Consciously Connected
Design and Align Your Life!
January 10-17, 2026
This is not just another retreat... This is not just another event...
This is a LIFE CHANGING experience!
This is your opportunity to rise into
growth, authenticity, power, clarity, understanding and fun!
Get ready to connect with your
love, joy and passion
for life, work and relationships!
Photo from 01/2024 retreat
Many of the beliefs we have that control how we feel and behave were decided FOR us when we were very young. The cycles of self-sabotage, fear and isolation CAN be shifted!
You already know that you have the ability to live at a higher level. It’s time to consciously design and align your life! It’s time to choose now to Consciously Connect with yourself and your loved ones!
Join us for a week of cozy, comfortable accommodations, healthy, delicious meals, and guided self-care practices as you gain the tools to Consciously Connect!
You know that in order to:
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establish inner peace
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calm the chaos of life and work
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create more in your business
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obtain and sustain healthy, fulfilling relationships with yourself and others
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maintain your physical, mental, emotional health
you need to take some time to rekindle, restore and reconnect with your true self, your needs, your dreams and your feelings of belonging.
This week of sincere, concentrated effort will empower you to elevate all aspects of your life.
What if you had the tools to get in touch with your true self and reconnect with your dreams?
What if you could find a balance between chasing your dreams and sustaining healthy, loving relationships?
Photo from 09/2022 retreat
You are invited to Imagine....
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laughing, loving, and living as your true self - openly and freely!
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rebuilding yourself and feeling healthy from the inside out - feeling whole once again!
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having your brain rewired to love the person it resides in!
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to connect to yourself in seven short days! Experience a revitalized, refocused, reenergized you! Picture the transformative effect on your relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. Embrace a new sense of self and see how your connections flourish!
SEIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO:
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Understand the impact of your past thoughts, experiences, and feelings on your current health and energy levels…
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Cultivate the deep, meaningful connections you've always longed for…
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Learn to consciously foster connections that are effortless, lasting, and enriching…
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Cultivate loving relationships with both yourself and others…
I have something for you!
Consciously Connected - Design and align your life!
"Heather with Shifting Sands helped me re-center, find my balance, reset my emotions, and encounter the best friendships I have ever had in less than one week! Taking time to be with them, helping me, is the best thing I have ever done for myself."
Coni F.
What is included at a Consciously Connected retreat
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Expertly guided Repatterning sessions
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Gentle, guided movement practices, including aerial yoga
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Quiet connection with nature
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Assisted meditative practices
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Self-care supportive tools to take home with you
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Delightful space to take in beauty and relaxation
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Connection to others through enlightening group activities
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Opportunity to integrate and connect to yourself
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Individual support as needed
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Transportation to and from airport to venue, includes a boat ride!
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Cozy, comfortable accommodations
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Daily housekeeping and turn down service
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Locally inspired, delectable, healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner cooked with love
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Aromatic morning cinnamon coffee, tea and refreshing snacks
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Daily gratuities for staff
In this 7-day journey you will have opportunity to
dive deep, connect with your true self, and connect with each other.
You will be given the tools to…
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Identify, release and reframe limiting beliefs and unconscious ways of being
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Free yourself from old patterns of guilt, shame and unworthiness
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Eradicate the feelings attached to painful past experiences
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Develop resonance with safe, healthy connections
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Understand what underlies your physical, emotional, mental and relationship problems that keep you from truly connecting
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Reconnect with the vision and dreams of who you are
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Attain self-mastery
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Attain self-healing
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Restore who you are and what you do
Welcome to a world where your Conscious Connection
illuminates your transformation!
At Consciously Connected, you will be immersed in self-exploration. You will be expertly guided to innate answers and sustainable practices that cultivate lasting change.
Photo from 04/2023 retreat
Here are the words my clients have used to express their
personal growth and self-discovery during our week of Conscious Connection:
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Strength
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Commitment
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Creativity
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On the right path
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Adventurous side
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Fun side
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Ability to make connections
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Clarity
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Closure
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Ownership
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Pride
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Direction
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Inspiration
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Eager
Enter as you are, emerge happier, stronger, healthier, and laser-focused on your next chapter!
Investment for your seven-day all-inclusive retreat is an unbelievable price of $3,800
** Total value of this retreat is $10,000 per person **
Payment plan arrangements are made on a case-by-case basis
Deeply connected to the land, MIXTO is designed to enhance your feeling of reconnection with nature.
Each levels of the Villa displays a new magical setting: 4 cozy and peaceful rooms overlooking the ocean, a pool meant for rest while you contemplate the ocean.
120V outlets and WIFI in the room.
Single Occupancy: Inquire for pricing and availability
Double Occupancy: $3,800
Triple Occupancy: $3,800
Please keep in mind, this is a retreat for men and women. We will do our best to pair you with a same sex roommate. Please contact me with questions or to check availability before booking.
