4-night Private Yoga, Wellness & Creativity Retreat
May, June, July 2026
Set in the stunning volcanic highlands of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Yoga - Creativity - Earth Ritual - Nature - Herbs and Healing foods
A personalised retreat to support your holistic wellness and reconnect you to your creative life
This Retreat Is For You If:
You want a one-on-one or private group experience tailored exactly to your needs
You want the benefits of a true rest break while being supported by a gracefully-held container
You feel mentally exhausted and want nervous-system restoration
You long for community, nature, ritual, and soulful immersion
You want space to create, move, reflect, heal and reconnect with yourself
You’re tired of consuming content and want to create
You’re feeling blocked, depressed or uninspired and craving inspiration
You want to fully reset in nature within a gentle daily rhythm with all your needs met
“Can’t recommend it enough!”
Participant, 2024
A private retreat is the perfect way to nourish yourself from the inside out.
Work with your retreat guide, Julia, to create a personalised schedule that feels nourishing and inspiring; we organise everything so you don’t need to think.
Create your personalised, delicious combination of nature immersion, self inquiry, yogic embodiment, and creative expression. Choose your comfort level and your schedule, built upon a foundational 4-day schedule:
Day 1
Afternoon Arrival, Orientation and Dinner
Day 2, 3, 4
7.30-9.30 Morning Practice
Includes Meditation, Yoga, Breathwork, Gentle Nature Hike and Introspective Creativity
9.30 Light Breakfast
10.00-11.30 Session 1 - YOUR CHOICE
11.30 Brunch
Meals can be tailored for gut healing, weight loss or other dietary preferences
2.30-4.00 Session 2 (Golden Packages only)
5pm Dinner
Day 5
7.30-10.30 Morning Practice, Light breakfast and Departure
How it Works:
Choose your Program:
Gentle Rest
Includes Morning Practice and 1 Session per day
Sweet Rest
Includes Morning Practice and 2 Sessions per day
Deep Rest
Includes Morning Practice, 1 Standard Session and 1 Premium Session per day
Tailor your Schedule
Choose from:
Yoga Teacher Training Hours*: Accredited with Yoga Alliance: Anatomy, Chakras, Sutras, Upanishads, Asana Alignment, etc)
Mindful Creativity: Creative Writing Class, Songwriting Workshop, Vocal Workshop, Art Therapy, Writing Therapy, Creative Coaching
Life Coaching: Be coached through a self-enquiry and life design process to identify challenges and create tangible life solutions
Nature and Culture: Hiking, Lake Swimming, Vision Quest, Market Shopping Trip, Mayan Ceremony*, Mayan Horoscope Reading*, Paddleboarding*
Movement: Somatic Movement and Dance, Fitness, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga, Indoor climbing*
Wellness: Cacao Ceremony, Nature Spa and Shamanic Cleansing Plant Bath, Fire Ceremony, Writing Therapy, Massage*, Traditional Temezcal Sauna*, Master Plant Medicine Ceremony*
Grandmother Skills: Cooking, Fermenting, Natural Beauty Product Workshop, Herbal Healing Class*
*Premium activities incur additional cost
Choose your Comfort Level:
Simple: Private, open air single-bed wooden cabins in natural surroundings with shared eco-facilities
Comfortable: Private, queen-sized wooden cabins in natural surroundings with shared eco-facilities
Golden: Private, king-sized bed in natural surroundings with en-suite facilities. Includes one additional Premium Activity per day
“This retreat unlocked something I hadn’t felt in years: aliveness.”
2023 Participant
What’s special about this Retreat...
A sanctuary of inspiration: daily wonders in the “land of eternal spring”
Combining mindfulness with creativity: vocal workshops, song circles, writing, art and free flow expression
Intentional Living: Guided meditation, themed holistic yoga and movement classes
Earth-based ritual: Fire circle, cacao ceremony and sweat sauna ceremony
Experienced facilitation: 15-years retreat leader and creative Jiya Julia Marie of Kula Collective
Nature immersion: Volcano views, morning walks and peaceful meditations on the lake
Nourish and restore: Quiet solo afternoons spent journalling prompts in a hammock or on the lake-view deck
Daily themes: for self growth and personal exploration
Live on the land: in conscious community, in a destination internationally renowned for its beauty
Build a tailored, ritual practice to take home with you for self-sourced inspiration
Meet like-minded, creative new friends and be welcomed into a worldwide community
Accommodation and food included; subtropical eco-chic living and delicious vegetarian cuisine
FREE GIFT: Beautiful Guatemalan fabric notebook for your musings
Rest
Recharge
Reinspire
This is the ultimate long weekend - tailored to your dreams! Relax and sit back while we take care of the details, giving you a restorative break filled with all the things that nourish you the most.
Simplify in the mountain highlands of rural Central America, meet new, like-minded creative friends, write, move your body and get inspired over and over again.
Wake up to exquisite open-air yoga with a world-class view, your notebook next to you ready to catch your thoughts.
Spend the days restfully, eating clean food, sipping cacao herbal teas and coffee grown right on these mountains.
Be stirred by activities that reconnect you to yourself.
Shape your break exactly how you want it, with the perfect balance of wellness, health, inspiration and unforgettable experiences.
Leave feeling refreshed, affirmed, inspired. Full up on the good things of life.
This personalised retreat guides you through experience and exploration, including:
Deep, themed yoga practices
Sensual connection with nature
Soul-stimulating workshops and activities
Stunning natural setting
Embrace this combination of self-inquiry, yoga embodiment, and creative expression. Learn more about who you are, self-sourcing inspiration through your unique program. Dive into creativity as a spiritual practice, with potent morning practices, activities workshops to forge connection and inspiration, and quiet afternoons to dive into your process amidst cosy spaces and lush wildlife. Live on the land, in a conscious community, in a destination internationally renowned for its beauty!
