Deepening in Self-Trust, Parts Work, and the Wisdom of the Way
A seven-day pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
13–20 September 2026
With Imma Lloret & Sarah Samuel
A unique inner and outer journey that brings the depth of IFS into the sacred rhythm of the Camino. An invitation to step into the unknown, listen to the wisdom that rises with each step, and let the path reveal what is ready to be known.
“For me, walking the Camino was a practice in letting go. Less belongings, less attachment to where I was staying, simply knowing that at the end of each day there would be a place to eat and rest. The rhythm was like oil to a rusty cog, stuck in the same routine and perspective. The movement, the fresh air, the wide horizons, the silence did their holy work.”
— Sarah
“Walking the Camino, I found that stepping away from the usual routines and immersing myself in a simpler rhythm allowed me to let go of small anxieties and expectations. The open skies, quiet paths, and steady movement shifted my focus from what I thought I needed to what truly mattered, and I felt my perspective slowly widen.”
— Imma
On its own, the Camino is powerful. When combined with IFS, it becomes a living field for inner work. As the Camino opens, IFS gives that opening form. Maybe it’s the daily rhythm that allows highly responsible parts to breathe. Maybe the long stretches of silence stir what’s been waiting to be heard. And as these parts are met with presence, we remember what it is to open to Self.
For those already familiar with IFS, this retreat offers a meeting of outer landscape and inner work that rarely comes together so naturally. With the support of an experienced team including an IFS Lead Trainer, and a small group who already know the inner terrain, the wisdom of the way opens up step by step and supports you to meet a wider horizon.
The Shape of the Journey
The Camino is a living lineage shaped by devotion, thresholds, and the simplicity of placing oneself in movement with intention. This retreat is held as a continuous, point-to-point pilgrimage, following the traditional rhythm of pilgrims for centuries.
Over seven days, we follow the final stages of the Camino together, walking point-to-point from village to village and completing the pilgrimage in Santiago de Compostela.
Each day we walk to where we sleep, and the body feels the movement of the journey. And the road leads on.
The Camino holds the pilgrimage. The facilitation holds the field.
We don’t follow a predefined curriculum. Instead, we follow the themes moving in the group field, and what surfaces uniquely within each person. This allows both collective movement and individual nuance to be met with depth, responsiveness, and care.
Through experiential practices – movement, mapping, sculpting, dyads, meditations, and group process – we bring awareness to what is alive in each person’s system and support the presence of Self as the journey unfolds.
In essence, this retreat becomes a lived practice of Self-leadership: trusting what arises, trusting the moment, and letting the same orientation guide your life beyond the Camino.
What Shapes This Journey
This pilgrimage is shaped by a very particular field and way of working:
- Co-led by two deeply experienced facilitators: Sarah holding the pilgrimage arc and psychological field, and Imma bringing the depth of IFS lineage and mastery.
- Supported by two experienced PAs working from sensitivity, groundedness, and embodied presence.
- Designed specifically for people with substantial IFS experience, allowing depth without slowing down or simplifying the work.
- Rooted in an iconic pilgrimage route that naturally supports loosening, clarity, and reorientation.
- Held in a daily rhythm of morning walking and afternoon IFS workshops, supporting integration.
- A small, attuned group of no more than 18, allowing for depth and responsiveness.
- A lived process, with insight arising through landscape, movement, companionship, and Self.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is for those with a solid grounding in IFS, people who know their parts, who can track their own inner process, and who want to be in a space where shame, guilt, grief, joy or longing does not need to be hidden. A field where everyone speaks the same inner language and holds the same commitment to themselves.
More specifically, it’s for those who:
- Have significant IFS experience (Level 1 or equivalent).
- Understand their system and want space to listen more deeply.
- Value a group where the shared language is internal, relational, and tuned.
- They are drawn to pilgrimage as a container for unfolding.
- Want real connection, the kind that forms through shared rhythm.
- Want to be held in a group that feels safe, honest, and spacious, without having to slow down for beginners.
This retreat is not suitable for those:
- New to IFS with no therapeutic grounding.
- Wanting luxury accommodation and services.
- Who find it hard adapting to Camino-style meals and timings.
- Who are not comfortable working in English.
- Would not be able to walk a minimum of 10km (~7 miles) each morning.
What You May Find on This Journey
The combination of walking, natural landscape, and IFS opens a kind of clarity that is difficult to access in the busyness of everyday life. It may be a dramatic breakthrough or a slow unwinding.
You May Notice:
- A quieter relationship with your inner world, where parts that felt tangled or urgent begin to settle and speak more clearly.
- A deepening in Self-trust, as you move through the days in your own rhythm and hear yourself without interruption.
- New insights into long-standing patterns, simply because the Camino gives them space to surface without force.
- A steady nervous system, supported by movement, nature, and the companionship of a small group walking in the same direction.
- Moments of unexpected softness or relief, often arising in the middle of an ordinary stretch of path.
- A sense of being accompanied, not only by the group but by the path itself, the feeling that you are part of a lineage of people who have walked their questions before you.
- Connections that feel genuine and unhurried, formed through shared rhythm rather than effort.
