Healthy Workation for Zentrepreneurs
with Winni & Gertrud
Oct 6-12, 2024
Are you an eager self-employed human but sometimes lack focus and drive? Or so absorbed with the daily tasks that little to no time is left to take a step back and optimize the broader picture of your projects? Also, do you want to (keep) prioritise(ing) your health, deep down knowing that a healthy functioning body and mind are key to create & thrive? Then this retreat is for you.
Winni & I both have a strong health science background (in fact, we got to know each other during our PhD experiments) and we also both got extremely intrigued by alternative and natural approaches to health and living. As freelancing health engineers, we just know firsthand how a holistic approach to all aspects of health can upgrade all facets of life. Including your business.
In this retreat, we combine a holiday in lush Portuguese natural splendor with a health retreat that focuses on health tools specific to find and/or elevate your creative flow. You will be fed delicious nutritious meals specifically designed to support sharp thinking, you’ll get daily movement sessions (remember – ‘the way you move is the way you think’), you’ll have nature outings (waterfalls, cave exploring, surf beaches, forrests – yes, portugal has it all!), you’ll rest ‘n relax during yummy meditation or yoga nidra sessions or in your free time in the pool or our private forrest (!), you’ll meet and connect with a small group of enthusiastic open-minded humans and, you’ll get daily curated focus sessions.
What does that last one mean exactly – ‘curated focus sessions’? Well, over the course of our week together, we’ll guide you through stimulating thought processes to streamline the way you create your business. It might reshape some elements that not function very well, it might give you new ideas or finally make you kick off some long-awaiting ones, it might remove some aspects that have basically been a waste of your time, … in short, it will make things clear. And clarity is the best starting point to make some magic happen, isn’t it?
Practically, each session will start with a short intro by us to make clear on what the focus of the day is and after that you get to work ON your business. Of course, if all is set up meticulously already, you can use that time to work IN your business as well 😉
Sounds pretty good doesn’t it?
FOR WHO IS THIS RETREAT
This healthy workation retreat is for freelancers, entrepreneurs, people who hustle side-projects, those who want to start on their own or want to turn a hobby project into their side or main gig. During this retreat, you’ll be offered and guided through healthy living tools to discover and support your optimal creation & work flow.
We limit this retreat to a maximum of 14 participants so make sure you grab your spot.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
- 6 (or 7 nights) in our exquisite retreat venue
- All delicious & nutritious meals included (copious brunch, dinner, snacks)
- Daily movement sessions
- Brain Food workshop
- Healthy Habits workshop
- Daily curated focus times
- Waterfall excursion
- Cave exploration (Mira de Aire Cave)
- Nature hike
- Trip to Nazaré beach (famous for wavesurfing)
OPTIONAL
kajak, surfing, mountainbiking, paragliding
NOT INCLUDED
- Flights (closest airport is Lisbon, but Porto is also an option)
- Travel & health insurance
LOCATION & ACCOMMODATION
Our retreat venue is set in Minde, a beautiful nature town in mid-Portugal. The Villa has 7 air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms and an extra one for 4 people, free Wi-Fi and high standards of comfort. It was completely rebuilt from a rural landhouse and lots of original features were kept to reminisce of other times. We have our own yoga room, a large living and kitchen area, a lounge with terrace, outdoor pool, and even private woods.
How to get there
The closest international airport is Lisbon. By car from Lisbon airport, it is about an 1 hour drive. Another option is to fy to Porto. Porto airport is an approximate 2 hour drive from our venue. You might want to rent a car for the week or you can ask us to arrange transport to and from the airport.
INVESTMENT
150€ EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT when you book before May 31, 2024!
Share a Quad room with Ensuite Bathroom – early bird price: 1640€ / normal price: 1790€
Share a Twin or Double room with Ensuite Bathroom – early bird price: 1840€ / normal price: 1990€
Single room with Ensuite Bathroom – early bird price: 2690€ / normal price: 2840€
PAYMENT AND REFUND POLICY
Your spot is booked once a 50% payment has been received. The other half is to be paid latest 2 weeks before the start of the retreat.
If for any reason you have to cancel, you will receive 70% refund of your deposit if you cancel at least 10 weeks before the start of the retreat. If you cancel between 10 and 5 weeks before the retreat, you will get 40% refund of your deposit. If you cancel only 2 weeks or less before the start of the retreat, your deposit payment cannot be refunded.
If we have to cancel for whatever reason, you will of course receive a full refund!
Contact us if you wish to pay in 3 or more instalments.
ABOUT WINNI
Winni graduated as a Bioengineer (2007) and obtained her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the Institute of Tropical Medicine. Idealistic, she started a career in the pharmaceutical industry. It soon became clear that this was not the environment in which she could fully develop. The feeling of having people take chronic medication clashed enormously with her vision of health.
Two children, 2 burnouts, 2 courses later (basic medical knowledge and orthomolecular nutrition), she made the switch to functional diagnostics in 2019 where symptom medicine gave way to systems medicine. She obtained another master’s degree in clinical Psycho-Neuro-Immunology and diplomas as a career counselor and yoga teacher.
Since 2022, as a health engineer, she coaches other “bon vivants” in their quest for optimal (gut) health and (living) their life goals. She also gives workshops around fermentation (sourdough, vegetables, kombucha) and guides retreats to lead people to their desired version of themselves.
Winni has a positive infectious energy, drive and enthusiasm that will take you on a wave towards a more energetic (healthier) version of yourself.
