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The infinity pool at the retreat resort, looking out over the valley at sunset

Release & Rise · Luxury transformational retreats

An invitation back to you

Release what holds you back. Rise into who you are meant to be.

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The work

A multidisciplinary team. A personalized experience.

Alongside shared experiences and community, individual one-on-one sessions create space where you can be seen, heard and supported, because your story is not exactly like anyone else’s.

  • Quantum Energy Coaching

    Explore your energy and new perspectives through individualized energy-focused work.

  • Physical Therapy

    Reconnect with your body through movement and personalized physical support.

  • Integrative Psychotherapy

    Explore beliefs, emotions, patterns and the internal narratives that may be influencing your life today.

  • Health & Wellness Coaching

    Support your energy, vitality and well-being in everyday life through movement, habits and awareness.

  • Holistic Horse Therapy

    Connect with horses on a deep and heart-opening level, and the steadying effect that has on your own state.

  • Psychological Astrology

    Birth charts, solar returns, synastry, career guidance, and inner life cycles, as a way to make conscious choices rather than reactions.

Coming up

The next retreat

Accepting inquiries

The Next Chapter

11 – 15 November 2026

Tecate, Baja California, Mexico

The life you’ve built matters. So does the life still ahead.

Tecate sits in the hills of Baja California, directly on the United States border and about an hour east of San Diego. It is the quiet one of the border towns, a real Mexican town built around a shaded central plaza, not a resort strip and not a nightlife destination.

The setting is high desert and oak country: dry, mild days, cooler evenings, and a lot of open sky. Mid-November is typically clear and comfortable for being outdoors.

The practical advantage is how easy it is to reach. For most guests flying from the United States or Canada this is a short domestic-feeling trip rather than a long haul into the interior of Mexico.

  • Space
  • Connection
  • Attention
  • Integration
  • Transformation
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Included

  • Room accommodation for the length of the retreat, unless you book Event only
  • All one-to-one sessions, booked to you personally
  • Retreat activities

Not included

  • Food
  • Transportation, including flights and airport transfers
  • Travel and medical insurance, which we ask every guest to carry
  • Personal spending

What to bring

  • Comfortable layers: mild days and genuinely cool evenings
  • Shoes you can walk uneven ground in
  • Clothes you can move in, for physical and movement sessions
  • Sun protection and a hat
  • Any medication you take, in its original labelled packaging
  • Your passport, for the border crossing in both directions

Getting to Tecate

Fly into San Diego International (SAN). It is the closest major airport and the simplest route for most guests. Tecate is roughly an hour east by road from there.

Tijuana International (TIJ) is also close, and the Cross Border Xpress bridge connects it directly to a terminal on the San Diego side, which is worth knowing if you are connecting from within Mexico.

Transportation is not included in the retreat price. Once your flights are booked, send us the details and we will talk you through the border crossing and getting to Tecate on your pre-retreat call.

Bring your passport. You are crossing an international border in both directions, so it needs to be valid and with you, not left in a bag at the hotel. Most travellers from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the EU do not need a visa for a stay of this length, but entry rules change and remain your responsibility to check.

Further dates

Weeks ahead

The dates are confirmed. The place for each week will be published here once it is.

24 – 28 February 2027

Location to be confirmed

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Previously

Retreats we have already run

Each retreat takes its own shape around the people in it. This is what the previous ones looked like.

The Next Chapter

30 September – 4 October 2026 · Tecate, Baja California, Mexico

Tecate sits in the hills of Baja California, directly on the United States border and about an hour east of San Diego. It is the quiet one of the border towns, a real Mexican town built around a shaded central plaza, not a resort strip and not a nightlife destination.

The setting is high desert and oak country: dry, warm days, cool evenings, and a lot of open sky.

The retreat ran from 30 September to 4 October 2026 at Santuario Diegueño.

