There is a magic inside of you that you discover when you listen to your body. It is an innate wisdom, a bright light, and an inspirational message. People need to hear this message.

On this retreat, we will embark on a journey through the somatic healing modalities that have transformed people’s lives. Through these practices, your message will become louder and clearer. We will delve into the somatic principles, embody the exercises, and discover how to enrich others’ lives with them too.

We are all healers, after all. I tell my students, I don’t teach you as a teacher, you are my teacher too. We learn from each other. You can be where I am too. That is what this gathering is about. Discovering the healer that already lives within you.

The retreat will take place in the magical Latin American country of Costa Rica. Costa Rica means ‘Rich Coast’, and it is exactly that - richening, nurturing, and enlightening. I have experienced some of the biggest inner transformations in this country as have millions of others. It carries an energy and frequency of love, acceptance, and light.

Costa Rica has 6% of the world’s bio-diversity and you feel this when you are there between the volcanos, mountains, lakes, rivers, and ocean. A large portion of our healing occurs in nature, and a large part of me has healed here. This is why I couldn’t imagine hosting this retreat in any other place.

 The Somatic Modalities we will experience, embody, and learn about in this retreat include:

• Writing from the Heart,

• The Dance of Intuition & Somatic Wisdom,

• Singing and Chanting with Instruments,

• Connecting with Mother Nature

• Holotropic Breathwork,

• Body Scan Awareness, and

• Integration & Embodiment.

 Jillian Stella

As a somatic facilitator who has facilitated many events, including at TikTok headquarters, Jillian hosts sacred spaces for executives, leaders, and businesswomen to transform on the yoga mat through sound, breathwork, and body movements.

Jillian's love for somatic healing grew while she was losing her Mom to cancer. It was a turning point in her young adult life and she fixated on her spirituality to navigate through the grief. Losing her Mom was quite literally like losing a part of herself. The only way she could begin to identify as Jillian rather than solely Jillian, daughter of Elona, and fully move through her pain was through all of the work she did on her mat. She found her intuition on the mat. She discovered her voice, her message, and her power on the mat.

Today, Jillian utilizes twenty-eight years of wisdom as a guiding healer in the somatics world. She is grief & trauma-sensitive with deep knowledge in alignment. Her yoga lineage of training stems from the late Maty Ezraty at Yoga Works and is a blend of Hatha and Iyengar. In addition to facilitating yoga, sound, breathwork, and reiki, Jillian is also an intuitive mentor specializing in life purpose, transformational trauma, and neuro-linguistic programming.

 Axtaxia Kara

Axtaxia Kara is a Soul Coach, and Mentor. Her work focuses on deeply connecting with your soul inner guidance, using intuition and subconscious awareness, tapping into higher level of consciousness. She is a trained and certified Neuroscience Mindfulness Meditation Teacher. Her roots are based in Buddhism, Buddhist teachings and practices. Her journey comprised of plant medicine work, Vipassana retreats, and others. In her professional world, she is a Marketing Manager for healthcare and psychologists.