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Medicine Women
Join Us for a Magical Week of Soul Reclamation, Authentic Sisterhood, and Profound Rebirth
at Haramara Mexico
November 16 to 23, 2019
You are the Medicine, Woman!
Inside of you, in the pretty, tidy, sweet parts and in the ugly, messy, horrifying parts, lives everything that you have ever wanted, needed, or believed yourself to be separate from. You are an endless well of medicine, asking to be more deeply imbibed with every setback and every breakthrough you will ever face on the path of life. You are the ultimate source of beauty, love, and truth ready to be more fully awakened, received, and offered out into the world with clarity and purpose.
You are the medicine sister.
You are the way.
Medicine Women is your sacred invitation to remember who you really are, through the innate wisdom of your own body, the ecstatic pleasure of your own aliveness, the incredible miracle of your own love, the unfaltering guidance of your own voice, and the unquestionable intelligence of the wild within you. If you feel a longing to truly deeply claim your power, your radiance, your ecstasy, your sensuality, and your love, we are blessed to receive you sister.
Welcome home to what has always been yours.
“To call it a retreat really doesn’t do it justice. I’ll call it an arrival. An arrival to the self, to nature, to community, to your truth. Be ready to show up in ways you never knew you could, to transcend your limitations and to fall madly in love with life.”
Your Invitation
For seven days and seven nights, embraced by the Sierra Madre jungle mountains and the wild beauty of the Pacific Ocean, we will re-awaken the magic, the secrets, and the wisdom that women have known since the beginning of time, to open portals for our own deepest, truest, authentic knowing.
Journeying around the Shamanic Medicine Wheel, calling in the Meso-American Goddesses, the Body of Mother Earth, the Snake of Transformation, the Jaguar of Rebirth, the Hummingbird of Truth, the Spirit of Father Sky, and the Eagle of New Beginnings, we will receive our own medicine through deeply embracing, healing, and awakening the Magical Child, the Sensual Maiden, the Fierce Mother, and the Wise Witch within all of us, uniting our Bodies and Souls in Love.
This will be an unforgettable week of true sacredness, authentic sisterhood, mind blowing practices, deep self reclaiming, emotional wholeness, magical ceremonies, and joyous playtime in wild tropical paradise. Be prepared to rapidly transform, to fall in love with your humanness, and to remember yourself at the deepest level.
“Camille really pulled out all the stops to make this a week you will never forget! It transcended anything I thought it was gonna be.”
Our Earth Goddess Sanctuary
Haramara, our eco luxury retreat center for the week, means “Mother Sea” in the native Huitchol language. Mother Sea is the place where all things are received and where all things are released. It’s the place where everything begins and where everything ends. Mother Sea is the great Womb of the Earth.
It’s rare to find those sanctuaries that hold you in both sweet elegance and also raw nature, and Haramara is precisely that. Set on 12 acres of private land, with lush jungle and a golden sand beach, most of the property is completely untouched and wild. Nestled into the hills are jungle and oceanview cabanas named after precious stones (Amethyst, Malachite, Rose Quartz, Obsidian, and more) with luxurious white linens, special touches, and open air bathrooms with hot water showers. The cabanas are off-grid and lit by candles and oil lamps at night which creates an incredibly magical atmosphere and a natural transition into healthy sleep. The sense of privacy, quietude, and peace you feel on this land is unparalleled. It’s a space to receive the deepest reset from Mother Earth herself.
In addition to our eco luxury cabanas, we have a stunning circular yoga shala equipped with a Bose sound system, Manduka yoga mats, blankets, blocks, bolsters, and tropical flowers all around. We also have a chlorine-free saltwater infinity pool just below the restaurant with amazing ocean views, lounge areas to read, journal, and reflect, a spa offering a multitude of healing services, and our own wild private beach with clear Pacific Ocean waters and epically gorgeous sunsets. The property itself is a wonderland with jungle trails all around, bright colorful flowers, the sounds of the lizards and the birds, and pure peace and harmony.
Just a few miles away from our retreat center through a jungle path, is the vibrant Mexican town of Sayulita, with incredible artesanias, next-level tacos, world class surfing, and all things Mexican culture to satisfy your wanderlust.
