“There is a Light that shines beyond all things on Earth, beyond us all, beyond the heavens, beyond the highest the very highest heavens. This is the Light that shines in our heart.”
Join Julia Berkeley for a week of liberating yoga, relaxation and return to sweetness of your heart at Haramara Retreat center on the western coast of Mexico.
Give yourself the gift of a lifetime by spending a week connecting to and igniting the light of your soul through yoga, pranayama, meditation, kirtan, and natural movement enquiries in the arms and support of nature.
Each day you will receive 2 powerful yoga/workshop sessions and 3 incredible organic meals. There will also be plenty of time to yourself to explore the beaches, rest by the infinity pool, receive first class healing sessions, take long naps and remember the joy of just being.
“Julia provides the most unique and multi-faceted journey back to yourself. The deep resonance with nature at Haramara combined with her amazing ability to make you feel safe, supported and loved is one of a kind opportunity. I am treating myself to this every year!”
~Traci David
“One of the 10 Best Yoga Retreats in the World”
~ Yoga Journal’s review of Haramara Retreat
Heart awakening practices
Haramara retreat is a healing haven. Just being on this sacred land brings deep rest and renewal.
Drawing on the ancient teachings and wisdom of yoga, conscious movement and earth based practices, Julia holds a safe and loving space for your soul’s evolution.
During this week we will be exploring potent practices including:
• Hatha yoga
• Pranayama
• Kirtan
• Conscious movement practices
• Journalling and self enquiry practices
• Meditation
• Yoga Nidra
• Optional Temazkal (Sweat Lodge)
Hatha Yoga
Julia offers an all level heart-centered hatha practice infused with classical kundalini teachings from the Nath lineage.
Expect a combination of asana, pranayama, mantra, mudra, yoga nidra (guided relaxation) and meditation that will both relax and enliven your whole self. Release stress and tension and awaken greater harmony and balance on all levels. Let the mind come home to rest in the unchanging peace of your innermost being.
Kirtan
Kirtan is a call and response chanting practice that moves the heart towards an experience of inner silence, boundless love, and intimate union with the Divine.
While singing is involved it is not necessary to be able to sing or sound good.
As you allow the sacred sounds of the mantras to vibrate through the body it has the magical effect of raising the vibration in the body, mind, heart and soul, very quickly bringing a sense of wellbeing and happiness.
This effect can often be felt way beyond the duration of the practice. The more you chant the more this feeling of wellbeing starts to permeate your daily life.
Conscious movement
A guided meditation in motion with an invitation to move freely, beyond any ideas of right or wrong, in order to discover your unique fully alive authentic expression both on the dance floor and more importantly in the everyday.
It will support you to feel more at home in your body, awaken body wisdom and move into living a more embodied existence in daily life.
Julia is a facilitator of Soul Motion Dance, Dancing Freedom and her own practice Divine Motion.
Temazkal (Sweat Lodge)
Each sweatlodge ceremony is it’s own unique and profound shamanic rite of passage. In this ancient North American tradition we enter a womb-like dome and use our songs, sweat and prayers to purify the mind, body, and spirit. This journey bridges spirit and matter, opening the gateway to healing on all levels.
pricing & Accomodation
What’s included
• 7 Nights, Eco-luxury accommodation at the paradise of Haramara in Sayulita, Mexico
• Shuttle to and from airport (within suggested window of arrival and departure times)
• 3 gourmet meals daily by one of the finest chefs in Mexico – delicious, plant-based, organic, fresh and locally picked foods same day as served!
• 2 daily sessions of transformative practices
• Temaszcal (sweat-lodge) Ceremony with local Medicine Shaman
• Enjoy exotic private beaches at any time
• Saltwater Infinity Pool, hammocks and hot tub
• Quiet time to reflect, reset, relax, journal, read, nourish yourself
• Connection with like-hearted friends and retreat participants
Optional extras NOT included
• Scrumptious and healthy drinks, snacks and treats from the pool bar
• Amazing healing and bodywork sessions available onsite in the healing sanctuary
• Roundtrip airfare to Mexico
• Optional excursions and activities
• Alcohol
• Travel insurance (highly recommended)
• Gratuities for Haramara staff (approx $175 USD for the week)
The accommodations
Each elegant, hand-built open-air cabana has a private bathroom with running water dedicated to that cabaña. There are mosquito nets around each bed.
All the rooming options are beautiful and spacious:
Dorm: This is a larger and spacious cabaña with space for 8 women. There are two bathrooms, one at each end of the dorm. In each bathroom there are two showers, two sinks and a flush toilet.
