The Great Return to Love

48424 La Puerta, Jalisco, Mexico

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Lily Russo
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6 reviews
Feb 5 - 10, 2025
Group size: 12 - 14
The Great Return to Love
48424 La Puerta, Jalisco, Mexico

Lily Russo
  • Email address verified
6 reviews

$1,850
Feb 5 - 10, 2025
Group size: 12 - 14

About this trip

Every winter I plan a magical, heart opening, nourishing, rejuvenating retreat for women. We had SO much fun, connection, and healing at the magical retreat center Equilibrium Healing Resort and Spa last year that we’re going back again next February for more!

We’re bringing back guest presenter Malka Russell, an incredibly talented and super high vibe musician, Ecstatic Dance DJ, and Sound Healer to join us in the beautiful Sierra Madres of Cabo Corrientes Mexico.

Together, Malka and I will facilitate practices meant to reconnect us to our inner essence of joy and wholeness. We each weave our passions and practices for connecting to our body, heart, and spirit in unique ways, and throughout this week we’ll be bringing all our favorite experiences, including yoga and breathwork, dance and song, sharing and journaling, sound healing ceremony, nature time, and deep healing.

Equilibrium Healing Resort and Spa is a true oasis for rejuvenation. Nestled in the Sierra Madre Mountains, an hour south of Puerto Vallarta airport, Equilibrium is a truly unique place with its own microclimate. The experience surrounds you with countless tropical birds, orchids, butterflies, medicinal plants and more. A perfect space to heal and connect.  The natural mineral warm and cold pools fed by a spring from the nearby mountain await you!

Treat yourself to a week of bliss in a true refuge, in the middle of a magical oasis supporting body-mind-spirit alignment. 

Read testimonials here

During this retreat, experience:

  • Daily yoga, breathwork, and meditation sessions 
  • Sound healing and ecstatic dancing for deep transformation and reconnecting to your inner joy
  • Delicious ayurvedic inspired, vegetarian meals that will delight your senses and detoxify your body
  • Practices of communication and connection with self and sisterhood
  • Daily soaking in Equilibrium’s natural spring-fed mineral cold and warm pools, infused with ozone and salt. This combination naturally clears up skin, reduces inflammation, boosts the immune system, and has numerous other benefits.
  • Day trip to hike along the stunning Pacific Coast to a beautiful beach front restaurant
  • A Temazcal~ Traditional Mexican sweatlodge ceremony for releasing the old and committing to your intentions.
  • Digital Detox: By design, Equilibrium encourages guests to unplug and disconnect from the stimulation and addictions of our devices. The bedrooms do not have outlets or wifi. You get one complimentary internet voucher to check in with family or work during your stay. After that, you can purchase vouchers if you need to connect. You can not imagine how truly freeing this week of digital detox will be for your mind, and how truly connecting it will be for your spirit!
  • Options to add-on spa treatments and other healing modalities with skilled practitioners
  • Free time for rest, journaling, reading, and lounging

What's Included?

- 5 nights lodging at Equilibrium Healing Resort and Spa

- 3 delicious, ayurvedic inspired, vegetarian meals per day starting with Wednesday's dinner, ending with Monday's breakfast

- Daily soaks in the healing warm and cool spring fed pools

- Day trip and hike to the beach

- Daily practices of yoga, breathwork, meditation, sound healing, dance, cacao ceremony, connection, joy, skin-care, and more!

What's Not Included?

- Airfare to Puerto Vallarta airport.

- Transportation to the Retreat Center. There is an option to add-on a group shuttle from/to Puerto Vallarta airport. 

- Spa services

- 1 meal while out on our beach trip

- Tips

- Wifi

The Lodging

Each of Equilibrium’s 8 suites are uniquely designed for beauty, comfort, and connection to nature. 

They are illuminated with natural light streaming in through the windows and skylights. Each bed has a premium pillow-top mattress for an amazing nights sleep listening to the sounds of the jungle. Each suite has a separate sitting area. The rooms are current-free, meaning there are no lights, outlets, wifi, TVs, or electric radiation. This is a true healing retreat in every sense. Solar lanterns and candles light up the night!

Available Packages

Triple Package

Your own bed in a room with two other women. Private bathroom shared among the three of you.

$1,850
Double Room

Your own bed in a room with one other woman. Private bathroom shared among the two of you.

$2,250
Private Room

Private Bedroom all to yourself

$2,550

Available Add-Ons

Shuttle from PVR Airport to Equilibrium
$35

Join the group shuttle that picks up at 4:30pm on February 5th outside of the PVR Airport at El Corona Bar.

Shuttle from Equilibrium to PVR Airport
$35

Join the group shuttle that picks up at 11am at Equilibrium Feb 10th and delivers to PVR Airport, arriving at airport around 12:15pm.