What’s Included
7 nights eco-luxury accommodation
Set up on the jungle hillside, our eco luxury cabanas are completely open air with palapa roofs, wooden floors, luxuriously comfortable beds and linens, elegant touches, and spacious bathrooms with hot water showers. We have private and shared cabanas available depending on your preference. Plus, all rooms have access to our retreat center facilities including saltwater infinity pool and private beach.
Healthy gourmet meals
We’re here to nourish your body and soul with the most delicious vibrant food in Mexico. Haramara sources all of their produce from local organic vendors and create mouth watering dishes that are comforting, satisfying, and healthy. Expect fresh juices like tamarind ginger, homemade guacamole, and elegant twists on Mexican fusion food. There’s also a healthy bar beside the pool with green juices, fresh coconuts, superfood smoothies, and snacks available all day long.
Daily Embodiment Practices
Our embodiment practices are the heart of our retreat and we go deep to discover our truth and access our essence. All of our practices are a form of Body Intimacy, a unique modality I have developed over years of practice, that weaves multi-dimensional yoga, transcendental dance, breathwork, priestess rituals, and deep intimacy with your flesh and bones. Women describe our practices as nothing short of mind blowing.
Daily women’s circles and ceremonies
Each day we will come together in sacred sisterhood, in circle as women have done for eons, to share our hearts and our wisdom with one another. Ceremonies will vary and include: Cacao Ceremony, Fire Burning Ceremony, Water Ritual Beach Ceremony, and Shamanic Sweatlodge. This is a very heart opening time to connect with your womanhood through the reflections of one another and shift energy in big ways.
Temescal ceremony
On one of our evenings, we will enter back into the womb of the Earth through the traditional Meso-American sweatlodge ceremony called “Temescal.” In the temescal we sweat our prayers, commune with the ancestors, release layers upon layers of suffering, and receive tremendous wisdom for our journey ahead. Leave reborn. Temescal is one of the most powerful and profound rituals you can ever do and we will be guided by a trained Mexican Temescalera.
Magical excursions
Nature is the clearest reflection of our truest selves, and we will connect with the magical gorgeous paradise land that surrounds us. Our home is a playground in and of itself, with our abundant nature and beach, but we will also have at least one group excursion out to the National Marine Park of the Marietas islands.
Bonding, Tribe, Genuine LOVE
We create an environment of real deal FAMILY, TRIBE, CONNECTION, and SISTERHOOD. This is a space where you can truly be yourself and fall in love with the women opening their hearts right beside you. Our highest intention is to support one another in birthing more love into the world. Everything we do is for Love.
“I had my mind blown, emotions unleashed, soul awakened, heart expanded and body enriched. I have never created such sacred bonds of sisterhood, selfhood or with nature. Every day was filled with mystery, magic and revelation.”
Our Practices
You already know everything. All of the answers live inside of you. Your body is the ultimate guide in bringing you deeper and deeper into your wisdom and your highest potential.
This is the foundation for ALL of our practices. Handing the power back over to you, your body, your soul, your heart, your wisdom. Dancing back into union all parts of you, supporting you on your path to becoming a fully integrated, whole, open hearted, sensually awakened, human being.
Our practices are DEEP. Delicious. Awakening. And unconventional. Expect the unexpected. A fusion of eyes closed dance meditation and sensual feminine intuitive flow with a sweet dose of deepening yin and restorative. We practice through ceremony. Sharing our wisdom in circle as women have done for many many many eons. All, all-ways, with the intention of being more authentically ourselves, and more fully in love with our human experience.
A taste of the practices we will share…
Awakening eyes closed dance meditation
Intuitive feminine yoga flow
Healing yin and restorative yoga
Women’s circles with authentic sharing and songs
Cacao ceremonies for opening the heart chakra
Vision quests and energy healings
Breathwork ceremonies for connecting with your higher self
Sweatlodge ceremony for rebirth with shamaness
Nature ceremonies
We come together first and foremost to practice. If you sign up, please intend to attend to all of our practices with a willingness to dive in, ride the waves of emotions, and offer presence to discomfort. Your devotion to showing up in this way offers a ripple of healing into our sisterhood and far beyond what we experience together this week.
