6-Day Self-Worth Adventure Retreat in Peneda-Gerês, Portugal
6-Day Self-Worth Adventure Retreat in Peneda-Gerês, Portugal
Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal
Up to 10 in group
September 22 - 27, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- • 6-day transformational self-worth retreat in Peneda-Gerês National Park
- • A practical method to break free from Borrowed Value and rebuild self-worth from the roots
- • Guided work through identity, vitality, and life direction
- • Ritual, breathwork, conscious dance, somatic work, meditation, Tarot, and nature-based practices
- • Mountain hikes, waterfalls, freezing waters, sacred viewpoints, and ancient paths
- • A full take-home integration system to continue the work after the retreat
- • Small-group format for depth, safety, and personal attention
- • Premium accommodation in a private rural villa with comfort, silence, and privacy
- • Equinox timing in one of the wildest and most powerful natural places in Portugal
- • A grounded and life-changing journey to return to your truth, dignity, and inner worth
About this Retreat
Your Guides
I’m Pablo, co-founder of Inner Spark along with Monika. At one point, I was fully immersed in my career as an engineer, caught up in the daily grind. But I realized something was missing... the magic!
Life led me to a profound shift when I met a Shaman and Yogi Master. After years of intense practice in healing, empowerment, and reconnecting with my true purpose, everything changed.
Now, together with Monika, I want to share that magic with you. Are you ready for a journey of healing and reconnecting with the deep truth within you? This is the adventure we propose to you.
Details of this retreat
A 6-day transformational retreat in the wild mountains of Peneda-Gerês, Portugal, created for people who are ready to stop seeking value through love, approval, achievement, or control and start building self-worth as something embodied, stable, and real.
This retreat is based on The Return to Inner Worth Method, a practical path for breaking free from Borrowed Value, reconnecting with your center, and learning how to live, choose, relate, and express yourself from a deeper sense of worth.
Many people understand self-worth intellectually, but still do not live from it consistently. They still overgive, shrink, adapt, perform, or compromise themselves in relationships, work, money, expression, and life direction. This retreat works at the roots of that problem.
We work with three deep levels:
The Underworld: identifying the Fragile Self, the survival identity built around fear, approval, and self-rejection.
The Center: restoring vitality, presence, aliveness, confidence, and a body that can actually hold self-worth.
The Upperworld: reconnecting with a more truthful direction, stronger standards, and a life that reflects your real potential.
Through guided inquiry, ritual, breathwork, conscious dance, esoteric martial arts, somatic work, cold water, nature immersion, meditation, Tarot, and structured reflection, you will move through the three core phases of the method:
Unmask – see the fragile self and the borrowed identity more clearly.
Ignite – restore vitality, presence, courage, and embodied confidence.
Align – reconnect with a path, purpose, and standard of life that matches your deeper truth.
This is not just a retreat experience. It is also a take-home system.
By the end of the retreat, you receive a practical framework to continue the work in daily life, including:
The Return to Inner Worth Field Guide
The Borrowed Value Map
The Fragile Self Diagnostic
The Energy Leak Inventory
The Soul Direction Map
The Scan. Activate. Align. Daily Practice
The 21-Day Integration Path
The retreat takes place during the Equinox and Full Moon in Aries in Peneda-Gerês National Park, a raw and ancient landscape of granite mountains, forests, freezing waters, viewpoints, Roman roads, sanctuaries, and silent valleys. The land becomes part of the method.
Across six days, we combine inner work, embodied practice, nature immersion, and structured reflection so the process becomes lived experience, not just inspiration.
This retreat is ideal for people who are ready to stop abandoning themselves and start building self-worth from the roots.
Places are limited to keep the group intimate, safe, and focused.
This retreat is based on The Return to Inner Worth Method, a practical path for breaking free from Borrowed Value, reconnecting with your center, and learning how to live, choose, relate, and express yourself from a deeper sense of worth.
Many people understand self-worth intellectually, but still do not live from it consistently. They still overgive, shrink, adapt, perform, or compromise themselves in relationships, work, money, expression, and life direction. This retreat works at the roots of that problem.
We work with three deep levels:
The Underworld: identifying the Fragile Self, the survival identity built around fear, approval, and self-rejection.
The Center: restoring vitality, presence, aliveness, confidence, and a body that can actually hold self-worth.
