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Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal

Yoga & SUP in Portugal

Yoga & SUP trip to Madeira with Emely Freja Petersen & Spies Rejser

When: 24/7 - 31/7 2023


Price:13,500DKK per person


Departure from: Copenhagen

Take a yoga holiday to Madeira and try your hand at SUP yoga. Together with your yoga teacher Emely Freja Petersen, you will have a lovely week with morning yoga on the hotel's terrace and trips to a quiet bay, where you will try SUP yoga and paddle around on a SUP board while enjoying the sea, the sun and nature. In the evening, you can go out with Emely and the rest of the group to eat and enjoy the local Portuguese cuisine. This is a great trip for you who want to be active during the day and enjoy the company of the group in the evening.

All levels of yoga and SUP practitioners are welcome, even if you have never tried it before. You will be guided through. However, it is a prerequisite that you can swim. There are a maximum of 15 places on this trip, so we recommend booking quickly.

Register for the trip here

Program 

We spend four afternoons at sea, driving to the bay at Câmara de Lobos. There will be two 1.5-hour SUP yoga sessions with a local English-speaking instructor. There is room for eight people at a time, so while one team is on the water, the other team is enjoying the surroundings of Câmara de Lobos, either in the sun, in a café or strolling around the small town. The other two days we spend the time on the SUP board, paddling around the bay together.

On this trip, the yoga lessons with Emely Freja take place on the hotel's terrace or in the garden. During the week, we practice yoga in the morning five times for 1.5 hours. Throughout the journey, you will be guided through the yoga lessons, which are based on hatha yoga, but we will also get to know other branches such as vinyasa and yin. We start each class with meditation and end the class with a guided savasana. On the journey, it will be possible to create immersion and presence through the yoga as well as in the beautiful surroundings.

Emely has many years of teaching experience, and the yoga is adapted and suitable for all levels. It is possible to participate regardless of age, gender and physical and mental challenges. In her teaching, Emely emphasizes that you should feel comfortable and learn to listen to what your body whispers to you.

There is plenty of opportunity to be social during the week. Those who wish eat together morning and evening, either in the hotel's restaurant or in Canico. If you want more time for yourself, there are also good opportunities for that. If you are traveling alone, don't worry - you will never be alone unless you choose to be.

 

Day program

Monday- arrival
Check in at the hotel and welcome meeting with Emely Freja.

Tuesday
Morning yoga on the hotel's terrace.
We spend the afternoon in Câmara de Lobos, where we get instruction in SUP yoga. 1.5 hours on the water.
Before and after there is fun and relaxation in the city, before the trip goes back to the hotel.
Possibility of communal dining with the group at a local restaurant in town for those who wish.

Wednesday
Morning yoga on the hotel's terrace.
We spend the afternoon in Câmara de Lobos, where we paddle around the bay together. 1 hour on the water.
Afterwards, fun and relaxation in the city, before the trip goes back to the hotel.
Possibility of communal dining with the group at a local restaurant in town for those who wish.

Thursday
The day on your own. You have the option of going on a hike on one of the island's famous lava hikes. It is 13 km long, where you will experience the Queimadas National Park, which is 980 meters above sea level. Read more about the trip here.
Possibility of communal dining with the group at a local restaurant in town for those who wish.

Friday
Morning yoga on the hotel's terrace.
We spend the afternoon in Câmara de Lobos, where we get instruction in SUP yoga. 1.5 hours on the water.
Before and after there is fun and relaxation in the city, before the trip goes back to the hotel.
Possibility of communal dining with the group at a local restaurant in town for those who wish.

Saturday
Morning yoga on the hotel's terrace.
We spend the afternoon in Câmara de Lobos, where we paddle around the bay together. 1 hour on the water.
Afterwards, fun and relaxation in the city, before the trip goes back to the hotel.
Possibility of communal dining with the group at a local restaurant in town for those who wish.

