Maya Abdominal Massage Practitioner Training Retreat

with Lisa Kelly | Hosted at Tinhela610, Northern Portugal

A training. A healing immersion. A homecoming to the wisdom of the body.

In the wild hills of Northern Portugal, where granite holds the memory of ancient seas and the Tinhela River sings its soft, unbroken song, we welcome you to a training retreat where learning becomes transformation. Led by renowned practitioner and teacher Lisa Kelly, this immersive Maya Abdominal Massage Practitioner Training unfolds inside a sanctuary created for deep presence, profound rest, and the rediscovery of your own intuitive knowing.

At Tinhela610, nature is not a backdrop—

it is a teacher, a companion, and a quiet force that recalibrates the body from within. Here, silence feels full. Here, time slows. Here, the universal intelligence that moves through all beings becomes palpable.

As Thoreau once reminded us, “In wildness is the preservation of the world.” At Tinhela610, it is also the preservation of the self.

About the Training

Maya Abdominal Massage — Self-Care & Practitioner Training with Lisa Kelly

This retreat includes the full curriculum of the Maya Abdominal Massage Practitioner Pathway, offering:

• Foundations & Self-Care Immersion

Dive into the ancestral wisdom of Maya Abdominal Therapy—its history, principles, and deep connection to reproductive health, digestive balance, pelvic alignment, and emotional release.

• Professional Practitioner Training

For those wishing to integrate this work into their healing practice, Lisa provides in-depth instruction on assessment, hands-on technique, intuitive touch, practitioner ethics, trauma-sensitive awareness, and the sacredness of tending to the abdomen and womb.

• Hands-On Practice & Supervision

Receive treatments. Offer treatments.

Learn to listen with your hands and your whole presence.

• Integration & Embodiment

Guided meditation, time in nature, journaling, river plunges, and quiet reflection help the teachings settle into the body—not just the mind.

This is more than a course.

It is a transmission.

Why Train at Tinhela610

A Sanctuary That Amplifies the Work

The Maya abdominal tradition teaches that the belly is a universe—home to memory, intuition, emotion, and ancestral stories. Tinhela610 gives you the space to hear them.

Built completely off-grid, shaped around the Fibonacci sequence, and rooted in natural materials, our sanctuary lives lightly on the land. Wooden cabins breathe with the forest. A Japanese-Finnish-inspired bathhouse becomes a temple of warm water and returning. The Tinhela River cools and renews. Night skies open like a vast invitation.

This is a place where the nervous system softens effortlessly. Where the land returns you to rhythm.

Where the veil between inner and outer quiets just enough for you to listen deeply.

For a modality based on presence, intuition, and connection, this land is the perfect ally.

Nourishment Rooted in Gut Health, Nature & Simplicity

Under the care of our chef and naturopath Eléonore, nourishment becomes part of your healing. Her approach supports the emotional and abdominal work at the heart of Maya therapy.

Meals feature:

• Mediterranean-inspired, plant-forward cuisine

• Vegetarian, vegan, meat, and fish options

• Anti-inflammatory foods to ease the gut and reduce stress

• Fermented dishes to support a thriving microbiome

• Non-gluten grains and gentle preparation

• Mindful eating rituals to restore the hunger-satiety connection

Meals here are ceremony, another way the body learns to trust, soften, and restore.

Inspired by the Blue Zones

The longest-living cultures in the world teach us: Slow down. Eat whole, seasonal foods. Move naturally.

Live with meaning. Rest deeply. Connect often. These principles echo through Tinhela610. Even the geometry of our space—rooted in the golden ratio from Fibronacci, reminds us that health is harmony.

Move, Restore, Create. At Your Rhythm Nothing is mandatory. Everything is invitation.

Activities at Tinhela610 

Join guided movement, breathwork, meditation. Walk in silence. Swim in the river. Rest in one of the three hammocks by the water. Sketch, paint with water colors,  journal, wander, garden, dream. This retreat honors your natural rhythm—the one modern life often disrupts.

A Typical Day (4 Hours of Teaching per Day)

08:00 Warm drinks, nuts, fruit — a gentle “breaking the fast”

08:30–09:30 Movement, breathwork, meditation 

09:45–11:45 Maya Abdominal Massage Training with Lisa Kelly

12:00 Brunch

Afternoon Rest, swim, nap, walk the land, journal, garden, sauna 2 afternoons!

15:30 Snack

16:00-18:00 Mayan Abdomincal Massage Training

19:30 Dinner  

Fireside chats or just sitting in silence while watching the stars come out!

For Whom

Practitioners, doulas, massage therapists, yoga teachers, bodyworkers, midwives, somatic guides, and anyone called to reconnect with the intelligence of the abdomen and the wisdom of ancestral healing traditions.

A Training. A Retreat. A Homecoming.

Some teachings enter through the intellect. Others arrive through the body. This one arrives through both—held by land that magnifies the subtle, the sacred, and the true.

At Tinhela610, surrounded by river stones, ancient forests, and sky that seems to breathe with you, you will remember what healers have always known: 

When we return to nature, nature returns us to ourselves.

Modalities for Inscription: contact Lisa Kelly theknotfairy@gmail.com

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