Retreat Design Call
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Cancun / Akumal / Mexico
UNTAMED
9 days in Mexico for women who are done living from fear.
A small-group retreat for the woman who is tired of functioning, overthinking, adapting, and calling it being strong.
January 29 – February 7, 2027
Cancún + Akumal
Maximum 8 Women
German + English
THIS IS NOT A WELLNESS VACATION
You do not come here to become someone else.
You come here to feel the woman underneath the fear.
YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY
Maybe your life looks fine from the outside.
You handle things. You make decisions. You keep going.
- You say yes when your body says no.
- You overthink before you allow yourself to feel.
- You need control to feel safe.
- You adapt before you notice what you actually want.
- You keep functioning while something inside you feels muted.
Somewhere underneath all of that is a woman who wants to live differently. More honestly. More embodied. More alive. More connected to her own desire, rhythm, and truth.
Your body knows before your mind is ready to listen.
This retreat is for you if
You are ready to stop abandoning yourself.
- You know there is more in you than the life you are currently living.
- You want to break your normal patterns instead of thinking about them again.
- You feel drawn to Mexico and want to experience it beyond the polished tourist version.
- You want to feel alive again, not merely calm or functional.
- You are ready for body-based work, honest encounters, nature, and stillness.
This retreat is not for you if
You only want to escape for a few days.
- You need everything to be fully controlled and predictable.
- You are looking for parties, alcohol, and a beach holiday.
- You are unwilling to respect another culture
- You want constant entertainment or transformation only as an aesthetic.
- You are not willing to meet yourself honestly.
The core of UNTAMED
Self-trust instead of constant self-control.
01
Mind off. Body on.
Come back into your body through movement, awareness, water, nature, ceremony, and sensory experience. Not to perform. To feel what is real before your mind explains it away.
02
Feel your aliveness again.
Anger, grief, desire, joy, fear, pleasure, and longing all belong to being alive. UNTAMED creates space to let life move through you again instead of controlling how much you are allowed to feel.
03
Be real.
Feel what is actually yours: your yes, your no, your limits, your desire, and your next step. Not the version that looks good. The version that is true.
What you will experience
Body, nature, culture, ceremony, and honest encounter.
UNTAMED combines body awareness, emotional & energetic work, honest group spaces, Mexican culture & wisdom, water, stillness, reflection, and carefully curated local experiences.
Feeling instead of overthinking. Living instead of functioning.
The Journey
Nine days from arrival to integration.
Each day has a clear intention, with enough space for the experience to land.
Day 1 Arrival Arrive in Cancún, settle into the villa, meet the group, and share a welcome dinner.
We begin slowly. There is no pressure to perform and no need to be anyone. The first task is simply to arrive.
Day 2 Back into the body Body awareness and a traditional Aztec ceremony.
Notice where you hold tension, where you control, where you protect, and where life wants to move again.
Day 3 Feel yourself Sunrise, Caribbean water, kayaking, cacao, and dance.
Reconnect with your senses, rhythm, joy, and presence. You do not need to force aliveness. You need to stop blocking it.
Day 4 No pressure A free day to rest, explore, feel, and let the first experiences land.
Notice what you need when nobody is telling you what to do. Optional additional experiences can be booked.
Day 5 Meet yourself A Mexican market experience and Mayan massage.
Move deeper into the body, the senses, and the emotional layers underneath your usual control.
UNTAMED · WATER · JUNGLE · BODY · TRUTH
Day 6 Flow A day in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve.
Untouched nature, water, silence, and vastness. Practice moving with experience instead of controlling every moment.
Day 7 Follow yourself No schedule and no fixed goal.
A day to feel what you want without expectations, roles, or performance. Optional additional experiences can be booked.
Day 8 Be seen Cenote, photo shoot, and expression.
Trust your own expression and allow yourself to be seen in your most honest version, rather than the polished or controlled one.
Day 9 Take with you what stays Snorkeling, reflection, and a shared closing.
Name what has changed and what you are taking home. The point is not simply to have a beautiful experience, but to return differently.
January 29 – February 1
Villa Zona Hotelera
We begin in a private villa in Cancun’s Hotel Zone, between the Caribbean Sea and the lagoon. This is the place to arrive, connect, and open up to the water and bright light.
February 2 – February 7
Villa Tortugas, Akumal
A quiet jungle property with five separate cabanas and a pool. Here the retreat becomes deeper and more instinctive. The outside noise drops, and your own voice gets louder.
Included
The essentials.
- Airport pick-up
- Accommodation
- Breakfast & lunch during activities
- Ceremonies and excursions
- Disposable camera
- Professional photoshooting
- German- and English-speaking guidance
- On-site support throughout the journey
Not included
What you arrange separately.
- International flights
- Lunch (outside the activities) and dinner
- Optional experiences
- Personal expenses
Minimum requirements
The conditions needed to build this properly.
These minimums protect the quality of the experience, the local operation, and the commercial viability of the retreat.
6+
Minimum participants
1 week
Minimum retreat length
USD 4,000
Minimum price per person
6 months
Minimum planning time
You bring and sell to your own audience.
Lakaan Travel does not fill the retreat for you. The client remains responsible for marketing, sales, participant acquisition, and leading their own content or method.
