NYE Reset Retreat / Loren Lotus and Carmina Rodriguez

Experience the magical land of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala for a week retreat of yoga practices and Mayan culture surrounded by a vortex of volcanoes. Guatemala is a land of vibrant life, filled with lush vegetation and tectonic activity. “Atitlan” in Nahuatl means “the place where the rainbow gets its colors.” This mystical lake is often called the most beautiful in Central America and has inspired people for thousands for years.

Surrounded by a vortex of volcanoes, Lake Atitlan is known for its healing and mystical properties that seekers and believers feel upon arrival. The lake lies in the heart of an ancient volcano’s caldera, which filled with water after its final eruption 85,000 years ago. The lake and it’s three surrounding volcanoes still hold active tectonic power and people travel from around the world to feel the energy vortex created here at the intersection of Fuego de la Tierra and Paz del Lago.

What’s included

Accommodation
8- days and 7-nights accommodations at a lakeside yoga retreat center in Lake Atitlan

Food
Three vegetarian meals a day (vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free options available)

Yoga
Two classes a day (Hatha, vinyasa and yin/restorative styles)

Workshops & Ceremonies
Three themed workshops & ceremonies throughout the week with Lotus Retreats facilitators

Spanish Lesson
Learn and practice the beautiful Spanish language on-site at Villa Sumaya! Work with one of our friendly and experienced Spanish teachers.

Transportation
To and from Guatemala City airport to the Lake Atitlan retreat center

What’s not included

Flights

Travel Insurance

Excursions & Activities
There will be a variety of excursions around the lake that you can register for upon arrival

Add-on Spanish Lessons
We will include 1 class in your retreat package; you may opt into a full week of classes if you wish!

Spa Services
Our on-site wellness center offers an abundant array of services provided by our experienced and gifted therapists. Services range from therapeutic massage to energy healing.

Tips
For resort staff & services

Loren Lotus

Your host Loren Lotus has hosted over 25 retreats around the world with Lotus Retreats! She’s a passionate yogi, facilitator and event organizer who puts her entire heart and soul into curating spaces for community to gather. Loren will be sharing daily Yoga classes to get into our bodies, clear energy and make space for new wisdom to be shared. She is also an avid Kirtan singer and will be sharing the medicine of music, movement & meditation throughout the weekend.

Carmina Rodriguez

Carmina radiates compassion into everything she does and is always leading from the heart. For her, the practice of Yoga became one of self-study- that in which steered her towards a deeper understanding of the physical body and in turn illuminated her connection with the mind, emotional body, and spirit.

Her classes are alignment based, formulated with intention, constructive sequencing, with an offering of hands on assists and space for self-inquiry. She weaves in pranayama, meditation, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and mantra accompanied with the harmonium in the practice. Her overall intention for her classes is to create a safe space for students to listen deeply to their bodies, hearts, and minds, through stillness, and discover a quality of intimacy with themselves and ultimately with the world around them.

She is eternally grateful to all of her teachers and mentors, and for all of the wisdom that was passed down to her. She completed her 200HR Teacher Training, at Daya Yoga Studio in 2016, in Brooklyn, New York, a 25HR Alignment and Therapeutics Training at Laughing Lotus, a 30HR Yin Yoga Training with Alana Kessler, Meridian Yoga Technique with Acupressure and Cupping with Rose Erin Vaughan, and has been attuned by Nicole Lynne Hooley, to Reiki 2.

She teaches Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative Yoga, Meditation, and offers group and private classes in Taos, New Mexico where she currently resides.