It was from unfortunate events, that came to pass in 2020 and in the following years, that the soil became truly fertile, and ALMA got a true boost in growing into the shape that we have come to know her as, as a shift in Humanity Conscioussness’ Focus, as a whole, went towards fostering and generating more Well-Being, Unity and Love of the Self and those around us. Basically, exactly what ALMA Retreats is all about.
Today, at ALMA Retreats, the main foundation is our Yoga Retreats, which are always complemented by other activities that challenge us on different levels, in accordance to our goal of promoting and assisting self-development, of each and everyone’s Mind, Body and Soul. Basically,what we mean is that, Alma’s Retreats which were once just a seed became are our strong roots of today.
Naturally, even just as a new bud, Alma Retreats already offers a variety of products and services. We have developed some new leaves, such as one-day events, gatherings, workshops, team-building events, for companies as well as brand activations! All just to reinforce, spread and generate what we love: the sense of community for all of those between us, who care and wish to become a better version of themselves, consequently bettering the world around us.
Our Journey
Just 5 years ago, ALMA Retreats was born from a seed planted in July 2019. In a Journey full of surprises, twist and turns, we invite you to dig into our past, as a way of getting to know ALMA better and unveil who ALMA really is at its core.
With the aim of creating unique and special experiences, based on Yoga, Surf and Travelling, our champion Founder, Matilde Cunha Vaz Freitas, created an inocent little Instagram Page. All by her lonesome self, to call upon others, to join her in this journey. This was when the germination of ALMA Retreats began.
Matilde aimed in developing a higher-Self & Consciouss Awareness way of Being and Living, free from society’s limitations. She looked to create a way of life that truly suited and made sense to her and those who, just like her, sought out in going further out of their comfort zone on self development. From the idea of creating wellness events around the globe, that stood out with interesting themes founded in health, balance and sustainability, this seed began to sprout.
These same Leaves have helped giving shape to ALMA Retreats’ immage of nowadays and mold our vision and mission towards its future.
Additionally, around about our 3 years ago, we recognised that we were in need of proper sustainance, to truly reach our full potential. With this came along, our life support decision, to include and develop coaching sessions and ALMA’s Online Academy, which, aligned with our mission, allowed more people to access us and be able to start their own journey towards reapping the benefits of mindfulness and well-being for themselves, the ALMA Community and all others they came in contact with! This is became the juice of our operation today. Our Coaching Journey, along with Matilde’s, our champion mentor in this field, really helped us solidify our roots in terms of what exactly while connecting and feeding all other facets of ALMA – this component keeps allowing us to grow into de opposites of life, for one side go deeper in the understanding of our goal and for the other the pontential of our reach while directing where next to aim this growth towards.
And so we reach our natural conclusion of this small Odessy that it is ALMA. We are delighted you took the time to learn more about us, and we hope that this has enticed your inclination in joining us in this ever-transforming journey that seeks to better all those involved. Come take part in becoming ALMA Retreats Mind, Body and Soul, we cannot have enough members and allies in the cause of bettering the world one person at the time, all together!!
Here is a Fun fact:
Did you know that Mahatma means ‘Great Soul’ – derived from Sanskrit महा (maha)- “great” and आत्मन् (atman)- “soul, spirit, life”?
Alright, but what is THE Great Purpose here?
Well, if reading our history has created more questions than answers here is the summary of what ALMA Retreats is truly all about. No more beating around the bush!
By now there is no doubt, hopefully, that ALMA intends to support each and every individual on their own journey of personal development towards bettering themselves, each other and those around us, ultimately spreading all the goodness we as a community generate to heal the entire Earth.
OK, But HOW?! You ask…
Well, simply by creating and enabling the growth of ALMA community and its forum! Need to dig deeper?
Well here it goes:
The dream here is to bring together beautiful, kind, great and like-minded yet diverse people, so that we can all learn from and with each other.
It is by the power of unity, giving and receiving, accepting and connecting, releasing and trusting with the utmost transparency and vulnerability that we can gain true awareness and reach into our infinite source of love, and abundance that it is at our core.
Consequently, together, generate infinite amounts of love, kindness and compassion, inevitably contaminating the entire world with this beautiful, fresh and young energy, full of power and will.
ATTENTION: This is not a calling for the faint of heart! Even if it does look like it with a bunch of pretty words and sentiments…
We are challenging whoever dares to better themselves at all levels of their being and their existence! Mind, Body and Soul!
Do not be fooled by the pretty words! This will be transformative in such a way that sometimes it will feel messy and hopeless.
To truly be vulnerable and open, it is one of the hardest things we can ask of anyone to do. We know! We are living this challenge ourselves!
If we want to ultametily create a better world, this starts with changing and bettering ourselves, and if you ever tried to change the smallest thing in you, you know what we mean by this not being an easy task! Let alone changing the entire world!
Whoever joins us is truly welcomed and asked to be a champion of the highest standards of perserverance, discipline, dignity, integrity and will power to develop themselves for the better, understanding that this is a task that will never finish.
To change the world for the better, the only way is to better our selves, as individuals, and luckily we are here to help you, so you do not have to do it alone!
This way we work also towards bettering each other as a group! When we share, exchange knowledge and capabilites we create and generate more good, we grow further and faster.
So, in summ: We intend to achieve our mission by bettering one person at a time, starting with us, this will trigger a chain of love, that as mentioned above, will consequentely “infect” those around us and then those around them and so on…Ultimately reaching out to the last one of us, creating the vision of a better world a reality. Not only on the inner- but outer world too, for each and everyone of us.
This means that in reality we only need one more person, and you guessed it right! We only need you! What do you say?