Yutsil O’tan
Retreat Center for Earth Care from the Mayan Cosmovision
1. Foundation
Yutsil O’tan —which means “Good Heart” or “Healthy Heart” in the Mayan language— was created as a retreat space for learning and integral transformation that places at its center the care of Mother Earth and the healing of the human heart from the perspective of the Mayan cosmovision.
In a global context marked by ecological crisis, community fragmentation, and spiritual disconnection, Yutsil O’tan proposes a model that integrates ancestral wisdom with contemporary approaches to therapeutic accompaniment. The project recognizes that individual healing is deeply intertwined with the regeneration of the land and the restoration of community bonds.
The Center is founded on deep respect for Indigenous peoples and on ethical, culturally responsible collaboration with grandmothers, grandfathers, spiritual guides, and practitioners of the Mayan cosmovision.
2. General Purpose
To catalyze processes of inner transformation, community healing, and ethical action that strengthen the spiritual heart of individuals and promote regenerative practices in relationship with Mother Earth.
3. Specific Objectives
Integrate Mayan spirituality with Gestalt therapy, transpersonal psychology, and various holistic therapies in both educational and therapeutic processes.
Generate experiences of deep reconnection with nature through immersive, place-based practices.
Strengthen ecological awareness and active commitment to environmental care projects.
Contribute to the respectful transmission of ancestral knowledge, ensuring dignified and recognized participation of tradition bearers.
Foster group processes that encourage community cohesion and the practice of an ethics of care.
4. Methodological Approach
Yutsil O’tan adopts an integral approach that articulates four dimensions:
Spiritual:
Rituals, ceremonies, the Mayan calendar, and practices of gratitude and connection with the elements, guided in respectful collaboration with traditional spiritual authorities.
Corporal and Energetic:
Temazcal (sweat lodge), conscious breathing practices, meditation, somatic work, and holistic therapies that harmonize body, mind, and spirit.
Ecological and Communal:
Regenerative care projects such as reforestation, conscious water management, agroecology, soil restoration, and food sovereignty practices, aligned with the vision of the territory as a living being.
Psycho-emotional:
Gestalt therapy, transpersonal psychology, individual accompaniment, and group processes oriented toward self-knowledge, emotional integration, and the development of expanded consciousness.
5. Programs
The Center will offer:
Short retreats (2–5 days): Intensive experiences of spiritual and ecological reconnection.
Extended programs (1–3 months): Integral training programs with therapeutic accompaniment and active participation in land care projects.
Open ceremonies and rituals: Linked to natural cycles and significant dates in the Mayan calendar.
Individual therapy: Personalized accompaniment with an integrative approach.
Specialized group processes: Conscious leadership, ecological grief, spirituality, and ethical action.
Ecological service residencies: Spaces for formative volunteering in regenerative projects.
6. Ethical Principles
Deep respect for the Mayan cosmovision and its traditional authorities.
No cultural appropriation; collaboration with fair recognition and reciprocity.
Care for the territory as a living being.
Transparency, reciprocity, and community responsibility.
Integration of science, spirituality, and tradition through respectful dialogue.
7. Expected Impact
Individuals with greater inner coherence and ecological commitment.
Communities strengthened through collective care practices.
Symbolic and practical recovery of the sacred bond with Mother Earth.
A replicable model for integrating ancestral spirituality with contemporary psychological accompaniment.
8. Vision
Yutsil O’tan aspires to become a reference point for embodied spirituality, deep psychology, and territorial regeneration in dialogue with Mayan wisdom—sowing conscious hearts that walk with ethics, beauty, and responsibility upon the Earth.
Xuno, Evi, Roberto, Gina y Liz
