Update, 24 September 2026: the January 2027 retreat described below is no longer taking place. For the retreats that are, see the retreat calendar.
A note from Lunita: the healers, therapists, and bodyworkers who pour into everyone else deserve a place to be poured back into. The words below are by the retreat's facilitator, Sami Zanfagna of Uprise Hot Yoga (Freeport, Maine).
Are spiritual retreats for massage therapists, healers and coaches?
Many people enter service professions because they genuinely care. But over time, constantly tending to other people's emotions, energy, and physical needs can quietly drain your nervous system, especially if, somewhere deep down, you value yourself based on being "helpful."
What are the signs of caregiver burnout?
You may notice emotional exhaustion after sessions, difficulty turning "off" at the end of the day, anxiety that lingers in the body even during rest, irritability or numbness, and a growing resentment around constantly being needed. And despite all your knowledge of healing, self-care still doesn't seem to touch the deeper exhaustion, because burnout isn't a time-management problem. It's a nervous-system pattern.
Healing the body can't reach through the mind alone
At Call of the Wild, we work with the body directly, for healing the mind alone can't achieve. Drawing from Somatic Experiencing and embodied relational teachings, this retreat helps caregivers recognize the unconscious survival strategies that keep them stuck in cycles of over-giving. Many service professionals have spent years attuning to others while slowly tuning out their own inner impulses. This retreat offers another possibility. (See also what a jungle somatic retreat can heal.)
Space to exist without anticipating everyone else's needs
Held deep in the jungle this January, this immersive experience creates space to slow down, regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your body, and finally listen to the quiet whispers of your own soul, supported by breathwork, temazcal, and a private cenote about 10 minutes away. It speaks just as directly to yoga teachers and instructors and mothers and caregivers.
The essentials
See the land itself: the spaces at Lunita.