Opening up the Sound Portals to Healing
WISDOM OF THE VOICE AND RESTORATIVE MOVEMENT
A four-day retreat in the Magical Pueblo de Malinalco, Edo. De Mexico, Casa XiMALI
With CARO ACUÑA AND LI ROMAN
FEBRUARY 20-24 2025
WISDOM OF THE VOICE RETREAT
Bienvenidos!
Come and refine your intuition, restore and celebrate your life force. You will engage and be guided to listen to your sacred sonic selves, how to use your own vocal vibration and voice and inner sound waves as a tool for your continued healing, meditation practice and restoration. You will ignite your high frequency as you balance and align your chakras through sound frequencies and conscious and guided intuitive movement. This will be a space for deep rest as an action to resist low frequencies in our world. During this four-day experience, you will learn tools to navigate these turbulent times.
Expect to nourish yourself in the magical land of Malinalco. You will enjoy daily home-cooked meals, practice nourishing and grounding conscious movement, heightened your intuition through the sound of your own voice and the sounds of nature, nourish your body from the inside out in our ancestral healing practice of Temazcal.
PROGRAM
Come and receive from the divine feminine energy embedded in the beautiful mountains of Malinalco. You will walk away with the tools and rituals to support your mental health and your well-being. Expect deep healing and lots of laughter!
Application deadline: January 31, 2025
All genders welcome
THU. Feb. 20
12 noon – Arrive in Malinalco.Lunch and Rest
3PM – Opening ceremony Four Directions and intro circle
5PM dinner
7pm – Intro to Sonic Limpia and Meditation practice, with Caro
FRI. Feb. 21
8AM Gentle movement and breath practice, with Lilia
9am Breakfast
10AM – Sonic Circle and Meditation, with Caro
12PM – Lunch
1PM – Guided visit to Malinalco Archeological site and Dr. Mario Schneider Museum.
Discover the sacred Aztec site of Malinalco, perched atop Cerro de los Ídolos, 215 meters above the town. To reach it, climb 426 steps while enjoying signs in Spanish, Nahuatl, and English along the way. This remarkable site, with its structures built into the hillside terraces, was a ceremonial center long before the Aztecs transformed it into a sanctuary for Eagle and Jaguar warriors in 1476. Though abandoned after the Spanish arrived in 1543, the site’s breathtaking views and powerful energy still resonate, telling stories of Aztec mythology and the hummingbird god Huitzilopochtli, who transformed into an eagle to reach the sun.
Mario Schneider Museum
Just a short visit, the Mario Schneider Museum offers a fascinating glimpse into the region’s rich history and culture. It showcases exquisite artifacts, including ancient jewelry, pottery, and botanical studies, while reflecting the Mexica worldview of life’s three realms: the celestial, earthly, and underworld. A highlight is the replica of the Cuauhcalli, or House of Eagles, which mirrors the ceremonial structure found at the archeological site.
5PM Dinner
7PM Sonic Circle and Meditation, with Caro, and deep Restorative practice and closing circle with Lilia
SAT. Feb. 22
8AM Gentle movement and breath practice, with Lilia
9AM Breakfast
11AM Sonic Circle and Meditation, Part II, with Caro
1PM Lunch
2PM Guided visit the beautiful Town market, an open, vibrant, and colorful experience
5:30PM Dinner
7PM Sonic Circle and Meditation, with Caro
SUN. Feb. 23
8AM Brunch
11:30AM- Guided Temazcal ceremony with chanting
12:30 Hot chocolate and tea time. Rest & digest.
2PM Light meal
4PM Closing circle
5:30PM Dinner
MONDAY – 9am Breakfast. Departure.
FEES for self-Investment
Sliding scale:
$2000 – $2500 USD per person – shared room and bath
8 to 10 people max.
Application deadline: January 31, 2025
We can offer 30% off (with work trade) to TWO people who qualify.
INCLUDED IN THE FEES
· Pick up and drop off at airport.