The Upperworld: reconnecting with a more truthful direction, stronger standards, and a life that reflects your real potential.
Through guided inquiry, ritual, breathwork, conscious dance, esoteric martial arts, somatic work, cold water, nature immersion, meditation, Tarot, and structured reflection, you will move through the three core phases of the method:
Unmask – see the fragile self and the borrowed identity more clearly.
Ignite – restore vitality, presence, courage, and embodied confidence.
Align – reconnect with a path, purpose, and standard of life that matches your deeper truth.
This is not just a retreat experience. It is also a take-home system.
By the end of the retreat, you receive a practical framework to continue the work in daily life, including:
The Return to Inner Worth Field Guide
The Borrowed Value Map
The Fragile Self Diagnostic
The Energy Leak Inventory
The Soul Direction Map
The Scan. Activate. Align. Daily Practice
The 21-Day Integration Path
The retreat takes place during the Equinox and Full Moon in Aries in Peneda-Gerês National Park, a raw and ancient landscape of granite mountains, forests, freezing waters, viewpoints, Roman roads, sanctuaries, and silent valleys. The land becomes part of the method.
Across six days, we combine inner work, embodied practice, nature immersion, and structured reflection so the process becomes lived experience, not just inspiration.
This retreat is ideal for people who are ready to stop abandoning themselves and start building self-worth from the roots.
Places are limited to keep the group intimate, safe, and focused.
Schedule
Day 1 · September 22
Arrival window is from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
This first day is about stepping out of speed, pressure, and performance, and entering a very different rhythm. You arrive at the house, settle into your room, take in the mountain silence, and begin to leave behind the mental noise of ordinary life.
In the late afternoon, we gather for our opening circle, intention setting, and the first activation of the retreat container. This is where we begin creating the safety, honesty, and focus needed for the work ahead.
After that, we head to a local restaurant for a nourishing welcome dinner. The process begins gently but clearly. From the very first evening, the invitation is to soften the mask, slow the nervous system down, and begin returning to what is real.
Day 2 · September 23
We begin the morning with somatic meditation and esoteric martial arts, bringing attention back into the body and reawakening contact with your center.
This day also introduces key principles of Shamanic Aikido: how to relate to pressure, projection, and external demands without collapsing, pleasing, or losing yourself.
Later, we enter the sacred Bosque de Albergaria, one of the most powerful forests in the region. We walk through ancient silence, reconnect with the deeper rhythm of nature, and share a picnic outdoors.
At Portela do Homem, the freezing waters become part of the method. This is not just a nice nature stop. It is a direct embodied intervention that helps interrupt passivity, fear, and emotional stagnation, while restoring aliveness and presence.
We return in the evening for integration, allowing the body and mind to digest the first deeper movements of the retreat.
Day 3 · September 24
This day moves more directly into emotional opening, deeper honesty, and contact with the structures underneath the visible symptoms.
We begin with conscious dance and movement, loosening stagnant energy and helping the system become more expressive, fluid, and available.
From there, we continue into the valleys and crystal waters of Gerês, allowing the landscape itself to support the process of unmasking. Nature is not decoration here. It helps strip away noise and bring you closer to what is actually happening inside.
As the day moves toward evening, the work turns more explicitly inward. Through ritual, contemplation, and guided inquiry, we begin examining where you have traded self-respect for approval, adaptation, false safety, belonging, or emotional survival.
This is one of the key days of the retreat. We start exposing the core beliefs, inner contracts, and fragile identity structures that keep Borrowed Value alive.
Day 4 · September 25
Deep work needs rhythm. Not every day is about pushing. This day gives the system space to breathe, settle, receive, and integrate.
We begin with gentle nature yoga, helping the body soften while staying present and connected.
Later, we visit São Bento Sanctuary, a place of stillness, devotion, and quiet inner listening. The atmosphere of this place supports subtler work around receptivity, dignity, and the ability to let life in without tension.
In the afternoon, we spend time near Caniçada Lake, allowing the nervous system to regulate through beauty, spaciousness, and contact with water.
The teachings of the day focus on worth, receiving, and the relationship between your inner state and what you allow into your life. Many people know how to give, strive, or endure. Fewer know how to receive cleanly, without guilt, tension, or suspicion.
At night, we gather under the stars for a Shamanic Drum Journey, deepening the contact with inner guidance, symbolic perception, and the more intuitive layer of the work.
