Zihuatanejo, Mexico · January 30 – February 6, 2027
Come home
to yourself
A seven-day self-mothering retreat for women ready to stop giving from empty. Held in Dr. Gertrude Lyons’ home on the Pacific.
An invitation
Return to your essence
Come home to yourself in the heart of Mexico — a place where cuerpo, corazón, y espíritu align.
This immersive retreat is a sacred pause from the noise of life, created for women ready to mother themselves with tenderness, courage, and presence. Here you’re not just resting — you’re rewriting how you relate to yourself, your needs, and your life.
Seven days of ceremony, water, creativity, and community, guided from deep immersion into spacious integration — so the work doesn’t end when you leave.
Held in the sacred home of
Dr. Gertrude Lyons
When was the last time you did something just for you?
As women, we’re conditioned to put everyone else first — at the expense of our bodies, our boundaries, our inner voice. Over time it becomes exhausting, disconnecting, unsustainable.
This retreat is an invitation to change that pattern. Not so you can give more — but so you can finally live from fullness.
The rhythm
Two intentional phases
The week is built so transformation has somewhere to land.
Immersion
2.5 daysDeep ceremony, guided experiences, and collective activation that open the body and heart.
Integration
3 daysSpacious days for embodiment, nervous-system regulation, reflection, and a gentle re-entry into your life.
What’s included
Everything held
for you
Seven nights at Marea Beachfront Resort, and a week you don’t have to organize.
Begin the journey- 017 nights at Marea Beachfront Resort
- 02All programmed ceremonies and guided experiences
- 03Daily facilitated conversations
- 04All meals during immersion days
- 05One curated, locally sourced meal per integration day
- 06Sacred Cayacal experience
- 07Temazcal ceremony
- 08Water rebirthing ceremony
- 09Embodied movement, meditation, and ritual
- 10Spacious time for solitude and journaling
- 11Closing celebration and fire ceremony
Your guide
Dr. Gertrude Lyons
A master coach, thought leader, and author with over 20 years of experience guiding women back to their inner wisdom — beyond narratives of self-sacrifice and overgiving.
Her work blends deep intuition, research, and lived experience to create spaces that are safe, honest, and transformative — where women remember they are already whole, worthy, and deeply supported.
In their words
“Zihuatanejo translates to ‘the land of the woman.’ I feel one with the women here — embraced, loved, and held. I know that when I go home, I will carry that feeling just as fully.”
“I have enjoyed myself with women in a way that I never have. I had women looking at me and listening, wanting to know my light side and my dark side. I felt so at home and so seen.”
“We came as strangers, and within days we were close like sisters. We went through an incredible journey of leaving things behind, reclaiming parts of ourselves, and really rewriting motherhood for ourselves.”
“This retreat helped me explore areas I had left dormant for a very long time. I realized that the investment I made in myself is something that will benefit me for a very long time.”
The investment
Choose your sanctuary
Both options include the full seven-night stay and every ceremony of the week.
Private Villa
$7,527
A sanctuary of your own. A beautifully appointed private villa with a spacious bedroom, full kitchen, and tranquil outdoor space — designed for deep rest and quiet reflection between ceremonies.
InquireShared Villa
$6,527
A shared sanctuary rooted in connection. Private bedrooms and bathrooms for each woman, plus warm communal living spaces that invite ease, conversation, and sisterhood.
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This isn’t a getaway.
It’s a coming home.
Intentionally limited to a small, intimate circle. If something in you is already saying yes, let’s talk.
Begin the journeyZihuatanejo, Mexico · January 30 – February 6, 2027