Not an escape from life, but a way to return to it differently
This event is not about becoming a better version of yourself.
It is about slowing down enough to reconnect with what is already there: your body, your clarity, your energy, your ability to respond rather than react.
Surfing is used as a direct experience. In the ocean, patterns around control, fear, effort, trust, frustration, and letting go can become visible quickly. Through coaching, reflection, somatic practice, yoga, reflection, rest, and practical tools for sleep, nutrition, and stress response, these experiences are translated into everyday life.
The aim is not a dramatic transformation or a peak experience that disappears when you return home. It is a reset: a felt glimpse of how life can be when you have space, presence, and practical ways to support yourself.
Surfing is used as a direct experience. In the ocean, patterns around control, fear, effort, trust, frustration, and letting go can become visible quickly. Through coaching, reflection, somatic practice, yoga, reflection, rest, and practical tools for sleep, nutrition, and stress response, these experiences are translated into everyday life.
The aim is not a dramatic transformation or a peak experience that disappears when you return home. It is a reset: a felt glimpse of how life can be when you have space, presence, and practical ways to support yourself.
This retreat is for you if:
- You’ve been taking care of work, family, relocation, or a demanding lifestyle but feel the pace is becoming harder to sustain.
- You are functioning well on the outside and seem to have it all, but you are missing the joy of life.
- You want rest, but not a passive holiday - a space where you can slow down, reflect, and return with something practical.
- You are curious to learn about yourself through the connection with your body and the ocean.
What you may leave with
- more options in how you react to urgency, and pressure
- automatic reactions no longer shaping your choices
- feeling more present, calm, and alive
- connection to your inner tides to move in alignment with them
- practical tools to have ownership over your sleep, nutrition, stress responses, and information space
- becoming a part of supportive community of like-minded individuals
- access to coaching and wellbeing support from facilitators after the program
Highlights of the Program
Inner Tide is built around three core pillars: body, ocean, and community. Each element has a different role, and together they create one learning process.
- Experience: OceanSurfing is treated as a living mirror that reflects not only our physical movements but also our inner responses. In the water, you may begin to notice how you respond to uncertainty, fear, effort, control, frustration, and change — not as an abstract idea, but through direct experience that engages both your mind and body in a profound way.
- Notice: BodyThe physical body is where transformation becomes apparent. By engaging in body-based practices and yoga, you re-establish your connection with your body, observe its cues, acknowledge stress, and gain clearer insights into your physical needs. The body transforms into a space for listening, rather than a challenge to overcome.
- Integrate: CommunityCoaching bridges experience and everyday life. Through guided group reflection and shared conversations, you begin to recognise patterns in how you think, feel, and respond. We explore what your reactions reveal, how they show up beyond the ocean, and what becomes possible when you create a pause before responding.
Additionally, we offer
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Spacious time for yourselfFree time is not a gap in the program — it is part of the method. You will have time to rest, walk, journal, be by the ocean, connect with others, or simply do nothing. - Digital detoxYou will be invited to step back from constant availability, creating more space for uninterrupted attention, your own thoughts, and presence.
- NatureTime outdoors gently shifts attention away from constant doing toward being present with what is, with yourself and others.
- Resourcing Your SystemWe see sleep, nutrition, and recovery as the foundation upon which resilience is built. This program invites you to understand how your everyday choices shape your clarity, energy, and capacity.
Program of the reSET
Daily Flow (sample schedule)
(note: may vary depending on surf conditions & group energy)
(note: may vary depending on surf conditions & group energy)
Morning yoga and breath to wake the body, energize and prepare for the day
Healthy delicious breakfast at the Retreat Centre
Surf session
Time in the ocean, guided by experienced surf coaches and adapted to all levels.
Time in the ocean, guided by experienced surf coaches and adapted to all levels.
Lunch & free time
Lunch is included and can be enjoyed at the Retreat Centre or its outdoors. This time is intentionally left open for rest, conversation, or time by the ocean.
