THE LIMINAL: NO YOGA, NO WIFI

THE LIMINAL is a 6 nights/ 7 days intimate offline salon for people between exits, roles, projects and life stages: A temporary departure from the digital feedback loop into 20 hectares of olive trees, open landscape and silence. This is an invitation to artists, entrepreneurs, researchers, builders and parents who want to slow down their days without internet, networking, or the urge to control their time and anticipate what comes next.

🛀 FORMAT 6 nights / 7 days Maximum 5 participants

📆 DATES Oct 18 2026 – Oct 24, 2026 Nov 22 2026 – Nov 28, 2026 Dec 27 2026 – Jan 02, 2027 Jan 17 2027 – Jan 23, 2027

🌳 LOCATION Our base is a 20-hectare olive estate 5 km from Elvas, in the borderlands of Portugal and Spain. It is surrounded by a region that somehow escaped the machinery of mass tourism even though there are extraorinary things to see and do. This is not the Portugal of crowded beaches, pastel-de-nata queues and Instagram itineraries. The eastern Alentejo is quieter: whitewashed fortress towns, abandoned landscapes, marble, wine, olive oil, ceramics, tapestries, prehistoric stones village fairs and fortified towns. Find pictures of the estate below 👇

💶 PRICE From €2,100 per person All-inclusive: private en-suite accommodation, all meals, activities & excursions, analog materials & a one-hour 1:1 session with the host.

🤳 DIGITAL DISCONNECT Upon arrival, phones and other connected devices are left in a safe. For emergencies, family or business contacts can reach you through the host. In their place: journal, instant cameras, binoculars, books, conversations, fireside chats, endless landscape—and time.

⏰ RELINQUISH THE NEED TO MANAGE TIME When you know what is happening at 2:00 PM, you stop living in the morning and begin anticipating the afternoon. While there is an agenda of things we will do as a group—from cooking, to creative strategy sessions, exploring the farm, or conducting a day trip— this agenda will not be communicated to you beforehand. By concealing the timeline, we also remove the burden of choice. Your only task is to exist in the space provided, alone or in the group.

🦄 NO STIMULATORS, NO PERFORMANCE In this retreat there is no mandatory yoga, no shared meditation, no psychedelics, micro-dosing or performative spirituality. If you have your own practice, bring it. Otherwise, nothing needs to be performed, not even relaxation.

🪂 SPACES & ACTIVITIES Depending on the season, days might include fireside conversations, swimming, walking, cooking, reading, exploring nearby towns—or simply being alone. We might stumble into a village festa, visit a an unique museum you would never have searched for, watch someone throw clay in a pottery workshop, taste wine where it is made, or cross into Spain for lunch. Some days will contain discoveries. Others may contain almost nothing. Both are the point.

On the Farm: Enjoy fireside chats, read a book under the arcades or pergola, spend time by the pool or sauna, walk among ancient olive trees with sweeping views across Portugal and Spain, or discover how olive oil is produced—a lesson in how time yields substance.

Outside the Farm: On selected days, we will explore nearby historic towns, their cultural heritage and some less obvious places.

🤳 LET’S TALK FIRST Use this short form to tell me a little about yourself, with no commitment to book. I’ll then invite you to a brief call where I can answer your questions and we can both make sure THE LIMINAL feels like a good fit. https://forms.gle/Hy4QqtDkUJ35mqUD6 ✍️ RESERVE MY PLACE If you already know you want to join, you can reserve a place for your preferred dates with a down payment. I’ll still ask you to share a little information about yourself and we’ll have a brief call before confirming the booking. After the call, if either of us feels it isn’t the right fit, you can cancel and your down payment will be refunded. Otherwise, we’ll confirm your place and proceed with the booking.

WHY THE LIMINAL?

Before a painting exists, a book is written, a business begins or a new life takes shape, there is a liminal period when the old structure no longer fits and the new one does not yet exist. Just as a doorway between two rooms, or an airport between departure and arrival, or the space between knowing and not knowing…

We tend to rush through these periods because uncertainty is uncomfortable.

THE LIMINAL creates the conditions to stay on the threshold a little longer. By removing digital distractions, schedules, expectations, and the pressure to perform, my goal is to create the conditions for inhabiting this in-between space consciously rather than rushing through it. The idea is to spend a few days of not planning, not knowing, not connecting with the world, enough to hear what emerges when the noise subsides.

If you are looking to be pampered, entertained, or spiritually curated, there are many other retreats designed for you. If you are ready to relinquish control, disconnect and embrace the unknown, welcome to THE LIMINAL.

ABOUT ME

I am Shermin Voshmgir and have spent much of my own life between cultures, countries, disciplines and careers. Over time, I realized that uncertainty is best embraced, not fought, because it is a necessary condition for creation and change.

During THE LIMINAL, I will sometimes be present and sometimes deliberately in the background. We will share meals, conversations, activities and the landscape, and every participant will have a private 1:1 session with me.

I see my role, first and foremost, as holding the space—not to tell you what to do or what should emerge from it.

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