How have you been loving yourself?

In a world where we can get caught up in servicing others, their needs, wants, and desires, it is very easy to begin to forget about our very own well-being.

We may be caught up in our responsibilities with work, the health or needs of a loved one, caring for our animals, or the daily act in being present and supporting our friends & family.

Whatever interaction that makes your world go round, are you able to do it without the feeling of stress, anxiety, tension or trauma triggers? Are you able to actively bring your higher-self within any moment, creating peace, calm, understanding, and love as the foundation to your actions, and emotional responses?

More than likely when we are stressed, feeling life on our shoulders, and the weightiness of our own inner expectations, we can begin to unintentionally respond to the world around us in an unhealthy way. We can begin to lose sight of our very own needs & happiness due to the illusion that the happiness of others is more important.

During this week, you will be given the golden opportunity to slow down, disconnect, and go into peace with yourself, resetting your nervous system. Here in Yelapa, MX, along the river bed, and in the lush jungle, you will meet other people just like yourself, who are ready to love themselves better.

We will practice intentional heart opener yoga & meditations, working with Anahata (Heart) chakra as our central communication system, learning how to sense & feel our inner truth through the voice of our heart, instead of being controlled by the thoughts & emotions in our heads. This is a skill that can be cultivated through the discipline of ancient holistic practices.

These ancient practices will comprise of gentle somatic movements, asanas, meditation, breathwork, bandhas, mudras, mantras, and therapeutic tremoring, a practice to release tension, stress, anxiety, ptsd, and the effects from trauma.

During the week, you will:

• Reset your nervous system through somatic-based practices in therapeutic tremoring (TRE/Shaking Medicine)

• Open & align your heart with sacred cacao ceremony

• Learn ancient yoga philosophy & embody it’s heart practices

• Participate in transformational coaching workshops

• Reset your digestion with nutrient dense plant-based meals

• Set intentions & transform emotional blockages through spiritual ceremonies

• Expand your consciousness in eco-adventures, sound healing, and superconscious healing meditations.

These holistic practices will guide you into opening the subtle pathways of your heart center, giving you the ability to move through the difficulties of your life with understanding, forgiveness, compassion, and love. With this, your ability to love yourself better, will be effortless.

At retreat, you will:

• Make healthy connections

• Avoid seeing crises as insurmountable problems

• Accept that change is a part of living

• Move towards prioritizing yourself

• Learn how to set healthy boundaries

• Take opportunities in self-discovery

• Nurture a positive view of yourself

• Keep things in perspective & expand your lens

• Explore your limiting beliefs

• Accept who you are, and release shame

• Experience a sober vacation for a true reset

This all-inclusive eco-retreat has been curated to support you in self inquiry for personal transformation. You will be transported back to the simplicity of living with nature, giving you the opportunity to reconnect with yourself.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• 7 days / 6 nights accommodation in an eco-hotel experiencing minimalism and the simplicity of nature.

• Daily heart centered yoga/somatic movement, philosophy, meditation, pranayama, (controlling your breath) classes accompanied with sound healing instruments to guide you into ancient yogic/ancestral practice that works with the health of your energetic subtle body.

• 3 vegetarian meals a day to begin a light detox using whole-foods to invigorate the body's natural ability to heal.

• 1 hike to the pueblo & in-town waterfall to experience the small fishing village of Yelapa.

• 1 hike or horseback to the back river waterfall to connect to nature's terrain of rock, sand, and rolling waters, bringing you closer to nature's womb.

• 1 day at Isabel beach & circle meditation to tap into your inner awareness.

• 2 days at Yelapa semi-private beach, lying, paddle boarding & kayaking to enjoy in smiles, laughter, and fun.  Being a kid again.

• 3 Shaking medicine sessions in nervous system regulation to dissolve tension, stress, and anxiety, and the effects of trauma and ptsd.

• 3 transformational coaching workshops with deep sharing opportunities.

  • Yoga philosophy in the 8-limbs of yoga to connect you to ancient knowledge in how to embrace a yogic lifestyle of discipline, awareness, and mindfulness.

  • Codependency vs. interdependent relationships. Let go of toxic relationships & set healthy boundaries.

