Calling the Muses // Ceremonial Creativity Immersion

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Hayulima: Spiritual and Plant medicine retreats, Mindo, Ecuador
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Up to 20 in group
Date
December 3 - 8, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • Opening and Closing Ritual
  • Intuitive Movement
  • Tratika Meditation
  • Guided Night Walk
  • Medicine Ceremony
  • Psycho-Drama Practice
  • Ceramics Workshop
  • Cacao Journey
  • Shame-Story Release Ritual
  • Traditional Andean Cleansing
  • Instrument Making
  • Ritual Celebration

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

Welcome friends,

Thank you for landing here. Calling the Muses is the result of a dream to create a space where we can commune in celebration of the dark passages we have passed through and awaken resting creative impulse. The ones extinguished by circumstance or confused minds, the ones we know are within us, waiting for the right environment to express and the ones we never knew were in there in the first place.

This is the place to conceive and grow.

We are meeting for 5 nights from December 3-8 2025 at the Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary in Mindo, Ecuador. Deep in the terrain of the Cloud Forest, surrounded by vibrant, wildlife (as well as wild, life.)

If you are ready to create art from the depths of your story. To share in celebration with community. To move, speak, dance and create in new ways.

This is for you.

Learn more about the process, how to join and what to expect below.

With love,

C


our central exploration

Many of us have sat in the trenches of our healing work, talking, restoring and building our way back into the land of the living. This retreat is your next step. This is embodied liberation back to your creative essence.

A vital part of this is deep understanding and recognition of the healing power of the night, the darkness, the fertile psychic space from which all life comes.

In the darkness seeds of creation are planted. A matrix of potential and nourishment, the night is a fertile place we go to dream. To conjure new realities. To gestate the desires of our heart and birth them into the light of the day. Through proper relationship with the darkness we can come to understand ourselves and the world in a more beautiful way.

It is in the cool, all encompassing privacy of the darkness that we can process and tend to aspects of ourselves needing repair.

By familiarizing ourselves with the midnight of the psyche new parts of ourself may be reveled to the light

Schedule

Morning meditation + embodiment practice
Creative Workshop
Lunch
Workshop
Exploration Time
Lite Dinner
Ceremony
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Animate Healing, Hayulima: Spiritual and Plant medicine retreats, Mindo, Ecuador

Directions

We are 2 hrs away from Quito International Airport. Transportation to Hayulima is simple, affordable and will be discussed upon signing up.

Accommodation

All accommodations will be in one of the cozy guest room. We have single, double and triple occupancy available. Please enquire when booking if you have a specific request or would like to room with a friend/partner.

Private Room

Venue & Amenities

Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms icon A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
Spa icon Spa
Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea icon Coffee/Tea
Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent icon Bicycles For Rent
Hayulima is a safe haven known for its many bird species, butterflies and orchids. Located in the heart of the cloud forest, Hayulima’s Spiritual Sanctuary spans over 112 hectares of protected and pristine jungle, rivers, lakes, and lush mountains. It is a true spiritual sanctuary hosting yearly vision quests, monthly ceremonial retreats and more. It is a gathering place of an international and local community who share a love of nature, prayer and the healing power of community.

Meals

Menu Types

We will be serving a blend of local veggies, frutis, grains and meats, including locally made bread, cheese and ferments. Please make us aware of any requirements or allergies in the application.

What's Included

  • 5 Nights of Magic at Hayulima
  • All Ceremonies and Workshops
  • All Workshop Supplies
  • Comfortable Shared Accommodation
  • One-on-0ne Energetic Cleansing
  • All Meals
  • Pre and Post Retreat Integration Program

What's Not Included

  • +Extra nights available before or after +$75
  • +Bodywork, Kambo and psilocybin therapy available before and/or after

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