Self-Sufficiency Retreat

My beloved fellow humans,

Questions: Why do you need to retreat? Where do you need to retreat? How would you like to retreat?

Answers: Answer these questions to yourself first and then read my ideas about our gathering to figure out if I can assist you in YOUR process of living with presence. There is nothing that other people can do to you or for you. Loving ones can only be your assistants in your doing and in your being. I'm glad to have found my assistants, so I speak from experience.

Self-Sufficiency in the title refers to the freedom you have to choose the lodging, restaurant, tavern or home cooked food, day of arrival and departure of your choice and so much more. Let me be your assistant in the process, giving you my best recommendations regarding everything from hotels to museums and day-trips, alongside my personal favorites on the island and in Athens. Happy to assist you with your Athens stay as well and reveal the hidden gems I have discovered in the heart of the city through the years. This way we can build your stay around the price range you prefer, while avoiding the touristic traps. Render yourself a co-organizer of this experience and together we’ll create the space you need to feel supported, heard and seen. Moreover each of you will get some private time with me, for massage, sound bath or both. As I’ve mentioned before, the idea here is that different people have different needs, but most importantly, different people have different needs on different days. Whether you resonate with any of that or not, give yourself a chance to coming one step closer to a more present You, since together we may find a better way anyways. As long as we set this intention out there.

Inspiration: Community has provided a solid safety net in my life since I was a child, starting with my relationship with my sisters & friends.Who teaches us that we have to be equally beautiful within? Or that the opposite of strength is softness and not weakness? Oh! And the opposite of efficient is slow/self-paced/flowy. These are examples of the feminine & masculine qualities within us, that should go hand in hand and one should not overshadow the other. Let’s work on that life project together. Our tools will be practices that for some of us are soul-fueling: yoga, concentration/meditation, sound baths, Thai massage, hiking, cooking, hanging-out or hanging…in, sharing, walking, observing change or NO change (still an observation), swimming, spending time in nature, breathing consciously.

This is a gift from you to you, so feel free to create it.
May we join this gathering as individuals and may we leave with one heart.

From my heart to yours,

Namaste
Maria