Reviews From Past Participants
“On a scale of 1-10 it’s a 100! I feel like a new woman, so much more in touch with my emotions and feelings and with a stronger voice. It left an impression on me that I will take with me for my lifetime.”
“The classes absolutely blew my mind! I had no idea that ‘yoga’ would be so deep and powerful and bring out so much in me both physically and mentally.”
“10 out of 10. It was spiritual, enlightening, adventurous, and all-around fabulous. I feel like I loved more in that week than I did in the past year.“
“The overall experience is beyond words for me. I can’t think of anything I wish was different, it was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life so far.“
“12/10. I am forever changed and transformed more in a matter of a week than I could have ever imagined going into the experience.”
“The whole retreat experience was absolutely insane! I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would fall in love with every single person who came together in this group, open up and show so much of my vulnerable self, grow and transform faster than I could comprehend, all in a week! If I could change anything, it would be that I wish it didn’t have to end.“
“100 of of 10. No joke. This was the single most important week of my life to date. How do you rate that?”
“It was the deepest most powerful experience I’ve ever had.”
“Going (on this retreat) has been the best decision I could have ever made. I knew the retreat would change my life, but I couldn’t possibly imagine that it would be in that scale. My heart, eyes and mind have been expanded to a whole new dimension. Everything about the retreat is simply magical.”
Our Sacred Journey
Everything you need is already within you, ready to be embraced more deeply with love. This is the premise of our journey together, as we cycle through the seasons of womanhood, through the shamanic medicine wheel. Each day we center on a different side of the wheel: Below (Earth), South, West, North, Above (Sky), and East, while held in Circle and Individuality. Through journeying deeper into our sacred wounding and opening ourselves more expansively into divine understanding, we evolve the stories of our ancestors, ourselves, and our collective. Not by avoiding the drama, but diving allll the way into it with the clearest, fiercest, gentlest tools for our wholly embodied transformation. This is how we anchor heaven on earth.
Day One: The Earth
The Feminine
Relation to Mother
Goddess of Chocolate Ixcacao
Our Physical Bodies
Cacao Ceremony
We begin our journey with the body and the sweet sustenance of mother earth. Here we explore our relationship with Goddess, the feminine, our birth mothers, our physicality, and our humanness. This is the anchor for our entire journey, and one end of the pillar that stands at the center of our journey, reaching to meet father sky and the masculine at the opposite end. We’ll journey with the Mayan Goddess Ixcacao and receive her heart opening medicine through cacao ceremony and heart sharing as a reminder that we are always held in abundance. This is a powerful day to heal with your wounding around being separate from Earth, nature, and Goddess herself.
Day Two: The South
Element of Fire
Snake Totem Animal
Patroness of Sinners Tlaxolteotl
Teenage Years
Bonfire Burning Ceremony
Today we dive right into the medicine wheel, plunging down into the depths of the South. Here we face our own inner fire, times of transformation, our adolescent years of turbulence and confusion, beliefs in original sin, loss of innocence, and source of shame. We activate our anger as a tool for transformation and healing, to complete what we may have never allowed ourselves in the past. With the potent medicine of Snake, we realize the true purpose of our sexuality and desire, as the pure energy for our awakening. We’ll call in the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent God, as well as Aztec Goddess Tlazolteotl, known as the Patroness of Sinners, and have a bonfire burning ritual on the beach under the stars.
Day Three: The West
Element of Water
Jaguar Totem Animal
Goddess of the Moon Ixchel
Motherhood
Water Blessing and Release Ceremony
As we turn to the West side of the medicine wheel, we meet our time of motherhood, birth, and voice of discernment. Guided by the fiercely dynamic Mayan Goddess Ixchel, and the strong medicine of Jaguar, we explore the multi-faceted nature of mother, beyond what we may have been societally taught to believe. Calling in the roaring waves of the ocean and the sweetest gentlest tide pool, we’ll reclaim our right to our full body Yes and No, heal through the wisdom of our womb space, and become the midwives of our own souls. Jaguar asks us to step into the unknown with trust and empowerment to see the spaces that others dare not look and we’ll have a water and grief ritual down at the beach to release and open ourselves to receive.
