Yoga - SACRED FEMININE SITES
AGUAHARA / floatation therapy
GAME OF TRANSFORMATION - MASSAGE - Cycle Sessions
Awaken your inner goddess
Remember and return to your essence: that of the feminine, here the serene sanctuary and home called The Healing Tree. The Healing Tree welcomes you to their healing space, a 400-year old Gozitan farmhouse offering comfort, charm, and tranquility. Join Andrea and the house of women, as they will guide and lead you for five days of morning outdoor yoga, walks, water dance or sunset ecstatic dance, visiting sacred feminine sites, and the enjoyment and the true embodiment of being a woman. You will also experience one massage, a personal consultation with Iris from Cycle Seeds regarding your body and its natural cycle, the Game of Transformation, nature excursions, meals made with love and fresh from our garden (when possible) in a warm, supportive environment that allows and accepts you to be your authentic self.
Allow yourself the opportunity to let go of the pain, suffering, and discomfort that has accumulated in the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Dive deep in your loving embrace and understanding of yourself and the life around you. 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.
Allow yourself the opportunity to let go of the pain, suffering, and discomfort that has accumulated in the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Dive deep in your loving embrace and understanding of yourself and the life around you. 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.
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 retreat focuses on the feminine within and around you and offers you plenty of time and space to enjoy the island as well as pamper yourself. Daily outdoor private yoga classes, sunrises, aguahara / water dance / floatation therapy, play the insightful game of transformation, a healing massage session, daily card readings, a private session with Cycle Seeds Iris, visiting powerful sacred feminine sites, and enjoying beaches and island life will help you rest, restore, and feel rejuvenated.
Your room is equipped with a queen bed, an en-suite bathroom, heater, fan, and use of the common area, kitchen, fireplace, and swimming pool. There is also a healing cave in which indoor therapies and yoga classes (depending on weather) are held.
Each retreat is tailored to what you need at a specific time through diet, yoga practices, guided meditations, healing therapies, guided walks, and free time.
Your room is equipped with a queen bed, an en-suite bathroom, heater, fan, and use of the common area, kitchen, fireplace, and swimming pool. There is also a healing cave in which indoor therapies and yoga classes (depending on weather) are held.
Each retreat is tailored to what you need at a specific time through diet, yoga practices, guided meditations, healing therapies, guided walks, and free time.
Summer Schedule
-Day 1: Arrival
*15:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 2
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*11:00 - 12:00 Massage
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*18:30 - 20:30 Outdoor Yoga, Walk & Sunset
*21:00 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 3
*07:00 - 09:00 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*17:00 - 21:00 Game of Transformation
*21:00 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 4
*07:00 - 09:00 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*16:00 - 17:00 Visit the Mother Temple: Ggantija
*17:00 - 19:00 Walk / Trek to Sacred Feminine Sites
*20:00 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 5
*07:00 - 09:00 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*15:30 - 16:30 Private Cycle Seeds Session with Iris
*17:00 - 18:00 Aguahara / Water Dance / Floatation Therapy
*19:30 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 6: Departure
*06:00 - 8:30 Silent Sunrise Meditation, Walk, and Swim (optional)
*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
*8:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Brunch
*09:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*12:30 - 13:30 Massage
*15:30 - 17:30 Outdoor Yin 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 & Brunch
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*13:00 - 17:00 Game of Transformation
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 4
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh Juice & Brunch
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*14:00 - 16:00 Walk / Trek to Sacred Feminine Sites
*16:00 - 17:00 Visit the Mother Temple: Ggantija
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 5
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh Juice & Brunch
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Private Cycle Seeds Session with Iris
*15:00 - 16:00 Aguahara / Water Dance / Floatation Therapy
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 6: Departure
*06:30 - 08:30 Silent Sunrise Meditation, Walk, and Swim (optional)
*09:30 - 10:30 Brunch
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*12:00 Check out
-Day 1: Arrival
*15:00 Check in
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 2
*08:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*9:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*11:00 - 12:00 Massage
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*18:30 - 20:30 Outdoor Yoga, Walk & Sunset
*21:00 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 3
*07:00 - 09:00 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*17:00 - 21:00 Game of Transformation
*21:00 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 4
*07:00 - 09:00 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*16:00 - 17:00 Visit the Mother Temple: Ggantija
*17:00 - 19:00 Walk / Trek to Sacred Feminine Sites
*20:00 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 5
*07:00 - 09:00 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*09:30 - 10:30 Fresh Juice & Breakfast
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
*15:30 - 16:30 Private Cycle Seeds Session with Iris
*17:00 - 18:00 Aguahara / Water Dance / Floatation Therapy
*19:30 Light Dinner (optional)
-Day 6: Departure
*06:00 - 8:30 Silent Sunrise Meditation, Walk, and Swim (optional)
*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
*8:30 - 09:30 Fresh Juice & Brunch
*09:30 - 10:30 Card Readings
*12:30 - 13:30 Massage
*15:30 - 17:30 Outdoor Yin 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 & Brunch
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*13:00 - 17:00 Game of Transformation
