Return To Sacred
Reconnect, Renew, Reawaken
Tulum, Mexico
March 24th-28th 2027
Return to Sacred: The Fire Within
📅 March 24th – March 28th, 2027
Beneath the emerald canopy of Tulum’s sacred jungle, a call echoes softly through the heart—an invitation to return.
Return to presence.
Return to truth.
Return to the Sacred.
Join us for a transformative 5-day spiritual retreat, The Fire Within—a sacred immersion designed to awaken the ancient wisdom within you. Surrounded by the raw beauty and spiritual potency of the land, we gather to remember what has always been true: that healing, love, and divinity live within.
Each day is a ceremonial unfolding of heart and soul, guided by:
Each day is a ceremonial unfolding of heart and soul, an intentional journey through the seen and unseen realms. Guided by ancient rhythms and modern energetics, you will be held in a sacred container of transformation, remembrance, and renewal.
Mornings begin in devotion, with grounding yoga and alchemical meditations to open the body temple, align with Spirit, and attune to the quiet intelligence within. These practices become the doorway into deeper states of awareness, where healing begins at the level of soul.
Throughout the day, you’ll move through soul-shifting workshops woven with Mayan and Toltec wisdom, quantum healing, breathwork ceremonies, and energy transmissions—each designed to awaken your heart, clear ancestral patterns, and activate your luminous potential.
Evenings invite surrender, as you are immersed in the crystalline tones of sacred sound baths. Let the frequencies of crystal bowls, ancient instruments, and elemental sound wash through you—dissolving density, recalibrating your energetic field, and guiding you into deep states of rest and remembrance.
This is more than a retreat—it is a pilgrimage back to your essence.
A remembrance.
A homecoming.
A sacred return.
You are not here by chance. The ceremony has already begun. 🌿
Take a Closer Look
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What The Retreat Includes
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Daily Housekeeping
Onsite staff will tidy your room daily.
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Accommodations
Enjoy your stay in the middle of the Mayan Jungle at our partner Wellness Boutique Hotel in the Riviera Maya, Tulum, Mexico. Rooms are powered with strong peaceful vibes, a cool balcony to chill, WiFi, A/C and cute amenities.
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Culinary Experience
"LET THE FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE AND THE MEDICINE BE YOUR FOOD."Changing how we used to eat to how we wish to eat for soul nourishment and perfect health with a variety of plant-based dishes with gluten free options. Celebrating nature's flavors and taste heaven on a plate. Eat, retreat, repeat in a cruelty-free, health-conscious and ambient environment. Evening dinners are included with your stay. Breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages can be purchased onsite.
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Sacred Transformative Experience
Experience a sacred space where the noise of the world fades away, allowing you to reconnect with your inner truth and embrace the healing power of your spirit through daily rituals transformative workshops, and powerful ancient Mayan ritual ceremonies. You'll experience:
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Yoga and meditation practices
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Clarity Breath Work
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Temazcal Mayan Ceremony (optional upgrade)
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Traditional Cacao Ceremony
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Mayan Ruins Tour
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Evening Gong Sound Baths
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Daily immersive transformative workshops
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Plant-Based Menu and Cuisine
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An exclusive premium beautiful resort in the jungles of Tulum, Mexico
A Jungle Sanctuary
The Hotel features 24 magical rooms in the middle of the jungle, some intended to be Art Deco Tropical Places. Each of the 24 rooms is designed to recharge your body, mind, and soul through the simple design, quiet ambiance and loving care of the people.
YOGA SHALAS: PRACTICE YOGA IN THE STUNNING SHALAS THAT INVITE YOU TO DIVE DEEPER INTO YOUR PRACTICE
Where our teachers and students coming together to practice yoga in this magical place. From Hatha, Vinyasa, Kundalini all the way to acro yoga, we offer daily classes for every liking. Besides yoga, the acoustic invites you to experience a self-exploratory savasana after your practice.
THE DOME: A MAGICAL AND SURREALISTIC SPACE THAT LIFTS YOUR SPIRIT AND ACTIVATES YOUR MIND
Entering the dome, you feel the magic that the dome has to offer. The architecture and the energetic signature of this space carry you into a space where everything is possible. In the dome, you can experience weekly sound healing, meditations, cacao ceremonies, and other events
THE POOLS: WATER CLEANSES, WATER HEALS
Gather with people around the pool, take a deep dive and realize that you have arrived. Surrounded by the jungle, the pools invite you to relax, connect and refresh. Take a deep breath, dive and immerse yourself
JUNGLE ART WALK: The art walk takes you on a journey of creation. Surreal, magical and natural paintings and sculptures inspire you to create and live more.
