CHERISH Retreat
Transform your relationship with yourself and your body into one of the most wild, passionate love affairs of your life
Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2024 – Sierra de Grazalema Nature Reserve, Spain
Five days and six nights in the beautiful mountains of Southern Spain to:
Make self-love your SUPERPOWER
Feel safe, at home, and AT EASE within yourself no matter what’s going on around you
Replace shame, blame, discomfort, or disconnection from your body with LOVE + REVERENCE
Tap into your body’s wisdom, your soul’s desires, and cultivate the confidence to TRUST both
MOVE your body in gentle, nourishing, and pleasurable ways that fortify your connection to your sacredness
CONNECT with amazing Wild-Soul women from all over the world
Relish in the sensual, healing, and mystical energy of Andalucía
Included Amenities:
Organization of transportation to and from the airport
Three Mediterranean-inspired meals a day + coffee, tea, and snacks available anytime
Plenty of time for rest and integration
Access to nature and hiking trails around the property
Two Excursions in the nearby town of Ronda
Organization of transportation to and from the airport
Three Mediterranean-inspired meals a day + coffee, tea, and snacks available anytime
Plenty of time for rest and integration
Access to nature and hiking trails around the property
Two Excursions in the nearby town of Ronda
Meet Your Host
In 2013 she founded the School of Sacred Embodiment, where she’s developed a range of healing and liberatory frameworks and modalities that blend together movement, energy work, and mystical wisdom. Her specialty is helping people live through what she calls the highest part of all of us – our Wild Soul.
A native New Yorker with Boricua and mixed-European roots, Elizabeth now calls Miami home, is an avid salsa dancer, and has a laugh that has been described as “a sound bath of sunshine and joy.”
Meet Your Host
In 2013 she founded the School of Sacred Embodiment, where she’s developed a range of healing and liberatory frameworks and modalities that blend together movement, energy work, and mystical wisdom. Her specialty is helping people live through what she calls the highest part of all of us – our Wild Soul.
A native New Yorker with Boricua and mixed-European roots, Elizabeth now calls Miami home, is an avid salsa dancer, and has a laugh that has been described as “a sound bath of sunshine and joy.”
Join us at the CHERISH Retreat to ...
Practice, learn, and embody deeper Self-Love and Body Love + Reverence than you've ever known
Our third day will be our “sensual” excursion day. After breakfast, we’ll travel to the nearby stunning town of Ronda, where you will enjoy either some spa time at the Aguas de Ronda Hammam (traditional Arab baths, wet and dry sauna, and massage included!) OR a traditional white village and olive oil factory tour (olive oil, cheese, and sherry wine tasting included!). Enjoy an optional Wild Soul Movement Fusion class with Elizabeth to wind down in the evening.
Days four and five are dedicated to exploring the pillars of Body Love + Reverence through workshops and a range of embodiment practices: Wild Soul Movement Wisdom, Flow, and Fusion classes, healing meditations, and energetic attunements. We’ll also have plenty of time for reflection, contemplation, and sharing, and we’ll end our retreat with a Flamenco show in Ronda!
Who is CHERISH for?
If you identify with any of the statements below and you’re a 35+ woman, the CHERISH Retreat is for you:
- You have a lot of love and care for yourself, but certain things can still spiral you right out of that.
- You want to feel happy, secure, safe, and even excited about inhabiting your body regardless of it’s shape, size, ability, or age.
- You’d love to have a better relationship with sensuality, pleasure, beauty, and joy.
- You’re doing all this damn healing and transformation work, but the same issues, fears, and insecurities never seem to go away.
- You need some help with boundary setting.
- You want to get better at tuning into your intuition and trusting yourself.
- You sometimes (or often) feel like you’re too much or not enough.
- You struggle to allocate time and energy for your own needs, dreams, or desires.
- The exploration of any of this is for more than just you – you want to feel safer in the world and be safer for the world, too, and in general, cultivate the courage to be a kind, considerate, inclusive, and responsible human.
