AwakEmbody
7-day Silent Non-Dual Tantra
Meditation Retreat
At Oyameles, Mexico City, Mexico
In the Beautiful Mountain Forest
Near Mexico City, Mexico
@ Oyameles
A Totally Unique, Heart Opening Journey into Embodied Awakening, Emotional & Nervous System Regulation
With Sasha Medvedovskaya & Kyle Brooks
Upcoming Retreat Dates:
August 9-15, 2025
The Quantum Leap From the Head to the Heart
Are You Seeking More than Just Silence?
This is not just a meditation retreat, it’s:
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An immersion into embodied wisdom, your body’s deep somatic intelligence.
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This is an opportunity to digest unprocessed emotions,
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Regulate your nervous system,
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Reconnect with life from a place of true centredness and purpose.
Through:
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Non-dual tantric teachings and practices,
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An embodied, heart centred approach to meditation,
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Emotional digestion practices,
This retreat offers a grounded and authentic approach to spiritual awakening and inner transformation—one that is practical, profound, and free from new-age fluff.
Retreat Testimonials
Why We Created This Retreat
Between us, we have spent decades immersed in spiritual practice, with over 20 years of teaching experience in meditation, yoga, tantra, and embodiment. Over the years, we’ve seen sincere seekers struggle with the same core challenges:
1. The Struggle to Integrate
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Many traditional teachings were designed for renunciates, not modern people balancing work, relationships, and daily life.
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Spiritual seekers are often told to “just observe” emotions—but without guidance on how to actually process them, leading to suppression or avoidance, or worse, guilt and shame for having challenging emotions.
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This leads to a disparity between the beauty sought and experienced in retreats and practice, and the disharmonious behaviours and ways of relating, expressed in our lives.
2. The Lack of Genuine Depth
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The internet is full of marketable but shallow teachings that feel good but don’t create real transformation.
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Many people consume books, YouTube videos, or even retreats, yet find that when life gets real, the teachings don’t hold up.
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True wisdom—rooted in deep, sustained practice—is often lost beneath superficial, commodified versions of ancient traditions.
Our Response: A Retreat That Bridges the Gap
We created this retreat to offer a different path—one that is both authentic and deeply practical. A space where real transformation happens, not by escaping life, but by learning how to meet it fully—embodied, awake, and integrated.
If you’re looking for more than just another retreat—if you’re seeking something real, grounded, and profoundly life-changing—this is for you.
At Oyameles
For the first time, we are offering this profoundly potent retreat in the serenity and natural splendor of the forest surrounding Mexico City.
"OYAMELES is a community and experience center in the forest that seeks – through regenerative practices and collaborative systems – to transform the way we live, consume and relate; and thus establish a harmonious relationship between humans and nature.
OYAMELES focuses on the integral development and connection of the individual and the community with the environment. The activities, workshops and events that we carry out within OYAMELES are guided by 7 development axes.
tourism
culture and art
sports and recreation
education
spirituality
living systems
built systems"
What This Retreat Offers You
Silence & Meditative Depth
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Shift from overthinking and anxious preoccupation to a calm, grounded direct experience of presence
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Find clarity and insight beyond doubt and distraction - move through life with purpose, meaning and joy
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Cultivate a natural state of lucid and easeful awakeness
Somatic & Embodiment Practices
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A unique approach to Hatha Yoga for grounding and energy balance
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Somatic emotional regulation practices to digest unresolved emotions
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Embodiment techniques to develop intimacy with life itself
Emotional Healing & Nervous System Mastery
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Regulate emotional states with both modern psychotherapeutic-based tools, and ancient techniques of tantric yoga
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Process and integrate deep-seated emotions in a healthy way - effective, time tested practices guaranteed, no new age fluff
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Restore a sense of balance, vitality, and inner stability
Welcome Back Home, to Meaning & Purpose,
to Inner Stability & Safety,
to You!
Content
What’s in This Retreat?
