Mountains
Vale de Moses
A forest valley for yoga and deep rest
setting
Mountains
where
Oleiros, Portugal
best season
May to September, when the river pools are s…
ideal for
Yoga Retreat
( the feeling of it )
A valley a family spent fifteen years putting back together, one schist stone at a time.
( the story )
A family-run yoga retreat in a remote forested valley near Oleiros — four restored schist houses, river pools, waterfalls and food from its own gardens.
( field notes, dawn to night )
A day here
first light
Practice above the valley, mist still lying in the folds of it below you.
breakfast
Everything from the gardens here or a neighbour's, and far more of it than you meant to eat.
afternoon
Down the moss-lined path to the river pools, and into water cold enough to reset you.
dusk
The mills going quiet, the forest getting loud, and dinner at a long table.
( worth underlining )
What sets it apart
What you can do
On the property
( plan your stay )
You remember that quiet is not an absence of sound — it's a valley with a river in it and nothing else asking.
Come up the valley.
best time to visit — May to September, when the river pools are swimmable and the valley is at its greenest. Retreat weeks run through the warm months.
( keep wandering )
