Yoga in Portugal

11/09/2025

Keen to learn Reiki Level 2/
2nd Degree?
*Online course starts
this autumn-winter 2025.

Reiki ( Spiritual Wisdom) is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing ✨
It teaches us a way to reconnect with the universal life force energy - in Chinese called Qi, in Sanskrit known as Prana.

Reiki not only helps us to heal on a mental, emotional and physical level, it also supports our personal development by enhancing self-esteem, confidence and self-worth through harmonizing the Chakras.
Learning Usui Reiki Level 2 assists with energy revitalizing, energy protection, grounding and developing a way to be at peace with yourself and your environment.

Benefits:
❤️ Harmony and balance;
🧡 Relaxes and releases tension from the body;
💛 Breaks down energy blocks and toxins and balances the Mind, Body and Spirit;
💚 Releases the body of toxins and supports immune system;
💙 Clears the mind and improves focus;
💜 Sleep better, releases tensions and stress
☯️ Spiritual growth and emotional cleansing;
☸️ Supports the body's self healing and much more!

Email for waitlist,
only 4 students per cohort for high level integration and practice💛

Learn more:
benditlikebuddhayoga@gmail.com

Om, Shanti ✨
L. Farrah Furtado E RYT 500
Reiki Master, 3rd Degree
Usui Reiki practitioner since 2009
Initiated in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

08/09/2025

50% of our 1000+ students joined our TTC certification to start a NEW lifestyle business in teaching yoga worldwide — are you next?

We've been training compassionate and talented Yoga teachers for over 11 yrs in India, Taiwan, Bali and 10+ years in Portugal.

Authorized Yoga Alliance 200Hr & advanced 300Hr Certified; graduates are well positioned to create an extraordinary lifestyle anywhere in the world!✨

Treat yourself on this inspiring journey to Praia da Rocha, Algarve one of the largest beach in Portugal!

🌊 Be awestruck by the beauty of pristine coastlines. Be surrounded by stunning beach coasts such as the Benagil sea cave and grottos declared by the Huffington Post as one of “the most beautiful beaches in the world!”

🏝 Be inspired, meditate 🧘🏽‍♀️, self-exploration, gain self-confidence, take home a valuable gift of restored health, and learn in depth about the art of teaching yoga, yogic lifestyle and self-sustainability as an international yoga teacher.
🤸🏽This Yoga teacher training journey can be the first step in a lifelong transformative journey of health and wellness.
👉🏽 INCLUDED:
✅Yoga Alliance RYT 200Hr or RYT 300Hr certificate in Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow teacher training
+ Bonus Usui Reiki course + Ayurveda therapy massage certificate💆‍♀️

Learn 45+ massage techniques to give 60 min. sessions to share with others!

✅15 days hotel stay
3x Daily vegetarian meals
Daily detoxing tea, coffee, smoothies
✅ Learn from 8 Yoga Instructors and presenters, each of them sharing their strengths and expertise!
✅Daily 2x Yoga, Meditation and advanced Pranayama
Cacao Ceremony, Sound Healing journey, Emotional release, Advanced Pranayama, Breath Work, Trauma Informed principles and Somatic practices.
✅ Yoga Lifestyle Business training: Pegasus/Breakthroughs: A post graduate 12 month training and support: Learn the best tech tips and pitfalls to avoid from 12 experienced yogi entrepreneurs. Learn the skills and frameworks to launch your online and in person yoga classes, courses and international retreats.

- Walking distance to several breath-taking world class swimmable beaches

😍Receive a one-of-a-kind, all-inclusive yoga retreat experience where you will not find anywhere in the world! 🌎
See if you qualify📝 for the Spring/summer 2025-26 dates! Get certified DM to learn more
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23/08/2025

✨ Feel weird? Or, something's just off? You’re not alone, and we’ve got the perfect way to come back into inner peace, alignment and harmony. 🌱

✨ You're invited for a transformative yoga event, at our 8th Yoga Festival, Holistica!

A 3-Day Yoga extravaganza — a life-changing journey to rediscover yourself.

This isn’t just a yoga session, it’s a soul-healing experience.

I’m beyond excited to introduce the incredible Mafalda,

An incredibly, gifted Sound Healer with a truly unique gift of prophesy, shamanism, cacao and connecting to the ancient wisdom of our ancestors.

