cooking - Reiki - yoga
re-alignment from the inside out
Relax, renew, and recharge at the serene sanctuary called The Healing Tree. They welcome you to their healing space and home, a three bedroom 400-year old Gozitan farmhouse offering comfort, charm, and tranquility. Join Andrea and the house of women, as they guide and lead you for 5 days of yoga, cooking, juicing, energy healing, self-care, and inner exploration. This retreat focuses on food and you will learn about vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, and fish meals (optional) through cooking and baking. Daily outdoor private yoga classes, experience sunrise and sunset, cooking and juicing together, and daily card readings in which you will rest, restore, and feel rejuvenated. You will also receive 1 healing session with Andrea.
Allow yourself the opportunity to let go of the pain, suffering, and discomfort that has accumulated in the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Be supported to embrace and meet your inner world. Receive tools on how to cultivate your relationship with yourself and how to relax in the discomfort of what arises within you. Honor yourself through time and space in a safe, nurturing, guided healing sanctuary. Andrea will also be on hand for one-on-one individual and personal support and guidance if needed.
This retreat focuses on relaxation and food, allowing what has been unseen within to be seen, embraced, and transformed through support and guidance. Techniques, foods, guidance, exercises, and sessions all to support your process. (this retreat is not a replacement for medical assistance or a home for substance withdrawal).
Allow yourself the opportunity to let go of the pain, suffering, and discomfort that has accumulated in the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Be supported to embrace and meet your inner world. Receive tools on how to cultivate your relationship with yourself and how to relax in the discomfort of what arises within you. Honor yourself through time and space in a safe, nurturing, guided healing sanctuary. Andrea will also be on hand for one-on-one individual and personal support and guidance if needed.
This retreat focuses on relaxation and food, allowing what has been unseen within to be seen, embraced, and transformed through support and guidance. Techniques, foods, guidance, exercises, and sessions all to support your process. (this retreat is not a replacement for medical assistance or a home for substance withdrawal).
location
This retreat will take place in the middle of the Mediterranean sea on the island of Gozo in the village of Qala. Gozo, which means 'joy', is a little spit of land sitting in the Mediterranean Sea with unique rocky coastal landscape, waters so crystal-clear and the sky so bright blue that you’ll have to rub your eyes to believe what you are seeing. Gozo is the second largest island of the Maltese Archipelago and is an ideal destination for those who treasure a slow, relaxed rhythm of life and cherish unspoilt countryside and being close to the sea. Baroque churches and old stone farmhouses dot the countryside. The beauty of surrounding nature all around create an ambience of complete peace.
schedule
This is a personal retreat that is conducted in flow, which means, adjusts to the natural rhythms of life and how we feel in the moment.
Each retreat is tailored to what you need at a specific time through diet, yoga practices, guided meditations, healing therapies, guidance, and free time. The schedule is flexible to be most suitable for your needs and reflected by the season.
Schedule
Summer schedule
-Day 1: Arrival
*15:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 2
*08:00 - 08:30 Preparing a fresh juice together
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*11:00 - 12:00 Session with Andrea
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*18:30 - 20:30 Outdoor Yoga, Walk & Sunset
*21:00 Light Dinner
-Day 3
*06:30 - 08:30 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*12:00 - 13:00 Preparing a healthy meal together
*13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
16:00 - 17:00 Cooking Class
*20:00 Light Dinner
-Day 4
*06:30 - 08:30 Seaside yoga, meditation, and walk
*09:00 - 10:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*10:00 - 11:00 Card Readings
*12:00 - 13:00 Preparing a healthy meal together
*13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
16:00 - 17:00 Cooking Class
*21:00 Light dinner
-Day 5: Departure
*06:00 - 08:00 Silent sunrise meditation, walk, and swim (optional and weather permitting)
*09:00 - 10:00 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*12:00 Check out
Winter schedule
-Day 1: Arrival
*15:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 2
*08:00 - 08:30 Preparing a fresh juice together
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*11:00 - 12:00 Session with Andrea
*15:30 - 17:30 Outdoor Yoga, Walk & Sunset
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 3
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside yoga, meditation, and walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*15:00 - 16:00 Cooking class
*17:00 - 18:00 Preparing a healthy meal together
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 4
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside yoga, meditation, and walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*15:00 - 16:00 Cooking class
*17:00 - 18:00 Preparing a healthy dinner together
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 5: Departure
*06:30 - 08:30 Silent sunrise meditation, walk, and swim (optional)
*09:00 - 10:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*12:00 Check out
*Karma yoga performed daily, which is, together we clean up after meals washing, drying, and putting away the dishes. You are always welcome to help water the plants in the garden or garden if you wish too.
