Personal Transformation/Holistic Healing Retreat

Northern California

PV
Pura Vida Wellness Retreat
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4 reviews
Feb 8 - 14, 2021
Group size: 1 - 6
Personal Transformation/Holistic Healing Retreat
Northern California

Pura Vida Wellness Retreat
  • Email address verified
4 reviews

Feb 8 - 14, 2021
Group size: 1 - 6

About this trip

Come relax, cleanse and transform as you surround yourself with everything this incredible experience has to offer. Group healing therapies like Holistic Breathwork and Temazcal will be included. This package includes 8 individual and group healing sessions such massage, ozone therapy, Reiki and Chinese Medicine. Personal Moments of meditation on a quiet sea with deep blue waters, one daily yoga class Yin / Restorative, Chi-Gong, Conscious Dance, or Kundalini. As well as evening meditation with spiritual inquiry, and three vegetarian/vegan meals a day. Discover the beautiful village of Yelapa Mexico at this week-long spiritual retreat that will bring restoration and harmony to your mind, body, and soul.

Our longer 7, 10, 14 – day program offers alternative healing of Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, Grief and Loss and detoxification, in a safe and supportive retreat environment.

Receive transforming of negative patterns and self-defeating behaviours resulting from birth/childhood trauma, abuse, accidents, surgeries and other traumatic life events. We offer emotional healing addressing the roots of unconscious patterns.

The program integrates Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy with many mindfulness practices. In addition to everything that Holistic Healing Program offers, you will also receive more personal attention and care with daily sessions, and double sessions every other day (every day except the day of the departure).

Holistic Breathwork™/Counselling/Spiritual Life Coaching/Compassionate Communication sessions and 3 weekly body/energy work sessions. You will learn breathing and relaxation techniques to expel built up toxins and negativity; meditation, mindfulness and inquiry practices to rediscover your true self, and release the illusion of separation to live in joy and peace in the present moment. You will also get support to learn and create intentions and plans to continue your individual practices after the retreat on your own at home.


What’s included

  • Accommodations,
    Mountain forest cottage
  • Food
    Organic vegetarian meals
  • Mindfulness practices
    Yoga, Chi-Gong, Kundalini,
  • Meditation
    Guided and silent, Meditative inquiry
  • Hot springs
    Soaking at Harbin Hot Springs

Available Packages

7 day Holistic Healing Retreat
$2,790
Deposit: $560
7 day Personal Transformation Retreat
$3,350
Deposit: $670
5 day Holistic Healing Retreat
$1,990
Deposit: $400
5 day Personal Transformation Retreat
$2,550
Deposit: $510


Itinerary

Typical day
Sacred Springs Itinerary

What does a typical day look like?

Your personal retreat schedule will offer you plenty of time for being alone ( aloneness is needed for integration, reflection and individual inquiry time), and some time for group classes or trips, and if you booked Holistic Healing Retreat, one individual healing session per day (except the day of departure). Personal Transformation Retreat includes every day Breathwork counseling sessions, every other day bodywork/energy work sessions, trip to Harbin Hot Springs or Indian Springs for a mineral water/ mud bath.

Here’s a sample schedule:

8:30am – 9:45am: Yoga (or Chi-Gong, KUndalini, 5 Rhythms conscious movement)/Meditation

9:45am: Breakfast or Juice

10:30am – 1:30pm: Hikes – Table Rock/Labirynth mountain hike, Mount St. Helena, trip to Harbin Hot Springs (from January 2017), hikes on the property, meditative walk in the Labyrinth

11:00am: Juice (if on the juice plan)

1:00pm – 2:00pm: Lunch or Juice

3:00pm: Juice (if on the juice plan)

2:00pm – 6:00pm: Private one-on-one session ( breathwork/counseling/couples therapy/Reiki/massage/foot reflexology, food preparation/nutrition class); or infra-red sauna, hikes, individual meditation time, reading, journaling, watching spiritual/education DVDs, or simply relaxing by the creek, pool or fireplace (in the cooler months)

6:00pm – Meditation and Inquiry

6:30pm – Dinner or Juice

Evening: Rest and relaxation, watch inspirational/educational DVDs, trip to Harbin (from January 2017) for a free-form dancing, soaking, etc.

During your retreat we may schedule a half a day (or longer) of structured silence, which includes guided and silent meditations, mindfulness walks, group breathwork.

You can add on many other options such as other types of healing sessions from our healing therapies page, collage making, art, journaling, tarot readings, raw foods prep class, raw chocolate making class, tennis, badminton or just do nothing and simply be.

What is included in Holistic Healing Program?

All Holistic Healing Retreats include lodging, 100% organic juice or meals, organic liquid supplements, herbal teas, morning yoga/exercise, twice daily guided/silent meditation and spiritual inquiry, use of infrared sauna, weekly visits to Harbin Hot Springs, nature hikes on the property, to waterfalls or nearby mountains (weather permitting), inspirational and educational films. You will have some structured time for sessions and classes, and plenty of free time on your own for nature walks, meditating and just being. In addition, daily individual therapeutic sessions are scheduled for each personal retreat program.

How many sessions do I get with a Holistic Healing Retreat Program?