You may also want to join us if:
- Put simply… you’re feeling it!
- You would love to spend some time in a community of Wild Souls where you don’t need to perform for anyone and can just relax and be your whole self
- You wanted to take a trip in 2024 anyway and hadn’t decided on what to do yet
- You swoon looking at any of the Spain photos on this page!
Sample Schedule
Note: There are two options most days to take a Wild Soul Movement class with Elizabeth or Level 2 trained WSM teachers Marjolaine and Sheehan - you do not need to do both unless you want to, but we highly recommend you do at least one each day.
Arrival Day Thursday October 31 - Check in as early as 4pm local time. Dinner 8-9pm
Retreat Day 1 Friday November 1 - Self Awareness, Self Knowledge, Self Acceptance
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Breakfast: 8:00am-9:00am
Morning Wild Soul Movement – Flow 9:15am-10am
Opening Circle with Elizabeth – 10:15am – 12:15pm
Embodiment ritual + Workshop
Lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm
Free time until 3:30pm (rest, explore the grounds, go for a walk or a hike, schedule a healing session, Akashic Reading, or a massage)
Afternoon Integration – Wild Soul Movement – Wisdom 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Evening Healing Meditation + Reflection with Elizabeth 5pm-6:30pm
Dinner pm – 7-8 pm
Retreat Day 2, Saturday, November 2 Self Trust, Self Respect, Boundaries
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Breakfast: 8:00am-9:00am
Morning Wild Soul Movement – Flow 9:15am-10am
Morning session with Elizabeth – 10:15am – 12:15pm
Embodiment ritual + Workshop
Lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm
Free time until 3:30pm (rest, explore the grounds, go for a walk or a hike, schedule a healing session, Akashic Reading, or a massage)
Afternoon Integration – Wild Soul Movement – Wisdom 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Evening Healing Meditation + Reflection with Elizabeth 5pm-6:30pm
Dinner pm – 7-8 pm
Retreat Day 3 Sunday, November 3 - Sensual Healing and Beauty as Medicine
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8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast
10am leave for Ronda
Traditional White Village and Olive Oil Factory Tour
OR Hammam Spa Day in Ronda
*Lunch on your own*
Late afternoon/evening Wild Soul Fusion class with Elizabeth – 530pm – 7pm
Dinner 7-8pm
Retreat Day 4 Monday November 4 - Working with your Intuition and Energetic Awareness
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Breakfast: 8:00am-9:00am
Morning Wild Soul Movement – Flow 9:15am-10am
Morning session with Elizabeth – 10:15am – 12:15pm
Embodiment ritual + Workshop
Lunch12:30pm-1:30pm
Free time until 3:30pm
Free time (rest, explore the grounds, go for a walk or a hike, schedule a healing session, Akashic Reading, or a massage)
Afternoon Integration – Wild Soul Movement – Wisdom 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Evening Healing Meditation + Reflection with Elizabeth 5pm-6:30pm
Dinner pm – 7-8 pm
Retreat Day 5 Tuesday November 5 - The Sacredness of EVERY Body
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Breakfast: 8:00am-9:00am
Closing session with Elizabeth – 9:30am – 12pm
The Sacredness of EVERY body closing talk
Intuition activation
Lunch 12:30-1:30pm
Fusion class + Closing Circle with Elizabeth – Theme My Body Is Sacred 1:45pm – 3:15pm
Closing Circle: Reflections + appreciations to anchor in the week’s experiences
Evening excursion in Ronda – Flamenco Show, leave at 4:30pm, dinner on your own
Departure day Wednesday November 6 - Breakfast 8-9am
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
*Optional Extra Add-Ons: Massages, 1:1 Healing Sessions, and Akashic Records Readings with Elizabeth + staff
Akashic Records Readings with Elizabeth
1:1 Embodied Healing Sessions with Elizabeth
ROOMS
Our retreat center is comprised of a collection of charming Spanish villas nestled in Andalucia’s spectacular national park, Sierra de Grazalema. Bed sizes range from room to room in this rustic and cozy mountain sanctuary. Guests are free to relax around their villas in the terraces, garden spaces, and poolside all year long.
