Island Life Retreats
A Return to Presense
November 2-7, 2025
Dominican Republic
Island Life Retreats
A Return to Presense
Cabrera Dominican Republic November 2-7, 2025
Come home to your body. To your breath. To the wild beauty of the present moment.
This is not just a retreat. This is a reset.
Join me, Liz Williams, for six days and five nights on the lush, unspoiled north coast of the Dominican Republic, where jungle meets sea, and time slows down. This is your invitation to step out of the grind and remember who you are beneath all the noise.
We’ll be staying in a private, oceanfront villa tucked inside an exclusive, gated community where A-list celebrities come to disappear into peace. You won’t find this retreat online, because it’s not something that can be booked or replicated. I’ve spent years on the ground here creating trusted connections that make this a one-of-a-kind experience.
From the moment you step off the plane in Santo Domingo, everything is taken care of. Private transportation, nourishing meals, daily movement, soul-filled adventures, and quiet time to rest or explore. Our full villa staff will be preparing farm-to-table meals daily—food that’s not only beautiful and fresh, but deeply nourishing to your body and spirit.
This isn’t a retreat where you’re told what to do every minute. This is your space to unplug, recharge, and choose what calls to you each day. We’ll begin our mornings with grounding movement or meditation, followed by soul-nourishing adventures like:
• A beach day at Playa Grande with traditional Dominican lunch and seaside massage options
• A yoga paddleboarding session on calm Caribbean waters
• A bonfire ceremony on the beach—just steps from your villa—where we’ll release what no longer serves us
• Time to nap, journal, swim, or book a private spa treatment at the villa
Everything is optional. This is your experience. Whether you crave connection or solitude, you’ll have the freedom and support to find what you need.
This is an alcohol-free retreat—a conscious container for clarity, restoration, and deep presence. You won’t need anything to unwind but the ocean, the jungle, and the gift of time.
You’ll be held by a soulful team:
• Victoria, a Dominican yoga teacher and sound healer grounded in local tradition
• Anne, a Venezuelan yogi who brings playful, embodied energy through movement and paddleboard yoga
• Ryan, our Dominican-based coordinator who ensures every moment runs seamlessly
• And my husband, Danny, who manages transportation for Amanera and the exclusive Discoveryland Golf Course—he’ll be part of the team ensuring your journey is effortless
This is luxury with depth. Play with purpose. A chance to release the fear, shame, and guilt (FSG) that weighs us down—and reclaim peace, joy, and presence.
It’s not about running away.
It’s about finally arriving.
Every detail is handled. Your only job is to show up.
Meet your host
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Liz Williams
RETREAT HOST @thefittrainerswife
a retreat curator, movement guide, mother, and space holder for women who are ready to reset and come home to themselves.
Five years ago, I survived a spinal injury that fractured every thoracic vertebra and multiple ribs. It was my breaking point and my breakthrough. That moment cracked me wide open and set me on a path of healing, sobriety, spiritual connection, and full-body presence.
Now I live in the Dominican Republic with my husband and our two children my 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, and our son, Blue, who was born at home here on the island. That experience deepened everything for me. I now know, in my bones, that the body knows how to heal when it feels safe, supported, and seen.
Island Life Retreats were born from that knowing.
Through these retreats, I create immersive, soul-led spaces rooted in sisterhood, nature, movement, and deep rest. I believe in the magic of this island. I believe in slowing down. I believe that healing happens when we finally stop trying to fix and simply remember who we are.
I’m also a two-time cookbook author, and food is my love language. If I could, I’d deliver homemade meals to every woman I love, exactly when she needs it. My retreats are a reflection of that same energy, lovingly curated, fully held, and deeply nourishing. You don’t have to do it all. You just get to be.
This is my calling: to create sacred spaces where women can exhale, soften, and reconnect with the rhythm of their own lives.
Where you will stay...
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Our Retreat Villa is located in the beautiful Orchid Bay Estates just outside the town of Cabrera in the Dominican Republic. Orchid Bay Estates is a stunning gated community that offers breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea and lush tropical landscapes.
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Paradise Found: Immerse Yourself In Island Living with all the comforts of home on an all inclusive beach front villa with everything you need to deeply rest and recharge.
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Once you arrive, everything will be taken care of so you can completely "unplug" and enjoy the endless benefits of nature and community.
As you retreat to this all-inclusive villa, we offer top-notch dining and non-alcoholic beverage service. Our skilled chefs use fresh local ingredients to create mouth-watering dishes that cater to all dietary needs.
Submerge with the island.
Heal in the elements.
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You and sisters from all over the world coming together to for an experience of a lifetime.
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Island Life Retreats presents Harmony with the Elements, a one of a kind retreat. You will be hosted by two mothers (Liz & Lauren) and a full villa staff for all your needs, including laundry service, 3 meals per day, coffee, smoothies and mocktails. We have loving hearts for adventure, ritual & building community.
