THE WAKING DREAM
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Upcoming Retreats
Join us for transformative retreats focused on personal growth. Our immersive experiences combine sacred rituals, expert facilitation, and embodiment practices to awaken your senses and foster meaningful change. Personalize your retreat with options like surfing or horseback riding, each aimed at deepening your connection to nature. Our retreats inspire lasting clarity and integration making your journey a part of who you are.
HELD
May 23rd - May 30th, 2027
HELD RETREAT is an invitation. To immerse yourself in nature, surrounded by wildlife's symphony. With the support of Tierra de Suenos , drop into daily yoga, restoration, breathwork, hammocks and beach. Nourishing food and yoga in the open air shala. Enhance your time with us with kayaking, hiking, snorkeling, massage, cold plunge, hot sauna, jaguar sanctuary, cacao farms and so much more to explore... you get to choose how you wish to be HELD.
Tierra de Suenos
Playa Chiquita, Costa Rica
Previous Retreats
Over the years, we've had the privilege of guiding intimate retreats in breathtaking places, including Water Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, and Todos Santos, Mexico. Each retreat has been uniquely shaped by the people who gathered there, weaving together yoga, meditation, nervous system regulation, breathwork, ceremony, meaningful conversation, and plenty of time to simply be. While every experience has looked a little different, our intention has always remained the same: to create spaces where people feel safe enough to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and return home with greater clarity, resilience, and aliveness.
FREQUENCY
February 13th - February 18th, 2026
Todos Santos
Baja California Sur, Mexico
We journeyed into the heart of Baja California Sur for ceremony and sweat lodge in the Mazateca/Mexica tradition in Las Playitas, Todos Santos, Casa de Prana.
IGNITE YOUR FREEDOM
July 19th - July 26th, 2025
Playa Hermosa,
Costa Rica
We awakened the inner child, explored the vast jungles of Costa Rica, ATV'd through the rain forest, and deepened connection in two evenings of ritual.
THE WISDOM OF IMMERSION
February 28th - March 3rd, 2025
We deepened our divinity making food, creating art, two evening of ritual, and swam in the stunning turquoise beaches of Limestone Bay and Honeymoon Beach.
Water Island,
US Virgin Islands
Discover Our Mission
Waking Dream Retreats is a transformative wellness movement that offers sanctuary all over the world for self-discovery, healing, and personal growth. Our space is designed to provide a nurturing environment for individuals to explore the realms of ritual, yoga, meditation, writing, ecstatic dance, psychedelics integration, and community building. We are committed to supporting each guest's journey towards holistic well-being and inner harmony.
Why The Waking Dream?
Our vision is to create retreats and sessions that are designed for those ready to break free and unwind from limitations, ignite their joy, awaken their spirit, and embrace a more empowered, authentic life. Through a blend of ancient practices, personal empowerment teachings, and ritual, we help you activate the fire within and guide you toward a more aligned, conscious way of being.
Experiences from Our Community
Your Host
Retreat Leader & Program Coordinator
Holly Nicole, founder, co-host, yoga teacher, and meditation guide, leads sessions and coordinates retreats that calm the mind and spirit, utilizing her extensive mental health education, creating space for integration, embodiment, and recovery.
The Waking Dream is a transformational collective founded by Holly Nicole, an expert yoga teacher and Advanced Yoga Nidra Professional with more than two decades of experience in mental health, education, and social work. Holly collaborates with a global network of highly trained people—each bringing years of experience in holding safe, trauma-informed, and deeply transformative containers. Together, they are devoted to supporting the full arc of healing: from preparation to integration that is embodied and sustainable.
A central mission of The Waking Dream is to ensure that ritual experiences are surrounded by the care they deserve—emphasizing that the before and after are just as important as what happens during the experience. Participants are guided through a process that includes comprehensive medical and mental health screenings prior to the retreat, ensuring that each journey is approached with discernment, safety, and reverence.
With roots in somatic practice, therapeutic support, and sacred ritual, The Waking Dream offers a space for truth to rise and healing to unfold. These are containers for real transformation—where spiritual depth meets grounded expertise, and where no one is rushed or left alone in their process.
If you feel curious or called to learn more, you're warmly invited to reach out to Holly Nicole directly: info@wakingdreamretreats.com
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