The Ripple Foundation

A creative co-living · At the horse farm in Alentejo

A space to pause.
A space to create.
A space to reconnect.

This is a space to return to yourself, the present moment, and your creative potential.

Sometimes you don't need another programme, another destination or another thing to achieve. You simply need space.

From €222 · 2 to 7 nights · Longer on request

For creativity to flow freely, you need space

Space away from the noise.

Space to breathe.

Space to work on the thing that matters to you.

Space to let an idea develop without rushing it.

A creative co-living at the farm is an invitation to spend a few days at our horse farm in Alentejo, surrounded by horses, oak trees, open land and the quiet rhythm of rural life.

Come with a creative project, an idea, a notebook, a camera, a canvas, your laptop, or simply yourself. Stay as a guest. Create at your own pace. Connect with nature. Spend time with the horses. Join the morning routine. Or simply enjoy the stillness.

There is no fixed programme. You choose what your stay becomes.

The experience

A Residency to expand your creativity in nature

The campervan ready for arrival: a made bed, a feather and a small welcome laid out

Your stay

Stay in the campervan on a hill, overlooking the whole farm, in the cosy caravan, or in the room in the farmhouse.

Philine in meditation with open palms

Morning routine

A gentle practice of breathwork, meditation and Qi Gong. A moment to arrive in your body, settle your mind and begin the day with presence before moving into your own rhythm.

A breakfast bowl of fruit, kiwi, strawberries, banana and seeds

Food

You have the freedom to choose what works for you. Eat at the farm and share meals with us, or bring your own food and enjoy complete independence.

Writing in a journal on a cushion in the meadow, a dog asleep alongside

Personal sessions

Inner Balance, Navigation or Reiki, if you would like one. Optional, and we decide together which is most relevant to your process.

Your invitation

Give yourself time to further develop your creative process, fresh ideas and a relaxed nervous system

Sometimes you don't need to push harder. You simply need to create more space for the creative magic to unfold.

01

Be inspired

Let the stillness of nature create space for new ideas to arrive, so you can take inspired action during and after your stay.

02

Return with new ideas and new work

By stepping away from your daily to-dos, responsibilities and distractions, you create space for your creative project to develop in ways that weren't possible at home.

03

Relax your nervous system

Immersed in nature and surrounded by the majestic presence of the horses, your nervous system naturally relaxes. This makes space for pure life force energy, which is creative energy, to move through you.

04

Immerse yourself in nature

Spend time among horses, oak trees, open land and the natural rhythms of the farm.

05

Reset your creative flow

In the daily morning routine, we focus on realigning your mind, body and soul with your highest potential. From there, freedom, creativity and inspiration arise.

Build your stay

Choose your nights, and add as many experiences as you wish

A stay at the farm starts from €222 for two nights. Choose how many nights, where you sleep and how you eat, then add what calls you.

Start here

Every stay includes

A minimum of two nights, up to a week. Personal sessions and everything else are yours to add, or to leave out.

  • Accommodation in the campervan, the caravan or the farmhouse room
  • Morning breathwork, meditation and Qi Gong
  • Eat at the farm or bring your own food
  • Space and time for your own project
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How many nights would you like to stay?

Minimum 2 nights, up to a week. Longer stays are on request.

2

Where would you like to sleep?

3

How would you like to eat?

4

Add to your experience

All optional. Add personal sessions and experiences before or during your stay, depending on availability. Not sure which session fits? We decide together which is most relevant to your process.

Your 2 nights

€222

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Your time is yours

There is no pressure to fill every moment

You might spend the morning writing.

Work on your next painting in the afternoon.

Take your laptop outside under an oak tree.

Photograph the horses at sunset.

Walk through the land.

Have a conversation over dinner.

Or do absolutely nothing.

Sometimes stepping away from your normal environment is enough for something new to emerge. You don't have to arrive with a finished idea. You can arrive with a question, a project, a feeling, a blank page, or simply the desire to breathe and see what happens when you have enough space.

What it looks like

Who is it for?

For people who want to combine space, nature, creativity and connection

You might be:

  • An artist developing a new body of work
  • A writer looking for uninterrupted time
  • A photographer creating a new project
  • A designer or creative entrepreneur working on an idea
  • A musician or maker needing a change of environment
  • Someone starting a new chapter or personal project
  • Someone who simply needs a few days away from everyday life

You don't need to identify as an artist. You just need something you want to give space to.

About your host

Philine in a purple kimono beside a pool, holding a painted Ripple Foundation sign

Philine Allard

Philine is the founder of Natural Healing Hearts and The Ripple Foundation, and she lives at the farm in Lameiros with her three rescued horses. She is a life coach, energy guide, Reiki master, certified Qi Gong teacher and artist.

During your stay she leads the morning practice and holds your personal sessions. She is there when you want a conversation, a new perspective or a walk with the horses, and she leaves you the space and quiet to work on what brought you here.

Where love vibrates, miracles illuminate.

The place

Lameiros · Alentejo · Portugal

Our horse farm sits in the rural landscape of Alentejo, surrounded by open land, oak trees and rescued horses. It is a place where the pace naturally slows down.

There is space to walk, sit, create, reflect and reconnect with the natural world. The horses are part of everyday life here. So are the quiet mornings, long sunsets and simple moments that don't need to be productive.

We are located in Lameiros, Alentejo, and can pick you up from Funcheira train station.

In stillness, answers arise.

This is not a retreat

This creative co-living is simply an invitation to step out of your usual environment and into a different rhythm.

To create.

To rest.

To explore.

To connect.

To let yourself be influenced by a new landscape, new encounters and the quiet rhythm of nature. And perhaps, somewhere in that space, something begins to ripple.

Ready to create some space?

Your creative mission is calling you.
Are you answering the call?

Come for the project. Stay for the experience. Leave with something that ripples outward.

Or contact us directly to discuss your stay and create your own creative co-living at the farm. Write to us

A creative co-living at the horse farm · From €222 · Lameiros, Alentejo, Portugal