THE VIBE:

• Think Jayne and Tarzan, not Barbie and Ken; salty, sandy, sweaty, jungle attire, wild,  fun, textured, and free
• Bohemian Jungle Beach Bungalows in the buzz of downtown Guiones; steps away from the beach, restaurants, and local boutiques
• Think Motorbike sounds mixing together with cicadas, the lull of the pool waterfall, vibey music wafting through the air, bird calls, and howler monkeys
• Free time to allow your nervous system to relax into the rhythms of the jungle and the tides of the ocean
• Local cultural immersion; surfing, sunsets, Spanish, even salsa dancing if you desire
• Local land immersion; salt, sand, water, sun, earth, jungle, wildlife
• Daily practice, ritual, movement, dance, breath, meditation, and deep inner work as medicine to detoxify, purify, heal and awaken at the mind, body, and spirit
• For those ready to explore their edges.  There is a different edge for everyone, and that’s the point.  After all, we’re in the jungle..

THE WORK:

How this retreat is different from most & particularly special and transformational:

Gretchen and Jayne are a dynamic pair who deliver what might look like opposing modalities but are in fact complementary medicines that will transform mind, body, and soul.  They bring excellence, over 25 years combined lived experience, deep devotion to walking this path themselves, and a commitment to creating a container of safety, accountability, authenticity and encouragement like no other.  You will have the potent felt experience of a deep cleansing shower for the inside, while strengthening your whole mind, body spirit connection so that you come Awake to your inherent brilliance.

The Work in Consciousness:

Spiritual Psychology is the study and practice of conscious Awakening; our portal is our shadow.  You will experientially learn to self-minister through facing, feeling, expressing, healing, and forgiving the things you’ve been holding in the dark, in service to expansion, reclamation and the embodiment of your inherent wisdom, pleasure, freedom, and purpose.

Completed with Embodiment:

Body ALIVE is a practice that offers the energetic experience, healing and potential transformation of a plant medicine ceremony, using movement as the medicine.  With roots in yoga, breath, dance,tantra, journey work and shamanism, this physical practice pushes practitioners to release stagnation and tension held in their bodies, sometimes for years, and then to embody their highest, free, confident, authentic and fully alive state.  

‍Together: A retreat experience that dares to alchemize shadows, hidden in all layers of our existence, into intimate and empowered expression within and without.  Overall this combination provides an experiential exploration into self intimacy, listening, the shadow, inner-ministering & healing, magnetizing our intentions, forgiveness, empowerment and wild authentic self-expression.