UNDRESS YOUR TRUTH.
RECLAIM YOUR ALIVENESS.
DARE TO BE FREE.
The legendary retreat returns...!
For 10 days of gentle radical transformation.
Are you ready to open the door to ultimate freedom?
PORTUGAL 2023
11 - 20 August
Enxara Retreat Centre
Quinta da Enxara
Enxara do Bispo, Portugal
(30-min drive from Lisbon airport)
WHAT IS NAKED?
NAKED is a 10-day transformational retreat, taking you on a playful, emotional & spiritual journey of self-discovery that will leave you forever transformed.
Combining breath, movement, sound, spontaneity, meditation, authentic communication, and radical intimacy, we will shed layer by layer and reveal the NAKED glory of your being.
NAKED is…
…another word for getting real.
NAKED is what remains when everything that is fake
has fallen away.
Strip yourself bare.
Take off what you don’t need.
Let go and liberate.
Break through the layers of conditioning, false identities, fear, pain, shame, and limiting doubts to uncover the bursting freedom of your true essence.
NAKED is…
…not (only) about taking your clothes off
Can you get naked in your words, actions, feelings, and thoughts?
Can you allow your true beauty and power to shine?
Do you dare to take off the past and move forward in radical freedom?
WELCOME HOME
Join a growing tribe of liberated hearts & minds
who risk to show themselves in their naked truth.
A word on being naked
This retreat is not primarily about “being without clothes”.
This is an inquiry into what NAKEDness means on all levels of your being.
We will meet you, where YOU are.
If you are comfortable with being nude, awesome! If not, awesome too!
You are not expected to be nude, if it doesn’t feel right for you.
We want to bring the metaphorical NAKEDness into all aspects of your life.
Into your feelings, thoughts, words and actions.
WHAT NAKED FEELS LIKE
Queen Alice
"One of the most beautiful weeks of my life!"
“Naked the Retreat is the place to be if you’d like to get to know and open up to your true, authentic self. It is a soul-warming, heart opening experience and makes you indulge in the feeling of freedom. I have spend one of the most beautiful weeks of my life with the international group of the Naked tribe. My heart is still filled with the love that I felt that week and I am constantly spreading the good vibrations back home. Dara and Simon are simply amazing. Naked is a creation of their love, wisdom and honesty.”
"NAKED has nothing to do with an ordinary retreat.
What I experienced through naked completely changed my life!"
Queen Aurika
"A new beginning of a more authentic life"
“I feel so empowered after this week to be more in control of my life – NAKED gave me the tools that will help me live a life that resonates with my heart, a life in which I can deeply and authentically connect to others! Oh, and my new beloved family, my adorable new 13 sisters and brothers! You all helped me with your unconditional love to mirror my weaknesses and help me to turn them into strengths. I truly feel this is a new beginning of a more authentic life in which I have the COURAGE to share the GIFT of FULL TRANSPARENCY with myself and the rest of the world. Transparent communication will be my path to a happier existence.”
"I wanted to come because the idea of it terrified me."
Queen Nicky
"Naked changed my life."
“I’ve been trying to put down in words my experience of Naked but it kept sounding too ‘flowery’ and although I have an airy-fairy side to me as well, I just want to say this straight up: Naked changed my life, for the better.
My first Naked retreat in 2017 (which I came to know about due to contacts made at a festival in Malta where I was cooking pizzas!) led me onto other Naked retreats and gatherings as well as meet-ups and reunions. Needless to say, I love what these experiences offer! Trying to actually describe them though is like trying to explain a dream…!
Naked gave me that leap of evolution to a place (within myself) closer to where I want to be. Thus, positively changing my external world along with it. Understanding and loving myself and others better. Reviving my joy. Facing shadow sides and dropping false beliefs and learned conditioning. Healing. Creating a new reality. It’s work…and it’s play. It’s not like a therapy session or taking some prescribed pills. This is another level of self-developing transformation and has become part of my every day. The active community is alive and present and full of beings that inspire me. So I’ll keep showing up as best I can.”
"I don't want to wake up
from this dream!"
King Willem
"Wow man, this was a real rebirth. I can’t recommend you a better way to stop sabotaging your life."