🌟 What she has shared with us over the last several years, has already come true, and her gift is nothing short of profound.
🌈 This is your chance to dive deep into healing with Mafalda’s Sound Healing Journey with Cacao ceremony.
The perfect addition to your yoga practice. 🌿
🧘‍♀️ Here’s what you can expect:

1️⃣ Deep Relaxation – Let go of tension, stress, and negative energy. The soothing bowls will carry you into a state of bliss.
2️⃣ Enhanced Meditation – Align your mind, body, and spirit for a deeper, more meaningful practice. Perfect for boosting your mindfulness.
3️⃣ Chakra Balancing – Rejuvenate and energize your body’s centers, release blockages, and let go of subconscious limiting beliefs.
4️⃣ Stress Relief – Reset and recharge!
The sound waves clear away mental clutter, leaving you feeling lighter and more centered.
5️⃣ Improved Focus – After the sound healing, your yoga practice will reach new heights, leaving you feeling more present and in tune with your body.

🌟 Don’t miss your chance to be part of this extraordinary yogic event!

🔮 Ready to elevate your mind and body?
🧘‍♀️ Tag your favorite yoga buddy who needs
this transformative experience. 🧘‍♂️
✨ DM me for more info or click the link to reserve your spot today!

👉 https://conta.cc/4cfktuw

Limited to an intimate group of students, for high value learning, authentic connections
and customized personal sessions with each of the AMAZING 8 instructors !

🕉️ Allow the healing to begin! ✨

Everyone is welcome – this is YOUR chance to feel whole, in peace, and alignment again. 🧡
Hurry, these spots won’t last long!
Info:
benditlikebuddhayoga@gmail.com



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10/08/2025

🌊 Wisdom from Kali Yuga &
Anurag Sagar🌊

Did you know that Kabir’s mystical text, reveals the secrets of the world’s 4 spiritual cycles called Yugas?

✨ It teaches that we’re living in Kali Yuga — an age of confusion and Himsa ( violence) — but even now, true divine love and awakening are possible through practice, devotion and guidance.

🌟 Kabir reminds us that after every dark age comes a new dawn, a fresh cycle of spiritual renewal. The key? Turning inward to discover the eternal ocean of love starting from within.

In a world full of chaos, Kabir’s timeless wisdom inspires us to seek our inner light, beyond the illusion and trappings of distraction.

For me, it gives me much nourishment and confirms my belief and gut knowing, that after this Kali Yuga that we are currently in, comes Satya Yuga, purity and a time of peace.

The Future Beyond Kali Yuga:

Kabir also describes Re-growth,
Re- generation and Re-storation — after the degradation of Kali Yuga, a new cycle begins with the return of Satya Yuga, bringing back balance and spiritual awakening.

After Kali Yuga, this would mean bringing back dharma, truth, and harmony that were present in earlier yugas

This restoration is tied to inner transformation of individuals and collective consciousness rather than just external events.

If you would like to learn more, just DM Yuga 🥰

I'd love to send you the free PDF of Kabir's Descriptions of the 4 Yugas

07/08/2025

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04/08/2025

📿 Yoga Is Not Performance — It’s Presence.

As a yoga teacher, I like to remind all of my students to leave outside distractions or ‘to do’ lists outside the shala and honour their mind and the practice as their sacred time to de compress. If you are just starting out, or want to inspire your practice I warmly invite you to join me for Vinyasa Yoga this Wednesday August 6th at 10am and
Pranayama ( yogic breathing techniques). Suitable for all levels☺️

Here is a short video of me teaching ethics at the 200H/300H Yoga Teacher training at the Krishnamacharya yoga shala in Mysore, India.

If you’re a yoga teacher going through something painful — a breakup, a loss, a trauma — this is your permission slip to pause.

Teaching while in deep emotional pain isn't "pushing through."
It’s self-abandonment dressed up as strength.

🌫️ When you're grieving or broken-hearted, your nervous system is dysregulated.
You can't truly hold space for others when you're barely holding it for yourself.

And guess what?
Your students don't need a perfect teacher.
They need a real one.
And real teachers take breaks.

✨ Rest is not weakness.
✨ Boundaries are not selfish.
✨ Healing is leadership.

Take the time you need.

Your mat — and your students — will still be here.

Want to come back to your yoga practice?
DM, I’d love to chat and /or meet you for class:
Wednesday August 6th 10am😊
www.benditlikebuddhayoga.com
benditlikebuddhayoga@gmail.com

25/07/2025

Have you noticed something off!? I believe, it's the nurturing of the SHIVA/SHAKTI union starting from within, is what's most needed
on the planet.🌓⚡️

Over the past two millennia, patriarchal religions and social systems have elevated masculine (Shiva‑like) structures—favouring dominance, rationality, and ego—while suppressing the life‑giving, creative, and compassionate feminine (Shakti), leading to ecological harm, emotional suppression, and collective imbalance.

