Yoga & Sound Healing Retreat by the Mayan Caribbean in Tulum, Mexico

Your days start with coffee or tea at 7:30, followed by a morning yoga class at 8:00, then a full breakfast. Afternoons are mostly free, which is where the retreat really lets you set your own pace. You can borrow a bike and ride over to the Tulum ruins, walk down the beach, book a massage, or just lie in a hammock on your terrace listening to the ocean.

The cenote experiences are what set this week apart from a standard beach yoga retreat. On Thursday, you leave mid-afternoon for a yoga class inside a sacred cenote, then come back for dinner. Friday is the big excursion: you head out in the morning for a class with sound healing and a cacao ceremony inside the cenote, followed by lunch and a tour of the colonial town of Valladolid, getting back to the hotel in the late afternoon. On Saturday, there's another cenote tour where you get to zip line and snorkel.

The yoga itself suits all levels. Audra, who has taught over 7,000 hours, leads creative vinyasa, restorative, and slow flow classes, and is known for adapting to everyone in the group. She trained in ashtanga vinyasa and has studied biomechanics, so her teaching is careful and body-aware. Classes happen in different settings depending on the day: the jungle deck at the hotel, the beach at Playa Paraiso, and inside the cenotes.

Meals are a big part of the experience. All three meals are prepared fresh daily using local, chemical-free ingredients, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available if you let them know in advance. The food is simple, fresh, and plentiful, and meals are eaten together as a group, which helps the community feeling grow as the week goes on.

What's included

- 5 days, 4 nights accommodation in a beachfront hotel - 3 handcrafted and freshly prepared meals per day plus 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 (Yucatan) with lunch after the yoga class in the cenote - Cenote tour, zip line and snorkeling inside a cenote - Sound healing during the yoga classes inside the sacred cenotes - Cacao ceremony - Taxes - Wi-Fi at the restaurant and reception - Welcome drink - Parking - Pre and post retreat support from the team - Transportation during the retreat

What's not included

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