HIGHER GROUND

Name: HIGHER GROUND
Start: 2026-03-05T15:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-03-09T13:00:00.000Z
Location: Quinta Marugo

Thursday
March 5, 2026
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March 9, 2026
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• A transformative retreat blending yoga, herbalism & feminine wellness • A sanctuary for clarity, softness & renewal • A space for deeper embodiment & connection

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HIGHER GROUND

Higher Ground is a 5-day immersive retreat for women ready to replenish, reconnect, and rise. Through yoga, herbal wisdom, nourishing rituals, and intentional community, this experience invites you to return to your most grounded, inspired, and powerful self.

Retreat Pillars

Movement — Yoga, breathwork, somatics
Herbal Wisdom — plantcraft & women’s wellness
Nature — immersion & grounded rituals
Nourishment — organic meals & herbal infusions
Sisterhood — intentional community & circles

Daily Yoga & Embodied Movement

Morning flows, evening restorative sessions, breathwork, and somatic practices to soften, strengthen, and reconnect with your body.

Herbalism Workshop

Hands-on session exploring women’s wellness, plant energetics, wild herbs, teas, tinctures, and nature-based rituals you can bring home with you.

Nature Immersion

Forest walks, garden time, and quiet spaces for rest and reflection.

Seasonal, Nourishing Cuisine

Chef-prepared nutritious meals made from the garden and local farms — intentionally crafted to support energy, digestion, and hormonal balance.

Women’s Circles & Soulful Community

Authentic connection, deep conversation, shared softness, and supportive sisterhood.

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About the practices

Yoga & Embodied Movement - led by Senior Yoga Teacher Lucy Beckwith

Daily morning flows
Restorative evenings
Somatic awareness
Practices for grounding & empowerment

Herbalism & Plantcraft - led by expert Herbalist Stephanie Paine from Panacea Plants

Energetics of local + seasonal plants
Remedies for women’s hormonal & emotional wellness
Teas, tinctures, body oils & ritual blends
Hands-on education + take-home tools

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Who is this Retreat for?

Women seeking:

Rest, clarity, and nervous system repair
Hormonal and emotional balance through natural practices
A deeper relationship with plants and intuitive healing
Renewed creativity and spaciousness
Connection, support & expansion with like-minded women
A true reset — physical, emotional, and spiritual

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Whats included

4 nights at Quinta Marugo (private or shared rooms)
Daily yoga, breathwork & movement
Herbalism + Plantcraft Workshop
Psychology of Empowerment Meditation
Farm to table breakfast, lunch and dinner
Herbal infusions
Nature excursions & mindful rituals
Women’s circles & embodiment sessions
Welcome wellness kit
Access to natural pool, gardens & healing spaces
Massages, horseback riding and Reiki 1.1 sessions available as add-ons

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Travel & Practical Info

Nearest Airports:

Lisbon Airport (LIS)

Faro Airport (FAO)

Transfers

Please note that all travel costs to reach the retreat location are the responsibility of the guest. A dedicated shuttle service will be available for participants, operating at a single scheduled departure and return time. This optional service can be added for an additional fee of €100.

What to Bring

Comfortable clothing / Yoga / Fitness clothes
Swimwear
Reusable water bottle
Sunscreen & personal toiletries
Journal & Pen
Hiking boots or sneakers

We highly recommend hiring a personal travel medical insurance

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Retreat
Leader
Stephanie Paine & Lucy Beckwith

My purpose is to give support to you as a leader to reconnect with your inner resources, wisdom, compassion and power.

For 13 years, MaryAnn has held different senior leadership marketing roles in a Fortune 500 company.

In 2010 she founded and successfully ran her own consulting company in Hong Kong focused on transformational change for leaders in Multinational Corporations through executive coaching, bespoke human centric leadership programs, mindfulness training and resilience.

Her client list includes Marriott, Schindler, Fidelity, Accenture, Microsoft, Citi and PVH among others.

Since 2017 she teaches mindfulness and compassionate practices for leaders to connect to their purpose and develop a human centric leadership style that focuses on personal and team wellbeing in order to achieve sustainable results.

In 2019 she moved to Portugal to create a land and people regeneration retreat center, Quinta Marugo, with the mission of bringing more peace, clarity and connection and therefore results, in the corporate world.

She is a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living (MBCL), QiGong supervisor, executive coach and Transformational Breath coach.

Mary Ann under a tree, Quinta Marugo's retreat leader

She strongly believes leaders need to find time for deep pauses to retreat so they can reconnect with what is important for them, stop and get off the the busy being busy hamster wheel they are on (often times without realizing it). This way they can feel regenerated and reenergised to return to their roles as inspiring beacons with a purpose driven mindset and focus on wellbeing.