Fed by the unparalled beauty and special energy of Lake Atitlan, this 3-night, 4-day journey will awaken the subtle receptors within you that ‘plug you back in;’ to nature, yourself and to your sacred human expression.
Receive daily intentions and journal prompts to invite powerful self-inquiry.
Explore consciousness practices such as journeying, visualization, fire ceremony, nature hikes and traditional medicine songs from around the world.
Activate your energy through practices such as yoga, dance, creative writing and journalling, music, freeflow art and flow consciousness exercises, based around themes designed to help you go deeper into your spiritual and creative process.
Use yourself as a mirror to remember the quiet wonders of everyday life, and bring an awakened sense of hope and inspiration back home with you.
During this retreat we play with art as a vehicle to enter flow consciousness, cultivating a trance-like state of creative connection where time and space disappear and you become completely engrossed in the act of expressing. Dive deep into the fantastic inspiration that you, yourself, and your simple life can be, using the delicious medicine of cacao to sharpen your sensitivity and open your awareness.
Whether you are experiencing physical, emotional or creative blockages, or simply looking for reconnection and space, this magical retreat offers a haven of inspiration.
INVESTMENT
3 nights, 4 days all inclusive
Includes 2 nourishing meals per day (dinner organised by client), daily yoga & journalling workshops, ceremony, nature immersion, community connection and earth ritual.
Choose Package:
Gentle Rest: $1250
Includes Comfortable Queen Accommodation, Morning Practice and 1 Session per day
Sweet Rest: $1750
Includes Comfortable Queen Accommodation, Morning Practice and 2 Sessions per day
Deep Rest: $2000
Includes Golden King Accommodation, Morning Practice and 2 Sessions per day
3.Choose Add-Ons:
Premium Activity: $50
Master Ceremony: $200
3 nights Dinner: $100
Please contact us for an invoice to pay with credit card (5% added fee) or avoid fees by paying directly via:
Zelle (julia.randall@live.co.uk)
Paypal (julia.randall@live.co.uk)
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE - See Gallery below for Casa Kula photos
50% deposit to secure your spot.
Questions? E-mail createspaceyoga@gmail.com
WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT CASA KULA…
Casa Kula is the Guatemalan home of our Kula Collective co-founders. It is an eco-friendly and nourishing space, filled with all the comforts of home, including healing herbs, tropical fruits, loving animals and warm smiles. Casa Kula is located in Tzununa, in the western highlands of Guatemala, with stunning views of the serene Lake Atitlan and her volcanoes seen through banana palms, avocado trees and lush green coffee forests.
This grounding retreat space offers delicious vegetarian meals, daily yoga and meditation, a large temazcal sauna, beautiful lake-view teakwood yoga platform and flower-strewn ceremony and community areas as well as comfortable shared accommodation and glamping options. Enjoy the stillness and beauty of the mountains supporting you in your process as you relax into the embrace of heart-centered community. All packages include a vegetarian meal plan including tea and treats, with an option to add animal protein at an additional cost should you wish. Please see gallery below for photos of Casa Kula and its accommodation options.
Arrival notes:
Casa Kula is 3-5 hours drive away from Guatemala city airport. We can help with private transport - cost around $80-100 each way door to door. Please plan to arrive before 8pm. Late arrivals incur an additional cost of $30 to cover out-of-hours staff.
About your Facilitator
Jiya Julia Marie is a wellness practitioner, teacher & creative with over 15 years experience facilitating self-development, both internationally and online. Founder of Kula Collective Yoga School, Kula Maya Boutique Hotel & Spa and Inner Wild Adornments, as well as online writing courses and nature-based retreats and trainings in yoga, singing, writing, facilitation skills and self-empowerment.
15 minutes walk to Lake
Shared Cabin
Shared Cabin
Hobbit House - Private or Twin
Yoga Deck with Lake View
Yoga Deck with Lake View
Shared Cabin
Shared Cabin
Shared Cabin
Shared Cabin
Yoga Deck with Lake View
Private Single Hut
Private Single Hut
One of many restful spots
Private Queen/Twin Cabin
Private Queen/Twin Cabin
Private Queen/Twin Cabin
Hobbit House - Private or Twin
Hobbit House - Private or Twin
Yoga Deck with Lake View
Yoga Deck with Lake View
Massage Room
15 minutes walk to lake
Testimonials:
“I truly can’t say enough about all that I received from attending the Muse Retreat with Jiya. Her loving, soulful presence and the way she held such sacred space for authentic, creative expression was just amazing. She weaves song, ceremony, & a deep connection to the spirit of the land through what she pours from her heart. The experience left a profound impact on my life. I feel more confident in myself, more open to sharing my creativity, and I made life long friends & memories that I will forever cherish. I can’t wait to join Jiya again for another offering in the future! ”
“I’m just always so impressed with Jiya’s ability to hold sacred space. It’s just so intentional and loving and just a place to explore. I feel so inspired coming out. I’m a writer at heart and so is Jiya and you can see that in how she holds the spaces. But more than writing, it’s a place to explore your being, and feel so held and supported by a beautiful group. I’m leaving feeling so much more open, so much more ready to receive and the more I can receive the more inspired I am to offer to this beautiful land, to this beautiful world. This space is powerful and beautiful and I highly recommend!”
“The Muse Retreat at Casa Kula was completely soul enriching. Julia leads ceremony and holds sacred writing space in a beautiful way. I felt so inspired by the land, the people, and the way of being here. I will absolutely be returning and finding more ways to stay connected to Casa Kula and the intentions I made there! This type of retreat is great for absolutely anyone wanting to connect more to themselves, deepen their writing and creativity, and connect more to the earth. Can’t recommend it enough!”