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February 4-10, 2026
With Ixchel, Emil & Larisa
In the lush embrace of Costa Rica’s jungle, where the river sings and the ocean calls, we invite you to step into a sanctuary of music, ceremony, and community.
This is more than a retreat - it is a journey into the sacred. Together, we will weave song, prayer, and devotion in a land alive with ancient wisdom.
Join us to receive:
Sacred music workshops & voice opening practices.
Evening devotional singing circles by the fire and/or under the stars.
A loving, like-minded community united in song and prayer.
Sacred rituals held in a safe, guided container.
Time for rest, integration, and connection with nature.
Opportunities to share your own voice, songs, and instruments.
Imagine...
Waking up to the sunrise over the mountains
with open views to the ocean.
Starting your day opening your heart while singing and playing music together. OR… joining the group in a movement and embodiment practice.
Swimming in waterfall pools in the sunshine.
Being danced by the music in the sweet surrender of full flow state.
Opening the channels of your voice and heart song and
releasing any limiting beliefs around expression & singing.
Enjoying delicious farm to table organic healthy meals and
sipping on rejuvenating elixirs throughout the day.
Deeply rejuvenating with healing massages, blue clay body masks,
living water and the frequency of pristine nature.
Communing with the elements, the deepest parts of yourself and the
Divine through sacred ritual in a safe and reverent container.
Ending the day with deeply restorative yin yoga & wisdom circles around the sacred fire.
Through the unique blend of Larisa, Emil, and Ixchel’s guided facilitation and expertise, you’ll leave this experience with a heart full of love, connection to the
Divine, your voice, your body, the elements, and this beautiful community.
This retreat is for you
if you feel called to :
Sing and pray in community.
Explore music as a spiritual practice.
Experience the healing power of your own voice.
Connect with the earth through ceremony and ritual.
Receive inspiration from multiple instruments and diverse sacred traditions.
No previous musical training is required. All that’s needed is your open willingness to sing, pray, dance, and be in heaven on earth with us.
"As one of your students your teachings have profoundly shaped my journey, helping me find my voice and deepen my connection to drumming. The tools you’ve shared have been transformational, and I’m so thankful for the light you bring into the world. I notice we are also connected in the field of Jolie Dawn. I am currently in her Creatrix Accelerator program, and expanding my wings with leading my first Lead gen event and requesting affiliates / guest speakers"
– Priscilla Jaeger
Why We Gather:
To Open Our Voices
Discover the power of your own voice as a channel for healing, prayer, and celebration.
To Sing Across Cultures
Experience devotional music and sacred song traditions from multiple lineages and cultures—each facilitator sharing the music of their heart and connections. Experience community music concerts, sing a-long kirtans, and workshops to deepen your relationship to your voice, singing, and music.
To Remember who we are
It's easy to forget who we are and why we are here. This experience is guided with devotion, ritual and reverence to deepen your connection with Spirit and the wisdom within.
To Connect with Nature
Bathe in the life-giving beauty of Costa Rica - its rivers, jungle paths, and ocean tides guiding us back to our essence.
To Remember Belonging
Be held in community with kindred spirits who share your devotion to truth, beauty, and love.
What You’ll Experience
Sacred music workshops & voice opening practices- bring your frame drum, guitar, or other instrument. If you don't have one, we have drums available for purchase from some of our local friends.
Our workshops will include a blend of songs from different lineages with Ixchel, frame drum, singing, rhythm entrainment, and vocal opening with Larisa, Bhakti kirtan with Emil, and more!
Evening devotional singing circles by the fire and/or under the stars.
Time for rest, integration, and connection with nature.
Opportunities to share your own voice, songs, and instruments.
A loving, like-minded community united in song and prayer.
Guided embodiment practices to activate and awaken, clear stagnant energy and open your channels.
LARISA
Larisa is an international recording and touring musician with years of expertise singing, songwriting, performing, and offering vocal and music programs for individuals to finally step deeper into their musical and creative path. She believes that singing is our birthright and that we are more happy as human beings when we let ourselves express through the power of music. Her personal musical achievements includes performing nationally and internationally with The Young Americans Broadway, having multiple original songs placed on Netflix shows, latin-produced song The Other Side go viral with Argentinian producer Mato, collaborated with New Age music producers Equanimous, Temple Step, DJ Taz, Enigma Dubz, Drumspyder, Youngr, Kapha, Watashi, Bird Tribe, B. Louis and more. Her journey has taken her from performing for thousands of people all around the world, to studying hypnotherapy and sound healing, and to humbly sitting and sharing music in plant medicine ceremonies. Larisa infuses everything she has learned and studied into her musical programs and offerings in which she combines frame drum and singing, vocal transformation programs, and supporting others in reclaiming their inner musician and having an empowered relationship to their voice and music. She is blessed to have community in her programs from all over the world. Her combination of experience, skill, and expertise is here to take you to your next creative levels! You can see more of her at www.larisamusic.com, stream her music on Spotify, and follow her on IG at @larisagoslamusic.
