An all-inclusive 6 night/7 day personal wellness and professional development retreat uniquely designed for femme leaders. Join  Steph Chee and Amie Heeter for a week of deep experience and learning, immersed in the eco-luxe oasis of Prana Del Mar in Baja, Mexico between the desert and ocean in this wildly beautiful nature. Find greater capacity, insight, and flow in relationship to the foundational elements of FIRE and WATER and the polarities at play in your inner and outer life.

Whether you are a female-identified founder, team or community leader, health and wellness professional, artist or entrepreneur – this retreat is designed exclusively for the fierce and the feminine – aiming to carve a new path of empowerment, connection, and leadership. 

What is the FIRE? The FIRE component relates to illuminating our passions, our aspirations, our growth, and how we nurture the flame that ignites all of this within and around us. We’ll access clarity and verve in relation to how we are showing up in our personal and professional lives (and for ourselves) as well as keeping our fire lit and radiant without burning out. 

What is the WATER? The WATER aspect invites us to be in relationship with how we flow as creatives and innovators, how we nourish ourselves through periods of high intensity, tending to our personal waters as a foundation of health, and allowing ourselves to be supported and held as we hold others. Water also has the ability to carry our desires, hopes and dreams.

TOPICS & SESSIONS:

Our daily sessions will include self-inquiry, group discussions, embodied practice, meditation, time in nature, and adventure. You'll have the opportunity to reflect, learn, and connect with like-minded women who share your passion for leadership and personal growth. 

• The Alchemy of Fire & Water – how to balance passion and nurturing in your leadership journey.
• Embracing Paradox –how to hold the tension and complexity of seemingly contradictory or oppositional elements, opening the space for creative outcomes.
• Navigating Uncertainty – strategies for sustaining steadiness in turbulent times.
• Inner Clarity – precision of vision and values for 2024.
• Generative Mutuality – how to build connections that support and elevate us.
• Rituals of Self-Care – practical tools and habits to sustain your fire without burning out.

DESERT/OCEAN TEACHINGS & EXCURSIONS:

• Snorkeling/Whale watching
• Hiking/Horseback riding
• Nighttime Fire Ritual
• Sunset Water Ritual

**BONUS GIFT: 1:1 BIZ DEV/LEGACY wisdom session with femme founder Laura Croft, Esq. Scheduling TBA on retreat.

All teachings and adventures (2x/daily) led by Amie and Steph.

Come away, ignite and inspire yourself in this wildly sunny and beautiful setting where we will have the entire resort to ourselves – YES! Together, in shared practice and experience, we will hold the intention to illuminate our capacity for greater vibrancy and connection, just before the darkness of winter descends.

Amie & Steph have been studying and practicing in the same wisdom tradition together since 2010, and co-creating retreats together since 2019. Mermaid sisters, adventure pals, and joyous flames on the path of fire and light.

Amie Heeter

Amie is a nature enthusiast, adventurer, and life long learner particularly motivated by the intersection of mind/body traditions of the East and modern research sourced in neuroplasticity & mindfulness in the West. As a yoga and meditation teacher since 2003, she regards the modalities of yoga, meditation, breath, and mindfulness as some of the best technologies available to sustain health in the body, cultivate stability and resilience in the mind, and open pathways in every heart. She hosts group courses, private coaching, and regularly leads retreats regionally and abroad.

Also a lifestyle photographer, Amie is a visual storyteller who loves to capture the wonder of the world around her. She recently took part in documenting the release of wolves into Isle Royale National Park, and photographed tours she co-led in Thailand, the south of India and Morocco. She lives in Madison, WI, with her husband and two daughters.

Steph Chee 

Stephanie Chee Barea is a multicultural Mindset & Leadership Educator with over 24 years of experience teaching embodied healing practices and creating brave spaces for belonging. Founder of The Rangeley Hideaway, Her Festival and mela.yoga, an award-winning sacred learning space in the SF Bay Area, she offers transformational retreat experiences, workshops and personalized coaching for female-identified founders to tap into internal wisdom, establish space for spiritual wellness and create flow in their personal and professional lives. Steph lives in the SF Bay Area with her husband, two children and two cats. She loves to stay active through dance, yoga, surfing, hiking, and paddling – always seeking grace, strength and confidence in relationship to nature.

6:30a:  Sunrise

7:00a:  Coffee, tea, fruit available

8:00a-9:15a:  Yoga/Meditation Session

9:30a:  Breakfast

10:30a-12:30p:  Workshop Session

12:30p:  Lunch

1:00p-6:00p:  Personal Time, Rest, Swim/Lounge Poolside, Spa, Optional Excursions

6:30p:  Dinner & Sunset

7:30p:  Personal Time, Debrief. Unwind, Optional Excursions

9:00p:  Star Gazing & Sleep