With Ankati Day & Dani Mulligan
Deep in the jungle of Mexico, ten women will gather at the wild altar of their own becoming.
This is a retreat to wake up, to shed the weight of performing, pleasing, and playing small, and remember the fierce, tender, sacred woman who has been waiting underneath. For 8 days, surrounded by ancient jungle, we will move our bodies in morning yoga, descend into the crystalline waters of sacred cenotes, feel the salt of the ocean on our skin, and stand in the presence of the Mayan ancestors who built their temples at the edge of the world.
We will sweat together in the darkness of the temazcal, be broken open in ceremony, and find in one another the kind of sisterhood that does not ask you to be palatable.
This is your wild altar.
“Dani and Ankati have some serious magic between the two of them! They created a loving open healing space within this beautiful setting. With daily morning yoga, yoga nidra and sound healing, my nervous system was able to completely relax. We were provided many hours to relax and reflect on our own which allowed for new insights and a deeper connection with others. It was the perfect retreat ❤️”
About Casa Portal, Our Retreat Center
Casa Portal is a 100-acre Maine homestead that we live on and care for, with a small flock of sheep on a working farm. We host and program private groups, retreats, farm-to-table food evenings, and simple farm stays for people who want to step away from their day-to-day and spend time on the land, together.
People come when something is shifting, or when they just need a few days that feel different from normal life. Days follow the rhythm of the farm—animals, meals, weather, the forest, gardens, and time outside. You settle in, and usually leave feeling a bit clearer and more steady than when you arrived.
Accommodation Packages
All accommodation packages include meals, coffee and tea, daily classes and workshops, sauna sessions,
Private Room with King Bed: $2,000 sold out
Private Room with Queen Bed: $1,900 sold out
Private Room with XL Twin: $1,800 sold out
Double Shared Room: $1,500 per person (One bed in male room left!)
JUST ADDED: Forest Cabin: $1,500 per person shared, $2,500 as single. Only two cabins available. Please note cabins are located a short walk through the meadow with no access to Wifi. A shared, camp-style bathroom is nearby, and guests use the showers in the main house.
As autumn fades and our inner landscape begins to crave spaces of quiet, The Shift Retreat offers a sanctuary on a working farm and homestead to pause, soften, and ground down. Burrowed in the tranquil woods of Maine, this retreat honors the moment between seasons; the slow exhale before winter arrives. It’s a chance to step out into deep presence.
Meet Your Facilitators, Ankati Day & Dani Mulligan
Ankati has been practicing yoga since she was 19, and has been teaching since that fated day she hopped a plane to Costa Rica in 2012 and her entire “life plan” shifted dramatically. She is an eternal student of movement, music, poetry, Shamanism, and her insatiable curiosity. She believes deeply that we are here on Earth to awaken our innate joy through play and exploration, and she continues to weave her gifts and learnings into immersive experiences for students and participants. She can’t wait to share the cozy autumn in Maine with you!
Dani Mulligan
Dani started yoga and meditation at the age of 14. Even from a young age, yoga always gave her the ultimate sense of coming home. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training in 2014 and has been teaching ever since.
Over the last 12 years, Dani has always loved growing alongside her students. She is experienced in leading Vinyasa, Hatha, Power, Original Hot, Yin, and Restorative classes, and also teaches Yoga for Cancer and Yoga for Recovery classes.
How to get to Casa Portal…
Airports
Bangor International Airport (BGR) – 40 minutes
Portland International Jetport (PWM) – 2 hours
Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) – 4 hours
Driving
New York City: 6-7 hours
Boston: 4 hours
Quebec City, Quebec: 4.5 hours
Montreal, Quebec: 5.5 hours
Portland, ME 2 hours
The Very Important Fine Print
By booking this retreat, you indicate that:
I understand that yoga includes physical movements as well as an opportunity for relaxation, stress re-education and relief of muscular tension. As is the case with any physical activity, the risk of injury, even serious or disabling, is always present and cannot be entirely eliminated. If I experience any pain or discomfort, I will listen to my body, discontinue the activity. I assume full responsibility for any and all damages, which may incur through participation. Yoga is not a substitute for medical attention, examination, diagnosis or treatment. Yoga is not recommended and is not safe under certain medical conditions. By booking this retreat, I affirm that a licensed physician has verified my good health and physical condition to participate in such a fitness program. If I am pregnant, become pregnant or I am post-natal or post-surgical, I verify that I have my physician's approval to participate. I also affirm that I alone am responsible to decide whether to practice yoga and participation is at my own risk. I hereby agree to irrevocably release and waive any claims that I have now or may have hereafter against Ankati Day, LLC. I have read and fully understand and agree to the above terms of this Liability Waiver Agreement.
**You will be sent a copy of this waiver to sign upon submitting payment.
WHERE WE’RE GOING
We're headed to Lunita, an intimate jungle retreat center just outside Puerto Morelos, forty minutes from Cancún and a world away from it. Eighty thousand square meters of untouched jungle wrap around us, not a single tree cut to build this place. Only twenty guests at a time, so this is not a resort, it's a homecoming.
There's a cenote-fed pool. An open-air yoga shala with jungle on every side. A temazcal for sweating out what we came here to release. Two dogs, Sol and Luna, who wandered out of the trees years ago and never left. The kind of quiet that makes room for what you actually came to remember.
This is where we'll gather. Where the mornings belong to the birds before they belong to us, and where the work of coming home to yourself finally has the space it deserves.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Your booking will cover you from start to finish. You’ll receive three beautiful meals per day plus coffee and tea. All daily yoga classes and workshops are included, as well as our hot/cold spa experience and other special experiences.
Private healing sessions can be booked for an extra cost.
BOOKING & CANCELLATION POLICY
All deposits are non-refundable.
Remaining payments made towards the full cost of the retreat can be refunded in full, minus credit card fees, until September 14, 2027. After this date, a 50% refund of the total balance is available until October 14, 2027. After this date, no refunds are possible, and the full balance is due regardless of attendance. It is advised to purchase trip insurance in case life gets in the way and you are unable to attend, as last-minute refunds are not given under any circumstances!