Autumn Healing Journey

A journey into your heart, mind, and soul.

A journey in devotion to you.

Women are being asked to rise up in their feminine power. We are being asked to come together and lead. In my opinion, we are already leaders, we already have power, and we have already risen up. But not in a way that has been helpful to humanity as a whole. Instead, I am asking women to humble themselves and learn to speak to their hopes and despairs and challenges to themselves and each other in a different kind of way. In a way that honors and respects one another and informs us of the ways we have gotten in our own way as well as the ways of each other. This is the practice. It requires a slowing down, a deeper connection to the earth, a vulnerability with each other and a willingness to open your heart.

Details
In 2024, we are headed to Mexico. It has been a dream of mine to take this journey to other countries to immerse ourselves in their traditions of healing. Our first stop is Mexico, a place I love very much.

We will be meeting up at the beautiful Prana del Mar Retreat Center. It is set right on the Pacific Ocean between Cabo San Lucas and Todos Santos, Mexico.

The Food
A huge part of this retreat experience is the food because a huge part of healing is in the healing of our bodies. We will be fed high quality nourishing foods that are in season and free of refined sugar. Clean and pure foods help us to focus and find more clarity in our mind space. We are able to let go easier and see where we are going.

Our journey together includes all the meals.

Accommodations
Natural beautiful surroundings are very important as well as a space to close your eyes and rest. There will be plenty of space to journal, relax, hike, walk on the beach, or go into the city and explore.

All accommodations are included. There is a choice between a shared room and a private room.

All prices for this yoga retreat include:

• Seven nights deluxe accommodations
• Three delicious, healthy meals each day – with seafood options several times per week and alternatives for those with dietary restrictions
• Workshop sessions
• Adventures
• Airport transfers for Los Cabos International airport (SJD) on October 19th and 26th
• All sales and hotel taxes

Not included in this retreat:

• Airfare to Los Cabos
• Airport transfer on alternative dates
• Optional massages or spa services
• Alcoholic beverages
• Personal purchases or souvenirs
• Travel insurance (highly recommended))
• Gratuities

Pricing
$4,000 per person for double-occupancy (shared room)
$4,750 per person for single-occupancy (private room)

Secure your space with a $500 non-refundable deposit.
Remainder of your payment due by July 1st, 2024.
Or split payment, due June 1st, 2024 and Aug 1st, 2024.

Cancellation
A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required to secure your spot for this special retreat.

Shauna Lay
I’m Shauna Lay. And I live a truly remarkable life. I have thriving relationships, a business that rocks my world, two nourishing homes, and the ability to travel with my beautiful family.

But most of all, I am slow and steady, present and connected. I am aware of the parts of me that are messy and I see the challenges that life brings my way. I like to say, I am much more interested in being in my life than DO-ing my life.

But it hasn’t always been this way (and by the way, it still isn’t always this way).

There was a time when I was sad. I wasn’t depressed, I wasn’t angry (well maybe a little), I was sad.

And sadness, for me, looked like not being present in my life, not feeling enthusiastic, not paying attention. And it looked like boredom.

I just did what I did with a smile on my face. I would walk into situations, lift my chest, and put a smile on my face because that looked like confidence but I struggled. I struggled to find depth and meaning in my life.

My mind would always take me somewhere else. That somewhere else was always trying to please another. I liked myself but it didn’t stop me from conforming to what I thought others would like. I felt different but wanted to fit in. Don’t we all?

I hoped for a different future. I secretly wanted a thriving business, a beautiful home, to travel the world, to wear beautiful sexy clothes but I was afraid of what others would think of me.

I wanted to create. I wanted to write and teach and study and draw and make things. I wanted to do what I wanted, when I wanted and how I wanted.

I discovered Yoga in 1998. It wasn’t until I discovered yoga in 1998 that things really began to change, but slowly. I began to wake up to my life. I began to remember things, actually enjoy small moments. Again it was slow. It became my awareness practice and it became my creative practice.

In 2006 I discovered the work of Eckhart Tolle and spent many years embodying his practices. I began meditating anywhere and everywhere and really embodying presence.

I began to use my life as my experiment. My experiences and relationships as my teachers. My challenges as my opportunities for growth.

I hired mentors, therapists, coaches. I hired mentor after mentor to help me catapult the process of self-awareness.

And I discovered myself, a woman that is full of love and support and guidance and true happiness. And I embraced life, everything about it.

There is still challenge, no doubt, there always will be. But I fully trust the process that lies in front of me and I know that within each challenge there is opportunity for growth.

I see now that acceptance and introspection is my work and it is the work that will continue to allow me to expand and grow and deepen my capacity to love.

“My work in the world is to teach the importance of true acceptance and connection to the self and to others. To show that true happiness and thriving in your business and life begins with acceptance of what already is and then it’s about acute and steady introspection of the self. It’s about honoring your life, with all of its colors and communicating who you are through your words, thoughts and actions.”

For additional details and to register for this special yoga retreat, please see the retreat website.