Why work with Lakaan Travel
You bring the vision. I help make it real in Mexico.
Katrin studied sociology and worked as a data researcher in Germany before moving to Mexico in 2017. There, she began working as a tour guide for German travel agencies and designing experiences that brought people closer to the places, cultures, and communities they were visiting.
In 2024, she founded Lakaan Travel to create journeys and retreats with more depth, intention, and personal relevance. Along the way, she built a trusted network of local partners and learned what it takes to turn a strong idea into an experience that works on the ground.
Katrin also runs a personal branding agency, so she understands that a retreat is part of a bigger body of work. It needs to fit the host’s message, speak to their audience, and feel unmistakably theirs.
Where we work
The location follows the retreat concept.
Main locations:
Oaxaca
Yucatán
Tlaxcala
Querétaro
Depending on the retreat concept, other regions of Mexico may also be considered.
Past retreat examples
Different audiences require different journeys.
Example 1 / Artist Paula Hartmann
Oaxaca Art Retreat
San Agustin Etla + Oaxaca City
Designed for artists reconnecting with creativity through natural materials, local artisans, landscape, and Oaxaca’s living creative culture.
View the 8-day route
- Day 1: Arrival in San Agustin Etla, check-in, welcome dinner
- Day 2: San Agustin Art Center, forest walk, traditional papermaking
- Day 3: Cochineal, natural dyes, printing, and paper mobiles
- Day 4: Optional market visit and cooking class
- Day 5: Transfer to Oaxaca City and free afternoon
- Day 6: Optional Hierve el agua hike or Monte Alban ruins + Alebrijes painting workshop day trip
- Day 7: Oaxaca City Street art tour, cacao tasting, farewell dinner
- Day 8: Departure
Example 2 / Coach Claudia Wawersisch
Queen Rising Mexico
Mexico City + Huautla de Jimenez + Oaxaca City + Puerto Escondido
A women’s retreat for participants navigating life transition, identity shift, separation, or a personal reset. The route combined cultural depth, physical challenge, reflection, creativity, and time by the coast.
View the 11-day route
- Day 1: Arrival in Mexico City and welcome dinner
- Day 2: Frida Kahlo Museum and transfer to Huautla de Jimenez
- Day 3: Cerro de la Adoracion, Maria Sabina Museum, Mazatec culture
- Day 4: Cave expedition, waterfall, and temazcal
- Day 5: Light hike, limpia with curandera, fire integration
- Day 6: Transfer to Oaxaca City and free afternoon
- Day 7: Street art, cacao tasting, and salsa in the park
- Day 8: Creative workshop and transfer to Puerto Escondido
- Day 9: Dolphin tour and cacao ceremony at the beach
- Day 10: Photoshoot, optional massage, farewell dinner
- Day 11: Departure
Testimonials
“Katrin helped me turn the idea of an art retreat in Oaxaca into reality.”
After traveling to Oaxaca and experiencing the creative energy that place holds as an artist, I came up with the idea of hosting an art retreat for my artist community there.
Katrin helped me bring this dream to life and created a very special itinerary through her amazing network of local artists and artisans, as well as her profound understanding of the area and culture.
Together, we created an 8-day experience focused on paper making and art that not only inspired our retreat guests, but changed their approach to the materials they use and the connection to themselves and their creations.
The first Oaxaca Art Retreat went so well that we offered a second edition, which sold out very quickly.
Paula Hartmann - Paper Artist, Toronto, Canada - Retreat Design
“This was not a typical tourist trip.”
I was part of the Queen Rising Mexico journey in April 2026.
At first, I thought I was simply doing something a little crazy. I had no idea how intense this journey would become for me.
This retreat was not a typical tourist trip. Every place we visited, every person we met, and every experience we had was intentionally chosen — to face our fears, learn to let go of control, and trust.
Through this journey, I discovered completely new facets of myself. I realized what I am capable of and what it actually means to feel.
The encounter with the Mazatec healer Carmen in the mountains of Oaxaca, the cave expedition, dolphins in the Pacific, the cacao ceremony with a fire on a quiet beach — these are experiences I am deeply grateful for, and their value is hard to measure in money.
This journey truly did something with me.
Bianka Gey - Retreat Participant
How the collaboration works
From retreat idea to execution in Mexico.
Concept & Feasibility
Lakaan Travel evaluates the concept, location options, pricing logic, timing, operational complexity, and whether the project is viable.
Design & Partner Sourcing
We shape the positioning, route, itinerary, budget, participant experience, and local partner network.
Preparation & Sales Support
You market and sell the retreat to your audience. Lakaan Travel supplies the operational details, inclusions, timing, and practical information needed.
Execution in Mexico
Lakaan Travel coordinates the local delivery and on-site operations while you lead your participants and your retreat content.
The collaboration model is partnership-based and discussed individually.
We agree together on how we will work, what support you need, and what it will cost.
Start the conversation
Time to turn your retreat idea into a real experience in Mexico.
Bring your audience, your message, and your first retreat idea. Lakaan Travel helps you shape the concept, clarify the positioning, and turn it into a thoughtful, viable, and well-executed retreat in Mexico.