The quality of our relationships shapes the quality of our lives.

The retreat you’ve been waiting for

Step into deeper intimacy, greater presence, and a more conscious way of loving.

Explore sacred sexuality

Strengthen your communication skills

Experience melting hugs

Transform unhelpful communication patterns

Expand your understanding of one another through shamanic practices

Deepen your energetic connection

Revolutionize your sex life

Feel the divine with, through, and in each other

Love — and everything else begins to flow

Overview

What if…

there were a way to deepen your connection with your partner and open into being soul lovers? A way to refine communication so that conflict resolution becomes an intimate ritual? What if there were a week designed to clear away the noise of everyday life, helping you see the best in one another? With an experienced guide to introduce the secrets of tantra, your love-making can be infused with conscious awareness and shamanic presence. And what if a sacred space, together with yogic practices rooted in ancient wisdom, could reveal the possibility of pure, unconditional love already living within you?

Throughout this immersion, you will draw from yoga and tantra, eros and spirituality, modern communication theory and ancient indigenous wisdom, shamanic ceremonies and scientific insight, energetic connection and sacred sexuality, silence and ecstatic movement, and more. There will be time for self-reflection and time for connection as a couple, alongside group time and free time. Expect laughter, tears, and a safe space where every part of you is welcome.

Upcoming Dates

11-17th June, Guatemala

A Safe & Inclusive Space

Dini brings two decades of experience holding space in yoga and tantra. For all intimate practices, you will work only with your partner, and participation in any exercise or ritual is always a choice. All sexual orientations, identities, and relationship configurations are welcome. This is a romantic gateway with shamanic benefits — a place to step into what you already know is possible in the mystical realm of sacred union.

Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Villa Sumaya, our beautiful retreat center, is set in Santa Cruz la Laguna on the shores of Lake Atitlan. From the open yoga shala to the swimming docks, nearby walking trails, hot tub, sauna, spa, and individually styled ensuite rooms, the natural surroundings are ever-present. The team is committed to holistic healing practices and the preservation of Mayan traditions.

Sensuality

Our retreat is for you if…

You are in a committed relationship and want to move it from “okay” to something truly extraordinary.
You feel stuck in patterns that work, but long for more presence, ritual, passion, and depth.
You are ready to become each other’s spiritual lover and shamanic healer.
You want tools that may shift toxic communication and blaming habits.
You are open to crying, laughing, and making mistakes.
You want to trust more.
You are willing to own your part and bring more playfulness into your relationship.
You are curious about relating on every level — intellectual, emotional, sexual, and shamanic.
You are ready to explore your deepest fears, dreams, and desires together.
You want to revolutionize your sex life beyond what you imagined possible.
You want to explore practices and tools from yoga, tantra, and other wisdom traditions.
You are ready to leave the past behind and make each moment the best of your life.

Trust

A typical Day

Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Love has a mystical quality that can heal every scar on the soul.

Accommodation at Villa Sumaya, Guatemala

Villa Sumaya, our refuge and retreat center, is located in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala. Majestically positioned on Lake Atitlan, it offers open yoga spaces, swimming docks, walking trails, a hot tub, sauna, spa, and uniquely designed ensuite rooms. The team is dedicated to rejuvenating holistic practices and healing modalities, while also preserving Mayan traditions.

By the lake and in the surrounding area, you can relax and unwind away from the demands of everyday life. Kayaks are available for rent, and there are two swimming docks plus several walking trails just outside the front gate for those who want to spend their free time actively.

The on-site Harmony Spa offers a range of treatments from experienced therapists at an additional cost.