Sunday
Morning yoga on the hotel's terrace.
The day on your own. You have the opportunity to visit the capital Funchal, which is 11 km from the hotel and offers many small shops, art museums, good restaurants, a market hall and cozy local life and atmosphere. If you want to relax by the sea, we recommend a visit to the sea bath Lido Galomar, located approx. 2 km from the hotel.
Possibility of communal dining with the group at a local restaurant in town for those who wish.

Monday- return

We reserve the right to make changes to the program.

Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal
Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal

Your Instructor

Emely Freja Petersen

Emely Freja is a trained Stand Up Paddle instructor through the Danish Sailing Union and has taught in Denmark and abroad. She has worked 8 seasons as a Coastal Lifeguard and has extensive knowledge of weather and water conditions and has a lot of experience with first aid in water. Emely is also 2 x Danish champion in kitesurfing. In 2015, she completed Yoga Alliance's 200-hour international yoga teacher training and thereby obtained the title 200RYT. Since 2014, she has traveled around the world to experience new cultures, beautiful nature and find new and different inspiration for her yoga lifestyle. Read more about Emely here.

Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal
Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal

This is where you will live

Quinta Splendida Wellness & Botanical Garden is located in beautiful, green surroundings in Canico, a short drive from the main city of Funchal. Here you can relax in a sun lounger in the pool area, treat yourself to a massage treatment in the hotel's spa department or take a stroll in the hotel's fine garden.
Read more about the hotel HERE

Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal

Practical information about the journey

What is included in the trip?

The price is13,500DKK per person

  • Flight with Sunclass Airlines t/r

  • Food on board the plane

  • 20 kg luggage incl. 6 kg hand luggage

  • Bus from the airport to the hotel round trip

  • Shared 1-bedroom apartment

  • 5 x morning yoga of 1.5 hours

  • 2 x SUP yoga of 1.5 hours

  • 2 x SUP-sail around a 1 hour

  • Transfer to/from the SUP location.

  • All SUP equipment

The price is per. person for two people in a shared apartment.

Optional extras

  • Single room supplement 1,400DKK
    Alternatively, Spies can pair you with another contestant of the same gender.

be aware

  • You must bring your own yoga mat

  • Swimming is required to participate

  • Emely Freja teaches in Danish, and the local SUP guide teaches in English

Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal

Questions and additional information

Spies Sport
Tlf.: 7070 1051 mandag-fredag kl. 10-12
sport@spies.dk

Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal

About the flight

We fly directly to Madeira from Copenhagen.

From Copenhagen:
Departure from Copenhagen 24/7 at 07.10, arrival in Madeira at 10.50
Return from Madeira 31/7 at 12.05, arrival in Copenhagen at 17.50

Stand Up Paddle Yoga Rejse camp Portugal

Testimonials

Ocean

Lisbet, Crete 2022

WITHOUT yoga experience, I left for Crete with my yoga friend April 2022. I had only signed up because there were other sports activities I could participate in. 
However, Emely quickly put my doubts to shame…… With a fantastic personal radiance, empathy, skill, super prepared and always with alternatives so that everyone could participate - yes, I participated with great pleasure in all sections _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_It was my first yoga holiday, but certainly not the last, and I really hope to have the pleasure of Emely again ️ 🙏🏻🙏🏻 The very warmest  recommendations from here ️
Namesté Lisbet

Ocean

Susanne, Crete 2022

Just got home after a fantastic week in Crete. Yoga with Emely as instructor. Beautiful and intensive with so much yoga in one week.. I have enjoyed every single hour, and it has given me a different and much more in-depth knowledge of what yoga can do - just for me and my needs. Emely is extremely competent as an instructor, and a wonderful person. Her great passion for yoga is so contagious   I am SO ready for another trip! Big recommendation from here!!

Ocean

Nadia, Crete 2022

Emely is a fantastic yoga teacher who caters to differences and needs. She is very dedicated and ambitious about her work, and makes a virtue of linking theory and practice together, in a balanced and meaningful way. She attaches great importance to the mind's connection to the body, and emphasizes the importance of noticing and staying on own side rather than comparing and competing with others. That part in particular meant a lot to me.
In addition, she is a fantastic caring and humorous person who you cannot help but like

Namely 🙏️

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