Reclaiming My Voice And Roots Retreat helps Black, Indigenous, People of Color struggling to find their voice by releasing their emotional wounds and restoring connection with intuition, soul, and ancestral wisdom to journey life feeling more empowered and grounded in who they are.

here’s what you missed at the last retreat…

Dear loving BIPOC community

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Dear loving BIPOC community 🌺

Healing from the emotional scars living inside you,

So much of our journey is about finding our voice. We often lose our voice early in life, when we are silenced through painful childhood experiences.

Sometimes this happens at home.

Oftentimes we learn to silence ourselves from the systems and toxic environments we grow in.

We are told and shown that our words don’t matter. Our feelings don’t matter. Our bodies don’t matter. The historical trauma in our lineages has created legacies of wounding passed down the generations. Our ancestral grief follows us like a shadow. It is both an individual and collective grief. A grief so heavy that we cannot hold by ourselves.

We begin to feel disconnected to our roots, our soul, and our intuition. We grow further and further away from our truest nature.

Does this sound familiar? Is this part of your story?

Love, we need you to know that you're not broken.

But you may hold within your heart burdens of shame and people-pleasing. You might struggle with being vulnerable and trusting others, including yourself. Know that your healing journey is liberation work. It is reclaiming what was taken from you and was your birthright. Feeling safe in your body, owning your power, your connection to Soul, ancestors, your voice, your Self-trust and love.

This is YOURS. It was always Yours.

It’s time to retrieve all that has been lost and taken from you.

Are you ready to reclaim your voice, your roots, and finally see ALL of you?

Yes, I'm Ready!

experience being loved, held, and cared for by our group.

✔ You struggle with people-pleasing, shrinking yourself, or speaking up.

✔ You’re feeling shame and loneliness

✔ You’re needing the space to grieve the loss of connection to your Soul, land, and ancestors

✔ You’re afraid to be vulnerable, be seen by others, or fear seeing yourself

✔ You have a hard time setting boundaries

✔ You feel guilty taking up space and caring for your needs

✔ You’re uncomfortable receiving love, or scared to love

✔ You’re wanting to heal your relationship with your inner child(ren)

✔ You’re tired of always being the "strong one" and pushing through everything

✔ You’re wanting to build community with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color on the journey toward reclaiming

✔ You’re of the Boricua diaspora and are trying to deepen your connection to your roots

This is for Me

It is a 4 day/3 nights retreat nestled in a mountain valley in Utuado, P.R.

Our retreat days together will begin co-regulating with nature as we greet the morning, walk through the trails and take in the love of the mountain valley.

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We will spend our time together in community, courageous conversation and both inner and collective processes.

We will make space for rituals, including grief rituals and that of reconciliation.

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We will travel inside and work to see ourselves more.

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We will see and hold each other more too.

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At the end of our days, we will continue building together. So much of healing really is about doing it in community.

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Connection, both inside and out, is the antidote to stress responses from trauma

Our intention really is to co-create and facilitate a sacred space that feels loving to everyone in it.

the journey will also include:

A community-based group chat (WhatsAPP) to foster connection with each other before and after the retreat
Pre-retreat group call: tentatively scheduled for TBA
Post-retreat group calls: 2 monthly calls to help integrate what was revealed in the in-person retreat and into your day-to-day life. They are TBA

Join This Journey

the venue

Casa Grande Mountain Retreat

Set in a stunning valley on 105 lush tropical acres, Casa Grande Mountain Retreat is the perfect oasis of peace and tranquility. The former coffee plantation, now exquisitely landscaped, has 20 rooms scattered up in the mountainside with a beautiful river as the lower border

20 Private single queen bedroom rooms with en-suite bathroom, private porch, and hammock (10 mountain view & 10 garden view)
Salt-water swimming pool
Fully equipped yoga center called El Templo
Plant-based farm-to-table locally sourced food made by private chef
Multiple river waterfalls (río Canonillas) that you can swim in
Hiking trails

your investment

Limited to 20 BIPOC

Boricuas living in Puerto Rico receive 50% off the retreat as stewards of the land we’re using for this offering.

*Does not include airfare + transportation to and from site

First 10 attendees will be placed in the rooms with mountain view

Single Occupancy Rooms

One Time Payment $3000

Last Day to Join is April 4, 2025

Double Occupancy Rooms

One Time Payment $2500

Last Day to Join is April 4, 2025

For Boricuas living in Puerto Rico $1500

Last Day to Join is April 4, 2025

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Flexible Monthly Payment Plans through Affirm, Klarna, or Paypal.

ranging from 0% interest to 15% interest rate

about the facilitators

Dr. Lydiana Garcia

¡Hola! I am a Boricua licensed psychologist with over 14 years of experience. My focus has been on supporting women, femmes, and families as they navigate and heal from various traumas, including generational and collective wounds. My passion lies in guiding them towards rediscovering their authenticity, reconnecting with their inner selves, and embracing their strengths in the aftermath of trauma.

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Natalie Y Gutiérrez, lmft

Hola stellar soul! I’m a Boricua licensed therapist and author of The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color. I’ve dedicated 15 years to trauma counseling in my private practice. I specialize in helping BIPOC reel from the soul wounds of CPTSD. I’ve held space for people on the healing journey navigating the pain of racial trauma, intergenerational trauma and legacy wounds, and sexual trauma.

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faq

This retreat will be co-facilitated in English (with some Spanglish for those that may need it)
Refunds will not be issued.
We will assist you in coordinating the transportation to and from San Juan Airport. More information to come about this closer to the retreat. In the meantime, make sure to send our way your flight information for arrival and departure from San Juan.
Please arrive by 10 am at the latest San Juan International Airport in order to make it on time to check in on Wednesday, June 26, 2025. For return flights, we recommend that it is scheduled after 7 pm on Saturday, June 29, 2025.
Your cell phone and data plan will work at Casa Grande, however, the only Internet option they have is satellite Internet with capped data usage. They do have a business center and iPads with data available for checkout.
This is a non-smoking facility
The rooms don’t have AC, but they’re equipped with ceiling fans. Temperature can drop in the 60’s at night.
Inquire for sliding scale option. We also have different payment plans you can choose from. Contact us directly for more information via - reclaimingmyvoiceandroots@gmail.com
Yay! We look forward to it. Please reach out to both of us via - contact@natalieygutierrez.com and info@drlydianagarcia.com
We will be monitoring the CDC recommendations by then and the number of COVID infections in order to adapt and change this policy as needed. More information on this very soon. But in general, we may ask participants to complete a COVID test prior to arriving to the retreat, and other general considerations like limiting exposure the days prior to the retreat, following health-related recommendations for traveling, and having some rapid test available if symptoms emerge during the retreat. If anyone develops any symptoms during the retreat, we will do our best to coordinate testing and other protocols as needed to ensure the safety of everyone present.
Great! You may do so via emailing us at reclaimingmyvoiceandroots@gmail.com