BLUE WITHIN, 20.-23.8., immersive sailing retreat

A 4-Day Sailing Experience of Embodiment, Self-Worth & Inner Connection

This four-day journey at sea is an invitation to return to yourself through the intelligence of the body, the rhythm of nature, and the quiet depth of the blue.

Held between sky and water, this experience weaves together the vastness of the summer horizon, the warmth of the sea, and the gentle holding of the boat — whether in motion or resting in secluded bays. Within this space, we open a field for slowing down, softening, and listening inward.

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At its heart, this is a ritual of personal care.

A space where the relationship with your body becomes more intimate, where your sense of personal worth is felt rather than defined, and where connection arises organically – with yourself, with others, and with the living world around you.

Through presence, sensation, and shared experience, we explore what it means to be in your body without pressure, without performance – simply as you are.

Program – How We Embody the Vision

Each day unfolds in a natural rhythm guided by the elements, the group, and the sea itself. The structure is intentionally spacious, allowing both guided processes and time for rest, integration, and simple being.

Morning – Awakening the Body

• Gentle somatic and sensorimotor practices
• Breathwork and body awareness
• Attuning to sensations and inner states

Daytime – Immersion & Exploration

• Swimming, floating, and connecting with water as a resource
• Sensory-based practices (touch, sound, movement, presence)
• Sailing experience (active or passive participation, no prior skills needed)
• Time for rest, silence, journaling, or one-on-one reflection

Afternoon / Evening – Emotional & Relational Space

• Guided processes with emotions and inner experience
• Constellation-inspired explorations (individual and group)
• Movement, expression, and integration through the body

Night – Soft Integration

• Sharing circles (optional)
• Quiet presence under the night sky
• Deep rest held by the rhythm of the sea

Throughout the journey, we work with:

• Body and sensation (somatic awareness)
• Breath as a bridge between inner and outer experience
• Emotions as movement and energy
• The elements of water and air as mirrors and support

Who This Is For

This experience is open to:

• Adults of all genders
• Both local and international participants
• Those who feel called to slow down, reconnect, and nourish themselves

No previous experience in sailing or therapeutic work is required.

This journey may be especially meaningful for those who:

• Wish to deepen their relationship with their body
• Are exploring themes of self-worth and inner connection
• Feel drawn to nature-based, experiential processes
• Long for a gentle, non-demanding space for personal restoration

Group Size

We intentionally keep the group small — maximum 8 participants — to ensure intimacy, safety, and a deeply held experience.

The boat

• The yacht is a Hanse 455, a 14-meter sailing boat combining comfort, space, and performance.
• It features a bright and spacious interior with a fully equipped kitchen (galley), indoor and outdoor living areas, and generous deck space to relax, move, and enjoy life at sea.
• The boat includes 4 double cabins, all shared, as well as 2 bathrooms, 1 shower (but we usually use the shower outside) and common areas designed for a comfortable onboard experience. 
• Cabins are assigned upon arrival (by draw).
• For those who feel called to it, there is also the possibility for two participants to sleep outside under the stars.

The itinerary 

• We will depart from Biograd and sail towards the island of Pašman, continuing on to Žut, the stunning Kornati Islands, and the natural park of Telašćica.
• Between dramatic cliffs, turquoise coves, and crystal-clear waters, this immersive journey takes us through preserved landscapes, ideal for exploration, contemplation, and a deep connection with the sea.
• We will anchor in wild, secluded bays.
• The itinerary may vary depending on weather conditions, ensuring the best possible experience at sea.
• Marica and Alice are both experienced skippers and will be delighted to introduce you to sailing, depending on your wishes. You are welcome to take part in the maneuvers or simply let yourself be carried by the wind and the rhythm of the sea.

Food Organization

• Food will be organized in a participative and flexible way, coordinated in advance through a WhatsApp group. Grocery costs are shared among participants, and everyone is invited to communicate any intolerances or allergies in advance.
• Meals are prepared together through a shared cooking system: for the three lunches, participants will cook in pairs (one cooking, one assisting), so each person contributes to one lunch.
• A brunch will be shared on Thursday morning at anchor in Pašman, with everyone bringing something to contribute.
• Breakfasts and dinners are organized informally, with participants bringing and sharing their own food, depending on the group’s rhythm and wishes.

Schedule 

• Meeting point at Marina Molum (Sveti Filip i Jakov) on Thursday 20 August between 10:00 and 10:30 for cabin allocation.
• We will then sail towards the islands of Pašman, where brunch will be enjoyed at anchor around 11:00, followed by a safety briefing.
• Return to the marina and check-out on Sunday 23 August at 17:00.

Marica Grgurinović 

Counseling therapist in body-oriented psychotherapy; member of the teaching team at CIR INTP (Split & Sarajevo); member of HKPT, EABP, and EUROTAS. Theatre director and drama pedagogue with over 25 years of experience working with people. Through acting techniques and drama pedagogy methods, she supports the development of personality, communication, expression, and creativity. She has worked in cultural management, production, and as a lecturer in performing arts at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split.

