The Queendom Retreat
Ayurveda, Yoga, Nature, and Sound Healing for Women
January 11th-16th
at Equilibrium Healing Resort and Spa in Sierra Madres of Cabo Corrientes, near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Guided by Lily Russo and Malka Russell
This January 11-16th, I am SO excited to host my annual winter retreat in the Sierra Madres of Cabo Corrientes Mexico at the magical retreat center Equilibrium Healing Resort and Spa.
This year I feel incredibly fortunate to be bringing guest presenter Malka Russell, an incredibly talented and super high vibe woman who I have admired from a distance after I fell in love with her music. Her song, Queendom, inspired the name of this retreat! In addition to being a musician, Malka is an Ecstatic Dance DJ and offers Ceremonial Sound Healings.
Together, Malka and I will facilitate practices meant to reconnect us to our inner essence of joy and wholeness. We each weave our passions and practices for connecting to our body, heart, and spirit in unique ways, and throughout this week we’ll be bringing all our favorite experiences, including yoga and breathwork, dance and song, sharing and journaling, sound healing ceremony and deep healing.
Equilibrium Healing Resort and Spa is a true oasis for rejuvenation. Nestled in the Sierra Madre Mountains, an hour south of Puerto Vallarta airport, Equilibrium is a truly unique place with its own microclimate. The experience surrounds you with countless tropical birds, orchids, butterflies, medicinal plants and more. A perfect space to heal and connect. The natural mineral warm and cold pools fed by a spring from the nearby mountain await you!
Treat yourself to a week of bliss in a true refuge, in the middle of a magical oasis supporting body-mind-spirit alignment.
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During this retreat, experience:
Daily yoga, breathwork, and meditation sessions
Sound healing and ecstatic dancing for deep transformation and reconnecting to your inner joy
Delicious ayurvedic inspired, plant based meals that will delight your senses and detoxify your body
Practices of communication and connection with self and sisterhood
Daily soaking in Equilibrium’s natural spring-fed mineral cold and warm pools, infused with ozone and salt. This combination naturally clears up skin, reduces inflammation, boosts the immune system, and has numerous other benefits.
Day trip to the beach
Slow Beauty~ Skin-care workshop with guest teacher Lindsey Hartnett Martin
Digital Detox: By design, Equilibrium encourages guests to unplug and disconnect from the stimulation and addictions of our devices. The bedrooms do not have outlets or wifi. You get one free internet voucher to check in with family or work during your stay. After that, you can purchase vouchers if you need to connect. You can not imagine how truly freeing this week of digital detox will be for your mind, and how truly connecting it will be for your spirit!
Options to add-on spa treatments and other healing modalities with skilled practitioners
Free time for rest, journaling, reading, and lounging
Meet the Retreat Leaders
Lily Russo
I feel very fortunate to have been practicing yoga for the past 20 years. It has been a path of health, joy, transformation and empowerment since my teen years. Initially, it was the physical practice that captured my attention, but over the years this led me to study all the other facets including pranayama, meditation, tantra, and yoga’s sister science, Ayurveda, as well as other influential disciplines, primarily Buddhism, the Tao te Ching, and plant medicines. I have participated in over 1000 hours of yoga trainings, and am an affiliate of Shiva Rea’s Samudra Global School of Living Yoga, leading 200 Hour Prana Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Trainings.
As a Sacred Sensuality Guide, Yoga Teacher, Retreat Organizer, Podcaster and Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, my goal is to guide others to embody a path of connection to their higher selves and to all other beings, and be empowered to access the great cosmic source of radiance, creativity, and healing. My deepest passion is connecting with women and guiding them to fully cultivate their natural feminine powers of sensuality, intuition, compassion, radiance and pleasure! Connect with me at www.lilyrussoyoga.com
Plus!
Slow Beauty Workshop
with guest teacher Lindsey Hartnett Martin
Lindsey Hartnett Martin is a lifestyle herbalist by way of a yogic path. Her modern approach to holistic beauty is rooted in the health of the soil and the integration with nature.