Day Four: The North
Element of Earth
Hummingbird Totem Animal
Goddess Mictacacihuatl
Wise Woman Years
Temescal Sweatlodge Ceremony
Today we turn to the North, and perhaps the most avoided and denied aspect of our natural life cycle: old age. Here we become intimate with the wise woman, the crone, the witch, the shamaness. The one who has survived so many deaths, disappointments, and tremendous loss, and because of all of this, she has the compassion and wisdom to support and guide others through their own dark nights of the soul. We explore the polarities of Hummingbird medicine beside Mictecacihuatl the Goddess of the Underworld, to see beyond the illusion of our perceived deaths and rebirths, and awaken a whole new level of frequency within our beings. In the late afternoon we will have a traditional Meso-American Temescal, sweatlodge ceremony, where we’ll be guided by a powerful Mexican shamaness and healer.
Day Five: The Sky
The Masculine
Relation to Father
God Itzamma
Our Spirits
Breathwork Ceremony + National Marine Park Adventure
As we move through the void of death, we lift ourselves up in the heavenly realms of great spirit, Father Sky, the masculine, God. This is a day to look deeply at our wounds and fears of abandonment by the masculine and the divine itself. We’ll heal with our own birth fathers, brothers, lovers, and all reflections of masculine energy in our world. Opening us up to greater perspective, we will journey with Itzamma, the great Mayan God of Wisdom. As we open into lightness, we will also have a magical adventure today, visiting the famous national park of the Isla Marietas, for snorkeling, paddleboarding, and enjoy play in wild nature.
Day Six: The East
Element of Air
Eagle Totem Animal
Goddess Etsanatlehi
Childhood
Closing Ceremony and New Beginnings
Our journey comes full circle for our final day together, as we open into the new beginnings of the East of the wheel. Here we embrace the winds of change, the element of air, and the greater possibilities we are ready to bring forth into our lives following the retreat. As children we let ourselves dream big and open into what’s possible. This is a time to integrate what has been opened and awakened, and plant seeds for how we’d like to nurture our continued growth on this path. We will call in the Navajo goddess Etsanatlehi, Turquoise Changing Woman, to help us trust in the changes we know we need to make to live more in alignment with our true soul purpose on Earth. We will have a powerful closing ceremony that allows us all the space to profess what new beginning and new path we are stepping into more fully.
Sample Daily Schedule
Wake - 7:30am
Quiet Ritual Time
Your sacred time and space to begin your day in meditation and reflection. Sunrise is at 7:15am. Complementary coffee, tea, and juice available in the restaurant
8am - 10am
Morning Movement Practice
Deep, juicy journey through transcendental dance meditation and feminine yoga fusions to embody the seasons of womanhood
10:30am - 11:30am
Leisurely Brunch with Oracle Cards
Goddess indulgence time as we enjoy our brunch while reading our oracle cards and their messages for the day
12pm - 4pm
Free Time or Group Excursion
Free time to relax at our private beach, swim in the saltwater pool, book a massage, walk into Sayulita town for incredible shopping. On at least one day we will have a magical nature adventure together
4pm - 6pm
Afternoon Women’s Circle or Ceremony
Powerful integration and heart opening space for us to share what’s ready to be seen, embraced, loved, released, deepened, and explored, meeting ourselves and one another exactly where we are now
6pm - 7pm
Beach Sunset Meditation
Quiet time to receive the magnificence of the setting sun on the Pacific Ocean from our private beach
7:30pm
Candlelit Dinner
Cozy up in our candlelit dining room for our delicious organic three course dinner
9pm
Evening Reset
Swim under the stars in our pool, reflect in your journal by candlelight, or listen to the sounds of the jungle and the crashing waves
Sleep
“It was magic and exactly what I needed in life! Camille knows how to touch your soul through her teachings and encourage that healing process so we can become the best version of ourselves. ”
Testimonials from Past Retreats
“I thought I started my self growth journey in 2014 but that was surface child's play compared to a retreat with Camille. I had my mind blown, emotions unleashed, soul awakened, heart expanded and body enriched. I have never created such sacred bonds of sisterhood, selfhood or with nature. Every day was filled with mystery, magic and revelation. If you feel like a fire has burned out, dwindled or perhaps is waiting to be lit inside of you, this is the spark you need to ignite. Prepare to shine like you've never shined in your life.”
