Awaken Experience Retreat
12-16 August 2026
Awakeland, Monchique, Portugal
Immerse yourself in a transformative five-day journey at the Awaken Experience Retreat. Through dynamic sessions led by Ashik, Laxmi, and Puja, you will explore tantra, breathwork, and sacred intimacy in the heart of the Algarve. Each day unfolds with morning practices, afternoon explorations of erotic energy, and evening integration ceremonies – guiding you steadily deeper into yourself.
Spaces are limited, so reserve your place today for this life-changing experience.
Experience the Journey to Truth
Being the Journey to Truth
“Truth is not something outside to be discovered. It is something inside to be realized.”
— Osho
THE INVITATION
If you have been feeling something stir deep within – a knowing that there is more to life than routine – come and let the body confirm what the mind has been circling.
The Awaken Experience Retreat is a five-day immersion into the living practice of tantra, not as philosophy, but as direct felt experience. Together, Ashik, Laxmi and Puja will guide an intimate group through breathwork, subtle body awareness, somatic meditation, sacred sexuality as a path of awakening, and the embodied experience of non-duality. Morning practices root you in the body. Afternoons open the field of connection, erotic life force, and intimacy. Evenings become ceremony and integration.
Moreover, the journey does not end when you leave. To support what has opened in you, the retreat includes two private sessions and one follow-up online group session – giving you space to integrate, to continue, and to be held as the work lands in your daily life.
What We Work With
Sacred Sexuality
Immerse yourself in tantric and breathwork practices, and set the stage for profound inner discovery.
Somatic Awareness
Dive into sessions of erotic energy exploration, and unlock deeper levels of sacred intimacy.
Ceremony
Evening ceremonies weave together your experiences, fostering lasting transformation.
Bring Tantra to your Daily Life
A retreat can open a door. However, what lies beyond it is your life – and that is where the real practice begins.
This is not an experience you attend and then leave behind. Instead, it is an invitation to bring Tantra home with you – into your mornings, your relationships, your body, your breath, and the ordinary and extraordinary moments that make up your days. Ultimately, we come together to ignite something that is meant to keep burning.
Dive deep at the Awaken Experience Retreat
Explore a curated journey of transformative moments that reveal the heart and soul of our retreat, and discover what makes this experience truly unique.
Ashik
Your guide on this journey
Ashik is an international Tantra master and founder of Awakeland Portugal, a reforestation project and conscious event centre. For the last 25 years, he has walked the path of Meditation, Breathwork, and Tantra, with an innate curiosity for the essence of individuals and conscious relationships.
Inspired by Osho’s teachings, he integrates joy with trauma awareness and the art of intimate relating. Furthermore, influenced by nature and shamanic wisdom, Ashik emphasises presence as essential – creating safe spaces where people can drop performance and be fully engaged in the present moment.
His Sanskrit name means ‘Lover’, which reflects his dedication to awakening the divine connection within each individual.
Laxmi
Your guide on this journey
Laxmi is a lifelong student of the sacred arts, having immersed herself in the transformative practices of yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, and Tantra for over 25 years.
With a deep reverence for the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit, she has evolved into a passionate advocate for self-discovery, sensuality, and radical self-love. Moreover, Laxmi’s journey is one of profound personal awakening, and she now dedicates her life to empowering others to embrace their authentic selves — helping them unlock the divine energy within and cultivate a harmonious relationship with themselves and others.
Through her wisdom and warmth, she inspires individuals to explore their inner landscapes, fostering a life of pleasure, balance, and profound connection.
Puja
Your guide on this journey
Puja is a therapist, retreat leader, and creator of transformational experiences. With over 13 years on the path of body-mind-spirit healing, she holds an innate curiosity for the depths of human connection and the sacred potential within each person.
Inspired by the meeting point of science and spirituality, she weaves together psychology, tantra, somatic practices, and trauma-informed tools – creating spaces where healing, awakening, and authentic relating become possible.
Furthermore, she is the founder of the Intimacy Pump Process and host of the ‘Solta o Tabu’ Podcast. Through this work, she dedicates herself to supporting people in reconnecting to their full relational and emotional potential.
Investment
These teachings are for everyone – singles and couples, across all orientations and identities, all bodies, and all backgrounds. There are no prerequisites here, only an open heart and a willingness to explore.
What is included:
- 3 plant-based meals a day
- Access to all facilities at Awakeland
- 1 private session with either Ashik, Laxmi, or Puja
- Online group integration session on 12 September 2026
And
Accommodation of your choice:
all options include bedding and shower towels, and access to shared toilets and showers
Retreat + Place in Triple Room
Three people share together a comfortable, AC room.
Retreat + Place in Twin of Double Room
Ideal for couples, this option includes a private AC room.
Retreat + Place in Twin Bell Tent
Two people share together a cosy bell tent set in nature.
