AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE
Experience the Capacities of Water in Person
A 4-Day Retreat in the stunning NW of Corfu Island Greece with
Patricia Wichman & Sophia Michalopoulou
This summer’s Aquatic Intelligence Water Retreat is for people who love water. You are invited to experience—not just learn about—the capacities of water through your own bodies and to become more connected with your own inner waters.
Water is an active environment that offers direct experience of human capacities, the nervous system recognises. These capacities are already familiar at a cellular level, because we were born from them. We come from water, evolutionary as well as from the womb.
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This 4-day retreat is facilitated by two wise women of water Patricia Wichman and Sophia Michalopoulou who will be sharing their deep love for water and their multidimensional experience of it. Through their combined personal and professional expertise, they will create the conditions for remembering the capacities of water through pleasure, practice and play, in an embodied way.
Each day will:
· Focus on one or two capacities of water experienced through practices on land and in water
· Include snorkelling and stand-up paddleboard options
· Sunset meditation, space for rest and integration
· Discover The Mermaid Island and her marine habitat
. Checking in and sharing
Our programme each day will adjust to weather conditions, the group's capacity and chosen activities.
When?
Opening Circle is on Wednesday 10th of June at 10:00 am and closing circle is on Saturday 13th of June 2026 and will end at 18:00.
Where?
Most morning activities will take place at or from Agios Georgios Paghi in the NW of Corfu island, with the option to practice at Arillas and St Stephanos beaches, which are all within just a few kilometres from each other.
Who is for?
This AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE retreat is for people who love water and wish to deepen their experience of it in a fun, relaxing and embodied way.
For those who attended the AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE online journey, it will be an opportunity to experience in person some of the unique capacities of water.
There is no need for any prior experience in aquatics or a level of swimming capacity.
Participants will need to be over 16 years of age.
AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE Water Retreat Includes
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Aquatic Intelligence Embodiment Practices.
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The Mermaid Island - an introduction to the power of place.
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Snorkelling Equipment provided (we also recommend you bring your personal mask)
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Use of stand-up paddle boards during group practice
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Opening and closing circles
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Water blessing ceremony
AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE does NOT include
Travel expenses, transfer, accommodation, meals or individual sessions.
The following are available at an extra fee:
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Swimming with a Mermaid Tail
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Individual Water Healing Sessions
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SUP private tour
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Mermaid Island Boat Experience
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Scuba Diving
Pricing Options:
EARLY BIRD: There are 3 available places at an early bird price of 550 Euro if paid in full before March 2nd.
REGULAR PRICE: The regular price per person is 650 Euro to be paid in full before the start of the retreat.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES: Unique activities are available at a reduced price for participants of our water retreat.
Swimming with a Mermaid Tail - 90 minutes 70 Euro per person
Scuba Diving - 60 Euro introduction dive or 80 Euro experienced dive
Water Healing Sessions - 1 hr 90 Euro Per Person
SUP private tour - 90 minutes 80 euro per person
Mermaid Island Boat Experience - 3 hours 70 Euro Per person
You can indicate if you would like to add any additional activities to your experience before or during our Water Retreat. There is no need to decide now.
For now all you need to do is follow the link below to register and join us for the free INFO MOMENT Online on March 1st at 19:00 CET.
MEET YOUR TEACHERS
Sophia Michalopoulou is an aquatic therapist and educator who specialises in pre and perinatal trauma release, a newborn and baby swimming instructor as well as a pregnancy and birth doula. Sophia supports the entire birth experience from conception, pregnancy and birth with water in order to create a more gentle, conscious and fluid continuum for future generations.
While immersed in warm water, Sophia began to remember her own birth journey during a ten year process and to see birth from a baby’s perspective. She facilitates the remembering of all human beings so that we can embody more of who we are, overcome a sense of separation and live our lives from our fullest capacities while expressing our unique human potential.
Patricia Wichman works as a haptotherapist, an integrated form of embodied psychotherapy, for more than 20 years. She guides people to become aware of their own innate ability to open up to affirmative contact. Feelings of individuality and originality are restored and promoted as a result. This innate ability can already be opened and used pre-conceptionally, during pregnancy (from the parents to the child), during and after birth as well as during the rest of life. This guidance can be done on land as well as in warm water.
From her background as a physiotherapist specializing in ante- and postnatal physiotherapy, pelvic therapy and her knowledge and skills as a stand up paddle instructor & coach, she has a great affinity with water and the relationship between water and humans.
