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Ecstatic Song & Dance Immersion

January 2 - 6, 2025

Imagine singing and dancing every day, feeling life force and creativity flowing through your body, the heart expanding joy of authentic connection with amazing humans from all over the world.​​

Imagine waking up to a rejuvenating morning yoga practice, swimming in waterfall pools, massages, high vibe farm to table meals, opening your heart and voice in singing circle around the sacred fire, being moved by the music to dance your prayers, receiving the frequency medicine of sound healing - all in a community that is holding the space of presence, and radical acceptance or non-judgement for you to feel free to express yourself.

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This will be a very special way to set the energy for your entire year with vitality, expansion, joy and connection!​

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In Africa if someone says they are depressed the first question they ask is -

When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing?

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The opposite of depression is not happiness, but expression. In a world with so much suppression, singing and dancing are some of the most powerful ways to allow our life force creative energy to be expressed. 

 

Humans have been singing and dancing together for millennia. Join us for five glorious days of ecstatic song and dance and awaken the ancestral remembrance of connection to this living earth and all her beauty.​​

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There is something extraordinary about the field that we create in these immersions. Many people have said they've experienced the best days of their lives.

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I attribute this to finally having the feeling of being at home with yourself.  That deep peace that comes with not needing to waste any energy in an internal battle of what you think you should do to be loved and accepted.

 

To finally have a space where you let all the parts of yourself you've judged, abandoned or repressed be seen, felt and expressed.

 

Wholeness, holiness, liberation!

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Sample Daily Schedule

7:00 - 8:30 Morning Movement Practice

8:30 - 10:00 Breakfast & Connection with amazing humans

​10:30 - 12:00 Alternating Ecstatic Dance/ Breathwork/ Workshops

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch & Connection with amazing humans

2:00 - 4:30 Optional Massage / Free time in Nature 

4:30 - 6:15 Alternating Cacao Ceremony/Song Circles around the Fire/Ecstatic Dance

6:30 - 7:30 Nourishing Light Dinner & Connection with amazing humans

8:00 - 10:00 Alternating Live Music/Ecstatic Dance

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Hola I'm Ixchel, visionary behind the Ecstatic Song and Dance Immersion.

 

I am forever a humble student of life, the living world, indigenous wisdom and the ancient teachings of yoga. I value authenticity, keeping it real and creating spaces free of judgement where we can feel safe to let go of the masks to experience true intimacy and connection.

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After almost 20 years stewarding community in Bali, for the past four years I’ve been spending half the year in Costa Rica devoted to creating Yacumama - a regenerative community land project where we are happy to welcome you home for this gathering.

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Singing and dancing have been some of the most profound spiritual practices of my life. From dancing all night on ecstasy in my teenage years to chanting in the Kirtan Mela in India all day and night to dancing nearly every Sunday in Ecstatic Dance for over 15 years. 

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Singing and dancing returns me to my true essence, my true nature, my center. I’ve been bringing community together in gatherings of devotion and connection, song and dance all over the world for many years. 

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I’ll be sharing a ceremonial opening for this gathering with the medicine of cacao to tap us into the magic that happens when we drop in together in flow state through singing and dancing. I'm honored to curate a magic carpet experience for you over these five days with some incredible artists!

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My prayer is that we can come together and create a magnetic field to amplify connection, joy and harmony and remember how important singing and dancing are for us to create a world of peace and beauty.

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GUEST ARTISTS / FACILITATORS

 We will announce our amazing artists soon.

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ACCOMMODATIONS

We have a variety of accommodations all nestled in nature to connect you with the forest and inspire you with expansive views of the ocean, mountains and jungle. You will likely see blue morpho butterflies, hummingbirds, toucans, scarlet macawas, monkeys and more right from your room.

Being onsite is the best, however there is also the option to come as a non-residential participant.
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LOCATION

Yacumama is in Ojochal, a small town near the Pacific Ocean, known for its international fine dining, which is part of the Ballena (whale) Coast.

We are 30-40 minutes south of Dominical and 15-20 minutes south of Uvita, where the Envision Festival has been held for the past ten+ years. 

 

Yacumama is a 3-4 hour drive southwest of the international airport, SJO.

 

From San Jose or other airports in the country you can also take a 45 minute flight on a small plane with Sansa or even hire a small private plane to Quepos airport which is about an hour drive from Yacumama.

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