Combination deep nourishment and profoundly transformative practices, this experience is lovingly curated to bring about powerful connection and resourcing as you integrate parts of self across space and time.
We begin by clearing inner space, then voyage into connection with the land, where potent energies converge to offer their support and guidance. Periods of activation alternate with rest and integration to prepare the fertile soil of our inner landscape. The culminating ceremony is deeply healing. We reclaim connection, in unconditional love, with ancestral lineages and parts of self. This ancient practice gives way to a meaningful connecting with the greater whole of humanity, for the greater good of all beings and the universe.
Come, be supported and held by expert facilitators and a team of compassionate and skillful staff on this enriching, renewing and deeply nurturing adventure. In this personalized experience, you will be lovingly tended to, moving at a pace that is just right for you. Integration and supports available all along the way. No matter where you are in your life journey, there is space for you here.
Come as you are. All of you is welcome, here.
The following schedule reflects the overall arc of the retreat and is subject to small shifts and changes:
June 22
Arrival (Option to arrive at X-Hale resort prior to this day - contact X-Hale directly for booking)
Dinner & Opening ceremony
June 23-26
Practice session 9am-11:30pm
Lunch
Rest & Spa time/group expeditions*
Practice session 4pm-6pm
Dinner
*Some evenings we will invite additional musical /ceremonial offerings as well. One evening of the retreat will feature a crystal bowl sound bath at the infinity pool overlooking the ocean.
*Possible group expeditions include forest and beach hikes, volcano visit, labyrinth walk, sky gazing, art making, and others.
June 27th
Gentle morning practice
Closing ceremony
Check-out of the retreat (option to stay on at X-Hale Resort after the retreat ends - contact X-Hale directly for booking))
Karina Menali
Deeply attuned, compassionate, and insightful, Dr. Karina is loved and respected by colleagues and patients for consistently bringing passion and excellence to her work in teaching, speaking, and clinical holistic health and healing. A well-rounded practitioner, Dr. Karina, combines decades of experience in Psychology, Yoga Therapy, Reiki and Shamanic Arts with extensive studies in Integrative Medicine in the US, Japan and China to bring exquisite skill in her practice.
With her heart fully in her work, Dr. Karina achieves great results by addressing the mind/body connection. Helping clients resolving trauma using minfulness and somatic-based therapies, and customizing personalized treatment to address the unique needs of each individual, she is a dedicated practitioner who enjoys helping children and adults live their life fully.
"I am honored to support you on your journey. As a guide with you on your path, I offer a multi-modal approach to help you in your process of healing and discovery. Experience has shown me that as holistic beings, we need an integrative and empathetic approach to make lasting changes. I have spent most of my adult life developing skills and experience in multiple healing modalities: psychology, embodied shame and trauma healing, integrative medicine, energy healing, and ceremonial and shamanic arts.
In walking my own healing and discovery path day after day, I continue to learn that the Universe is a friendly place and the deepest elements of our psyches want to be known. When we approach ourselves with compassion and find the right ways to listen – when we feel sensations and connect them with corresponding thoughts and emotions – lasting healing and fulfillment of our greatest potential becomes a lived reality. " https://kaiwellness.com/
Nicolle "NEILL" Roen
Nicolle NEILL Roen is a teacher, musician, facilitator, and interdisciplinary artist born in the Midwest, now residing in Santa Fe NM. She began studying yoga in college in 2004, and meditation after she graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary art in 2007. She is a 500-hour certified Prajna Yoga teacher and a Meditation Instructor in the somatic lineage of Reggie Ray and Dharma Ocean, and a long time Yoga Sutras and Sanskrit student of Sonia Nelson and Nicolai Bachman. NEILL travels the country (or did before covid!) sharing a love of yoga, meditation, and music through retreats, workshops, concerts, and classes.
Musically, Nicolle specialized in vocals and world percussion. Nicolle completed a degree in music and art at the College of Santa Fe in 2007. She found Balkan folk music in 2004 and has been hooked on its exotic and hypnotizing sounds ever since. She has played in several Balkan music bands; five woman ensemble Rusalki released their debut Album …Pearls from the Bottom of the Ocean… in 2009 and it was one of five nominations for Best New Album of the Year in Santa Fe. Her next project, Rumelia, released an album in 2013 Lost and Found. She currently performs with the female quartet Rumelia Collective, who released their first studio album, Beneath Roses, in April, 2024.
Nicolle's solo project, NEILL, (her given middle name, after her grandmother), has released six contemplative albums featuring sacred mantras from Yoga and Buddhist traditions, as well as traditional English and Earth-based folk music and original tunes. AIR: Resonant Heart and WATER: from the infinite well were the first releases in 2016, and STEAM: Together We Rise, was on Spring equinox 2024. Listen to NEILL's Spotify page. NEILL's vocals have featured in tracks produced by Desert Dwellers and DrumSpyder. This aspect of Nicolle's music finds its way into yoga studios and meditation spaces around the country, accompanying gentle practice and guiding mantra meditation. https://neillspace.com/
Full payment is appreciated at time of registration when possible. Payment Plan is also available.
Deposit or Full payment fully refundable until February 22, minus a $75 admin fee.
50% refundable until March 22nd, munis a $75 admin fee.
No refunds after April 22nd; transfer to another participant could be negotiated on an individual basis.
Choose this option if you have the desire to support access for others with fewer resources to attend.
Private Room
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
Choose this option if you have sufficient financial resources and can pay the standard rate for this offering.
Private Room
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
Choose this option if you sometimes struggle with limited financial resources and would benefit from supported access to this offering.
Private Room
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
Choose this option if you struggle with limited resources and have difficulty saving due to less reliable income or pay, or if you live in a country where earning power is less.
Private Room
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
Choose this option if you have the desire to support access for others with fewer resources to attend.
Shared Room.
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
Choose this option if you have sufficient financial resources and can pay the standard rate for this offering.
Shared Room.
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
Choose this option if you sometimes struggle with limited financial resources and would benefit from supported access to this offering.
Shared Room
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
Choose this option if you struggle with limited resources and have difficulty saving due to less reliable income or pay, or if you live in a country where earning power is less.
Private Room
First payment by Feb 22 refundable minus $75 admin fee offered up until this date.
You will be greeted at the airport upon your arrival by a personal driver, and driven to the sanctuary retreat boutique hotel where you will be staying. In the evening, the retreat will commence with an Opening Ceremony. We begin to build the sacred container together...
***Check-in to the hotel is 3pm, dinner is offered from 6-7pm, and our opening ceremony will commence at 7:30pm. We strongly encourage you to arrive by 5pm in order to settle in and avail yourself of the beautiful surroundings. We request that all attendees are present for the Opening Ceremony.