Sex, Plants Rock and Roll is a music-inspired, micro-batch, organic skincare line handmade with wildcrafted and organically homegrown herbal infusions in Salida, CO.
SLOW BEAUTY
To truly understand abundance - know plants.
The conception of these skincare products begins with regenerative soil and is intentionally cared for, harvested, handcrafted and delivered to your skin.
This soil to skin experience is an educational way to incorporate or expand your daily skincare practices.
We will spend time learning the benefits of clean and slow beauty regimen through herbal discussion and holistic skincare experience.
We will explore intuitive nature and ancient holistic practices that support detoxification from environmental weaknesses and strengthen cellular regeneration in a way that feels practical to bring into your everyday.
The idea is to self-empower through reclaiming connection to our natural world.
Skincare is one branch of the tree of wellness and has deep connections to wellness all ways.
Plus!!
Heart-Opening Cacao Ceremony and Yoga
with guest teacher Rachael Carlevale
Embark on a transformative journey that opens your heart, nourishes your soul, and connects you with your inner self and others. Our Heart-Opening Cacao Ceremony and Yoga class is a sacred and immersive experience designed to foster self-love, compassion, and a deeper connection with the world around you. The class begins with a sacred cacao ceremony, where you'll have the opportunity to connect with pure, ceremonial-grade cacao. Cacao has been used for centuries as a heart-opening and grounding elixir to help set our intentions for the practice ahead. Then enjoy a gentle yet powerful yoga session. The practice will focus on heart-opening asanas (postures), deep stretches, and breathwork that promotes self-acceptance, love, and emotional release. You will then be led into a heart-centered meditation to further open your heart space and connect with your true self.
Rachael Carlevale speaks on behalf of the natural world regenerating body, mind and soil for the collective. Honoring plant spirit medicine as founder of Ganjasana: Cannabis Yoga Ceremonies and School, Rachael is an Educator, Activist and Regenerative Farmer based in Colorado. She is a conduit for awakening messages from the natural world, a “steward of the medicine,” and roots her practices in the ethics of permaculture - earth care, people care, fair share. She holds space for practitioners to cultivate and deepen safe, harmonious plant medicine relationships for transformation and healing.
She developed ‘The Green Tent’ - Women’s Cannabis Circles to support womb-wellness through ancient ritual, and is a ‘Cosmic Sister of Cannabis’ Grant Recipient who serves as a speaker and activist for women, wildlife, and wilderness. Rachael’s plant spirit medicine work began in the Peruvian, Amazon with the Shipibo Tribe where she researches Ayahuasca for healing through her ‘Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance’ MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) + Cosmic Sister grants.
The Lodging
Each of Equilibrium’s 8 suites are uniquely designed for beauty, comfort, and connection to nature.
They are illuminated with natural light streaming in through the windows and skylights. Each bed has a premium pillow-top mattress for an amazing nights sleep listening to the sounds of the jungle. Each suite has a separate sitting area. The rooms are current-free, meaning there are no lights, outlets, wifi, TVs, or electric radiation. This is a true healing retreat in every sense. Solar lanterns and candles light up the night!
Want to see the fabulous itinerary for this retreat?
Cost: $1800-2500
What’s Included?
5 nights lodging at Equilibrium Healing Resort and Spa
3 delicious, ayurvedic inspired, vegetarian meals per day starting with Thursday’s dinner, ending with Tuesday’s breakfast
Daily soaks in the healing warm and cool spring fed pools
Day trip and hike to the beach
Daily practices of yoga, breathwork, meditation, sound healing, dance, cacao ceremony, connection, joy, skin-care, and more!
What’s Not Included?
Airfare to Puerto Vallarta airport.
Transportation to the Retreat Center. There is an option to add-on a shared shuttle ride from and to Puerto Vallarta airport.
Spa services
1 meal while out on our beach trip
Tips
Wifi (read about the Digital Detox above)
Email lily@lilyrussoyoga.com with any questions.
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