Summer Solstice Yoga + Chanting Rejuvenation Retreat

A Week of Practice, Connection, Ceremony + Community

June 15-21, 2025 / Yelapa, Mexico

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Prana Yoga • Chanting • Breathwork • Live Music • Meditation • Ceremony • Community

With Saul David Raye & Special Guests Brenda McMorrow & Prem Vidu

Dear Friends,

I invite you to join us in Yelapa, Mexico for our annual Summer Solstice Retreat in beautiful Yelapa, Mexico. Each year we gather as a community for a playful, nourishing and restoring week of healing yoga practices, chanting, music, dynamic meditations, connection, community, ceremony and the healing power of the nature. A week to reset and rejuvenate as we slow down to the rhythms of the elements and natural light. Reset the nervous system with deep practice and immersion into nature [yelapa has no cars]! Retreat is a time to become deeply present with ourselves, with each other, with nature, with life. Some highlights from the week are beautiful morning chanting + meditation sessions, a trip into the local fishing village, a powerful temescal fire ceremony and cacao ceremony. Evenings of satsangh and chanting as well as delicious home cooked meals, daily yoga practices and relaxing at the oceanside pool and smoothie bar enjoying the incredible ambiance and beauty of Yelapa.

Yelapa is an amazing place, just south of Puerto Vallarta accessible by only boat [on the mainland]. It is a stunningly beautiful place that is still a little wild, off the beaten path and full of elemental healing energy. We will be staying at the fabulous Pura Vida Eco retreat, one of my favorite places for rejuvenation and connecting back to the rhythms of nature and the elements.

A week of practice to support your inner creativity your heart expansion, relaxation and joy.

About the Teachers:

Saul David Raye

Saul David Raye has been a student and teacher of yoga, mysticism and the healing arts for over 25 years.

Deeply influenced by his study and practice of Hatha Yoga, Bhakti, Tantra, Thai Massage, Pranic Healing, Shamanism and Music, Saul’s heart-centered approach to yoga and healing have influenced many students and teachers around the world. He is able to bring alive the ancient wisdom teachings for modern seekers and create a safe space for students to connect deeply with their own authentic power, spirit and truth.

For the last 3 decades, he has taught at conferences, festivals & retreats both in the USA & internationally and has presented alongside many luminaries in the Spiritual world. Saul is also a musician, sound artist and songwriter. His first album 10,000 Suns! Music for Healing, Peace & Awakening’ reached #3 on the iTunes world music charts.

He continues to write and perform conscious music that inspires peace, healing and connection. He has taught and performed at festivals and healing centers around the world and continues to share his work through online programs, workshops, sacred journeys + retreats & sacred music.

Brenda McMorrow

Brenda McMorrow is a Canadian Devotional Chant artist who is known for her unique and warmly embracing style of mantra medicine music, in which she blends elements of acoustic folk, world rhythms, and ancient Indian chants with a sweetly introspective singer-songwriter’s sensibility.

With Sanskrit Mantra and Kirtan (call and response singing) as the basis, Brenda weaves in the power of Latin American Medicine songs and her own inspiring English lyrics to create a healing and uplifting tapestry with the audience.

Yoga Journal describes Brenda as having “a knack for expressing the deepest realizations in the sparsest lyrics”. As spiritual teacher Ram Dass has said: “Brenda has a gift”, and her music has been touching people’s hearts worldwide.

https://brendamcmorrow.com

Prem Vidu

Prem Vidu is a sacred music artist whose journey began in a home filled with harmony, rhythm, and the magic of barbershop chords. Though he started singing at five, percussion soon became his heartbeat, leading him to explore global rhythms and earn a BFA in Percussion Performance & Jazz Studies.

His music carried him across the world—from Broadway’s Blast! in London to the steel pan rhythms of Trinidad & Tobago and beyond. Yet, it was the deeper call of music as prayer that truly transformed him, guiding him into devotion, shamanism, and plant medicine. In a sacred vision, he received a message that changed everything:

“There is no shorter umbilical to your soul than singing.” At 35, he returned to his voice, blending decades of musical experience with his spiritual path. Now, through The Band of Now, he leads kirtans that invite all to sing, heal, and awaken together.

https://premvidu.com

Cost / Exchange

Prices start at $1300 for the week [does not include airfare]

Price includes – Full program tuition, Accommodation, Food
All rooms have a private bathroom and beautiful views.
Accommodation Options Shared Rooms or Private Rooms / Simple, beautiful Open Air Room or A/C rooms

For a good views of the rooms you can visit – Pura Vida on Trip Advisor

Room Options:

Community Room / Shared – 3 to 4 people – Open Air / $1300 per person
Beautiful extra LARGE Open air room with large stand up loft. Private bathroom. Amazing view of Pacific Ocean.
Open Air / Shared Room [2 people} / $1700 per person
Open air room, 2 queen beds, spacious, private bathroom
A/C Double Room – $1750 person
Larger A/C rooms, 2 queen beds, ocean view, small balcony, Private bathroom
•• Single price if available – $2100
$1800 / Private Room – Open Air
Smaller Private open air room, queen bed.
Private A/C Room – $1800
Smaller Private A/C Room, queen bed, small balcony, private bathroom.

Meals

Healthy Vegetarian Food with Vegan, Egg or Fish Option / Gluten Free options available too
Food is fresh, delicious local food, mostly organic. Vegetrian, gluten free options and fish option 1 x day.

Sample Breakfast: fruit, granola, yogurt, toast, boiled eggs, coffee, tea.
Lunch: Salads, rice or quinoa, tortillas, beans, fish or eggs
Dinner: Fish or Tofu, veggies, rice, soup, tortillas
Smoothie Bar open on site – delicious smoothies, snacks, about $5 per smoothie

If you have any specific dietary needs or concerns, please contact us. Vegan,
All meals ~ 3 meals day / except 1 meal out at local restaurant ( about $20)

Retreat Registration

Please send us an email to check availability – [email protected]

If you are a new student, please tell us how you heard about the retreat.

Deposit ~ $500 to hold your space / Space is limited
Deposit is non-refundable. However it is transferable to another Ritam program with Saul if you are not able to attend.

You can choose a payment option through our payment portal.

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