Women’s Only Tulum Retreat

Amansala Resort, Tulum, Mexico

March 16 -21, 2027

Pilates, Ritual & A Whole New Season of You

This will be my fourth time hosting a retreat at Amansala, and I keep coming back for a reason. Amansala Resort sits on a stretch of powder-white beach in Tulum, tucked between the turquoise ocean and the jungle. It's boutique eco-chic at its finest — thoughtful design, barefoot luxury, and a restaurant serving the best fish tacos and mango margaritas on the Riviera Maya. This retreat falls on the spring equinox intentionally, and we'll be working with that energy all week — a moment of balance and renewal, the perfect backdrop for sinking into the sand between classes, wandering the jungle-side shops, or biking out to the Mayan ruins. This year our group will take over two private houses on the property, plus a cluster of beachview rooms — giving us both the intimacy of shared space and the privacy of your own room.

THE EXPERIENCE

Ten years of hosting retreats, and I'm still in awe every single time — watching women give themselves the thing they never give themselves at home: space to just be, and to be in community. Space to laugh, to cry, to crack open some shit you haven't looked at in years and actually start healing it. To have a genuinely great time. To make friends that stick. Great workouts, peaceful moments, and somewhere in there, remembering your own power and where you belong in this world.

We need strong, powerful women right now. And taking care of yourself is how you show up for everyone else. Mornings are yours to choose: watch the sunrise on the beach if you're an early riser, or sleep in and ease into the day with a light breakfast and ginger tea or coffee on the sand. Either way, you'll flow into a Pilates class followed by a delicious beachfront brunch. Then it's free time to really soak up the property — lay on the beach and talk with new friends, go on an excursion, get a treatment, whatever your body's asking for. As the day winds down, we come back together for an evening class or ritual, then dinner at the beachfront restaurant. And woven through all of it — ritual, ceremony, divine-feminine soul work — the stuff that turns "vacation" into "I came back a different person."

What’s Included…

• 6 day, 5 night stay at beautiful beachfront venue

• Healthy, delicious meals (breakfast, lunch, & dinner) excluding 1 dinner

• Daily Pilates classes

• Daily intentional classes - Guided Meditations, Breathwork, Yoga Nidra

• Thoughtfully selected welcome gift

*Shuttle to and from airport and flight are not included. Email flight details and Samantha will coordinate your shuttles with the venue.

Meet your instructors…

I've been teaching Pilates since 2015, and these days that means Pilates, strength training, mobility, teacher trainings, and enough body-positivity and self-love talk to make you actually believe it. I've been leading my own retreats since 2016 because I'm obsessed with bringing like-minded women together in one place to move, connect, and remember who the hell they are outside of everyday life.

Beyond the studio, I host women's moon circles and lead Pilates teacher trainings — I love holding space for other women to deepen their own practice, whether that's on the mat, in circle, or somewhere in between. I'm the kind of host who wants you to have every option — the workouts, the rest, the rituals, the treatments — and then trusts you to pick and choose your way into exactly the experience you came for.

Something beautiful happens in these retreats: a container of women who show up as strangers and leave as a whole community, while somehow also finding more space to connect with themselves. This is your invitation to uncover the balance, health, and power that's already in you. Wherever you're starting from — whatever season of life you're in — this is for every body. I bring a warm, intuitive presence that meets you exactly where you are, and holds space for you to get exactly where you're trying to go.

Rebecca and I go back to our teaching days in Atlanta, and she's since taken her talents to a studio in NYC — the same one I used to teach at, small world. She's returned to this retreat twice now, bringing that magnetic, easy-to-connect-with energy that makes people open up, let loose, and laugh through the burn (which is exactly how she earned her nickname, Burn Out Becca).

But there's real depth behind the fun. Rebecca holds a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and Pilates became the place where she found a way to combine her two favorite things: mental health and connecting with our bodies. She's been teaching full time since 2023, and it shows in the way she moves a room — she knows how to push you physically while holding space for whatever you're carrying mentally.

Her classes are challenging by design, but she teaches with so much warmth, humor, and genuine care that you'll feel both worked and seen by the end of it.

Get ready to sweat, laugh, and maybe leave with a little more clarity than you walked in with.

Helen has joined this retreat twice now, and both times she's brought this quiet, grounding presence to the group that I always notice. She has this rare ability to slow down, quiet the noise, and actually arrive in her body — and somehow that energy tends to spread to everyone around her.

Outside of retreat, Helen is a breathwork facilitator, Yoga Nidra teacher, and lifelong student of what helps us feel more present, grounded, and connected. She's spent her career creating spaces where people can rest, breathe, and get curious about themselves again.

When she's not facilitating, you'll find Helen on a long walk with her dog, Bear, sharing a great meal with her partner, Adam, or soaking in the everyday beauty of her home in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Get ready to feel her calm, grounded energy the moment she walks in the room.