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Alma Chakana

Our home, and the home of this work. A private place in the jungle in Francisco Uh May, just outside Tulum, where day retreats and full immersions happen.

COME FOR A DAY
Alma Chakana, our retreat house in Francisco Uh May, just outside Tulum

The place

Alma Chakana is built by the family who used to call it their home, and we are grateful to be in charge of it for the next while (help us keep it). It's a unique noncommercial space designed specifically for deep work and peaceful reflection, fully self-sustainable, eco-friendly and hand-made. It's a true hidden gem in the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, a perfect place for deep internal work.

When you come for a full immersion or a day retreat, the place is yours alone. We never share it with other guests.

Alma Chakana sits in Francisco Uh May, a village just outside Tulum. We keep the exact address private and share it with you once your dates are confirmed. Our office and the rooms we use for private sessions are separate, in Puerto Aventuras, about an hour north of the house.

A bedroom at Alma Chakana with a white bed, a deep red bed runner and wooden shuttersThe practice hall at Alma Chakana: a circular rug ringed with floor cushions under the thatched roof, a gong beside itA breakfast plate of avocado toast, pickled cabbage and eggs served at Alma ChakanaGuests sharing a meal at a long table at Alma Chakana, jungle visible through the windowsThe thatched practice hall at Alma Chakana seen from below, with a guest resting on a matA covered wooden terrace at Alma Chakana looking out over the pool and jungle, with a daybed and hammockThe swimming pool at Alma Chakana beneath a rustic wooden pergola, framed by jungle plantsA sitting area at Alma Chakana with a daybed, cushions and a low round tableA tea set arranged on a wooden tray at Alma Chakana, the dining room behind itA fire burning in the jungle clearing at Alma ChakanaA small handcrafted hut built among the rocks at Alma ChakanaOpen green doors at Alma Chakana leading out to a patioLoungers and plants on the pool deck at Alma ChakanaA window at Alma Chakana framing the jungle outsideThe open kitchen at Alma Chakana: a white counter with bar stools, a stone backsplash and a wooden staircase up to the loftA tropical flower arrangement on a round wooden table on the covered terrace at Alma Chakana, the dining table and jungle behind itThe view from a bed at Alma Chakana, feet under a cream blanket, a rough stone wall and the jungle through the windowA meal laid out on the long dining table at Alma Chakana, with sunflowers on the coffee table and the jungle beyond the windowsA gong standing against the wall of the practice room at Alma Chakana, with singing bowls and a stained glass window beside itThe swimming pool at Alma Chakana in the daytime, a bowl of fruit resting on the stone ledge, palms and a stone wall behindThe pool at Alma Chakana lit blue at night beneath a rustic log pergola, a hammock strung across it and lights in the beamsThe thatched two-storey house at Alma Chakana at night, its balcony lit and plants crowding the path belowThe kitchen at Alma Chakana after dark, warm pendant lights over the tiled counter and the wooden staircase rising past itA small table set with flowers and a candle against the window at Alma Chakana, the jungle filling the glass behind itThe white house at Alma Chakana under its thatched porch roof, wrapped in jungle greeneryAlma Chakana, our retreat house in Francisco Uh May, in the jungle outside TulumA view of the grounds at Alma Chakana, surrounded by jungleInside Alma Chakana, the hand-built house where our retreats take placeThe jungle around Alma Chakana, our home just outside TulumAnother corner of Alma Chakana, our private sanctuary in Francisco Uh MayAlma Chakana in the daylight, a quiet place for deep internal workA detail of Alma Chakana, the eco-friendly house we look after in the jungleAlma Chakana in the afternoon light, our retreat house outside TulumThe peaceful grounds at Alma Chakana, kept quiet for deep internal workA room at Alma Chakana, hand-made and open to the jungleMorning at Alma Chakana, our sanctuary in Francisco Uh MayThe garden around Alma Chakana, thick with tropical greeneryOne of the quiet corners of Alma Chakana where our day retreats happenAlma Chakana at the end of the day, the house we get to look after for now

What happens here

One day retreats

Yoga, meditation, sound, breathwork, tea ceremony, temazcal. Shape the day yourself, or leave the shape to us.

Plan a day

Full immersion retreats

Several private days built entirely around you, with psilocybin sessions, Tantra, preparation and integration.

Explore the full immersion

Help us keep this place

This is the place our fundraiser is trying to keep for good. If it matters to you, come and read the story.

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Visit us

Come for a day, or stay longer. We will be here either way.

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