Day 5 · September 26
This day is about standing in your space more cleanly and beginning to translate the process into more practical self-respect.
The morning includes body-based release and grounded practices that help you feel your center more clearly and occupy your space with greater dignity and presence.
Later, we walk among the medieval structures of Lindoso, connecting with the archetype of rootedness, strength, and sovereignty. This setting naturally supports work around boundaries, self-respect, personal space, and energetic stability.
From there, the process becomes more practical and direct. We move into teachings around boundaries, communication, discernment, and the standards that protect your energy.
You begin clarifying what no longer fits, where you still betray yourself, and what kind of life, relationships, and choices actually reflect your worth.
This is where alignment becomes concrete.
Day 6 · September 27
The final day is about sealing the process and preparing for real life.
We work with purpose, Tarot, vision-based exercises, and final integration, helping connect restored self-worth to direction, standards, and the next concrete steps in your life.
This closing phase is not only reflective. It is practical. The aim is that you leave not just with emotional insight, but with a clearer inner map and a stronger sense of what you need to protect, change, and move toward next.
We close the retreat with a final integration lunch, and departure takes place after the 2:00 PM closing lunch.
You leave with more than a memory of a powerful week. You leave with a method, a structure, and a deeper sense of what it means to live from your own worth.
Arrival window is from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
This first day is about stepping out of speed, pressure, and performance, and entering a very different rhythm. You arrive at the house, settle into your room, take in the mountain silence, and begin to leave behind the mental noise of ordinary life.
In the late afternoon, we gather for our opening circle, intention setting, and the first activation of the retreat container. This is where we begin creating the safety, honesty, and focus needed for the work ahead.
After that, we head to a local restaurant for a nourishing welcome dinner. The process begins gently but clearly. From the very first evening, the invitation is to soften the mask, slow the nervous system down, and begin returning to what is real.
Day 2 · September 23
We begin the morning with somatic meditation and esoteric martial arts, bringing attention back into the body and reawakening contact with your center.
This day also introduces key principles of Shamanic Aikido: how to relate to pressure, projection, and external demands without collapsing, pleasing, or losing yourself.
Later, we enter the sacred Bosque de Albergaria, one of the most powerful forests in the region. We walk through ancient silence, reconnect with the deeper rhythm of nature, and share a picnic outdoors.
At Portela do Homem, the freezing waters become part of the method. This is not just a nice nature stop. It is a direct embodied intervention that helps interrupt passivity, fear, and emotional stagnation, while restoring aliveness and presence.
We return in the evening for integration, allowing the body and mind to digest the first deeper movements of the retreat.
Day 3 · September 24
This day moves more directly into emotional opening, deeper honesty, and contact with the structures underneath the visible symptoms.
We begin with conscious dance and movement, loosening stagnant energy and helping the system become more expressive, fluid, and available.
From there, we continue into the valleys and crystal waters of Gerês, allowing the landscape itself to support the process of unmasking. Nature is not decoration here. It helps strip away noise and bring you closer to what is actually happening inside.
As the day moves toward evening, the work turns more explicitly inward. Through ritual, contemplation, and guided inquiry, we begin examining where you have traded self-respect for approval, adaptation, false safety, belonging, or emotional survival.
This is one of the key days of the retreat. We start exposing the core beliefs, inner contracts, and fragile identity structures that keep Borrowed Value alive.
Day 4 · September 25
Deep work needs rhythm. Not every day is about pushing. This day gives the system space to breathe, settle, receive, and integrate.
We begin with gentle nature yoga, helping the body soften while staying present and connected.
Later, we visit São Bento Sanctuary, a place of stillness, devotion, and quiet inner listening. The atmosphere of this place supports subtler work around receptivity, dignity, and the ability to let life in without tension.
In the afternoon, we spend time near Caniçada Lake, allowing the nervous system to regulate through beauty, spaciousness, and contact with water.
The teachings of the day focus on worth, receiving, and the relationship between your inner state and what you allow into your life. Many people know how to give, strive, or endure. Fewer know how to receive cleanly, without guilt, tension, or suspicion.
At night, we gather under the stars for a Shamanic Drum Journey, deepening the contact with inner guidance, symbolic perception, and the more intuitive layer of the work.
Day 5 · September 26
This day is about standing in your space more cleanly and beginning to translate the process into more practical self-respect.
