Expansion Retreat
Imagine what it would be like to feel clarity, enthusiasm and Soul purpose coursing through your veins
Imagine you can finally face & release the self limiting belief that you’re not good enough
Stepping into your true self is a journey. It requires stripping away the comforts of remaining small.
Something magical happens when you step away from your daily responsibilities and enter a carefully crafted, safe space of heart-expanding adventure: you become more alive in your body and enter a container of healing of radical self-love and acceptance.
We invite you to a 5-day journey, where you can bridge the conscious with the subconscious, work with the material and with the spirit-realm to reclaim your innate freedom.
We provide a premium safe set and setting, a high number of facilitators per person and a small group size of maximum 8-10 participants
why this retreat program is special:
This process spirals around the breath, rituals with plant-allies, and community to help you to feel supported, held, cleansed and connected to the land, to your fellow travellers in the process, and to yourself. In embracing this journey, you are stepping into a life-transforming path that will challenge, enrich, and ultimately expand the boundaries of your heart and spirit.
The Path Of Freedom is designed to heal the aspects of the past that are causing you pain in your current life. It will support you on your journey to higher consciousness, helping you to step fully into your purpose, release past wounds and limitations, and unleash your innate wisdom to co-create a life of joy and fulfilment.
why this program:
We have created this program to help people just like you to discover the heart’s infinite wisdom, remember the Soul’s divine purpose, and activate the body’s intuitive capacity for transforming and letting go of outdated patterns, and stuck memories and emotions.
We are honoured to serve those who are devoted to walking the path of the soul, wishing to transmute whatever limitations they have, and align with their highest timelines and selves. We joyfully welcome human beings of all genders, cultures, and orientations. We are dedicated to responsibly cultivate an experience that is balanced, safe, complete, and thoughtful.
Your team:
With an emphasis on ancient wisdom and modern knowledge, we offer different tools and techniques to promote physical, mental and spiritual well-being through diverse modalities, such as transformative Breathwork, rituals, sacred Plant Medicines, bodywork and community. We are experienced facilitators, fascinated by the healing power of the breath. We all hold this incredible medicine in us, and it's time to rediscover the immense tool for healing our psyche, our body, and open our hearts for life! Join the Transformation Movement and embrace metamorphosis through Breath, Earth Medicines and Community!
Sandra Schider
Sandra is a certified, highly sensitive, trauma-informed, and experienced Breathwork facilitator, Yoga teacher, Cacao medicine woman, initiated Hapéh Ceremonialist, shamanic practitioner, Integration Coach, Storyteller, Plant Medicine facilitator, and founder of The Freedom Tribe.
With two decades of experience dedicated to practicing spiritual traditions across the world she weaves science, art and spirituality in her work, incorporating breath, sound, movement, plant-and animal -teachings, and her many valuable learnings from multiple traditions. Her true passion lies in supporting humans on their journey to higher consciousness, helping them step fully into their purpose, release past wounds and limitations, and guiding in a way, so that they can reclaim their innate wisdom to co-create a life of fulfillment.
Andrew Casselton
Andrew is a wholehearted, rock solid, natural space holder for groups, where trust, safety and trauma informed approaches are paramount. Compassionate, tender, deeply present, playful and fun, he has found his life’s mission in supporting people who have lost a sense of themselves, their purpose and their way in the world. Andrew is a qualified Neurodynamic Breathworker, Mindfulness teacher, UKCP Relational Integrative Psychotherapist in advanced training and is also training in Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry approach to healing trauma. Andrew’s integration of these approaches means that he is able to support and facilitate each client on their journey with skill, sensitivity and deep connection.
Agnieszka Regula
Agnieszka is a breathwork facilitator and holistic masseur, fascinated by the human body, psyche and its inner intelligence. She is dedicated to accompanying people during their self-discovery journey, to reconnect with inner wisdom, authenticity and self trust. She supports transformation with sensitivity, kindness, and a deep appreciation of everyone's unique experience.
Location
near Tomar, Portugal - 100 km north-east of Lisbon
This enchanted venue is nestled among mediterranean Nature, at the shores of beautiful body of water, the lake called Castelo do Bode, with a view upon stunning natural landscapes all year round. The lake symbolizes the water that runs through our veins.
The whole experience is designed to embrace the power of the tribe, and at the same time you will have plenty of private space as well. On the big property you will find a beautiful wooden terrace and a sweet, vast garden, where you can journal, draw, pray, sing, or just sit under a tree or swim in the lake. The venue itself has a main house, an extra Breathwork room, an outdoor fireplace, a ceremonial room, 3 bathrooms and toilets, a huge area to walk amongst nature, and much more, to offer. The energy is very calm and restorative.
Our retreat is designed to create an intimate and personal experience for you. We know how important the surroundings are when it comes to exploring your essence and leaving your comfort zone. We have chosen a special and magical retreat place for you! Our space offers a cozy and comfortable retreat from the busy-ness of daily life, inviting you to breathe in the clean air and soften into being held by nature and our team.
