HAVE YOU BEEN EXPERIENCING A FULL LIFE?

One that is busy, and adventurous, but hectic and stressful at the same time? A life full of eating, breathing, watching, touching, and hearing all that it has to give you?

And now you've decided that it's time for a full body reset to relax your nervous system?

If you have been following me, you’ll know that all my retreats specialize in learning and embodying therapeutic tremoring for nervous system regulation. It is a somatic based practice to reset the autonomic nervous system, bringing it closer to rest/digest, by working with the physical alchemy of the body.  Reducing any deep muscular tension, along with cortisol/adrenaline charge that the system may be experiencing, bringing you into homeostasis, and out of chronic stress/activation.

At this retreat in-particular, you will dive even deeper into neurological healing through the power of disconnecting, not only from the systematic way of life that you are living, but to the obsession & overstimulation of electronics and the impact they have on your neurological well being.

By disconnecting from the constant demands of work, relationships, and technology, you will allow your brain and nervous system to recalibrate, reset, and restore. In turn, this healing supports emotional balance, cognitive function, and overall well-being. In a world that’s increasingly digitized, taking time to reconnect with yourself in a peaceful, minimized tech-use environment, is one of the most powerful gifts you can give your brain.

If you're feeling mentally overwhelmed or burnt out, consider joining me this May 2025, as a vital step toward neurological healing. Many of us find ourselves feeling "wired and tired", constantly plugged in, but struggling to feel truly connected or rejuvenated. This is where our wellness retreats come in, offering an opportunity to disconnect, recharge, and foster neurological healing. It’s not just about escaping technology, it’s about learning to find balance, harmony, and peace in a world that often demands the opposite.

Living in a chronically dysregulated state can lead to compromised immunity, poor sleep patterns, challenged digestion, difficulty concentrating, strained relationships and more.

Calm your nervous system, and let go of sympathetic activation at our nervous system reset retreat.

What you will experience during the week:

To get the most out of your retreat experience and promote lasting neurological healing, you will practice the following that will not only be embraced during your week with us, but you will walk away with the knowledge and healthy habits to continue them at home:

• Engage in Mindfulness and Meditation:  You will practice daily yoga, meditation, and breathwork, which train your brain to focus and remain present. These yogic practices help you build mental resilience, improve emotional regulation, and reduce stress.

• Embrace a Whole Food Diet:  You will begin a very light vegetarian digestive cleanse by enjoying three vegetarian meals a day, accompanied by medicinal herbs, roots, seeds, and vibrate greens inspired by Ayurveda and local Mexican options. This light cleans will have a profound effect on your body’s ability to decompress by removing processed foods that include refined sugars & grains, preservatives, and many other kinds of additives that are not healthy for you.

• Spend Time in Nature: You will take daily walks in natural surroundings. Leave your phone behind and allow yourself to be fully immersed in the sights and sounds of the natural world.

• Practice Digital Detox: We will set aside specific times for a complete technology disconnect. We will use this time for reflection, journaling, or connecting with others in person. We will be minimizing our tech use, not eliminating it. This way, you will begin to create a healthy daily habit with your electronic connections, instead of them ruling your life. Giving you a brighter outlook into the relationship you have with your connection to electronics.

• Practice Nervous System Regulation: During the week you will practice and learn about therapeutic tremoring for nervous system regulation to release tension in both the body and mind, bringing you into a more relaxed and grounded state, connecting to parasympathetic rest.  Tension, Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Trauma informed.

• Get Enough Sleep & Slow Mornings: You will enjoy a sleep-friendly environment that doesn’t include the distractions of screens or technology. Your mornings will also be slow & restful.

• Participate in Group Activities: You will participate in group activities such as yoga & somatic-based classes, transformational coaching, eco-adventures, and spiritual ceremonies. These activities will help you bond with others and remind your brain of the joy of human connection without technology.

