Living land
Stewardship, restoration and the small daily acts that let a place become a partner.
11–14 September 2026 · Alentejo, Portugal · 15 places
Re.Root to Rise
The life you want is closer than it feels.
The invitation.
Spend for four days inside a living regenerative community in the Alentejo region of Portugal, where you will be held by six facilitators who each bring their unique practices to the land.
Shared meals, circles, herbalism, fascial maneuvers, authentic relating, ecstatic dance, and more. Every session is an invitation, join the ones that call to you, leave the rest behind.
See who this is for →
Join us for an opportunity to spend four days experiencing another way of living.
Themes we willexperience.
Four threads weaving through all of it.
Embodied knowing
Movement, fascia, yoga and rest as ways to listen more closely to the body.
Community as practice
Authentic relating, circles, song and the courage to arrive honestly with each other.
Purpose in motion
Gifts, livelihood and the practical pathways that help what matters take root in the world.
The Offerings.
These are some of the offerings you can expect during the retreat. The full programme will be shared closer to the retreat.
- Foraging rose hips on the land, making medicine from what grows here. Herbalism practised in relationship with one specific place, and in a way you can carry on where you live.
- A grounded conversation and short practice on where what you love meets what your world needs — with one small next step to take with your gift.
- As daylight softens, Ana holds a movement space while Anthony weaves a live sound journey shaped from music inspired by the land.
- Ashley will lead participants through somatic movements designed to work with the fascia. You will learn to apply these movements on yourselves and others.
- A facilitated space for heart-to-heart connection, curiosity and the everyday courage to be more honestly present with one another.
- A talk on how nature's network model can inspire digital sovereignty and shared memory in regenerative communities — no technical background required.
- A shared musical gathering led by Ashley and Zenna, making room for rhythm, voice and connection without performance pressure.
- Circles to arrive together and to close with care, helping the group notice what is beginning, what is changing and what may travel home.
The Facilitators.
This retreat is co-created by a small group bringing personal transformation, connection and practical systemic work into the same room.
Feminine Embodiment Guide · Clinical Herbalist
Ana Carrero
Ana is a Feminine Embodiment Guide, Clinical Herbalist and Natural Gynecology Practitioner, trained in traditional yoga and devoted to the stories women carry in their bodies. Through Elara Womb, she weaves cycle awareness, herbal medicine, yoga and embodied practice into ethically rooted spaces for women.
Founder, PurposeFlow · Regenerative entrepreneur
Anthony Ryan
Anthony founded PurposeFlow, a regenerative project in Portugal where soil, water and life are finding their way back. He works where ecology, community and business meet, helping people turn their gifts into livelihoods that give back to people and place.
FOUNDER, CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT LAB · FASCIA-BASED MOVEMENT EDUCATOR
Ashley Everson
Ashley has taught and explored fascia-based movement for five years. Her practice grew from learning to stop outsourcing the answers and start listening to what the body is asking for..day by day, with care and attention.
Authentic Relating Facilitator · Intimacy Coach
Daphné Sarpyener
Daphné is an authentic relating facilitator and intimacy coach with a deep interest in community living and working. Since 2020, she has offered workshops around the world, mainly from Brussels, inviting people to live authenticity rather than merely learn it.
Founder, MyCellium Network · Systems designer
Max Sierralta
Max is the founder of MyCellium Network and resident Digital Dwarf at PurposeFlow. Half software engineer and half permaculturist, they build community operating systems: digital infrastructure that helps regenerative sites remember, coordinate and keep learning across seasons.
Bringing
Community operating systems & digital sovereignty
Community integration practitioner · Circle holder
Zenna Klaassen
Zenna feels most at home in a circle with other loving hearts. She values deep connection, open-hearted sharing and the emotional body, and is building a programme to help people arriving in community feel genuinely welcomed, supported and able to land.
Is this for you?
If any of these resonate, this retreat may be for you.
- You have been to retreats before and want tools that can travel home with you.
- You feel drawn to community living and want to experience it before making a bigger decision.
- You facilitate, teach or care for others and long to be held as well.
- You are curious about land, body, purpose and the daily practices that bring them back into relationship.
Testimonials.
Here are reflections from people who have experienced our events. Deeply transformative and integral experiences are what move us. Regeneration comes through these, planting the seeds for a new and more aligned future.
My whole world changed here over a duration of a month last year and then again 2 months this year. A place I truly found another home and family, a place I can always return to.
— Marie
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The land thatwill hold you.
PurposeFlow resides on six hectares at Guarda da Freira, in Pavia, Alentejo. Mora is one of the driest municipalities in Europe, facing a projected 4.3°C rise by 2100.
When we arrived in 2021 the land was compacted and stripped. Since then we have hosted over 800 volunteers and guests in our rotating community, built 300+ water-retention structures by hand, and collected native seeds.
In July 2026, 166 people funded the addition of a borehole, a climate-adapted greenhouse and greywater treatment. That infrastructure is going in through August.
- Location
- Guarda da Freira · Pavia · Alentejo
- Land
- Six hectares in active recovery
- From Lisbon
- Roughly 1h30
Details & Info
If you have any inquiries, please email us at info@purposeflow.org. Thank you!
- Dates
- Friday 11 — Monday 14 September 2026
- Where
- PurposeFlow Living, Pavia, Alentejo, Portugal
- Slots open
- 15
- Early bird prices
- From €350 until 8 August · from €400 after 8 August
- Accommodation
- Prices are starting points and vary according to the accommodation option you choose. Glamping tents and cosy indoor rooms are available.
- Included
- All included in the price: workshops and sessions, accommodation, plant-based meals, site access and community life while you are here.
- Getting there
- 1h30 from Lisbon. We will provide the exact location and directions after reservation.
- Food
- Three plant-based meals and snacks.
FAQ's
We hope these support your decision-making process! For questions beyond these, write to us and we will come back to you.
- No. Every practice we offer is beginner-friendly and consent-based. You bring yourself; we hold the frame.
- Not particularly. There is walking on uneven ground and some gentle movement. Nothing you can't opt out of.
- Then don't. Every session is an invitation. Rest is a valid choice at any point.
- Most people do. The group is intentionally small so it feels safe to arrive on your own.
- Glamping tents with real beds, or shared indoor rooms in the farmhouse. Simple, clean, warm, and quiet.
- Wi-Fi in the main house. Signal is patchy on the land — which is part of the point.
- All sessions, accommodation, three plant-based meals a day plus snacks, and everything on site. Travel to PurposeFlow is not included in the price.
- All payments are non-refundable. If you are no longer able to attend you may transfer your spot to someone else.
- Yes, there is a payment plan available: 50% due up front and the remaining 50% due September 1.
11—14 September 2026 · Alentejo, Portugal · 15 places
There's a version
of the life you want.
And it is closer than you think! Our aim for this Retreat is to empower you with tools that will allow you to continue to create the life you deserve.
Fifteen places. Early Bird starts at €350 until 8 August; after that, places start at €400 and vary by accommodation.