AWAKENING
SPIRITUAL TRANSCENDENCE
OCTOBER 20-28, 2023
Mérida, Yucatán, México
Interweave your yoga practice while engaging in the traditional ceremony and ritual of Spiritual Transcendence through an interactive, immersive, and intimate discovery of the Day of the Dead customs and practices; connecting beliefs across time, space, and nature.
Join Creative Nature on a unique yoga-adventure to awaken to the splendor of the Yucatán Jungle and the magical energy connection of nature, ancestral wisdom, and spiritual transcendence as we take a delightful descent into the celebration and ritual of the Day of the Dead.
Yoga Asana Practice& Meditation
Guided Learning Journal Reflection
Mayan Shaman Ceremony
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
We meet in the capital city of the Yucatan, Mérida to immerse in the beautiful combination of Mayan, Mexican, and colonial-area transitions of an evolving culture and people. Explore artistic expressions of a ritual that has transformed the meaning of transcendence for generations, and has inspired artists, political figures, and the everyday man.
Traditional Mexican Market
Museum visits
Cemetery Tour
Center of Mérida
CITY TOURS
Join Creative Nature on a unique yoga-adventure to awaken to the splendor of the Yucatan Jungle and the magical energy connection of nature, ancestral wisdom, and spiritual transcendence as we take a delightful descent into the celebration and ritual of the Day of the Dead.
Subheading
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
YOGA ASANA PRACTICE & MEDITATION
GUIDED LEARNING
JOURNAL REFLECTION
MAYAN SHAMAN CEREMONY
We meet in the capital city of the Yucatan, Mérida to immerse in the beautiful combination of Mayan, Mexican, and colonial-era transitions of an evolving culture and people. Explore artistic expressions of a ritual that has transformed the meaning of transcendence for generations, and has inspired artists, political figures, and the everyday man.
TRADITIONAL MEXICAN MARKET
MUSEUM VISITS
CEMETERY TOUR
CENTER OF MÉRIDA
City Tours
Your experience connects you to local families as you dig deeper into traditions, familial ties, and a look at how Day of the Dead is celebrated in the Mexican home.
You will celebrate and share a traditional, Mexican-family dinner; leaving you feeling like a part of the family.
home dinner & altar
Shop for, prepare and build an altar
Family Life
Family Life
Traverse through time and take a descent into Mayan beliefs, as we explore caves, temples, and archaeological sites used for skywatching, trading, ceremonies, and daily living and entertainment, like the MesoAmerican Ball game.
Mayan Sites
Loltun Caves
Kabbah
Uxmal
Mayan Sites
Immersive Creativity
Immersive Creativity
A trip to Mexico wouldn’t be complete without time on or near the water. You will visit a local river that is home to more than 300 species of birds, including flamingos, and explore the water and birds from a small boat. You will explore a cenote, an estuary and experience kayaking and beach time.
Water Adventures
Boating on Celestun River & Reserve (bird sanctuary)
Swim in San Ignacio Cenote
Kayaking
Progreso Beach
The immersive part of the program is more than the exploration of sites, families, and museums. As participants you will learn a traditional dance, prepare and cook a traditional Day of the Dead meal, set-ups our own Day of the Dead altar, participate in ceremonies, and perform the Jarana dance at a festival at the end of the week. Become part of a tradition and ritual that has crossed ancestral wisdom, nature’s wisdom, familial ties, and a celebration of the spiritual transcendence of the life-death-rebirth cycle.
Dance & perform the Jarana Baile
Cook & enjoy a traditional Day of the Dead meal
Create our own family altar & Day of the Dead ceremony
Vegetarian Options Available
Water Adventure
Water Adventure
A trip to Mexico wouldn’t be complete without time on or near the water. You will visit a local river that is home to more than 300 species of birds, including flamingos, and explore the water and birds from a small boat. You will explore a cenote, an estuary and experience kayaking and beach time.
Your Guides
José Romero
Program Director
Pedro was born and raised in Muna, Yucatán. Pedro is a local artisan using; elements of the nature to create his works. He uses this connection to serve as a living guardian of sacred space, and caves inhabited by spirits.
Pedro has combined his art and Mayan background to create ancestral and ceremonial instruments. Pedro is a practicing Shaman who performs purification, and cleansing ceremonies.
Stephanie, born and raised in Indiana, has spent the past 30 years learning, speaking, studying, and teaching the Spanish language. Stephanie has been traveling to Mexico for more than 25 years, and has a unique appreciation and love for the language, people, and culture of Mexico. As a former high school educator, Stephanie has experience guiding students on similar trips abroad, and has a zest for being a child-at-heart.
In 2018, Stephanie received her yoga-teacher certification and has been teaching yoga ever since. Yoga has served as a catalyst to bring Stephanie back to her inner child and embrace the passions in her life; being a mother, Mexico, guiding, and sharing knowledge and love with others.
