5-Day Bufo Retreat in Portugal: Deep Healing with Non-Dual Coaching & Trauma Release

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Loural Village, Colmeal, Portugal
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Up to 10 in group
Date
October 17 - 23, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • A Path Unveiled: Your Journey to Wellness
  • Your transformative journey begins the moment you decide to join us. We start with a personalized online screening call to ensure a smooth, gentle transition into the retreat space. Our team is here for you every step of the way, providing a safe and supportive environment. All staff are first-aid trained, and a defibrillator is on-site for your peace of mind. We also give you access to our online **Skool Community** from day one, where you can join workshops and talks to prepare for your experience.
  • **Guided Exploration & Healing**
  • We've designed a powerful, holistic process to support your deepest healing.
  • * **Tailored Kambo Ceremony:** This optional ceremony can be customized to your specific needs with a variety of treatment options and protocols. There's no extra cost to tailor your experience.
  • * **Bufo Alvarius Exploration:** Under expert guidance, you can embark on a transformative journey with **Bufo**, with the option of 1 to 3 experiences.
  • * **Trauma-Informed Support: We integrate Non-Dual Therapynwith Somatic Experiencing (SE). This body-centered approach gently helps you release trauma that may be trapped in the body, promoting deep and lasting healing. It’s a way to feel into your sensations and allow for natural release.
  • * **Sound Healing Sanctuary:** Immerse yourself in the profound power of sound throughout your retreat, a beautiful complement to your inner work.
  • **Nurturing Your Integration**
  • The real journey of transformation unfolds as you integrate your experience. Following your ceremony, you can choose from optional workshops or simply relax and reconnect with nature on your own. We provide personalized guidance and expert advice designed by me and our integration specialists to support you on your continued wellness path. To ensure a lasting impact, we conclude your retreat with follow-up calls and provide a safe space in our **Skool community** for ongoing integration calls, workshops, and sharing.
  • **Rejuvenate & Connect**
  • At Shangriballa, you have the space and freedom to truly reconnect with yourself. Take a refreshing dip in our pristine, natural swimming pool, unwind in the sauna, and find stillness on our beautiful walking trails. You can also embrace your creativity with art therapymand join additional workshops focused on trauma release and meditation to enhance your experience.

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

We don't offer Tent accommodation between October and March as there is a possibility of heavy rains.

Are you ready to embark on a profound journey that can transform your life? Look no further! At Shangriballa, our Bufo Retreat Centre, we offer a unique and transformative experience, combining the power of 5 MeO DMT, Trauma Release and the wisdom of ancient teachings of non-duality and Ramana Maharshi.

Our Three-Stage Process: Preparation, Ceremony, and Integration

We understand that a truly transformative experience requires careful preparation, an immersive ceremony, and dedicated integration. Our three-stage process ensures that you receive the utmost support and guidance throughout your journey:

1. Preparation: We believe thorough preparation is essential for a safe and meaningful experience. Our experienced facilitators will guide you through a preparation process, including personalised consultations and practices to help you cultivate the right mindset and intentions. This process will be continued when you arrive for your retreat.
We serve Kambo the day before Bufo to help with the release process and prepare you to surrender better during your Bufo experience. (Kambo is optional)

2. Ceremony: Under the guidance of our trained facilitators, you will participate in a powerful Bufo ceremony. This sacred ceremony offers a profound opportunity to connect with your essence, gain deep insights into yourself and the nature of reality, and experience a profound shift in consciousness.

3. Integration: We recognise that true transformation happens after the ceremony. Our team provides ongoing support to help you integrate your experiences into your daily life. We offer integration workshops, one-on-one sessions, and access to a supportive community, ensuring that your journey extends beyond the retreat.

Why Choose Our Unique Approach?

We believe an experience with Bufo is best integrated with the teachings of Unity Consciousness and Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-centred psychotherapy approach that helps individuals heal from trauma. It focuses on how trauma gets trapped in the body, leading to physical and emotional symptoms. SE aims to gently guide individuals to release this trapped energy through awareness of bodily sensations and natural discharge processes.
By incorporating trauma release and ancient wisdom traditions, Shangriballa offers a comprehensive and holistic approach that minimises confusion and maximises the transformative potential of your journey.