“Struggling in my life with not coming out fully, at the outside everything okay, but still this feeling I hadn’t unpacked my real self, holding back on something in relationships with others and toward myself. I didn’t dare to be really open. This feeling was also mixed up with not feeling satisfied with what life brought me every day therefore I was yearning for more attention, more sexual pleasure, more challenges, more from others and myself.
And then, Google drew my attention towards NAKED. The words about stripping off and being totally naked, physically, emotionally and mentally – those words touched me deeply.
After two weeks of hesitation I decided to apply. Since then a journey of mining and gold digging started towards the real Willem, my soul, my vulnerable part, the part that I didn’t dare to come true for. What I was dying for started to be revealed in a totally unexpected way. I possessed the key already and what Naked The Retreat did was helping me to strip off all the counterproductive thoughts and feelings, to shake them out, to flush them away. It’s awesome to experience how the love and truth that we shared with each other has helped me to find the key and to unlock my inner self!
I am familiar with the theological concept of rebirth; wow man, this was a real rebirth, discovering and showing the Willem I have always been. I can’t recommend you a better way to stop sabotaging your life and to start fully living who you really are, a love giving and love receiving being!”
"Wow! Amazing! Total honesty towards myself, within myself."
King Sam
"This was the time of my life."
“Getting naked is not about becoming something, but revealing the truth about what we already are and always have been. The retreat took me on a journey to myself – accepting and giving space to all my emotions and attributes. And it’s all about self-love. Simon, Dara and Lu had the unbelievable love and courage to gift this experience to me. It almost sounds stupid to say that this was the time of my life, but in fact I’m more myself than ever before. More love, more joy, more freedom and independence. I’m inviting everybody to accept this gift of life that was given to you by birth and start living your truth. Now.”
Queen Laura
"Transformation of a quality that you wouldn't believe is possible to experience in just 7 days."
“I attended NAKED The Retreat 2019 and describing this experience with words feels like trying to push an ocean into a shotglass. What feels closest would be something like “…grounding transcendence in the depths of reality” (Jeff Brown)
Dara and Simon created a container, a space for transformation of a quality that you wouldn’t believe is possible to experience in just 7 days. It felt time-bending and hypnotizing and confronted me with the clearest most unfiltered truths of my existence. I felt carried and guided through the days. No space for autopilot and irrelevant superficialties. Purity, rawness, laughter, tears, wildness, unconditional, radical softness and infinite love. Being with fear, moving through shame, witnessing doubt, dancing with sadness, freeing the buried rage. It was a wild ride beyond comfort and confidence, bringing forth the gift that lies outside of the familiar zone. I can call the connections I made here true, loving friendships. Weeks after I still feel held by my extended family. I am so grateful for this unique experience and can only recommend it to anyone who wants to feel loved and wants to remember what they are here for.“
THE PROGRAM
NAKED is a place to be fully human again. To free ourselves from domestication, conditioning and suppression. To reclaim our innocence and return to playfulness.
NAKED is a reboot into your greatness.
A dance with light & darkness, beauty & dirt. But we’ll do the deep work dancing and laughing, fully aware of the comedy and purity of being alive.
The days are rich and full, starting with the morning routines, intense days of learning and growing, and our famous evening treats.
This retreat is free from alcohol, drugs, stimulants, sugar, gluten, meat, and dairy. We are also putting you on a technology fast – no phones, WiFi or computers for the duration of the retreat.
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
THE ELEMENTS
BREATH
&
MOVEMENT
We use Breath, Movement, and Sound to free locked emotions from deep within our cells, open to our innate ecstatic aliveness, and fully embody it.
- Yoga
- Transformational Breathwork
- Self-pleasure rituals
- Ecstatic Dance
EMOTIONAL
ALCHEMY
Through emotional alchemy tools and somatic practices, we let go of suppressed feelings that are holding us back and reclaim the authentic power of our emotions.
- Emotional Release Techniques
- Somatics
- Bioenergetics
- Bodywork
- Emotional Alchemy
MEDITATION
Through active and silent meditation, we find the stillness behind the noise. Diving deeper into ourselves every day and becoming aware of our infinite nature beyond all illusions.
- Silent meditation
- Nature walks
- Guided meditations
- Active meditations (Osho)
- Invitations into more embodied living and relating
- Orgasmic Manifesting
INTIMACY
Through conscious touch, presence and consent we open an adult playground that allows us to deeply connect to self, others, nature and the greater world around us.