Trainings include: family constellations, energy work, tantric and shamanic practices (International School of Temple Arts), TRE (trauma release excercises), somatic experiencing. Also a professional skipper. 

In her work, she integrates art (theatre, puppetry, dance, music, film), body expression, and psychotherapy. Today, she describes art and therapy as the two legs she walks on in the world—offering this work with joy, humility, and deep gratitude to every soul she meets, through individual sessions, therapy, workshops, lectures, and everyday encounters. 

Alice Mazo
Professional RYA skipper and Traditional Chinese Medicine therapist, Alice Mazo specializes in aquatic practices, developing her work in Croatia and abroad.

After more than 30 years spent on the Adriatic Sea, she has developed a unique approach at the intersection of sailing and healing.

Initially trained in physiotherapy, she later expanded her practice to include integrative approaches such as breathwork and aquatic therapies, including Janzu.

Today, she designs immersive experiences where water, movement, and presence become powerful catalysts for transformation.

She is part of the French and international Blue Health® network, contributing to the development of approaches exploring the healing power of Water on human well-being.

HOW TO APPLY: 

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BLUE WITHIN

Četverodnevno iskustvo jedrenja posvećeno tijelu, osobnoj vrijednosti i unutarnjem povezivanju

Vizija

Ovo četverodnevno putovanje morem poziv je na povratak sebi — kroz inteligenciju tijela, ritam prirode i tihu dubinu plavetnila.

Smješteno između neba i mora, iskustvo isprepliće prostranstvo ljetnog horizonta, toplinu mora i nježno držanje broda — bilo da plovi ili miruje u skrivenim uvalama. U tom prostoru otvara se polje za usporavanje, omekšavanje i slušanje iznutra.

U svojoj srži, ovo je ritual osobne njege.

Prostor u kojem odnos s tijelom postaje intimniji, gdje se osjećaj osobne vrijednosti ne definira nego doživljava, i gdje se povezanost prirodno rađa — sa sobom, s drugima i sa živim svijetom oko nas.

Kroz prisutnost, osjet i zajedničko iskustvo istražujemo što znači biti u vlastitom tijelu bez pritiska i bez potrebe za izvedbom — jednostavno, takvi kakvi jesmo.

Program – kako ostvarujemo viziju

Svaki dan se odvija u prirodnom ritmu, vođen elementima, grupom i morem. Struktura je namjerno prozračna — ostavljajući prostor za vođene procese, ali i za odmor, integraciju i jednostavno bivanje.

Jutro – buđenje tijela

• Nježne somatske i senzomotorne prakse
• Disanje i osvještavanje tijela
• Ugađanje na unutarnja stanja i osjete

Dan – uranjanje i istraživanje

• Plivanje, plutanje i povezivanje s vodom kao resursom
• Rad s osjetilima (dodir, zvuk, pokret, prisutnost)
• Iskustvo jedrenja (aktivno ili pasivno sudjelovanje, bez potrebe za prethodnim znanjem)
• Vrijeme za odmor, tišinu, pisanje ili osobnu refleksiju

Poslijepodne / večer – emocionalni i relacijski prostor

• Vođeni procesi rada s emocijama i unutarnjim iskustvom
• Istraživanja inspirirana konstelacijskim radom (individualno i grupno)
• Pokret, izražavanje i integracija kroz tijelo

Noć – nježna integracija

• Krug dijeljenja (po želji)
• Tišina i prisutnost pod noćnim nebom
• Odmor uz ritam mora

Kroz cijelo iskustvo radimo s:

• tijelom i osjetima (somatska svjesnost)
• dahom kao mostom između unutarnjeg i vanjskog
• emocijama kao pokretom i energijom
• elementima vode i zraka kao podrškom i ogledalom

Za koga je ovo iskustvo

Ovo iskustvo je otvoreno za:

• odrasle osobe svih rodova
• lokalne i strane sudionike
• sve koji osjećaju poziv da uspore, povežu se sa sobom i nahrane vlastite resurse

Nije potrebno prethodno iskustvo u jedrenju niti u terapijskom radu.

Posebno može biti vrijedno za one koji:

• žele produbiti odnos sa svojim tijelom
• istražuju teme osobne vrijednosti i unutarnje povezanosti
• osjećaju privlačnost prema iskustvenom radu u prirodi
• čeznu za nježnim, nenametljivim prostorom za osobnu regeneraciju

Veličina grupe

Grupa je namjerno mala — maksimalno 8 sudionika — kako bi se osigurala intimnost, sigurnost i duboko podržano iskustvo.