*If weather does not permit us to be outdoors, yoga sessions will be in the cave.
*Thursday evenings from 19:00-20:30 are self-care sessions.
*During Full Moon, there is the option to participate in an Ecstatic Dance and / Kirtan €5 each offering.
Each retreat is tailored to what you need at a specific time through diet, yoga practices, guided meditations, healing therapies, guidance, and free time. The schedule is flexible to be most suitable for your needs and reflected by the season.
Schedule
Summer schedule
-Day 1: Arrival
*15:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 2
*08:00 - 08:30 Preparing a fresh juice together
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*11:00 - 12:00 Session with Andrea
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*18:30 - 20:30 Outdoor Yoga, Walk & Sunset
*21:00 Light Dinner
-Day 3
*06:30 - 08:30 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*12:00 - 13:00 Preparing a healthy meal together
*13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
16:00 - 17:00 Cooking Class
*20:00 Light Dinner
-Day 4
*06:30 - 08:30 Seaside yoga, meditation, and walk
*09:00 - 10:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*10:00 - 11:00 Card Readings
*12:00 - 13:00 Preparing a healthy meal together
*13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
16:00 - 17:00 Cooking Class
*21:00 Light dinner
-Day 5: Departure
*06:00 - 08:00 Silent sunrise meditation, walk, and swim (optional and weather permitting)
*09:00 - 10:00 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*12:00 Check out
Winter schedule
-Day 1: Arrival
*15:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 2
*08:00 - 08:30 Preparing a fresh juice together
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*11:00 - 12:00 Session with Andrea
*15:30 - 17:30 Outdoor Yoga, Walk & Sunset
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 3
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside yoga, meditation, and walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*15:00 - 16:00 Cooking class
*17:00 - 18:00 Preparing a healthy meal together
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 4
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside yoga, meditation, and walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*15:00 - 16:00 Cooking class
*17:00 - 18:00 Preparing a healthy dinner together
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 5: Departure
*06:30 - 08:30 Silent sunrise meditation, walk, and swim (optional)
*09:00 - 10:00 Fresh juice and breakfast
*12:00 Check out
*Karma yoga performed daily, which is, together we clean up after meals washing, drying, and putting away the dishes. You are always welcome to help water the plants in the garden or garden if you wish too.
*If weather does not permit us to be outdoors, yoga sessions will be in the cave.
*Thursday evenings from 19:00-20:30 are self-care sessions.
*During Full Moon, there is the option to participate in an Ecstatic Dance and / Kirtan €5 each offering.
whats included
3 Yoga & Meditation Sessions
4 Walks / Treks (3 with yoga)
1 Sunrise in Silence at ancient Cart Ruts
1 Healing session with Andrea
2 cooking classes, 2 cooking together sessions, 1 juicing session
Daily Card Readings
Optional activities / exercises to cultivate your relationship with yourself
Yoga Sessions with meditation and walk
One-on-one individual and personal support and guidance
Daily Fresh Vegetable Juice or Superfood Smoothie
Free pickup and drop-off from the Gozo ferry
4 nights accommodation
Self-care Thursday evenings
Meals made with organic vegetables from our garden (when available)
Gift yourself the time and opportunity to connect with yourself
Heal and transform in a relaxed, gentle, loving sanctuary
A healing environment surrounded by sun and sea
Free pickup and drop-off from the Gozo ferry
4 Walks / Treks (3 with yoga)
1 Sunrise in Silence at ancient Cart Ruts
1 Healing session with Andrea
2 cooking classes, 2 cooking together sessions, 1 juicing session
Daily Card Readings
Optional activities / exercises to cultivate your relationship with yourself
Yoga Sessions with meditation and walk
One-on-one individual and personal support and guidance
Daily Fresh Vegetable Juice or Superfood Smoothie
Free pickup and drop-off from the Gozo ferry
4 nights accommodation
Self-care Thursday evenings
Meals made with organic vegetables from our garden (when available)
Gift yourself the time and opportunity to connect with yourself
Heal and transform in a relaxed, gentle, loving sanctuary
A healing environment surrounded by sun and sea
Free pickup and drop-off from the Gozo ferry
accomodation
The retreat will be held in a 400-year-old farmhouse built of the local Maltese limestone, which has been renovated and kept in old-modern style, offering comfort, charm, and relaxation. The house is set on three floors with two en-suite queen bedrooms, a healing therapy cave, a fully equipped kitchen, a living room, fireplace, and a private pool overlooking Comino and Malta.
