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By Maria Costa, Founder of Senăra Spa & Retreat
Senăra was born out of deep silence. It wasn’t a enterprise concept. It was a soul’s calling.
At the height of despair, when my physique was begging for relaxation and my thoughts might now not maintain collectively the noise of the world, a need emerged: to create a spot the place others might additionally pause. An area the place time slows down. Where the physique is honoured. Where wellness will not be a pattern, however a reality. That is how Senăra was born.
With 20 years {of professional} expertise within the wellness trade, I had seen quite a bit. But solely via my very own vulnerability did I perceive the actual energy of contact, silence, listening, and presence. Senăra is the interpretation of that journey. It’s the house I looked for—and by no means discovered.
At Senăra, we don’t heal. We care. Deeply. Intentionally.
We aren’t a spa. We are a refuge for the nervous system. Here, each element is designed to revive: the sunshine, the sound, the scents, the pure supplies, the structure.
That’s why we embrace the best instruments within the wellness world, such because the Gratz Pilates Reformer, typically known as the “Stradivarius” of classical pilates. More than a machine, it’s a physique extension: exact, aligned, profound. Just like our philosophy.
With the identical objective, we created experiences rooted in nature. Yoga and meditation lessons within the forest, the place rosemary and pine scents cradle the breath. Rituals by the ocean, at dawn and underneath the total moon, the place the physique strikes with the Earth’s cycles. These are historic practices, reimagined for contemporary rhythms, serving to to realign what every day life fragments.
This intention additionally guided the number of our companions. Our most important: Ground Wellbeing.
I found Ground at a time once I wanted greater than a product. I wanted a gesture.
Founded by Irish therapist Peigín Crowley, Ground is not only a model—it’s a manifesto concerning the therapeutic energy of contact and physique reconnection, particularly for girls. With traces tailor-made for menopause, fertility, lymphatic well being and most cancers help, Ground provides what typical drugs typically lacks: sensitivity, nature, soul, and deep listening.
We use Ground’s merchandise in all our therapeutic rituals—not simply because their components are pure, however as a result of their mission is. And that, at this time, is extra worthwhile than any certification.
At Senăra, we work with ladies in all life phases. We welcome these experiencing anxiousness, burnout, and sleeplessness. We welcome these grieving, transitioning via menopause, navigating troublesome postpartum, or recovering from most cancers. And in each second, we don’t attempt to repair—we merely maintain house.
Our crew is educated for that. All therapists are educated in listening, acutely aware contact, and integrative methods. We supply personal periods, seasonal programmes, and nature-aligned experiences, all the time with a therapeutic but deeply human method.
In reference to our neighborhood, we launched the Locals Spa Pass, providing residents of Comporta accessible methods to look after themselves, those that maintain this area all yr lengthy.
We work with reality. And with magnificence. From the sand to the rice fields, from the therapeutic massage desk to the welcome detox shot—all the pieces at Senăra is designed to revive the sense of belonging to the physique.
We proudly collaborate with native companions like Surf In Comporta and the Alqueva Experience, mixing wellness with nature and authenticity.
Senăra is an extension of my very own scar.That’s why it touches so deeply.
Here, luxurious will not be marble.It is time. It is listening. It is honesty.It is care as a observe. Silence as drugs.
Senăra is not only a spot. It’s a promise.Of stillness. Of love. Of rebirth.
Get to know Senăra at senaraspa.com | Photos courtesy Team Senăra