Embodied Wisdom

This is an invitation

to remember our inner wisdom,

the wisdom we hold within

and between us,

the wisdom of nature,

the wisdom of the elements.

Corina & Melissa

Embodied Wisdom

a gathering of women to remember our inner wisdom

from 28 September to 3 October, 2026
Central Portugal

This invitation is for you who

  • wishes to reconnect with your body’s innate wisdom
  • longs to meet other women in a space of depth and authenticity
  • wants to explore embodiment through breath, meditation, and dance
  • yearns for emotional attunement and nervous system regulation
  • is open to guided journaling and energy medicine
  • feels ready to engage in rituals and practices that support cyclical living

What we wish for you to receive

  • permission to slow down, comfortably, in deep nature
  • gentle embodiment practices, conscious touch, and energy medicine
  • awaken your senses enjoying delicious, locally sourced, nourishing food
  • a safe space to be who you are, authentically
  • presence so that you can hear the whispers of the living earth
  • a safe container to remember the goodness of your body

Details for a comfortable experience

We have envisioned this 6-day / 5-night gathering with time to arrive and enjoy the spaces created.

We are dreaming of a cozy group of no more than 13 women.

We will welcome you in Central Portugal at Cara Creek – an off the grid eco retreat center surrounded by mountains & rivers,
hiking trails, 2 yoga shalas, a natural pool, private beach, hot tub & sauna, fire pit, mud baths, personal treatments, and much more.
The accommodation will be private.
Get a feel of the place from the pictures below or by visiting the website.

Getting there

The retreat center is located 180 km (2 hours) from Porto airport & 270 km (3 hours) from Lisbon airport.
We can help you with more details or to organize transport to and from the venue.

What a day may look like

Morning – breakfast, greet the dat, connect

Mid-Morning – practices to connect to ourselves. This may include embodiment, energy medicine, guided journaling

Midday – lunch and free time: perhaps something came up during our practices that needs to be integrated or you simply need time to rest and connect with nature or others.

Afternoon – practices to connect to the living earth. This may include dance, embodied movement, breathwork, living earth explorations

Evening – dinner & integration time.

Some evenings we will have planned activities, and others you will be free to spend your time as you wish, soaking up the natural surroundings.

Your guides and companions

Corina is an intuitive healer, guide, and writer. She holds spaces for us to remember we are the Living Earth and our being here, now, is a blessing on life. The spaces she holds are safe and infused with the elemental medicine meant for us to re-member ourselves into our earthly and cosmic tapestries.

Melissa holds us in deep, embodied presence as she allows us to reconnect with our true, authentic nature. As a somatic therapist and goddess wisdom keeper, she holds space for those seeking deep re-connection to self. She is experienced in various embodiment practices, often weaving conscious movement, dance, and embodied spirituality into her work.

What we wish to co-create for you and with you this time:

I want to invite us into kinship with the elements, the cycles of our lives and the natural places that welcome us. I wish for us to remember our own light and wholeness and I will lead us to that remembering through gentle yet powerful energy medicine, journaling, silence and conversation.

Corina

I want to sing, dance, howl at the moon and love each other. I imagine women in trees, swimming naked, braiding each other’s hair, running wild and free, crying, laughing, cackling. This is sisterhood. This is not a dream, it is the reality that we are creating together. I want women to leave feeling inspired to be part of community, showing up in the world free and embodied, sure of who they are and what they want.

Melissa

How others experienced working with Melissa and Corina

Joining Melissa and Corina in circle was a wonderful experience and I cannot thank them enough for their work and the impact it had on me. They created a truly nurturing, safe space where I felt seen, heard and free to explore my inner world. Each session felt like a gift – a pause from my busy-ness and overwhelm to breathe, reflect and connect with myself and other inspiring women. I left each circle feeling grounded and calmer, and the insights are still with me.  I highly recommend Corina and Melissa and their beautiful approach together.

Chris

Melissa and Corina’s wisdom and spiritual guidance
created a rare and nurturing space. In a world that often disconnects
us from our bodies and emotions, this circle honored the sacredness of
womanhood, in all its cycles, shapes, and forms.
I gained awareness and found a sustainable way to live my very
inflamed inner summers (ovulation periods), that I could not have
found anywhere else. They helped me articulate what I didn’t even know
I could express with words and intuitive movement. I wholeheartedly
recommend, I would join again and again and again.

Clara

I remember in my first retreat with Melissa and Corina, as we all gathered and sat in a circle together Melissa said something like “You are all welcome here.” When she said it, I knew she meant that each of us are welcome exactly how we are or needed to be that day. In my experiences with Melissa and Corina, I found that they create a supportive environment by being very true to themselves, by sharing vulnerable things with us and always offering the option to share in any way that feels good for us. I remember in that same retreat, Corina’s back was injured and she had to lie down on the floor to be comfortable. I think seeing how she felt comfortable with us to lie down and be comfortable the way her body was feeling that day, made me feel like I could also be comfortable how I needed to be too. In that retreat we all shared food and exchanges informally, in addition to the organized part of the retreat, which I felt made the environment feel safe and connected.

I would recommend to anyone that wants to deepen their relationship with themselves and other women to join. I would say I am naturally an introverted person, so joining this type of space is not intuitive to me, but the welcoming environment created by Melissa and Corina made it easy. I can only say that giving yourself this space is a gift and you may not even realize yet exactly what you may gain from the experience.

Ana

Your investment

Full price: € 1’700 *

* includes the retreat activities, accommodation, meals, snacks, tea & coffee during the retreat, and a group integration call 2-3 weeks after the retreat. These prices do not include flights, transport to and from the venue, or private sessions.

Early bird price: € 1’550 (pay in full by 15 March 2026)

2 partial scholarships are available – reach out if this will help you join us