The morning includes body-based release and grounded practices that help you feel your center more clearly and occupy your space with greater dignity and presence.
Later, we walk among the medieval structures of Lindoso, connecting with the archetype of rootedness, strength, and sovereignty. This setting naturally supports work around boundaries, self-respect, personal space, and energetic stability.
From there, the process becomes more practical and direct. We move into teachings around boundaries, communication, discernment, and the standards that protect your energy.
You begin clarifying what no longer fits, where you still betray yourself, and what kind of life, relationships, and choices actually reflect your worth.
This is where alignment becomes concrete.
Day 6 · September 27
The final day is about sealing the process and preparing for real life.
We work with purpose, Tarot, vision-based exercises, and final integration, helping connect restored self-worth to direction, standards, and the next concrete steps in your life.
This closing phase is not only reflective. It is practical. The aim is that you leave not just with emotional insight, but with a clearer inner map and a stronger sense of what you need to protect, change, and move toward next.
We close the retreat with a final integration lunch, and departure takes place after the 2:00 PM closing lunch.
You leave with more than a memory of a powerful week. You leave with a method, a structure, and a deeper sense of what it means to live from your own worth.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Inner Spark, Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal
Directions
The nearest airport is Porto Airport (OPO). From there, participants travel to the retreat house in Carvalheira, Peneda-Gerês. We help organise shared transfers, and an optional round-trip transfer from Porto is available for those who want a simpler journey. Full arrival details are shared after registration.
Accommodation
We stay in a beautiful private rural villa in a quiet mountain setting, with open views, spacious outdoor areas, and enough distance from normal life to help the nervous system soften and reset. The house offers six bedrooms and six private en-suite bathrooms, giving the group real comfort, silence, and personal space for deep work and proper rest. Participants can choose between a private room, a shared twin room, or a shared bunk room for four people.
Shared room for 4
Shared twin room
Private room
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
This retreat takes place in Carvalheira, on the wild border between Portugal and Spain, right next to Peneda-Gerês National Park. The landscape is raw, ancient, and deeply supportive of this work. Granite mountains, oak forests, waterfalls, freezing waters, sanctuaries, Roman roads, and open viewpoints all become part of the retreat process.
What's Included
- ✓ 5 nights of premium accommodation in our private rural villa in Carvalheira, right on the edge of Peneda-Gerês National Park.
- ✓ A full guided immersion in The Return to Inner Worth Method, built around the core phases of release, recognition, activation, alignment, and integration.
- ✓ All retreat teachings and facilitated group processes with Pablo “Teiwaz” Leon.
- ✓ A carefully selected range of transformational practices woven into the retreat, including breathwork, meditation, somatic work, conscious dance, guided inquiry, ritual work, nature-based contemplative practices, and body-based activation.
- ✓ Esoteric martial arts and Shamanic Aikido inspired work to help you relate to pressure, boundaries, and external demands without losing your center.
- ✓ Guided mountain hikes and nature excursions through some of the most powerful places in Peneda-Gerês, including forests, viewpoints, waterfalls, sanctuaries, and ancient landscapes.
- ✓ Cold water practices in crystal-clear natural waters, used as part of the method to interrupt passivity, restore aliveness, and strengthen presence.
- ✓ National park entry fees and internal transport during the retreat.
- ✓ Kayak rental and selected nature-based activities included in the group experience.
- ✓ A complete take-home integration system so the retreat does not end when you go home.
- This includes:
- The Return to Inner Worth Field Guide
- The Borrowed Value Map
- The Fragile Self Diagnostic
- The Energy Leak Inventory
- The Soul Direction Map
- The Scan. Activate. Align. Daily Practice
- The 21-Day Integration Path
- ✓ Written retreat teachings compiled for you to keep and revisit after the retreat.
- ✓ Access to the curated music library used during movement, activation, and meditation sessions, so you can reconnect with the atmosphere of the work at home.
- ✓ A professional 4K photo and drone media pack delivered after the retreat, so you can stay present during the experience without needing to document it yourself.
- ✓ A small-group container designed for depth, safety, personal attention, and real transformation.
What's Not Included
- Flights to Porto Personal travel insurance Food and groceries Meals at local restaurants and taverns Optional Porto round-trip transfer unless purchased as an add-on Optional 1:1 Deep Healing session unless purchased as an add-on Personal expenses
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