SLOW LIVING
A WEEK LONG JOURNEY
GOZO ISLAND
THE OFFERING
Are you ready to take a sacred pause from your life and enter into a deeper connection with yourself?
This is a retreat to disconnect from the thinking mind and reconnect with the inherent wisdom of your body.
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Are you willing to allow yourself to be seen, held and supported in your most authentic expression?
On a retreat at Samudra you will enter into a community, where we learn to communicate from the heart and co-create a shared healing experience.
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Can you sit with what is uncomfortable and allow your fears to be met with compassion and deep self-love?
This retreat opens the door to the shadow realm, where you are invited to meet all parts of yourself with loving kindness and self acceptance.
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Can you remove the armour around your heart and give yourself permission to feel and express your truth?
This immersion is a journey into your heart, where you will be invited to feel the depths of your sacred Self and come home to the light within you.
THE
EXPERIENCE
Join our Samudra Community for this week long immersion, out of the mind and into the body, from disconnection to the place of real connection.
We will hold you in our safe space as we journey together through a transformational experience, expressing our fears and collapsing limited beliefs, pathing a new way forward towards radical truth, acceptance and expansion.
Individual Therapies
Your retreat includes three individual therapies specifically designed for your unique healing journey. Our facilitators will create a nurturing 1:1 container with you to journey deep into your own self. We are all carrying trauma that is trapped within our body, mind and energy that prevents us from being in our true self. To access the whole self your three therapies will include bodywork (massage/somatic healing) energy work (reiki/energy healing) and subconscious healing (tarot/access bars.)
Educational Workshops
Samudra is a space for exploration and learning. We will provide you with soulful and educational workshops during the retreat to further your understanding of holistic healing, ancient spiritual teachings and energy medicine. There is a space here for asking all of the big questions, to open up the mind, and discover what we are really doing here in this human body on Earth. You will receive tools to take with you to continue your practices at home.
Community Experience
We are designed as human beings to experience intimacy and connection. It is through relating with one another that our healing journey deepens. Here at Samudra we bring you back to the roots of the human experience - sharing, learning and creating together. When you join a retreat at Samudra you become part of our community, our tribe, our family. Through telling our stories in safe spaces and being held in our authentic expression we are able to co-create a peaceful life for all of us.
Embodiment Practices
Slow Living is an invitation to get out of the mind and into the body, into the breath, down deep into the heart. To connect back with your true self - the only way is in. We need to feel, express and move what has been suppressed inside the body in order to heal and move forward. We will guide you back to this place of presence through embodiment practices of yoga, chi gong, breath-work, dance, sound healing, emotional release, Yoga Nidra, cacao ceremony and voice circles.
Healing Foods
On retreat our in-house chef will provide a diverse menu of dishes that will hopefully inspire and enhance your experience here. Filled with plant-based goodness, using local and organic produce when available, your meals at Samudra will be a healing experience in itself. When we allow food to be our medicine we learn to cultivate a healthy relationship with food which enables us to live a happier, longer and more peaceful life.
Samudra Evolution
The community doesn’t end when you leave the retreat. You are invited into our ever growing online community, where we connect retreat guests from all continents across the world. Within this community there will be online zoom calls where you are invited to continue your journey alongside the global Samudra community through online zoom meetings for inspiration, practice and connection.
SAMUDRA
PACKAGE
6 nights private accommodation in one of our 400-year-old farmhouses each with their own private pools just a 15 min walk away from the beach
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Daily nutritious plant-based meals, snacks and drinks prepared with love by our in-house chef + unlimited tea, coffee and water
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Three Individual Therapies [ Body, Mind and Energy ]
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A diverse programme filled with workshops, ceremonies, transformational therapies, community circles, embodiment practices and plenty of time to relax
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Teachings and practices include sound healing, dance, yoga, chi-gong, breath-work, meditation, philosophy talks, ceremonies & rituals, sharing circles, shadow work, emotional release and self-enquiry
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Free time to swim at the nearby beach and the private pool, sit at the village square for a coffee or go for a coastline walk in the surrounding countryside
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Access to our communal terraces with lounge areas, library and art supplies and our 4,000 year old underground Healing Cave
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Your own Samudra Eco Journal
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A safe and peaceful environment with our host and practitioners available throughout the retreat for 1:1 support and guidance
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Free pick up from the Gozo harbour and assistance in booking your transport to and from the airport
SLOW
LIVING
Slow Living is a concept where we are living in harmony with the natural flow and rhythm of nature, living in presence and simplicity. Living moment to moment, accepting and opening to each experience along the journey.
In this way of living we find ourselves accessing a deeper layer of life experience, as we live from our true authentic self. A slow lived life enables us to have meaningful relationships and a real understanding of our life purpose. Here we live from the heart, receiving pure happiness not from material wealth, but from the space of real authentic connection.
Living this conscious lifestyle does not mean we are separate from the shadow and pain of life, it just means we are able to accept it easily and embrace the full spectrum of this life experience with more ease and grace.
The intention of this retreat is to provide for you a space to journey into a slow lived life. To reconnect with your most authentic self, living from your heart and expression of your truth.
The Slow Living Retreat is a week-long immersion available all year round.
ISLAND
LIFESTYLE
You will stay in one of our 400-year-old authentic mediterranean farmhouses that sit on a corner of the village of Qala, surrounded by nature, looking onto breathtaking views of the sea and Comino island.
Each house has their own private swimming pool and outdoor terraces to enjoy the sunshine and sea views. With comforting communal areas inside and outside, to connect and be in community. The rooms have been mindfully curated to give you the experience of luxury living combined with a rustic farmhouse feel.