Lunch is included and can be enjoyed at the Retreat Centre or its outdoors. This time is intentionally left open for rest, conversation, or time by the ocean.
Group coaching / workshop
Facilitated sessions to reflect on your experience in the ocean and in life and explore insights together.
Facilitated sessions to reflect on your experience in the ocean and in life and explore insights together.
Integration & rest
Time to rest, journal, walk, or simply let the day settle. Optional mindful integration practices may be offered.
Time to rest, journal, walk, or simply let the day settle. Optional mindful integration practices may be offered.
Shared dinner at the Retreat Centre (except for the first one)
Evening/ Quiet time / Fire Circle and Sharing
Evenings may include gentle sharing, time by the fire, or quiet personal space.
Evenings may include gentle sharing, time by the fire, or quiet personal space.
Program Schedule
The program follows a simple arc:
notice, practice, integrate.
notice, practice, integrate.
Thursday, October 8
– Arrival & Grounding
– Arrival & Grounding
From 4:00 PM
Arrival and check-in at the People Ocean Retreat Center
6:30 PM
Opening Circle & Sunset meditation at the beach. Think about your intention for the next three days, meet your facilitators and the group, connect with the nature.
7:30 PM
Welcome dinner at a beachfront restaurant (dinner is not included into the price).
9:30 PM
Digital Detox Ritual — phones hand-in. A lot of stress, noise and overstimulation of the outside world comes through our phones. Pausing it for few days to let us look inwards and at each other, to quiet the noise and stay present.
10:00 PM
Rest and good night
Arrival and check-in at the People Ocean Retreat Center
6:30 PM
Opening Circle & Sunset meditation at the beach. Think about your intention for the next three days, meet your facilitators and the group, connect with the nature.
7:30 PM
Welcome dinner at a beachfront restaurant (dinner is not included into the price).
9:30 PM
Digital Detox Ritual — phones hand-in. A lot of stress, noise and overstimulation of the outside world comes through our phones. Pausing it for few days to let us look inwards and at each other, to quiet the noise and stay present.
10:00 PM
Rest and good night
Friday, October 9
– Awareness through experience
– Awareness through experience
7:30 AM
Morning yoga with Lina
8:30 AM
Nourishing breakfast
10:00 AM
Surf coaching session
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Rest, integration & free time
4:00 PM
Coaching workshop with Lina
6:00 PM
Reflection time & journaling
7:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
Sleep & recovery workshop with Elena
9:00 PM
Wind down & rest
Morning yoga with Lina
8:30 AM
Nourishing breakfast
10:00 AM
Surf coaching session
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Rest, integration & free time
4:00 PM
Coaching workshop with Lina
6:00 PM
Reflection time & journaling
7:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
Sleep & recovery workshop with Elena
9:00 PM
Wind down & rest
Saturday, October 10
– Resilience & Embodiment
– Resilience & Embodiment
7:30 AM
Morning yoga with Lina
8:30 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM
Resilience workshop with Elena
12:00 PM
Surf coaching session
2:00 PM
Lunch
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Rest & free time
5:00 PM
Somatic embodiment workshop with Lina
7:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
Integration workshop
9:00 PM
Wind down & rest
Morning yoga with Lina
8:30 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM
Resilience workshop with Elena
12:00 PM
Surf coaching session
2:00 PM
Lunch
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Rest & free time
5:00 PM
Somatic embodiment workshop with Lina
7:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
Integration workshop
9:00 PM
Wind down & rest
Sunday, October 11
– Integration & New beginnings
– Integration & New beginnings
7:30 AM
Morning yoga with Lina
8:30 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM
Nutrition for energy & wellbeing workshop with Elena
11:30 AM
Intuitive movement practice with Daria
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Closing circle & integration
4:00 PM
Departure
Morning yoga with Lina
8:30 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM
Nutrition for energy & wellbeing workshop with Elena
11:30 AM
Intuitive movement practice with Daria
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Closing circle & integration
4:00 PM
Departure
Who facilitates?
Behind every practice we offer is both professional expertise and lived experience. Having navigated immigration, career shifts, and personal transformation ourselves, we guide from a place where knowledge has already become experience.
- Lina VeligurovaMind & Body CoachLina is an EMCC-certified Senior Practitioner coach, somatic bodyworker, and yoga teacher with a background in leadership and learning development. Her work brings together coaching, embodiment, yoga, and reflection.
At Inner Tide, Lina supports participants in slowing down, listening to the body, reflecting on lived experience, and translating insights into practical ways of meeting life differently. - Elena KulikovaResilience & Behaviour Change CoachElena is an evidence-informed nutrition and health coach (Precision Nutrition, Canada) and a Health Promotion Master's student at NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal. With a background in behaviour change, health education, and habit formation, she helps people build sustainable routines that support long-term wellbeing.
At Inner Tide, Elena helps participants understand how everyday choices shape their energy, resilience, and overall wellbeing — not through willpower, but through awareness, practical tools, and sustainable routines for everyday life. - Daria IzvekovaSelf-development guide & retreat organiserDaria is a helping practitioner with a background in wellness, mindfulness, and embodied practice. Through surfing, she invites participants to explore trust, adaptability, presence, and the way we respond to uncertainty through direct experience.
At Inner Tide, Daria uses the ocean as a space for reflection, connection, and self-discovery, where insight grows through experience rather than instruction.
WHERE IT HAPPENS
People Ocean Retreat Centre is located in the picturesque Portuguese village of São Bernardino, and is a short walk from the beach. A short drive away, you’ll find Peniche — one of Portugal’s most iconic surf destinations — and Baleal, a beautiful coastal village with wide beaches, ocean views, and a slower rhythm.
Prices
and accommodation options
early bird price until August 8th
shared double room with bathroom
890€ 1290€
early bird price until August 8th
single occupancy
1490€ 1990€
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Frequently Asked Questions
Curious, but not sure yet? Book a short call with us to learn more, ask your questions, and see whether Inner Tide feels like the right fit before you reserve your place.
All prices include:
- 3 nights of accommodation in People Ocean Retreat Centre
- All meals during the program (breakfast, lunch and dinner) *except for the first dinner at the restaurant on the beach
- 3 yoga classes
- 2 guided surf sessions, including equipment
- All workshops and practices of the program
No. Inner Tide is a coaching, embodiment, and wellbeing event. It does not diagnose, treat, or promise to heal trauma. It offers a grounded space for reflection, body-based awareness, practical tools, and personal insights.
Not necessarily. Our event is beginner-friendly, and no previous surf experience is required. In many ways, meeting surfing as a new experience is part of the learning. Surf instructors will adapt the sessions to different levels.
You will not be forced into the water. If your fear is strong or phobic, this may not be the right setting. If you are simply unfamiliar with the ocean or nervous about trying, we are offering a supported first contact. You are always invited, not pushed.
You do not need to be an athlete. The surf and movement practices are beginner-friendly and adapted to the group. A basic level of general health and mobility is enough.
Many participants come on their own. The program is held in a small group and offers a supportive environment for connection, while also respecting personal space.
After registration, you’ll receive practical information about what to bring. In general, comfortable clothing for movement, swimwear, and layers for changing weather are sufficient. Surf equipment is provided.
Yes. The schedule includes unstructured time for rest, reflection, walks, or simply being by the ocean.
The program is limited to a small group up to 10 people to support presence, depth, and quality of experience.
The program will be held in English. We are fluent in German, Russian and French. Should questions arise, not being understood in English.
You can get in touch via the contact details provided to receive further information and booking instructions.
Cancellation terms
- Cancellation 60 days in advance 100% refund
- Cancellation 59-15 days in advance 50% refund of paid amount
- Cancellation 14 - 7 days in advance 25% refund
- 6 days and less 0%
- Cancellation 60 days in advance 100% refund
- Cancellation 59-15 days in advance 50% refund of paid amount
- Cancellation 14 - 7 days in advance 25% refund
- 6 days and less 0%
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