- Exploration of touch
- Bodywork
- Body intimacy
- Self-pleasure
- The Wheel of Consent by Betty Martin
- Temple arts
COMMUNICATION
The cleaner our minds, hearts, and bodies are of suppression and denial, the closer we move towards truly transparent communication practices. They will transform the way we speak to connect with others and enable us to speak authentically from the heart.
- Transparent Communication
- Daily Circle Work
- Sharing Practices: Tribal Sharing, Intentional Dialogue
- Aspects of Non-Violent Communication
- The 4 Agreements
- Way of Council
DETOX & FEAST
Food is a very important part of NAKED. Corinna from Sacred Food educates us about a healthy relationship with food, and so with ourselves. The menu features abundant delicious vegan food, prepared intentionally and with the utmost passion and love. To clean our bodies and nourish our souls. A day of intentional fasting will further help to transform the old deep within our cells.
- Abundant vegan meals
- Mindful eating exercises
- Gluten / Meat / Dairy / Stimulant Free
- Fasting day
TEAM PORTUGAL
Simon is a natural supporter, empowering others to realize their unique magnificence. Group facilitator, trained actor, personal trainer, & sexological bodyworker. With a whole heap of laughter he impressively weaves direct life experience into all he shares.
Constanza is a certified psychologist who loves to merge her experience with embodied Yoga, tantric rituals and practices, sadhanas, reiki, dance, life coaching, sacred sexuality, shadow work, trauma work, theta Healing and her passion and love for medicine plants.
Erick has the gift to capture the essence of truthful moments with his poetic and sensitive photographic skills. He is the glue of the Naked community, having visited and connected with 95 of our 145 Nakedeers. He enriches the team with his cooking skills, ability to structure and manage logistics, and his loving presence.
Sacred Food are specialists in providing wholesome, well-balanced, nourishing food during holistic retreats. At the very heart of Sacred Food is the desire to reconnect people to nature, in the way choices are made, food is prepared and, most importantly of all, how it is savored and enjoyed.
ROOM & BOARD
Initial Contribution: €1166 (Euros)
This minimal amount covers the necessary expenses to make the retreat happen, accommodation in shared rooms (2, 3 or 4 people per room), and an abundant vegan menu created by Corinna from Sacred Food for the 10 days.
It signifies your commitment to the process and makes sure that the available spaces are filled with those willing to fully engage.
The Tuition: Your Gift
The facilitation and tuition from the team of ‘NAKED The Retreat’ is NOT INCLUDED in the cost share contribution.
You will be invited to value your experience and Gift from a place of heartfelt trust on completion of your NAKED experience.
For more insights on this topic, please read on below. You can also ask questions on this topic during your application initial Zoom call.
Cancellation policy: 100% refundable until 8 weeks prior to retreat / 50% refundable until 6 weeks prior / non-refundable after.
THE TUITION
There is no set price tag for the tuition of NAKED.
We are not the ones to determine that. Rather, you as a participant will decide for yourself what tuition amount feels right, clear and fair, reflecting your financial condition as well as your feeling of value and gratitude. Our team and we are applying a basic principle of The Gift — one does not specify what the return gift shall be.
You may choose to pay what a retreat of this level of quality costs, or you may choose more, less, or even zero. We cannot really put a number value on it. That is not because we don’t think it is valuable. It is because we don’t know what the value will be, especially given the wide diversity of financial means out there.
Therefore, we offer the tuition of our retreat as a gift, trusting the generosity of participants to support us in developing and sustaining in-depth learning journeys like this one. We trust your judgement about what represents a commitment on your part and respects your financial situation.
For more insights on this topic, please read THE GIFT.
YOU CANNOT BOOK THIS RETREAT
Deep work and real transformation require a safe space.
This is why you cannot simply book this retreat.
NAKED is by application only.
We want to learn about your needs, intentions, expectations and wishes, before we decide to play together. And probably you have questions too.
Read on below for info on how to apply.
I’M READY TO GET NAKED
STEP ONE: APPLICATION
Answer a few questions on the application form so that we can learn a bit about you.
STEP TWO: VIDEO CALL
You'll be guided to schedule a video call with us, so that we can chat more and connect.
Please note that your application does not guarantee your spot until you have spoken with Simon and both agreed this retreat is a fit for you.
IMPRESSIONS
Do you feel the call?
If YES, please fill out the application form and you will be contacted to arrange a follow-up call.