The farmhouses are just a short walking distance to the beach where you can catch the sunrise at dawn followed by a morning swim in the islands crystal clear waters.
Next door to the farmhouses sits our Samudra Shala with our 4,000 year old Healing Cave. The Shala is our sacred space where we host sessions.
With our Early Bird discount when you book 60 days in advance, prices range from just €1,245 for a shared, twin room to €1,845 for a deluxe, private room with a sea view terrace.
ROOMS
Private Deluxe
Our private deluxe rooms are en-suite and have their own private terrace, with unobstructed views of Comino Island and the surrounding Mediterranean Sea. The room is situated on it’s own private floor, providing extra privacy during your stay.
Early Bird Price : €1,845
Private Superior
Our private superior rooms are en-suite and have their own private terrace, with views of Comino Island and the surrounding Mediterranean Sea.
Early Bird Price : €1,795
Private Standard
Our private standard rooms offer an en-suite bathroom or bathroom next door, and you can opt for a room with or without a private terrace. The rooms without private terraces have communal terrace just outside the rooms.
With Private Terrace Early Bird Price : €1,645
Without Private Terrace Early Bird Price : €1,545
Shared Twin
Our shared twin rooms are for two people to share, when you book this room you will be sharing with another guest. The rooms have two single beds and an en-suite. You can decide if you want the room next to the pool terrace, or the standard twin.
Pool Terrace Early Bird Price : €1,345
Standard Early Bird Price : €1,245
FAQ
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None! Majority of our guests are beginners and are looking for a first step into holistic healing and spirituality. Whilst we also have had many experienced guests visit our retreat. The retreat is open to absolutely everyone and anyone, no matter where you are on your path. Holistic practices meet you where you are and therefore you can gain a lot no matter your experience.
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All our meals are vegetarian. We also cater for vegan and gluten free diets which you can tell us in the registration form upon booking. If you have a serious allergy that requires medical attention we will alter the meals to suit your needs.
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Whilst we do welcome many guests with anxiety, depression and recovering illnesses we are not a retreat that claims to heal any illnesses or injuries. We are very welcoming to all guests wishing to take a step in their healing process. We take a holistic approach towards healing and our trained team will assist your recovery. However, if you are seeking to heal a specific concern please contact a doctor/healthcare advisor.
If you are recovering from a physical injury our trained yoga teachers will adjust and adapt the sessions to suit your needs.
If your injury is recent we do not recommend this retreat, please take your healing time as advised by your doctor/medical care professional before joining the retreat.
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Yes! Of course. Majority of our guests are solo travellers. Everyone meets at the retreat and great friendships are formed :-)
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Yes 100% it is very very safe here. We have no crime in Gozo. It is a very small island and everyone knows everyone. You can walk alone at night, leave your front door with a key in and travel around the island alone.
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Yes. Couples can book a private double room to share, both paying the full amount with a 10% discount. Two friends can share a twin room. For more than two you will need to book multiple rooms.
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No. We only allow booking for the entire retreat. This is because the retreat is an immersive journey and designed to take you through a process. We don’t allow any drop ins or shorter stays. However if your flight arrives late we do welcome late comers on the first evening if it is not possible to fly in at another time.
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There is coffee available on the retreat and vegan plant based milk. Whilst we do serve vegan and vegetarian diet we are not against if you wish you go and buy cow milk for your coffee. You are also welcome to eat out if you wish to eat meat products.
We do have a strict policy of no alcohol or drugs on site, however you may go to the local village after sessions in the evenings for a glass of wine or a beer. We do not permit joining any sessions intoxicated.
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No we are strictly do not have any hallucinogenic plant medicines such as mushrooms and Ayahuasca on this retreat. The only plant medicine we have during some ceremonies is cacao which is non hallucinogenic/mind altering medicine. It is pure medicinal cacao from Peru.
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The local beach Hondoq is a 12 minute walk from Samudra Farmhouses. Our farmhouses sit on the corner of Qala village, the last houses before the road to the beach!
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The local village shop has basic products and there is also a local village pharmacy. We recommend bringing with you all of your necessities as these shops are very basic. The main shopping centres and supermarkets are in the centre of the island which is a drive away and can be inconvenient when you are immersed in the full programme. However if there is an emergency and you do need something one of our team will go and pick it up for you.
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Yes there is a Gozo Hospital. Incase of an emergency we will organise medical attention.
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You fly into Malta International Airport. Malta is the main island and Gozo is a 20 minute ferry across.
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Yes. We can organise a private transfer directly from the airport to the retreat centre or from the airport to the ferry terminal. We pick you up from the ferry terminal free of charge.
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Yes! We provide an online gift card if you would like to purchase this retreat for someone else. Please contact us directly love@samudraretreatsgozo.com to enquire.
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Booking
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We ask for a 25% deposit to secure your booking. This can be paid by either credit card or bank transfer.
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The balance of the retreat fee can be paid by credit card or bank transfer in advance to reach us at least 5 days prior to the retreat start date, or it can be paid on arrival by Visa, Visa Electron, Mastercard, Maestro, Amex, VPay, UnionPay, JCB, Bankconnect, iIdeal, icard, or Apple, Google and Samsung Pay.
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* 100% deposit refund for cancellation 60+ days before retreat start date.
* 50% deposit refund for cancellation 30-59 days before retreat start date.
* 0% deposit refund for cancellation 0-29 days before retreat start date.
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If you have paid the fee balance by bank transfer in advance of the retreat start date:
* 100% balance refund for cancellation 60+ days before retreat start date.
* 75% balance refund for cancellation 30-59 days before retreat start date.
* 25% balance refund for cancellation 0-29 days before retreat start date.