Your Bridge between Body and Mind

Experience, Feel and Transform during the 5-day “Touch your Core re-Treat! Discover a life full of freedom, self-confidence, close to yourself and experience inner peace.

Discover the wisdom of your body, be open to emotions and feelings and connect deeply with yourself and others!

Learn to walk your own path, be authentic and break free from expectations, from yourself and/or others.

Experience the ultimate awareness through the fantastic cocktail of haptotherapy, stressor therapy and hypnotherapy.

Where: In a fantastically beautiful place in southern Portugal with a gigantic and beautiful garden and wonderfully quiet houses! We also make full use of all the other beautiful things this region has to offer!

When: 5 days, 4 nights from November 4-8, 2024

Our program encourages you to embrace your own feelings and be authentic, which leads to better decision-making and deeper relationships. Additional workshops such as breathwork, yoga, and sound bowl sessions and nature hikes will add an extra dimension to the experience, allowing you to grow not only on a mental and emotional level but also physically.

It is a particularly valuable opportunity to work on your personal development in a beautiful environment, with experienced instructors and a well-thought-out program that promotes balance between body and mind. Give yourself this fantastic and captivating gift to grow and reopen yourself to freedom, space, and connection.

Goke and Angelique are haptonomy therapists. In the Netherlands, this is a well-known field, but not so much abroad yet. As haptonomy therapists, they primarily focus on "feeling" – in the broadest sense of the word. It involves feeling emotions, of course. But beyond that, it’s also about pausing to reflect on how you experience and perceive things. You learn to pay attention to your body's signals to become aware of what feels good and right for you. What benefits you, and what doesn’t? Do you dare to stand up for yourself and create what you need?

Feeling also relates to your interactions with others. How do you navigate those? Do you set boundaries? Can and do you want to open yourself up to others? Can you receive help? Do you dare to follow your own path, independent of what you or others expect from you?

During our retreat, we offer various exercises, both on the Quinta and in the fantastic surrounding area, where you can explore and break through your behavioral patterns. We’ve also organized additional workshops, such as breathwork, yoga, and a sound bowl session. It will be an enriching and diverse retreat in a small, safe group with lots of personal attention. We hope to welcome you 🌺.

From Euro 1400 inclusive 5 nights accommodation, several meals, sound healing, yoga, breath work workshops. For more info email:

info@gavoelen.nl