Enjoy the most sought after views in the Maltese Islands with beaches, valleys, and lovely coastal walks all around. The farmhouse offers a warm, sensual, and idyllic sanctuary to re-generate and re-invent yourself.
The Healing Tree has a community garden behind the house and uses in season vegetables and herbs when in available. We also buy fresh goat cheese, goat milk, and free range eggs from our neighbor, who is a shepherd and can be seen walking her sheep and goats daily by the house. The Healing Tree accommodation is simple, modest, and nurturing. You will be well looked after and nurtured as all your basic needs are provided for.
The Healing Tree space does not have a television but it does have a large table for you to share and support one another. The triangular common area kitchen, dining room, and living room are the heart of the home. Located just below your room is the healing cave where healing therapies and session take place.
You will stay in a private bedroom, the Pool Room, which has an en-suite bathroom. It is the middle room, which connects to the common areas, has one queen bed and an en-suite bathroom. It has a door that connects directly to the pool. The bathroom also has a bathtub. It is the oldest room in the house and displays traditional Maltese tiles as well as high ceilings. The room is ideal for dream, relaxation, connecting within, and connection to water.
Fresh towels and linens, a pool towel, and a hairdryer are provided. There is Wi-Fi and each room is equipped with a gas heater for winter and a fan for summer.
Andrea lives in the home along with the affectionate and friendly cats: Azue, Molly, Blackie, Mama, and Tigre (who are outdoor and indoor cats).
Enjoy the most sought after views in the Maltese Islands with beaches, valleys, and lovely coastal walks all around. The farmhouse offers a warm, sensual, and idyllic sanctuary to re-generate and re-invent yourself.
The Healing Tree has a community garden behind the house and uses in season vegetables and herbs when in available. We also buy fresh goat cheese, goat milk, and free range eggs from our neighbor, who is a shepherd and can be seen walking her sheep and goats daily by the house. The Healing Tree accommodation is simple, modest, and nurturing. You will be well looked after and nurtured as all your basic needs are provided for.
The Healing Tree space does not have a television but it does have a large table for you to share and support one another. The triangular common area kitchen, dining room, and living room are the heart of the home. Located just below your room is the healing cave where healing therapies and session take place.
You will stay in a private bedroom, the Pool Room, which has an en-suite bathroom. It is the middle room, which connects to the common areas, has one queen bed and an en-suite bathroom. It has a door that connects directly to the pool. The bathroom also has a bathtub. It is the oldest room in the house and displays traditional Maltese tiles as well as high ceilings. The room is ideal for dream, relaxation, connecting within, and connection to water.
Fresh towels and linens, a pool towel, and a hairdryer are provided. There is Wi-Fi and each room is equipped with a gas heater for winter and a fan for summer.
Andrea lives in the home along with the affectionate and friendly cats: Azue, Molly, Blackie, Mama, and Tigre (who are outdoor and indoor cats).
food
All meals are vegetarian/vegan and usually gluten-free and it can be bio and organic when available. The meals are a combination of hot, warm, cool food depending on the weather. Meals can be eaten together or solo, outside on the terrace (weather permitting), picnic-style, or indoors.
Summer meals include fresh juice or superfood smoothie, breakfast, lunch, and a light dinner. Winter meals include fresh juice or superfood smoothie, breakfast, dinner, and snacks.
Meals are prepared by Andrea or vegan chef Petra, who has extensive experience as a vegan raw chef here on the islands and cooking for retreats.
One fresh juice or superfood smoothie will be offered daily with the exception of days off.
Example menus (not limited to the examples. 1 option served per meal)
Brunch / Breakfast
*Fresh local fruit or vegetable juice
*Fresh local fruit or vegetable superfood smoothie
*Warm spicy porridge with fruits, nuts, or seeds
*Soaked chia seeds in coconut milk with local fruit
*Spinach pie
*Chia pudding with granola
*Overnight porridge
*Forrest fruit or apple vanilla crumble
*Gluten-free onion and herbal bread with hummus and veggies
Lunch / Dinner
*Indian daal with cumin rice and/or papad
*Mushroom rosemary risotto
*Cashew cream gluten free vegan lasagne
*Tomato and mushroom thyme polenta
*Shepherd's pie with vegan meat
*Cannelloni with fresh goat/sheep cheese and spinach
*Coconut curry with cardamon seeds
*Asian stir fry with peanut butter sauce
*Tagliatelle with creamy mushroom sauce
- Light dinner (summer) is a hearty soup served with gluten free crackers or gluten free bread
- Snacks available include fresh fruit, an assortment of nuts and dried fruits, dark chocolate, dips (hummus, pesto, and bean), granola bars, energy balls, rice crackers, and fresh vegetables.
