Wellness Escape: 5-Day Yoga & Sound Healing on Tulum's Caribbean Shores

Spread over five days and four nights, this retreat is built around a simple, steady rhythm: two yoga sessions a day, three home-cooked meals, and plenty of free time to explore or do absolutely nothing. The classes are creative vinyasa and slow flow, led by Audra, who has been teaching for over 20 years and has logged more than 7,000 hours of instruction. She adapts every session to whoever is in the room, so beginners and experienced yogis all get something useful from it. Classes happen in different spots—an outdoor jungle deck, the white sands of Playa Paraiso, and most memorably, inside a sacred Mayan cenote, where the acoustics and the natural setting make the sound healing feel especially powerful.

What makes this retreat different from a standard beach yoga holiday is the cenote work. You'll take a guided trip into the jungle for a yoga class with live music inside a cenote, followed by lunch and a tour of Valladolid, a beautiful colonial town. Another day is set aside for cenote touring, zip-lining, and snorkeling in the crystal-clear waters, plus a cacao ceremony. These experiences are woven in alongside the daily practice, so you get a real sense of the region's culture and natural wonders, not just a week of down dogs on the sand.

The accommodation is the Poc Na Hotel, a beachfront property about half a mile from the Tulum Ruins. All rooms are spacious suites—560 square feet—with king-size beds, terraces, and either jungle or ocean views. The atmosphere is relaxed and rustic-luxury, the kind of place where you walk from your room to the beach in bare feet. The group is kept intentionally small, between 5 and 14 people, which means you'll likely get to know everyone and the hosts, Lucia and Elena, are known for being attentive and keeping things running smoothly without being intrusive.

What's included

- 5 days, 4 nights accommodation in a beachfront hotel - 3 handcrafted and freshly prepared meals daily and fresh juices - 2 yoga classes per day - 2 yoga classes with live music inside a sacred Mayan Cenote - Visit to the colonial town of Valladolid with lunch after the Yoga Class in the Cenote Maya - Cenote tour, zip line and snorkeling inside a cenote - Sound healing during the yoga classes inside the sacred cenotes - Cacao ceremony - Taxes - Wi-Fi connection at restaurant and reception - Welcome drink - Parking - Pre and post retreat support from the team - Transportation during the retreat

What's not included

- Flights - Travel insurance - Alcoholic beverages - Additional activities not included in the itinerary - Tips - Entrance fee to Jaguar Tulum National Park - Environmental government tax