Alma Atitlan
Tzununa · Lake Atitlan
Come back
to yourself
A retreat center, residency, and slow living sanctuary on Lake Atitlan
Welcome to Alma
For people who are tired
of rushing through their lives
Tucked beside the river in Tzununa, Lake Atitlan, Alma is a retreat center, residency space, and slow living sanctuary. A place to breathe deeper. To move slower. To reconnect with your body, your intuition, your creativity, and the quieter parts of yourself that get lost beneath modern life.
Morning yoga in open-air shalas. Communal meals beside the garden. Volcano views wrapped in morning mist. Fire nights beneath the stars. The sound of the river moving through the property day and night.
Not luxury in the traditional sense. Luxury in the sense that you can finally hear yourself think again.
Our story"At Alma, the schedule is spacious by design. Whether you are navigating a life transition, recovering from burnout, deepening your practice, or simply longing to feel connected again, Alma offers the space to soften and begin again."Alma Atitlan · Tzununa, Guatemala
Stay
Stay awhile
From short personal stays to month-long residencies, Alma offers space for both rest and rhythm. Wake slowly. Practice daily. Work remotely beside the garden. Swim in the lake. Read in a hammock. Share dinner with people from around the world.
Stay
Personal Stay
Come on your own schedule. Morning yoga in the shala, the river steps away, the lake a ten-minute walk through the village. No program, no pressure, just the place and the practice.
Personal StayLong-Term · Residency
Residency Program
Live and practice at the lake for a month or more. Two tracks, both including accommodation, meals, daily yoga, and the rhythm of community life. Choose the experience that fits the season of life you are in.
Residency ProgramExperiences
Experiences that leave space to breathe
Our programs are intentionally designed to support restoration rather than overwhelm. We believe healing does not always happen through constant doing. Sometimes it happens through spaciousness, community, movement, nourishment, and finally having enough quiet to hear your inner voice again.
Explore
Programs
at Alma
A rotating calendar of immersions, retreats, and trainings held in the shalas and gardens of the property. Join one of ours, or bring your own.
View all experiences →Yoga & Spanish Immersion
Deepen your practice and learn Spanish in the same week, grounded in the living culture of the lake.
The Alma Reset
A gentle, restorative experience for those feeling burned out or in need of space to breathe again.
Seasonal Retreats
Small group gatherings led by guest facilitators, moving with the seasons of the lake.
Workshops & Ceremonies
Sound journeys, cacao circles, fire ceremonies, and short workshops held throughout the year.
Thai Yoga Massage Trainings
Intensive bodywork trainings for practitioners and curious beginners alike.
Teacher Trainings
Hybrid 200-hour yoga certification, with the in-person immersion held beside the volcanoes.
Healing Services
Supported by experienced
practitioners
Alma Atitlan is home to a rotating collective of healers, therapists, and wellness practitioners offering grounded, body-centered support for those seeking deeper restoration during their stay.
Thai Yoga Massage. Sound Healing. Mayan Abdominal and Womb Healing. Breathwork. Somatic Therapy. Energy Healing. Private Yoga Sessions. Plant Medicine Integration. Meditation and Spiritual Guidance.
There is no pressure to "fix" yourself at Alma. We believe healing happens naturally when the body feels safe enough to soften.
Our practitioners are carefully chosen not only for their skill, but for the way they hold space, with humility, presence, integrity, and care.
Featured Experience
"The Alma Reset. A gentle, restorative experience for those feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, burned out, or simply in need of space to breathe again. Not a packed itinerary. Just space to come back to yourself."Includes accommodation, daily yoga, a private wellness coaching session, a 2-hour healing session, nourishing meals, and community.
Host a Retreat
Bring your retreat to the lake
Alma Atitlan is available for hosted retreats, teacher trainings, wellness immersions, and intentional gatherings. With two yoga shalas, on-site accommodations, vegetarian catering, coworking spaces, gardens, fire circles, and the energy of Lake Atitlan surrounding it all, the property was designed to support meaningful transformation.
We provide the space. You bring the vision.
Host Your RetreatThe Buddha Cafe
More than a cafe
The Buddha Cafe is the heart of daily life at Alma. A place where guests, residents, travelers, and locals gather over coffee, nourishing meals, shared conversations, creative work, and slow mornings.
Strong WiFi. Garden views. Fresh vegetarian food. Coworking tables. Community without pressure.
Come for breakfast. Stay for the afternoon.
Community
Life feels
different here
Something shifts when people slow down together. Strangers become friends over communal dinners. Mornings begin with movement instead of urgency. There is time to watch the light change over the volcanoes.
Alma is not about escaping life. It is about remembering how you want to live it.
Time to create
Studios, gardens, and quiet corners for writing, making, and thinking. Bring your work and let the lake hold it.
Time to reflect
Fire nights beneath the stars, sunrise practice in the shala, long afternoons in the hammock.
Time to be human again
Shared meals, shared silence, shared laughter. The kind of presence that gets lost in everyday life.
Tzununa · Lake Atitlan · Guatemala
Your place at the lake is waiting
Whether you come for a few days, a month, or a completely new chapter, Alma offers the space to reconnect with what matters most.
hello@almaatitlan.com