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 4
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh Juice & Brunch
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*14:00 - 16:00 Walk / Trek to Sacred Feminine Sites
*16:00 - 17:00 Visit the Mother Temple: Ggantija
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 5
*07:30 - 09:30 Seaside Yoga, Meditation, and Walk
*10:00 - 11:00 Fresh Juice & Brunch
*11:00 - 12:00 Card Readings
*14:00 - 15:00 Private Cycle Seeds Session with Iris
*15:00 - 16:00 Aguahara / Water Dance / Floatation Therapy
*18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
-Day 6: Departure
*06:30 - 08:30 Silent Sunrise Meditation, Walk, and Swim (optional)
*09:30 - 10:30 Brunch
*10:30 - 11:30 Card Readings
*12:00 Check out
what is included
4 Yoga & Meditation Sessions
5 Walks / Treks (4 with yoga)
1 Sunrise in Silence
1 Private Cycle Seeds Session with Iris
1 Healing Massage Treatment
1 Game of Transformation
1 Aguahara / Water Dance Session / Floatation Therapy
Daily Card Readings
Optional activities / exercises to cultivate your relationship with yourself
Entrance and tour of the Mother Temples including Ggantija
Visit Sacred Sites of Crystal and Feminine Civilizations
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
Meals made with organic vegetables from the garden (when available)
5 nights quality accommodation
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
5 Walks / Treks (4 with yoga)
1 Sunrise in Silence
1 Private Cycle Seeds Session with Iris
1 Healing Massage Treatment
1 Game of Transformation
1 Aguahara / Water Dance Session / Floatation Therapy
Daily Card Readings
Optional activities / exercises to cultivate your relationship with yourself
Entrance and tour of the Mother Temples including Ggantija
Visit Sacred Sites of Crystal and Feminine Civilizations
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
Meals made with organic vegetables from the garden (when available)
5 nights quality accommodation
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
accomodation
The Healing Tree welcomes you to their healing space, 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 three en-suite bedrooms, a healing therapy cave, a fully equipped kitchen, a living room, fireplace, and a private pool overlooking Comino and Malta. The farmhouse offers a warm, sensual, and idyllic sanctuary to re-generate and re-invent yourself.
You will find fresh lemon turmeric water available as well as fresh herbal teas. Both the indoor and outdoor living spaces are comfortable and inviting - a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere to be in and enjoy. The Healing Tree also shares their home with their warm loving cats Molly, Tigre, Blackie, and Azue.
You will stay in a private bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Fresh towels and linens, 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.
Pool Room
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, and connection to water.
Earth Room
The lower room, which is partially underground, has one queen bed and an en-suite bathroom. It connects to the healing cave. It is the quietest room in the home. The room is ideal as for deep introspection and meditation. The energy of the room and its cave have been known as an initiation room, where you are able to meet, embrace, and unlock awareness and power that has previously held you back.
Massages, sessions with Andrea, and yoga - weather not permitting in winter - will be held in the cave (only for those on retreat). We kindly ask you to allow us to pass through the room to the cave. All other uses of the cave are by discretion of the guest in this room.
The house is set on three floors with three en-suite bedrooms, a healing therapy cave, a fully equipped kitchen, a living room, fireplace, and a private pool overlooking Comino and Malta. The farmhouse offers a warm, sensual, and idyllic sanctuary to re-generate and re-invent yourself.
You will find fresh lemon turmeric water available as well as fresh herbal teas. Both the indoor and outdoor living spaces are comfortable and inviting - a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere to be in and enjoy. The Healing Tree also shares their home with their warm loving cats Molly, Tigre, Blackie, and Azue.
You will stay in a private bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Fresh towels and linens, 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.
Pool Room
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, and connection to water.
Earth Room
The lower room, which is partially underground, has one queen bed and an en-suite bathroom. It connects to the healing cave. It is the quietest room in the home. The room is ideal as for deep introspection and meditation. The energy of the room and its cave have been known as an initiation room, where you are able to meet, embrace, and unlock awareness and power that has previously held you back.
Massages, sessions with Andrea, and yoga - weather not permitting in winter - will be held in the cave (only for those on retreat). We kindly ask you to allow us to pass through the room to the cave. All other uses of the cave are by discretion of the guest in this room.
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 are eaten together, family-style with always an option for second helpings outside on the terrace (weather permitting), picnic-style, or indoors together.
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
-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 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
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
-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 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
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: €900
April - May, November (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €925
June, October (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €950
July - August (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €1100
September (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €1000
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €900
April - May, November (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €925
June, October (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €950
July - August (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €1100
September (excludes holidays)
Pool & Earth Room:
1 Person Private: €1000
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