Brod (fotografije broda su iznad u tekstu)

• Jedrilica je Hanse 455, 14-metarska jedrilica koja spaja udobnost, prostranost i performanse.
• Odlikuje se svijetlim i prostranim interijerom s potpuno opremljenom kuhinjom (galley), unutarnjim i vanjskim prostorima za boravak te velikom palubom za opuštanje, kretanje i uživanje u životu na moru.
• Brod ima 4 dvokrevetne kabine koje se dijele, kao i 2 kupaonice, 1 tuš (iako najčešće koristimo vanjski tuš) te zajedničke prostore osmišljene za ugodan boravak na brodu.
• Kabine se dodjeljuju po dolasku (ždrijebom).
• Za one koji to osjete kao poziv, postoji i mogućnost da dvoje sudionika spava vani pod zvijezdama.

Ruta

• Polazimo iz Biograda i plovimo prema otoku Pašmanu, zatim nastavljamo prema Žutu, prekrasnim Kornatima i Parku prirode Telašćica.
• Između dramatičnih litica, tirkiznih uvala i kristalno čistog mora, ovo uranjajuće putovanje vodi nas kroz očuvane krajolike idealne za istraživanje, kontemplaciju i duboko povezivanje s morem.
• Sidrit ćemo u divljim, skrivenim uvalama.
• Ruta se može mijenjati ovisno o vremenskim uvjetima kako bismo osigurali najbolje moguće iskustvo na moru.
• Marica i Alice su iskusne skiperice i rado će vas uvesti u osnove jedrenja, ovisno o vašim željama. Možete sudjelovati u manevrima ili se jednostavno prepustiti vjetru i ritmu mora.

Organizacija hrane

• Hrana će biti organizirana na participativan i fleksibilan način, uz prethodnu koordinaciju putem WhatsApp grupe. Troškovi namirnica dijele se među sudionicima, a svi su pozvani unaprijed prijaviti eventualne intolerancije ili alergije.
• Obroci se pripremaju zajednički: za tri ručka sudionici kuhaju u parovima (jedna osoba kuha, druga asistira), tako da svatko doprinosi pripremi jednog ručka.
• U četvrtak ujutro, na sidru kod Pašmana, dijelimo zajednički brunch u kojem svatko donosi nešto za stol.
• Doručci i večere organizirani su neformalno – sudionici donose i dijele hranu prema ritmu i željama grupe.

Raspored

• Okupljanje u Marini Molum (Sveti Filip i Jakov) u četvrtak, 20. kolovoza, između 10:00 i 10:30 radi raspodjele kabina.
• Nakon toga isplovljavamo prema otoku Pašmanu, gdje ćemo oko 11:00 na sidru imati brunch, nakon čega slijedi sigurnosni brifing.
• Povratak u marinu i odjava u nedjelju, 23. kolovoza u 17:00.

Marica Grgurinović

Savjetodavna terapeutkinja tjelesno-orijentirane psihoterapije; članica edukacijskog tima CIR INTP (Split & Sarajevo); članica HKPT, EABP i EUROTAS-a. Kazališna redateljica i dramska pedagoginja s više od 25 godina iskustva rada s ljudima.

Kroz glumačke tehnike i metode dramske pedagogije podržava razvoj osobnosti, komunikacije, izražavanja i kreativnosti. Radila je u kulturnom menadžmentu, produkciji te kao predavačica izvedbenih umjetnosti na Filozofskom fakultetu u Splitu.

Edukacije uključuju: obiteljske konstelacije, energetski rad, tantričke i šamanske prakse (International School of Temple Arts), TRE (vježbe za otpuštanje traume), Somatic Experiencing.Također je profesionalna skiperica. 

U svom radu integrira umjetnost (kazalište, lutkarstvo, ples, glazbu, film), tjelesni izraz i psihoterapiju. Danas umjetnost i terapiju opisuje kao dvije noge na kojima hoda svijetom — nudeći ovaj rad s radošću, poniznošću i dubokom zahvalnošću svakoj duši koju susretne, kroz individualne sesije, terapije, radionice, predavanja i svakodnevne susrete.

Alice Mazo

Profesionalna skiperica s RYA licencom i terapeutkinja tradicionalne kineske medicine, Alice Mazo specijalizirana je za vodene prakse, razvijajući svoj rad u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu.

Nakon više od 30 godina provedenih na Jadranskom moru, razvila je jedinstven pristup na sjecištu jedrenja i iscjeljivanja.

Izvorno educirana kao fizioterapeutkinja, kasnije je proširila svoju praksu integrativnim pristupima poput rada s dahom i vodenih terapija, uključujući Janzu.

Danas osmišljava uranjajuća iskustva u kojima voda, pokret i prisutnost postaju snažni katalizatori transformacije.

Dio je francuske i međunarodne mreže Blue Health®, doprinoseći razvoju pristupa koji istražuju iscjeljujuću moć vode na ljudsko blagostanje.

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