silent Meditation and Walking retreat
“Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Unplug. No phone. Time to hear yourself think. Re-discover or discover for the first time your personal truth at this moment as you listen , acknowledge, accept, and embrace the world within you 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 several days of silence, self-inquiry, self-care, and inner and island exploration. Daily treks to places of power, daily card readings, and play the insightful Game of Transformation.
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.
Since the world around us is merely a reflection of the world within us, it is not so much what happens in the world but how it affects us. What is the inner dialogue that we continue to water day after day? When we listen to ourselves, are we what we think? Who is it that is speaking? The voice within is our friend or enemy or both?
The silent retreat allows us to listen, to get to know and befriend the voice within. It allows a space and time to hear yourself, and after you have heard and witnessed all the unsaid remarks, you are able to be in a space that is quiet, and without thoughts or internal dialogue or remarks.
Allows your thoughts to inspire you. Gather inspiration of the purest and cleanest form as we spend the majority of our time together walking and trekking in nature. Allow your conversation to be spoken and heard and shared with nature as we explore and traverse sacred sites, crystal lands, and fossilized lands.
If you are looking for answers around you, let this retreat answer your question. Find the answer yourself within you and also confirmed by that of nature. It may be through a bird, a crystal you unearth, a sunset, whatever way it presents itself to you, allow and gift yourself to opportunity to re-discover your power that you had the answer all along.
Suitable for any level and any age. Beginner and experienced all welcome and encouraged.
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.
Since the world around us is merely a reflection of the world within us, it is not so much what happens in the world but how it affects us. What is the inner dialogue that we continue to water day after day? When we listen to ourselves, are we what we think? Who is it that is speaking? The voice within is our friend or enemy or both?
The silent retreat allows us to listen, to get to know and befriend the voice within. It allows a space and time to hear yourself, and after you have heard and witnessed all the unsaid remarks, you are able to be in a space that is quiet, and without thoughts or internal dialogue or remarks.
Allows your thoughts to inspire you. Gather inspiration of the purest and cleanest form as we spend the majority of our time together walking and trekking in nature. Allow your conversation to be spoken and heard and shared with nature as we explore and traverse sacred sites, crystal lands, and fossilized lands.
If you are looking for answers around you, let this retreat answer your question. Find the answer yourself within you and also confirmed by that of nature. It may be through a bird, a crystal you unearth, a sunset, whatever way it presents itself to you, allow and gift yourself to opportunity to re-discover your power that you had the answer all along.
Suitable for any level and any age. Beginner and experienced all welcome and encouraged.
location
Welcome to the healing sanctuary and home of The Healing Tree. Located 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 a 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 unspoiled countryside and being close to the sea. The beauty of surrounding nature all around create an ambiance of complete peace.
The Healing Tree welcomes you to our Gozitan farmhouse built of the local Maltese limestone, which has been renovated and kept in old-modern style, offering comfort, charm, and relaxation. Set on three floors with three en-suite bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen and living room overlooking the private pool and nature views of Gozo and sea views of the Blue Lagoon, Comino, and Malta. There is also a cave room, where you have your treatment session or indoor yoga classes take place (if weather is not permitting). There is also a community garden behind the home (less active in summer due to the heat).
Andrea lives in the home along with the affectionate and friendly cats: Azue, Molly, Blackie, Mama, and Tigre (who are outdoor and indoor cats).
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 unspoiled countryside and being close to the sea. The beauty of surrounding nature all around create an ambiance of complete peace.
The Healing Tree welcomes you to our Gozitan farmhouse built of the local Maltese limestone, which has been renovated and kept in old-modern style, offering comfort, charm, and relaxation. Set on three floors with three en-suite bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen and living room overlooking the private pool and nature views of Gozo and sea views of the Blue Lagoon, Comino, and Malta. There is also a cave room, where you have your treatment session or indoor yoga classes take place (if weather is not permitting). There is also a community garden behind the home (less active in summer due to the heat).
