A small, carefully curated experience in Ericeira for founders and changemakers who want better health, deeper connection, and real progress on what matters most.
Hi you,
I am glad you are here. I am Yaro — founder of Pausa and initiator of the first edition of Pausa Founder Residency.
I am creating this experience for founders and changemakers who want more than a break. My intention is to offer a meaningful reset: space to step out of daily noise, reconnect with your health and performance, and be supported by peers who are also building beautiful things.
I am keeping the cohort intentionally small, because I want this to feel real. Real conversations, real connection, and hopefully the kind of friendships that stay with you long after the residency ends. — Yaro
I want to build something meaningful without burning myself out.
I want to work with real focus by day, and truly switch off at night.
I want peers who understand the weight I am carrying — not more networking.
I want a body that keeps up with my ambition: movement, sauna, real sleep.
I want a clear head for the decisions that matter most.
I want to remember why I started, alongside people who understand it.
If you nodded at even one of these, this is for you.
A steady arc — settle in, do the work, go deep together, and leave with something that lasts. A rhythm, not a timetable.
11 days · 10 nights · Ericeira, Portugal
Founding-cohort pricing for the first edition. €1,100 covers the ten days as a whole — the cohort, the rhythm, the rituals, and the expedition. Not a nightly rate, and not a room.
You are not booking accommodation. You are joining a small, curated group and everything designed around it.
10-day pilot residency in Ericeira, Portugal.
Covers the full experience — work, recovery rituals, communal dinners, the signature expedition day, and your place in the cohort.
Apply to the founding cohortIntentionally small · a handful of seats
Stay as long as it makes sense — a few extra weeks, a couple of months, or the whole winter, as we keep living and building Pausa from the same house.
Selected residents may extend their stay beyond the 10-day cohort, depending on fit and availability.
Mention in your application if you would like to explore staying beyond the 10-day residency.
Apply to the cohortYes — potentially. The 10-day cohort is the core shared experience and the best way to enter the residency. After that, selected residents may extend their stay depending on fit, availability, and intended length of stay. For some, that may mean a few extra weeks. For others, it could mean turning Ericeira into a base for a longer winter chapter while continuing to live and build within the Pausa environment.
If the three outcomes are what you have been missing — a trusted circle, a real reset, one day you will never forget — apply, and let us find out if it is a fit.