4 Day Long Weekend Private Retreat with Yoga, Massage, Temazcal in Malinalco
Private ReTreat with Yoga, Massage, Temazcal in Malinalco, Mexico
Depending on your intention, this retreat can be deep soul work or a colorful holiday. To really grow, you need time and space – the aim of this retreat is to create a safe place where you can stop, feel, connect, using all of the tools and magic, Malinalco and Zsuzsa can offer. As a yoga and meditation teacher, massage therapist, and lover of the Central American traditional healing modalities, Zsuzsa is dedicated to assisting your journey towards focusing entirely on your own experience, to getting back to yourself.
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Highlights
- 2 days of yoga practice and massage
- Meditation, yoga Nidra, Temazcal (guided by local temazcaleros)
- Pre-Hispanic dance
- Fire and Cacao ceremony
- Limpia (energy clearing) with tobacco and egg
- Coaching based on the Maya calendar (Maya astrology)
- Excursions and hikes around the area
- 3 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Shopping
- Bar
- Café
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- ATM / banking
- Convenience / grocery store
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
Casa de Guadalupe
Casa de Guadalupe is a real gem. It offers a small, clean super cozy en-suite room, roof terrace with breath taking view of the mountains. It is 3 minutes walk from the center of Malinalco. The heart of Malinalco just a few steps from the door of this little gem. All events, restaurants, the market is on your doorstep.
Guadalupe created this en-suite room with very fine taste. Every little details helps you to feel more at home. The room has private bathroom with all necessary accessories.
On the rooftop terrace, you can enjoy the breath-taking view of the mountains, practice yoga, meditate, or just have your quiet moments. This is a place where you will feel home far from home.
Program
There is no strict formal schedule – you will tailor the rhythm of the program to your energy, your needs. All retreats will be different, and a deeply personal experience.
This retreat gives you the opportunity
- To attend on any weekend during the whole year
- To concentrate on your own needs without compromising
- To practice yoga in your own pace, on your own level
- To receive a personalized massage
- To attend in authentic Temazcal ceremonies lead by local Temazcaleros
- To learn about the real Mexicali life, the authentic culture in a safe little town
Menu of activities you can choose from:
- Daily yoga practice
- Meditation practice
- Yoga Nidra
- Daily massage
- Temazcal (guided by local Temazcaleros)
- Pre-Hispanic dance (watching or participating in the Malinalco dance group’s weekly practice)
- Fire ceremony
- Cacao ceremony
- Limpia (energy clearing) with tobacco and egg
- Coaching based on the Maya calendar (Maya astrology)
If you want to gift yourself this retreat, you will have a call with Zsuzsa to discuss your abilities and needs (physical, mental, emotional) and your requirements regarding your ideal accommodation, food, and programs you are interested in. So she can create a personalized program which best serves you during your stay in Malinalco.
Pillars of the retreat
Yoga (asanas, meditation, pranayama)
Yoga can build strength, awareness, and harmony, both in the mind and body.
Regardless of your size, color, background, previous experience, or religion, you can benefit from yoga as it has incredible benefits. Some physical ones are lessening chronic pain (lower back, arthritis, headaches), lower blood pressure, reducing insomnia, and more.
On a mental level, it helps to manage stress which can reveal itself in pain, sleeping problems, headaches, drug abuse, inability to concentrate, and countless further symptoms.
Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness; increases body awareness; relieves chronic stress patterns; helps reaching a more positive outlook on life.
Massage
Massage is a valuable element in health care, not only because it has been shown to decrease pain and tightness in muscles, but also to help relieve symptoms of anxiety, stress, depression, and sleeping disorders.
When you receive the intentional touch of massage, it lowers the level of stress hormone and releases hormones that make you feel happy. This makes massage a very potent healing tool.
The Intuitive Massage Zsuzsa offers mixes various massage techniques (Ayurvedic, deeper tissue, lymphatic, maya abdominal massage). It can be relaxing, or more thorough to release muscle tension, depending on your needs. The intentionally activated Reiki energy helps to deepen your inward journey.
