Buenavida Retreats · Cape Town · Portugal
Tree-lined entrance to the retreat estate in Portugal
International retreats · intimate groups · deep transformation

Buenavida Retreats

Immersive experiences created to take you out of the noise of daily life and back into connection - with your body, your inner world, your relationships, your purpose and the life you are here to receive.

Cape Town · January 28–31, 2027Portugal · June 24–27, 2027
“I left with a feeling of lightness, clarity, and renewed energy.”
Lien Muyldermans · Retreat Participant

Two editions. One signature Buenavida Retreat.

Buenavida Retreats are our signature international immersions for deep inner work, healing, reconnection and embodiment. In 2027, the journey unfolds in two distinct settings - Cape Town and Portugal - each carrying its own atmosphere while remaining rooted in the same Buenavida approach.

Cape Town coastline and mountain landscape
Buenavida Retreat
Cape Town · South Africa

Cape Town Retreat

January 28–31, 20274 days / 3 nightsEnglish

An international Buenavida immersion for deep inner work, reconnection and expansion, held against the powerful landscape of Cape Town.

Healing · release · embodiment · reconnection · expansion

Light-filled retreat accommodation surrounded by nature in Portugal
Buenavida Retreat
Ericeira / Mafra · Portugal

Portugal Retreat

June 24–27, 20274 days / 3 nightsEnglish

Four days in the Ericeira and Mafra area for healing, release, reconnection and integration, surrounded by nature and space to slow down.

Inner work · energy healing · breathwork · hypnosis · systemic work · integration

Not a programme you simply attend. A space you enter.

Buenavida Retreats bring together deep inner work and embodied experience. Depending on the edition, the journey can include energy healing, breathwork, inner child work, systemic work, quantum hypnosis, ritual, sound and integration.

There is always a clear container, but never a rigid copy-paste script. Each retreat has its own theme, its own atmosphere and its own way of meeting the people who step into it.

The location is part of the experience. Cape Town and Portugal each hold a different quality - and the retreat is shaped around that setting rather than simply transported from one country to another.

Peaceful garden courtyard at the Portugal retreat setting

Two settings. One Buenavida Retreat.

Cape Town

Choose Cape Town when you are craving a powerful reset, deep inner work and a sense of expansion in an international setting.

Portugal

Choose Portugal when you want to slow down, go inward and move through a layered healing and integration process in nature.

The place becomes part of the process.

We choose settings that create room to breathe, feel, rest, connect and integrate. The retreat does not end when a session ends - the landscape, the shared meals, the quiet moments and the spaces between become part of the experience.

Outdoor gathering space among the trees in the Mafra and Ericeira area
Cape Town villa with ocean and mountain views
Outdoor pool surrounded by greenery in the Mafra and Ericeira area
Cape Town · Portugal
Valérie, founder of Buenavida

Meet Valérie

Valérie is the founder of Buenavida and guides the retreats through an integrated approach to healing, embodiment and transformation. Her work brings together energetic, subconscious, somatic and systemic layers rather than treating them as separate experiences.

Across the different retreat concepts, the intention remains the same: to create a grounded, intimate space in which real shifts can happen - and have enough room to land.

Come as you are. Leave closer to who you are.

What participants carry home

“The retreat in Portugal was truly life-changing. From the very first moment at the opening ceremony, my intention was clear: to let go, and under Valérie's guidance, I found a sense of peace and confidence I had been missing.”
Isa Winters
Buenavida Retreat
“I left with a feeling of lightness, clarity, and renewed energy.”
Lien Muyldermans
Retreat Participant

Depth, connection and space to simply be.

Buenavida retreats are intentionally intimate. There is space for depth, but also for laughter, shared meals, quiet mornings, honest conversations and the kind of connection that happens when people stop performing and start arriving.

A previous Buenavida retreat group together
A moment from a previous Buenavida retreat

A weekend devoted to the art of receiving

Goddess Retreat is Buenavida's intimate feminine immersion in Ibiza. Three days to soften out of constant doing and reconnect with the part of you that knows how to receive love, pleasure, support, opportunity and abundance.

We explore what it means to live and lead from the divine feminine, not only in your inner world, but in the places where it matters most: your relationships, your career, your desires and the way you allow life to meet you.

May 14–16, 2027 · Ibiza · 3 days / 2 nights · €1.111

When your business is ready for a new chapter

Business Retreat is a separate Buenavida experience for conscious entrepreneurs, founders and leaders who want space to step out of the day-to-day and see their business from a different level.

Expect deep work around vision, positioning, leadership, receiving, money, expansion and the unseen dynamics influencing your business. Strategy meets systemic work, embodiment and intuitive leadership, so you do not simply leave with more ideas, but with a clearer direction for what comes next.

For the woman or leader who knows the next level cannot be built from the same place.

Which Buenavida Retreat do you want to hear about?

Join the waitlist for the 2027 edition that speaks to you. Your final Systeme.io waitlist links can be connected to these buttons later.

Cape TownJanuary 28–31, 2027Join waitlist →
PortugalJune 24–27, 2027Join waitlist →

Before you choose

They are two international editions of the signature Buenavida Retreat. The core approach is rooted in deep inner work, healing, reconnection and embodiment, while the exact rhythm and experience are shaped by the group and the setting.
The Portugal edition takes place in the Mafra / Ericeira area. Participants fly into Lisbon Airport (LIS); detailed arrival information is shared for the edition.
Goddess Retreat is a separate Buenavida retreat concept with its own Ibiza landing page, feminine positioning, programme and investment. You can access it separately from the Retreats menu.
Business Retreat belongs to the Buenavida Business world and has its own dedicated landing page. It is intentionally kept separate from the signature Buenavida Retreat editions.
Cape Town · Portugal

Choose the setting that feels like your next yes.

Two international editions of the signature Buenavida Retreat, each shaped by its setting. Explore Cape Town and Portugal above and join the waitlist for the edition you want to be part of.