Masood Ali Khan
Masood will be co-leading the Men’s inner work sessions and sharing movement and music based healing sessions through
Fire in the Heart: Purpose, Passion, Presence & Peace
Join us in Yelapa, Mexico
April 2025
Pura Vida Retreat, Yelapa, Mexico
Co-created and co-lead by: Saul David Raye, Zat Baraka Elias, & Masood Ali Khan
Calling All Brothers!
Join us for a powerful week of sacred brotherhood, embodied practice, deep inner work, ceremony, and the healing power of nature.
We are living in powerful times. Now is the time for us all to ignite the fire within our hearts and nurture the deeper meaning of our lives!
This retreat will offer the space for deep practice, healing, and the inner work needed to support you in cultivating the courage and tools to advance you on your path to mastery and purpose.
Join a community of men for a profound experience of deep practice and transformational ceremony
This retreat offers you a heartfelt sanctuary from everyday life, a reverently held space where your safety, growth, healing, and empowerment are our deepest commitments
Throughout the week, you will engage in a range of deep and highly effective practices, including daily embodiment and movement, meditation, transformational breathwork, men’s circle group work, and authentic healing ceremonies.
This retreat brings together a unique synergy of three senior teachers and the extraordinary power of conscious brotherhood.
*Three Important Notices:
- No Refund Policy: As the retreat date is approaching and due to the limited availability, we have a strict no-refund policy once registration is complete. However, we understand that unforeseen circumstances can arise, so we are open to considering requests on a case-by-case basis.
- Private Rooms: Private rooms are on a waitlist. If you’re interested, please sign up for double occupancy, and you’ll be added to the waitlist. We’re doing our best to accommodate everyone who requests a private room.
- Partial scholarships are available for men who want to join us and are experiencing financial difficulties.
• A Sacred Temazcal fire ceremony
• And optional traditional rapé ceremony, and one-day vision quest on a deserted beach, and dedicated time for silence and contemplation.
• This retreat will challenge you into more inner strength, courage, and and emotional depth.
• It’s a time to truly be yourself, reconnect with the fire in your heart,and embrace the sacred masculine presence within you.
Daily Activities Include:
- Daily Sunrise Meditation + Breathwork + Prayer
- Ceremony: Temazcal Fire Ceremony with Rodrigo Balleste
- Daily Embodiment / Healing Movement Practice
- Relational Intimacy Work through: NLP, Communication Skills & Behavior Patterns
- Shadow Work Practices & Integration
- Transformational Breathwork Practices: To improve mental, physical, and spiritual well being, energize, heal, relax, and release emotional blockages.
- Daily Inner Work Sessions: Individual and group practice in a judgment free and deeply supportive environment, focusing on core issues, healing, and empowerment.
- Men’s Emotional Work: Tools and practices for connecting with, working with, and transforming powerful emotional energies.
- Power of Sound, Music & Mantra Chanting: Saul, Zat, & Masood are all musicians who integrate music, sound, and chant into their work, including drumming, toning, chant, group rhythm practices, and dance.
- Bodywork: Group bodywork healing practices & one to one sessions available.
- Integrity + Integration: Working with the alignment and alchemy of the Hara, Heart, and Head.
- Life Philosophy + Sacred Relationship with Life: Practicing a sacred relationship with life and all relations.
- Cultivating the Power of the Heart: Practices, teachings, and techniques to strengthen the heart energy and develop deeper courage, compassion, and resilience.
- Longevity Practices: Explore and learn practices that cultivate Prana (life energy) to increase health and longevity at any age.
- Vision Quest / Adventure: A one day pilgrimage by boat to a deserted beach.
- Mother Nature + Elemental Healing: Enjoy a powerful and beautiful natural setting, with private locations, solitude, and time in nature.
Retreat Information
Dates: Sunday October 27, 2024 – November 2, 2024
Cost for the week will range from $1850 to $2600 /Deposit is $1200.
See below for room options and pricing.
Cuisine – Fresh, prepared in open air kitchen, mostly organic, vegetarian with some raw food and fish or chicken available. Prepared with LOVE by the staff of Pura Vida. Smoothies also available.
Location – this program will be held at the Pura Vida retreat center in Yelapa, Mexico. Yelapa is rare jewel, truly a place of natural beautiful, raw nature, where the river meets the sea. A one hour boat ride from ( south) of Puerto Vallarta (there are no cars in Yelapa).
You need a valid passport for Mexico. And for most places no visa is needed but please check with your local Consulate.
Arrival + Departure:
Fly into Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR.
From the airport, it will take a short taxi ridetos pier, and from there, to the Los Muer you will take a water taxi ride to Yelapa.
Arrival on October 27. We will begin with dinner at 7pm and evening circle.
You may arrive earlier, it may be possible to stay at the retreat center. Please inquire for details.
Program ends late morning on Nov 2.
For the arrival flight, try to arrive before 4 p.m. and depart after 12 p.m. These are just suggestions to make travel to and from the retreat center easier.
You can also arrive a day or two early and stay a day or two after. Please check with the retreat center for availability.
The prices below include 6 nights’ accommodation, all meals { except 1 meal in town}, a full program of classes, a temescal fire ceremony, and a group excursion boat ride.
Does not include; Airfare, water taxi {$25}, personal healing sessions, extra purchases
Payment plans are available; please contact us for more info.
For More Info & Photos of the Retreat Center please visit their website – HERE: https://puravidaecoretreat.com/
Trip Advisor has more photos and reviews – HERE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g504234-d10680727-Reviews-Pura_Vida_Wellness_Retreat-Yelapa_Costalegre.html
ROOM OPTIONS AND PRICING
$2350
Shared Room 3-4 men – 4 spaces available
It has a big spacious open-air room with a private bathroom and a sleeping loft.
Room 1
$2550
Open Air Double Room – 4 rooms available
Larger open air private room with 2 queen beds, private bathroom, great view of either ocean or Jungle.
Rooms 3,5,7, 9, 12
$2750 – Open Air Private Room – 4 rooms available
Smaller open air private room with private bathroom, great view.
Room 2, 11, 13 & 14
$2650
A/C Room Shared Double- 2 rooms available
Larger A/C ROOM with 2 queen beds, private bathroom, balcony and good view. A/c option or open windows.
Rooms 4 & 10
$2850
A/C – Private – 2 rooms available
Small, Private room with private bathroom, balcony and amazing view. A/c option or open windows.
Rooms 17 & 18
$2700 for Double or $2700 for Single only [If available}
Deluxe King Room – 1 room available
Larger A/C room with private bathroom, large deck, and 2 beds.
1 king and 1 queen.
ROOM 8
Co-Leaders
Zat Baraka Elias
Zat will be co-leading the Mens Inner work sessions during the week as well as sharing movement, breathwork and meditation.
Saul David Raye
Saul David Raye will be co-leading the Mens Inner work sessions and teaching daily movement, breath & self healing practices.
Guest Facilitators
Christian Depriest
Christian Depriest will be leading breathwork sessions through the week and sharing his insight and experiences with others.
Rodrigo Ballester
Rodrigo Ballester will be leading us in the Temescal ceremonys and offering his wisdom through many years on the Shaman’s path.