ELEMENTS
Sattva Signature Retreat
March
23rd - 29th
ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCE
To retreat is to take time to relish in your own life’s masterpiece with no judgment, no need to do, just be and savor. To retreat allows you to tend to the cycle of rest, detach from external forces, feed your imagination, and find wholeness with Self. To retreat is an act of love, to cater to your needs without permission, to process and enrich.
To retreat is to cultivate spaciousness in body, mind, soul, and life. Sometimes intentional spacial intervention is the most necessary prescription one can benefit from in order to reclaim Self and induce healing.
WHY RETREAT
We are thrilled to be launching our very own Sattva Signature Retreat.
"Elements" is a multi-disciplinary experience offered by the founders and residents of this beautiful Retreat Center. The variety of skills, knowledge, and wisdom present in the synthesis of our in-house practitioners and visionaries, make this Retreat something unique in the world.
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COME EXPLORE
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Yoga (both Hatha/slow Vinyasa + Restorative & guided Meditation)
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Cacao Ceremony
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Sound Healing
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Kirtan & Song Ceremony
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5Rhythms® Sweats
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Intro to Permaculture
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Animal Flow
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Qi - gong
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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Transportation to and from the airport
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6 Nights of all-inclusive accommodation
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Excursions to both Jungle Waterfalls and an amazing Cave Kayak Adventure
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Plenty of spaciousness to relax
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Tools to navigate stress + ways to implement rest & ritual into your life
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Powerful intentional practices for release, healing and balance
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Soul-enriching connection and a place to call Home
Delicious, High-vibe dishes prepared with foods from the land, local farms, and loving hands.
DAILY NOURISMENT MENU
Breakfast
Enjoy a vibrant & vital breakfast buffet of assorted fruits,
homemade granola, fresh farm eggs, and other healthy
treats. Vegan and gluten-free options will be available.
Lunch
Indulge in our vegetarian lunch buffet—highlighting local
fruits and vegetables in a fusion of Ayurvedic,
Mediterranean and Tropical cuisine
Dinner
Gather and Feast in Jungle twilight for a fun, delicious and
nutritious dinner buffet
ELEMENTS
sattva signature retreat
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Through Sattva Signature Retreat "ELEMENTS", you will have the chance to experience amazing classes and workshops that will enrich and re-vitalize your physical, emotional, and spiritual body.
EARTH
Intro to Permaculture = Permaculture is a holistic approach to sustainable design and agriculture that seeks to mimic natural ecosystems, emphasizing principles such as diversity, interdependence, and thoughtful utilization of resources for the creation of regenerative and harmonious living systems.
Functional Movement = This class is an opportunity to check in with where you are, and provide some innovative and fun examples of how you can begin to expand your repertoire and move through your life with more freedom of physical expression!
Yin Yoga = Embracing the element of Earth, Yin Yoga focuses on restoring the body, promoting a sense of calmness for the nervous system. This class will ground and regulate your body, mind, and soul and help you fully arrive.
WATER
Qi Gong = Qi Gong is a traditional Chinese practice incorporating mindful movement, breath control, and meditation to cultivate and balance the flow of vital energy (qi) within the body, promoting overall well-being, stress reduction, enhanced vitality, and improved mind-body harmony.
Cacao Ceremony = Learn about ancient Latin American plant medicine, Theobroma cacao. Equally rooted in today’s Mayan cultures, Cacao is a food and medicine that can offer great sustenance, nourishment, and high vibration. Melt away and absorb its countless benefits as you sip a hot cup of 100% drinking Cacao and learn more about its history and role in our counter-culture today.
Women's Circle = A women's circle is a supportive and inclusive gathering where women come together to share experiences, wisdom, and support, fostering community, empowerment, and sisterhood.
FIRE
Fire Ceremony = A fire ceremony is a ritualistic practice where individuals come together to release intentions, prayers, or symbolic representations into a sacred fire, symbolizing transformation, purification, and the transmutation of energies.
AIR
Slow Vinyasa Yoga = Slow Vinyasa yoga is a deliberate and mindful practice that combines flowing movement with breath awareness, encouraging a gradual and meditative exploration of yoga postures to enhance flexibility, strength, and inner presence.
Chanting Workshop = Discover the spiritual power of your voice as we dive into the art and practice of kirtan, devotional chant. Every language has given names to the transcendent forces that shape our reality, and to beings and symbols that represent our highest ideals. Chanting these names and ideas is an ancient practice for raising our awareness of our own innate divinity and oneness with All, and generating within ourselves feelings of expansion, connection, and peace. In this workshop, we will explore the teachings of beloved mystics on the theory and practice of chanting, as well as experience and reflect on a variety of chants from around the world.
