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This 5 night 6 day retreat during Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations will set your creative being free with yoga, meditation and creative writing classes each day. We’ll explore personal ancestry through reflective meditation and yoga, creative writing. excersized and alignment based practices to bring us into balance with who we are and from where we come.
Highlights include:
Combining yin yoga and meditation with journaling to stimulate the creative body with Joanne Fanny, yoga teacher, author, Practices will be geared to clearing layers of tension and stored emotion to recover a deep sense of the beauty of our ancestry on a personal level.
Writing classes with Bathsheba Monk, author, writing coach and publisher. Your muse for the written word, she’ll guide you to complete several reflective and creative pieces that explore our ancestry. Retreaters will leave with a deeper understanding of their heritage, enhanced writing skills, and a greater appreciation for storytelling as a way to preserve family history.
Alignment exercises with Lisa Towsen, writer and Iyengar yoga teacher who’ll help us align the body so that ideas flow freely and we stand tall, aligned with who we are regardless of our past.
Amazing accommodations at Zama’s Casa Vallejo and Tribal’s Lofts, pool and beach access.
Opportunity to read your work in a supportive environment.
Creation of an altar for the Day of the Dead with personal focus
Introduction to the heritage of the Riviera Maya in a field trip through Mayan villages to an underground cavern.
Traditional Shamanic cleanse at opening, cacao ceremony and sacred corn reading during the retreat.
Opportunity for Mayan sweat lodge, temazcal.
5 nights Lodging at Zama’s Casa Vallejo or Tribal Tulum’s lofts
Day of the Dead Altar creation
Energy cleansing welcome circle
Morning yin and journaling with meditation
Daily writing class with focus on personal ancestry
Alignment focused Yoga classes
Bike for exploring Tulum
Daily continental breakfast, coffee, tea and purified drinking water and afternoon snacks
Excursion into the Mayan cenotes
Join us and relax your inner spirit while you absorb healing energy and return to your essence. For 5 amazing weekends, we’ll host you in four days of deep opening, relaxation and movement as Ricardo Castro and Joanne Fanny come together to prepare you for transformation with cooling practices of meditation, yoga, mindfulness, light ice bathing and a tour to the Mayan Jungle. All paired with the magic that is Tulum.
Option to arrive early or stay longer at special rates
Can’t make these dates? Let us help you create a personal retreat that works for you.
not including taxes or gratuities
option to extend extra day or two at special rate.
Heighten your yoga experience and connction to the breath while you live the fantasy that has moved worlds in mythical imaginations. After connecting to your inner being in yoga practice you’ll be treated to 3 days of mermaiding: that free-diving experience inspired by the explorers of old.
Our mermaid is on sabbatical but try interchanging a scuba experience to enter the world of water in an entirely different and fun way.
Offering custom dates in Spring of 2026 with the option to certify as a mermaid in one of the most beautiful cenotes in Tulum.
Lodging and amenities
Welcome Continental Breakfast
Daily yoga practice
4 early morning meditations
Three lessons by certified instructors
Bike Rental for exploring Tulum
Mayan purification ceremony
Pricing starting at $1489 USD single occupancy and $2164 double.
Pricing doesn’t include taxes or gratuities
Option to extend at special rate
Connect you to your breath through yoga and diving.
We’ll inspire you to quiet the mind as you expand your physical experiences within the underwater world in a flexible and aligned body.
Join us and deepen your connection to your breath, yourself and nature as we dive into some of the most beautiful places in the world: Tulum’s amazing cenotes.
Lodging
Welcome Continental Breakfast
Daily Yoga
4 pre-dive meditations
3 days of Cenote Diving
Bike Rental for exploring Tulum
Mayan Purification Ceremony
Pricing starting at $1489 USD single occupancy and $2164 double.
Not including taxes or gratuities
Option to extend stay at special rate
