Mother's Medicine
Mother's Medicine
Casa de Cura, Foz do Vale, Monchique, Portugal
Up to 10 in group
October 8 - 12, 2025
A preparation course valued at $109 is included with the retreat at no extra cost
Retreat Highlights
- Ritual and ceremony
- Somatic and Embodiment Practices
- Sharing Circles and Mindful Moments
- Grief and Trauma Processing
- Joy and Laughter
- Dancing and Singing
- Delicious Food and Eating Together
- Sunbathing, Pool Dipping and Hammock Swinging
About this Retreat
Hello...
I'm Mary, a Somatic therapist and retreat facilitator.
I am passionate about providing safe and supportive guidance to people on their wellbeing journey.
Fascinated by us, our relationships with ourselves, each other and our planet, I believe we have an innate capacity to heal ourselves given the right tools and environment.
The catalyst for my work, has been a lifetime of lived-experience, which I continue to learn from. I look forward to a future where people from all backgrounds can benefit from genuinely holistic healing and health practices, and where indigenous teachers are appropriately recognised and acknowledged for their profound wisdom and contribution to healing and wellness spaces.
I’ve over a decade’s worth of professional experience facilitating retreats, workshops and delivering training and working 1:1 with people in recovery from addiction, domestic and sexual violence, those struggling with mental health challenges.
My aim is to create a safe and inclusive environment of non-judgement and hold space for self-enquiry in all aspects of my work.
How I can support you:
Nervous System Regulation
Trauma Recovery
Addiction Recovery
Mental Health Challenges
My invitation to you is to give time and space to explore personal healing, growth and evolution.
I use an integrative approach to emotional wellbeing that incorporates the mind and body using traditional talking therapy, somatic therapy and yoga therapy.
I also specialise in working with women during pregnancy and postpartum. As a mother myself I know how crucial supporting women is during this huge transformation.
I combine all of my trainings, learnings and lived experiences to all of my client work, and also offer individualistic perinatal support to women through the initiation of motherhood.
I have been privileged enough to have had access to various healing modalities that helped me get to where I am today. Yoga, psychotherapy and body-based therapies, plant medicine and learning from other cultures and traditions - along with my own strength, resilience and learning to surrender - have supported me in healing my relationship to difficult past experiences and myself.
I have also had the priviledge to be trained by and study with pioneering thought-leaders, academics and some of the world’s most renowned teachers and practitioners both in London and internationally. Along with these credentials, I have a wealth of lived experience that I believe speaks volumes.
Details of this retreat
A space to return to yourself.
A space to be held.
A space to unravel.
A space to connect.
A space to process your story.
The initiation you never had.
Join an intimate group of mothers and be held through deep inner healing coupled with rest, connection and celebration.
A sacred break just for you — step out of the day-to-day and step into deep inner work.
This retreat will be a journey of transformation specifically focused on the unique experience of matrescence – the rite of passage of becoming a mother.
Mothers do not recieve adequate support through the initiation of motherhood, and through this retreat we will be creating space for you to reflect upon and re-visit aspects of your motherhood journey, no matter how long you have been a mother for.
At the core of this retreat is womanhood, deep healing, compassion and joy. A chance to be held and fully witnessed in your unique and multi-layered experience of this big life transition.
The retreat will weave various practices to honour your mind, body and spirit. You will be guided through self-reflection and contemplation, somatic and emotional processing, group processing, ritual, a sacred psilocybin ceremony, yoga, embodiment and deep rest practices.
There will also be lots of space to just be and do nothing. Lay by the pool in the early October sun, relax, read, walk in the surrounding nature, and connect with other mothers — all while being fed wholesome food to nourish your body.
Safety is at the heart of everything we do and this journey also includes pre-retreat preparation, as well as post retreat group integration for a month, and optional 121 integration support.
A space to be held.
A space to unravel.
A space to connect.
A space to process your story.
The initiation you never had.
Join an intimate group of mothers and be held through deep inner healing coupled with rest, connection and celebration.
A sacred break just for you — step out of the day-to-day and step into deep inner work.
This retreat will be a journey of transformation specifically focused on the unique experience of matrescence – the rite of passage of becoming a mother.
Mothers do not recieve adequate support through the initiation of motherhood, and through this retreat we will be creating space for you to reflect upon and re-visit aspects of your motherhood journey, no matter how long you have been a mother for.
At the core of this retreat is womanhood, deep healing, compassion and joy. A chance to be held and fully witnessed in your unique and multi-layered experience of this big life transition.
The retreat will weave various practices to honour your mind, body and spirit. You will be guided through self-reflection and contemplation, somatic and emotional processing, group processing, ritual, a sacred psilocybin ceremony, yoga, embodiment and deep rest practices.
There will also be lots of space to just be and do nothing. Lay by the pool in the early October sun, relax, read, walk in the surrounding nature, and connect with other mothers — all while being fed wholesome food to nourish your body.
Safety is at the heart of everything we do and this journey also includes pre-retreat preparation, as well as post retreat group integration for a month, and optional 121 integration support.
Schedule
Tea/snacks
Morning movement practice
Breakfast
Sharing circle/workshop
Lunch
Rest time/afternoon workshop
Dinner
Rest/pre bed practice
Bedtime
Morning movement practice
Breakfast
Sharing circle/workshop
Lunch
Rest time/afternoon workshop
Dinner
Rest/pre bed practice
Bedtime
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Mary Bonett, Casa de Cura, Foz do Vale, Monchique, Portugal
Directions
Closest airport is Faro - a 45 minute drive, ubers are available, we recommend ride sharing. 2.5 hours drive from Lisbon
Accommodation
One of the double (or twin) rooms available
Shared Room
Single 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
Our venue, Casa de Cura is a 10 minute drive from the Algarve town of Monchique. Nestled in the valleys of the mountains, it is the perfect space for holding this retreat. A river runs through the property and there are many walking trails nearby. The houses themselves are recently refurbished typical Taipa, Portuguese houses - keeping cool in hot weather. All accommodation is individual and lovingly restored with simple but impeccable taste from the owners. It is a quiet, spacious sanctuary.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
A nourishing menu, supportive to women post partum and all ages/stages. We will have local, seasonal and bone broth available too! 3 meals a day apart from ceremony day, when we there is 2.
What's Included
- 5 days on retreat
- 4 nights accommodation
- 1 x psilocybin ceremony
- Online and in person preparation sessions
- Online and in person integration sessions
- Confidential and sacred group container that starts before the retreat and continues after
- Somatic and embodiment practices
- Sharing circles
- All meals whilst on retreat
- Time for deep rest, connection, reconnection with yourself, relaxation and healing
What's Not Included
- Travel to and from venue
- Additional 1:1 support from the facilitations
- Additional treatments such as bodywork/massage with massage therapist
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