EMIL
Emil Johannes is a devoted guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and sound healer with a heartfelt passion for guiding others into the power and beauty of their own voice. Since 2021, Emil has hosted hundreds of kirtans, singing circles, and music gatherings across Bali, offering spaces where people can connect deeply with themselves, with community, and with the divine through music. Emil’s work is rooted in devotion and a clear intention: to open hearts, awaken courage, and inspire others to express themselves freely. He weaves together guitar, voice, and presence to create an atmosphere where vulnerability feels safe and music becomes a pathway to transformation. He has shared his music at renowned venues including Alchemy, Sayuri, Udara, Zest, The Mansion, Yoga Barn, Nuanu, and Istana, and has collaborated with celebrated artists and devotees such as Vasudev, Kailash Kokopelli, Sayuri Tanaka, Diana Beauty, Nick Wallacki, Jila Ji, Sky on Guitar, Kiya Ankara, Yoshiki Horita, Free England Jr and many more. You can follow hes work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emiljohannes9?igsh=bDhra2lvM2IzdnI5 and: https://www.instagram.com/heartofdevotionmusic?igsh=bWgybm93cDRjZW5r
ixchel munay
Ixchel Munay is a mystic and lover of beauty who supports people to return to wholeness. With embodied wisdom that has been gathered in 20+ years of walking the path of self inquiry, yoga, plant medicine, permaculture, conscious living she has supported thousands of people around the world in immersions and 1:1 sessions to come home to themselves. Forever a humble student of nature, indigenous wisdom and the ancient teachings of yoga, she is a carrier of sacred songs and has held song circles and cacao ceremonies around the world for the past decade. Ixchel is devoted to authenticity, keeping it real and creating spaces free of judgement and full of magic where we can feel safe to let go of the masks to experience true intimacy and connection. She is a community builder and cofounder of Yacumama Eco Village in Costa Rica, Chakya Muna artist community in Bali and Living Wisdom, a platform for her online work focusing on integration. Ixchel is committed to seeing the part of you that is already whole and holy as a loving sacred mirror that invites a remembrance of who you truly are.
"Hey brother. Thank you for inviting me to your gig. It was genuinely spectacular. So much energy, so much depth, so much beauty. I deeply connected to the music and let out some tears. This is completely not normal for me. So i wanted to share that with you. Thank you."
– Kol
The healing power of this pristine,
lush land is a medicine in itself
and by simply stripping away
the daily noise and immersing
ourselves in pristine nature
we begin the process of
coming back to wholeness.
SCHEDULE
February 4th
Arrivals
Opening Circle & Offerings to the Grandmother Tree
Welcome Dinner/Yacumama Orientation
Option for post dinner massage
February 5th
Breakfast
Opening Intention & Connection Circle
Lunch
Vocal Training & Somatics with Larisa
Dinner
Heart Of Devotion Music Set
February 6th
Primal Embodiment Led by Ixchel
Breakfast
River Walk/ Purification with Ixchel
Kirtan & Cacao with Emil & Larisa
Lunch
Free time for nature connection and optional massages
Frame Drum, Rhythm Entrainment, & Singing with Larisa
Dinner
Integrative Sound Healing
February 7th
Breakfast
A day of silence, song, ritual, water & fire ceremony
Dinner
February 8th
Breakfast
Integration Circle & Embodiment Practices
Quantum Reprogramming
Lunch
Free time for nature connection and optional massages
Dinner
February 9th
Morning Somatic Practice
Breakfast
Workshop Mantras on Guitar & Harmonium
Lunch
Free time for nature connection and optional massages
Medicine Songs/Chants with Ixchel
Dinner
Celebration Music Event
February 10th
Breakfast
Closing Ceremony & Circle
Checkout
The schedule is subject to shift and expand based on the group energy and needs.
There is nothing more
powerful than connecting to
your channel, stepping out of the way and
being used as an instrument of the divine!
"Working with Ixchel through private ceremonies and integration has been the most profound journey of my life. She created the safest sanctuary I’ve ever known, guided me to embrace fear with grace, allowing me to listen deeply to my inner wisdom.
The integration mentorship program we did helped me find clarity and confidence to finally launch a project that had long been my calling. Today, it flourishes, and I live the life I’ve always envisioned for myself.”
– Emila Fereira
You will be held in a safe container, where you may be lovingly invited to meet the edges of your own personal growth and expansion through embodiment, music and song!
You will be in a community that fully uplifts and celebrates you as you are. Through meeting our edges, we get to experience the freedom and liberation on the other side.
OUR ACCOMODATIONS
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. Click on photos below to see more photos of each space.
JUNGLE CABINS
1 - 2 Twin Beds, Wood floors, sliding glass doors. All have forest views, some have ocean views. Ensuite sink & compost toilet, three shared shower options including amazing outdoor ocean view shower.
Single - $3,700
Double - $2,500 per person
OCEAN VIEW HEXAGOMES
6 meter luxury ocean view tents with Balinese carved doors, high ceilings, wood floors, wood walls combined with tent walls with big screened windows, en suite sink and compost toilet, three shared shower options including amazing outdoor ocean view shower.
Single - $3,700
Double - $2,500 per person
TORTUGA ROOM
Beautiful room with ocean, mountain and forest views, en suite bathroom. 2 twins or one king, desk, and AC.
Double - $3100 per person
TORTUGA CASITA
Beautiful casita with ocean, mountain and forest views, en suite bathroom, bathtub overlooking the ocean, 1 queen bed, desk, terrace lounge area, kitchenette.
Double - $3100 per person
Wood Balinese cabins with exquisite carvings, two twins or king bed, ensuite bathroom and private outdoor shower overlooking forest.
Double - $2750 per person
BALINESE CABINS
2 Twin beds that can be together to form a king bed, additional couch that has a twin mattress for triple option, ensuite sink & compost toilet. Ocean view indoor/outdoor bathtub/shower. Full kitchen. Expansive ocean and mountain views.
Double - $4200 per person
Triple - $3100 per person
LUXE OCEAN VIEW CASITA
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.