This retreat offers a deep reset for the body, mind, emotions, and nervous system.
Blending non-dual meditation, embodiment, and emotional integration for a grounded, transformative experience.
🧘 Meditation: Resting in Pure Presence
Meditation is both A science and an art. The science of meditation is about application of technique and the insight developed through practice. But the art of meditation is the core of the practice. As an art, meditation is the skillful means of intuitive navigation through the various states of body and mind, eventually landing us home, in the heart.
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Cultivates a subtle recognition of silence and pure presence beyond mental noise.
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Discover your true self what you are prior to thoughts and memories**.**
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Fall in Love with life, exactly as it is, not as you think it to be.
🌿 Subtle Body Practices: Embodied Awareness & Energy Flow
Through a unique approach to postural yoga and a series of somatic explorations, you will discover the subtle/energy body.
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Develops grounded presence, helping you stay balanced through life’s ups and downs.
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Increases awareness of mental-emotional patterns and how they manifest in the body.
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Develop energetic and emotional intelligence and navigate through life with skill and ease
💛 Emotional Digestion: Transforming Energy into Clarity
The physical body digests food in order to become strong and healthy. The emotional/energetic body withers and weakens when we do not know how to embrace, process (digest) and integrate emotional energy.
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Learn to process emotions as naturally as the body digests food.
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Prevent emotional overwhelm or suppression-notice signs of stress and self-regulate, long before burnout occurs
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Proper integration of emotional energy leads to clarity, vitality, and well being.
Who is This Retreat For?
✅ You crave clarity, purpose, stability and centredness in your life
✅ You want to heal emotional patterns and cultivate true emotional maturity
✅ You seek accessible, practical and authentic spiritual teachings, taught by facilitators with decades of experience in study, practice and life
✅ You feel overwhelmed by life’s demands and need deep restoration and reconnection with yourself
✅ You’re ready to experience meditation beyond mindfulness, beyond concepts, as a deeply embodied and transformative practice
✅ You’ve tried meditation but found it to be mostly a struggle with thoughts and emotions
✅ You already have a spiritual practice but find that there is a disconnect between the teachings, your practice and your life/emotions/relationships/work etc.
But Think Twice if...
⛔ You're looking for a relaxing spa holiday
⛔ You're hoping for a magical quick fix that will take all of your problems away
⛔ You're would rather live in a cave or monastery than the world
⛔ You'd rather believe in spiritual fantasies than face your life head on
This retreat is not about escaping life—it’s about stepping into it fully awake, fully embodied, and fully alive.
Accommodation
Casa Oyameles
Casa Oyameles is ideal for spending short or long periods in the mountains. It is surrounded by nature and beautiful views of the forest and the Nevado de Toluca. It has three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, dining room and kitchen, a greenhouse, a floating terrace and a terrace at garden level.
Hotelito
Casa Cecilia is ideal for changing the fast pace of everyday life in the city for moments of peace and harmony in the mountains just 1 hour from Mexico City.
This house has 5 bedrooms and a shared bath house
Food
"At Casa Arkaana, our 'Edible Alchemy' menus are custom made for each retreat, considering the needs of the group. We use local seasonal organic ingredients as much as possible. Our menu is inspired in high vibration nutritious and delicious global flavors."
The retreat includes 3 delicious and nutritious vegetarian or vegan meals each day.
Accommodations can be made for those with allergies, just let us know in your registration form.
Cost Breakdown
7-Day Retreat:
Early Bird Price!
Option #1: 24,500 MXN
Option #2: 22,500 MXN
Option #3: 19,800 MXN
Total Cost WAS:
Option #1: 27,500 MXN
Option #2: 25,500 MXN
Option #3: 22,800 MXN
Course Fee:
$ 10,000 MXN
Food and Accommodation:
Option #1 : Private Room w/Shared Bathroom
$ 17,500 MXN
Option #2 Shared Room w/Shared Bathroom
$ 15,500 MXN
Option #3 Simple Shared Room w/Shared Bath House
$ 12,800 MXN
Includes 3 delicious vegetarian or vegan meals per day.