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February 16-21, 2025
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The retreat will take place on the beautiful north shore of the Dominican Republic in Cabrera. The small farm town of Cabrera is where Liz has called home for the last three years. We will be staying in a beautiful luxury villa in the gated community of Orchid Bay. You will be steps away from one of the most beautiful beaches to enjoy at your leisure.
Harmony with the Elements retreat will take place during the height of the seasonal humpback whale migration where they come to the warm waters of the DR to breed and calve their young. It's common to see whales right from the villa you will be staying at during the retreat.
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There is something so magical and potent about taking time to retreat away from everyday life. Our offerings will give you time to reflect, recharge and play in the elements.
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When you are looking at flights you will fly into Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) or Banreservas Aeropuerto Gregorio Luperón (POP) and there will be a scheduled shuttle that will make the trip from SDQ and POP to our small farm town of Cabrera. This beautiful drive will take about 3 hours in the shuttle to get to the private villa and where will you spend 6 days and 5 nights retreating and recharging.
The private shuttle will depart from SDQ on Feb 16th at 3:30PM and arrive to SDQ on Feb 21st at 1:30PM. We are here to help with your travel booking needs and there is private transport available as well.
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Island Life Retreat is between $3,333-$4,444 depending on the room.
Everything is included in the price once you arrive to the Shuttle at SDQ airport. We will be having farm to table meals at the villa where a full staff will be at your service. This will include daily housekeeping, all 3 meals, happy hour with snacks and mocktails, and laundry service.
The only exceptions are the extra offerings that you can book during your daily free time. We will be offering extras such as SUP yoga, beachfront massages and facials that you will be able to sign up for in your free time. This will come as an extra cost.
We will spend an afternoon enjoying the world-renowned beach Playa Grande and a traditional Dominican lunch under the cabanas. This would be a good time to purchase some souvenirs or anything extra you would to take home with you. And tips are always welcome to our locals, but not a necessity!
Fill out the application or contact us for more information.
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Coffee and tea bar open
Morning meditation/breathwork/yoga
Breakfast as a group
Shuttle arrives to Villa
Horse Back Riding along the coast
Lunch back at the villa or packed with us for horse back riding
Free time to rest/journal, lay by the pool, walk the beach steps away from the villa, connect with the other women or book any extras such as massages, sup yoga, or other services
Happy Hour Mocktails and Snacks
Dinner as a group
Evening circle/breathwork/yoga
Free time/Bedtime
Balance. Harmony. Elements.
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FIRE
Fire is associated with strength, activity, blood, and life force. It is also highly purifying and protective, consuming impurities and driving back darkness.
The fire element has to do with light, plasma, and passion. We will be in the radiant sun all week and begin our time together with a bon fire ceremony with music, food, friends & dance.
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EARTH
Earth is the element of stability, groundedness, fertility, materiality, potential, and stillness. The earth element has to do with grounding, nature and solid structure.
We can’t wait to be hiking, walk barefoot on the beach, ride majestic horses while picking nature’s candy (fruit) and drinking cacao, one of the Earth’s greatest heart openers.
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AIR
Air is the element of intelligence, creativity, and beginnings. Air has to do with breathing rhythms, gases and thoughts. We will be meditating with breathwork and journaling daily to balance the air element.
Experiences to look forward to: a Lighthouse walking meditation on the beach coast, healing sound bath, breath work and harmony Nidra meditation.
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WATER
The Water Element has to do with hydration, flowing, and emotions. We will be hydrating with spring water, fresh structured fruit, and swimming in the crystal blue Caribbean Sea.
Water teaches us how to go with the flow, creating ease and peace in our life.
Our Water element excursions and practices will integrate peace into your everyday life so you can embody flow, like the waves teach us.
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SPIRIT
Spirit is the animating force giving life to all things, soul contracts and karmic debt.
We will experience the spirit element in everything we do together through music, art, gratitude, service to others, sharing, connection and sisterhood.
In fact, our spirits are co-creating this retreat! Thank you beautiful Creatrix ♥️
Meet your facilitators...
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Ann Cingari
Mother, SUP Yoga Teacher, Meditation Guide & Loving Support
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Victoria Ortega
Mother, Yoga Teacher, Sound Healing facilitator, Supportive Sister
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Ryann Doyle
Mother, Retreat & Event Coordinator, your Cheerleader
Testimonials
YOU are invited to rest, recharge and heal with the elements.
Island Life Retreat is ranges from $3,000 to $4,444 per person depending on Villa room (Payment plans available). Everything is included in the price once you arrive to the Shuttle at SDQ or POP airport. We will be having farm to table meals at the villa where a full staff will be at your service. This prices includes our daily elemental excursions, practices, healing ceremonies, housekeeping, laundry service, all 3 meals, happy hour with snacks and mocktails. Located at the perfect tropical oasis for all your heart’s desires.