The Reset Lab
Tulum
OCTOBER 23-26
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Your place to Reset, Reroot and Remember.
2026
The Reset Lab - Tulum - was inspired by and created for changemakers, healers, and community leaders ready to shift from burnout to clarity through a 3-day Grounding and Visioning Retreat.
Download our 2025 welcome guide to get a taste of the experience.
“This was not only a valuable use of time and resources, it was a priceless, life-changing experience. A chance to learn the deepest truths about myself.”
Transformation + Purpose
“I arrived on the brink of a major life transition, paralyzed by uncertainty. The Reset Lab didn’t just offer rest, it gave me clarity, confidence, and the courage to embrace what’s next.”
“I’ve been in saunas and steam rooms before, but the temazcal was far beyond. I left feeling spiritually cleansed, cracked open, and whole.”
Ceremony + Healing
“The sacred ceremonies were profound. I released energy I didn’t know I was still carrying. I truly felt cleansed from the inside out.”
“Everything was intentional down to the cacao and the playlist. The group of women was powerful. I left feeling deeply seen and supported.”
Environment & Community
“August creates the kind of space where you feel instantly safe. From the questions before arrival to the ceremonies themselves, she’s attuned, grounded, and incredibly generous.”
“This retreat gave me something I didn’t even realize I’d lost, time. Time to breathe. To be. To listen to the birds, the earth, and myself.”
Rest & Reflection
“I didn’t just rest, I realigned. I’m leaving more connected to my values and less apologetic about my boundaries.”
“From chef-prepared meals to fireside conversations, every detail was curated with love. It was holistic, healing, and delicious.”
Care & Curation
“I’ve never felt so seen. Even with dietary restrictions, August made sure I was nourished and celebrated, body and spirit.”
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August M. Ball
Creator and Facilitator of
The Reset Lab and CEO of
Cream City Conservation
August is a space-holder, storyteller, and systems healer who has spent the last decade guiding organizations, leaders, and communities through deep cultural transformation. As the founder of Cream City Conservation and a sought-after equitable workplace culture strategist, her work has long lived at the intersection of racial equity, intercultural communication, youth empowerment, and organizational change.
But like many changemakers, August began to feel the weight of holding space for others without tending to her own roots. In the quiet after burnout, she heard a call back to the land and to her lineage.
That call became The Reset Lab.
The Reset Lab was born from August’s belief that collective cultural transformation begins with inner healing. After years of designing and facilitating anti-bias and anti-oppression education sessions in conference rooms and building youth leadership programs in cities, she realized that while policy change is critical to systemic progress, the most enduring shifts start with people.
"Healing the world requires healing ourselves, so we may truly hear and see one another beyond the depths of our own wounding."
The world is at times heavy, loud, painful even.
But it is also full of joy, forgiveness and constant creation.
This retreat isn’t about escape. It’s about returning:
To your body.
To your values.
To your purpose.
Guided by the wisdom of the land, the ancestral teachings of the Yucatán, and a profound respect for communal healing, August created The Reset Lab as a sanctuary for those ready to peel back the layers and reroot in what matters.
The Reset Lab is for social impact professionals, changemakers, justice seekers, and visionaries who need more than rest, they need ritual, reflection, and reconnection.
Whether you're:
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Navigating a life or career transition,
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Feeling burned out from frontline or organizational work,
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Craving space to realign with your values,
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Or simply ready to deepen your relationship with self, community, and the sacred,
This retreat was made for you.
August personally curates each Reset Lab retreat with the same care she brings to her consulting and facilitation work. Every partner, ceremony, and location is chosen with intention and cultural respect. From the temazcal ceremony to the plant forward chef-prepared meals, from private astrological readings to introducing (or re-introducing) ourselves to plant relatives like cacao and los ninos santos. All balanced with solo time in nature—nothing is accidental.
