The Natura Retreat
Women & Medicine Retreat
January 26th - February 1st, 2025
with Camille Piazza & Eva Lucie Daniela
Cora Camino X Retreats Collective
AHANGAMA, SRI LANKA
We believe in the healing power of nature. As mirror, healer & teacher.
As women in the world, we recognise the essential need to reintegrate and nourish our modern lives with ancient wisdom, rituals and roots of healing.
We will immerse ourselves in the mysteries of the feminine, the cycles of the earth, of the sun, the moon, jungle, trees, plants, flowers, birds, the waters of the Koggala lake, the flow of rivers, welcome commune with our vulnerability and joy, uncertainty and inspiration.
Camille, the founder of Cora Camino and Eva, the creator of Retreats Collective, come together to explore the natural wisdom of women and the earth and offer the Natura Retreat.
Weaving Jivamukti Yoga, a method grounded in the original meaning of the sanskrit word asana as “seat, connection” (relationship to the Earth) with Earth based healing arts, movement medicine & ceremony to nourish and attune you to your inner wise woman. You are invited to return to the psychic (and somatic) mother tree, to water its roots and seeds, watch it wander and grow, welcoming forbidden, hidden, unknown fruits, unearthing the midpoint of transformation and blooming, rising strong and soft, together.
We hope you will use your heart’s intuition to know when to break away, to act, to dig deeper and to retreat. And there we will be, awaiting for you to meet us at Kurulu Bay, in Sri Lanka ―the Teardrop Resplendent Isle where the contours of the land form a kind of bold poetry.
Kurulu Bay
Kurulu Bay (Sinhalese for “bird island”) is a private sanctuary built around the existing. Overlooking Sri Lanka’s largest and one of its most scenic lakes, Koggala Lake, and surrounded by lush greenery, every element has been carefully considered to offer space, privacy and tranquility, with an emphasis on health & wellbeing. Garden suites and tree houses are tucked
away on a private jungle estate; each with its own character and architectural style. The Kurulu house, used as the open space for gathering and practicing facing the sunset, gives an incredible feeling of calmness. This is an invitation for us to truly appreciate the gift of being in such surrounding Nature.
Camille Piazza
Camille is a healing arts practitioner, vitalist herbalist, yoga & movement medicine teacher.
Cora Camino is her heart offering to the world, inspired by the many routes to healing and roots of wisdom, medicine, movement and spiritual practice we may find on our paths, to true embodied health and belonging.
Camille’s love for nature and healing began from a very early age, learning about the plants, art and yoga from her parents. Innately drawn to natural medicine, she travelled for many years exploring roots of movement & healing practices from different lineages and cultures. Camille shares these medicinal arts with a humble and honest heart and with deep respect and gratitude for her teachers present and beyond — Andrea Lopez, Rosita Arvigo, Don Elijio Panti, Rachelle Garcia, Mars, Lance and Susan Schuler, Sajah Popam, Paola IxTzunun y Gustavo Ik, to name a few, who’s shoulders she stands upon.
Eva Lucie Daniela
Eva is a Certified Jivamukti Teacher, Reiki practitioner & Founder of Retreats Collective.
She believes whole-heartedly in a community that experiences unique immersive retreats for life changing transformation. She wishes to share these liberation practices for the heart as a pathway to recovery, transmitting the gifted experiences that helped her along the way.
She first became a Yoga Teacher in February 2016 and she has then started her studies at the Jivamukti Yoga School in February 2018. Over the last eight years, Eva has received transmission from many teachers to whom she is endlessly grateful and devoted —among these are Sharon Gannon, David Life, Yogeswari, Rebeca Recatero, Talia Sutra, Meghan Currie and Conor Byrnes with whom she has recently completing her Jivamukti Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
The Itinerary
Awaken the heart with daily Jivamukti yoga practices, contemplative movement, yin yoga, yoga nidra, EFT tapping, pranayama —heart realisation breath and meditation.
We come together as a community but we also give plenty of space for you to enjoy time to yourself, balancing between togetherness and solitude, liveliness and stillness.
Discover the daily Itinerary.
Offerings & Additions
We have included all practices and one complimentary Ayurvedic treatment.
We offer additional traditional healing modalities & alternative health care support services. From Reiki Energy Healing Sessions to Abhyanga, Hot Bundle, Marma Point therapy, Ayurvedic body scrub & body wrap, we invite you to discover this collection of additions and customise your retreat. For all of you who yearn for an awakening of the heart.
The Food Philosophy
Mindful attention is placed on an unsurpassed quality of ingredients. Sourcing fresh and sustainable harvested produce from the surrounding area, prepared in the open kitchen using organic oils and ingredients, served as simple, elegant vegan dishes with a distinctive touch of the chefs. The culinary experience is framed by spectacular views over Koggala Lake, accompanied by a fine selection of beverages.
You can expect a plant-based, healthy diet that nurtures and that is sourced locally and grown sustainably to support the environment and the local community.
We cater for your dietary requirements, please mention any allergies or sensitivities upon booking.
Bookings
questions & reservations | contact@retreatscollective.com
A $400 USD non-refundable deposit is required to confirm your spot.
Remaining amount is due by December 15th, 2024.
The Early Bird offer is only valid until October 15th, 2024.
For this retreat, we are subject to converting money to different currencies as our guests come from every corner of the world. We will use the American Dollar (USD) as the reference rate.
Before applying, please read our terms and conditions here.