Come home to yourself at Casa da Mãe.
Between the mountains and river beaches of central Portugal, you will discover Casa Da Mãe; A home & community space rooted in rewilding, connection and community as daily medicine.
Our story so far
We are Betty & Emily, two wild women, weaving a path of Wild Joy together. Our paths met in the mountains of Peru, a long way from Brighton in the UK, where we both grew up. A magic meeting.
We soon started sharing our hearts and unraveling our dreams as we chatted. There are many pieces of our personal stories that echo that of the other. Many threads started to weave our connection closer, from our leaps from corporate comms to the world of well-being, our apprenticeships with grief following the loss of our mothers, and our personal paths of healing. Another thing that roots us together is the connection we have found through the healing powers of nature.
Both on a quest to move to Portugal to experience a slower way of being, a series of serendipitous events (and a LOT of courage) led us to journey into the creation of Casa da Mãe together. And so, we are now dream-weaving our future, by co-creating a home for ourselves, sanctuary for others and a new way of being.
Casa da Mãe is now our home and we are taking each day as it comes as we navigate this new path. From Spring 2025 it will be a place for us to gather in community.
Connection is the medicine and we are devoted to building a space that is home to inclusive and accessible offerings to support physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, through nature connection and wild joy. This is a space to come home.
We are busy tending to the land whilst adjusting to a slower pace of life as we prepare the space our first in-person retreat next Spring. This is just the beginning and we’d love your help. So if you want to get involved before then, or join us next spring, get in touch.
We are both hopeful for change and passionate about stewarding this project to support the collective well-being and help pave the way for a more sustainable future.
See you soon at Casa da Mae.
Casa da Mae
Meaning ‘The House of the Mother’, a name that dropped in at the very beginning of this journey to honour so much.
A space to nourish our connection to mother nature
A space to remember how to mother ourselves
A space inspired by our own mothers
Be part of the magic at Casa Da Mãe
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Swap your skills for a stay
We are at the beginning of this journey and our vision is for Casa Da Mãe is for it to be a co-created community space. We got skills, but not all of them, so if there’s something you would like to share, get in touch. If you would like to volunteer your time and talents helping with the house or the land in exchange for home-cooked meals and a bed, we’d love to hear from you.
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Join us for a class or workshop
Join us at Casa Da Mãe for one of our movement classes, breathwork ceremonies or deeper dive retreat days. The nature alone will soothe your soul. We have a whole calendar of fun we ae building for early 2025, from movement and life drawing to ecstatic dance and rewilding.
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Retreat with us in 2025
We will be opening Casa Da Mãe’s first multi-day immersion in Spring 2025. If you know you’ll be looking for nourishment, register your interest and you’ll be the first to know when the dates are confirmed. You’ll also receive a community discount. We have some beautiful plans for our first season of retreats.
Our classes, workshops and retreats nurture the mind, body & soul, weaving powerful practices from decades of teachings together with the healing power of nature.
Love notes from our visitors