AYURVEDIC ALCHEMY FOR RETREAT LEADERS
Ayurvedic Alchemy for Retreat Leaders is not just a course — it is a remembering.
This training awakens your capacity to hold space in alignment with nature’s elements, lunar rhythms, sensory rituals, and the true essence of Yoga as a way of life. Through this journey, you will learn to design retreats that are deeply healing, intentional, and transformative — retreats where everything has meaning: the food, the breathwork, the ceremonies, the timing of the day, even the scents and textures in the room.
You will explore the foundations of Ayurveda, the five elements, the doshas, and the ancient sisterhood between Yoga and Ayurveda. From there, we move beyond theory into embodied creation: elemental retreat design, sacred leadership, sensory alchemy, lunar-based planning, healing environments, and ritual craft. You will learn how to serve each guest as a whole being — mind, body, spirit, and subtle energetics — and how to lead from wisdom, intuition, and heart.
This certification is for the guide who knows they are here to weave something deeper.
For the facilitator who wants their retreats to nourish long after people return home.
For the leader who wishes to offer ceremony, embodiment, wellness, and soulful education in every container they hold.
Here, you will not simply learn Ayurveda —
You will live it, breathe it, and translate it into sacred, modern retreat experiences.
PHASE 1: THE ONLINE IMMERSION - 5 WEEKS
Each week, participants explore one module online through:
Video lessons & Live circles on Zoom
PDF Manual & reflection workbook
Mini-practices & creative assignments
WEEKLY RHYTHM:
Monday: New video lesson release
Wednesday: Reflective journaling or practice assignment
Friday: LIVE online circle for Q&A + Sharing
Energy Exchange: 399 Euros
PHASE 2: In-person Weekend Gathering (2.5 days) OPTIONAL
Theme: From learning to living - Embodying the elements
Location: A sanctuary in Ibiza timed with the full Moon for ceremony magic!)
Purpose: To meet, integrate, celebrate, and initiate each participant as a Certified Ayurveda-Inspired Retreat Facilitator.
Energy Exchange: 444 Euros
Includes: Accommodation, all food, teas, snacks, and ceremony materials.
DATES: January 23rd - february 27th, 2026 ONLINe
LIVE Gathering: March 13th - 15th ::: in ibiza:::
THE 2.5-DAY LIVE GATHERING
For the Sacred Leadership & Elemental Retreat Design Training
Held under a Total Lunar Eclipse
🌿 DAY 1 — ARRIVAL & OPENING THE SPACE
Friday – 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Theme: Earth – Grounding, Belonging & Ceremony
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Arrival & Welcome Ritual
Smudging / cleansing
Flower water blessing
Guests receive their “Elemental Leadership” kits
Gentle grounding tea (tulsi, lavender, rose)
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Opening Circle of the Four Directions
Calling in East, South, West, North
Calling in the Heart, Father Sky & Pachamama
Setting collective intention for the eclipse portal
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Earth Embodiment Practice
Grounding yoga + somatic breath
Deep release into presence
Root chakra mantra humming
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Earth Dinner & Storytelling
Warm, grounding foods
Introduction to the weekend’s elemental journey
Sharing circles by candlelight
8:00 PM | Rest & Silence Begins
🔥🌊 DAY 2 — THE ELEMENTAL INITIATION
Saturday – Full Day
Theme: Water + Fire – Flow, Alchemy, Visioning
The Total Lunar Eclipse Portal
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Water Morning Practice
Lunar breathwork
Fluid movement
Journaling: “What wants to be washed away?”
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Nourishing Breakfast
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Workshop: Elemental Retreat Design Immersion
Water & Fire as guiding forces
How to guide emotional release safely
The alchemy of transformation in retreat settings
Case studies + small group exercises
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Fire Lunch
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Fire Activation: Sacred Leadership Initiation
Power of voice, presence, and boundaries
Leadership archetypes
Personal visioning ritual
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Rest + Snacks
**4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Lunar Eclipse Ceremony Preparation
Crafting offerings
Anointing with oils
Setting eclipse intentions (release + rebirth)
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Light Dinner
🌑✨ 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE CEREMONY
This is the heart of the retreat.
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Opening the Portal
Calling the directions again, now as leaders
Invocation of the Grandmothers, ancestors, guides
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Release Ritual
Fire bowl burning
Water vessel cleansing
Shadow witnessing (non-verbal)
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM | Eclipse Meditation + Sound Journey
Drums and rattles
Guided soul-rebirth meditation
Receiving intuitive messages
9:30 PM – 10:00 PM | Rebirth & Blessing
Sacred smoke
Sealing the new path
Silent walk under the moon
10:00 PM | Close for Integration & Sleep
💨✨ DAY 3 — INTEGRATION & ASCENSION
Sunday – 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Theme: Air + Ether – Expansion, Vision, Return
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Air Practice: Breath of the Leader
Pranayama
Light movement
Writing: “What is my new leadership path?”
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Air Breakfast + Reflection
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Ether Workshop: Your Signature Retreat
Mapping your first retreat
Choosing themes, elements, rituals
Integrating Ayurveda + senses + natural cycles
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Certification Ritual
Calling the directions for the final time
Blessing via sound + sacred water
Handing of certificates
Group photo under the post-eclipse energy
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Closing Feast & Farewell