Summer meals include fresh juice or superfood smoothie, breakfast, lunch, and a light dinner. Winter meals include fresh juice or superfood smoothie, breakfast, dinner, and snacks.
Meals are prepared by Andrea or vegan chef Petra, who has extensive experience as a vegan raw chef here on the islands and cooking for retreats.
One fresh juice or superfood smoothie will be offered daily with the exception of days off.
Example menus (not limited to the examples. 1 option served per meal)
Brunch / Breakfast
*Fresh local fruit or vegetable juice
*Fresh local fruit or vegetable superfood smoothie
*Warm spicy porridge with fruits, nuts, or seeds
*Soaked chia seeds in coconut milk with local fruit
*Spinach pie
*Chia pudding with granola
*Overnight porridge
*Forrest fruit or apple vanilla crumble
*Gluten-free onion and herbal bread with hummus and veggies
Lunch / Dinner
*Indian daal with cumin rice and/or papad
*Mushroom rosemary risotto
*Cashew cream gluten free vegan lasagne
*Tomato and mushroom thyme polenta
*Shepherd's pie with vegan meat
*Cannelloni with fresh goat/sheep cheese and spinach
*Coconut curry with cardamon seeds
*Asian stir fry with peanut butter sauce
*Tagliatelle with creamy mushroom sauce
- Light dinner (summer) is a hearty soup served with gluten free crackers or gluten free bread
- Snacks available include fresh fruit, an assortment of nuts and dried fruits, dark chocolate, dips (hummus, pesto, and bean), granola bars, energy balls, rice crackers, and fresh vegetables.
price
Due to the wave of change, its more important than ever to return within
and remember what you are and why you are here
and remember what you are and why you are here
December - March (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €825
April - May, November (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €875
June, October (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €900
July - August (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €1000
September (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €950
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €825
April - May, November (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €875
June, October (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €900
July - August (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €1000
September (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €950
how to get here
Bus:
There is a direct bus X1 (€2) that will take you from the airport directly to the Gozo Ferry Terminal. The journey by bus takes over an hour and you will enjoy some nice views of Malta on the way.
Taxi:
I can also organise a taxi from the airport to the ferry terminal in Malta (Cirkewwa) and the cost is around €25. Please send your flight details and exact arrival time.
Car:
Specific directions and location available upon request.
Malta - Gozo Ferry
You will be picked up and dropped off from the ferry terminal in Gozo.
It takes 25 minutes to cross to Gozo. You only pay for the ferry when you leave the island (€4.65).
There is a direct bus X1 (€2) that will take you from the airport directly to the Gozo Ferry Terminal. The journey by bus takes over an hour and you will enjoy some nice views of Malta on the way.
Taxi:
I can also organise a taxi from the airport to the ferry terminal in Malta (Cirkewwa) and the cost is around €25. Please send your flight details and exact arrival time.
Car:
Specific directions and location available upon request.
Malta - Gozo Ferry
You will be picked up and dropped off from the ferry terminal in Gozo.
It takes 25 minutes to cross to Gozo. You only pay for the ferry when you leave the island (€4.65).
Booking
Deposits are non-refundable
In order to confirm your place, we request a 50% deposit.
In the unlikely event that you are unable to travel due to Covid restrictions, your deposit is then fully transferrable. This is valid up to 10 days before the start of the retreat
The rest of the payment should be paid upon arrival.
Participants are expected to arrange their own flights and travel/health insurance.
Contact
Whatsapp +356 79055240
TheHealingTreeAndreaLRidgway@gmail.com
Deposits are non-refundable
In order to confirm your place, we request a 50% deposit.
In the unlikely event that you are unable to travel due to Covid restrictions, your deposit is then fully transferrable. This is valid up to 10 days before the start of the retreat
The rest of the payment should be paid upon arrival.
Participants are expected to arrange their own flights and travel/health insurance.
Contact
Whatsapp +356 79055240
TheHealingTreeAndreaLRidgway@gmail.com