EXHALE:

Luxury, Laughter, and creating Your Best Year Yet
Join Nicole and Laura for the retreat you need

Palmaia House of AïA | January 20–24, 2027

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You have been carrying a lot

EXHALE is your invitation to put it all down

RETREATS: A cozy massage room with a massage table covered in a beige blanket, open to a lush, green outdoor view through large, flowing curtains. Candle lights are placed on the floor near the wall, creating a warm ambiance.
RETREATS: A cozy massage room with a massage table covered in a beige blanket, open to a lush, green outdoor view through large, flowing curtains. Candle lights are placed on the floor near the wall, creating a warm ambiance.

THE EXHALE is a luxury, all-inclusive retreat designed for women who are carrying too much, want to design their best year ever, and want to come home to themselves - while having fun doing it

After the holidays.
After doing everything for everyone.
After the mental load.

This is your time to exhale.

For five luxurious days at Palmaia House of AïA, you’ll rest, laugh, play, connect, and set yourself up for your best year yet.

You don’t need to plan anything.
You don’t need to take care of anyone.
You just show up.

We’ll take care of the rest.

Nicole Sciacca of Sweat + Still laughing and enjoying drinks with friend outdoors with palm trees and a hilly landscape in the background. One woman wears a shiny, sequined dress, and the other wears a black dress with a thigh-high slit.

This is not a rigid retreat

This is:

Luxury + fun
Growth + play
Deep conversations + beach time
Visioning + laughing until your stomach hurts

You’ll leave lighter.
Clearer.
And genuinely excited about your life.

Because January is when you need this most.

You’ve just:

Hosted

Gifted

Cooked

Planned

Coordinated

Carried everyone else

Now it's your turn. January is the perfect reset before the year gets busy.

Nicole Sciacca of Sweat + Stillness practicing yoga outdoors, sitting cross-legged with one hand on her chest and the other resting on her knee, near a palm tree.

Why January?

What’s Included

Luxury accommodations at Palmaia House of AïA
✧ All-inclusive food + beverages
✧ Oceanfront experience (have you seen the photos!)
✧ Movement classes
✧ Yoga classes
✧ Meditation
✧ Best Year Ever workshops
✧ Rest + integration time
✧ Connection with incredible women
✧ Play + fun
✧ Beach + pool time
✧ Hot Seat coaching
✧ Luxury eco-resort experience

*YES, mocktails and cocktails and wine included! Also this is not your like sandals resort all inclusive, this is high end bougie babe food and bevs!)

clarity for your year

renewed energy

emotional reset

a calmer nervous system

new friendships

more joy

more spaciousness

a deeper connection to yourself

a plan for your best year yet

clarity for your year ✧ renewed energy ✧ emotional reset ✧ a calmer nervous system ✧ new friendships ✧ more joy ✧ more spaciousness ✧ a deeper connection to yourself ✧ a plan for your best year yet ✧

The Resort

Palmaia House of AïA is:

✧ A Michelin Recommended, 5 Star Luxury eco-resort
✧ Oceanfront
✧ All-inclusive
✧ Stunning nature
✧ World-class dining
✧ Peaceful + breathtaking

This is not just a retreat. This is an experience.

Ready? LFG!

Retreat photo: Bedroom with two large beds, wooden ceiling, pendant lights, ceiling fan, textured green accent wall, window with drapes, seating area with pillows, and a balcony with views of greenery.

Shared Queen Room

$5,500

EARLY BIRD → $4,500

Retreat Photo: Beachside hotel room with a king-sized bed, green patterned accent wall, wooden ceiling, and a balcony with sea view and outdoor seating.

SOLO King Room

$6,500

EARLY BIRD → $5,500

A Sample Day at EXHALE: the retreat

Luxury, Laughter, and Creating Your Best Year Yet

MORNING

8:00 AM
Slow Morning Coffee + Nourishing Breakfast
Wake naturally. No alarms. No rushing.
Sip your coffee. Feel the ocean breeze.
Ease into your day at your own pace.

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
🧘‍♀️ Morning Movement
Movement to wake your body and calm your mind.
Set the tone for a grounded, spacious day. A signature Nicole class - yoga, resistance training, meditation and more!

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Create Your Best Year Yet Workshop
Visioning. Clarity. Intention-setting.
This is where you start designing your most aligned year yet with Laura.

Mid-dAy

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
🌊 Beach Walk + Ocean Time
Group beach walk
Quiet journaling
Ocean swim
Or simply relax and soak in the moment

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
🥗 Luxury Lunch by the Ocean
Nourishing, delicious meals
Connection and conversation

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🌴 Free Time + Optional Experiences

Follow your energy:

  • Ocean swimming

  • Pool lounging

  • Spa treatments

  • One-on-one coaching sessions 

  • Journaling

  • Napping (strongly encouraged)

  • Relaxing in nature

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
🔥 Sweat Lodge or Healing Experience
Deep release
Nervous system reset
Emotional clearing

Evening

6:00 PM
🍹 Happy Hour
Cocktails, mocktails, laughter, and connection

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Group Dinner
Beautiful meals
Slow conversations
Ocean views

7:30 PM +
💫 Hot Tub, Laughter, and Connection
This is where the magic happens:

Hot tub under the stars
Deep conversations
Late-night laughter
Connection that lasts long after the retreat ends

Optional Wind Down
🌙 Evening meditation
Journaling
Or simply drift off to sleep feeling lighter

This is your moment to exhale.

