

I’m Julia Allshouse, founder of Vikara Wellness Retreats, a mother, somatic practitioner, retreat facilitator, and Certified TRE® Provider specializing in nervous system restoration retreats in Mexico. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I’ve called Mexico home for over a decade. My own journey through profound life changes taught me the importance of slowing down, listening to my body, and finding new ways to navigate life’s challenges with resilience and trust. Founded in 2011, Vikara Wellness has grown into immersive, sober wellness retreats offering space to pause, reconnect with the body, and explore what life can feel like beyond old patterns and coping mechanisms. My approach weaves together TRE® (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises), yoga, somatic movement, breathwork, meditation, flower essences, nature, cultural immersion, and intentional rest. These practices offer supportive ways to explore stress, build body awareness, and cultivate greater ease and emotional resilience. As an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, Certified TRE® Provider, Shaking Medicine teacher, and Flower Essence Vibrational Remedies consultant, I bring both professional training and lived experience to my work. I believe recovery can be about more than what we leave behind. It can be an opportunity to discover new ways of experiencing connection, pleasure, purpose, and joy. My retreats create space to slow down, explore what feels possible, and begin building a life that feels meaningful, vibrant, and genuinely your own.
I’ve been hosting small group & private 1:1 sober retreats for going onto 5 years in Mexico. My retreats specialize in nature therapy, learning & embodying TRE ® therapeutic Tremoring for nervous system regulation, flower essence vibrational remedies for emotional processing & intelligence, therapeutic sound healing, yoga philosophy and it’s practices of yoga, meditation & breathwork, along with transformational mentoring & intentional spiritual ceremonies to open & close the powerful week.
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