So much of our daily life is centered around adult responsibilities. We are in a constant state of duty, obligation, anxiety, and hurry. As adults we very seldom take even a moment for ourselves. We rarely take a moment to be still. We also, along the way, forgot to play. We stopped doing things that charged our souls with joy. We stopped laughing, playing in nature, climbing trees, dancing… We traded in fun for responsibility, imagination, and creativity for adulthood.
We also, equally, forget to pause. To take a moment for ourselves every day. We pause when we create time for moments of calm and still. These pauses allow us to reset our energy, and often our day as a result. Meditation, yoga, journaling, stretching, breathwork, even a 15-minute nap can all be used to PAUSE. We can find balance in our lives through Play and Pause.
Play and Pause Retreat is my invitation to come back to source. To let yourself prioritize yourself without any guilt. Inviting you to connect with your inner child. The side of yourself that is playful, brave, instinctive, and adventurous. I invite you to play, to dance, to sing, to run, to skip, to radiate happiness. It is an invitation to pause. To honor yourself with a daily time out. To wrap yourself in the delicious luxury of “Me time” An invitation to find your pause, the activity that most aligns with your soul, and bring it into your daily routine.
My hope is that this retreat will bring both Play and Pause back into your existence, restoring balance and joy to everyday life.
Throughout this retreat we will explore yoga, connection to breath, meditation and connection to spirit. We will also focus on food. What we eat and drink plays as important of a role in our health and wellness as movement and breath. Our connection and relationship with food is one of the most powerful and important subjects when it comes to health and wellness. You will be treated to high vibe vegan cuisine, with menus mindfully created to nourish your body, mind and soul. How we treat our bodies, and how we treat our minds are equally important to finding the balance we all seek.
While there will be a lot of the gooey yoga centered activities, this retreat will offer so much more. I invite you to look at this like an adult summer camp, with activities and workshops you can sign up for as you feel called to. The goal is to offer you something on this retreat that you can take home with you and apply it to your daily lives. You can sign up for cooking workshops, yoga on the go classes, mediation and breathwork, handstand workshops, adventure hikes, sun gazing, essential oil making classes, campfire dancing and releasing ceremonies and so much more. Come join me at Camp Play and Pause.
All transport throughout the course of the retreat.
Arrive to the beautiful capital city, Merida, in the Yucatan Peninsula
Meet at our boutique Hotel to start our retreat experience
Intention setting; welcome meditation
Local market tour in the historical city of Merida.
Explore the ruins of Izamal and head to Okaan resort.
Releasing ceremony and heart opening Vinyasa Flow.
Start the day with a morning flow and gratitude journaling.
Depart to explore the beautiful local village and ruins of Yaxunah where we will take part in a local Mayan inspired cooking class and explore a private cenote in the region.
In the evening dive into inversion based handstand workshop and restorative stretching sessions.
This day we will explore the Mayan city of Machu Picchu. Fun Fact: In July 2007, Chichen Itza gained recognition as one of the “New 7 Wonders of the World” and is now one of the most highly visited archeological sites in Mexico today. Some notable highlights that we will visit within the grounds of Chichen Itza include but are not limited to:
Once it’s time for us all to cool off we will head over to the Santuario Cenote which is one of the most sought after fresh watering holes in the region.
If the afternoon we will have a Vegan cooking workshop and take part in a Temazcal ritual with a Mayan Shaman.
This morning we will spend time to recharge and take time to do some creative journaling before embarking on our way to Isla Mujeres. We’ll make a quick stop to explore Valladolid, take the ferry across to Isla Mujeres and relax in the beautiful waters of the Caribbean.
Today will be a truly immersive and expansive experience connecting to the energy of the ocean.
*Fun Fact: There are 1,412 different sculptures that are being developed in this National Marine Park just off the coast of Isla Mujeres! We will get to explore them in our moment to PLAY and PAUSE.
After this experience the rest of the day is yours or take part in arts and crafts, creative writing and journaling.
In the evening we will come together for a closing ceremony, vegan smores and another moment to reflect on the amazing experience we have had together over the past week.
This morning we will take this moment together to partake in a sun gazing meditation and to create a commitment to apply PLAY and PAUSE to our everyday lives. Before we say our goodbyes we will make sure to practice some fun and playful Yoga for Kids to stretch our bodies and prepare for travel.
We know that this will never be our final goodbye! We will see you again very soon!
