Re-Parent Your Inner Child: A Retreat for Self-Awareness & Healing

This retreat will offer a safe space in which to reflect on your childhood, however supported or unsupported it may have been. It will guide you to be curious about how your adult life today is influenced, and sometimes sabotaged, by those experiences. It will introduce you to your inner child: the part of you that was wounded during your childhood and that is reactive when it is triggered. It will offer you the skills both to recognize what was positive about your childhood, and to re-parent yourself in the ways that you wished you had been parented. When you listen to and soothe your inner child, when you connect to the child you once were, you can allow your thoughts and actions to come from an adult space of calm rather than from an inner child’s space of hurt and lashing out.

When we experience trauma (including what some might consider small, inconsequential traumas) and when we don’t process them effectively, we become more fragmented in ourselves. We create survival methods that protect ourselves from more harm, yet in the process, parts of us may get suppressed, compartmentalized, or taken advantage of. This retreat seeks to help you reunite your fragmented pieces so that you can embrace the whole you!

​Befriending your inner child and re-parenting it may sound strange, but it can help you navigate the world more smoothly, including all of your relationships, be it with your parents, family, friends, partner, children, or even with yourself. It can also support you to live life from a more balanced space, with more confidence, joy, self acceptance, and compassion.

Throughout this retreat, we will practice yoga - including movement, meditation, breathwork, and yoga philosophy, such as the concept of svadhyaya, or self study - to guide us through this journey.

Tentative Retreat Schedule

​Friday

3pm Check-in and relax

4pm Opening Ceremony – meet your inner child and understand why this work is key to improving your life

5pm Dinner

8pm Reflection Workshop - be curious about your childhood and which of your needs went unmet. We will end the night with some slow yoga

Saturday

8am Yoga and Pranayama (yoga breathing) – breathe and stretch with your inner child!

9am Breakfast

10am Compassion, Validation, and Acceptance Workshop - understand the coping mechanisms you adopted when your needs went unmet. Befriend and listen to your inner child through journaling

Noon Lunch

1pm Curiosity - explore your inner child’s playfulness and creativity including creative mandala project* and river exploration

5.00pm Dinner

7pm Transformation and Metamorphosis Workshop - let go of patterns in which you have got stuck through a fire ceremony followed by breathwork

Sunday

8am Yoga and Mantra Chanting - as you re-parent, and hold space for, your inner child

9am Breakfast

10am Re-Parent Your Inner Child Workshop - be the parent you always needed, supporting your inner child in a way that transforms your life and makes your inner child feel unconditionally loved and safe through some role-playing* and journaling

Noon Lunch

3pm Closing Ceremony - review of lessons learned followed by a meditation

5pm Depart

*if you feel adverse to any of the activities listed above, this may be linked to the reactivity of your inner child. I highly advise that you push through your fear and aversion while also supporting your inner child. Supporting your inner child through challenges/uncomfortable moments is a wonderful way to grow your inner child/parent relationship!

Location

Casa Grande is located on 125 acres in the beautiful mountains of Utuado, a 90 minute drive from San Juan. It is nestled into a valley with views of the mountains that are covered in lush tropical vegetation. Bordered by a lovely river, it is possible to hike on the property as well as to the river, where there are waterfalls and swimming holes. Casa Grande is fully equipped with an airy yoga studio and an outdoor salt-water pool. For those without transportation, we usually find ways to carpool to and from San Juan.

Accommodation

Casitas are built on stilts and are surrounded by lush vegetation, fruit trees, and the sounds of nature. Each room comes with an en suite bathroom as well as a private porch and hammock. Rooms are tastefully decorated and boast comfortable beds with hypo-allergenic, organic bedding. Both single and double occupancy rooms are available.

Meals

All meals are from dinner on Friday to lunch on Sunday are included. They will all be plant-based with much of the ingredients sourced from local farms. Our communal meals will be enjoyed in a covered outdoor space, overlooking the pool area and the mountains. Tea, coffee, infusions, and snacks are also included.

Cost

Early-bird pricing until May 31, 2023:

Double occupancy - $795 per person

Single occupancy - $1,045 per person

From June 1, 2023, tickets will increase by $50 per person. Tickets are non-refundable, but they are transferable (you can find someone to replace you). Payment plans and part scholarships are available.

About your retreat leader

Daniella Gould is Owner and Instructor of Santosa Yoga and Health based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She holds a MA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley, is RYT 200, Y12SR (addiction recovery), and breathwork certified. She has also attended multiple trainings, including on trauma, resilience, self regulation, inner child work, parenting, social justice, meditation, and mindfulness.

Daniella has applied yoga philosophy to many facets of her own life. It has changed how she views and relates to herself, her husband, and their son in such a transformative way that she loves to share the practical benefits of yoga, meditation, breathwork, and yoga philosophy with others.

​For Daniella, yoga is about connecting people with their bodies and breath in order to quiet the noise and distractions that often accompany our hectic lives. She loves to help students apply yoga philosophy to their lives in a practical, understandable way. Ultimately, she thinks that yoga allows us to find contentment and satisfaction, making it easier to navigate life’s challenges.