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Retreat
Leader:
Stephanie Paine & Lucy Beckwith

Stephanie Paine - Certified Herbalist, Reiki Master and the creator of Panacea Plants.

Her path began in the sacred landscapes of Topanga, Los Angeles, where she first deepened her devotion to plant medicine and subtle energy work. From there, her work expanded to the Balearic Islands of Spain, becoming ever more rooted in the living wisdom of the land and the global language of plants.

Stephanie’s practice is devoted to alchemizing the spirit of plants into living medicine—bridging ancient earth wisdom with subtle healing arts. Through deep relationship with plant spirits and the unseen healing fields of nature, she weaves herbal medicine, Reiki, and intuitive practices to support emotional, physical, and spiritual harmony.

Guided by intuition and reverence, her work is heart-led, ceremonial, and rooted in the intelligence of nature itself.

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Lucy Beckwith

A mother of two boys and a dedicated practitioner, Lucy knows from life’s experiences the potential of a personal practice as one´s saving grace. Her own practice is rooted in tradition but at the same time completely open to create & discover what works on a personal level. Lucy´s yoga practice is all about manifesting your own hero´s journey. Her work is grounded in service to others, to inspire each person to awaken to their spirit and show them how to use yoga as a tool to heal and transform, feeling free to create and discover our own magic and holy wonder, on and off the mat.

Lucy has been dancing since she could walk, being inside the moving body is where her joy and peace resides and this is truly evident in her classes. A graduate of London Contemporary Dance School, Lucy discovered yoga and meditation as a way to deal with the demands of becoming a professional dancer. After a scholarship study at CalArts, at 23 years old Lucy went to South India for 6 months to study traditional Sivananda Hatha Yoga and live alongside a private Indian teacher in Fort Cochin, Kerala. She also trained for a year with Jasmine Tarkeshi at Laughing Lotus San Francisco, Vinyasa flow. For over 15 years Lucy has been deepening her daily practice in nourishing her dreams and manifesting personal transformation through yoga, dance, energetic anatomy, meditation and therapy. Her years training, choreographing and performing around the world guided her to create her own unique yoga project and studio combining the power of live cello and movement asana; YO-MU, based in Barcelona. She has also developed her own training for personal transformation. Lucy teaches exclusively as senior lead teacher at Yoga One Born and at Soho House, Barcelona. She guest teaches at Herrick house retreats, France & Reflexive Energy retreats, Catalonia and also teaches at yoga festivals and studios around the world.

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Retreat
Leaders:
Stephanie Paine & Lucy Beckwith

Stephanie Paine - Certified Herbalist, Reiki Master and the creator of Panacea Plants.

Guided by intuition and reverence, her work is heart-led, ceremonial, and rooted in the intelligence of nature itself.

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Lucy Beckwith

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What's included

Rooms

Quinta Marugo offers 10 elegant and comfortable rooms with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside. The 360-degree position of the building allows for both a variety of scenic vistas and/or private courtyards.

All rooms have their own bathroom and outside entrance under protective porticos to enjoy sitting outside during the warm and balmy days and evenings of the Alentejo.

Facilities

Restaurant and Food Philosophy, Veggie Garden.
Living Spaces, Massage Room, Pagoda
Biological Pool, Sunset point and other landmarks

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Food

Food served is vegetarian and 90% seasonal and local within the Iberian Peninsula. Most of our food is sourced from our own vegetable gardens, bee hives, tea trees/bushes/flowers and olive trees, which are organic and follow permaculture principles of giving back to nature. We have agreements with organic farmers in the area to source from them when needed.

We make our own home made breads and baked goods and we aim for no refined sugar baked goods.

We cater towards allergies such as gluten, nuts, etc. Just let us know in advance

HIGHER GROUND

• A transformative retreat blending yoga, herbalism & feminine wellness • A sanctuary for clarity, softness & renewal • A space for deeper embodiment & connection

Thursday
March 5, 2026
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15:00
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March 9, 2026
13:00
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We require a 50% deposit in order to secure your space. Deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable if paid less than thirty (30) days before the beginning of the retreat.
The rest of the 50% is to be paid seven (7) days before the beginning of the retreat. Remainder payments are non-transferable and non-refundable. If we don't receive your remainder payments on time as outlined above, we reserve the right to open your reservation to another person.

What is not included:
Flight and transfer to Quinta Marugo, in Serpa.

Thursday
March 5, 2026
15:00
-
13:00
Monday
March 9, 2026
at
13:00
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900
€
SECURE YOUR SPOT TODAY WITH A
300€
DEPOSIT

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Stephanie Paine & Lucy Beckwith

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