All food is made with local, season and when possible, organic ingredients
You can also find us on Bookretreats.com
“I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.”
- Rumi
Schedule
Check-in and Arrival
will be on August 9th at 13:00
We will start the first retreat session around 15:30
This session will include a welcome and sharing/orientation talk,
Our first instructional session and our first practice together.
Silent Days
SESSION 1:
7.00am – 8.00am: Meditation*
8.15am – 09.30am: Meditative Hatha Yoga
09.30am - 10:00am Meditation
10.00am – 11.00am: Breakfast
SESSION 2:
11.00am – 12.00pm: Contemplative Talk
12.15pm – 1.00pm: Meditation
1.00pm – 3.00pm: Lunch & Rest
SESSION 3:
3.00pm – 4.00pm – Meditation
4.15pm – 4.45pm – New technique introduction
4.45pm – 6.00pm - Technique practice and Meditation
6.00pm – 7.00pm – Dinner
SESSION 4:
7.00pm – 8.30pm - Q&A / Talk
8.30pm – 9:00 pm – Meditation and/or Yoga Nidra
Check-out and Departure
will be on August 15th at 13:00
There will be a full morning session including a special topic to close the retreat, followed by a sharing circle to close out the retreat.
Location and Arrival info
Oyameles
3JGF+QG, 52495 SantaMartha, Méx.
Important aspects to consider if flying into Mexico City
• Toluca Airport is 1:15 hours away from Oyameles
• Mexico City Airport is 2:30 hours away from Oyameles
• We suggest arriving in Mexico City as you may find more flight options, dates, times, and better fares.
• Remember to buy your tickets in advance to find better fares, and if possible, buy tickets with flexibility for date and time changes.How to get there from Mexico City Airport (AICM)?
• By Uber, the fare can range between $700 and $1,200 MXN depending on the day and time.
• By public transportation:
◦ Take an Uber to Observatorio Central Station
◦ From the central station, take a bus to Coyoltepec
◦ The Flecha Roja line is the bus; the ticket costs $80 MXN.
◦ You must take the bus heading to Chalma.
◦ Tell the vendor and the bus driver that you're getting off at Coyoltepec.
◦ When you pass the town of San Nicolás Coatepec, let us know so we'll be ready for your arrival.
◦ Save the Oyameles location we shared offline.
◦ You must get off at the Duraznos stand :D
◦ Once there, we can pick you up at the bus stop.
How to get from Mexico City to Oyameles?
• By car◦ It takes 1 hour and 30 minutes from the Angel of Independence.
◦ If you'd like and have space available, you can arrange to go together with other travelers and split the cost of gas and tolls.
• By public transportation
◦ Take the bus to Coyoltepec, departing from the Observatorio Central station.
◦ The bus line is Flecha Roja, and the ticket costs $80 MXN.
◦ You must take the bus heading to Chalma.
◦ Tell the vendor and the bus operator that you're getting off at Coyoltepec.
◦ When you pass the town of San Nicolás Coatepec, let us know so we'll be ready for your arrival.
◦ Save the location we shared offline.
◦ You must get off at the Duraznos bus stop. :D
◦ Once there, we can pick you up at the bus stop.
How to get from Toluca Airport to Oyameles?
• Take a taxi to the Toluca Bus Station, it's 25 minutes away.
• Afterwards, take a Flecha Roja bus to Chalma.
• The ticket should cost between $80 and $120 MXN.
• The trip takes approximately 1 hour.
• Tell the vendor and the operator that you're getting off at Coyoltepec.
• Once you arrive, let us know and we'll pick you up.Additional Notes
• Toluca and Cuernavaca are the closest cities to Oyameles.
If you're coming from another state, you can search for bus lines that arrive here.
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
― Lao Tzu
FAQ's
Is it Safe to Travel to Mexico?