Join us in Mexico.
Reset your nervous system.
Start your year intentionally.
Create your best year yet.

Who This Is Perfect For

Retreat photo: A group of women dressed in colorful dresses are participating in a ceremony or ritual on a beach, with a man in white leading the event with Nicole Sciacca of Sweat + Stillness.

Women who:

✧ Feel exhausted and overextended after the holidays
✧ Wants to build self trust
✧ Want clarity for the year ahead
✧ Want luxury + rest + growth
✧ Want to be taken care of
✧ Want fun + play + laughter
✧ Want deep connection
✧ Want to start their year intentionally
✧ Want to come home to themselves
✧ Want to recommit to themselves
✧ Wants a fresh start to the year

Clarity for your year

Emotional reset

Renewed energy

New friendships

A plan for your best year yet

A lighter, calmer nervous system

Clarity for your year ✧ Emotional reset ✧ Renewed energy ✧ New friendships ✧ A plan for your best year yet ✧ A lighter, calmer nervous system ✧

Questions?

Reach out to Nicole or Laura

Spots Are Limited

to keep this experience intimate, connected, and personalized.

Sweat + Stillness MERCH

Sweat and Stillness Women’s Racerback Cropped Tank
$27.00

Product Details:

  • Relaxed fit

  • Tear-away label

  • Side seamed

  • Raw edge armholes

  • 3.6-ounce, 52/48 Airlume combed and ring spun cotton/poly jersey

Care Instructions:

  • Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors

Note on fit:

  • Nicole is 5’8 and wears a size L (these run small).

Shipping & Handling:

  • Please allow 7-10 business days for shipping & handling

Be Real Not Perfect - Color Blast Crewneck Sweatshirt
$64.00

Product Details:

  • 9.5-ounce, 80/20 ring spun USA cotton/poly

  • Made with 80% sustainable and fairly grown USA cotton and sewn with USA cotton thread

  • 1x1 rib knit on collar

  • Double-needle neck, shoulders, armholes, cuffs and waistband

  • Twill-taped back neck

  • Rolled forward shoulder

  • Relaxed fit, side-seamed body

  • Twill label

Care Instructions:

  • Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors.

  • Tumble dry at low temperature.

  • Do not iron. Do not dry clean.

Note on Fit:

  • Nicole is 5’8 and wears a Medium. Fit is true to size.

Shipping & Handling:

  • Please allow 7-10 business days for shipping & handling

Sold Out Retreats


Same house. Same weekend.


An even more decadent, dialed-in, soul-loosening experience.

Retreat Photo: Group of women dressed in white posing by the pool and palm trees at sunset with Nicole Sciacca of Sweat + Stillness

PALM DESERT

SWEAT AND STILLNESS

RETREAT OCT 1ST - 4TH, 2026

Last year was electric.
This year we refine it. Expand it. Let it breathe.

This isn’t a getaway.
It’s a full-body exhale.

A remembering.

Of how good it feels to be cared for.
To move with intention.
To eat like nourishment is sacred.
To receive without rushing.
To play without earning it first.

Four days inside a container designed for aliveness:

Epic, intelligently programmed workouts—yoga, mobility, strength, playful cardio—where you’re seen. Truly seen. Small group. Real cues. The kind of 1:1 attention your body has been quietly begging for. We sweat, we laugh, we feel powerful again.

A heavenly, organic private chef preparing three curated meals a day. Not “retreat food.” Celebration food. Nourishing, vibrant, indulgent without regret. Meals that ground you, delight you, and somehow taste like self-respect.

Next-level self-care woven throughout the weekend—acupuncture, massage, facials—because your nervous system deserves luxury too. This is the kind of care that recalibrates you, not just relaxes you.

Spacious, sun-drenched days in a stunning Palm Desert home where time slows, phones lose their grip, and your shoulders finally drop.

Women who are done performing and ready to be real. The conversations alone are worth the flight.

Surprise workshops (to be announced soon) that will crack things open in the best way. Expect depth. Expect play. Expect something you didn’t know you needed.

This retreat sells out because it’s not about escape—it’s about returning.

To your body.
To your humor.
To your joy.

To the version of you that isn’t tired of life… just tired of pretending.

Book the time.
Your life will rearrange itself.
That’s not optimism—it’s experience.

Ready to feel better than “fine”?

  • MASTER KING w/ private ensuite $3,699 ($2,599 pp. split)

  • KING SUITES w/ private ensuite $3,499 ($2,499 pp. split)

  • KING SUITES w/ shared ensuite $3,299 ($2,399 pp. split)

  • TWO ROOMS w/ four full-size bunk beds w/ ensuite $2,399

Let’s do this!

Same container.

More permission to let the armor fall.

More intention.

More pleasure.

Same container. ✦ More permission to let the armor fall. ✦ More intention. ✦ More pleasure. ✦

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Payment in full is due 90 days prior to the start of the retreat.

If you need to cancel for any reason prior to that 90 day mark, you will receive a full refund. If you need to cancel after the 90 day mark but before 60 days, you will receive a 50% refund. Any cancellation after the 60 day mark is non-refundable.

*This is why we highly encourage trip insurance. Retreat deposits or payment are not transferable to a future retreat.