The Downshift
You are not tired.
You have been running at a speed that stopped being yours a long time ago.
The Downshift is five nights to come down from it. No agenda, no group to keep up with, nothing to complete. One Isabel works with the body, the other works with the breath, and the forest holds the pace.
You will sleep. Then you will sleep better. By the third night most people stop checking the time.
You will leave with something that stays.
This is for you if
Three sentences. If two of them are about you, this is the month.
You check your phone before you are fully awake.
Your last vacation took four days to stop thinking about work, and it was five days long.
People close to you have started saying you seem somewhere else.
This month
What is different about The Downshift.
The long morning with both Isabels turns on sleep, and on where the work sits in your body. Everything else in the week is the week.
The week underneath
The same six days, every month.
The focus changes. The week does not: a long morning with both Isabels, breathwork, sound, a full day in the forest, dinner together every night, and plenty of hours with nothing on them.
- Arrive
- The body
- The breath
- The forest
- What stays
- Leave
Where you sleep
The room is the only thing you choose.
Jungle dome
Round, glass-fronted, set apart in the trees. King bed, private bathroom, a jacuzzi on the terrace.
Ask Isabel about this room
Terrace room
King bed, private bathroom, and a terrace with a hammock over the valley.
Ask Isabel about this room
Two-bedroom suite
Two bedrooms, one bathroom, a terrace with a hammock. All of it yours.
Ask Isabel about this room
This month
Three questions people ask about this one
I have a team. Can I really be gone?
The wifi works. Whether you use it is up to you. Some people pick one moment a day to check and leave it there.
Is it far?
A long drive from Quito, up through the Andes and down into the forest. The shuttle from the airport can be added when you book. The full answer is on the getting here page.
What if I cannot switch off?
Most people cannot on the first day. That is what the other four are for.
From the guest book
What people say when they get home
5.0/ 5
5.0 on Google · 5 of 5 on TripAdvisor
“The spa, Dr. Isabel’s treatments, the yoga and the sound bath were genuinely incredible experiences, deeply restorative, and deeply professional.”
Diana Rojas
Google
These are from lodge guests. The retreat is new, and its first guests have not travelled yet.
“I gave myself something different to mark the start of a new decade, and it turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made. Peace, harmony, connection.”
Viviana Gianetti
Google
These are from lodge guests. The retreat is new, and its first guests have not travelled yet.
“A wonderful place and an unforgettable experience. It exceeded every expectation, the waterfall bath and the natural pool reconnect you with nature, and then there is the spa.”
Masiela
TripAdvisor
These are from lodge guests. The retreat is new, and its first guests have not travelled yet.
Translated from Spanish.
The call
Isabel answers the phone.
Every retreat starts with a fifteen-minute call. Isabel walks you through the week, answers whatever you ask, and if it is not the right week for you, she will say so.
By video or phone, in English. Nothing to pay until you decide.
