Call of the wild - portugal
Naked retreat adventures
for gay bi trans queer men
27 sep - 3 october 2025
5 - 11 october 2025
Lua Nua Guesthouse, Alentejo, Portugal
SATURDAY 27th sep - friday 3rd october 2025
SUNDAY 5th - saturday 11th october 2025
Join us for 2 unforgettable naked retreat adventures at the beautiful lua nua guesthouse in rural alentejo. A week of naked yoga, epic atlantic nudist beaches, all in the company of a friendly group of gbtq men from around the world
The call
Our 7th year of retreats at my favourite guesthouse in Europe, the beautiful Lua Nua! Set in lush gardens with a stunning pool and close to the epic and wild Atlantic Coast of Alentejo in Southern Portugal.
These retreats are a sacred pause from daily life and our habitual patterns and routines. They are a space for you to step out of your comfort zone, reflect on your life, to have some deeply restful and restorative time for you, to relax and connect deeply to nature, and to rediscover and explore your relationship to joy, pleasure and playfulness.
What I love about organising retreats, is that each time a completely unique group of men come together to share and participate in an adventure together. We have this sacred time together, and my intent is to help you make the most of it!
At the heart of all of my retreats, is embracing self acceptance, self love, and confronting fears and doubts that hold you back in life. We will practice a lot of yoga together. We will meditate, and music and ceremony will play a big part in our time together.
This is space for you to be yourself. Every single part of you is welcome on these retreats. It's a place for you to be seen, to be heard, and to be accepted for you are, and a space for you to do the same for others.
My retreats are alcohol and substance free. However tobacco is permitted in a designated area. Please do not bring alcohol or substances apart from tobacco with you. Our mornings are spent free from devices and screens.
THESE RETREATS ARE FOR YOU IF:
You understand that a Naked Yoga Retreat is not a clothing optional Yoga Retreat. We will co-create a safe, non judgmental space for us all to enjoy being naked together.
You understand that these retreats are alcohol and substance free. Smoking is permitted in designated areas. Please don’t bring alcohol or substances with you.
We spend our mornings device free, no screen time until after brunch.
You understand that this is more than a yoga holiday, and it’s important for the group dynamics that men come to participate in the group.
You are inspired to celebrate your unique body, and to nurture self acceptance and self love.
You are looking for a sacred pause from your daily routine, and to dive deep into nature, into your yoga practice, into your body and soul, naked in the company of GBTQ men!
Your heart sings at the prospect of sharing a wild adventure in remote nature in the community of international GBTQ men!
You are seeking space from certain behaviours, like technology, social media, alcohol, substances etc
You are open to making a positive changes in your life, learning about yourself, to grow, transformation, releasing old patterns, to connect with nature in a community of friendly supportive men.
THESE RETREATS ARE perhaps not FOR YOU IF:
You're looking for a nice yoga holiday and expect everything to be done for you.
You’re looking to just have a relaxing week on your own and not take part in the group activities. It’s important for the group dynamics that participants come to participate.
You don’t do well with last minute changes of schedule. Due to events outside of our control (the weather for example) or simply the needs of the group, I may adapt the schedule spontaneously.
Couples are very welcome. We get many lovely couples joining us in Portugal. It’s important that both of you want to be part of the retreat and participate in the group - not just one coming along to support the other. This way both of can have your own individual experience but also share the experience as a couple - which can be a very beautiful and meaningful time together.
Why naked?
Being naked literally strips away all the social and economic barriers that clothing can represent. Being naked in front of other people can be challenging as it brings up our vulnerabilities around self acceptance, being seen, and around shame! Together we will playfully confront these vulnerabilities!
Society often tells us that being naked is all about sex. Practising Yoga naked, singing and dancing naked, walking through the woods naked, swimming in the pool or ocean naked, is an exhilarating way to feel freedom and build self acceptance in your beautifully unique body in a non sexual space.
Arousal can happen, if it does that's beautiful and magical and can be enjoyed and celebrated. Connection and intimacy with other men can happen, which can be intensely healing and nurturing and wonderful. The invitation for this retreat is to connect with yourself and other men from the heart. To embrace self acceptance. To shed layers of shame, guilt and regret. To come together with other men in celebration of queer community and spirit!
Nudity can deepen our spiritual practice and help us to face some of our deepest fears in a a safe, supportive and non judgmental community of men - come join us!
What to expect:
Yoga // Ceremony // Music // Touch // Movement // Nature // touch // Coastal Hikes // Epic Beaches // breathwork
Yoga is the foundation of our time together on retreat. A deep active morning practice and a more restful and restorative evening practice, mostly in the Shala, and weather permitting on the deck by the pool.
Music, singing, chanting, breathwork, dance, movement, performance! Practices that bring joy and celebration to our lives, that make us feel alive and connected. That inspire us with gratitude for life and awaken our sense of awe and wonder for the world.
