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Retreat “Come Back Into Your Strength”, 21 to 28 November 2026. Introductory price until 15 October. To the retreat

Retreat on Madeira · 21 to 28 November 2026

Come back
into your strength

Knowing again what you want.

Eight days in which nobody wants anything from you.

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You function. For everyone. For years.
The only question is: do you still know what you yourself want?

You take care, you plan, you carry, at work and at home, and mostly you do it well. Only your own voice has grown quieter along the way, and sometimes you no longer know exactly what you yourself actually feel and want.

This retreat is a week for you. Eight days in a private quinta above Funchal, with a view all the way to the sea, six places, a private chef and excursions into the island’s nature. Everything is prepared, so all you have to do is arrive and you have plenty of space to feel again what you want.

This is for you if

you give a lot and wish there were room for you again too

you want to trust your inner voice again

you want to stand up for yourself more clearly, with posture and voice

you want to experience a week in which you can simply be

You are just right as you are

Whether you bring experience or are completely new, you are welcome. You move at your own pace, completely relaxed, and I adapt every exercise so it is right for you.

Retreat on Madeira: participants sitting in a circle on a blanket with flowers by the sea

Body first, then the head

Selected exercises from martial arts, spiritual work and my further trainings, grown over years. So you feel where you stand and where you give in. You practise how to ground yourself, how to feel your centre and how to stand up for yourself with voice and posture. What the body has once understood lasts longer than any good intention.

More about the Rooted Strength method

Wu Taiji (Tai Chi) by the sea on Madeira in the evening light

Madeira gives you the space

Water, forest, wind and stillness. On several days we are outdoors, along levadas and by the sea. All paths take less than two hours, and you can turn back at any time. You don’t need to be fit. The island gives you the space, you walk the path yourself.

Body work on retreat: participants lying on cloths on a meadow on Madeira

How the week runs

The eight days follow the path of Rooted Strength. Every morning we practise together, then there is time for you, for the island and for whatever is emerging.

01

Arriving and rooting

You arrive, we begin with a shared dinner and in the first days we feel the ground beneath us again.

02

Connecting

We practise noticing your body’s signals before your head talks them away. First towards yourself, then towards others.

03

Standing and speaking

From the body you find your posture, your voice and your boundary, step by step and at your pace.

04

Anchoring and taking it home

At the end we celebrate with a festive dinner, and you take with you what you need for your everyday life.

In between there are three guided excursions into the island’s nature and a free Wednesday with a shared evening in Caniçal. For a whole week you organise nothing.

What makes a retreat with me special

Four things that matter to me

01

A small group of six

This gives me time to truly see each of you and accompany you personally.

02

What you are looking for is already within you

I hold the space and guide you. The work and the answer belong to you, and that is exactly where your strength lies.

03

We get to know each other first

In a personal phone call we both sense whether it is a good fit. Only then do you commit.

04

Everything I guide, I have lived myself

I pass on what has carried me myself. That is why you find here, alongside my offer, my story.

Dates and prices

21 to 28 November 2026 · private quinta above Funchal · six places · held in German

Introductory price until 15 October

1.790 €

in a shared double room

1.990 €

in a single room

From 16 October

1.890 €

in a shared double room

2.090 €

in a single room

Included in the price

  • Seven nights in a private quinta above Funchal
  • Breakfast every morning
  • The shared lunches and dinners by our private chef
  • The entire programme with Rooted Strength
  • Three guided excursions into the island’s nature

Good to know

  • You book your flight yourself.
  • On the free Wednesday evening we go out to eat together in Caniçal, everyone pays for their own dinner.
  • Please bring a refillable water bottle.
  • Registration closes 30 October 2026
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And afterwards

On the last day we repeat an exercise from the first day. You won’t think the difference. You will feel it.

You also get small exercises for your everyday life, at the traffic light, at the kettle, at the door handle. That way it stays in your everyday life and not in your suitcase.

What remains is how you walk through your life.

Frequently asked questions

No. You are welcome just as you are. I adapt every exercise, and you go at your own pace.

For people who give a lot at work and in their family and have lost touch with their own feelings, needs and intuition along the way.

The retreat in November 2026 is held in German. The following retreats will be in English.

Seven nights in the quinta, breakfast every morning, the shared lunches and dinners by our chef, the entire programme and the excursions. You cover your flight and the dinner on the free Wednesday evening in Caniçal yourself.

We take short, beautiful paths of up to two hours, every stage at your own pace. You decide for yourself how far you come along.

Most people come on their own. With six participants you get to know each other within two days anyway. In a shared double room you share with another person from the group.

Via the contact form. Then we have a phone call, and only then do you decide. You secure the introductory price by registering by 15 October, registration closes on 30 October 2026. I will send you everything about the deposit and conditions in writing.

Retreats 2027

New dates on Madeira, then also in English.

Get on the list and you will hear about the dates first.

Reserve interest

Come Back Into Your Strength

Write me a few lines, then we will have a phone call. That way we both sense whether this week is the right one for you now.

By email or WhatsApp, whichever you prefer.

Prefer a form? To the contact form