The world’s wounds didn’t occur in isolation. Therefore, our return to self will be balanced with space for communal care and self-journey. You’ll be supported by a hand-picked collective of local healers, spiritual guides, and wellness practitioners. You’ll feel the love in the details, from the personalized welcome journals to the playlists scored to each ritual.
As one guest shared, “This was a priceless, life-changing experience, a chance to learn the deepest truths about myself. The medicine is real.”
The Reset lab includes:
Daily grounding rituals rooted in ancestral and land based Practices
Nourishing plant-forward local meals by conscious chefs
4 nights of eco-luxury lodging with private pool
Facilitated Circle work, truth-telling and vision mapping
Private time to reflect integrate and rest
Round trip Airport Transfers from TQO + Transportation within Tulum
Guided somatic Healing sessions
Optional body work and massage therapy
Intentional Time in Nature
flights not included
You Belong here if you..:
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Are a justice-rooted leader who feels disillusioned or spiritually tired.
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Know the fight must continue, but long to lead from a grounded place.
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Are ready to connect with clarity, purpose, and ancestral strength.
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Need rest, reflection, and resonance — not another strategy session.
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If your spirit is stirring, and you’re longing to catch your breath, come sit by the fire with me...
Spaces are intentionally limited to support intimacy and depth. This is not a conference — it’s a container for your soul.
Frequently asked Questions:
What airport do I fly into?
Tulum Airport(TQO)-but you are welcome to fly into Cancun Airport (Cun). Though pick ups will only be from TQO and you will need to organize your own transport to the retreat site, TQO airport or the Tulum ADO Bus Terminal.
Are flights included?
No, flights are not included.
What can I expect after registration?
Registrants will have a 1:1 virtual meeting with August to ensure alignment with the experience and offer an opportunity to answer any additional questions or concerns the registrant may have. (Should the retreat not be the right fit at this time for the registrant, the $500 will be refunded.)
From there, the registrant will have a timeframe to submit their flight information to coordinate airport pickup/drop off and confirm dietary needs.
Everything else from arrival through departure is cared for by the host team. Should registrant/s wish to arrive early/stay later this can be supported with adequate notice during the 1:1 interview.
What if I have dietary restrictions?
While we strongly recommend adhering to a plant-forward diet while at the retreat, we will accommodate any dietary restrictions/preferences. Please indicate in your registration form.
What is the refund/cancellation policy? (All sales are final.)
We put enormous care and resources into planning each retreat and many of our vendor commitments are made and paid months in advance. Because of this, we aren't able to offer refunds.
However, if something comes up, you may be able to transfer your spot to someone else who meets the eligibility requirements. Just get in touch and we'll walk you through it.
Why we chose these dates.
October 23-26th
The timing of this retreat is no accident. On October 23rd, the sun moves from Libra into Scorpio, and if you've ever felt something shift in the air as the calendar turns toward the end of October, that's exactly what you're noticing. Libra, the sign of balance, fairness, and collective harmony, gives way to Scorpio: the sign of deep transformation, honest reckoning, and release.
For people who spend their lives working toward a better world, this is a powerful threshold to cross together.
Scorpio season doesn't ask you to have it all figured out, it asks you to stop pretending you do.
The Full Moon falls on October 26th, right in the heart of our time together. The days leading into a Full Moon are among the most energetically charged of any month, emotions rise, things that have been quietly building finally come to the surface, and there's a natural call to reflect on the past and decide what you will take with you and what you will let go of before the new moon.
You'll arrive as the moon is swelling toward fullness, and we'll be sitting together — in the jungle, in ceremony — when she peaks. You don't need to speak the language of astrology to feel any of this. You just have to be willing to go a little deeper than usual. To relate to the land and the elements in a deeper way.
...And we believe, this is exactly why you're here.
Included in Your Retreat Package
As part of your Reset Lab experience, each guest will receive a personalized birth chart reading before arrival. This session is designed to help you enter the retreat with clarity, intention, and deeper self-awareness, so you can get the most out of your time in community and reflection.