- A clearer sense of what matters, as the noise falls away and the simple act of walking reveals your deeper orientation.
You may also find that the wisdom of the Camino continues long after the retreat ends. Many describe a subtle shift that keeps working on them – a gentler relationship with their system, a truer sense of direction, or an ease that wasn’t there before.
Group Facilitators
Imma Lloret
Psychotherapist and IFS Lead Trainer for the IFS Institute, Imma is the co-founder of the Spanish IFS Institute, where she leads Level 1 and Level 2 trainings, supervises clinicians, and facilitates experiential workshops alongside her IFS-based therapy practice.
Her background includes teaching as an Associate Professor of Psychology at the UOC (Open University of Catalonia), and she is certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing, with advanced training in AEDP.
Imma has a long-standing passion for the Camino and for the way walking, embodiment, nature, spirituality and IFS naturally weave together. She is committed to following what feels alive and true in her work, and this retreat is one expression of that calling.
Sarah Samuel
Sarah is a writer and facilitator with a background in corporate consultancy and more than a decade of trauma-informed, embodiment-based work with individuals and groups. She has trained in a range of therapeutic and somatic approaches, including breathwork and IFS-informed practices, and brings a grounded, cross-disciplinary perspective to her work.
Her work naturally bridges different worlds – business and psychology, culture and landscape, analysis and intuition – informed by her mixed-heritage background and years of travelling and working across different countries. This breadth shapes the steady, spacious presence she brings to both one-to-one and group process, with particular sensitivity to how environment and inner work interact.
Author of Mindful Travelling and the forthcoming Not Falling Apart: Perimenopause as a Return to You, she is currently based in Guatemala researching Mayan cosmology and the initiatory dimensions of menopause.
Betlem Estrany
Betlem Estrany Sanfeliu is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience. She is an IFS Therapist and Assistant Trainer, integrating Internal Family Systems with Somatic Experiencing, AEDP, and NeuroAffective Touch, with a strong emphasis on embodied awareness.
Across different periods of her life, walking the Camino has been a recurring source of inspiration—creating inner space to listen to her parts, clarifying meaningful decisions, and opening a felt sense of connection with ancestral roots.
Franco Kessler
Franco Kessler is a certified Level 3 IFS practitioner, somatic therapist, and Program Assistant, with over 10 years of experience guiding individuals and facilitating group work. His work emphasizes embodied awareness and attunement to the relational field..
Although he has not yet walked the Camino de Santiago, its essence deeply resonates with his therapeutic approach. For Franco, the Camino represents a space where slowing down, inner listening, and meaningful inner transitions can naturally unfold.
A small group creates a particular kind of atmosphere: steady, warm, intimate.
With a maximum of 18 participants and a facilitation team of four, there is room for each person’s process and enough support for moments that need close attention.
Walking side by side naturally builds connection. The nervous systems synchronise; the body finds its own pace; conversations arise without pressure. By the time we gather for afternoon sessions, the field has usually settled into something grounded and receptive – an ideal environment for deep IFS work.
Day 1 – Saturday 13 September – Sarria
• Group gathering and evening meal.
Days 2–6 – Walking & Workshops
• 8:30–13:00: Half-day walk (6–17 km with options to shorten) from Sarria to Melide.
• 16:00–19:00: Three-hour IFS experiential workshop.
• Evenings: Rest, food, quiet integration.
Days 7–8 – 20 September – Santiago
• Two final nights for reflection, ceremony, and closure.
• Departure Sunday 20.
• 7 nights in countryside albergues + small guesthouses.
• 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 4 dinners.
• 5 Half-day guided walks.
• Daily luggage transfer.
• Group transfer to Santiago.
• Daily three-hour IFS workshops.
• Support from an experienced and skilled team of four IFS professionals.
• Three evenings free and one day free to explore Santiago.
• Twin rooms as standard; limited singles available (supplement applies).
Early bird (until 31 March 2026)
• £3,150 if paid in full at booking
• £3,300 with monthly or bi-monthly payment plans
Standard rate (from 1 April 2026)
• £3,500 if paid in full at booking
• £3,650 with monthly payment plans
Private room supplement: £800.
For those who’d like their own room rather than sharing in a twin room.
- A £300 non-refundable deposit secures your place and is included in your first payment.
- Payment plans are automated by card and must be completed at least 60 days before the retreat.
- Payment plans are available for early bookings; later bookings will have fewer instalments or may require full payment.
- If you cancel more than 60 days before the retreat, any payments made beyond the deposit will be refunded.
- If you cancel within 60 days of the retreat, payments are non-refundable unless your place can be filled, in which case we will refund payments received minus the deposit.
- We strongly recommend taking out travel insurance that covers cancellation.
Our application process helps create a group that is cohesive, attuned, and ready for this level of work. A well-matched group supports:
• more ease, depth, and trust
• a shared pace and shared language
• a sense of safety that allows subtle shifts to arise naturally
How it works:
• Online application.
• Conversation with Imma or Sarah to confirm mutual fit.
• Deposit + confirmation of your place.
This ensures that everyone attending is aligned in readiness, capacity, and intention.