She enjoys working with students of all levels, and believes that everyone can benefit from yoga, meditation, breathing practices, and yoga philosophy regardless of flexibility and/or experience. She teaches with humor and playfulness, and she aims to make all students feel welcome and at ease in a supportive, safe space.

Daniella has taught retreats in a number of locations, but Casa Grande is her favorite space-to-date to take people on transformative journeys.

Benefits of the retreat

• Receive practical guidance on how to navigate life more smoothly through inner child and re-parenting work
• Learn tools to improve your relationship with yourself, your partner/future relationships, family, and friends
• Gain knowledge about how to reframe your childhood and how to better support yourself as an adult in triggering moments
• Become less reactive to what triggers you in life
• Find more self acceptance, appreciation, and self love
• Learn to embrace all parts of yourself
• Practice daily yoga, plus journaling, mediation, breathing exercises, hiking and water exploration
• Experience self care in a stunning space with good healthy food, comfortable and beautiful accommodation, and fresh air while surrounded by nature
• Enjoy time to reflect and grow in a supportive environment
• Connect with other lovely people also willing to learn and grow

“The success of yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships” – T.K.V.Desikachar

Testimonials

Daniella taught a retreat in February 2023 with the same title. Here are some testimonials and 5-star reviews from those who attended (originally posted on Trip Advisor):

Amazing Experience

This is my 2nd retreat with Daniella at Casa Grande Mountain Retreat and it has been a life changing experience. If you have a chance to take a yoga class or attend a retreat with Daniella, do not hesitate, just do it! You will not regret it. Daniella provides knowledge, wisdom, humor, and kindness. The topic of this past retreat was Re-Parenting your Inner Child and wow did we ever, LOL. Daniella provided us a safe space so we could be vulnerable and imperfect but also providing us with guidance, tools, and materials to understand ourselves and our emotional needs; to heal/love ourselves. Daniella is a treasure, the community she has created is amazing, and I hope I will be able to attend more retreats with her in the future.

Give yourself a mental reset!

I can't say enough good things about Daniella and her workshops! I attended her Inner Child Work Retreat this past weekend at the beautiful Casa Grande in Utuado, Puerto Rico. From the start of the booking experience, Daniella was very responsive and offered advice and resources about how to get to & from the airport to Utuado, which is something I was worried about as I was traveling from off of the island.

This truly was a one-of-a-kind experience to disconnect from work and the struggles of life in general. Our group of 27(ish) was able to spend valuable time in nature and workshops to better connect with ourselves and with each other which I will carry with me for the rest of my life. If I lived in Puerto Rico, I would be attending Daniella's workshops and classes all the time! From the minute the retreat started, she offered a safe space for everyone and continued support throughout the process, which is truly unforgettable.

100% recommend for anyone who is looking for ways to better understand their inner child and learn that you don't need to change or fix anything, but merely accept who you are. I'll be back to visit someday (hopefully soon!) and would give 10 stars if I could!

Gift for yourself!

Daniella hosted a retreat focused on Inner Child work and it was so much more than I expected. A weekend in beautiful Casa Grande, Utuado filled with amazing people and life changing experiences.

Daniella’s guidance during workshops and yoga enabled us to be aware of our feelings, emotional needs and our power to heal ourselves. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to feel re-charged and just better at showing up for yourself and others.

Weekend Yoga and wellness Retreat

I rarely give 5 stars but in this case it was easy. My wife and I had an absolutely wonderful time at the Santosa weekend retreat. Had never experienced yoga, meditation or had vegan cuisine, and did it all in one weekend. The retreat took place in the most serene and beautiful Caribbean mountain resort with hiking trails and a river with a waterfall and a natural swimming pool. Made a ton of friends that were all there for self improvement. My wife and I are looking forward to our next retreat with Daniella.

Highly recommended yoga classes!

Daniella is so kind and offers great yoga classes! I was nervous to go by myself but I felt so welcomed and comfortable. I highly recommend her classes/retreats.

Re-Parent Your Inner Child Retreat

I recently attended a retreat led by Daniella. She was outstanding. She took a group of 27 complete strangers and made us feel like a family. She’s incredibly knowledgeable, thoughtful and put together an amazing itinerary with a breadth of resources and tools.

Don't overthink it! Just do it!

I just came back from a yoga/reparenting/inner chid retreat with Daniella. I wouldn't know how to classify the retreat because it is all this and more. Daniella has attracted a curated experience of wellness and merged it with the experience of having an awesome community to help people heal, and grow from within. What makes Daniella great is her openness to listen empathetically, fostering a safe space and non-judgemental facilitation style. Her authenticity (and the fact that she has been able to incorporate what she teaches to her own approach in life) showed all throughout the weekend.

I came out understanding that I don't need to be perfect and that nobody is but I can confidently say that Daniella was perfect for us over the 3 days we spent together. Oh! And the food at Casa Grande Retreat Center in Utuado was also outstanding, and the setting in the luscious mountain!