$1,850


Itinerary

During this retreat
Experience:
  • Daily yoga, breathwork, and meditation sessions 
  • Sound healing and ecstatic dancing for deep transformation and reconnecting to your inner joy
  • Delicious ayurvedic inspired, plant based meals that will delight your senses and detoxify your body
  • Practices of communication and connection with self and sisterhood
  • Daily soaking in Equilibrium’s natural spring-fed mineral cold and warm pools, infused with ozone and salt. This combination naturally clears up skin, reduces inflammation, boosts the immune system, and has numerous other benefits.
  • Day trip to the beach
  • Temazcal ~ Traditional Mexican Sweatlodge
  • Digital Detox: By design, Equilibrium encourages guests to unplug and disconnect from the stimulation and addictions of our devices. The bedrooms do not have outlets or wifi. You get one free internet voucher to check in with family or work during your stay. After that, you can purchase vouchers if you need to connect. You can not imagine how truly freeing this week of digital detox will be for your mind, and how truly connecting it will be for your spirit!
  • Options to add-on spa treatments and other healing modalities with skilled practitioners
  • Free time for rest, journaling, reading, and lounging

Your Organizer


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Lily Russo
6 reviews
Joined in October 2023
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Reviews

A Soulful Retreat in Mexico with Lily An Unforgettable Journey of Growth and Healing My recent retreat in Mexico with Lily was nothing short of transformative. The retreat property itself was a sanctuary, featuring organic buildings that blended seamlessly with the natural environment. The staff were fantastic, attending to every need with genuine warmth and care. Sleeping in the beds felt like resting on clouds, ensuring a rejuvenating night's sleep. The culinary experience was exceptional, with gourmet vegan food that delighted the senses and nourished the body. Each meal was a testament to the creativity and skill of the chefs, and every plate was like artwork. In addition, it was an opportunity to veer off the routine of caffeine and dairy. However, the true highlight of the retreat was the community of wonderful women that Lily gathered. Her soulful approach to yoga teaching was profound, gently guiding us through practices that fostered deep connection and self-discovery. The heart practices Lily introduced opened us up, allowing us to embrace growth and healing in amazing ways. Additionally, the musical talents of Malka Russel added a heavenly dimension to the retreat. Her performances were beyond exquisite, creating an atmosphere of pure bliss and serenity. She herself is a goddess and wise soul. If you have the opportunity to retreat with Lily, seize it. It is an experience not to be missed, offering unparalleled depth, connection, and transformation. I left with a heart full of gratitude and a spirit renewed, eagerly anticipating the next retreat.
By Jill D for The Great Return to Love on Mar 06, 2025
This retreat experience at Equilibrium was so thoughtfully curated. Lily is a wonderful guide and leader, creating heart-felt connection and communion with ourselves, nature, and each other. I went home nourished and inspired.
By Katya D for The Great Return to Love on Feb 22, 2025
The Great Return to Love Retreat is more than an experience—it is a homecoming. A sacred weaving of voice and sound healing, ecstatic dance, song circles, yoga, and embodied movement, all held in the gentle embrace of silence and stillness. Nestled in an eco-luxurious jungle sanctuary, we surrendered to the medicine of Pachamama, allowing her to cradle us as we journeyed back to our hearts. Lily and Malka are extraordinary facilitators—guiding with wisdom, devotion, and an open-hearted presence that invites each woman to reclaim her wholeness. Through Lily’s powerful yet graceful leadership, we were met with compassion in every moment. Through Malka’s soul-stirring music, we were reminded that our voices are instruments of healing, that our stories are songs meant to be sung. Together, they created a space where we could embrace the fullness of life—the beauty, the tenderness, the raw and untamed depths of the human experience. I left this retreat with a heart wide open, feeling more connected—to myself, to my sisters, and to the infinite love that holds us all.
By Jacqueline A for The Great Return to Love on Feb 12, 2025
Lily is the perfect name for this beautiful woman and everything she creates with love, tenderness, and so much heart. I have now experienced two of Lily's all women retreats -- the Queendom Retreat in January 2024 in Mexico and the Wild Heart Weekend in August 2024 in Colorado. I had a sense, but really no idea -- though Lily has, of course -- the healing power of a gathering of women. Smart, beautiful, vulnerable women coming together in a perfect container, the venues of Lily's choosing -- Equillibrium in Cabo Corrientes, MX and Deer Hill in Mancos, CO -- that held us so sweetly, as we created space for and held one another. Truly. Hugging, touching, kissing, laughing and loving -- for three magical days. The other presenters shared their gifts, too, starting with a blessing of the land, sweet song circles, embodied and expressive flow yoga, sacred breath and cacao ceremonies, spiritual eros, wild weed and textile dying with flowers workshops, crystal bowl sound baths, and the most incredible Deep Feast where we fed one another small bites of love. Hannah's wonderful meals also left me feeling so nourished, with an awakened heart, and so grateful to know Lily and receive the gifts she shares -- with love, gentle grace and joy -- with all of us. I have a healer friend (synchronistically with a similar name Awakened Heart Project, no surprise!) who when she invites me to join her for workshops there is no other answer than, "YES!" I do the same now with Lily. Say "YES" to yourself and to any of Lily's Awakened Heart offerings. All it takes is to arrive with a little bit of courage and an open heart and you'll leave with a renewed sense of possibility, new awakenings, a new incredibly supportive sisterhood, satiated and full of wonder, truly believing that all you need is within you!
By Ellen S for Wild Heart Women's Gathering on Sep 05, 2024
In an atmosphere of peace, tranquility and gentleness, Lily's retreats are ultimately a path of self-love. Connecting with other beautiful women, celebrating and restoring the inner fire that is essential to our feminine spirit, Lily creates a sanctuary of wellness. She is thoughtful over every detail, taking participants on a journey that allows each to blossom and unfold naturally. While yoga asana brings us together, it is the laughter, friendship and spontaneous healing that makes this retreat special. Equilibrium is a place to Be, to nourish and recharge. Attending one of Lily's amazing retreats is a gift you give yourself.
By Carolyn F for The Queendom Retreat, Ayurveda, Yoga, Nature, and Sound Healing on Feb 12, 2024
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