Founders & CEOs
Women who have built companies and carried payrolls—and are deciding what the next build is for.
Why this exists
When did you last choose your own seat?
You've built the career, the company, the family, the reputation. This is a working session for your life—not a conference, not a wellness escape, not a networking event with yoga attached.
Sixteen women, two facilitators, one volcanic valley in the middle of the Atlantic, and four days structured around a single question: what comes next, on your terms?
The women who come here are not burned out on ambition. They are done performing it. They want the version of the next decade that they actually chose—in the company of women who don't need anything explained.
You don't need another plan. You need a decision, a rested body, and women who won't let you disappear from your own life.
Furnas, São Miguel
A valley shaped by fire, water and time.
Geothermal springs steam at the edge of the village. Iron-rich pools run warm beneath ancient trees. The island does not perform. It simply is.
The Room
The room is the offer.
Every seat is filled by application and conversation—not to gatekeep, but to compose a room where every woman raises the level for the others. Expect peers, not an audience.
Executives
Women running large teams and P&Ls, fluent in strategy, out of practice at wanting things for themselves.
Owners & Partners
Practice leaders, firm partners and operators—the ones everyone else calls when it matters.
Women in Transition
Post-exit, post-title, mid-reinvention—successful on paper and asking the honest question underneath.
The Facilitators
Two disciplines. One piece of work.
Pauline Caballero
Leadership & IdentityEntrepreneur, executive advisor, author, and co-founder of Power Yoga Canada and Power Yoga Collective. Pauline has spent two decades scaling companies, building communities, and guiding leaders through the exact transition this retreat is built around.
She leads the deciding: the identity work, the redefinition of success, the courage to choose again.
Jessica Zuik, RN
Nervous System & Somatics · Big SighA registered nurse and somatic specialist with over twenty years of clinical experience, Jessica works with high-performing leaders whose success has become physically unsustainable.
She leads the body's side of the work: breathwork, somatic release, and nervous-system recalibration—available 1:1 to every participant.
“The insight work of the morning is metabolized by the body that same afternoon—then soaked into place in water heated by the island itself.”
The Four Days
Designed as an arc, not an agenda.
Mornings hold the work. Afternoons hold the island. Nothing intense is ever followed by anything but water, nature or rest.
Tue · May 4Arrival
Private transfers wind out of Ponta Delgada, over the ridge and down into the valley. An opening circle at dusk, a long candlelit table, and one quiet ritual: naming the thing you're setting down for the week. The only job today is landing.
Wed · May 5Release
The invisible load: roles, expectations and responsibilities—which you chose, which were assigned, which have expired. The morning names it; breathwork and somatic practice move it; the iron-rich thermal pools hold what's left.
Thu · May 6Reimagine & Commit
Success, rewritten for this season of your life—over a lunch pulled steaming from the volcanic ground. Draft your personal leadership declaration and read it that evening in the Take Your Seat ceremony. Transformation ends in celebration here.
Fri · May 7Integrate
Declarations become plans: one decision, one boundary, one conversation, one practice. Accountability pods of three begin their 90-day rhythm before your flight home. Closing circle, farewell lunch and staggered departures.
Daily: morning yoga and meditation with two levels offered, twice-daily breathwork, and thermal bathing built into the schedule—not squeezed around it.
The Place
The Azores change the pace before the work even begins.
Furnas is a volcanic crater town on São Miguel Island, set among caldera lakes, geothermal springs, laurel forest and hydrangea-lined roads. It offers the rare luxury of being fully held by the landscape.
Furnas grounds the retreat. Sete Cidades reminds us how expansive a new perspective can be.
After
What you leave with—and what doesn't end.
A decision, made
A personal leadership declaration and a 90-day plan with one decision, one boundary, one conversation and one practice attached to it.
A body that remembers rest
Four days of nervous-system work, movement, sleep and thermal water—and take-home practices to continue.
A circle that holds
An accountability pod of three, a full-group circle at day 30 and a 90-day close-out where every woman reports on her declaration.
The Details
Everything, plainly.
DatesTravel May 3 · Retreat May 4–7, 2027
WhereFurnas, São Miguel, Azores
StayBoutique property · single rooms
IncludedThree nights, all meals and experiences, thermal spa access, facilitation, 1:1 nervous-system sessions, transfers from Ponta Delgada and the 90-day continuation program
Not includedFlights to São Miguel (PDL) and travel insurance
GroupMaximum sixteen women
Questions
Before you apply.
Which airport should I fly into?
Fly into João Paulo II Airport in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel (PDL). Private group transfers between the airport and Furnas are included at designated times.
Do I need yoga or breathwork experience?
No. Morning movement is offered at two levels, and all somatic and breathwork practices are guided. You are always invited to participate at the level that supports you.
Will I have a private room?
Yes. The retreat investment includes single occupancy at our boutique property in Furnas.
Can dietary requirements be accommodated?
We will collect dietary needs during onboarding and work with our local hospitality partners to accommodate them wherever possible.
Is Sete Cidades included in the itinerary?
Sete Cidades is part of the visual story of São Miguel. Final island excursions and timing will be confirmed with accepted participants during onboarding.
What happens after I apply?
Pauline reviews every application personally. If the retreat appears aligned, you will be invited to a 30-minute conversation. Your $1,000 deposit is only due after acceptance.
Sixteen seats. One may have your name on it.
A quick inquiry starts a personal conversation—no pressure, no pitch.
01 · InquireShare your name and email in about a minute.
02 · TalkJessica will follow up with next steps.
03 · Take your seatYour deposit confirms it.