After the retreat, deliberately look for new growth in your day to day life:

• Stress levels

• Tension & pain

• Freedom of movement

• Energy levels

• Sleep & dreams

• Emotional expression

• Mind & thinking

• Creativity

• Relationship with others

• Groundedness & Centeredness

• Presence & awareness

• Sense & vitality

anything else you notice…

GO ON A JOURNEY:

• 7 days / 6 nights accommodation in a private eco-casita, experiencing minimalism and the simplicity of nature.

• Daily yoga/somatic movement, philosophy, meditation, pranayama, (controlling your breath) classes accompanied with sound healing instruments to guide you into ancient yogic/ancestral practice that works with the health of your energetic subtle body.

• 3 vegetarian meals a day to begin a light detox using whole-foods & superfoods to invigorate the body's natural ability to heal. Medicinal juices, & teas.

• 3 TRE/Shaking Medicine sessions in nervous system regulation to dissolve tension, stress, and anxiety, and the effects of trauma and ptsd.

• 2-3 Transformational Coaching Workshops

• 2 spiritual ceremonies (opening & closing) to connect to your intentions and release what is no longer serving you, uplifting you in unity into a rebirth of self.

• 1 yoga nidra & sound healing session to let the therapy of sound embrace the cells of your body to overcome any blockages on an emotional level, bringing you into a deep state of peace.

• 1 voice activation session to inspire your authentic and potent voice to come through, moving any dormant or stuck energy that may be preventing you from internally communicating to your true self, or externally speaking your truth from the voice of your heart. This exercise is a powerful pathway towards speaking up and expressing yourself, but also with hearing and being heard.

• 1 hike to the pueblo & in-town waterfall to experience the small fishing village of Yelapa.

• 1 hike or horseback to the back river waterfall to connect to nature's terrain of rock, sand, and rolling waters, bringing you closer to nature's womb.

• 1 day at Isabel beach & circle meditation to tap into your inner awareness.

• 2 days at Yelapa semi-private beach location to relax and enjoy the simplicity of life. Being a kid again.

• Round trip water taxi

• WIFI

are you ready to…

• Release your habits of being over-stressed or in exhausted burn-out by developing a deeper relationship to yourself, bending limiting beliefs?

• Empower yourself by learning new ways to support yourself through holistic wellness practices & philosophy?

• Neurologically heal by creating healthier habits to your social platforms & technology. Learn how to find balance, harmony, and peace in a world that often demands the opposite.

• Empower your physical, emotional, and mental states of consciousness through the practices of yoga philosophy and holistic wellness modalities and their practices?

• Incorporate holistic health coaching as a part of your reset, so you can become empowered through self-awareness, tackling other aspects of life that also needs to be recognized, and transformed?

• Be supported by an experienced certified yoga teacher in somatic embodiment practices, a TRE Provider (tension release exercises) & Shaking Medicine teacher in therapeutic tremoring for nervous system regulation so you can empower yourself & the health of your autonomic nervous system when you return back home?

• Transform unhealthy eating habits that have taken control of your life and well-being?

• Learn how to live a a more mindful lifestyle, instead of turning to bad habits as a coping outlet?

• Release codependent behaviors and/or unhealthy emotional/mental patterns, where tension, stress, anxiety, ptsd, or trauma triggers are controlling your life, creating unhealthy responses, affecting relationships?

• Learn about your nervous system and how chronic activation without coming back to homeostasis, safety, & peace can effect your health & well-being?

• Expand your life in recovery, where learning holistic wellness practices can empower you to be your own healer? (This retreat is for everyone, you do not have to be in recovery to attend this retreat)

• Be a part of a new tribe, where the retreat experience creates new & healthy friendships within your life?

RESTORE. REJUVENATE. AND HEAL TO FEEL

Includes 3 daily vegetarian dishes (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Beautifully prepared vegetarian meals will comprise of a plant-based menu. Plates will be nourishing, original, and delicious, and will be inspired by the local Mexican cuisine. Medicinal teas and water will be served. There are no alcoholic beverages served at this retreat. It is a 100% holistic wellness retreat to support your healing process.

