We offer the following signature retreats, each uniquely tailored to a specific theme.
Do you sense a profound calling to delve into the depths of your being for healing and self-discovery?
Are you feeling stuck in your current life situation, grappling with relationship challenges, or seeking healing from a painful experience?
Do you yearn to infuse your life with more vibrancy, inspiration, and a deeper connection to your life's path?
Have you been on a spiritual journey for years and now seek deeper clarity?
Do you hear the call?
In this sacred space, we unite to pay homage to the revered plant medicine, Noya Rao, and embark on a journey to rediscover our true nature while healing the barriers that impede our progress.
It can provide new insights into our identity, facilitate the healing of deep-seated traumas, bring forth profound joy, and offer clarity on our life's purpose. For some, it may be a serene journey, while for others, a potentially daunting experience.
In recognition of this diversity, we are committed to creating a safe and trauma-informed space to honor Grandmother and the sacred master plant, Noya Rao, ensuring a space of preparation, safety, and integration.
Plant medicine has the potential to be one of the most transformative and influential experiences of our lives.
"I bring with me more clarity, insights and new motivation, which is now supporting me in taking new and bigger steps in my process, on my path home to myself.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
A dedicated integration call will take place two weeks after the ceremony. Moreover, you will be part of an online Signal support group with your peers and Pål for three weeks following the event.
INTEGRATION
Kindly read more about what is exactly included in each of our
signature retreats down below.
1. Meet supportive and interesting group of individuals that want to dive deep into themselves.
2. Gain a deeper understanding of your nervous system and how to rewire conditioning.
3. Develop a more profound mastery of plant medicine for enhanced healing and insights.
4. Participate in two Grandmother plant medicine ceremonies.
5. Engage in a cacao ceremony, kundalini yoga, meditations, singing (practice icaros and mantra singing together), bodywork, and integration sessions with inquiries, sharings, and setting up integration plans for your return.
during the weekend you will:
As preparation for each of our signature retreats may differ slightly, we always conduct an individual trauma-informed intention-setting call with you prior to the retreat. During this session, we will explore your personal history and traumas, enhancing your awareness of potential blocks in your life. This screening will also offer ongoing support throughout the weekend and, hopefully, beyond. Additionally, we will collaboratively establish a preparation plan (pre-dieta) with practices for the days leading up to the retreat.
preparation
Ayathyst provides a safe setting before, during and also after the ceremony weekend.
MORE THAN A CEREMONY
Before you enter, you will be met by Pål —
a guardian of the threshold.
In a tailored one-on-one call, he will guide your preparation, offering insights and practices to attune your system to the medicine's frequency.
Through slowing down…
Through devotion to embodiment…
Through reverence for the medicine…
you will begin to feel what has long been avoided.
And in that feeling —
a transmutation.
The wound becomes the teacher.
The pain becomes the gift.
The scar becomes the song you sing back to the world.
If you are called to walk this path,
know this:
You are not broken.
You are becoming.
Are you ready to return with your whole self? space of preparation, safety, and integration.
It is for those who knows that their personalities are not who they are — it is who they became because of their conditioning in the past.
This journey is for those who is feeling blocked in their lives and feel an inner calling to break free from limitations.
It for those that know that deep change demands not comfort, but courage to confront, embrace and go beyond and live their soul-purpose.
WHO IS IT FOR?
like flowing water
free of sadness
yesterday is gone
its tale is told
Today new seeds are growing
The time has come
to turn your heart
into a temple of fire
Your presence is gold
hidden in dust
To reveal its splendor
burn in the fire of love
Burn in this fire of love
Text: Rumi
Song of Shivali
The Temple Of Fire
Sometimes life cracks us open.
A relationship ends.
A career dissolves.
The body breaks down.
The dream we built falls apart.
In those moments, the medicine often calls us.
The Temple of Fire is a place to face the raw truth of life — not to escape it,
but to breathe into it, transform it, and rise stronger on the other side -
living and knowing that we can be untouched by it all.
Here, in the mountains of Portugal,
we gather in sacred ceremony.
We weave ancient wisdom with trauma-informed care,
so awakening is not only profound, but safe.
Through songs, fire, and Grandmother’s guidance,
we are invited to remember who we truly are.
This is not just a retreat.
It is an opportunity to let go of who you are not,
and blow air into your sacred inner fire of who you truly are.
A live integration call one week later
Three weeks of shared support via Signal with Pål.
Post-Retreat Support
A Circle of Seekers – those drawn by the same inner call to unravel and rise.
The journey begins with guided preparation.
Nervous System Alchemy – decode and rewire the primal scripts you live by
Fire Ceremony to light the fire inside and outside.