Holistic Healing program includes daily individual healing sessions (1 session per day excluding the day of your departure). For example, on a 7-day retreat you get 6 sessions; on a 3-day retreat you get 2 sessions. We alternate breathwork / counseling / spiritual coaching sessions with bodywork / energy sessions (massage, Reiki, Watsu, Foot Reflexology with ionic bath detox). You may add additional sessions listed on Healing Therapies page at an extra charge.

What is Personal Transformation Retreat?

Our longer 5, 7, 10 or 14 day programs offering healing depression, stress, anxiety, trauma, PTSD retreats . Healing and transforming negative patterns and self-defeating behaviors resulting from birth/childhood trauma, abuse, accidents, surgeries and other traumatic life events. In addition to Holistic Healing Program described above, you will receive more personal attention and care with daily Breathwork/Counseling/Spiritual Life Coaching sessions and 3 weekly body/energy work sessions. You will learn breathing and relaxation techniques to expel built up toxins and negativity; meditation, mindfulness and inquiry practices to rediscover your true self, release the illusion of separation and to live in joy and peace in the present moment. You will also get support to learn and create individual program and practices to continue after the retreat on your own at home.

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PV
Pura Vida Wellness Retreat
4 reviews
Pura vida in Spanish means pure life. It became our mantra and our intention. Aligning our way of living with what we see is true, so the conscious spirit can thrive and live it’s full potential. Pura Vida is a non-denominational, spiritual, health-focused eco-retreat center in a tropical paradise in Mexico. Our beautiful accommodations are right by the ocean, for those seeking connection with nature and themselves. We offer a combination of a spiritual retreat, spa by the ocean and alternative, holistic healing therapies. Our peaceful, secluded ocean front resort is located in Yelapa, Mexico, a small bay within Puerto Vallarta Bay, accessible only by boat. It’s only 2 hour direct flight from Los Angeles or 3 hour flight from San Francisco. We have been successfully supporting thousands of people over last 15 years by integrating many modalities in our Holistic Healing and Personal Transformation programs. We are happy that most people report lasting changes in their lives.

Reviews

Words. Words cannot do justice to the experience I had at this retreat. If anyone ever needs a life reset, this is the place to go. Let's start out with the basics. The accommodations are great. I had a room with AC unit, although there are rooms that are strictly open air. My bathroom was outside and I loved it. There is something about showering outside that feels so freeing. There are some rooms with a bathroom inside as well. The views from my room were awe-inspiring. I was by the pool and would go there after dinner and it felt like my own personal pool as everyone else would go to their rooms after dinner. Now for the other stuff. Rachael and Holly are AMAZING souls and were the staff we saw each and every day. Carolyn is a treasure and is so helpful getting together all the details for our trips and just being an overall fountain of knowledge and love. The kitchen and juice bar staff are always so pleasant as are the boat captains. Dana and Claudia are just souls that will touch your being and leave you feeling...(words cannot suffice). They are just magic! Data, the gal who has a lil shop on the grounds is so sweet and can answer any questions you have as to the wares she sells. I just graduated after 6 long years of study and needed to unwind on a molecular level and also find myself again. This place delivered that and so much more. From the trip to the waterfall, to the botanical garden, to the various group breathworks (especially the one on the private beach), to the temezcal and the cacao ceremony, to the delicious food provided to us each and everyday. Each and every experience led me to be a more relaxed and understanding sense of self, which not only resulted in understanding myself better but also understanding others. It provided me the release, the insight, and the love from so many avenues that I honestly don't know how to encapsulate or state how thankful I am that I found this retreat. I am so blessed to have had this experience and the Watsu and other niceties such as body scrub/wrap, massages, reiki, and reflexology carried home the inward, self-care journey that changed me as a person. I will definitely be back and just cannot thank all the people we came in contact with from the staff, to the shamans, and to Matias, another helpful soul in our journey together. Thank you all so much and wishing you the best always and forever.
By Elsa P for Personal Transformation Retreat on Jun 26, 2023
The retreat was a huge disappointment. The leader (Chris) and session providers showed up late... they had a hard time sticking to the schedule. It was unorganized. Only 3 yoga sessions the whole week when it was supposed to be daily.
By Mindy L for Holistic Healing Retreat on Dec 19, 2022
Wonderful retreat! Nature, spectacular views, waterfalls, sacred ceremony, yoga, meditation, music, massage, spiritual renewal. All things I love. Best of all I felt a deep love and connection to the people I met. The other retreat members were diverse. We all opened up. The the staff really love one another. They are committed to the vision and purpose of the center and it showed. I will be going back again! It was magic. ❤️
By Karen M for Holistic Healing Retreat on May 23, 2022
We ( Husband and Wife) had an amazing experience. This retreat is very spiritual. emotional, and full of healing. We had no idea what to expect- we showed up with an open mind and loved every minute. Our retreat was a very scheduled event with very little down time- we enjoyed all the events, workshops, and personal sessions. The food was 5 start amazing!!! The staff was also 5 star amazing!! The retreat is very rustic and LOTS of stairs to climb to go anywhere on the resort. Better communication is required regarding the schedule, workshops, excursions such as; length of time of events, specific details, what to bring, content, and physical requirements would have been helpful to prepare prior to arrival. This location is very beautiful and peaceful. The beds were comfortable. Tips are not included in the price and expect to be tipping quite a few people. Bring small enough bills as they do not have the ability to make change. We would attend this retreat again and will look into booking the next spring retreat offered in 2023.
By Lisa M for Holistic Healing Retreat on Apr 04, 2022