· Room and board – all three vegetarian and/or vegan meals at home. You will enjoy the nourishing and delicious cooking by our favorite Mexican cooks. All fresh ingredients.
· Snacks, fruit, coffee, tea.
· All workshops, classes, and guided Temazcal ceremony.
· Tours to archeological site and market.
· Outdoor swimming pool.
· Jacuzzi (limited hours).
· Fireplace.
· Walking and rest areas in the property.
· Massages and Limpias (energetic Mexican cleansing) available for $50 usd.
1- For fee questions and payments, contact Caro at: omeyocanmusic@gmail.com
2- For questions on accommodations, contact Lilia at: LIRIOroman@gmail.com
3- Fill out application.
4- Make 50% deposit @Lilia-Roman
5- All fees must be paid in full by January 31, 2025.
You may arrive a day earlier at no extra cost to you. Food will not be provided if you arrive a day earlier, but Malinalco offers nice cafes and restaurants that offer great food, or you may cook at home.
$50 usd will be applied for special ride service from Airport to Malinalco. You may also stay extra days after the retreat. Please enquire about fees and services.
BIOS
Retreat
Leaders
Caro Acuña-Olvera
Caro Acuña-Olvera is a Queer Afro Moscogo/Azteca/Xicana. She is a polyrhthmist, Death Dula and Sonic Medicine human. Sound, silence and music is the medicine she uses to communicate with her ancestors, to open up portals of the unseen worlds and meditation. Caro is deeply rooted in the indigeneity of the oral tradition and the transmission of information through all the senses of her human experience. For over three decades, she has refined her practices and cosmology of her human ancestry. She is a 30-year breast cancer survivor who used 10% western medicine and 90% indigenous medicine to heal.
Lilia Roman
Lilia Roman-Porcayo was born in the land of the Nahuatl speaking people. She grew up with Curanderas in the magical land of Morelos, Mexico. Her mother, a resilient, gentle, wise woman, taught her about plants, limpias (Mexican energetic cleansings), food as medicine, and other daily healing practices, but she mainly taught her about humility, unbidding joy, laughter and forgiveness; virtues she work for each day to live a peaceful life. Lilia has a profound love and respect for Madre Tierra and for all gentle creatures. She became a yoga teacher in her quest to better understand ancient practices that could heal, balance her energies and guide her towards inner balance and contentment. To connect people back to their heart and bodies, she now uses somatic practices including Yoga, conscious movement, breath practices, deep restoration and disciplines to deal with grief and loss. She also supports the practices of Curanderismo and the teachings of indigenous wisdom.
MALINALCO
PLACES TO
VISIT
Ruta del Mezcal
Up in the beautiful hills of Malinalco, just minutes from the town of Malinalco, we will find the land abound with local agave plants. Very nice workers, or mezcaleros from the “fabricas” will welcome you with mezcal. This agave distilled, known as Mezcal, (not Tequila), continues to gain global popularity. The delicious artisanal mezcal tasting will certainly lift your spirits. In these “fabricas”, you will learn the complete art of making mezcal, the production of agave and the distilling process; you may even lend a helping hand smashing up the roasted piña. This area also offers beautiful views of the mountains. Come and expand your horizons within and without as you awaken and uplift your spirits.
Los Rebozos de Tenancingo
Tenancingo is about thirty-minute ride from Malinalco. Tenancingo is internationally recognized for the elaboration of the traditional rebozo shawls. Most “talleres, or fabrics” have been around for many generations and the business is a family business inherited from one generation to the next. Usually, the entire family works in the business. Their high-end line consists of shawls, which are made with 100% high quality Egyptian cotton made in a colonial loom and dyes with natural dyes. It takes from months to a year to finish these special rebozos that Frida Khalo wore, so they are considered a work of art. The rebozos are all unique designs with geometrical patterns. They are hand-woven and hand embroidered with cotton thread and wool yarn, available in different sizes, with or without fringes. New, innovated designs can now be seen in local high-end stores and boutiques, but Tenancingo still offers the best purchase opportunity for your Mexican rebozo.