bend it like Buddha Yoga studio, Algarve Portugal Departure 10 a.m.
Airport: Faro Airport
Airport transfer included: Faro Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 15 days before arrival.
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