How to get there:
from Lisbon airport: the best option is to share an Uber with some of your fellow participants. The car ride will take 1,5 hours and is beautiful.
Further information will be provided in your intake call :
Watch a video about the venue and the big property above the lake:
If you want to integrate your retreat experience for a few days after the retreat will have ended, we can help you find a nice bed and breakfast nearby, or you could stay at the venue for a few days.
Applications are now open, and we invite you to bring your whole self to this application process. It is an opportunity to reflect deeply on your path, your intentions, and the gifts you wish to bring to this world through the Path of Freedom.
This potent and deeply transformative retreat program is for you if:
you feel ready for expansion and more freedom in your mind, heart, body and energy.
you feel ready to boldly step through a portal of transformation or metamorphosis.
you feel blocked, numb or stuck in some area of your life, and now your moment has finally arrived to face what needs to be faced, in order to open a new chapter of your book-of-life.
you feel it is time to turn your shadows into allies.
if you feel lonely on your path and feel the longing to get to know like-minded humans from all over the world.
What previous retreat attendees say:
I truly learned so much about the power of tribe, prayer, and breath during these days. The facilitators really made us feel safe, and the depth of the space encouraged us to 'really go there'. The tools that were provided guided me through a deep inner process, as well as a more collective and ancestral one.
Yulfriana, psychologist, Portugal
What I have experienced was powerful to go really deep; deep into consciousness and awareness; into myself. I unearthed powerful emotions, deep trauma, and an immense sense of freedom, that came through. This is still growing after the retreat. I felt very safe, very secure and held during the retreat, which was a vulnerable time for me. I am immensely grateful. This investment into yourself is definitely worth it.
Andrew, mindfulness teacher and entrepreneur
I came with the intention to be able to receive and just be myself. That is exactly what
I received plus more! I left the retreat feeling like I can start over again, with more compassion for myself and a reminder that life is one big ceremony. The breathwork really helped to tap into the unknown places of myself.
Debbie, Kundalini Yoga teacher and retreat leader, San Diego
“This retreat was one of the biggest shifts in my life to date. I felt seen, safe, and heard.
I learned of so many new ways to care for myself, and they felt feasible! I left the retreat with a deep sense of self and acknowledgment and deep gratitude for life - mine, others’, and our earth.”
Luam, singer and songwriter, Los Angeles
BREATHWORK
EARTH MEDICINES
COMMUNITY
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Why Breathwork:
By practising full, deep breathing we open a doorway to release psycho spiritual blockages throughout the body, acknowledging the interconnectedness between mind and body. That means BREATH-SURRENDER can release tension and blockages that in your everyday awareness may have gone unnoticed. By making the subconscious conscious, you are able to clear out what no longer serves you and make space for what does. Breathwork helps you to identify blockages, your resistance, and the repressed emotions that hold you back from living the full expression of your power. This is what moves you towards wholeness and freedom in your life.
Read here about “what to expect from a breathwork session” and here “ an introduction to Breathwork” : deepen your knowledge about the breath and read about the history and science behind breathwork
Why Earth Medicines:
We call our Plant Allies “Earth´s Medicines”. They enhance emotional healing and spiritual connection, the remembrance of beauty, joy, compassion, and the deepest heart intelligence, enhancing mental clarity and focus, boosting the immune system, alleviating physical pain, and promoting spiritual awareness. They clear and cleanse your physical, emotional, and spiritual body while initiating you into your unique metamorphosis. Selected rituals in The Path of Freedom program remind you that you ARE Nature. They are powerful allies for healing and transformation. These medicines hold keys. They open pathways for us to express our most radical and true, innermost sacred selves. These allies invite us to open and face our endless spectrum. They ask for curiosity and surrender. And, they require guidance, conscious integration and a dedicated approach.
Read here about two of the three Earth Medicines you will experience: Cacao and Hapéh.
Reach out to us about your Plant Medicine journey on FULL MOON you will experience as the HEART OF THE RETREAT.
Why Community:
Free yourself through cultural immersion: Form new soul friendships, writing and reflection, playfulness, breathing- and journeying together, rediscovering the power of sitting around a fire together, and being in ritual and ceremony together.
Coming together in the circle fosters a sense of connection, belonging and validation, which is essential for healing. Open and authentic dialogue fosters acceptance and understanding, creating a safe space for vulnerable expression and transformation. We as humans need safe spaces for our joy, our explosive anger and our accumulated grief to be expressed, witnessed and celebrated. A non-judgemental, sacred community gives you the opportunity to surrender to your longing to feel the rapture of being ALIVE!
We will gather for sharing, singing, and authentic relating practices to activate our voices and empower one another.
Participating in a community offers support and safety, connection and belonging, sharing, learning from each other, acceptance of diversity and love. Experiencing deep emotional processes, heart-opening practices, authentic sharing, stillness and movement together, can sometimes create friendships for life as well.