  • The 5 pillars of Full Body Presence & Healing Meditations

• 2 spiritual ceremonies (opening & closing) to connect to your intentions and release what is no longer serving you, uplifting you in unity into a rebirth of self.

• 1 cacao ceremony to open and activate the energy of the heart, as the medicine of raw ceremonial cacao sinks deep into your physical, emotional, and mental bodies, connecting you deeper to the force of love that you have within.

• 1 sound healing session to let the therapy of sound embrace the cells of your body to overcome any blockages on an emotional level, bringing you into a deep state of peace.

• Round trip water taxi

• WIFI

February 8th - 14th 2025

Yelapa, Mexico

Single Eco-room

$1,950 USD

$1,750 USD (Early Bird)

Shared Double Eco-room

per person pricing

$1,750 USD

$1,550 USD (Early Bird)

PAYMENT PLANS ACCEPTED*

early bird $200 discount until november 30th

Not combined with any other discounts

A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE

$450 USD Deposit

Non-refundable, but transferable

are you ready to…

• Release your habits of being over-stressed or in exhausted burn-out by developing a deeper relationship to yourself, bending limiting beliefs?

• Empower yourself by learning new ways to support yourself through holistic wellness practices & philosophy.

• Transform unhealthy eating habits that have taken control of your life and well-being?

• Learn how to live a a more mindful lifestyle, instead of turning to bad habits as a coping outlet?

• Release codependent behaviors and/or unhealthy emotional/mental patterns, where tension, stress, anxiety, ptsd, or trauma triggers are controlling your life, creating unhealthy responses, affecting relationships?

• Learn about your nervous system and how chronic activation without coming back to homeostasis, safety, & peace can effect your health & well-being?

• Expand your life in recovery, where learning holistic wellness practices can empower you to be your own healer? (This retreat is for everyone, you do not have to be in recovery to attend this retreat)

• Be a part of a new tribe, where the retreat experience creates new & healthy friendships within your life?

RESTORE. REJUVENATE. AND HEAL TO FEEL

Includes 3 daily vegetarian dishes (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Beautifully prepared vegetarian meals will comprise of a plant-based menu. Plates will be nourishing, original, and delicious, and will be inspired by the local Mexican cuisine. Medicinal teas and water will be served. There are no alcoholic beverages served at this retreat. It is a 100% holistic wellness retreat to support your healing process.

SEMI-PRIVATE BEACH LOCATION

Includes semi-private beach access

You will be nestled in the Jungle at night, and have semi-private beach access during the day. At our beach location, you will be able to enjoy the sounds of the waves while relaxing on the sand or in a hammock. Location has private bathrooms, and a kitchenette for preparing snacks at the beach.

SACRED SPIRITUAL CEREMONIES

Includes 2 evening ceremonies

Connect to your heart’s inner voice at a spiritually lead opening and closing ceremony to ground into your transformative self. The opening ceremony will be to center, and touch-base with the power you have within, creating an invitation of intention for the week, while the closing will be a purge of all that was gathered during the week, to release and let go into a rebirthing of self.

ANCESTRAL CACAO CEREMONY

IncludeS 1 CACAO CEREMONY

We will come together in ceremony allowing us to connect deeper to our intentions of the heart, guiding us to experience new insights and perspectives. Cacao ceremonies are one of the oldest holistic healing practices used by indigenous cultures all over the world, and in it’s raw form it can be used to gently guide you into the emotional center of your heart body. We will use the medicine of cacao to assist in emotional healing, so you can have the opportunity to experience the freedom of inner love expression through it’s medicinal qualities. This inner love expression is the nectar in connecting to the love of yourself and the life around you. We will rise our frequency together in the vibration of love.

YOGA, MEDITATION, PHILOSOPHY

Includes daily yoga in the morning for 1.5 hours each session.

TARGETED & SPECIALIZED YOGA SESSIONS

You will experience different styles of heart opening yoga from hatha, kundalini kriyas, and deep stretch. Each class will have a theme rooted in yoga philosophy, diving you deeper into how yoga integrates with your everyday way of life.