Earthy and sophisticated, rooms include a private beach & jungle oasis with the frills of a boutique hotel.
At the top, 2 dreamlike penthouses with an elegant bed and a magic palapa roof, overlooking the ocean.
120V outlets and WIFI in the room.
The Penthouse Suite must be booked as a whole. How fun would it be to grab some friends and make it happen!
Please contact me with questions or to check availability.
Photo from Mixto beach
Daily Schedule Example
7:00-7:30 Aromatic morning coffee, yogurt, granola, and fruit
8:00-10:00 Inviting repatterning process and playful movement practice
10:00-11:00 Delightful family style group breakfast
11:00-4:30 Free time
2:30-3:30 Delectable family style group luncheon
4:30-6:30 Inspiring repatterning process
7:30-8:30 Delicious family style group dinner
* Two days we will enjoy a group activity during Free time
** One day we will have the entire day off for play, integration and/ or
Xinalani (sister property) lead excursion
BONUSES! SO MANY!!
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Assistance with luggage from the beach to your room
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Group jungle trek to Quimixto waterfall (bring good walking shoes)
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Shaman led Temezcal experience
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Gentle Reiki healing session while cradled in the aerial silk
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Daily housekeeping and turndown service
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1:1 and group support staff available everyday
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Optional evening activities
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Make new friends on the warm water while kayaking
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Explore what is under the waves with unlimited use of snorkel equipment
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A thoughtful gift from your host
What is not included:
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Airfare to and from PVR airport
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Specialty coffees, smoothies, beers, wines, liquors, and cocktails
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Spa treatments, excursions or tours, with the exception of our group activities
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Gratuities associated with spa treatments, extra excursions or bar tab
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Stay extensions
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Travel insurance (highly recommended!)
This retreat is an opportunity to dive deep into the patterns that have been holding you back
from achieving the life you desire.
With this in mind, substance use is not recommended.
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Don't overlook this extraordinary chance to join us for an
all-inclusive retreat in a stunning location!
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Reconnect with your true self
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Rediscover your deepest desires
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Redefine what authentic connection means to you!
Photo from Mixto Beach
Join us for seven transformative days and emerge feeling
refreshed, renewed, and deeply connected to
your true self, your dreams and your profound sense of belonging.
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Meet your host
Heather is a transformation facilitator, public speaker, workshop leader, retreat leader and owner of Shifting Sands Holistic Healing. Her most requested talk From Trauma to Triumph inspires audiences to break the chains of generational trauma patterns by taking charge of their own healing. She is most known for her signature program Meeting Yourself Again.
Heather empowers people who have been hurt or mistreated in erasing the beliefs that keep them from feeling
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love
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connection and
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belonging
so they can live the life they wished for but never dreamed they could achieve.
Heather is a trauma informed Certified Repatterning Practitioner, EFT/ TFT Tapping Master Practitioner, Solution Based Hypnotherapist, Magui Block Practitioner and Level 2 Aerial Yoga Instructor. She is certified in muscle testing, family systems therapy, and systemic constellation therapy.
If you are drawn to this retreat, you likely want to increase your feelings of self-love and self-worth. And the reality is, committing to investing in yourself can feel challenging!
Keep in mind, that when you heal the root causes of your current problems through my Consciously Connected processes, everything in your life improves. You will be more present for your family and your children, you will feel more valued in your work and business, you will feel content and at peace in your relationships.
Photo from 04/2023 retreat
A.M. says "It's fantastic that things were cleared at the retreat
that I wasn't even aware of..."
V.L. says "I could clearly see the effects of (how) my negative self-beliefs seeped into so many areas of my life -- even the ones that were supposed to be fun. The ah ha moments keep coming!"
Photo from 01/2024 retreat
Consciously Connected retreat is for you if:
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You are feeling worn out or isolated
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You have lost touch with your true self or your dreams
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You are ready to elevate your relationship with yourself, your family and your work
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You are ready to be vulnerable and open to new possibilities for personal growth
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You are on a path of self awareness and ownership of creating your best life
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You are authentic and operate out of integrity
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You are looking to attain or sustain healthy, loving, fulfilling relationships
The size of this group is intentionally limited to maintain safety and openness of connection with all members in attendance.
The secret to change is to
focus all of your energy
on building the new.
Mixto Gallery
I am very excited for the opportunity to host at Mixto Villa,
January 10-17, 2026.
Nestled on a secluded beach, Mixto Villa offers an
intimate, all-inclusive experience.
Our fully equipped, private yoga shala boasts aerial hammocks and
stunning views of the jungle and the ocean.
This venue is designed to truly allow you
to come inward, to receive and be nourished –
to Consciously Connect -- Design and Align Your Life.
This isn't just a getaway. This is an immersive experience dedicated to your evolution!