Read here about the primordial power of the voice, one of the community experiences, you will enjoy
Retreat Highlights:
Breathwork - reclaim your birthright of breathmedicine
Earth Medicines - nurture your intuition
ceremonies and rituals include also, amongst others :
Hapéh Ceremony - feel cleared and protected
Plant Medicine Ceremony on Full Moon - rite of passage
Cacao Ritual - connect with the Cacao Collective as the "medicine of the heart"
daily movement, Yoga and meditation - treat your body and mind with love and care, learn to feel your emotions in your body and get to know yourself better
mindflulness practices
massage and bodywork - indulge into a bubble of bliss
potent fire ceremony - connect with the power of the elements and harmonize with the transformative power of life
integration workshop - so you can get the most out of your experience
our preparation & integration program includes one group preparatory call on before the retreat, and one group integration call after the retreat, as well as continued integration support to enable deep transformation. You will be held in your preparation and integration. The Program includes integration sessions and tools, that will support your journey of coming back home
time in Nature - take some time with nature inside and outside of yourself
individual intake zoom call : get-to-know-each-other
FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM PLEASE REACH OUT TO: HELLO@THE-FREEDOM-TRIBE.COM
Begin your journey into a new life and:
heal trauma loop, programming and self-created blocks.
learn how to deal with negative feelings, like anger, fear or anxiety
enter expanded states of consciousness and let deep emotional, physical and spiritual healing processes arise
awaken your dreams, rediscover your magic
discover the intelligence of your own energy anatomy
experience rituals to ignite your inner wisdom and access free & joyful expression
affirm a life without self sabotages.
transmute the energies of oppression, resistance, self judgement, judgement of others, and ancestral wounds.
Schedule
We always flow with the needs of each unique group. The daily schedule will be communicated upon arrival.
Food
We will be spoiled with delicious food that will nourish us through the process. Our food will be vegetarian/vegan. Nutritious, mainly locally-sourced food, freshly cooked by a local cook. Allergies and dietary restrictions can be accommodated. Light breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
AJ about his experience:
Ella about her experience
In order to make the most of your retreat experience, The Path Of Freedom is a three-week process, including a group preparation call one week before the retreat and a group integration call following the retreat.
Please ensure you are willing to make such a commitment to yourself and to the group.
Investment : 1150 €
all ceremonies, rituals, workshops included, 3 experienced facilitators
preparation and integration included (3-week process)
accomodation options:
shared room : 220 € for 5 days, meals included
single room : 444 € for 5 days, meals included
We value accessibility and aim to bring this work to all who are ready to receive it.
We limit our intimate group size to a maximum of 8-10 humans. To secure your place, a deposit of 250 euros is required. You then can opt to pay in full or in two installments.
Please note that deposits are non-refundable 30 days prior to the start of the retreat
Payment plan and different time-frames as payment options available, please don’t hesitate to contact us via email!
Regarding pricing, we designed this retreat-program with the intention of offering an alternative to the prevailing fast-paced monetization approach in the yoga and embodiment communities. Our goal was to establish a pricing model that would be inclusive for individuals from various backgrounds and income levels. However, it's important to note that this offering is not a simplistic five-day retreat; rather, it entails a profound three-week journey into the depths of the psyche, immersing oneself in soulful experiences, nature, and ritual. The program is intensive, and as a result, we have taken into account the substantial time and effort we have invested in developing it when determining the pricing structure. Considering that this three-week process offers lifelong benefits, we truly believe the pricing is equitable and reasonable.
What's Included:
accomodation in cozy rooms, shared or single
all meals ( vegetarian/vegan) - breakfast, lunch, and dinner
all breathwork sessions, all medicines (plant allies), practices and rituals
Plant Medicine Ceremony/ rite of passage
intimate retreat size and attentive support
high facilitator-to-guest ratio
40 minute exploration zoom call with your facilitators
group preparation and integration zoom call
personal consultations during your 3 week process
daily workshops with various modalities and integrative practices
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
airfare
transportation (train or car) to the venue (some participants like to share a car together from the airport )
individual massage session
“may you build and weave, protect
and restore, at all times perceiving the living
world in new ways and opening to new insights
may you carry the teachings of nature on your journey of healing and wholeness,
and may you break free from the human minds addiction to suffering and claim your birthright as an artist of your life”
— Don Jose Ruiz
WE WELCOME YOU TO THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR LIFE!
Sandra, Andrew and Agnieszka
ENJOY LISTENING TO ANDREW AND SANDRA TALKING ABOUT NEURODYNAMIC BREATHWORK:
GO TO OUR INSPIRATIONAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO LISTEN TO AGNIEZSKA AND SANDRA TALKING ABOUT EMOTIONAL TRAUMA AND THE JOY TO BE ALIVE :
ABOUT THE HEALING ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY SEEN THROUGH A CROSS-CULTURAL LENS:
