Surf Your Life
May 10-17, 2026
A coaching and embodiment retreat where surfing becomes a mirror for life – revealing patterns, working through limitations and becoming an author of your own life.
What awaits you
A coaching and embodiment retreat for personal growth – grounded in surfing, yoga, reflection and community
This retreat invites you to explore how you meet life through movement, presence, and lived experience. It is designed for people with some experience in personal growth practices who are curious to engage the body more directly. Surfing is used as an embodied coaching practice: in the ocean, patterns around control, trust, limitation, and persistence become visible in real time. These experiences are explored and integrated through group coaching, embodiment practices, yoga, and guided reflection.
The week is shaped around a small number of core elements that invite learning through experience, reflection, and integration.
- Surf as embodied practiceYou’ll spend time in the ocean each day, supported by experienced surf coaches. The waves become a place where you can notice how you meet challenge, uncertainty, effort, and letting go – through direct experience rather than theory.
- Group coaching & reflectionWhat happens in the water is brought into facilitated group conversations. You’re invited to reflect on what you noticed, connect it to your life, and explore new ways of responding.
- Embodiment practicesThrough movement, breath, and simple somatic exercises, you deepen awareness and help insights settle in the body – not just in your thoughts.
- Yoga & regulationYoga sessions support your body and nervous system, helping you prepare for the surf, recover afterwards, and create space for integration.
- Integration & quiet timeGuided reflection, journaling, and spacious time allow experiences to land. Rest, solitude, and unstructured moments are an essential part of the retreat.
For whom?
- You have some experience with personal growth practices (such as meditation, yoga, or retreats) and want to explore embodiment more directly.
- You are curious about surfing – whether you are a beginner or have some experience – and open to learning through the body and nature.
- You feel well-resourced in many areas of your life, yet sense recurring patterns or limitations you would like to understand and work with.
- You value reflection, presence, and meaningful connection with like-minded people in a calm, supportive environment.
Benefits of the retreat
This retreat is not about adding more techniques or fixing yourself. It is about creating the conditions to see more clearly, feel more present, and relate differently to challenge.
By the end of the week, you may notice:
By the end of the week, you may notice:
- Greater awareness of personal patterns and how they show up in daily life
- An embodied sense of choice in moments of uncertainty or pressure
- Increased trust in your ability to meet challenge – in the ocean and beyond
- Practical ways to integrate insight through movement, reflection, and presence
- A sense of connection, both to yourself and to a small community of like-minded people
Program of the retreat
Daily Flow (sample schedule)
(note: times may vary depending on surf conditions & group energy.)
(note: times 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 not included and can be enjoyed at nearby beach cafes or outdoors. This time is intentionally left open for rest, conversation, or time by the ocean.
Lunch is not included and can be enjoyed at nearby beach cafes or 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
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
Who facilitates?
- Lina VeligurovaAn EMCC-certified Senior Practitioner coach, somatic bodyworker, and yoga teacher, with a background in leadership and learning development. Her approach is grounded, relational, and experiential, supporting people in exploring how patterns show up in both body and life.
She works at the intersection of coaching, embodiment, and movement, drawing on practices such as yoga, somatic awareness, and reflection. For Lina, meaningful change happens when insight is not only understood, but felt and lived.
In her work, she creates spaces that invite presence, curiosity, and responsibility – where people can slow down, listen more closely, and explore new ways of relating to challenge. She is particularly interested in how movement and lived experience can support clarity, agency, and integration beyond the retreat setting. - Dejan PaticCertified life and positive intelligence coach, with a background that bridges medicine, meditation, and long-term contemplative practice. His path has been shaped by years of working with presence, awareness, and the human experience across different cultures and contexts.
Surfing plays an important role in his work, not as a sport to master, but as an embodied teacher. In the ocean, Dejan invites attention to themes such as surrender, resilience, and responsiveness – offering a grounded way to observe how we meet challenge and uncertainty.
In his facilitation, Dejan brings a calm, attentive presence and a deep respect for individual processes. He creates spaces that support reflection, connection, and honest self-inquiry, allowing insight to emerge through lived experience rather than instruction.
Where will it happen?
Ppl Ocean Art and Retreat Centre is located in the picturesque Portuguese village of São Bernardino, and is a short walk from the beach. Within 10 minutes reaching also Peniche and Baleal, world famous for beaches, surfing and delicious seafood.
Prices
and accommodation options
shared triple room with bathroom
1390€
shared double room with bathroom
1590€
single occupancy
1890€
Ready to join us?
We will have only 10 participants.
To each applicant we offer a short interview — so we can answer all of your questions and carefully curate a group that creates true depth, strength, and a powerful field for this retreat.
Apply now and we’ll get in touch to connect and get to know you.
To each applicant we offer a short interview — so we can answer all of your questions and carefully curate a group that creates true depth, strength, and a powerful field for this retreat.
Apply now and we’ll get in touch to connect and get to know you.
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All prices include:
- 7 nights of accommodation
- Two meals per day (breakfast and dinner)
- 6 yoga classes
- 6 group coaching sessions
- 5 guided surf sessions, including equipment
- One free day to rest, recharge, and recover
- One surf photography session
No. The retreat is open to beginners as well as those with surfing experience. Surf sessions guided by different instructors are adapted to different levels and focus on learning through experience rather than performance. Groups not bigger than four participants.
No. This is a coaching and embodiment retreat. It does not aim to diagnose, treat, or heal trauma, but to support awareness, agency, and personal exploration through lived experience.
The activities are accessible to most people in good general health. Surfing, yoga, and movement practices are adapted to the group’s needs, and rest is an important part of the daily rhythm.
Many participants come on their own. The retreat 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. One full day is intentionally left free to recharge.
The retreat is limited to a small group to support presence, depth, and quality of experience.
The retreat will be held in English. We are fluent in German, Russian, Italian and Spanish. 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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