TIERRA: A PLACE TO COME IN AND CONNECT
Celebrate healthy eating at Tierra Restaurant. Offering Toxin-free meals made with local ingredients and love from the staff.
YOM YOM STORE: VEGAN MUNCHIES
At Yom Yom we create sensory experiences where you can nourish your body with conscious foods, free from animal suffering and prepared with love. Come to taste and discover the flavors.
BOUTIQUE:
Oils, accessories, maxi dresses, floppy hats, fringed bags, distressed denim, and ankle boots! The shop offers every bit of Tulum you want to take home!
TREE HOUSE:
The treehouse is for those who need some time for themselves. Climb up the ladder and see everything from a different angle.
Single Room
Located in the second floor, pool front, with an intimate private balcony among nature.
A spacey art deco place for guests/friends to connect and process, nest and nurture with a paradise view. King size bed.
Room Features:
(air conditioning, fan, safe box, mini bar, amenities, hammock)
INCLUDES:
5-days/nights accommodations at our partner resort, includes all evening plant-based dinners, daily workshops and ceremonies, Tulum excursion w/transportation, and daily housekeeping.
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DEPOSIT: $500 (Final payment due Feb. 1st, 2027)
Early Bird Pricing: $4,200/pp**
*pricing includes deposit
After Early Bird: $4,600/pp**
*pricing includes deposit
** financing fee added to all payment plans
PAY IN FULL BONUS: Complimentary massage upgrade
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TERMS:
**All bookings are final. Payments are not refundable but transferable to another retreat until Feb. 1, 2027 (minus deposit). Private travel insurance is recommended.
DOES NOT INCLUDE FLIGHTS OR AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION. Breakfast and lunch not included. Temazcal is extra (optional). Travel insurance is optional, but highly recommended.
*Can add a guest and share a room for a discounted rate.
Please email support@ascensionacademy for discounted pricing for additional guests.
Double Room
Located in ground level, pool front among nature with a magical starry sky at night.
Recharge your body, mind, and soul through the simple design, quiet ambiance and loving care of your people. Two Queen beds. Shared room.
Room Features:
(air conditioning, fan, safe box, mini bar, amenities, hammock)
INCLUDES:
5-days accommodations at our partner resort, includes all dinners, daily workshops and ceremonies, excursion tour w/ transportation, and daily housekeeping.
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DEPOSIT: $500 (Final payment due Feb. 1st, 2027)
Early Bird Pricing: $3,300/pp**
After Early Bird: $3,700/pp**
*pricing includes deposit
PAY IN FULL BONUS: Free massage upgrade
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TERMS:
**All bookings are final. Payments are not refundable but transferable to another retreat until Feb. 1, 2027 (minus deposit). Private travel insurance is recommended.
DOES NOT INCLUDE FLIGHTS OR AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION. Breakfast and lunch not included. Temazcal is extra (optional). Travel insurance is optional, but highly recommended.
*Can add a guest and share a room for a discounted rate.
Please email support@ascensionacademy for discounted pricing for additional guests.
Email support@ascensionacademy with your request along with the guest name and email.
The Experience
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Temazcal Ceremony
It begins with a welcoming ceremony by the shaman guide. Then you enter the Temazcal, already at a high temperature, where you will take a seat in a circle around the hot stones and special herbs that will cleanse your body and mind. During the process, the shaman will perform the ritual to purify and renew you.
*NOT INCLUDED. OPTIONAL UPGRADE*
Kirtan & Cacao Ceremony
Experience the heart-opening magic of a Kirtan & Cacao Ceremony, a sacred gathering that combines devotional chanting, music, and ceremonial cacao to deepen connection, presence, and joy.
As we sip warm ceremonial cacao—an ancient plant medicine traditionally used by the Mayan and indigenous peoples of Central America—we gently open the heart, quiet the mind, and create space for intention, healing, and authentic connection. Through the practice of Kirtan, a form of call-and-response chanting, we come together in song, allowing our voices to become a prayer and our hearts to unite in a shared experience of love, gratitude, and remembrance.
No singing experience is necessary. Simply come as you are and allow yourself to be carried by the music, the medicine of cacao, and the power of community. This is an invitation to reconnect with your heart, awaken your spirit, and experience the sacred through sound, presence, and devotion.
Clarity Breathwork
Clarity Breathwork is a feminine approach to Breathwork. A very gentle, safe and yet powerful breathing process that releases stress from the cells in our body. This process helps us to transform and release emotions, beliefs and limiting thoughts.
It helps to remove old energies, patterns, conditioning, negative thoughts and emotions and increases your consciousness. Most of us don’t breathe fully, we hold back the breath and have been doing so most of our lives. When we begin to breathe fully and consciously we are able to release our 'life traumas' and what we have been holding on to in our body.