Touch! Touch is deeply healing, pleasurable, relaxing, and sacred. Simple, gentle exercises to practice giving and receiving touch. This can be done clothed or naked.
Playfulness! Play is healing and play is liberation. Play connects us to joy and to our inner child. Play can be funny, intimate, sexy, spontaneous. Play inspires us to be ourselves, in the moment, and to feel alive.
Nature! By the pool surrounded by the lush gardens of Lua Nua, afternoon trips to the epic local naturist beaches, and at least one hike along the magnificent Alentejo coastline.
Accommodation
We have space for 11 participants this year, with everyone in a shared room. As space is quite limited, and so we can have a full retreat, the Double Rooms are initially reserved for couples or 2 friends to share.
Price is 1800 EUR per person.
3 Bed Studio
Twin Room x 2
Double Room x 2
(Price includes accommodation, food, daily morning ceremony + yoga, evening group activities)
The Studio can accommodate three people. With 1 single bed on the ground floor and 2 single beds on a mezzanine level. It has its own bathroom and a private terrace overlooking the garden with an amazing view on the lake.
Our two Superior Suite Twin Rooms are equally comfy but a bit more spacious. Each offers two single beds with high-end quality Portuguese mattresses. Both have ensuite bathrooms. They open directly on to private terraces overlooking the garden.
Our two Junior Suite Doubles are very charming and super luminous. They are appointed with a queen size bed and have ensuite bathroom. They both open directly on a private terrace facing South where you can relax ‘al fresco’ on warm summer evenings. The Junior Suite Doubles are initially reserved for couples to share. This is so that we can have a full retreat with 11 participants.
Rooms will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Likely schedule
7.30am - Fruit, Tea, Coffee
8am - Morning Yoga Practice
11am - Brunch
2pm - Beach, Hike, or Pool
6pm - Evening Practice
7.30pm - Dinner
9.30pm - Evening Meditation
10pm - Bed / Relax
First Day //
3pm - Arrival and settle in
7pm - Welcome Circle and Dinner
Final Day //
8am - Yoga Practice
10am - Farewell Brunch
11am - Depart
how to book
Please email me your retreat date and room preference.
I will confirm availability and put you in contact with Christophe at Lua Nua who will process payments for the retreat.
Please don’t ask me to hold a room for you. Rooms will be offered on a first come first serve basis and places are confirmed only when payment has been made.
Price per person // 1800 Euros
3 Bed Studio
Twin Room
Double Room (For couples or 2 friends sharing)
Price includes accommodation, food, daily morning ceremony + yoga, evening group activities.
All fees paid for workshops and retreats are non-transferable and non-refundable. In paying for a workshop or retreat, you agree to these terms.
travel to lua nua
You can either get the train or hire a car to travel to Lua Nua. We need at least 2 hire cars so we can make trips to the beaches.
If you’re hiring a car it’s very useful if you have space for passengers from Faro or Lisbon. We can ask the group for a contribution towards the car.
From Lisbon:
Hire Car: Journey time to Lua Nua is 150 mins.
By Train: Direct train from Lisbon to Santa Clara Saboia, journey time is a couple of hours, we can collect you from Saboia, which is 30 mins from Lua Nua.
Recommended Train:
Depart Lisbon - 1410 (TBC)
Arrive Saboia - 1620
From Faro:
By Car: Journey time approx 90 mins
By Train: There are direct trains from Faro to Santa Clara Saboia, journey time is one hour, we can collect you from Saboia, which is only 30 mins from Lua Nua.
Recommended Train:
Depart Faro - 1415 (TBC)
Arrive Saboia - 1519
the journey home
Final Morning
Yoga Practice // 7.30am
Farewell Brunch // 10am
Once brunch is over participants start to make their way home, usually via Lisbon. Ideally we have enough space in hire cars for everyone to get a lift. Otherwise we can drop people at Zambujeira where there is a 12.30pm (TBC) bus to Lisbon arriving mid afternoon.
If you are travelling to Faro there is a 12.26pm (TBC) train from Saboia.
Many guests choose to stay 1 or 2 nights in Lisbon over the weekend. So travelling after brunch is a little easier as there is no plane to catch!
With the retreats finishing on a Friday and Saturday, my hope is that many of you decide to spend the weekend in Lisbon. This can be such a fun way to end the retreat, and gives some time to hang out together and land in the ‘real world’ again before flying home.
If you fly back from Faro, if there are no hire cars available to give you a lift, we can book a taxi oto take you to Saboia train station.
If you need any travel advice just get in touch.
“When you join one of these retreats you become part of a global network of hundreds of GBTQ Men.
This community has evolved over 9 years through all of the incredible men that have taken part.
Men from all over the world - Europe, North America, South Africa, Japan!”
— Tom