Getaway

Room Packages

Villa Maya
Hear the gentle sound of the lake from one of these inviting rooms, featuring a queen bed, ensuite bathroom, and private patio.
US$4,300 per couple

Lotus Suite
This elegant junior suite is located 50 stairs above the main courtyard. It includes a cozy queen bed, a marble ensuite, antique woodwork, a charming window seat, and a patio with panoramic views.
US$4,410

Ginger Suite
This stunning suite is an ideal honeymoon hideaway or self-care retreat. Set 70 stairs above the main courtyard, it features a king bed, a comfortable velvet seating area, antique hand-carved doors and furniture, a private white marble bathroom, and sweeping views from both the room and balcony. A spacious lake-view balcony with seating completes the experience.
US$4,580
EARLY BIRD Offer – 300 USD per couple booking before the next new moon (20th Feb’23)

Connection

Inclusions

Included in Package Prices

6 nights accommodation at Villa Sumaya, Guatemala
3 delicious daily vegetarian / vegan meals
Potable water and herbal tea
Daily yoga and meditation classes, tantra sessions, couples workshops, rituals and ceremonies
One special surprise excursion
Use of swimming docks and all other hotel facilities
A group follow up call two weeks post-retreat

Not Included

Air-fares
Transport from Airport to hotel (although we can help with logistics) – calculate another 30-50USD
Travel Insurance
Additional services or excursions like massages, laundry or kayak rental

Love

Your Guide

Dini has devoted nearly 20 years to yoga and tantra. She is an experienced yogini with more than 4,000 teaching hours, a passionate Tantrika, skilled doula, attuned Reiki practitioner, Ayurvedic consultant, certified Vedic astrologer, and international retreat leader. When she is not leading retreats or teacher trainings around the world, this septilingual mother, boat captain, fire dancer, and musician sails the seas with her family. For the past decade, she has lived on and off on a boat with her Latin husband of 14 years and their three children.

During university, Dini found peace through yoga. Through deep breathwork and extended silent meditation retreats, she discovered the inner home that an adventurous childhood across many countries, cultures, and languages had not provided.

About ten years ago, she encountered first white tantra and then red tantra, and her life filled with even more passion and joy. Since then, she has continued to weave yoga with sacred sexuality, conscious relating, communication tools, emotional release techniques, and shamanic rituals.

Her expansive and informed way of holding space has supported change and growth for thousands of people worldwide, from Bali and India to Turkey, Spain, and Panama. She is deeply committed to sharing spiritual, sexual, and shamanic practices, and has journeyed with the International School of Temple Arts, among others. Her multidisciplinary work has reached many walks of life — from young prisoners and refugees to corporate teams and international superyacht owners — creating healing and opening portals to fuller potential, more light, and more love on this beautiful planet.

Sing like no one is listening. Dance like no one is watching. Love like you have never been hurt.

Be the change you wish to see in your relationship!

Dini Martinez… inspired by Mahatma Gandhi

Spirituality

Testimonials

“I found immense growth in pranayam/meditation/practice first up in the morning. Especially after the walk up to the lookout on Sunday. Having walked up and not really being aware of anything, but walking back being ‘mindful’ of the beauty of Mother Earth… felt so truly connected. I feel I’ve dropped deeper in another level of understanding and awareness after this weekend. I feel there is SO much I haven’t uncovered within myself that needs to be released that I have either brushed off or just never addressed… but after the weekend it’s become so clear to me to make meditation a priority every day! The calling to connect with oneness, the universe.. has never felt so strong. Growing with sisters, pure goddess energy, amounts to nothing else. Like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Expansion and peace within.”
Mariah S., Yoga Teacher, Sydney Australia 2021

“To fall in love is magical. To flow in love is mystical.”
D. Reble

Shelley after a ten day retreat with Dini in India in 2019

FAQ

Will I interact with other people?
While there will be group activities such as morning yoga practice, group circles, ecstatic dance, ceremony, and informative workshops, all intimate and embodied practices will take place only between you and your partner.

What is tantra?
The approach used during this week is rooted in the meaning of tantra as “to weave.” We will explore the essence of white tantra, centered on spirituality, self-study, and connection with the divine, and combine it with the foundation of red tantra: sacred union, seeing the divine in the other, and moving into oneness through the activation of powerful sacral energy.

What if stuff comes up for me or within the couple?
That is welcome. To go deeper, we must pass through some portals. The more uncomfortable the moment, the greater the growth and insight. The tools you receive, learn, and practice are designed to support that process, and Dini will be holding the space with her two decades of experience in yoga and tantra.

Are there any vax or testing requirements?
In the spirit of yogic teachings, this retreat is open to everyone regardless of age, race, shape, vaccination status, sexual orientation, or anything else. Bodily autonomy is fully supported. The practice of yoga in all its aspects, together

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