Yoga Retreat | Yoga Cabo Verde

Retreat from your World & Into the Mystical You.
A 6 day yogic journey into the five elements in all their manifestations (from the geometrical to the physical), through pranayama, asanas, guided meditations & sound
Sal Island, Cabo Verde
October 5th to 10th or Oct 4th to 9th, 2025
(limited places left)

Our human form is made up of the five main elements. These elements are connected to the first 5 chakras, as well as to our senses. Embedded in these elements is consciousness, your true self. Everything in this world is made up of the five elements.

When we begin to purify and balance these elements, we move energy upwards through the chakras, as well as balance our human form (emotional, mental, and physical), and begin to separate consciousness from matter, so that we are more clearly able to connect to our true selves. Intelligent bliss. But also purify matter of conditionings, impressions, memories ... embedded in it.

This retreat is not so much a retreat but a journey, into the five elements, you, through breath, visualization, sound, and the five elements in their most gross form. The ocean, the earth, the sun, the air and the expansive space that envelopes this island. Each element is extremely powerful and present here.

Every single class will take you on a journey into you, to learn more about your conditioned personality, the thing you have attached to your `I´. So that you may begin to peel aways its influence and be guided through your life from a place of knowing and truth. If you are holding on to trauma, this journey will also help raise your awareness, so that you can heal it and begin to dismantle it.

For those of you who do not know me, I have been on the yogic path for the last 20 years. I have more than 3000 hrs of teacher training. What I will teach you is self realised truths, that have transformed the world in which I exist. What you are learning is the cosmic science of yoga, of your human form. A science embedded in the most ancient texts knowns to humans, The Vedas. When you understand how to operate and balance the human form, you can expand beyound it and connect to your authentic true self (consciousness).

The goal of this journey is to retreat into yourself, so we have ensured that there is plenty of time for you, Time for you to spend your days doing exactly what your being seeks. You can eat when you want, sleep, read, play etc. We do not seek to keep you stimulated and engaged with others, but rather to give you space and time to just listen and slow down. If movement is what you seek, we can recommend sailing trips, kiting, windsurfing and surf schools, dive schools etc. But please know, that for you to really understand what drives and influences all your actions, thoughts, behaviours, and relationships, you need to learn to sit in silence and stillness. To be completely present, without excess stimulation. To sit with the five elements and just listen. For each holds consciousness, that can teach you about you.

You are both shadow (desires, instincts, trauma, memories..) as well as light (bliss, joy, knowledge, wisdom, truth). Too many of us live in the shadows. Yoga, and this journey help you remain in the light, in consciousness. From where you can then view the shadows and remove the influences that sit in there

GENERAL INFORMATION

DATES: October 5-10 October or Oct 4th to 9th 2025 (you can choose depending on your flights)

We have set up this retreat, so you can either start Saturday evening and finish friday morning.

Start Sunday morning and finish friday night. At the bottom on this page you will find a PDF of the alternative time table from Oct 4th to 9th)

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:

To ensure transformation beyond the surface level

Maximum: 10 humans

LEVEL

Although you do not have to arrive flexible, for this retreat you must have mobility in all your joints and not be limited in your movements.

This is retreat is for beginners up to advanced yogis. Asanas will be adjusted according to level.

We highly encourage men to attend this retreat, as well. Men, like women, have a great role to bring this world back into balance and safety.

THE TEACHER

For the cv of the teacher please click on the Home Page

If I were to use labels, I would say that I am 53 and a Indian that was born and raised in Africa. I began to live the yogic path 20 years ago. I have dedicated and the last 19 years to understanding and studying the human form, as well as the ancient discipline of Yoga.

I will teach you what I know to be truths. What I have practiced, lived, and learnt from my gurus. As well as from the five elements whose consciousness I continue to access. The more you know of me and my journey, the more you will understand the true power of this discipline in connecting you to your consciousness and a universal consciousness. From where I came, to where I have arrived, is often called a miracle by those who know me.

THERE IS NO RETREAT LIKE THIS, SAL ISLAND AND THE FIVE ELEMENTS ARE MAGNIFICENT.

TIME TABLE

Sunday Oct 5th. Water Element/Sacral Chakra | Sound Flute/Sense of taste/mouth/passion/desire/all the fluids in the body i.e blood, lymph/approx 72% of your body

Morning Session: 6.45am

Sunrise yoga on the beach. Meet point Santa Maria Beach beside the main pier - Video will be provided on how to walk there.

We will greet the extraordinary Ocean, with gratitude. Release all the grey energy you have carried with you up to that moment, and then begin with Pranayama. Followed by an asana practise, the pulling of energy from all around us, and a water meditation.

