Mindfulness in Action:
Choosing Compassion & Courage
You give so much because you care so deeply.
And there is a way to keep caring while returning yourself to the center of all you hold.
Self-compassion is not the opposite of courage. It is one of the bravest ways we welcome ourselves home.
This retreat is an invitation to practice mindfulness in action, to move through your days with more presence, clarity, and compassion for your wild heart.
You’ll return home with a kinder relationship with yourself, supported by meaningful community, and equipped with practical tools for sustainable change, with 20 continuing education credits.
Like all MOOXLI retreats, this retreat is held within our community commitment model.
At least 20 participants must register within the first 90 days for the retreat to proceed. We are not in the business of filling rooms. We are in the practice of creating sacred space, and that only happens when the community is strong enough to hold the work.
Before we ask you to commit, let’s make sure you understand who this retreat is for:
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You are ready to keep caring deeply while choosing compassion for yourself, too.
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You crave space to return to your own needs, your own rhythm, and the quiet wisdom that has been there all along.
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You want to move through your life with more presence, not just keep pushing while calling it strength.
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You are ready to practice self compassion in real time, and discover how courage grows when you stop leaving yourself behind.
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You are a healthcare worker who knows there is a kinder way to live, lead, serve, and stay connected to yourself.
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You are curious about how embodied practices like breathwork, yoga, movement, and mindfulness can help you welcome yourself home.
Let us introduce you to the guides who will walk beside you as you remember what it feels like to live with more presence, courage, and a kinder relationship with yourself.
Sarah Bergakker
“Clinically qualified, but not emotionally equipped,” describes MOOXLI founder Sarah Bergakker, experience starting as an LPN in the emergency department at the age of 19. This theme continued as Sarah completed her bachelor’s in nursing and began work as an ER Trauma nurse, and then became a nurse anesthetist. After almost 20 years in healthcare, Sarah realized that she didn’t know what she was going to do differently but that her practices of perfectionism, numbing, and detaching from her emotional and physical self needed to change. Sarah started this work to discover if there was a way for her to continue to work in healthcare and find joy in her work. She is so thankful to have returned to the original passion of her calling in healthcare. Sarah will be sharing how self compassion and boundaries can effectively change our habits, change our lives, and ultimately support our own resilience.
Joan Mudget
Joan Mudget will guide you through daily movement, breathwork and meditation that supports the mind and body in making the shifts that will happen for you on this retreat. Joan’s background in executive leadership, and her personal experience with burnout and addiction recovery, allow her to guide you through deeper introspection. Joan will help you understand how yoga changed her life and guide you in incorporating these simple practices into your daily routine.
The Setting:
Pack your softest linen and a sense of wonder, because we are heading to Craveiral Farmhouse on Portugal’s wild southwest coast.
Craveiral, pronounced Krav Ah RAHL, sits in the Alentejo Coast and Costa Vicentina region, one of Europe’s last truly undeveloped coastlines. This is the Portugal people dream of finding, wilder, slower, quieter, and deeply connected to the land.
This is not a polished resort tucked inside a tourism bubble. It is a working farmhouse spread across nine hectares, with organic gardens, animals, farm to table meals, outdoor fire pits, a wood fired sauna, a cold plunge, indoor spa facilities, and individual cottages instead of traditional hotel rooms.
Picture this: Atlantic air, wide horizons, cork forests, whitewashed villages, rugged beaches, walking trails, stargazing, shared meals, and the kind of quiet that helps you remember yourself again.
Only minutes away are some of Portugal’s most dramatic beaches, with cliffs, trails, sunsets, and open sky instead of rows of loungers and umbrellas. Nearby, the Rota Vicentina trail system winds along the coast through fishing villages, hidden beaches, and some of the most beautiful walking routes in Europe.
Private and shared lodging will be available in Craveiral’s cottages. Private rooms will be assigned in the order registrations are received. Early registration gives you the best opportunity to secure a private space.
Your all inclusive lodging includes five nights of accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and access to the beauty and rhythm of the farm. Also included are activities such as hiking, biking, a cocktail workshop or wine tating, a pizza workshop, a farm visit, stargazing, wood fired sauna, wood fired hot tub, cold plunge, and a bonfire for shared reflection.
Craveiral is just 2 hours from Lisbon International Airport.
We need a community commitment of at least 20 registered participants for this retreat to move forward. Once that 20 person threshold is met, participants will receive an email confirming that the retreat is officially moving forward, and the all inclusive lodging charge will be processed to the card on file. All inclusive lodging is $439/night
This model reflects what MOOXLI is all about: shared intention, mutual trust, and creating something meaningful together, one brave yes at a time.
By the time your refreshed and recharged self boards the plane to fly back home you will have:
Earned 20 CEs!
Practiced showing up in a supportive community where you don’t have to shrink, hustle, or pretend
Reclaimed your energy by learning how to stop pouring yourself out in all the wrong places
Know exactly what you are going to do on the Monday after the retreat, how to handle the Sunday Scaries, and know you aren’t going back to real life, you are going back to YOUR life
Remembered what truly matters to you—and how to build a life that reflects it
Learned that you don’t have to be able to fold yourself into a pretzel to practice yoga and move your body in a way that supports you
What's Included
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20 CEs full of content to help your confident and successful outside match how you feel inside
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A pizza workshop, wine tasting or cocktail workshop, a farm visit
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All meals from Dinner Monday night to breakfast Saturday morning
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Hiking, biking, stargazing, wood fired sauna, wood fired hot tub, cold plunge, and a bonfire for shared reflection.
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Free time to get a massage, explore, or go to the wild unspoiled coast which is just minutes away
What's Not Included
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Your airfare
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Costs of any additional Spa experiences you book
