Our final guests of the season just left up the hill. Our hearts full of gratitude for all the wonderful memories we've had the privilege to share with so many people from around the world this year. And at the same time our hearts are also full of great sadness for friends who lost their lands and homes in recent fires. Without the heroic bravery of our team and neighbours working tirelessly last weekend, this beautiful green valley and nearby villages would today most probably be charred black. We are forever grateful and will never forget. Thank you. Thank you one and all. #lovetheforests #weareone

"This Yoga Life." Join the inspirational @tashi_dawa_yoga at Vale de Moses in March and April 2018 on one of her 3 weeks of spring yoga retreats. Book your place with Tashi online valedemoses.com Photo by @phuckingphilistine in front of Sr José's wine-making stone Adega and sprouting grape vines earlier this year. #thisyogalife #portugallife #tashidawa

"Vale de Moses: A Life Changing Experience." Wonderful #travelblog by TraveloCafe couple Laura and Cipri posted yesterday. https://www.travelocafe.com/2017/10/vale-de-moses-yoga-retreat-portugal.html. Our 2018 retreat dates already online valedemoses.com

"Solvitur ambulando" is Latin for 'it is solved by walking´. Miles and miles of endless paths through uninhabited forests surrounding Vale de Moses, provide marvelous backdrops for a good conversation; one we can have with ourselves or with a friend. Photo by @rocheleh 2018 Retreat reservations online: valedemoses.com

"Magical forest paths." The view from the top Soulpad terrace by the old water mine at Vale de Moses looking through a covered walkway down a shaded valley towards the yoga shala in the farmhouse. 'Getting away from it all and immersing into nature for a week' is one of the most commonly given reasons why our guests make their journies into the mountains of Portugal to retreat with us. #Space and #time to practice #yoga surrounded day and night by this forest's abundant life, allows us to feel, to connect, to be with with our more natural selves. photo @soniamateus24. 2018 season dates online. Book early. Everyone is welcome. valedemoses.com

"Piglet strolling." @ameliathepiglet has begun joining us every morning on our long silent meditation walks in the forest. Here she's being accompanied on a stroll with the most elegantly and colour coordinated @dr_laurencara. Pink and Black. Nice combo ladies. 😎 🐖🐷🐽💖

Here's Ria from Germany treating herself to a #forestbath one sunny afternoon last week. Pine trees, like many species in the forest, release oils called #phytoncides, that Japanese scientists believe are partly responsible for the sense of well being we experience in woodland areas. The very air we breathe in a forest, cleans and energises us. Each inhalation, a free healing gift for our bodies. Inhale deeply. Exhale completely. Repeat. #serene #forestbathing #meditation

Roasted veggies are such a wonderful way of bringing out the sweetness within. Repost by the delightful @dr_laurencara 🙌🏼 Today was roasted veg ➕red lentil and walnut pate ➕courgette and mushrooms ➕tomato and olive salad ➕green leaf stew ➕radish salad ➕green beans with tahini 👌🏼 yoga retreat menu created by @chefraulgarciacrespo 😎

Big thanks out to some of our summer team who've now left us for the season. That was lots of fun working with you all. Let's do that again next summer!

"Waking up in the Ninja Suite" a fondly named tiny stone room above the Monastic Adega. A simple space, with a comfy bed and drawers, and mountain rock along 2 sides of the room. And a view up to the yoga shala at the top of the hill from the windows in the door. A chance to rest deeply. Photo taken by Emma from Ireland last week @emmaquinlan

Owner of Vale de Moses @vonetta_winter captured by @phuckingphilistine You can see Vonetta's 2018 spring yoga retreat dates online. Valedemoses.com

"Early morning valley mist." Sunrise reveals the night time mist that gathered over the Rio Zêzere down the valley. As the sun warms up the day, and depending on the direction of the breeze, this mist often rises in sheets towards us turning the view from the yoga shala into a scene more reminiscent of one from Kung Fu Panda. 😀 Wonderful photo by @annelies_boekel #nofilter #nature #sunrise