Wake up the Heart: A Devotional Yoga & Sacred Music Retreat / Kavita Kat Macmillan & Rebecca Schefstrom
January 18, 2025 - January 25, 2025
An intimate week of Devotional Yoga & Sacred Sound to open the heart, rejuvenate and cultivate connection to Spirit.
Led by devotional musician and transformational guide, Kavita Kat Macmillan, and International Retreat Leader / Yoga and Pilates instructor Rebecca Schefstrom with special guest multi-instrumentalist and Celtic Harper, Dave Hoover.
Experience daily sessions of yoga, devotional music, mantra meditation, sound baths, Pilates, cultural ceremonies, and optional excursions. All in the tranquil surroundings and healing energy of Villa Sumaya and led by these experienced facilitators.
- Daily Yoga & Silent Meditation
- Daily Devotional Singing
- Mantra Meditation
- Afternoon Pilates
- Healing Sound Bath
- Temescal Sweat Lodge
- Mayan Fire Ceremony
- Cacao Ritual
- Optional Excursions (visits to nearby artisan markets, hiking, waterfall, swimming, SUPing, kayaking)
- On-site spa for personal massage and treatments
Each participant will be guided on a personal creative and spiritual journey through the seven energetic centers of the body, also known as the chakras. The devotional music, mindful movement practices, and stunning landscape of Lake Atitlan will bring us to new depths of awareness, compassion, and spiritual growth.
By witnessing each other on this path of spiritual awakening, we create space for our authentic, creative voices to arise and be heard. We are all musical beings and our light shines brightest when we genuinely witness one another.
Includes: Access to all workshop sessions, movement practices, meals, and accommodations at the stunning eco-retreat Villa Sumaya on the shores of Lake Atitlan, and participation in selected shared cultural ceremonies throughout the week. We look forward to coming together for this gathering! More details and a full schedule will be provided after registration.
About the Facilitators:
Kavita Kat Macmillan is a devotional musician and transformational creative guide bringing over 20 years of deep study and personal practice in Naad (Sound) Yoga, Hindustani Classical music, Classical Yoga, and Bhakti devotional practices to her offerings. Inspired by her own journey in Sacred Sound practice, Kavita is a dedicated passionate guide, sharing the healing power of Kirtan and the authentic voice with others. Kavita offers group and private courses as well as in-depth mentoring programs and presents at spiritual festivals and retreats Internationally. An esteemed recording artist in the devotional music world, Kavita’s music can be streamed everywhere online.
Rebecca Schefstromhas been an energetic contributor to the wellness industry as a Yoga & Pilates teacher and entrepreneur for over 20 years. Rebecca is the founder and CEO of Urban Balance, which delivers holistic wellness solutions to companies nationwide. An experienced movement teacher with 1000+ hours of training and study across the two disciplines, Rebecca has led Yoga and Pilates classes for industry-leading corporate clients and taught in top-tier health club and hospital settings and leads local and international retreats. Rebecca/Krishna Gayatri has been a student of Baba Hari Dass since 1997 and has been following under his guidance ever since. She has traveled to many places around the world and loves to curate retreats with a balance between practice, adventure, culture, and rest.
Dave Hoover is a self-taught Celtic Harper and multi-instrumentalist musician, storyteller & bard connecting ancestral songs and stories to facilitate present-day experiences.