For 15 years, I have been sharing Yogic/Prana practices, activations, healings and philosophy to bring balance within, for mostly females.

For a while, an inner stirring is within me, and I know it's time to call for the MEN in the community to come forward. The dear fathers, brothers and Titans' invitation💌 that can help restore balance not only from within, but also collectively and taking personal responsibility for the future offspring of this beloved planet.

Today, as humanity faces crises of disconnection, burnout😖 and disintegration of meaning... NOW is the time to reawaken Shakti—the divine💫 feminine—within all, especially men, to restore inner balance, emotional intelligence, and soulful ascension through integration of intuition, empathy, and creative power.

Here are the 10 Harmful Emotional Effects of Yin–Shakti Depletion in Men.

I am always excited to share the ancient, powerful yogic traditions and practices to more empaths, for those ready to receive more self -nurturing, healing and harmony starting from within.

DM on how these ancient, powerful practices of Yogic, Vedic traditions can help bring union and powerful activation to the masculine and feminine energies starting from within🔥💧
benditlikebuddhayoga@gmail.com
www.benditlikebuddhayoga.com

10/07/2025

🌕✨ Full Moon
Energy Incoming! ✨🌕

In Native American wisdom, this Full Moon is often known as the "Buck Moon", honoring the time when male deer begin growing new antlers — a symbol of strength, renewal, and spiritual growth.

This lunar energy invites us to:
🧘‍♀️ Reflect on how you’re evolving
🌿 Release what no longer serves
🔥 Step boldly into your next chapter

✨ Ashadha Purnima Blessings ✨🌕

In India, July’s Full Moon aligns with Ashadha Purnima — a sacred time to honor the Guru, the remover of darkness and bringer of light. 💫

This lunar energy invites us to:
🪷 Bow to the wisdom within
🔥 Let go of ego + expectation
🌿 Realign with our higher path

Let this moon illuminate your inner teacher and guide your next soulful step.

🌝
You are invited to soak in the after moon glow with like -hearted souls via Sound Healing journey & Usui Reiki this Saturday, 1pm
at Bend it like Buddha Yoga studio in Algarve, Praia da Rocha

DM for info🧘‍♀️💛

To register: https://conta.cc/4lFpjEC

Allow the new frequencies to guide your inner transformation. 🌝🌊

07/07/2025

Unlock a transformative journey with our exclusive Yoga Teacher Training and detox retreat in the stunning Algarve, Portugal. Enjoy a 100€ discount if you register by July 10! Embrace the unique opportunity to deepen your practice, gain a Yoga Alliance certification, and rejuvenate your spirit amidst breath-taking beaches. Limited spots available – act now to secure your place on this life-changing experience!

See the yoga, meditations, classes this week:
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Email from Bend it like Buddha Yoga Algarve You're invited😍 Flash promo-100 Euro discount! Ends July 10th! UK/Lisbon time For YTT December 3rd-17th, 2025 📣 Calling all Yogis, Healers, Well

03/07/2025

You are invited to the Intro Usui Reiki workshop
Saturday, July 12th
1pm-3:30pm

By Donation
Opportunity to certify Reiki 1, 2 or 3
if keen

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing ✨

Connect with the universal life force energy - in Chinese called Qi, ins Sanskrit known as Prana.

Reiki not only helps you to heal on a mental, emotional and physical level, it also supports your personal development by enhancing self-esteem, confidence and self-worth.
This session will assist you with energy revitalizing, energy protection, grounding and developing a way to be at peace with yourself and your environment.

Benefits:
- Harmony and balance;
- Relaxes and releases tension from the body;
- Balances chakras and releases toxins
Harmony Mind, Body and Spirit
- Supports immune system;
- Clears the mind and improves focus;
- Sleep better, releases tensions and stress
- Spiritual growth and emotional cleansing;
- Supports the body's self healing.

Slide Scale 15-35 Euros
Dm me to sign up, only 4 spots!
benditlikebuddhayoga@gmail.com

Namaste ✨
L. Farrah Furtado
Usui Reiki Master, 3rd Degree
Reiki practitioner since 2009
__________________________
Usui Reiki
12 de julho das 13h às 15:30h.

