25 - 29 July 2026
An intimate, child-first family festival · the mountains of north Portugal
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The gathering begins · 6 offerings
First full day · 36 offerings
Deepening · 39 offerings
Full flow · 34 offerings
Closing day · 28 offerings
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Spaceholders & practitioners · 63 people
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Laura Galindo is the founder of Kokoro Children, mother of two and an early childhood educator specialising in creativity, child-led education and nature-based learning. For over a decade she has created experiences that reconnect families with nature.
Miguel Sevilhano is a husband, father and holistic therapist working since 2005. His approach blends the ancient principles of Ayurveda with the precision of osteopathy, the gentle touch of craniosacral therapy and breathwork to release trauma.
Rob is a co-founder of Rock Circle Sky and a recognised carrier, facilitator and trainer of the Way of Council. He has 25 years of experience facilitating groups and running trainings in consciousness and communication across the UK and Europe.
Declan Sol has been a regenerative culture pioneer and consultant since 2017, after years as a touring musician, DJ and dancer. He spent three years at Tamera studying Forum, and has trained in Way of Council, NVC and sociocracy.
Cristina is an early childhood educator guided by a deep respect for childhood and freedom. She grew up in the countryside, where she formed an intimate connection with nature, and holds that educating is above all an act of love.
Rita and Humberto love nature adventures and bring that spirit to the older children in the village. Their sessions are built on challenge, play and time outdoors, and everyone is welcome to join in.
MIKINI is a Portuguese association based in Santa Maria da Feira, running a living space where children grow connected to their bodies, to nature and to their own essence. Their work rests on free play and freedom, walking alongside families as a community of care.
Paula is a movement poet, philosopher and somatics geek who weaves practice contexts for humans to come into a felt recognition of their aliveness. Her work gathers threads from embryology, cosmology, developmental movement and philosophy.
PatrÃcia Herdeiro is an educator, artist, facilitator and therapist who writes and performs theatre for children. She has worked across kindergartens, schools and camps, and is part of Little Buddha, bringing meditation and mindfulness into schools.
Book a sessionJoshua and Melina guide families, youth and adults into deeper relationship with nature through ancestral skills, wilderness awareness, foraging, wild cooking and mentoring. Their work brings people back into rhythm with the living Earth.
Book a sessionHannah supports women through the identity shift of becoming a mother, drawing on her training as a somatic psychotherapist and perinatal therapist alongside her own early motherhood. She believes this transformation deserves to be understood, not brushed aside.
Mother, mentor and relational guide, Maya supports people to navigate life's challenges through conscious relationships, self-awareness and human development. Her work helps transform everyday struggles into opportunities for healing and deeper connection.
Book a sessionDarius Ryan-Kadem is a parenting author, educator and coach whose work centres on the parent's own emotional regulation rather than the child's behaviour. He teaches firm but kind: the steady limit and the warm, attuned presence held in the same breath.
Alma also appears in Music & Sound as half of Native Resonance, alongside Luciano Stella.
Kula is a holistic musician and rhythm facilitator, TaKeTiNa leader and trance dance facilitator. Chakana is the alias of producer and DJ Eyal Siri, crafting downtempo, techno and trance. Together they meet ancestral wisdom with contemporary sound design.
Susana Silva is an educational psychologist, educator and movement facilitator. She supports parents and trains educators through movement, art, nature connection and storytelling. A contact improvisation dancer and Contakids facilitator, she creates playful spaces where children and caregivers build trust, joy, affection and deeper connection through movement.
Cris is a certified yoga teacher and Thai yoga massage therapist with 14 years of experience across Dubai, Brazil and Portugal. Rooted in traditional Hatha, she specialises in Yin, myofascial self-massage and therapeutic dance to release chronic tension.
Book a sessionEva is a nervous system-informed parent educator, photographer and mother of two. Her work looks at how our nervous systems shape connection and stress at home, and she believes lasting change comes from small, intentional steps rather than doing everything at once.
Robyn holds the womb sauna with fluidity and no agenda. Expect gentle guidance, some stillness, and the particular kind of truth that tends to arrive when a group of women sit together in the heat.
Jack Villiers is a father, master facilitator, TEDx speaker and founder of Human Work. With over 15 years in personal development and leadership, he helps people work with trauma where it is stored — in the body, not just the mind.
Christian is a yoga teacher and multi-instrumentalist offering a vinyasa that combines mindful movement, breathing practices, storytelling and live music medicine. Born in Rio de Janeiro, where he founded Casa 111, he has taught full time for 13 years.
Jack and Holiday are master facilitators, leadership coaches and the creators of Human Work. They spent over a decade building people and culture strategies for companies including Monzo, Google and Apple, and now bring that same intentionality to families.
Emma Elizabeth has been teaching Dances of Universal Peace within the holistic healing community since 2006. Moving in a circle as one, with simple rhythmic steps and joyful gestures, melodic mantric chants bless each other soul to soul.
Book a sessionChetana and Chidanand are the co-founders of Awakenheart Yoga in Sintra, holding retreats and events since 2000. She is a yoga therapist, somatic psychotherapist and VortexHealing practitioner; he is a music producer, kirtan artist and multi-percussionist.
Maria is a parent educator, photographer and home educator raising two children in Ireland. She shares a slower, more intentional approach to early childhood and family life, and believes creativity is a basic human need rather than a luxury.
Lizzie is a mother of three, an artist and the founder of Tribu Lisboa, a brand created to raise consciousness about the environment. She works to show that with a little creativity we can make magic, stay playful and respect Mother Nature.
