Your retreat hosts:

BRITTANY ATLAS

Brittany is passionate about empowering others to create abundance and holistic well-being in their lives through movement, gratitude and stillness. She guides her classes with creative, intelligent sequencing and the intention of cultivating present-moment awareness to invite balance and a deep sense of calm to her students.

Brittany is a Yoga Alliance-certified E-RYT 500 Yoga and Meditation teacher and continuing education provider. She has studied meditation, yoga asana, sound healing, breathwork, the neuroscience of meditation and yoga nidra and has led more than 13 years of practices with her students.

Brittany is a teacher on Inner Dimension Yoga and Insight Timer app. She has facilitated 200hr Yoga Teacher Training programs in Costa Rica and graduated 150+ students to become teachers. Brittany strives to share her light with the world and encourages others to do the same :)

JANINE DABOUB

Janine is a E-RYT 500 Yoga and Meditation teacher with +12,000 hours of teaching experience.

After years of teaching at several studios, her focus shifted towards making the practice of yoga accessible to anyone regardless of age, body shape, mobility or income.

She works with private clients in a therapeutic way to address various conditions such as stress management, trauma work, female health, pre/post natal care, perimenopause, sport injuries, insomnia, among many others.

While abroad, she leads retreats and workshops. Janine has studied with world renowned teachers such as Annie Carpenter, Tiffany Kruikshank, Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom.

She has advanced trainings in Anatomy, Female Health, Trauma, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Myofascial Work, Meditation & Pranayama.

This retreat is for everyone! And the more the merrier. In the past, there have been people that come alone, with friends or couples that want to share the experience together. Everyone is welcome!

We will be providing retreat participants with a suggested packing list via email as we get closer to our retreat. If you have specific questions about things to bring or leave behind, feel free to reach out.

It will likely be best and most cost-efficient to fly into Mexico City and take a flight from there to the Chetumal airport (or to book travel from the U.S. to Chetumal) where we will be providing transportation to and from on the first and last days of the retreat. Check in on Monday, November 2nd will be from 3:00pm onward. If you would like to arrive before 3:00pm, the front desk can hold your luggage and you are welcome to make use of all of Akalki’s amenities before your room is available. Our retreat will officially begin at 5:00pm and we recommend you arrive to Akalki Holistic Center in Bacalar no later than 4:00pm so that you may get settled in before we share an opening circle. A free shuttle from Chetumal Airport will be provided around 2:00/2:15pm (based on suggested flight from Mexico City via VivaAerobus flight VB1414 arriving at 1:30pm - exact shuttle timing will come closer to the retreat).

Check out on Saturday, November 7th will be at 12:00 noon. A free shuttle will be provided from Akalki in Bacalar to Chetumal Airport at 10:30am (based on suggested flight to Mexico City via VivaAerobus flight VB1415 leaving Chetumal at 2:14pm) but you are welcome to stay until checkout time or leave earlier if your travel requires.

If your flights are outside of the free shuttle windows, you may take a taxi to and from Chetumal/Akalki Holistic Center. We are happy to arrange taxi carpools once we have everyone's flight info.

*Please note: There is a ONE HOUR time difference between Mexico City and Chetumal.

*The shuttle is a 30 min drive from the airport to Akalki.

Please read the Terms in full when signing up - all details about payments and deposits are in there :)

While you may certainly call or text your loved ones or share your experience on social media, we will be encouraging a digital detox as much as possible. Just a simple awareness of how we are using our phones and technology so we can spend more time connecting to ourselves and the natural world on this retreat. But we recognize this is YOUR retreat so you can choose what is best for you.

Please know that this retreat will be one free from substances, tobacco and alcohol. Although it’s lovely to have a glass of wine at the end of the night, we think this is the perfect opportunity to step out of our comfort zones and daily routines and into a true space of reconnecting to ourselves and how we truly feel naturally. If you have any concerns with this, please feel free to reach out to us. We are completely open books and would love to chat with you!

You are more than welcome to reach out to Brittany Atlas or Janine Daboub at any time with your questions :)

This retreat is for everyone! And the more the merrier. In the past, there have been people that come alone, with friends or couples that want to share the experience together. Everyone is welcome! While you may certainly call or text your loved ones or share your experience on social media, we will be encouraging a digital detox as much as possible. Just a simple awareness of how we are using our phones and technology so we can spend more time connecting to ourselves and the natural world on this retreat. But we recognize this is YOUR retreat so you can choose what is best for you. Please know that this retreat will be one free from substances, tobacco and alcohol. Although it’s lovely to have a glass of wine at the end of the night, we think this is the perfect opportunity to step out of our comfort zones and daily routines and into a true space of reconnecting to ourselves and how we truly feel naturally. If you have any concerns with this, please feel free to reach out to us. We are completely open books and would love to chat with you!