Reiki é uma técnica Janponesa para relaxamento e diminuição do stress, que também promove a cura. ✨
Ensina-nos a reconectar com a energia da força vital - em Chinês é chamada Qi, e em Sânscrito é conhecido como Prana.
Ajuda não só a curar a nível mental, emocional e físico, como também apoia o seu desenvolvimento pessoal, aumentando a auto-estima, a confiança e a auto-valorização.

Benefícios:
-Promove harmonia e equlíbrio;
-Relaxa e liberta a tensão do corpo;
-Destrói os blocos de energia e equilibra a mente, o corpo e o espírito;
-Limpa o corpo de toxinas e apoia o sistema imunulógico;
-Limpa a mente e melhora o foco;
-Ajuda a dormir melhor;
-Ajuda no crescimento espiritual e na limpeza emocional;
-Acelera a capacidade de auto-cura do corpo.

Envia-nos uma mensagem para reservar o teu lugar, ainda temos alguns disponíveis!

benditlikebuddhayoga@gmail.com

Namaste ✨
L. Farrah Furtado
Mestre Usui Reiki 3 Grau
Desde 2009 Taiwan

03/07/2025

🌸 Soulful WOW!
💖MOM MORNING 🌸

A Gentle Space to Just Be
with

Dear Beautiful Woman,

This is your invitation to pause.
To breathe. To soften. To return to yourself.

Join us for a Soulful WOW💖MOM Morning – a sanctuary created just for you.

Whether you're a mother, a nurturer, a giver, or simply a woman in need of rest, this space is yours. No roles to play. No demands to meet. Just you, as you are.

We’ll move gently with yoga, breathe deeply, and reconnect with our inner stillness.

A quiet moment in a loud world – to refuel your body, calm your mind, and nourish your soul.

Because you matter. Because you deserve it.

🧘‍♀️ When: Saturday, 12.07.2025
🕙 Time: 10:00-11:30AM

📍 Where: Bend it like Buddha Yoga Algarve, Portimão,
a 3 min walk to praia da rocha beach

Investment: 🙏22€

LIMITED SPOTS - save your space now
to avoid disappointment
Sign in via DM! 📩

Bring: Yourself, your breath, and the willingness to simply be.

From soul mom to soul sister 💕

02/05/2025

📣 Calling all Yogis, Healers, Wellness coaches & emerging Yoga Teachers!
Thought about what you're doing for yourself and what can you do to ENJOY spring/summer more?

This 14 nights TTC retreat in Portugal is a life-changing experience, and not because of the false idea that you can eliminate all toxins accumulated throughout the years in just a few days of holiday, but because it could be a great way to kickstart a healthier life!
Detoxes are known for the abundant energy they give to people!
What about treating yourself on the yoga journey of a lifetime !!
RYT 200/300H
from May 7th -21st, 2025
Yoga Alliance cert
Sunny, beach coast of Algarve, Portugal

Treat yourself on this inspiring yoga journey to southern Portugal.🌊 Be awestruck by the beauty of praia da Rocha beach in Portimao, Algarve. Be surrounded by several stunning beach coasts such as the Benagil sea cave beach and grottos declared by the Huffington Post as one of “the most beautiful beaches in the world!”
Be inspired, meditate 🧘🏽‍♀️, self-exploration, gain self-confidence, contemplate, take home a valuable gift of restored health, and learn in depth about the art of teaching yoga, meditation, pranayama, yogic lifestyle and self-sustainability as a global yoga teacher.
👉🏽 HIGHLIGHTS
Yoga Alliance RYT 200Hr or 300Hr cert. in Vinyasa flow and Ashtanga TTC
Bonus Ayurveda Massage+ Usui Reiki cert
- 14 or 3 Nights Hybrid
Daily Yoga, Meditation and advanced Pranayama and breathing techniques
Cacao ceremony, Sound Healing
Short walk to breath-taking, world class beaches
Receive a one-of-a-kind, all-inclusive yoga retreat experience where you will not find anywhere in the world!

Danni Cullen is teaching at the TTC from May 12-15th! Creative genius and talented certified RYT 500Hr Vinyasa teacher. Danni brings her passion for Ashtanga Vinyasa, theater performance and writing to theater scripts and the yoga mat. Amsterdam fringe festival, Marrakech storytelling festival and more. An international Yogi and globe-trotter, she infuses her teachings with rich experiences from around the world. An extraordinary, Yoga Teacher Trainer full of spirit and wisdom
🥰DM info
🤸‍♀️ https://benditlikebuddhayoga.com/