Mexico’s reputation regarding safety, while not entirely untrue, is often exaggerated by the news media, especially in neighbouring countries where opposition to Mexico/Mexican people supports political agendas and dramatic media coverage drives clicks, views etc. There are certain areas of Mexico where there is a high rate of crime. These areas are thus less safe for foreign travellers. However, millions of travellers and holiday makers pass through Mexico each year without incident. Regarding travel here, we have a long standing relationship with a particular taxi driver and his brother. They provide safe and reliable airport and local shuttle services for guests coming/leaving the centre.
I have previous experience with Yoga &/or meditation will this retreat be to basic for me?
Years of feedback from participants have shown clearly that this retreat is well adapted to suit both beginners and experienced practitioners. The first few days will start slowly, and if you have quite a bit of sitting/retreat experience you will find this to be a gentle warm up and lead into longer sitting. You will also likely find that the attitude towards and theoretical aspects of the practice of meditation to be quite fresh and very profound. While the retreat embraces the visions of classical yoga, Advaita Vendanta and early Buddhism within it’s philosophical framework, our approach to practice draws heavily on the tantric traditions, in which an incredibly all-embracing and embodied approach to spiritual practice is emphasized. For experienced meditators this comes as a very welcome, complimentary and sometimes evolutionary deepening to their practice.
I’m new to yoga &/or meditation will I be able to keep up?
We start the retreat at a very beginner friendly level. We start with shorter sittings and build up over the first couple of days, we have found that even the most restless of people are able to adapt to the sitting practice after about 3 days and that many/most of the beginners that come for retreats both appreciate this graduated approach to learning to sit, and are surprised that within a few days they can sit for an hour without struggle. We have also found that our approach to teaching meditation, which is quite practical with guidance offered during the first 10-15 minutes of each practice sessions before we transition to simple silent sitting together, plus our emphasis on an attitude of acceptance and simplicity during meditation both make great conditions for learning, even if you have never sat before.
I’m Interested in this retreat primarily for psychological healing, will the contents and practices be appropriate for me?
Generally speaking, meditative, contemplative and spiritual practices can be incredibly beneficial for psychological health, stability, well being etc. This is especially true when those practices and teachings are body oriented and encompassing of a life guided by a genuine spiritual search and longing while living a well adjusted life in society, including making money, having relationships, jobs, projects, families etc. The teachings and practices of this retreat fit 100% in that category of spiritual teachings and practice. (This is certainly not always the case as many approaches in spirituality directly emphasise or are drawn from a cultural context in which genuine spirituality is seen as something incompatible with such a lifestyle. In such cases the practices and teachings may be entirely unhelpful, even damaging to someone seeking to heal deep traumas and psychological disorders). If you are passing through a difficult moment in life, like a loss, breakup or major change in life direction and circumstance, or if you have a history of trauma or psychological disorder that is well managed through therapy and previous personal development work, we know from experience that this retreat can be massively beneficial. Having said this, this retreat is not specifically designed to address people or situations of extreme psychological need. While everyone is welcome here, regardless of background and psychological state, if you are actively seeking to heal from traumatic life events or seeking alternative forms of treatment for diagnosed psychological disorders (such as bipolar, schizophrenia etc.) we would not recommend you attending this retreat. The reasoning behind this is that while we can help (Sasha is a licensed and practising psychotherapist and we both have years of experience working with people in quite extreme situations), in the context of this retreat (which is silent and by definition avoids direct personal contact and interaction between participants and/or facilitators) we are not able to provide the specific 1:1 support that is required in such delicate situations.
After Your Retreat
Join our 8-Week Online Integration Course.
This is a profound extension to the content of the retreat!
Through 8 weekly live calls we will dive some familiar topics from the retreat, like trust and surrender, as well as awareness of awareness and self inquiry.
We will also explore new topics, such as emotional digestion, conscious relationships and more!
With Kyle & Sasha