SEMI-PRIVATE BEACH LOCATION

Includes semi-private beach access

You will be nestled in the Jungle at night, and have semi-private beach access during the day. At our beach location, you will be able to enjoy the sounds of the waves while relaxing on the sand or in a hammock. Location has private bathrooms, and a kitchenette for preparing snacks at the beach.

SACRED SPIRITUAL CEREMONIES

Includes 2 evening ceremonies

Connect to your heart’s inner voice at a spiritually lead opening and closing ceremony to ground into your transformative self. The opening ceremony will be to center, and touch-base with the power you have within, creating an invitation of intention for the week, while the closing will be a purge of all that was gathered during the week, to release and let go into a rebirthing of self.

YOGA, MEDITATION, PHILOSOPHY

Includes daily yoga in the morning for 1.5 hours each session.

TARGETED & SPECIALIZED YOGA SESSIONS

You will experience different styles of yoga from hatha, kundalini kriyas, and deep stretch. Each class will have a theme rooted in yoga philosophy, diving you deeper into how yoga integrates with your everyday way of life.

The evening sessions will consist more of therapeutic tremoring, yoga Nidra, breathwork and meditation.

3 TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHING WORKSHOPS

Includes 3, 2hr group session

Transformational coaching workshops with deep sharing opportunities.

• Yoga philosophy in the 8-limbs of yoga to connect you to ancient knowledge in how to embrace a yogic lifestyle of discipline, awareness, and mindfulness.

• Codependency vs. interdependent relationships. Let go of toxic relationships & set healthy boundaries.

• The 5 pillars of Full Body Presence & Healing Meditations

NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION SESSION

(TRE & SHAKING MEDICINE)

specialized sessions

Includes 3, 1.5 hr group sessions

You will be taught and guided by a Shaking Medicine embodiment teacher & TRE Provider (tension release exercises). These movements are a combination of traditional TRE, combined with spontaneous and ecstatic shaking medicine movements to obtain a deep presence to soften your body, giving you the ability to connect to your internal mechanism of therapeutic tremoring in a gentle and freeing way.

The class comprises of embodiment movements that have been created to release tension, stress, anxiety, ptsd and the effects of trauma from the body by triggering neurogenic tremors/pulsations/vibrations (a natural human response) to discharge stress, releasing the fight/flight cycle to be discharged from the body. The benefit of the session is to connect to your state of safety, so you can bring yourself back to the rest/digest state, connecting to the triune brain to create a brain/body balance of homeostasis, giving you the ability to respond to stress in a healthy way.

SOUND HEALING THERAPY

Includes 1, 1.5hr session

• Elevates your vibration, releasing stress, anxiety, facilitating a more restful sleep.

• Alines emotions, increases spiritual awakening and our creativity.

• Stimulates alpha waves.

• Balances the chakras which brings us to a higher state of consciousness , gratitude, happiness and inner peace.

• Cleans the Aura.

• Stimulates a more efficient self healing process.

Self-Guided Excurisons:

Waterfall Hike | Pueblo Location

This excursion will give you a tour of the small pueblo of Yelapa, Mexico and the town waterfall as a group. We will hike 20 minutes from the town to the waterfall. Local artisan markets will be along the path, giving you that authentic Mexican experience.

Waterfall Hike | Back River Location

You will hike or horseback ride on soft ground along a river, through the back jungle of Yelapa, Mexico as a group. This hike is an hour each way. You will enjoy a small snack and will have enough time to swim in the cool waters, and lie on the hot black flat rocks, giving yourself a natural spa experience.

Semi-Private Beach | Yelapa Beach Location

You will have time where you will simply enjoy beach-front, with a small Mexican snack (guacamole, chips & salsa, water, limonada) as a group in Yelapa, Mexico. At this location, you will be able to rent a kayak, or paddle board, or just simply lie in a hammock or beach soaking up the sun.

Semi-Private Beach | Playa Isabel Meditation

You will take a short hike to a semi-private beach, past town, and towards one of the ocean points of Yelapa, Mexico. Here, you will relax and lie on the sand, or large boulder rocks, and swim in the ocean, as we discuss what's arising, and integrate your process of becoming. 

