Radiant Soul Women's Yoga Retreat in Mexico: 7-Day Wellness Experience at Haramara Resort

This seven-day women's yoga retreat in Mexico takes place at Haramara Resort in La Yesca, Nayarit, and is open to women who feel called to reconnect with nature, with community and with themselves. It is led by Mara Branscombe, who brings her signature Radiant Soul Yoga Experience to the resort for the 17th year: daily yoga, meditation, breathwork, ritual and earth-based spiritual practice in a jungle setting above the Pacific.

The week combines hatha and vinyasa yoga with guided meditation, yoga philosophy and shamanic ceremony, with unhurried afternoons left open for rest and exploring.

What to Expect

Each day includes two yoga classes, one vinyasa and one hatha, along with guided meditation, japa mala meditation and pranayama. Mara also teaches yoga philosophy and leads guided journal sessions and archetype reflections, so the days move between movement, stillness and writing.

Breathwork and shamanic, earth-based practices run through the week, meant to cultivate what Mara calls inner radiance. Shamanic fire and water ceremonies are part of the rhythm, offered as a way to release old patterns and step more fully into yourself. A traditional temezcal sweat lodge ceremony is also available for an extra fee, and joining is optional.

Afternoons are yours. Many guests spend them by the infinity pool or exploring secluded beaches. Optional experiences include spa treatments, surf lessons, horseback riding and whale watching, all at additional cost.

About Mara Branscombe

Mara Branscombe is an international yoga and meditation teacher, writer, artist, coach and mother. She has been guiding people since 2000, and is known for accessible, embodied practices that build courage, clarity and inner authority. Her approach is grounded and inclusive, creating room for honest self-inquiry.

Her teaching has taken her to Alternatives and Findhorn in the UK, Kripalu, Hollyhock, Wanderlust, Lululemon, the Vancouver Canucks, Gaia and Equinix. She contributes regularly to Kindred Spirit and Spirituality & Health. She is the author of Ritual as Remedy: Embodied Practices for Soul Care and Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen: Access Your Power and Creativity through Sacred Female Archetypes, and co-created The Divine Matrix Oracle: Awakening Feminine Power Through Ritual with artist Laura Mowbray.

Her path includes studying yoga in India, trekking in the Himalayas, sailing across the Atlantic, planting trees in Northern Canada, living off-grid in a forest cabin and working as a Waldorf (Steiner) educator. Her training in the Incan shamanic lineage and the Pagan tradition informs the earth-based, ceremonial side of her work.

The Setting

Haramara Resort sits on 2.5 acres of lush jungle overlooking the Pacific Ocean, about 40 minutes from Puerto Vallarta's PVR Airport. Guests stay seven nights in open-air accommodations, with dorm, triple, double and single rooms available. Mara returns here year after year, and describes the place as one that reveals new layers each time.

Meals are three organic, gourmet courses a day prepared by the resort's chefs.

Before You Go

The retreat does not name a required level of yoga experience. Lodging, all meals (excluding alcohol), both daily yoga classes, meditation and pranayama, journal sessions, philosophy and archetype work, the fire and water ceremonies, and all taxes and fees are included.

Airfare and transportation to and from the retreat are not included, nor are alcohol, the temezcal ceremony, spa treatments, surf lessons, horseback riding, whale watching or other offsite adventures. Booking early brings a lower rate, and a deposit holds your place, with cancellation terms set out at registration.