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Syntropic Farming Retreat

Felipe Amato and Team Suryalila

FROM

02/02/25

TO

08/02/25

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Syntropic Farming and Yoga Retreat

Join us for this 6-night retreat with 5 days of Syntropic Farming workshops with Felipe Amato from the TERRA Network team—learn hands-on skills, deepen your understanding of nature, and enjoy daily yoga with Suryalila teachers.


 Join us to
  •  Learn about the revolutionary syntropic farming method, both in theory and practice

  •  Gain hands-on skills that you can directly apply to your own projects

  •  Deepen your knowledge with real-world insights from seasoned practitioners who have many years of experience with this innovative approach

  • Transform your understanding of how Nature works and enter into a new paradigm of Syntropic thinking

  • Enjoy daily Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers


Syntropic Farming Workshop themes

Day 1: Introduction to Syntropic Agriculture and Soil Production

  • Agriculture practised in Brazil by the indigenous people before colonization, contact with Europeans, and the transformation of agricultural practices;

  • The development of Ernst Götsch's work;

  • Entropic vs. Syntropic Processes;

  • The organization of processes by forests;

  • From rock to soil: how soil and its horizons form, and the role of life in this process;

  • The path of nutrients: organic matter or the ocean;

  • The cycling of organic matter in natural systems;

  • The importance of disturbance; in the forest and in agriculture;


Days 2 and 3: Natural Succession and Stratification  

(Day 2 focusing on spontaneous natural systems, Day 3 focusing on application in agricultural systems)

  • Colonization, accumulation, and abundance systems (long cycles);

  • Placenta, secondary, and climax (short cycles);

  • Quality and quantity vectors of consolidated life;

  • Stratification: formed by position in succession + stratum (light requirement) + height;

  • Application of Succession and Stratification in agriculture, from placenta to climax; 


Day 4: Ecological Interactions, Functions, and Ecophysiological Characteristics

  • Understanding ecosystems as macro-organisms;

  • Functions inside ecosystems;

  • Co-evolution of species and ecosystems;

  • Ecophysiological characteristics;

  • Elements of disturbance;

  • Life process optimization department;


Day 5: Considerations on Market and Commercial Systems; Design Elements

  • Market insights and considerations;

  • Commercial planting and commercialization challenges;

  • Important elements in the development of a design;

  • Practical design exercise;


Dates
DATES

2 - 8 Feb, 2025

sCHEDULE

Sunday, 2nd Feb

  • 3pm - Arrival day

  • 7pm - Dinner


Monday, 3rd Feb

  • 8 am - Morning Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 9:30am - Breakfast

  • 10:15am - Theory Class

  • 1:30pm - Lunch

  • 3pm - Field work

  • 5:30pm - Restorative Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 7pm - Dinner


Tuesday, 4th Feb

  • 8 am - Morning Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 9:30am - Breakfast

  • 10:15am - Theory Class

  • 1:30pm - Lunch

  • 3pm - Field work

  • 7pm - Dinner


Wednesday, 5th Feb

  • 8 am - Morning Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 9:30am - Breakfast

  • 10:15am - Theory Class

  • 1:30pm - Lunch

  • 3pm - Field work

  • 5:30pm - Restorative Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 7pm - Dinner


Thursday, 6th Feb

  • 8 am - Morning Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 9:30am - Breakfast

  • 10:15am - Theory Class

  • 1:30pm - Lunch

  • 3pm - Field work

  • 7pm - Dinner


Friday, 7th Feb

  • 8 am - Morning Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 9:30am - Breakfast

  • 10:15am - Theory Class

  • 1:30pm - Lunch

  • 3pm - Design Exercise

  • 7pm - Dinner


Saturday, 8th Feb

  • 8am - Morning Yoga with Suryalila Yoga teachers

  • 9:30am - Breakfast

  • 11am - Check out

schedule
COSTS

Room type

Solo Occupancy

Shared Occupancy

Private Suite with king sized bed and en-suite bathroom

1,440€

1,230€

Private Honeymoon yurt

1,440€

1,230€

Double Deluxe room with ensuite bathroom

1,320€

1,170€

Twin room with private bathroom

1,320€

1,170€

Double or twin room with shared bathroom in shared house

1,200€

1,080€

Double or twin room with external bathroom in eco-building

1,140€

990€

Glamping Yurt and mini dome

1,140€

990€

Dorm rooms with single beds - 4 beds


900€

Dorm rooms with single beds - 8 beds


870€

Vanlife area (no kids, no pets)

870€

870€


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