Simple Living  ~  High Thinking

Ayurveda Soul Care & Yoga Sutra Journey

“It is essential sometimes to go to retreat, to stop everything that you have been doing,
to stop your beliefs and experiences completely, and look at them anew,
not keep on repeating like machines whether you believe or do not believe.
You would then let in fresh air into your minds.”
~ J. Krishnamurti

Join Anita Sundaram & Raquel Bueno in one of the most magical places on earth.

Villa Sumaya, our home for the week, is surrounded by a vortex of volcanoes. Lake Atitlan, Guatemala is known for its healing and mystical properties that seekers, feelers and believers experience upon arrival. The lake lies in the heart of an ancient volcano’s caldera, which filled with water after it’s final eruption 85,000 years ago. “Atitlan” in Nahuatl means “the place where the rainbow gets its colors.” Lake Atitlan and its surroundings make it the perfect backdrop for healing and transformation.

Our days often run together. We move from one thing to the next often without giving each task a thought. This retreat/workshop is about slowing down, stepping in and growing inward through the guidance of the Yoga Sutras. This ancient and beautiful text is meant to be a lived experience and gives us guidelines to simplify our thoughts while allowing us to find our way, step by step, toward a more balanced and joyful life. Our vibration becomes higher, lighter and simultaneously more grounded.

A week dedicated to inspire and unlock a connection to greater potential in health through the wisdom of Ayurveda, yoga/meditation, empowerment, community, sacred living and being in relationship with wisdom cultures. We will begin our mornings with a soul nourishing practice that moves gracefully into study of the Yoga Sutras. Afterward, your day will be filled with space to reflect, express (through writing, art, song, poetry or any other way that feels organic to you) and nourish your body through water, optional treatments and the opportunity to walk the sacred land of Lake Atitlan. The evening sessions will be a time for sharing and discussion as the sutras find their way through us. We cultivate connection, inner-knowing, and the gift of divine grace.

This life-giving retreat offers the relaxed opportunity to live and experience the teachings of yoga and aims to support the essence of “simple living – high thinking”. We all have the ability to know ourselves deeply; sometimes we just need a reminder! Come, be immersed in this rich land, and get to know the people and the practices that will support you on this path.

See you at the Lake,

Much love,
Anita & Raquel

This is Villa Sumaya