YONIVERSO RETREAT

Ericeira, Portugal | June 5-8, 2025

A journey that allows us to delve into deep feminine knowledge, summoning our wild, autonomous, and collective states.

An experimental laboratory to invoke our ancient wisdom, with plants, the body, and the creation of our own worlds.

We remember what has been so deeply numbed. We make space to break free from lethargy and, in doing so, embrace what already is: a feminine healing body, self-managed alongside a collective of women. For the health of the mind, for what seeks to become power, for the relationship with the plant people, the animal people, the mineral people. For the relationship with the becoming-world.

To say no to the enclosures of the body and soul. To say no to not knowing what we already are. To say yes to intensified feeling. To say yes to the voice that calls us.

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When did we lose the thread connecting us to our deep knowledge of healing, herbs, listening to the nature people, and the creation of feminine community—wisdom we have inherited from time immemorial?

For centuries, we have been stripped of autonomy and taught to fear or ignore our capacity for self-management.

What came before you? What ground was left for your dreams to take root? Are they blooming? Do you question why?

What Will We Do?

We will gather for four days to study the female body in the world, develop and learn body practices, artistic expressions, and psychomagic rituals to release pressure from the feminine body. We will also create an intensive connection with the world’s realms to open pathways for the preparation and crafting of plant-based remedies focused on mental health.

We will establish a path to reclaim feminine autonomy and align mental, physical, and psychic states to create new ways of being. We will explore where the greatest female pathologies originate and how this journey has led us to where we are today. We will create new horizons, equip ourselves with tools, strengthen our collective, and fully embrace who we are.

This retreat is for all women, especially those who seek to reconnect with nature’s wisdom while embracing a political perspective on the feminine.

Program

Day 5:

8:00 AM – Arrival, welcome, and snack
10:30 AM – Opening session and smoke cleansing
12:00 PM – Lunch
2:00 PM – Session I
Theoretical session on the history of the female body in the world, addressing body, motherhood, sexuality, money, and healing practices from a feminist, political, and social perspective, while also exploring modern pathologies.
5:30 PM – Rest and dinner
8:00 PM – Session II
Somatic body practices
9:30 PM – Rest

Day 6:

7:30 AM – Breakfast
9:00 AM – Session III
Feminine cycles, herbs, and supplements for mental and gynecological health, healing processes
12:00 PM – Lunch
2:00 PM – Session IV
Art-drawing session, psychomagic, uterine steaming, herbal baths, and activation of connections
5:00 PM – Rest and dinner
7:30 PM – Cacao ceremony and integration

Day 7:

7:30 AM – Breakfast
9:00 AM – Session V
Study of emotional regulation practices and Feminine Ceremony (shared only with women who express interest in participating)
10:00 PM – Rest

Day 8:

9:30 AM – Session VI
Dialogue on anxiety, burnout, depression, panic, ovarian, uterine, and breast-related issues, as well as plants and supplements for these conditions
12:30 PM – Lunch
1:30 PM – Session VII
Plant connection practice and medicine preparation
5:30 PM – Closing circle

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Brazilian, mother, herbalist, ecofeminist, and researcher, my work is rooted in Schizoanalysis, with specializations in Positive Psychotherapy, Natural Gynecology, and ancestral feminine practices. I focus on self-knowledge, female autonomy, and the regeneration of life through dialogue with well-being. My research explores health and illness through the lens of Social Anthropology and Psychology, with an emphasis on women (those who self-identify as such) and the female body within the capitalist and patriarchal world, all from a feminist perspective.

I walk the Red Path, dance with the Moon, and dance with the Sun. I have studied various therapeutic practices, providing support for anchoring rites and crossing bridges alongside other women. At the same time, I see science and academia as foundational pillars for my research.

Granddaughter of artisans and a teacher, daughter of a strong and entrepreneurial woman from Paraíba, I, too, work with my hands in countless ways. Alchemist, creator of remedies for women, for temples, and for souls. I study and connect with plants through the lens of Spagyric medicine and run Alkymistic, a brand of therapeutic cosmetics and alchemies where I craft potions for women.

INVESTMENT €333

From 8:00 AM on June 4th to 7:00 PM on June 8th.

Included:

All activities led by Ellen Alvino and all the materials necessary for the experience.
Accommodation in a campsite (each participant brings their own tent).

Not Included:

Transportation to and from the location
Meals (extra fee, managed by the retreat team)
Individual needs.

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