Out of the Head, Into the Body
For professionals and leaders who carry too much. Five days to feel, release and come back to yourself.
You already know what you should change. Your body doesn't.
Most leadership and wellness programs talk. People set goals, write action plans, and a month later they are back where they started. What keeps a person stuck usually lives below the thinking mind: in the breath you hold in meetings, in the shoulders that never drop, in the emotions you learned to swallow to stay professional.
This retreat works where the change happens. Most of the time is spent in the body, through breath, movement, sound, touch and ceremony, with short moments of sharing to give words to what was felt. You go home lighter, more present and more honest, and that shows up in how you lead, decide, work and relate.
Small groups, people from different companies
Founders, managers and professionals who feel the weight of stress and pressure, and are ready to work with it instead of around it. Participants come from different companies and countries: deep emotional work is easier among people who won't sit next to each other in Monday's meeting. No previous experience with somatic work, meditation or ceremony is needed.
The group is never larger than eight, so Wendy can hold each person individually.
Five days, four nights
Each day has one deep session, time to rest and integrate, and a ceremony or an experience in nature. Nothing is rushed.
- Airport pick-up, arrival at OMA and a healthy lunch
- Opening circle and first somatic session: slowing down, breath and a body scan to notice where you hold tension
- Dinner and sound healing to settle the nervous system before sleep
- Grounding movement in the garden and breakfast
- Deep somatic session with Wendy: breath, movement and voice to let held emotion move through the body
- Lunch, rest by the pool and your first individual somatic session
- Temazcal ceremony at sunset: heat, steam and the traditional four doors to let go of what is ready to leave
- Morning with the horses: equine therapy, where the horse mirrors what you carry without words
- Lunch and rest, then a shamanic channeling session with David, OMA's shaman, to receive a clear personal focus
- Cacao ceremony and sharing circle around the fire
- Morning at a cenote: water, silence and a guided practice in nature
- Lunch and your second individual somatic session
- Second temazcal ceremony at sunset, this time to seal what you want to keep
- Breakfast and a gentle body check-in
- Embodied constellation: your work and life system felt through the body, to see where energy flows and where it is stuck
- Closing circle, lunch together and transfer to the airport
What people take home
A body that lets go
You notice the breath you hold and the shoulders that never drop, and you know how to release them, in a meeting or at night.
Clearer decisions
When the noise in the body settles, what matters becomes obvious. People leave with one or two decisions they had been postponing.
More honest relationships
Saying what you feel, asking for what you need and hearing others without armor. At work and at home.
Tools that stay
Breath, movement and grounding practices you can use in five minutes, anywhere, long after the retreat.
Everything, from the airport back to the airport
Four nights at OMA
Your suite in a boutique healing center in the jungle, with pool, garden and shala, 20 minutes from Cancún airport.
All meals
Healthy breakfasts, lunches and dinners prepared on site, adapted to what you need.
Every session with Wendy
All group sessions plus two individual somatic sessions, one on day 2 and one on day 4.
Two temazcal ceremonies
The traditional Mexican sweat lodge, guided by OMA's healers.
Horses and cenote
A morning of equine therapy and a morning at a cenote, with transport.
Shamanic channeling and cacao
A personal session with OMA's shaman and a cacao ceremony around the fire, two experiences you won't find in a corporate program.
Sound healing and transfers
Sound healing on arrival night and private transfers from and to Cancún airport.
Not included: flights, travel insurance, extra nights and extra therapies with OMA's team (healing massage, Mayan oracle), which you can add when you book. You receive an itemized invoice and a certificate of attendance for your employer.
Choose your dates
Two editions in 2027, both from Wednesday to Sunday so you only miss three working days. Prices are per person in US dollars plus 16% Mexican VAT, charged in Mexican pesos at the exchange rate of the day you book. Reserve your place with a USD 500 deposit, or book a free 20-minute call with Renée first.
April 7 to 11, 2027
Dry season, warm days and fresh evenings. The jungle at its greenest after the first rains.
November 17 to 21, 2027
The quiet weeks before high season: the heat is gone, the sea is calm and OMA is at its most peaceful.
Three private suites and up to five shared places per edition. Your place is reserved with the USD 500 deposit; the balance is due 60 days before the retreat, and you can also pay in full when you book. Cancellations more than 60 days before the retreat are refunded minus 10%; after that, your payment can be moved to the next edition. Booking closes six weeks before each edition.
Your employer may already have a budget for this
Many employers in North America and Europe have a budget for wellbeing, burnout prevention or professional growth, and this retreat qualifies for most of them. We give you an itemized invoice, the full program with learning outcomes and a certificate of attendance.
A facilitator who works with the body, in a place built to heal
Wendy
Somatic and body-oriented energetic therapist from the Netherlands. She designs and leads every session of the retreat.
- Somatic and body-oriented energetic therapy, including trauma work
- Systemic work and family constellations
- Equine therapy and sound healing
- Adapts each session to what the group needs
OMA CANCUN Holistic Healing Center
A boutique healing hotel in the jungle, founded by Renée Rodríguez, 20 minutes from Cancún airport.
- Private suites, pool, garden, shala and indoor salon
- Traditional temazcal and resident healers
- Healthy meals prepared on site
- Groups from the Netherlands, Spain, the US and Canada already come here for their retreats
Questions we are asked
What language is the retreat in?
English. Wendy and the OMA team also speak Spanish, Dutch and French.
How do I get there?
Fly to Cancún (CUN): direct flights from most US and Canadian cities in 3 to 5 hours, and from Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt and Madrid. We pick you up at the airport on Wednesday and take you back on Sunday afternoon. Book a flight that lands before 1 pm on Wednesday and leaves after 5 pm on Sunday.
Do I need a visa?
No visa is needed for a short stay for citizens of the US, Canada, the UK and the European Union.
I have never done somatic work or a ceremony. Is it for me?
Yes. Everything is guided step by step and you always decide how far you go. Nothing is forced, and you can sit out any practice.
Can I come alone?
Most participants do. Shared suites are with one or two other participants of the same gender; private suites are for you alone, or for a couple at the shared rate per person.
Can I stay longer?
Yes. Extra nights before or after, and excursions to Tulum, Chichén Itzá or more cenotes, can be added when you book.
Out of the head. Into the body.
Five days in the jungle to put down what you carry and go home lighter.