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED:

• Airfare, travel insurance

• Gratuity to staff (required) $50 USD

• Round-trip airport transfer (payment isn’t included, but we will coordinate your transportation) $25 USD each way, usually shared between other participants.

• Massages/energy work (there will be time designated to schedule bodywork, but payment isn’t included) 40 - 75 USD (optional)

• One on one transformational coaching (there will be time to designate) 75 - 95 USD (optional)

AIRPORT

You will purchase your plane ticket going to (PVR) Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, which is an english friendly airport located in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Don’t hesitate to ask questions.

✈️ When booking your plane ticket, please make sure your arrival to PVR is on or before 3:00 PM, and your departure from PVR is on or after 11:00 AM. These times coordinate with the panga water taxi schedule.

Julia Allshouse

intuitive spirit guide | sacred space holder | Registered Yoga Teacher | certified Holistic Health CoacH | certified Shaking Medicine Teacher in tension, stress & trauma release | TRE provider in tension release exercises

Julia is originally from Pittsburgh, PA, with over a decade living in the beautiful country of Mexico. While in Mexico, Julia started her own Yoga Studio & Wellness Practice called Vikara Wellness based out of her home in Puerto Vallarta in 2012. During that time, she also began an ambitious venture by working side by side with the owner of Moffitt Wellness Retreat, a Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Program, as the Operations Director & Yoga Teacher.

With inspiration through spiritual ceremony, Julia began expanding out her wellness movement to create a unity between community yoga teachers, transformational and trauma informed coaches, spiritual guides, and students a like, specializing in creating holistic wellness programs for recovery in Yelapa, Mexico, along with destination recovery & holistic wellness retreats & custom programs for those who are passionate about expanding their physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral blueprint towards personal transformation.

Julia has a passion in educating people who struggle with mental illness and all kinds of addiction, because she comes from a family who have had to navigate the world of mental illness and addiction, and always knew she didn't want to trigger the possibility of repeating the same pattern.

There came a time in her life, when unhealthy relationships were affecting her deeply, causing depression and an unhealthy lifestyle, not knowing how to overcome.

It actually took her years to make the decision to attend a yoga class, and when she did, it all went uphill from there. It changed her life forever, and she wants nothing more than to inspire yours!

Julia was introduced to Shaking Medicine while she was in the process of becoming a TRE Provider, and felt that the expansive knowledge of movements, shapes, and unique techniques to tap into therapeutic tremoring, fit the mind/body/spirit connection in a deeper way, as well as gave a broader range in motion to explore the body. She decided to complete her TRE Provider certification, along with her certification in therapeutic tremoring for tension, stress, anxiety, ptsd, and the effects of trauma with Shaking Medicine, to incorporate a hybrid approach of somatic-based practices in her retreats and local community.

Julia is a certified holistic health counselor from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, a E-RYT 200hr, & RYT 500hr Yoga Alliance Certified experienced teacher with trainings from Drishti Yoga International, & Samadhi Yoga Ashram, based out of Rishikesh, India, specializing in traditional tantra kundalini & hatha yoga rooted in Himalayan yoga tradition, a certified Shaking Medicine Teacher with education in TRE, and have completed her Anusara 100 hr immersion training based in hatha tradition with Sarah Faircloth.

Julia also brings to her unique themed classes a knowledge of the physical and the energy bodies combined with an understanding of the philosophy of yoga and has the ability to adapt to individual needs. The insights and affirmations she shares comes from both guidance from spirit and from her own experiences. She encourages her students to listen and lead from the heart, which gives them the opportunity to discover their inner teacher and pure potential.

Vikara Wellness Team

YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PRIVATE COACHING OR BODYWORK / ENERGY WORK SESSIONS DURING FREE-TIME.

There will be a featured coach and bodyworkers that will be communicated to you, but you will also have the option to choose what you may personally need depending upon your specific focus in healing.

Biography of the Wellness Team