Two Grandmother Ceremonies – each one a gateway, held in sacred reverence
Kundalini, Icaros & Song circle – awaken the life force through movement and song
Integration Circles – where insights crystallize and soul-threads are rewoven
The Journey Includes:
In the mountains of Portugal, we open the gateway to the Grandmother — blending ancient wisdom with a trauma-informed approach, so your awakening unfolds with both depth and safety.
✨ The Light of Noya Rao
Through the medicine songs of the luminous Tree of Enlightenment, hidden gifts are revealed,
shadows are healed, and clarity emerges.
✨ The Songs of the Heart
The icaros of Pål will be protecting and guiding the ceremonies into the depth and lift the energies when necessary.
Micke's songs will support you to open the heart, and the increase the fire when appropriate.
Together, we walk with Grandmother, sing , and move through the fire of truth.
We gather in ceremonies, teachings, and embodied practices designed to ground you in strength and wholeness.
This is the Temple of Fire: a space to transform pain into power, endings into beginnings,
and awakening into a way of living. the gift.
You are invited on a sacred path —
a pilgrimage into the uncharted depths of your being.
This retreat is not just an experience,
but a mythic journey of remembrance,
a return to your sacred fire.
THE Temple of Fire
"Thank you Pål and Marjike, for a wonderful ceremony! I am so happy to have been part of your safe, sacred and beautiful space. I have experienced a major shift in my consciousness. Time moves more slowly and my thoughts are less conflicting. I believe the ceremony brought me in touch with my authentic self and I learned some tools to connect with it, not least because I now have a better understanding of myself.
I got this feeling of a higher purpose or path in life and I feel much more relaxed and mindful. The ceremony put put me in a state of deep self inquiery and I had so many insights. My head is still occupied with them two weeks after. I connected with my emotions hidden deep inside and I felt a deep gratitude that still lingers on. Being able to let go during the ceremony was made easier by the safe space I felt included in. It made me accept the truth that I am taken care of by a higher purpose.
Taking part in this wonderfull cermony, engulfed in incence, sacred rituals and inspired singing has made me feeI reborn as a spiritual being.
"A truly magical and transformative weekend. Everything was intuitively and flexibly created.
A perfect mix of different activities and a perfect balance between the activities. The ceremony preparation was fantastic. The food was really good.
Pål and Marijke created a natural, humble, safe and loving space for us all to land and be in. The love and deep relaxation was incredible. I am so GRATEFUL that I could participate.
I bring with me more clarity, insights and new motivation, which is now supporting me in taking new and bigger steps in my process, on my path home to myself.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"Dear Paal, I have had the most fantastic and creative week of my life since last weekend. Everything is blooming, and people behave differently towards me, especially the closest ones. They are softer, and there are fewer confrontations.
I have new visions for my new law firm, and today, I wrote a new introduction on the webpage. A text that I have used months to formulate. People (customers and collaboration partners) are naturally attracted to my firm.
I have unlimited energy, am effective, and get things done immediately.
My mind is clear and sharp, and I do tasks I didn't manage to do before. My addictions and temptations have disappeared."
What a wonderful experience!
Pål is a masterful ceremony leader. He has a lightness about him that makes being in his presence a pure joy. He invites humor and creates a safe space for the participants to shine their light and share their gifts with the world. I had a wonderful experience attending one of his weekend retreats. I especially appreciated the touch of luxury; delicious, healthy meals, and my own soft mattress that was my ceremony space. These things may seem small, but for me, they made me feel safe and nurtured. I give Pål my warmest recommendations!
Thank you, shaman!
“I have participated in a sacred ceremony retreat with Pål, and I find his approach very sincere and caring.
I got to know him and was able to work with my intention a long time before the ceremony. Pål created an open and safe space for the participants to get to know each other before the ceremonies.
The retreat was deep, and it was challenging to say goodbye to the new friends. It impacted me to see some opening up for something that has been forgotten, maybe their whole life. I have participated in many retreats, and this one was exceptional, and I can heartfully recommend participation.
"Dear Pål and Marijke
My first meeting with Aya was pretty wild and transformative.
She confirmed something that I suspected. Even after three weeks, I still draw from the experience and gain new insights. The lovely natural place was perfect for my experience of being one with all that is.
Pål was a safe, warm, and present facilitator for me. He is a wise and humble man who leads from his heart. His beloved Marijke also created a nurturing and loving environment where participants could naturally grow.
I am forever grateful for my journey
and would love to travel with them again.
" This ceremony was my first,
and I am so grateful that Pål was the shaman guiding the journey.
I also appreciated his thorough follow-up
on the preparation and integration process.
Pål leads from a grounded and connected place of love,
presence and deep spiritual connection.
On the journey, I met fears and shadows in myself
that were painful and scary to face.
Still, Pål´s obvious capability and loving intentions made it easy for me to surrender and stay open and vulnerable throughout the journey.
This journey was undoubtedly a great inspiration and leap in my spiritual process, and I will definitely go with Pål on my next journey as well."
Testimonials from previous participants