Josefina is a mother, architect, artist and yogini devoted to the Tantric Hatha lineage and the Sri Vidya tradition. Her path is deeply intertwined with her studies across different lineages of shamanism, and a living inquiry into reciprocity with the forces of the Earth.
Declan Sol has been a regenerative culture pioneer and consultant since 2017, after years as a touring musician, DJ and dancer. He spent three years at Tamera studying Forum, and has trained in Way of Council, NVC and sociocracy.
Ahau of Root of the Gods returns to KIND to share the making of the Panhuehuetl, a traditional shamanic hand drum from Northern Mexico. Each element carries deep symbolism, so the craft becomes a ceremonial journey rather than a workshop alone.
Felicity Weston is a medicine woman, mother and mentor devoted to supporting women in remembering who they truly are. Through feminine alchemy, womb wisdom, ancestral healing and ritual, she has been holding womb ceremonies for almost a decade.
Kula is a holistic musician and rhythm facilitator, TaKeTiNa leader and trance dance facilitator. Chakana is the alias of producer and DJ Eyal Siri, crafting downtempo, techno and trance. Together they meet ancestral wisdom with contemporary sound design.
Adam Husler teaches yoga, movement, mobility and mindfulness informed by a contemporary understanding of the body, balancing flexibility with strength both physically and mentally. He has taught over 15,000 hours across more than 20 countries.
Mariana Root is a singer-songwriter born into a family of traditional Portuguese women singers. She reimagines ancestral songs through a contemporary lens, shaped by a degree in jazz singing and four years living in the Peruvian Andes.
Becky is an international dance artist, choreographer and therapeutic movement facilitator trained in London, Berlin and Amsterdam. A practitioner of Non-Linear Movement and Switch2Move, she has performed and choreographed for renowned artists and productions worldwide.
Georgiana and George are the creators of the KIND Family Gathering, living in Portugal for eight years with their daughter Rise. They couldn't find the kind of festival they actually wanted to go to as a family — so they created one, believing a gathering centred on children could bring us all a gift this summer. A tiny team with a big dream working behind the scenes, they're learning as they go and deeply committed to keeping the gathering intimate, authentic and beautifully child-centred. They can't wait to welcome you.
Luciano Stella is a certified phytotherapist trained at the Lisbon School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the founder of the botanical laboratory Alquimia Andina. He is also a musician, working with native flutes, drums and voice in the sound journeys he holds with Alma.
Paula is a movement poet, philosopher and somatics geek who weaves practice contexts for humans to come into a felt recognition of their aliveness. Her work gathers threads from embryology, cosmology, developmental movement and philosophy.
Márcio Pinto, known as Magupi, is a multi-instrumentalist and composer specialising in marimba, balafon and African percussion. He has taught at Oporto Music University, played with the Oporto Symphonic Orchestra and studied with masters in West Africa.
Dani works with story, food and dance as ways back to something most of us feel we have lost. Her sessions are not only for children: communal food preparation resonates no matter where you are from, and reminds us of the ancient ways.
Nina is a movement facilitator, photographer and embodiment coach working at the intersection of body, mind and spirit. Drawing on years of dance, embodiment and nervous system work, she creates spaces where the mind softens and the body leads.
Book a sessionJack Weaver is a loved, returning member of the village — a musician and artist weaving soulful songwriting with medicine music. His live experiences invite us to remember our connection to nature and to our true selves.
Catarina Lapão is the founder of Well-HELD Mother and Mythical Parenting, supporting parents from pregnancy through postpartum with over 13 years of experience. Through bodywork, prenatal bonding and compassionate care, she helps parents reconnect with themselves and their babies with greater trust and presence.
Book a sessionClaudi is an Ayurveda counsellor for women's health, mother of two and founder of MoonlitMamas. Blending Ayurveda with feminine healing practices, she supports women to reconnect with themselves through balance, nourishment and self-care.
Book a sessionWith more than 30 years of experience, Copal is a healer and teacher whose work draws from inversion therapy, shamanic healing, bodywork and natural medicine. His approach supports physical, emotional and energetic wellbeing through deep restoration and release.
Book a sessionHazem is an experienced manual therapist who has been part of every KIND Family Gathering. Drawing on more than 30 years of practice, he specialises in chronic pain, posture correction and movement restoration, helping people reconnect with ease and freedom in their bodies.
Book a sessionLaurie is a Remedial Soft Tissue Therapist with over a decade of experience supporting everyone from elite athletes to everyday movers. Her work combines slow, therapeutic bodywork with fascial and biomechanical techniques to restore movement, reduce pain and support lasting change.
Book a sessionWith over 20 years of experience, Shelly is an esthetician and founder of MÀHIKÀ Skin Nectar. Her holistic approach blends effective skincare with ancient rituals, creating treatments that nourish both skin and spirit.
Book a sessionCatarina is a bodyworker, certified trainer and holistic therapist with 14 years of experience. Her personalised treatments combine therapeutic massage, fascia work and Ayurveda to restore balance, release tension and support whole-body wellbeing.
Book a sessionPatty uses Holographic Tarot as a tool for self-reflection, helping people explore their subconscious and uncover the deeper questions beneath life's challenges. Her readings focus on clarity, insight and practical next steps.
Book a sessionWith over 20 years of experience, Sietske combines Shiatsu, Thai Yoga and fascia work to create treatments that invite the body to soften, release tension and restore balance. Her gentle, intuitive approach offers space to reconnect with yourself through touch and presence.
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