After the class you are free to have a swim, play on the beach, or whatever else you want.

Afternoon Session: 5 - 6:30pm in the Studio

Learning the 5 Pranayama’s, which will begin every class. Then a slow release of all negativity and trauma carried in our muscles, with asanas and sound bowls. Followed by a guided shavasana.

After class, welcome veggie dinner and understanding the journey.

Monday 6th - Full Moon. Ether (Akash)/Throat Chakra | Sound waves/Sense of hearing/ears, communication/boundaries/all the space in your skeletal cavities and body/approx 6% of the body

Morning Session: 7am in the studio:

Pranayama, Traditional Sun Salutations, Asanas flow, and Yoga Nidra.

Afternoon Session: Full moon at Ponta Preta Beach, under the stars, in a beautiful tent:

18h Transfer provided from the studio.

Pranayama, the setting of a sankalpa, gentle asanas, meditation on the ether element with spiritual African drums. Dinner will be provided in the tent

Tuesday 7th - TAO Healing for the five elements, organs, & pulling energy from the cosmic universe.

Morning Session: 8h - Botanical Garden. Transfer provided from the studio at 7:50am

Afternoon Session: 5 - 6:30pm - Deep release from joints with yin and a tuning fork. Antar Mouna meditation to observe the mind/the self.

Wednesday 8th - Earth/Root Chakra | Sound Drum/sense of smell/nose/fear/security/skeletal structure, organs, glands etc/approx 12% of the body

Morning Session: 8am transfer to the Volcanic Crater (Pedra de Lume) - Enter the crater for a Pranayama and asana practise. Followed by a guided earth meditation with African spiritual drums

Afternoon Session: 5 - 6:30pm in the Studio. Restorative healing class with shamanic bells and bowls

Thursday 9th - Air/Heart Chakra | Sound Bells/sense of touch/skin/love/give & receive/Breath/approx 4% of the body.

Morning Session: 6.45am Transfer from the studio to Santa Maria salt mine - Standing joint release, Air meditation and Ancient African Drumming class in the desert.

Afternoon Session: 5 - 6:30pm In the studio. Ancient Buddhist practise for the heart, mantra meditation. sound bowls and heart crystal bells.

Friday, 10th - Fire/Navel Chakra (solar plexus), sound Harp/sense of sight/eyes/ego, self worth, ego/digestive system, metabolism, assimilation/approx 5% of the body

Morning Session: 6.30am in Santa Maria beach – in front of Morabeza Hotel

Pranayama, gentle movement to open chakras, meditation for the sun element.

AFTER THE CLASS - OPTIONAL AND PAID ONSITE: Breakfast Buffet with the teacher and her retreat partner at the Morabeza Hotel (special price agreed for the participants)

Afternoon Session: 5pm to 5.40pm Advanced Five element Meditation, on the elements in their geometric form (Yantras)

6:00pm: Sunset on the beach of Angulo Restaurant + Satsung @ Bonfire (sharing, final questions, etc etc) 7:00pm: Dinner at Angulo (drinks not included)

TO BRING WITH YOU

A nice book for you to make notes in and to draw the five elements in their geometrical form. This book will hold the tools you can use when you return to your world.
If possible loose cotton pants and shirts to practise in. Try not to suffocate your body with tight clothes.
Sunscreen & a Hat
Mosquito repellent, just in case, they decide to join the retreat.
A hoodie for the evening
Joy, Openness, Gratitude & Humbleness

WHATS INCLUDED

Welcome meal and Goodbye meal
Meal at the full moon practise
Transfer to all the locations outside of Santa Maria
All the yoga classes
A lomi lomi massage
African drum lesson to connect to the earth element and rise your frequency
An Indian yogi as a teacher with 20 years of knowledge and study of the Human Form, Sound, and Yoga.
Airport transport to your hotel
Yoga Mat at all the classes

What's Not Included

Accommodation. We shall offer a list of places to stay. However, you are free to choose outside the list as well, based on your budget and taste. However, we ask that you keep it close to the studio.
Flights or teleportation
Aside from the three offered meals, you can eat when you want and according to your diet. Remember we want to handcuff you as little as possible to a timetable or to others.

Resources

To prepare for this retreat, we recommend to read or listen to the book:

Yoga: Where the Impossible Meets the Possible.
The true mystical love story between the human and the universe.

It will provide foundational knowledge about your human form and yoga, so you get maximum benefit from your practise when you are here.

You can buy the book on most amazon platforms.

Or listen to it for free on the YouTube Channel. The Ancient Yoga Library.

Go to playlist and click on the The Book.

