WARRIORS MAKING WAVES IN PARADISE! 🌊🏹

Are you ready to sweat, fill your days with sun & fun, and relax immensely in the ultimate WARRIOR experience?!

This is our second year of the WARRIOR WAVES retreat and we are taking you on a journey that immerses you in beautiful surroundings, lots of good energy, soulful community and much more.

Led by Ellen de Werd & Diva Richards—creator of the WARRIOR programs and IDEA’s 2026 Group Fitness Instructor of the Year—this exclusive event is designed for anyone in the WARRIOR community who wants to sweat it out together, improve on your WARRIOR class skills, and connect over beautiful shared experiences in absolute paradise, while living it up a lavish all-inclusive resort.

Together, you'll experience All 4 WARRIOR formats: WARRIOR Rhythm (Yoga), WARRIOR Strength (Strength Training/Cardio), WARRIOR Combat (Kickboxing) and WARRIOR Revolution (Cycle)!

Already  a WARRIOR Instructor? Awesome! Come spend quality time and learn with Ellen & Diva with some planned form & technique workshops.

New to the WARRIOR tribe? You'll make friends in no time with some of the kindest fitness people out there, and have time to relax and rejuvenate in a tropical setting. 

Train. Play. Connect. Grow.

Your  Retreat Promise

Your getaway to Breathless Cancun Soul invites you to picturesque Puerto Cancun, Mexico. Unwind in beachfront rooms that feature private plunge pools overlooking the turquoise Caribbean Sea. Relax with spa treatments and immersive cultural touches through culinary experiences, art and nature. Memorable moments await you!

Retreat Highlights

• All-inclusive luxury accommodations, meals and entertainment at the incredible Breathless Cancun Soul resort

• Daily WARRIOR Fitness classes with the creator of WARRIOR programs, Ellen de Werd & Diva Richards

• Time in the schedule to relax and do whatever it is your soul wants!

• All levels of fitness welcome- from beginners to fitness pros or any level in between
  

No matter if you are a fitness enthusiast, or you want to embrace a new fitness journey, this retreat with the energetic WARRIOR team is for you!

About Your Hosts

Ellen de Werd  is a fitness industry leader with 25 years of teaching experience and a 2024 IDEA Group Fitness Instructor of the Year Award nominee. She is the creator of the WARRIOR formats.  Her company provides smart, fun, and original content to group fitness professionals.  WARRIOR’s license-free programs are taught in 14 countries. Ellen is the host of Confessions of a GroupX Instructor podcast, a Legacy Lululemon Ambassador, and teaches in Eugene, OR.

In her free time, she likes to watercolor, listen to classical music, and snuggle with animals.

Diva Richards is the co-creator of WARRIOR Combat and the Format Lead. She is a motivational life coach with over 25 years of experience within the fitness industry and entrepreneurship sector. She is the Founder and President of You vs You Athletics, LLC., located in Cheryhill, NJ. Diva is a professional, international public speaker, who owns the Do Work podcast, and The Do Work Method Motivational and Life Coaching Program. She brings her real-life success and experienced guidance to her clients and followers. Diva lives in Philadelphia, PA where she studied music and dance.

We can’t wait to meet you in Mexico for sun, learning and connection!

Welcome to your WARRIOR Waves Retreat 2026!

• Arrive to the CUN Airport & Breathless Cancun Soul resort - We will coordinate your transfer to the resort

• Check in to hotel, unpack, get settled

•  Welcome & Introductions

• Group Dinner + Nightlife

Our first full day together! 

• 10 am WARRIOR Revolution 45
• 11 am WARRIOR Rhythm 45

• 2-3 Yoga F & T workshop with Ellen

• Dinner at one of the amazing restaurants

• Nightlife

• 10 am WARRIOR Combat 45

• 11 am WARRIOR Rhythm 45
• 2 pm - 3 pm - Boxing F & T workshop with Diva

• Dinner at one of the amazing resort restaurants

• Resort entertainment show & Nightlife

• 10 am WARRIOR Rhythm 60

• Free day to explore, hang out at the resort, spa time

~ OPTIONAL Group land or water excursions (organized onsite, not before)

• Final Group dinner and retreat closing

Thank you!

• Farewell Breakfast (included)

• Resort checkout is at 12 pm -  You are welcome to leave anytime that suits you on this day. 
~Transfers are included. The team will finalize your transfer details with you according to your flight departure time, and communicate this ahead of the retreat.