Sound Healing = Sound Healing is a therapeutic practice that utilizes the vibrations and frequencies of sound, often through instruments like singing bowls or tuning forks, to induce a state of deep relaxation, balance energy, and promote physical and emotional healing.
Kirtan = Kirtan is a devotional practice rooted in ancient Indian traditions, involving the chanting of sacred mantras and ceremonial songs to evoke a meditative and spiritual experience. Come rest, heal, dance, and sing with the community as we join our voices in beautiful chant. We will sing in a variety of languages, each song possessing its own magic and energy to connect to. Together, we will generate a vibration of healing that permeates our space and ripples out into the world.
ETHER
Walking the Path (workshop) = There are many ways to connect with the wisdom within. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to develop our own personal toolkit to communicate with our inner guide(s).
Integrating spiritual experiences with EMDR = Peak and spiritual experiences are profound and transformative if they are intentionally integrated and practiced to make a lasting impact. As the worlds of spirituality and psychedelics refine their offerings of peak experiences, it is more important than ever that psychological integration technologies develop to support deep and lasting change and healing for the spiritual seeker. In this experiential group circle and with the help of EMDR and bi-lateral stimulation, we will integrate the experiences you have had during your retreat, help you access your internal wisdom and clarity, and support you to free yourself from the automatic patterns and blocks that have historically kept you from your most liberated and connected self.
5Rhythms® Sweat = 5Rhythms is a dynamic movement practice that explores the interconnected rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness, providing a transformative dance experience aimed at self-discovery, emotional expression, and embodied awareness.
Led by Founders and Community members of Sattva
CLAUCO (PERMACARPENTER)
The name Permacarpenter comes from my love and dedication to both permaculture design and woodworking. I am one of the founders of Sattva. I am a finish carpenter and do everything from custom cabinetry to windows and doors, to unique, one-of-a-kind furniture pieces and gifts. My devotion to my craft stems from an intense satisfaction that I derive from turning concept into reality. I created The Permacarpenter in 2014 as a platform to showcase and sell quality, handmade products and to help people bring their own visions to life. Sometimes in today’s modern world we can forget the beauty in the natural, beautiful, and handmade.
GLORIA GLO
As a servant to movement, Gloria has built over twenty-five years of dance experience, from modern choreography to ballet and contemporary dance. The rhythm of her well-traveled feet has brought her to the exposure of more liberal dance movements, such as that of 5Rhythms®- a dynamic dance practice that moves to reveal the underlying patterns of everyday existence. Rooted in the wisdom of the body, and devoted to her calling to raise consciousness in the world, Gloria's teachings extend to Yoga, Tao-Tantric Practices, and Women's Reproductive Health. She is also a Visionary Artist, Mother of two and one of Founders of Sattva.
GIULIA GAROFALO
Giulia is a mother of two, raising her children in the broad-leaf rainforest of Belize. Her love and connection to natural systems is expressed through her experience in permaculture, forest gardening and the crafting of creative bioregional cuisine. Particularly drawn to the Cacao plant and its mythological roots to Mesoamerica, Giulia has cultivated an intimate relationship to this plant medicine over the past 10 years. Together with her partner Sam, she transforms local Cacao into a dark craft chocolate, known as Dragon Chocolate throughout Belize. Certified as a Sound Healing Practitioner, her innermost calling is to utilize the powers of Sound and Music as pathways to restoration and liberation.
SAM COMBS
Sam considers himself very fortunate to be in a guiding role at Sattva! A lifelong student of the natural world, Sam does his best to infuse all of the guest experiences with opportunities for deeply immersive learning and growing. Holding space for groups and individuals to connect with themselves and the people and places that they are visiting is an intrinsic part of Sam’s mission on any retreat, and he’s going to have a blast fulfilling that objective! Sam has been the General Manager at Sattva for many years, and when he’s not immersed in that role you can probably find him making music, movement, and chocolate with his family.
