Breath & Voice Retreat
A 5-Day Journey Into Breath, Voice, and the Freedom of Your Authentic Expression.
THE HIDE, PORTUGAL
3RD - 8TH SEPTEMBER 2025
There are times when something inside you knows that it’s time to pause, to listen more deeply, and to come back to the truth of who you are.
Maybe you’ve been feeling stuck, unheard, or disconnected from your body and your voice? Carrying tension, old stories, or emotions you haven’t had space to meet? Maybe you’ve been moving through life too quickly - longing for a freer way of being?
Breath & Voice retreat is devoted to this sacred return.
Through breath, movement, vocal liberation, and deep presence, you’ll reconnect with the parts of yourself that have been waiting to be heard, seen, and expressed.
This is not about performance… it’s about trusting your body again, trusting your voice again, trusting yourself again. It’s about finding freedom in your authentic self and taking that back with you into every part of your life.
Your breath anchors you.
Your voice reveals you.
This is where
exploration meets expansion.
OUR SANCTUARY IN NATURE - THE HIDE, PORTUGAL
Nestled in the heart of Portugal, surrounded by forested hills, river beaches, and whispering winds, The Hide is a secluded valley sanctuary designed for deep connection to yourself, your breath, and your voice.
This hidden gem is more than just a retreat space - it’s a return to nature, to simplicity, and to soul. Equipped with a yoga shala, riverside dipping spot, fire circle, ceremony space and much more.
As you step into this wild and wondrous land, you’ll be invited into a new rhythm. This is your invitation to unwind your nervous system, breathe into your body, and reawaken the full expression of your inner, creative, and expressive voice.
🌿 Voice Yoga - from Restorative to Power
🌿 Conciousness Connected Breathwork Ceremony
🌿 Creative Expressive Voice Unleashed Workshop
🌿 Functional Breathwork & Nervous System Healing
🌿 Tantric Communication Workshop
🌿 T.R.E - Body Intelligence
🌿 Fireside Kirtan under the stars
🌿 Osho Active Meditations
🌿 Full Power Voice Activation
🌿 Loving Speech & Compassionate Inquiry Workshop
🌿 Full Moon Ecstatic Dance
🌿 Heart Opening Cacao Ceremony
🌿 River Bathing and Nature Hikes
🌿 Spacious afternoons to journal, wander, nap & swim
🌿 Nourishing meals
We’ve designed this retreat to be more than a pause - it’s a portal. A space where your voice meets your breath, your truth meets your expression, and your body becomes a safe place to land.
On this retreat you will experience…
This Retreat Is For You If…
A Journey from Stillness to Expression:
the 6 Pillars of Breath & Voice.
Meet your guides
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Betty Lish
Voice & Empowerment Coach | Voice of BBC Radio 1 | Founder of Empowered Voiceover Academy
Betty is an international voice artist, Voice of BBC Radio 1, and voice empowerment coach whose work blends deep embodiment, soulful strategy, and magnetic self-expression. As the founder of the Empowered Voiceover Academy and creator of multiple six-figure launches, she guides women to unlock the power of their true voice - whether in the studio, on stage, or in their soul-led business.
With over a decade of experience spanning vocal performance, somatic coaching, NLP, and business alchemy, Betty helps people move beyond fear and into fierce, embodied clarity. Her workshops are immersive, sacred spaces where the breath, body, and voice become portals to deeper confidence, healing, and authentic power.
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Harry Fawcett
Breath Coach / Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner / Founder of The Somatic Way
Harry will be guiding breath and embodiment sessions on the retreat, supporting participants to reconnect with their bodies, balance their nervous system, express authentically, and experience the transformational power of the breath. Harry brings over 10 years of experience working with breathwork and trauma healing.
He holds certifications from Biodynamic Breathwork and Trauma Release, Oxygen Advantage, Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry, Myofascial Energetic Release, and other mind-body-based modalities. With a practical and intuitive approach, Harry creates spaces where people feel safe, connected, and free to explore their authentic expression and emotional freedom.
Testimonials
Your voice is one of the most potent tools you hold.
It’s a gateway to self-healing, self-expression, and deep inner alchemy. The vibration of your own sound has the power to shift your emotional state, regulate your nervous system, and bring your entire being back into coherence.
When we work with the breath, we access the body’s most ancient pathway to presence. But when we combine it with voice - we open a portal. A portal to truth, to freedom, to power.
Your voice can awaken parts of you that have been silenced. It can reconnect you with desires you’ve buried, boundaries you’ve never spoken, and dreams you’ve forgotten how to name.
This journey is about more than singing or speaking - it’s about reclaiming your right to take up space, to be heard, to resonate.
As we gently explore the blocks that live in the mind, the body, and the throat, we begin to dissolve the fear that keeps us quiet. And in its place? We find confidence, clarity, and a deeper fulfillment that radiates far beyond sound.
This is vocal alchemy. And it’s your birthright.
POWER OF VOICE
POWER OF BREATH
Discover your breath
The way we breathe is the way we experience life. Our breath really is the bridge that connects our mind, body and spirit.
How we’re breathing tells us a lot about what’s going on inside of us, and by shifting our breath we can impact our emotional and physical states, as well as the way our nervous system functions.
During the retreat we’ll explore functional breathwork - we’ll learn how 90% of us have dysfunctional breathing patterns, what they are, and how each one of us can move towards better functioning and more freedom in our breath.
We’ll explore conscious connected breathing (CCB) - a deep breathing technique which leads people into a non-ordinary state of consciousness where unconscious and previously repressed thoughts, sensations, energies and emotions, that are held in the body, can more easily rise to the surface for integration.
“Your body is your first home. Breathing in, I arrive in my body. Breathing out, I am home.” Thich Nhat Hanh
Getting to the Hide is easy. From Lisbon and Porto Airports, you are approx. 2 hours by car. Taxi’s are €160 and we can organise car shares between 3/4 people to split these costs.
You can also get the coach from Lisbon (€15) and Train/Coach from Porto (€25) and we will arrange pick up from Oleiros / Serta.
How to get there
Payment Options
PRICE INCLUDES:
Accomodation, all sessions and all meals. We start at 5pm on Wednesday 3rd September 2025 and finish at 12pm on Monday 8th September 2025. All bedrooms have a shared bathroom.
SESSIONS INCLUDE:
Breathwork Workshops, Voice Activation Workshops, Nature Immersion and Hikes, Yoga and Movement, River Bathing, Fireside Kirtans, Full Moon Ectstaic Dance, Sharing and Connection, Ritual and Ceremony. Nourishing meals. Soulful connection in community and much more.
DEPOSIT:
If you would like to reserve your spot without making a full commitment, we offer a deposit option of £200 to reserve your place for 14 days (non-refundable).
BELL TENT
DOUBLE
(1 PERSON)
€1100pp
BELL TENT
SHARED DOUBLE/TWIN
(2 PEOPLE)
€850pp
PRIVATE
DOUBLE ROOM
(1 PERSON)
€1350pp
(£1134 - UK Price)
SHARED TWIN
or SHARED DOUBLE ROOM
€950pp
(£798 - UK Price)
SHARED BEDROOM
5x SINGLES
€750pp
(£630 - UK Price)
(£924 - UK Price)
(£714 - UK Price)
B.Y.O.T - BRING YOUR OWN TENT
€650pp
(£506 - UK Price)
Or you can email us at either:
betty@bettylish.com
harry@thesomaticway.co
F.A.Qs
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Every level is welcome in this retreat.
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Yes we offer payment plans for every room for this retreat.
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The site is located in between Lisbon and Porto and is easy and affordable to get from both major cities by taxi or public transport.