Temazcal
Physically, it’s a steam bath with herbal remedies to help eliminate toxins and balance various metabolic processes. Its many physical benefits include:
- Stimulation of the lymphatic system which is responsible for the cleaning and purification of body
- Skin tone
- Cleansing of the respiratory tract
- Improvement of blood circulation
- Relaxation of the nervous system to decrease stress and anxiety
- Improvements of bone problems
- Cleansing of the digestive and urinary tracts
- Helping the expulsion of kidney stones
- The high temperatures also facilitate cell revitalization and repair
The shape of the Temazcal represents the womb of Mother Earth. Besides the physical benefits, this experience can help you to break boundaries, overcome fears, unlock emotions, and free you from false beliefs.
When you enter a wet, warm, dark place (uterus), you are immediately connected with your emotions. After the experience, you feel free of old burdens and more open in heart and mind.
Attending a Temazcal regularly is a personal development process that culminates in a spiritual rebirth, in which each of you is responsible for how you deal with your own worst enemy: oneself.
Included excursions
- Hiking around in the mountains of Malinalco
- Visiting the magical Archeological site
- Visiting an important pilgrimage place in the nearby village
- Visiting the local market, local artisans, experiencing local tastes
Instructors
Zsuzsa Kohan
Zsuzsa is an incurably curious, restlessly searching yoga teacher, massage therapist, who studied in London, India, Guatemala. Yoga gave her teachers, friends, community, food, inner peace, bravery, travels. Yoga helped Zsuzsa to find her strength, her own voice, to notice the magic of life.This is what she would like to share with you. She believes life is the most exciting yoga practice. Her classes are for all levels. You will be - with all respect - lead through asana, paranayama, meditation practices towards self discovery, finding the way out of your habits, your comfort zone.
Retreat location
Malinalco
Malinalco is a small town two hours from Mexico city offering an ‘authentic’ Mexican vibe. It is officially a Pueblo Magico, or Magical Town, which means it offers special experiences because of its natural beauty, cultural richness, traditions, folklore, historical relevance, cuisine, arts and crafts. In Malinalco, you can immerse yourself in a mystical place where the pre-Hispanic past and colonial memory are harmoniously connected.
Malinalco offers a wide range of activities:
- You can connect to nature by hiking in the endless mountains around
- You can visit the Cuauhtinchan Archeological Ruins, one of the most important Aztec sites
- After seeing La Parroquia del Divino Salvador – with frescos from the 1530’s, you can look around in the plentiful galleries and museums of the town
- Browse in the market, try local food, and be amazed by the art of local artisans
There are plenty of opportunities to dive into Mexican traditions – experiencing a Temazcal or joining pre-Hispanic dances in the plaza of this little gem of Mexico.
Food
Food is your choice. You can enjoy their home cooking style food - simple vegan menu (can be vegetarian) or you can dive into the offer of the brilliant restaurants of Malinalco. The taste of the food on the market is the best choice for you if you want to taste authentic Mexican food. Low cost and super delicious.
The following meals are included:
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Coffee
- Tea
Things to do (optional)
- Plant medicine ceremonies (subject to availability, for an extra fee; guided by local medicine man / woman)
What's included
- 2 days of yoga practice and massage
- Meditation, pranayama, yoga Nidra
- Temazcal (guided by local Temazcaleros)
- Pre-Hispanic dance (watching or participating in the Malinalco dance group’s weekly practice)
- Hiking around in the mountains of Malinalco
- Visiting the magical archeological site
- Visiting an important pilgrimage place in the nearby village
- Fire and Cacao ceremony
- Limpia (energy clearing) with tobacco and egg
- Coaching based on the Maya calendar (Maya astrology)
- Visiting the local market, local artisans, experiencing local tastes
- 3 nights accommodation
What's not included
- Travel expenses
- Food
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Mexico City International Airport
70 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by bus
There is daily bus service direct to Malinalco at 16:20 from Observatory Metro station (Mexico City). If you miss the direct bus, there are buses to nearby villages or taxi service. Upon your arrival, they will give you more detailed guidance.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.
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