Soil to Gut
A Permaculture & Microbiome Retreat in Tenerife
Reconnect your body, your food, and the living world around you
You might have heard “you are what you eat”… but have you ever thought about what your food eats?
Because your gut, your energy, and even your mood are being shaped long before the food reaches your plate.
Modern life has quietly pulled us away from the very systems that regulate our health. The soil we depend on is losing its natural vitality. Food is disconnected from its origins. We rarely see how it’s grown, and much of it is heavily processed. Our nervous systems are constantly “on,” shaped by environments that keep us overstimulated instead of at ease. And our bodies feel it: there’s something “off” in our gut, our energy, or our mood.
This retreat is a way back.
Not through more information, but through experience.
What makes this experience different
It is not only a permaculture course, a nutrition workshop, or a passive wellness retreat.
It is a lived experience of connection to food and nature, science made simple and tangible, and a full reset for your body and nervous system.
You won’t just learn, you’ll also feel, taste, grow, and understand.
What this retreat is about:
From soil to gut, life is deeply interconnected.
Healthy soil grows nutrient-dense food. That food shapes your microbiome. Your microbiome influences your digestion, mood, hormones, and overall wellbeing. Microorganisms are the invisible bridge linking ecosystems and human wellbeing. This retreat is about feeling that connection, not just understanding it.
Over 4 immersive days, you will explore this connection with your mind, your hands, and your body, through food, nature, and shared experience.
Curious to go deeper?
Dive into the topic: in this article you can get a glimpse of what we’ll cover during the course and the ideas we’ll explore together.
Immerse yourself in what you learn
What you’ll experience
Meet Your Microbiome
- Understand your body as a living ecosystem — and how your life has shaped it.
Soil Meets Gut
- Step into the garden and discover how the same principles that govern your gut apply beneath your feet.
The Web of Life
- Experience the deep interconnection between soil, food, environment, and human health.
Harvest → Cook → Eat
- Prepare meals together from fresh, local ingredients — and understand exactly how they nourish you.
- Learn how to create living foods that actively support your microbiome.
Nature & Nervous System Reset
- Through guided sensory practices, experience how nature regulates stress and supports healing.
It won’t end with the retreat
What you’ll take home
Knowledge
- The connection between soil, food, and your microbiome
- How modern lifestyles impact your gut and mental health
- What actually supports long-term wellbeing
Skills
- Fermentation techniques
- Cooking for your microbiome
- Simple ways to grow or source better food
- Design Your “Soil-to-Gut” Life: leave with a clear, realistic plan for integrating everything into your daily life.
Embodiment
- A calmer, more regulated nervous system
- Greater awareness of your body and its signals
- A deeper connection to food and nature
Transformation
- A shift from consumption → relationship
- A sense of belonging within nature
- Motivation and clarity to change your daily habits
„Health is not something you build alone, it emerges from the relationships you are part of.”
A glimpse into your days
Mornings begin slowly — with movement, breath, and sunlight.
Days flow between learning, hands-on activities, and shared meals.
Afternoons allow space for rest, exploration, or integration.
Evenings soften into reflection, connection, and calm.
This will change how you look at your health
The layers to transformation
Each thread explores a different layer of the soil-to-gut connection.
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From Soil to Nourishment
Understand where your food truly begins, and how healthier soil leads to more nourishing food that supports your body from the ground up.
02
Supporting Your Inner Ecosystem
Get to know the world within you, and learn how to support it so your digestion, energy, and mood feel more stable and resilient.
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That “aha” moment
Experience how everything is linked, from soil to plate to your wellbeing, and what this means for your everyday choices.
04
Food as Medicine
Learn how to use simple, real food to nourish your body, through fermentation, plant-based cooking, and meals that actually make you feel good.
05
Feeling Grounded & Clear Again
Experience how nature helps regulate your nervous system, support your belly and mind through the gut–brain axis, and bring you back to a calmer, clearer state.
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Going Deeper, Together
Explore what matters to you — from women’s health and hormones to skincare and plant remedies — in a space that feels personal and supportive.
Practicalities
It will be hosted in a permaculture farm in Tenerife called Akal. It’s a beautiful space to slow down, reconnect, stroll and snack in its food forest, and enjoy the ocean views from the rooftop. The space offers:
- Immersion in nature
- Fresh, seasonal, plant-based meals
- Hands-on experiences in the garden and kitchen
- Time to rest, reflect, and reconnect
No pressure. No perfection. Just space to come back to yourself.
It will take place from the 10th to the 15th of September, 2026.
The first day will be held for arriving slowly, then 4 full days for the course and activities. You can leave in the morning of the 16th, so it’s not rushy.
5 nights in total.
This experience is for you if you resonate with at least one of these:
- Feel disconnected from nature or your body
- Experience stress, low energy, or gut discomfort
- Are curious about food, health, and sustainability
- Want a reset, not just more information
- Crave a deeper, more meaningful way of living
You don’t need any prior knowledge, just openness and curiosity.
Early Bird (until the end of June): €790
Regular Price (from July to September): €890
For our first retreat we’re offering it at a lower price to learn and kick things off. Normally this experience would be around €1000+.
Places are limited to a small group so we can have an intimate experience.
- 5 nights accommodation
- All meals (plant-based, microbiome-focused)
- Full course program
- All materials and activities
- Recipes, resources, and your personal “Soil-to-Gut Plan”
Dalma Haász
Environmental Scientist
Permaculture Designer
I’ll help you reconnect with the living world around you and shape an environment that supports you in feeling more alive each day.
Elisa Pierella
Holistic Nutritionist | Gut Health Practitioner
Microbiologist (PhD) & Scientific Advisor
I envision health as a living continuum, from soil to gut, where food becomes the bridge between ecosystems and human wellbeing.
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THIS IS AN INVITATION
To slow down.
To reconnect.
To understand your body in a new way.
And to remember that health is not something you force, it’s something that emerges when you support life.