WINTERING

Reconnect, Reset, Rest & Reignite.
27th Jan - 2nd Feb 2026 // Portugal

Join Betty & Emily at our home in Portugal for seven days of
ritual, ceremony, rest and reset.

We’re inviting you to join us at Casa da Mãe - House of the Mother - as we enter the ‘Belly’ of the Mother - Imbolc - in sacred sisterhood. We’ll honour winter and the richness of the fertile soil that has been resting, by clearing, planting seeds and visioning for our future. You’ll rest well in your own nest and have plenty of time for stillness alongside our nourishing schedule. Bathe under the stars, move your body to the backdrop of the mountains, feast around our family table and get cosy around the fire for storytelling. This is your invitation to return to you.

Casa da Mãe

Between the mountains and river beaches of central Portugal, you will discover Casa Da Mãe; A home & community space rooted in rewilding, connection and community as daily medicine. The land at Casa Da Mãe - House of the Mother - has already taught us so much. Time after time it has brought us both home to ourselves, reminding us of the beauty of life. This is our first retreat in sharing all that we receive here daily in an offering to those who feel called to join.

Picture this…

  • Waking up to the magic of a crisp Winter morning in nature after a deep rest, the sun rising through the trees

  • Meditating to bird song

  • Surrendering into space for silence and finding a slow flow

  • Wandering into the woods

  • Jounalling with the beautiful grandmother cork oak tree

  • Sharing stories and songs around the fire as the full Snow moon rises through the trees

  • Starting your day with a morning sauna as you gaze at the mountains

  • Daily practices of movement, breathwork, dance and song

  • Space for creativity and self expression, inspired by our beautiful surroundings

  • Guided vision board workshop, creative writing & expression sessions

  • Tending to our grief in the same way we celebrate our joy

  • Mountain walks and cold river swims

  • Cosying up around the fire in our snug to share words and poems

  • Cooking and feasting together each mealtime, using beautiful and nourishing seasonal ingredients

  • Sharing your heart in circle with your sisters. Being seen. Being heard. Being felt.

  • A cosy private room to nest in during your stay. Rest, rest and more rest.

  • Optional digital detox

    And so much more…

Seven days of ceremony, ritual, rest & play, inspired by the elements that surround us.

Meet your guides

  • Betty Lewis-Griffiths

    CEREMONIALIST, BREATHK COACH, GRIEF TENDER & REWILDING GUIDE.

    Betty works with wild-hearted humans, guiding them back to their wisdom within so they can access their life’s full pleasure portal and live a life that welcomes all that they are.

    Living each day coming back to presence, Betty teaches others to rediscover what makes them feel alive, through women’s circles, powerful breathwork ceremonies, rewilding programmes and working with nature and the elements.

    She uses breath, sound, movement, meditation, mantra and self-inquiry to facilitate transformation and enable us to reconnect with our wild essence and live a life that welcomes our fullest expression.

    She sees life as a ceremony, making everyday life sacred, with the smallest touches to bring us into presence, gratitude and joy, here at Casa da Mãe.

  • Emily May Graves

    YOGA, MINDFULNESS & NATURE CONNECTION GUIDE

    Founder of Wild Joy and guardian of Casa da Mãe, Emily’s passion is to create the space & conditions for us to thrive as women in the wild together.

    Remembering and reclaiming our true nature as cyclical, connected, untamed, wild beings.

    Emily’s work is rooted in creating a loving, inclusive & playful space for limitless wild joy to flourish.

    Emily has been guiding wild souls back to themselves for over a decade, through movement, embodiment, breathwork, meditation and our greatest teacher of all, mother nature.

    A lowland leader, Emily is Mountain Leader trained, Outdoor first aid trained and the perfect guide to support your journey home.

Exchange: £350 per person

before 30/11/25 - £400 after. Based on 6 nights accommodation in our home, with all meals co-created, cooked and enjoyed in sisterhood.

What’s included

  • 6 nights accommodation in our home at Casa da Mae

  • 6 days of reset, rest, play, slowing down and intention, through ceremony, ritual and practices to support mind, body and spirit at this fertile time

  • All meals, which we’ll cook and share together, using locally sourced and seasonal ingredients.

  • Daily orange juice from the land

  • Tea infusions, coffee, water, fruit, and snacks are available all day

  • Exclusive access to the land at Casa da Mae - the forest yoga deck, our LUNA ceremony space, kitchen garden, majestic cork oak tree, mountain views, cosy snug, indoor studio space and much more

  • Sauna rituals

  • Cacao for our ceremonies

  • Daily movement/ yoga/ meditation

  • Daily workshops to open you up to your creativity

  • Daily rituals and ceremonies to reconnect with ourselves and open up to our own medicine - from breathwork ceremonies to sound, drawing to dance

  • Two experienced facilitators to guide and support your journey

  • Monthly payment plan available (£100 deposit, split payments thereafter, balance by first week of Jan)

  • A sisterhood for life

  • Flights (to Porto)

  • Transfers to and from Casa da Mae (Flix Bus from Porto airport to Coimbra is under 10 euros, we can then coordinate a shared taxi to our home)

  • 1:1 massage

What’s not included

Casa da Mãe

Meaning ‘The House of the Mother’, a name that dropped in at the very beginning of this journey to honour so much.

A space to nourish our connection to mother nature

A space to remember how to mother ourselves

A space inspired by our own mothers.

Are you ready to join us?

Please email me with “WINTERING” in the subject to betty@reclaimyourwild.co.uk or complete the below and we’ll be in touch.

^FULL HOME RETREAT TERMS & CONDITIONS AVAILABLE HERE

What other women have said

  • "I went on the most magical journey deep into my soul"

    I have attended many of Betty’s offerings and I am always blown away at how held and safe I feel. It was a real treat to be able to spend the whole day at the first RYW retreat. Discovering Breathwork was new for me and I went on the most magical journey deep into my soul and I feel privileged to have shared the space with such incredible women. I was able to completely escape from every distraction and felt nourished inside out.

    Betty, you never cease to take me on amazing journeys. I feel so enlightened.

  • "It took me to a place of deep restorative peace"

    I can’t express how much I loved Betty’s retreat nature-day immersion. I felt so loved & cared for. The standout experience for me was the breathwork journey out in nature. With Betty’s guidance, it took me to a place of deep, deep restorative peace. I still can’t find the words to adequately express that part of the day. From the snacks to the sound bath with Betty’s instruments, drum & voice, it was just the most perfect place and safe space to take time just for me.

  • "You have made such a change in the way I approach life and its challenges."

    You gave me the opportunity to grow and harness my self-development when I didn't have the confidence to take those next steps. I am truly grateful for that. You and the wild women in our group have made such a change in the way I approach life and its challenges. I am still working on my confidence and boundaries but having support and also taking the time to really listen, have been immensely reassuring. I didn’t think I would have the confidence to continue a path in my true passions and trust my own abilities. Thank you for giving me this amazing experience to reclaim my wild.