Fire Your Wild Imagination - Portugal Depth-Writing Retreat

Expand your sense of possibility with a transformative writing practice in the cork woods of Alentejo, South Portugal.

We are all born with a wild imagination. It is through this unlimited creative resource that we can access the unconscious, connect with our intuition, develop a greater degree of self-awareness and expand our sense of possibility. Fire Your Wild Imagination will be a chance to explore this vast inner superpower through a holistic practice underpinned by Jungian psychology, creative writing and journaling designed to facilitate creativity, foster self-discovery & facilitate transformative growth with the gentle guidance of Dr Rachel.

Fire Your Wild Imagination will include daily depth writing workshops focused on cultivating creativity through attuning to your curious inner child, your wise inner sage and the wisdom of nature.

The retreat will take place at the rustic and charming historic family home of Monte da Japonica and its surrounding cork woods. It will be a rejuvenating time of exploration and connection, writing and reflection, spending time in nature and enjoying meals together take place at the rustic and charming historic family home of Monte da Japonica.

The retreat is for writers, creative & therapeutic practitioners, seekers, inner explorers and those on a journey of self-discovery who are curious about how writing & imagination can be used to support transformative growth and would like to dive deeper.

The focus of the retreat will be on process, rather than outcome, and on what comes up in the writing, rather than craft and you’ll be invited to work with the material at a level that feels right for you. For those who have a writing or other creative practice, depth-writing can be used as an adjacent activity to support, deepen and expand your projects. Wherever you are at, this retreat is a chance to fire the creative, healing superpower of the wild imagination that courses through all of us.

What’s included:

• Accommodation

• Dinner on day of arrival

• Breakfast, lunch & dinner on each full retreat day (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Breakfast & lunch on day of departure

• Daily depth-writing workshops

*all meals are vegetarian

*special dietary requirements are an additional 40 Euros per person

Getting there by plane: The nearest airport to Monte da Japonica is Lisbon. For a small additional cost, a pick can be arranged from the airport direct to Monte da Japonica. Alternatively, you can get the bus to the nearest town of Redondo or a train to the nearest city of Evora. There is a small charge for a pick up from Evora. Pick up from Redondo is free. 

Explore the retreat space here Monte da Japonica

Enquiries: newsomerachelelizabeth@gmail.com