Alessandra, Ad Sales Rep
“There are not enough words to describe the amazing week I had on retreat with Camille. The jungle and the ocean were both truly magical places to immerse my soul in love and beauty. At the end of the week, I felt so nourished in my body and heart. The classes were transformative, the beaches were stunning, nature was surprising, and the food was also unbelievable! Camille really pulled out all the stops to make this a week you will never forget! It transcended anything I thought it was gonna be. I have honestly never felt better after a vacation.”
Anne-Elise, Yoga Teacher and Massage Therapist
“My experience working with Camille has been profound and deeply transformative. She has the innate gift of seeing through a person to their higher self, and she is able to work absolute magic on that plane. I can't express how powerful it is to have someone so tuned in guiding you through personal growth.”
Jen, Geologist and Poet
“Even though I've been practicing yoga for years, I've never felt this level of connection. Through the embodiment practices, I tapped into more expansiveness and sensation in my body than ever before. The dance meditation, the music, and the prompts helped me go so deep into my body and into my psyche to flush out stored memories and trauma. I let go of so much stagnant and stuck energy and feel like I've come out of the retreat rebirthed- fresh and new. Throughout the week, I was reminded of our divinity, our sacredness, the sacredness of everything, and our connection to everything. I felt like I had really embodied the Priestess- fully human and fully divine.”
Mona Luna, Yoga Teacher and Women’s Circle Creatrix
“I cant express how immensely happy I am that I chose to do this retreat. I now have amazing lifelong friends I wouldn’t have had prior to coming, and a brand new perspective to life that I know is only going to bring in more positivity. I highly recommend this retreat to anyone who needs to hit the reset button, who wants to unleash their inner child, and who is seeking to really find out their truth which has been lying within you all along.”
Tyler Renee, Empowerment Coach
“This retreat was a feast for my senses and my soul. It’s hard to put into words just how meaningful the entire week was to me. It was a time to connect in sisterhood and explore my own feminine beauty and power. There was an open and respectful understanding that we each needed to dig as deep as we felt comfortable doing so, by listening to the guidance of our own minds, hearts and bodies. I love Camille’s ability to wear her heart on her sleeve, to be vulnerable, and to share the challenges and successes of her life. She is open, transparent, loving, kind, compassionate, honest and such a wonderful teacher.”
“I signed up for the retreat to relax a bit and practice yoga. What I got was so much more than I could ever expect or even imagine. I laughed, cried, loved, and grew with amazing women whose bonds I will carry with me for the rest of my life. It was an amazing, unforgettable experience.”
Liz, Yoga Teacher
“I had so much that I needed to let go of and I felt that Camille was the first person who was telling me through her words that it was ok to just surrender. It was magic and exactly what I needed in life! Camille knows how to touch your soul through her teachings and encourage that healing process so we can become the best version of ourselves.”
Krista, Women’s Coach and Retreat Leader
“What Camille has created with this retreat can hardly be put into words. Just sitting here thinking about it my heart fills to the brim and overflows. While on this retreat I experienced so much more than I expected or knew could be possible. I went not knowing what I was looking for and taking home with me exactly what I needed. Every moment, every plan, every excursion and even meal put together in this retreat was built with her entire heart and soul. Go on this retreat it will be the greatest gift you can give yourself!”
Amber, Marketing Manager
About Your Facilitator
Aloha love, I’m Camille and I’ll be creating and guiding our week together. My life’s work is to inspire women to live more fully in love with their bodies, one another, Mother Earth, and the paradoxical dance of life. Every part of you is sacred and I believe that with my whole entire heart. Our retreats are designed to be a living, breathing reminder of that truth for each and every single one of us.
While traditional yogic philosophy and asana sequences have formed the foundation for my practice, my own healing have come through inventing new ways of connecting with the body that expand beyond any limits or labels. To me, nature is the clearest reflection of our true nature, and feeling her heartbeat as mine is the ultimate yoga. This is how I learn, so this is how I teach.
