Private temazcal ceremonies in Tulum
The womb of Mother Earth
A ritual steam bath with fire, stones and herbs. A wellbeing practice with ancestral roots — not a tourist attraction.
Grupo Tulum Temazcal
Reconnecting with the roots of what is Mexico today
We are a project in motion. We take the ancestral temazcal ceremony wherever it is needed, and we build temazcales meant to stay.
A temazcal is not a tourist attraction. It is a wellbeing practice, and what we want is to give it back the place it deserves in life today.
It is not esoteric either, and it is not a matter of faith. Heat and steam do something very concrete: they bring you back into your body, they make you breathe slowly, and they let you be grateful for what you can actually see — the earth, the water, the fire, and the people sitting beside you.
Everything else follows from that. If the earth regenerates after every cycle, so do we. Understanding the cycle you are living is the beginning of understanding yourself. You do not have to believe in anything: what the temazcal does for you, you will notice yourself.
We share this for a concrete reason: knowledge that is not passed on gets lost. So every ceremony is also an explanation — where it comes from, what each part means, and why it is done this way. Not to make it sound mysterious, but so it can be understood and taken home.
That is the point: that the temazcal is explained well, practised well, and becomes part of the social fabric again.
And above all, so that we reconnect with the ancestral roots of what is Mexico today.
Three paths
How we work
Private ceremony
Your circle and no one else. We guide the whole ceremony: the fire, the stones, the seven-chakra breathing meditation, the four doors and the closing.
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Planting temazcales
We plant temazcales as permanent altars in housing projects and regenerative communities. We design them, build them, and hand them over alive.
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Retreats and programmes
Educational workshops and holistic consulting for homes, offices and spas. Every programme is designed to measure.
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Seven chakras outside, four doors inside
Before going in
The breathing meditation
Before going in we sit outside, in a circle, and do a breathing meditation that travels through the seven chakras: seven energy centres that the tradition places along the spine, from the ground to the crown of the head.
It does something very practical: it slows you down, settles your head, and lets you go in with your body present instead of with the rush of the day. Each centre has its colour, and those colours are the ribbons you will see hanging along the path, on the altar and by the fire.
Inside
The four doors
Inside, the ceremony is divided into four stretches. Each stretch is called a door, and each door faces a direction and carries its colour: east yellow, south blue, west red and north white. The circle travels through all of them, always in that order.
The door is not just an idea: at the end of each stretch the entrance really does open, fresh air comes in, and the circle breathes again before carrying on. That is why there are four, and not one long sitting.
- 1 East First dooryellow
- 2 South Second doorblue
- 3 West Third doorred
- 4 North Fourth doorwhite
About the temazcal
A ritual, therapeutic and healing steam bath
Its origins go back to the pre-Hispanic medicine of the native peoples of the American continent. The temazcal is the symbolic representation of the womb of Mother Earth.
It is also a ceremony of rebirth and detoxification through abundant sweating, the use of herbs, and the way those taking part meet the four elements that sustain life.
Fire
The fire heats the stones for hours before the ceremony begins.
Earth
The dome is the womb. You go in in the dark, you sweat, and you come back out into the light.
Water
Water steeped with herbs falls on the red-hot stones and turns into steam.
Air
Between one door and the next, fresh air comes in and the circle breathes again.
Herbs
The medicine is in the plants
The temazcal contributes to physical, mental and spiritual health through the natural medicine held in plants. Every ceremony is prepared with the herbs the moment asks for.
- Lemongrass
- Rue
- Basil
- Eucalyptus
- Chamomile
- And many others
Benefits
Free your mind and spirit
You do not have to believe in anything. People who live the ceremony describe that it helps them:
- Relax the body completely
- Release emotional weight
- Clear the respiratory and digestive tracts
- Hydrate and renew the skin
- Improve circulation
- Strengthen the nervous system
- Let go of stress
- Sleep better
- Wake up their connection with nature
- Recognise the relationship between body, mind and spirit
A safe place for introspection and self-recognition, and a life experience worth living.
The ceremony
Photographs by Ashley Gauthier
★★★★★My wife and I took part in a private ceremony with Emilio. They took time to explain everything and make sure we felt comfortable throughout the Temazcal. It is an experience that we will always remember.
★★★★★Our group had the honor of experiencing a temazcal ceremony here during my retreat in Tulum, and it was truly unforgettable.
★★★★★We came from Texas to see Emilio and his partner. They were both extremely knowledgeable and made our group feel right at home.
★★★★★If you are in Tulum and looking for a real, non-touristy Temazcal ceremony, please contact Emilio and do the ceremony with Temazcal Tulum.
★★★★★Such a wonderfully unique experience that I couldn’t recommend enough. From start to finish, Emilio and the team went above and beyond.
★★★★★Don’t book a cheap, commercial tour. The personal, personalised experience Emilio and his family give is something special and incomparable.
★★★★★Emilio guided us through the Temazcal with remarkable empathy and care. He struck the perfect balance.
★★★★★This was our first Temazcal experience and we were nervous! Emilio and his crew walked us through — exactly how it would go.
★★★★★The unconditional love I received went far beyond my expectations. My thanks to Emilio, Octavio and the whole team.
★★★★★Wonderful, honest and respectful people who bring positive energy to everyone they meet.
Our social contribution
Who is behind this
This project is run by Emilio and Octavio. We are real estate advisors in the Riviera Maya, and Tulum Temazcal is our social contribution: bringing ancestral wellbeing practices back into life today.
We are supported by Aho Realty Group, the agency we work from, focused on projects with soul: regenerative communities with wellbeing amenities such as the temazcal, in conscious living spaces in harmony with nature.
That is why we plant temazcales as permanent altars, and not as a seasonal attraction.
Live the experience · Vive la experiencia
Live the experience
Every ceremony is private and arranged with you. Write to us and we will put yours together.
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