PRIVATE ROOM (One Bed)
- Private room accommodations for 6 nights
- All meals during your stay (except for lunch on excursion day and dinner on the last night)
- 24 hour snack table with water, tea, coffee, fruit, and nuts
- Four workshops taught by Elizabeth on Self Love and Body Love + Reverence
- Daily Wild Soul Movement classes, embodiment rituals, and meditations led by Elizabeth + guest teachers, and plenty of reflection and free time
- Transportation to and from Sevilla or Malaga Airport (Depending on arrival and departure time. If you need to book private transport, we'll reimburse you 80 euros)
$4220 (payment plans available)
(10 2 spots available)
*REGISTRATION DOES NOT INCLUDE:
-Travel / Airfare to Malaga Airport
-Lunch on excursion day and dinner on the last night
-Optional Extra Add-Ons: (see above)
What is Wild Soul Movement?
Wisdom class uses gentle movement and breath to learn to connect with and listen to your body, mantras to reprogram the mind, and meditation to cultivate inner peace. Think of these sessions like work-ins – rather than workouts.
Flow class is a place to reclaim and redefine your connection and relationship to your body, your sensuality, and how you live, move, express, love, and respect yourself. Each playlist is carefully curated to a theme that will have you experiencing your body in loving and liberating ways you likely never have before (unless you’ve taken class already!). Part intuitive, sensual movement, part free dance, these classes are kind of like pole dancing but without the pole.
Fusion class combines Wisdom and Flow to help you develop a kind and loving relationship with your body.
All fitness levels, body shapes, sizes, and abilities, are welcome in all Wild Soul Movement classes. No dance experience is necessary, and we provide plenty of modifications for anyone who needs them.
Do I need to have any particular religious or spiritual belief system to attend?
I'm new to Elizabeth's work and the School of Sacred Embodiment, is it possible to speak with her beforejoining?
I have physical restrictions, is this retreat still right for me?
How big are the rooms and the beds?
The retreat center is comprised of a collection of charming Spanish villas, with a rustic and cozy feel. That said, bed sizes vary from room to room. There are full-sized and twin-sized beds. All rooms have beautiful shared common spaces featuring various combinations of terraces, pools, tables, sitting areas, and gardens. See the pictures above.
What kind of food is served at the retreat center?
What airport do I fly into in Spain?
Malaga
How do I get from the airport to the retreat center?
What exactly are the optional add-ons?
The retreat center has massage therapists available for a range of massage types.
Akashic Records readings are a source for spiritual guidance. During the reading, we connect with the guides that oversee your soul’s experience across your lifetimes, your soul’s lessons, and your soul’s current path and purpose. Elizabeth with give you a list of suggested questions and ideas for what to ask during your reading if you book one.
Learn more about readings here
Embodied Healing sessions are sessions where you can receive whatever energy medicine you need. From releasing and cleansing your energetic and emotional bodies, to receiving energetic and spiritual upgrades, gaining mental and emotional clarity and more. These are customized sessions and pricing varies – email us at hello@untameyourself.com for exact rates
How do I book an optional add-on?
What is the refund/cancellation policy?
If you need to cancel for any reason and we can find a person to take your spot, we will refund the amount paid minus a $300 administration fee. If we cannot find a person to take your spot, there are no refunds. As well, if we cannot find a person to take your spot and you’re on a payment plan, you will be required to complete your payment plan as we have to pay the retreat center for the # of spots we reserve either way.
If you would be placed in financial distress in the event that you need to cancel without a refund, we encourage you not to register unless you are certain that you can make it.