Along with my certification and training hours as a yoga teacher, I’m also a dance meditation facilitator and have trained in many healing modalities including rebirthing breathwork, Hawaiian lomi lomi, tantra, women’s mystery schools, cacao ceremony, compassionate listening, Gene Keys and Human Design, and much more. On retreat I weave together various modalities to support you in remembering your wisdom, your innocence, your beauty, your truth. Learn more about my facilitation style and training here.
“I felt before I came it would be a life changing experience. But....omg .... I had no idea the depth of what I would experience and how much it would empower inspire and take me to another level within myself. I have tapped into the best part of me! It’s just beginning and I’m so excited to go from here and see where it leads me.”
This Retreat is for You If...
You feel a deep soul craving to discover your own form of spirituality, beyond what you've ever been told or taught, a path towards your own authentic truth that fully honors your human experience, your emotions, your desires, and even your fears.
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You know that there is profound magic, wisdom, and power within you, and you're ready for a deep dive reset into your body, heart, and spirit to get your mind on board with what your soul came here to do.
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You are ready to shine. You know it’s time to show up for yourself and the world more fully, and you’re ready to make peace with your past, your emotions, your wounds, your traumas, and also your wishes, your worthiness, and your dreams, to radiate as brightly as you know you can.
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You feel a burning desire, or a quiet whisper, calling you to to go deeper into the feminine, to intimately know the Goddess within the great web of creation and to awaken herstory within your own flesh and bones.
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You are ready to shift your story, with your mother and father, with your lovers, with your sisters and brothers, with your self, and with the collective feminine and masculine energies carried within your DNA, for the sake of living true to who you really are and living out your full potential.
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You know that your path requires healing the wounds of sisterhood, not just for yourself but for our collective, and you desire feel fully seen, met, and understood by being vulnerable and compassionate in a safe group of women.
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You’ve been on a healing path for a while, perhaps you are even a teacher, healer, or coach already, but you feel ready to invest in the next level of your growth through doing the inner self-love and empowerment work to truly expand in your depth and truth.
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You’ve been on retreat with me in the past and you want to go even deeper into what opened up for you already. Every retreat is a quantum leap and builds exponentially! This is going to be an epic week that has never been done before… anywhere… ever.
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You’ve been wanting to come on retreat with me for years… and this one is really calling your name.
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Something in your heart is telling you yes right now and you want to fully trust in your intuition.
What Does Your Heart Say?
Are you ready to dive deep into your glorious wholeness, through trusting your own heart, awakening your flesh and bones, reclaiming your inner magic, and treasuring the sacredness of Mother Earth, while held in our authentic, loving circle?
Shared Dorm Ensuite
$2850
Elegant open air eight bed dorm with all of your sisters, two large bathrooms (one at each end) with hot water showers, and single beds with luxury linens and mosquito nets. This is the most cost effective option for those who don’t mind sharing space and enjoy the sleepover vibes.
2 SPOTS LEFT
Shared Twin Ensuite
$3250
Open air cabana with two single beds, mosquito nets, dressers, hammock, and large elegant bathroom with hot water shower. Plenty of space for two to spread out, and a great option for privacy in a mid range price point.
SOLD OUT
Private Queen Ensuite
$3950
Treat yourself in the most luxurious room option, with your own private open air cabana with large king size bed, mosquito nets, dressers, hammock, and large elegant bathroom with hot water shower. Best option for those who want space and solitude for themselves to integrate after our practices.
SOLD OUT
Price includes meals, accommodation, daily practices, ceremonies, and some magical group excursions. Plus access to our exclusive Facebook group where we coordinate travel plans before the retreat and support one another long after! (Price does not include transportation, but we can help you organize!)
Please arrive with an open heart, a willing mind, an able body, and a devotion to attend all of our practices for the sake of yourself and for the sake of our group energy. Due to the nature of our retreat site, please be ready to embrace the wild including animals, insects, hilly trails, and to disconnect from cellular reception except in the restaurant area during your free time.
Write to me love@camillewillemain.com if you have any questions at all! Looking forward to seeing you in Mexico!