About — Casa Arkaana

The Vision

"We're not building a business. We're building a living ecosystem — where conscious people come to remember who they are."

Casa Arkaana began in 2022 as a place where facilitators could bring their work without compromise. No AC-cooled conference rooms. No resort dining. No separation between the teaching and the place.

The jungle is the co-facilitator. The land holds the work. Maja and Asdrubal hold the space.

The goal is 30 retreats per year — not as a revenue target, but as a measure of impact. Thirty facilitators. Hundreds of participants. A living center of consciousness cultivation in the Yucatan.

2022

Founded

Retreat Goal / Year

Guest Capacity

100%

Off-Grid Solar

The Founders

Two paths. One land.

Maja

Co-Founder · Space Holder · Facilitator

Maja is the creative force and quality guardian of Casa Arkaana. Her eye for detail — in design, in atmosphere, in the subtle textures of a container — is what makes guests feel held from the moment they arrive.

She holds a Permaculture Design Certificate from India, where she lived in permaculture communities and farms before the paths that led her here. She completed this course independently of Asdrubal, before they ever met — which is perhaps how you know that what they built together is not coincidence.

At Casa Arkaana, Maja oversees the entire guest experience: from the welcome kit on each bedside table to the healing rituals menu, from the aesthetic of the spaces to the care of each facilitator relationship.

Facilitator PDC — India Permaculture Communities Space Holding Guest Experience

Asdrubal

Co-Founder · Builder · Permaculture Designer

Asdrubal built Casa Arkaana by listening to the land. When you walk the property and ask why the pool is there, or why the casitas face that direction, or why it's always cooler inside than out — the answer is the same: the land told us where things should go.

He trained at Kukui Farm in Bali — founded by the son of the Green School founder — in 2015, where he learned bamboo and cob building, animal-plant systems, and property design from zero. He spent 7 years living off-grid in California before coming to the Yucatan, deepening his knowledge of organic farming, water management, and sustainable housing systems.

He continues to learn — microorganisms, natural farming, rainwater harvesting design — because Casa Arkaana is never finished. It grows with the land.

Kukui Farm — Bali 2015 7yr Off-Grid CA Bamboo + Cob Building Water Systems Property Design

Life at Casa Arkaana

What your hosts do every day

Maja and Asdrubal live on the property. Not as distant landlords, but as daily presences — tending the land, preparing the spaces, and holding the container for every group that arrives.

The Kitchen

Fresh, local, seasonal — and cooked with intention. Maja oversees the daily preparation of nourishing meals that support whatever the group is working through. Permaculture-to-table when the garden gives.

The Land

Asdrubal tends the food forest, maintains the solar and water systems, and continues to build. Every stay, the property evolves — a new garden bed, a repaired path, a freshly cleared ceremonial space.

The Container

Before each retreat group arrives, the spaces are prepared with ceremony. The Maloka is cleared. The Temazcal is heated. The rooms are ready. The tone is set. This is what makes a retreat center different from a venue.

Work Exchange Program

Come to learn. Stay to contribute.

Casa Arkaana is home to a living permaculture ecosystem that grows through the hands of those who care for it. The Work Exchange Program offers a unique opportunity to immerse in this way of life — contributing your energy in exchange for accommodation, meals, and participation in the daily rhythms of the center.

This isn't volunteer tourism. It's an apprenticeship in conscious living — learning how a place like this works from the inside out.

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Land Care Food forest tending, garden maintenance, composting — working directly with Asdrubal on the permaculture systems that sustain the property.

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Space Preparation Setting up retreat spaces, welcome kits, ceremonial areas — understanding what it takes to hold a container with care.

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Community Life Shared meals, morning practices, connection with Maja, Asdrubal, and other exchange participants. Living the Casa Arkaana values, not just visiting them.

Built by people who live what they offer

Two paths. One land.

Maja

Asdrubal

What your hosts do every day

The Kitchen

The Land

The Container

Come to learn. Stay to contribute.

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