Price

Early bird price before July 1st: 855 euros

Turtle Price after July 1st: 1080 euros

Deposit to hold the space: 30% Non refundable. Paypal friends and family transfer: PayPal.Me/yogacaboverde

(If you need to do a bank transfer to Cabo Verde, we can send you the bank details)

Please also whats app me your whats app number so I can put you in the group of others coming. It will also be the place we will put all updates, information etc. Open the PDF file for info on accommodation, activities, restaurants etc

To register for more info please click on the link, and then whats app after you have filled it out if you would like to connect: +2385801121

https://form.jotform.com/250472255768565

The reason this retreat is more expensive than others:

Limited to 10 people
Teacher is a yogi with 20 yrs of teaching and knowledge
Unlike other retreats which are in one place, this journey is spread across the island
Guest teachers: Toa healer from France and African spiritual drummer from Senegal
Every class includes sound played on you
Personal time with the teacher (if you want)

The outfit of truth always fits us perfectly, unlike the outfits of labels, expectations, conditionings, that always feels like we are not completely ourselves.

For more information please whats app me @

+2385801121 or email surfsheena@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RETREAT IS ALSO OFFERED AS A PRIVATE RETREAT, JUST YOU AND I AND THE ELEMENTS. OR IF YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT YOU WANT TO BRING HERE. In both these cases, the retreats can be adapted to suit you or your group. Between October and May, or select months in the summer.

This is a review from a student that I recently did this retreat with, as a private retreat. It is what inspired me to open it to others.

Sonia Patel

Harrow, Uk

December 2024

If you have come to this page/site or AI has got you here then there are no coincidences!

We live on a planet of MORE.. behind the scenes it involves ego, power, and above all money. The world has commercialised spirituality. A very humble discipline has been turned into a money-making machine which involves.. lets be honest taking advantage of the vulnerable.

When we are vulnerable, we can go one of two ways, we could get captured and become of victim and transcend into darkness. OR we can become a seeker and go down the path of seeking truth so that we may understand and heal. In order to be able to live a life that truly belongs to us.

Along the way as a seeker, we will come across many spiritual businesses who will sell you a course, a retreat, a method. They will tell you that if you sign up, at the end of it ALL, you will be healed and you will now be happy. Not all spiritual business will have teachers who have grown through experience, scriptures and learning. Who have changed the course of their life through darkness to light and then supported others.

The truth is your journey is unique as is your DNA. Does such a teacher exist for you? One that will not sell you a package but one that will tailor your needs for YOU. A teacher who will stand alongside you and support you through a period of time where you as a seeker are in need of learning, guidance, support, and above all a stepping stone to transformation. A teacher who will not take advantage but will devote her every breath to support you.

Such a teacher exits on this planet. She lives on the island of Cape Verde Sal. She is humble, kind, fair and honest. She does not do the work to line her pocket, but to invest in her learning, to live simply, and to support as many souls as she can.

If you are a seeker or simply want to grow, or to begin your journey then you have your found your person.

I recently had the privilege to experience this retreat with Sheena, but as a private. Living in a metropolis, I was disconnected from nature, and it was through these very elements and the journey Sheena took me on, that I moved deeper into my transformation. Sitting in each element in their bigger form, and connecting to them to lift, balance and clear my five elements, was like nothing I have experienced in my transformation journey. It is rare to meet someone who understand the elements and is able to access the consciousness they hold.

I allowed myself to feel and to JUST BE while NATURE and Sheena guided and supported me (I do not want to share everything as I would like you to experience the magic). BUT please very aware that Truth will be communicated and there may be moments where this will make you sad, tearful, and you will question as you are out of your comfort zone.

Please allow yourself to trust. Sheena is highly experienced and will not let you fall; she has your best interests at heart. Do not let the frank, bold words she speaks sway you from seeing the truths in them, for they are spoken through her via higher powers. They will support you and you will be thankful looking back.

I cannot thank Sheena enough and the elements that reside in SAL for allowing me to leave the island with tools to support and guide me on my path of highest good. My soul and body felt the light and continue to do so. She showed me what was inside of me and then gave me tools to keep accessing it when I left.

The exchange you make for Elements Retreat is one which you will look back and say that the universe blessed you with a authentic teacher, a rare find. You will want to return to island repeatedly to continue to grow and transform.

I recently travelled to India, and I can honestly say that soul teachers can reside anywhere in the world. There was no Sheena to be found in India, her wisdom and guidance are truly unique, and her exchange is not underpinned by greed.

Give yourself a gift, this gift is to yourself, Contact Sheena, please have a conversation and then decide if the universe guided you here for a reason.

Love and Blessings To All Who have Read My Review.

Things to know

Alternate timetable