BINNY KAGEDAN
Binny Kagedan is a somatic therapist, singer-songwriter and chant leader. Raised in a joyful and musical Jewish tradition, Binny's spiritual path has brought him into deep encounter with Zen Buddhism, bhakti yoga (devotional chant and mantra), and plant medicine. His journey has inspired him to create and share music that is both rooted in ancestral tradition and attuned to the stirrings of the modern heart
REBECCA STONE
Rebecca Stone, LCSW, is the founder and clinical director of Brooklyn Somatic Therapy, a boutique somatic therapy practice in NYC. As a psychotherapist, coach and trainer, Rebecca has taught and facilitated workshops across the country to various audiences on relational intelligence in the workplace, trauma first aid, post-traumatic growth, and the psychology of groups. She has also served as a teacher for The Hakomi Institute's comprehensive somatic psychotherapy training. She received certification in The Hakomi Method and Emotion-focused Couples therapy, and completed Attachment-Focused EMDR and Somatic Experiencing training. A graduate of Hunter College’s MSW program and group facilitator for people incarcerated for violent crime, her approach to healing is informed by an anti-oppressive lens and restorative justice.
YASMIN PAGE
Yasmin is an educator who has gone from teaching in mainstream secondary schools in the UK to facilitating the self-directed learning co-op here at Sattva. Always curious to learn more about how we humans can live to really thrive rather than just survive, and how that can guide the choices we make in life.
Feeling an immense sense of gratitude when given the opportunity to truly connect with others, especially in intentional spaces and ceremony. Allowing our shadows as well as our light to be witnessed.
Mother of three, this has been the hardest and the most beautiful and transformative of all journeys.
Join us for this unforgettable experience
THE VENUE
Sattva is a Regenerative Retreat Centre nestled at the base of the Maya Mountains in the lush Stann Creek region of Belize. Located on the scenic Hummingbird Hwy, this 20 acres of broadleaf rainforest are home to a project that offers a caringly crafted immersion into the beauty of Nature.
While you are at Sattva you will enjoy the comfort of beautiful jungle accommodation, private jungle walks, the Natural swimming pool, curated permaculture gardens, and nutritious meals prepared with love and care.
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Primis
A cozy cabin located at the entrance of the property, with immediate road access. It hosts a comfortable queen-size bed, a large wardrobe, a lightful & modern walk-in rain shower, flushing toilet, and a covered porch.
This is the perfect eco luxury cabin.
The Shala Cabins
There are 3 Shala Cabins, 2 of which accommodate 3 single beds, and 1 Suit that accommodates 1 King bed, living room and kitchenet. The Shalas are the latest, eco-chic addition to the Land and our most luxurious. Each room is spacious, with abundant natural light and a walk-in zen bathroom.
Ananda
The spacious apartment has a great kitchenette and a large King Bedroom in addition to a pull-out Queen Bed in the Living Room / Kitchen Area.
Great for a family of Four.
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LOCATION
Sattva is located in the middle of the Jungle, 45 minutes from the Caribbean coast, and surrounded by pristine rainforest hosting rivers, waterfalls, caves, and hikes. Only 45 minutes from one of the country’s main city, Belmopan, and 25 minutes away from the Caribbean town of Dangriga, Sattva has quick access to stores, hospitals, banks and more. It is located about 1 hour and a half from the main international airport of Belize City and 25 minutes from the small, domestic airport of Dangriga.
INVESTMENT
The Primis :
$2,100 shared double (per person) > $1,680
$3,150 private > $2,520
* All Prices are in USD and include transport to Sattva from BZE (only applicable for participants arriving March 23rd and leaving March 29th)
** The prices above are based on Bank Transfer payments. An additional 3.5% will be added if paying by Credit Card.
To launch this first experience of "Elements" - Sattva Signature Retreat, we are offering this Retreat with a 20% discount for all!
**Discounted prices highlighted
Shala Cabin Shared:
$2,100 shared triple (per person) > $1,680
$3,580 double, queen bed (per couple) > $2,860
$3,150 private > $2,520
Shala Cabin Deluxe:
$4,000 double, king bed (per couple) > $3,200
$3,600 private > $2,880
Ananda :
$4,000 double, king bed (per couple) > $3,200
$3,600 private > $2,880
Congratulations on deciding to embark on this transformational journey!
There are 2 payment methods (bank transfer, or credit card.)
When you sign up, we require a deposit of USD$500 (non-refundable).
A further 50% is required 30 days prior to the retreat start date (due on or before Feb 22nd) and the final payment the retreat start date (due on or before March 23rd). We will send you reminders and links to payments. Payments are non-refundable.
*Cancellation Policy: Any cancellations made before 30 days of the start date (before Feb 22nd) are eligible to refund and transferable to a future Sattva Signature Retreat within 12 months of cancellation. Any cancellations made within 30 days of the start date (After Feb 22nd) are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Upon signing up and receiving your first payment,
you will receive a confirmation of your space at the retreat.