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, José has been in the Tourist Industry for nearly 40 years. His background includes working with airlines, and travel agencies. He is a passionate traveler and has seen and experienced most of México, and many other parts of the world. José is an avid language learner and likes to explore the gastronomy of many places.
His extensive experience keeps him looking at all the details of a site, and seeing it through the eyes of his clients. Jose describes himself and the business as, “creators of experiences, we are in the industry to make our clients’ dreams come true.”
José experiences the world through child-like wonder, appreciating all that he encounters.
Daily Schedule
Sample
0700 House Garden Yoga
0830 House Breakfast
0930 Depart for Excursions
1500 Lunch
1700 Lesson
1900 Night Tour
2030 Dinner
2200 Community Circle & Debrief
Delio Aguilar
Tour Guide
Accomodations
AirBnB Rental
In true family style, you will be sharing a rented home in the capital city of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mérida. Our "home" for the week will be a shared space where we will grow together as a family, and will serve as our base. The nature of this experience puts us in close contact with one another for the entire week; including sharing bedrooms and possibly beds.
EARLY BIRD PRICING (ends July 15)
Individual Bed &/or Room: $2,200/person
(limited availability)
AFTER JULY 15 $2,500 (if available)
Shared bed &/or Room: $2,000
AFTER JULY 15 $2,200
Inclusions
Exclusions
Transport to and from the Mérida airport
Private transportation for Excursions
Admissions for Excursions and Activities on Itinerary
Bilingual guide(s)
2-meals/day daily breakfast, 5 lunches, 2 dinners, 1 farewell dinner
(restaurants taxes & tips included)
6 yoga classes
2 meditation classes
3 dance classes, 1 performance
1 cooking class
1 Mayan ceremony with local Shaman
Exclusions- are the travelers responsibility
Airplane tickets to and from Mérida, Yucatán, Mérida
Travel Insurance
Drinks during meals, meals not mentioned in the program
Activities not included in the program
Tips for guide(s), drivers, and program director
Delio has been guiding tours for 30 years, specifically the Yucatan. He is super enthusiastic and loves sharing about his culture and life.
Delio always treats you like family and is ready to lend a hand, break out into dance, sing a song, and keep you well-informed of the Maya and Mexican way of life.
Born and raised in Mérida, Yucatán, México; Delio is perfectly knowledgeable traversing the very land he has studied his entire life.
Pedro Ayuso
Artisan & Shaman
Awakening
Awaken to spiritual transcendence through a dynamic exploration of day of the dead traditions, both of the ancient mayan and modern mexican people.
learn unique ancetral wisdom
connect to your creativity
engage in natural living
yoke your yoga practice in discovery
Pedro was born and raised in Muna, Yucatán. Pedro is a local artisan using; elements of the nature to create his works.
Pedro uses this connection to serve as a living guardian of sacred space, and caves inhabited by spirits.
Pedro has combined his art and Mayan background to create ancestral and ceremonial instruments.
Pedro is a practicing Shaman who performs purification, and cleansing ceremonies.
Stephanie, born and raised in Indiana, has spent the past 30 years learning, speaking, studying, and teaching the Spanish language. Stephanie has been traveling to Mexico for more than 25 years, and has a unique appreciation and love for the language, people, and culture of Mexico. As a former high school educator, Stephanie has experience guiding students on similar trips abroad, and has a zest for being a child-at-heart.
In 2018, Stephanie received her yoga-teacher certification and has been teaching yoga ever since. Yoga has served as a catalyst to bring Stephanie back to her inner child and embrace the passions in her life; being a mother, Mexico, guiding, and sharing knowledge and love with others.
Daily Schedule- sample
0700 House Garden Yoga
0830 House Breakfast
0930 Depart for Excursions
1500 Lunch
1700 Lesson
1900 Night Tour
2030 Dinner
2200 Community Circle & Debrief
Accomodations
AirBnB Rental
EARLY BIRD PRICING (ends Dec 31)
Individual Bed &/or Room: $2,200/person
(limited availability)
AFTER Dec 31 $2,500 (if available)
Shared bed &/or Room: $2,000
AFTER Dec 31 $2,200
In true family style, you will be sharing a rented home in the capital city of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mérida. Our "home" for the week will be a shared space where we will grow together as a family, and will serve as our base. The nature of this experience puts us in close contact with one another for the entire week; including sharing bedrooms and possibly beds.
Inclusions
Transport to and from the Mérida airport
Private transportation for Excursions
Admissions for Excursions and Activities on Itinerary
Bilingual guide(s)
2-meals/day daily breakfast, 5 lunches, 2 dinners, 1 farewell dinner
(restaurants taxes & tips included)
6 yoga classes
2 meditation classes
3 dance classes, 1 performance
1 cooking class
1 Mayan ceremony with local Shaman
Exclusions
Exclusions are the travelers responsibility
Airplane tickets to and from Mérida, Yucatán, Mérida
Travel Insurance
Drinks during meals, meals not mentioned in the program
Activities not included in the program
Tips for guide(s), drivers, and program director
