You are a successful, soulful woman who relishes your role as a compassionate partner, mother, friend, and daughter alongside your professional achievements.

During the spring and summer, perhaps you planted seeds of intention for your life that you tended to and nourished. Now, in the fall, you are ready to cultivate and harvest. 

Or perhaps you have lost focus of those intentions. And when you meditate on your beliefs, your blocks, and your behaviors, you feel paralyzed by all you have to process and work through.

During the fall, we prepare to spend time inside—both physically in our homes and also deep within ourselves. And if we’re not careful, we can begin to slip back into old habits.

You can become more attuned to the needs of others instead of yourself. Or you lose sight of the self-love you nurtured during the warmth of summer.

You’ve experienced burnout, maybe even heartbreak, during the upheaval of the last few years, and you are ready to live your best, most meaningful and fulfilled life…even if you don’t know exactly what that looks like.

Whether you are the mother of children, pets, or dreams, you’ve mothered. But regardless of where you are on your mothering journey, you can’t help but feel like you are in need of being mothered yourself.

If this is striking something deep within you, you must consider joining me at my exclusive Fall Equinox Self-Mothering Retreat in beautiful Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

YOUR FALL EQUINOX SELF-MOTHERING RETREAT TAKES PLACE AT:

Marea Beachfront Villlas

4 nights and 3 days accommodation at the world-renowned, private luxury Marea Beachfront Villas featured in Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveller (Depending on your needs and desires, you will have the option of staying in your own villa or sharing one with 1-2 fellow attendees)

Transportation to and from Marea Beachfront Villas (a 10-minute drive from the airport)*

INCLUDED IN THE PRICING OF THE RETREAT:

Experiences

• Powerful, empowering individual and group coaching and mothering experiences led by Dr. Gertrude Lyons

• All meals lovingly prepared and included throughout your retreat experience. At every meal, you will learn the spiritual meaning behind the meal’s delectable ingredients.

• We will dine in Gertrude's home where Chef Areli Irra will provide all but one of our bountiful and beautiful meals.

• Saturday evening we will venture out for a gourmet dinner at one of the most highly-rated restaurants on the cliffs of Zihuatanejo. We will commune and share and watch the always breathtaking sunset over the bay.

• And to close out our amazing three days together we will celebrate with a beach photoshoot to capture your radiant femininity, an extra special gourmet meal, and special festivities.

ACTIVITIES

2.5 days of once-in-a-lifetime, destination specific, activities including:

Temazcal (sweat lodge)

Bask in the gentle, mothering care of a local woman Shaman who invites participants into a womb-like space heated with hot stones to focus on releasing, cleansing, and setting an intention for the weekend.

Meditation at Jaguar Rock

At this ancient sacred site of a pre-Mayan pyramid, climb to an overlook to relish the magical oceanic landscape and meditate on your awareness of the messages the universe is sending you. Afterwards, receive a private tour of the grounds, including sections not typically open to the public.

Water rebirthing at the Lyons’ Garden Sanctuary

In the lush grounds of the Lyons’ award-winning beachfront home, Gertrude takes each participant individually into a tranquil pool to be held in safety as they let go of what needs to be released.

Plus a surprise or two

Imagine the delight and childlike wonder that will ensue when you embark on additional experiences that you aren’t even aware existed.

ABOUT GERTRUDE

I have spent most of my life in community with incredible women. I have attended and led pilgrimages and retreats in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and relish the transformative power that comes when we release ourselves from the expectations of the world. Whether I’m leading a retreat in Mexico or mothering experiences within organizations, my goal is to empower those who identify as women to reclaim their lives through mothering and create a safe space where they can express their dreams, fears, and truths. 

I have dedicated 32 years of my life to spiritual curiosity and to learning from spiritual leaders about how to create and hold space to empower women. I founded Rewrite the Mother Code, LLC, to support women to discover the transformational power of mothering. I am a PCC certified coach through the International Coaching Federation and a faculty member at Midwest Maternal Child Institute (MMCI). I have a Level 3 Breathwork Certification through Global Professional Breathwork Alliance and am a Whole Brain Living certified coach through Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor.

I firmly believe that we are all mothers. Together, we can support one another to be the best versions of ourselves through this nurturing energy we share.