Kundalini Workshop
Activate Your Highest Frequency and Inner Alchemy
Most people believe their greatest challenges in love, intimacy, and connection are caused by communication problems.
But what if the real issue lies deeper?
What if the patterns that keep repeating in your relationships are not simply emotional…
but physiological?
What if anxiety, overwhelm, emotional reactivity, overthinking, people-pleasing, withdrawal, attachment, and fear are not character flaws at all—but signals from a nervous system that has forgotten how to rest, trust, and connect?
For thousands of years, Kundalini Yoga has offered powerful technologies to restore balance between the body, mind, emotions, and spirit.
This immersive experience combines ancient yogic wisdom with modern understanding of the nervous system, emotional resilience, breath, and human connection.
Through movement, breathwork, meditation, mantra, sound, and transformational teachings, you’ll learn how to create the internal conditions that allow love, clarity, vitality, and authentic connection to naturally emerge.
You’ll explore:
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Specific sequences designed to release stress, increase vitality, strengthen the nervous system, and awaken dormant potential.
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Ancient breathing techniques that help regulate the stress response, improve mental clarity, and increase emotional resilience.
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Powerful practices to quiet mental chatter and reconnect with intuition and inner guidance.
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Explore how nervous system regulation influences communication, attraction, intimacy, trust, emotional safety, and connection.
Mayan Healing Ceremony
The clay ritual is an ancestral practice inspired by the connection between our body and mother earth. By immersing yourself in this ritual, you will tap into the most instinctive energy, awakening your senses and healing from the deepest part of your being. Imagine a journey in which you become one with the minerals, plants and animals, returning to that elemental essence that unites us all.
We begin the ritual with a base of yellow Mayan clay, soft and creamy, which nourishes and balances the skin. Next, we incorporate red and black clay, known for their purifying properties. Finally, we use green clay for facial skin. These clay combinations are applied in different ways, while ancestral music fills the atmosphere with the sound of flutes, rattles and drums.
The ritual continues with a ceremony in which we offer this clay paint to the elements of earth, fire, water and air. We also honor our heart and the celestial energy that houses all divine beings, the sun and the moon. At this stage, we perform a cleansing with copal to harmonize the whole space.
Hatha Yoga & Evening Medicine Sound Baths
A Daily Ritual for Body, Mind, and Soul
Begin and end each day in sacred rhythm with practices designed to bring you into alignment with your highest self.
for our deepest selves.
Awaken the body through a grounding and revitalizing Hatha yoga practice, focusing on breath, alignment, and gentle strength. This mindful movement opens the energy channels and prepares the body for deeper states of awareness.
Following yoga, you'll be guided into an alchemical meditation—a journey inward to transmute stagnant energy, awaken inner clarity, and harmonize the elemental forces within. Rooted in ancient traditions, this practice invites you to access the subtle alchemy of transformation through breath, visualization, and energetic awareness.
Evening Sound Bath
As the sun sets, surrender to the healing frequencies of our evening sound bath. Using crystal bowls, gong, chimes, and other sacred instruments, the soundscape gently dissolves tension, clears energetic residue, and brings the nervous system into deep restoration.
These daily rituals offer a powerful arc of awakening, integration, and renewal—supporting you in cultivating inner peace, expanded awareness, and vibrant well-being.
Come as you are. Leave each day feeling more whole.
Explore
One of the last cities inhabited by the Maya people, Tulum was once an important trading hub, generating enormous wealth exporting jade and obsidian.
Now, it's a fascinating city-museum, with well-preserved temples & stunning coastal views. Join as we venture to a sacred ancestral site.