The evening sessions will consist more of therapeutic tremoring, breathwork and meditation.

3 TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHING WORKSHOPS

Includes 3, 2hr group session

Transformational coaching workshops with deep sharing opportunities.

• Yoga philosophy in the 8-limbs of yoga to connect you to ancient knowledge in how to embrace a yogic lifestyle of discipline, awareness, and mindfulness.

• Codependency vs. interdependent relationships. Let go of toxic relationships & set healthy boundaries.

• The 5 pillars of Full Body Presence & Healing Meditations

NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION WORKSHOP (TRE & SHAKING MEDICINE)

specialized sessions

Includes 3, 1.5 hr group sessions

You will be taught and guided by a Shaking Medicine embodiment teacher with TRE trainings (Tension Release Exercises). These movements are a combination of traditional TRE, combined with spontaneous and ecstatic shaking medicine movements to obtain a deep presence to soften your body, giving you the ability to connect to your internal mechanism of therapeutic tremoring in a gentle and freeing way.

The class comprises of embodiment movements that have been created to release tension, stress, anxiety, ptsd and the effects of trauma from the body by triggering neurogenic tremors/pulsations/vibrations (a natural human response) to discharge stress, releasing the fight/flight cycle to be discharged from the body. The benefit of the session is to connect to your state of safety, so you can bring yourself back to the rest/digest state, connecting to the triune brain to create a brain/body balance of homeostasis, giving you the ability to respond to stress in a healthy way.

SOUND HEALING THERAPY

Includes 1, 1.5hr session

• Elevates your vibration, releasing stress, anxiety, facilitating a more restful sleep.

• Alines emotions, increases spiritual awakening and our creativity.

• Stimulates alpha waves.

• Balances the chakras which brings us to a higher state of consciousness , gratitude, happiness and inner peace.

• Cleans the Aura.

• Stimulates a more efficient self healing process.

Self-Guided Excurisons:

Waterfall Hike | Pueblo Location

This excursion will give you a tour of the small pueblo of Yelapa, Mexico and the town waterfall as a group. We will hike 20 minutes from the town to the waterfall. Local artisan markets will be along the path, giving you that authentic Mexican experience.

Waterfall Hike | Back River Location

You will hike or horseback ride on soft ground along a river, through the back jungle of Yelapa, Mexico as a group. This hike is an hour each way. You will enjoy a small snack and will have enough time to swim in the cool waters, and lie on the hot black flat rocks, giving yourself a natural spa experience.

Semi-Private Beach | Yelapa Beach Location

You will have time where you will simply enjoy beach-front, with a small Mexican snack (guacamole, chips & salsa, water, limonada) as a group in Yelapa, Mexico. At this location, you will be able to rent a kayak, or paddle board, or just simply lie in a hammock or beach soaking up the sun.

Semi-Private Beach | Playa Isabel Meditation

You will take a short hike to a semi-private beach, past town, and towards one of the ocean points of Yelapa, Mexico. Here, you will relax and lie on the sand, or large boulder rocks, and swim in the ocean, as we discuss what's arising, and integrate your process of becoming. 

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED:

• Airfare, travel insurance

• Gratuity to staff (required) $50 USD

• Round-trip airport transfer (payment isn’t included, but we will coordinate your transportation) $25 USD each way, usually shared between other participants.

• Massages/energy work (there will be time designated to schedule bodywork, but payment isn’t included) 40 - 75 USD (optional)

• One on one transformational coaching (there will be time to designate) 75 - 95 USD (optional)

AIRPORT

You will purchase your plane ticket going to (PVR) Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, which is an english friendly airport located in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Don’t hesitate to ask questions.

✈️ When booking your plane ticket, please make sure your arrival to PVR is on or before 3:00 PM, and your departure from PVR is on or after 11:00 AM. These times coordinate with the panga water taxi schedule.

Vikara Wellness Team

YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PRIVATE COACHING OR BODYWORK / ENERGY WORK SESSIONS DURING FREE-TIME.

There will be a featured coach and bodyworkers that will be communicated to you, but you will also have the option to choose what you may personally need depending upon your specific focus in healing.

Biography of the Wellness Team