Schedule

Breakfast: 8:00 - Breakfast is skipped on ceremony days.
Lunch: 13:00
Dinner: 18:00

During your five-day stay, we offer:

Day One - Art Therapy and Intention Setting

Day Two: - 1 Kambo Session, Low Dose 5 Meditation with Sound Healing and preparation.

Day Three - Bufo Ceremony and Integration Sharing with ecstatic move.

Day Four - Bufo Ceremony and Integration Workshops, Sharing

Day Five - Nature Integration and Workshops
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Shangriballa, Loural Village, Colmeal, Portugal

Directions

We offer a shuttle service from Porto Airport that will collect at 13:00 on arrival day and drop off by 10 a.m. the morning of departure.

To travel by yourself, see the options below.

Location: Our closest town is Colmeal, just outside Gois. Loural Eco Village can be found on Google Maps.

By Car from Lisbon, Two and a half hours from Lisbon.
By Car from Porto; Just over a two-hour drive from Porto.

Public Transport: Public transport is very affordable in Portugal. You can take a train to Coimbra from Porto or Lisbon, which takes about an hour and a half, here, we are happy to collect you at a fee.

Accommodation

Comfortable Shared and Private rooms are available. Please check availability for private rooms with us before booking.

Accommodation
Private Room - Two shared bathrooms inhouse
Accommodation
Shared Room - Two shared bathrooms inhouse
Accommodation
Private ensuite double room
Accommodation
Comfortable Tents

Venue & Amenities

Venue & Amenities
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms icon A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
Spa icon Spa
Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea icon Coffee/Tea
Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent icon Bicycles For Rent
We strive to live close to nature, We are hosted by Loural Eco Village which has modern facilities and communal areas with amazing views. We have a natural or chlorinated pool and amazing river beaches for wild swimming in clean mountain water. Enjoy some of the breathtaking views and walking trails on offer in the area.

Meals

Menu
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Menu Types

We serve organic vegan/vegetarian food with fresh mountain water.

What's Included

  • Three, Four or Five Day Retreats
  • Food
  • Accommodation
  • Meditation
  • Art Therapy
  • Sound Healing
  • Ecstatic Movement
  • None-Dual Therapy
  • Integration Workshops and Guidance
  • Tailor Made Experiences
  • All-inclusive

What's Not Included

  • No transport unless arranged with us beforehand.

Customer Reviews

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The perfect environment for a retreat
Set and setting is the number one priority when choosing a retreat.

Lisa and Miguel along with all the other staff (it’s more like a family) at Loural provided the perfect environment for a safe, peaceful and enjoyable experience.

I was treated with loving kindness and compassion.

Lisa and Miguel hold space beautifully during ceremony and I felt completely safe the whole time.

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful seven days.

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Unforgettable and life changing experience at a magic place
I had an unforgettable and life changing experience at this wonderful retreat in Loural. Lisa and Miguel are lovely and wise people with significant experience and optimized the retreat to a high level of perfection. They have deep knowledge of working with the sacred medicine and are fully trustworthy. For me it was and honor to be at their retreat in Loural, which is a magic place with very comfortable buildings and lovely people. I do highly recommend this retreat - it is probably one of the bests in this field.

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A life changing experience
This retreat is absolutely fascinating and difficult to put into words because you're sent beyond this world during the healing processes.

What can be said is that the professionalism of Lisa and Miguel is outstanding. I felt 100% safe and so lovingly cared for during the procedures that I cannot imagine going anywhere else for this kind of retreat than Shangriballa.
The whole place vibrates with such high energy and the food is delicious!

Anyone reading this review - go for it and immerse yourself in the experience of a lifetime!

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Wonderful
Lisa and Miguel have really mastered the art of holding space for people. They guide you through your fears, worries and any other emotions that arise while at the retreat and beyond while still trusting you are your own guru who has their own answers within themselves. They are both extremely loving, caring and compassionate beings who you can feel completely safe with. Thank you both for this journey, I love you!

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Wonderfull retreat and experience
Great Place, wondefull staff and very professional. I felt safe and heard at all times.

You are guided expertly through this experience.

I can warmly recommend.

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