Sample Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival
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10am-3pm: Arrival/Check-in
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4:30 -5pm Orientation + Meet and Greet
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5pm: Welcome Dinner
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7:00-8:30pm Opening Circle
Day 2:
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7-10:30am Breakfast/Brunch & Free Time
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11-12:30pm: Yoga + Meditation
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12:30-1:45pm: Lunch
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2:00- 3:30pm Clarity Breath Workshop
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5:00- 6:00pm Dinner
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6:30 pm Evening Meditation + Sound Bath
Day 3:
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7-11:45am Breakfast/Brunch & Free Time
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12-1:30pm: Yoga and Meditation
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1:30-2:30pm: Snack/Lunch
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2:45- 4:30pm Kundalini Workshop
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5-6pm Dinner
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6:30-8pm: Evening Meditation + Gong Bath
Day 4:
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7:45am: Departure for Tulum ruins
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8:00am – 09:30am: Private guided visit of Tulum ruins
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9:30am – 10:45am: Free time for shopping at the exit of the ruins
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11am: Return to Resort
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11am-12:30pm: Brunch
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2pm-3:15pm Clarity Breathwork Workshop
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5pm Dinner
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6:30pm-8:30pm- Evening Meditation + Gong Bath
Day 5: CEREMONIES & DAY OF FASTING
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9am Temezcal Ceremony
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1-2pm Light Lunch/Snack (if needed) & Relax
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4:00-5:15 Kirtan + Cacao Ceremony
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5:30-6:30pm: Dinner
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7:45-9pm: Closing Circle
*Subject to change*
Sample Menu
Plant-Based /Vegan/Vegetarian
**All dinners included**
Breakfast:
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Hummus Toast w/ beet hummus served with spicy roasted chickpea, sprouts, lemon and cilantro tahini
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Fruit Plate- Assorted fresh fruits
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Green Bowl- blend of matcha, pineapple, spinach, mint and agave honey. Topped w/ raspberry, peanut butter, toasted pepitas, shredded coconut strawberry, and amaranth.
Lunch:
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Golden Potato Tacos served with hot morita pepper sauce, lettuce, vegan sour cream, avocado and pickled onion
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Pesto and Broccolini Pizza w/ fresh herbs
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Pear Salad w/ balsamic glaze
Dinner:
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Beetroot Tar Tar served with peanut, roasted red peppers, capers, dijon mustard and olive sauce, accompanied by arugula, pickled onion and toasted sourdough
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Vegan Shrimp Aguachili
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Thai Cauliflower- fried breaded tempura cauliflower, dressed in teriyaki sauce accompanied with rice and garlic lemon edamames
Beverages:
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Golden Milk-coconut milk, tumeric, ginger, black pepper, agave, cinnamon
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Chai Latte
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Guava Lassi Smoothie
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Fresh Juices
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Kombucha
Desserts:
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New York Vegan Cheesecake
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Passion Fruit Mousse
**Breakfast and Lunch not included in retreat price. Available for purchase**
Reserve Your Room
$500 Deposit
Alex G.
"A true gem for anyone seeking peace, relaxation, and a deep connection with nature. From the moment I arrived, I felt enveloped by the hotel’s tranquil and welcoming atmosphere."
Morgan J.
"From the moment I stepped into the lush surroundings, I felt a deep sense of serenity and connection to nature. The rooms, adorned with earthy tones and vibrant greenery, were a true sanctuary."
Lisa D.
"This hotel blew away my expectations. The room was far nicer than the photos showed, and that never happens! "
Meet Your Hosts & Facilitators
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FAQ
What does the the retreat include?
The retreat includes 5 day/night accommodations, daily housekeeping of the rooms, all dinners, daily immersive workshops/ceremonies, Mayan ruins tour, roundtrip travel to and from the ruins. DOES NOT include flights, travel to and from the airport, breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages (available for purchase on the premises), spa services.
What type of meals will be served?
All dinners served are vegan and gluten free. Meal options (breakfast, lunch) are vegan or vegetarian with gluten-free options. All dinners included. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are not included, but are available for purchase.
Where is the retreat center located?
The center is located in the middle of the jungle of Tulum, Mexico and offers all the benefits that being surrounded by nature provides. It is the perfect place to disconnect and reconnect with your soul.
Are flights Included?
Guests are required to book their roundtrip flights and transportation to and from the resort. Tulum airport is about 20 minutes from the resort.
Are there payment plans?
Absolutely! A minimum of a $500 dollar deposit is required to reserve your space. The remaining balance will be charged monthly or in installments to the card on file, with the final payment due Feb. 1st, 2027. NOTE: A financing fee is added to payment plans.
What is the refund policy?
Due to the limited rooms, there are no refunds. All bookings are final. Upon unexpected cancelation (on the attendees behalf), paid fees (minus $500 deposit) can be transferred to another retreat up until Feb. 1, 2027. Travel insurance is highly recommended. If Ascension Academy cancels the retreat, 100% of funds will be reimbursed. Acts of nature not included.
When is the retreat?
The retreat is 5-days/5 nights from Wednesday, March 24th-Sunday, March 28th 2027 in Tulum, Mexico. Check in is Wednesday, March 24th. Checkout is on Monday @11am on March 29th.
When is check-in and check out?
Check in is March 24th between 10am-3pm. Check out is Monday, March 29th by 11am.
Can I bring a guest/friend and share a room?
Yes! We offer discounted rates for couples/additional guests. If you would like to share a room, be sure that you both book the same room type. Once, booked, email us at support@ascensionacademy.com with your names an what room you booked so we can pair you.