The Fire Horse Within - Horse-Assisted Women's Rewilding Retreat, Portugal 2026
With Brittany Pilgrim and Liza Altena
June 29 - July 4, 2026
There are moments when timing, nature, and inner calling align — and this retreat is one of them. The Fire Horse Within is a 6-day immersive women’s retreat held at Pachawa Retreat Center in the wild, sun-drenched hills of South Alentejo, Portugal.
At the heart of this experience is ground-based immersion with a herd of highly intuitive horses — living mirrors that respond not to words, but to the truth of your nervous system. Through guided interaction and quiet presence, the horses offer a rare opportunity to meet yourself as you are: unguarded, honest, and alive.
Woven throughout the week are somatic movement, voice activation, breathwork, family constellation work, energy medicine, shamanic journeys, fire ceremony, cacao ritual, sound healing, and a beach water ceremony. Each day moves through the elements — fire, earth, water, air — building a container for deep regulation, liberation, and rewilding.
This is a space for conscious women who are ready to soften out of performance, return to their instincts, and feel truly at home within themselves. More than a retreat — this is an invitation to remember your nature, reclaim your power, and step forward with a renewed sense of alignment, embodiment, and aliveness.
About the Leaders
Brittany Pilgrim
Brittany's path to healing has been anything but linear — and that is exactly what makes her such a powerful guide. Having navigated her own journey through trauma, loss, and the long road back to herself, she brings a deeply embodied, lived understanding of transformation into everything she holds. Her healing path led her through […]
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Liza's work is rooted in a lifetime of learning how to hold others through chaos, intensity, and transformation — first through survival, and now through deep, conscious practice. Blending energy medicine, shamanic practice, family constellation, and the intuitive wisdom of horses, she creates powerful, grounded spaces where women can safely explore, release, and come home […]
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