Beneath The Mask (Spring 2027)
Overview
Beneath The Mask (Spring 2027)
Hidden Leaf Baja
Duration: 6 days
Beneath The Mask (Spring 2027)
Todos Santos, Mexico
Duration: 6 days
Hidden Leaf Baja
Beneath The Mask
An Experiential Retreat Through Movement, Vulnerability & the Stories That Shape Us
Beneath the Mask is a six-day experiential retreat in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur — a place where the desert meets the Pacific and the distance from your everyday life becomes a powerful part of the process.
Here, we work not just with the mind, but with the body, the ocean, and real-time experience.
We don't analyze your patterns from a distance. We encounter them directly — in the water, in movement, in the space between you and other people.
What you discover here won't be handed to you. It will emerge — through the wave you were afraid to catch, through the silence you didn't expect to feel, through the moment you realized you were holding your breath in more ways than one.
Each day builds on what came before.
Each experience is brought into group and individual therapeutic work guided by Gestalt principles — an experiential approach focused on present-moment awareness, body intelligence, and authentic contact with yourself and others.
The retreat is not designed to teach you about yourself. It's designed to let you feel, see, and meet yourself.
This retreat is offered by application. Once accepted, you'll be able to make your deposit.
You do not need prior experience in therapy, surfing, or freediving to participate in this retreat. The only requirement is a genuine willingness to engage: with the process, with the group, and with yourself.
The Retreat Experience
Beneath the Mask is structured around direct experience.
Ocean
Surfing and freediving reveal your patterns in action.
Retreat
Five days of group process, vulnerability, ritual, and integration.
Movement
Movement, nature, and community create real contact.
What to Expect
A Typical Morning
Morning sessions begin in the body.
Yoga, breathwork, or somatic grounding practice.
On most days, ocean-based activity: surfing instruction or freediving practice guided by qualified instructors.
The patterns that emerge in the water become material for the day's therapeutic work.
Midday
Afternoon sessions are the therapeutic core of each day.
Individual and group dynamics
Experiential exercises
Somatic work and depth process.
This is where the morning's experience is received — not explained, but felt, named, and worked with.
In-between time
Free time is not empty time.
Meals together. Rest. Swimming. Walking.
Time to be with what has moved.
The unstructured moments of a retreat are often where the most important processing happens.
Evening
Each evening closes the day consciously.
Creative integration
Journaling, group sharing
Symbolic work, or simple presence.
Some evenings are quiet. One ends around a fire. Each one allows the day to be received before the next one begins.
Learn more about the retreat here.
This retreat is offered by application.
Space is limited intentionally. 8 Participants Maximum.
The Application Process
Complete the Application Form
Attend a Discovery Call with José Antonio
You will receive a decision within 5 days of your discovery call. Accepted participants will receive a deposit link and welcome information.
If this cohort is not the right fit, we will let you know kindly and, if appropriate, suggest alternatives.
Apply for the retreat here.
What's Included
What's included
Pre-retreat sessions
Three individual preparation sessions with José Antonio (before the retreat)
Accommodations
Airport Pickup & Drop-of
Welcome Refreshments
Meals
Dinner on check-in day, 3 meals and snacks daily, Breakfast prior to check-out lovingly prepared by our staff from locally sourced ingredients.
Transportation
During your stay.
Wifi connection
Post-retreat Integration
What's not included
Travel insurance
Flights costs
Gratuities
Additional Activities
Optional Treatments
Optional continuation programs after the retreat
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1. Hidden Leaf Baja
Cam. A Las Playitas S/N, 23300 Todos Santos, B.C.S., MexicoAbout your organizer
Hidden Leaf Baja is a space for connection to self, to receive healing and wellness, and share in community.
The evolution of Hidden Leaf Baja has been birthed as a sanctuary to gather, retreat and connect. We share two acres with the cardón cactus, xantus's hummingbird, yucca, the arid sand, guests, our community and wellness practitioners. Surrounded by this setting we are guided to create a space for people to appreciate the environment, bond with themselves and others, and welcome a sense of serenity in gratitude and healing.