Andrea lives in the home along with the affectionate and friendly cats: Azue, Molly, Blackie, Mama, and Tigre (who are outdoor and indoor cats).
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, treks, sessions, healing therapies, guidance, and free time. The schedule is flexible to be most suitable for your needs and reflected by the season.
Day 1, Arrival
*15:00 - 16:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Day 2
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*13:00 - 15:00 Game of Transformation
*16:00 Enter Silence
*16:30 - 18:30 Walk and sunset meditation (trek)
*19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Day 3
*06:30 - 08:30 Sunrise walking meditation (trek)
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*15:30 - 17:30 Walk and sunset meditation (trek)
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
*19:30 - 20:30 Self-Inquiry Session
Day 4
*06:30 - 08:30 Sunrise walking meditation (trek)
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*15:30 - 17:30 Walk and sunset meditation (trek)
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
*19:30 - 20:30 Self-Inquiry Session
Day 5, Departure
*06:30 - 08:30 Sunrise walking meditation (trek)
*08:30 Silence Ends
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*12:00 Check out and departure
*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 EUR each offering.
Each retreat is tailored to what you need at a specific time through diet, treks, sessions, healing therapies, guidance, and free time. The schedule is flexible to be most suitable for your needs and reflected by the season.
Day 1, Arrival
*15:00 - 16:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Day 2
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*13:00 - 15:00 Game of Transformation
*16:00 Enter Silence
*16:30 - 18:30 Walk and sunset meditation (trek)
*19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Day 3
*06:30 - 08:30 Sunrise walking meditation (trek)
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*15:30 - 17:30 Walk and sunset meditation (trek)
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
*19:30 - 20:30 Self-Inquiry Session
Day 4
*06:30 - 08:30 Sunrise walking meditation (trek)
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*15:30 - 17:30 Walk and sunset meditation (trek)
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
*19:30 - 20:30 Self-Inquiry Session
Day 5, Departure
*06:30 - 08:30 Sunrise walking meditation (trek)
*08:30 Silence Ends
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*12:00 Check out and departure
*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 EUR each offering.
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: €750
April - May, November (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €800
The price includes a private queen bed room with en-suite bathroom, all materials, daily meals & snacks, and pick-up and drop-off from the Gozo ferry.
*Opportunity to leave at any time and stay extra nights before and after the retreat. Please ask about possibilities of extra nights when making a reservation.
Optional Activity:
Please book your space at the time of reserving your place
*60 min of Energetic Healing Treatment & Consultation — at €75
*Reflexology or Massage Treatments available upon request - at €50 per hour
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €750
April - May, November (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €800
The price includes a private queen bed room with en-suite bathroom, all materials, daily meals & snacks, and pick-up and drop-off from the Gozo ferry.
*Opportunity to leave at any time and stay extra nights before and after the retreat. Please ask about possibilities of extra nights when making a reservation.
Optional Activity:
Please book your space at the time of reserving your place
*60 min of Energetic Healing Treatment & Consultation — at €75
*Reflexology or Massage Treatments available upon request - at €50 per hour
What's included
Daily Walks / Treks
1 Sunrise in Silence at ancient Cart Ruts
1 Game of Transformation
Self-inquiry Sessions
Daily Card Readings
Optional activities / exercises to cultivate your relationship with yourself
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
Visit a Sacred Site of Crystal and Feminine Civilization (sunrise walk - optional)
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
1 Sunrise in Silence at ancient Cart Ruts
1 Game of Transformation
Self-inquiry Sessions
Daily Card Readings
Optional activities / exercises to cultivate your relationship with yourself
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
Visit a Sacred Site of Crystal and Feminine Civilization (sunrise walk - optional)
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
Accommodation
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.
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.
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.
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).
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
Participants are expected to arrange their own flights and travel/health insurance.
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
Participants are expected to arrange their own flights and travel/health insurance.