Triple: This cabaña has space for 3 individuals in twin beds.
Double: Most of the cabañas can accommodate two with plenty of space, in either twin beds or a king.
Single: This is a cabaña all to yourself.
This women’s dorm is open and spacious with 2 bathrooms and 4 showers.
Pricing Options
Dorm: $2241* / $2441
Triple: $2511* / $2711
Double: (2 singles or 1 King): $2741* / $2941
Single: $3961* / $3891
> Save $200 if you book before August 30th, 2024 <
* Reflects early bird pricing through August 30th, 2024
• Rates include all taxes
• $575 Non-Refundable deposit secures your spot and room.
• Payment plans available prior to August 30th
• For all shared accommodation it is best to book with a friend. If you are traveling solo we will do our best to match you with someone. However, in the event there are no participants looking for a roommate you will have the following options:
Book in at the dorm rate space permitting
Be placed in a single at the ‘forced single occupancy rate’ of $3131
• Please read the terms & conditions before booking your room
other details
Fresh, natural & local
All meals are vegetarian/pescatarian based. All ingredients are fresh, natural, local and organic. The daily menus are carefully chosen by Haramara’s head chef and are based on the freshest ingredients that are available that day.
Special dietary needs and requests will gladly be accommodated including vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free, gluten free and more. The kitchen staff and wait staff are extraordinarily friendly, well trained and attentive to your every need.
Questions?
If you have questions about the retreat please email julia@juliaberkeley.com for clarification or additional details.
a note about covid Protocols:
Haramara is fully open air and isolated. There are Covid protocols put into place depending on where we are at the time of your arrival.
Getting there
Haramara Retreat is located in the breathtaking coastal region of Nayarit, Mexico (known as Riviera Nayarit) near the town of Sayulita. It is situated on 12 private acres of land between the Sierra Madre Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The retreat is nestled into the tropical jungle vegetation on a hillside above the magnificent rugged coast of the Pacific Ocean and its private and pristine beach.
Haramara Retreat can easily be reached in a comfortable 40 minute drive from the Puerto Vallarta International Airport via Retreat SUV shuttle, rental car, bus or taxi.
What other’s say
“We don’t often pause long enough to listen to our Soul’s yearnings but this time we did.
Every quantum moment of our Haramara Retreat with Julia was savored. Her gentle guided yoga practices each day, the freshest five star meals, the immersive landscape of jungle and sea; the heart openings, grounding, connections, we experienced.
It simply doesn’t get any better.
We returned filled, nourished, re-vitalized, and with a new way of Being in the world.
Thank you to Julia, her smile and presence light up the world, and thank you to Haramara for nurturing each and every one of us with your kindness and care.”
~ LISA & DAVID LUCKENBACH
“I found Julia’s retreat online and walked into it not knowing what to expect.
The retreat turned out to be way better than I could ever had imagined! The morning yoga led by Julia made my body and soul so happy.
Julia also inspired me to fall in love with Kirtan, which I knew nothing about before the retreat. The energy we created together with our singing/chanting throughout the week was beautiful and I felt so rejuvenated afterwards.
In addition to the program created by Julia, the beach, the food, the spa also turned this retreat into perfection!
I can’t believe I’m saying this because I’m normally a very picky person. I feel so blessed for this great opportunity!
If the dates work for you please do yourself a big favor and sign up!”
~AMELIA WANG
“During our True Nature retreat I was able to step away from the rush of my everyday life and settle into a new state of being, calml’y immersed in the energies around me.
Julia led me into a more relational awareness of myself.
As the week progressed this evolved into a magical appreciation of the beauty in my life.”
- MARK DAUGHERTY
“I have just returned from a wonderful heart fulfilling retreat with Julia Berkeley.
She is truly a gifted yoga teacher who masterfully guided us every day to new levels of stretch and breath and health.
The music and dance of the Kirtan just enhanced our experience of peace of mind and spirit.
It was so well planned that you had a flow through the whole week which allowed you to relax and deepen into your personal experience.
Best retreat I have ever attended!”
~ CAROL FLEXER
“Julia’s True Nature Retreat is absolutely the best present I’ve ever given myself.
Julia brings together a variety of practices including yoga, kirtan and meditation which allows your body to integrate calming, healing and empowering energies on many different levels.
Her guided meditations led me to deep places of wisdom.
I can’t wait to come back next year!”
- LISA A