Photographs from Tecate

A carved stone doorway with brown wooden doors, olive trees in terracotta pots on either side, and ivy on the wall

Photograph 1 of 6. A carved stone doorway with brown wooden doors, olive trees in terracotta pots on either side, and ivy on the wall

Ixtapan de la Sal

2 – 7 August 2026 · Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico

Ixtapan de la Sal is a spa town in the mountains about two hours southwest of Mexico City, at roughly 6,000 feet. The thermal mineral springs that made its name were in use centuries before the first hotel was built.

The retreat ran over six days at a resort above the valley, with morning meditation, group teaching, and private one-to-one sessions threaded through the afternoons and evenings.

Film from Ixtapan de la Sal

Guests on their time at Release & Rise

Photographs from Ixtapan de la Sal

Guest rooms with terracotta balconies looking over the gardens and winding paths

Photograph 1 of 7. Guest rooms with terracotta balconies looking over the gardens and winding paths

Questions

Questions people actually ask

Do I need to have something wrong with me?
No. Most guests arrive functioning perfectly well, running households, businesses, families. What they have in common is a sense that the next stretch of life is unwritten and they would like a say in it. You do not need a diagnosis, a crisis, or a story of collapse to belong here.
Is this therapy?
No, and we are careful about the distinction. The team includes a board-certified health coach, an energy practitioner, a physical therapist, an integrative psychotherapist, a holistic horse therapist, and a psychological astrologer. None of them is acting as your therapist for the week, and if something comes up that calls for ongoing care, we will say so plainly and help you think about next steps.
Will I have to talk about personal things in front of strangers?
Only if you want to. The deepest work in the week happens in private one-to-one sessions behind a closed door. Group meditation and group teaching are exactly that: teaching, not a circle where everyone has to disclose. You can attend and say nothing.
How much individual attention do I actually get?
A lot. It is the centre of the retreat rather than an extra. Alongside the shared sessions and community, you get individual one-to-one time with different practitioners across the modalities on offer, booked to you personally. We will go through exactly how your week is shaped on your pre-retreat call.
Do I need to be fit, flexible, or experienced at any of this?
No. The group work is meditation and teaching rather than strenuous movement, and the practitioners include a physical therapist who works with real bodies and real histories. Tell us what is going on with yours before you come and we will build your week around it.
What if I come alone and do not know anyone?
Most people do come alone. That is the normal case, not the awkward exception. The first evening is built around introductions and a shared dinner for exactly this reason. By the second day you are among a small group of adults asking a version of the same question you are.
Where exactly is it, and is it safe to travel there?
Each retreat has its own location. The current one is listed above with its own travel notes, because getting to a mountain town outside Mexico City and getting to a border town outside San Diego are genuinely different journeys. What is included, including whether transfers are arranged, is listed with that retreat. We walk you through the practicalities on your pre-retreat call, and we ask every guest to carry travel and medical insurance.
Can you handle dietary needs?
When meals are included in an edition, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, allergies, and medical diets are all routine. You tell us when you register, and the kitchen handles it without making it a topic at the table. When food is not included, as with the current Tecate dates, meals are yours to arrange at the venue.
Do I have to be spiritual?
No. There is no doctrine here, nothing to sign on to, and nothing you will be asked to believe. Some practitioners work in ways that will be new to you. You are free to be curious, sceptical, or to skip a session entirely.
Will I be able to stay reachable?
Yes. You can call home whenever you like. We would gently suggest choosing one window a day rather than staying permanently on call, because the shift most people come for tends to arrive in the hours when the phone is somewhere else.
What happens after the retreat ends?
You leave with practical tools, daily rituals, and ongoing coaching support. On the last morning you write a letter to yourself to open in three months, and set out what you want at one month, three months, and a year, so the week has somewhere to land once you are home.
How do I find out whether this is right for me?
You tell us a little about where you are, and we have a conversation, a real one, not a sales call. We will go through the week, the practicalities, the dates, and everything else you need in order to decide. Some of those conversations end with us saying this is not your year, and that is a perfectly good outcome.

Your next chapter starts with you

You have spent years showing up for the people and responsibilities that matter to you. Now create the space to show up for yourself.

Reserve Your Place

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