Living Level 1 in Guatemala
Everyday Spiritual Sexual Shamanism
Luxury Edition
January 17-23, 2027
Living Level One is for people ready to take the next step and experience more LOVE, FREEDOM, and SYNERGY in every moment. It's a profound community journey to expand your Level 1 Experience.
While ISTA Level 1 focuses on the personality, and offers ways to heal our personal stories and wounds. It focuses on ways to be more emotionally current, instead of living in the past or the future. It supports us in being more present and embodied so we can show up more fully in every moment.
Living Level One is for Level 1 GRADUATES who use the basic practices of Level 1 in their life, and are ready to dive deeper.
It's designed to help us move beyond the idea that we HAVE TO DO these practices; instead, the invitation is to realize a new WAY OF BEING in the world.
Join Briana Cribeyer, Javi Martinez and Blake Zealear at magnificent Lake Atitlan for this journey of self-discovery, community healing, and expansion into wholeness this January!
A unique opportunity to deepen further, and integrate into your daily life your ISTA Level 1 experience, in a lakeside luxury setting.
What Can You Expect?
- A supportive space for people of all spiritual pathways, sexual orientations and gender identities.
- Luxurious location & high-end lakeside resort venue.
- Gourmet, healthy and locally sourced cuisine - we cater to all food needs and sensitivities.
- A supportive participant/facilitator ratio.
- Experienced facilitators.
- A safe container honoring your healthy boundaries.
- Standard occupancy in twin rooms, all with lake view, small patio and ensuite bathroom. Limited single upgrades available at a surcharge.
Living Level One is For Those Who...
- Have already attended Level 1 and are choosing to live their lives with more awareness.
- Are ready to discover the joy hidden in ordinary moments rather than chasing peak experiences.
- Are committed to shifting their reality and are ready to embrace being present, in the flow, and able to respond to changing needs, wants, and desires even when faced with triggers.
- Want to integrate this work further so they can share it with their friends, families, and communities.
- Are ready for the next level so they can be more deeply aligned with their life's purpose.
What You'll Walk Away With:
- A more profound practice of accepting and welcoming everything that comes into your life, no matter what it looks like.
- A new perspective on the nature of love beyond the personal and relational stories.
- Beginning to cultivate a relationship with the inner beloved.
- A deeper relationship to pleasure without being attached to outcomes.
- A more nuanced understanding of shadow work and the power of projections related to personal and collective trauma.
- A deeper understanding of shamanism, and how to enter shamanic states of consciousness and ways to navigate non-ordinary reality consciously.
- A better understanding of what supports conscious community spaces that are safe and sacred.
- A stronger sense of how you can give your gifts to the world from a place of ease, flow and synergy.
A Profound Journey with Other Graduates
This training is an opportunity to be in a container with people who have all completed Level 1 and, in some cases, Level 2 once or multiple times. It allows you to surrender to the mystery and discover what lies beyond the beyond.
There's more ease and aliveness in a field of experienced participants, as well as a sense that we can trust ourselves and others to be mirrors for one another to see the places where we still contract.
Being in a community of people committed to this work supports us in going more deeply into our own processes and seeing where we still hold on to resistance rather than living as LOVE and FREEDOM.
Some Living Level One participants are ready to move into the world to shift the planet's trajectory. They stand for transformation. They are the changemakers.
About The Facilitators
Briana Cribeyer
(Lead Facilitator)
Briana was born under the full moon in the Midwest of the United States as the youngest daughter of a high priestess. She grew up eavesdropping on the creation of rituals and ceremonies of the sacred. She talked to plants and animals and listened deeply to their messages. Years later, fleeing the Midwest, she found wisdom in the mountains and forests of Colorado, New Hampshire, Washington-- and living abroad in Japan and throughout South America. In that time, she absorbed the ways of the elders, and began to craft her connection back to the mother (earth) and womb medicine through movement, prayer, and shamanic practice.
Beginning her career in social services and education, leading to non-profit management, Briana wove the thread of a desire to serve throughout each step along her path. She sees all of her past career as energy work, supporting individuals and groups to find their own power to heal. With degrees in Sociology, a focus on ‘Race, Culture, Power,’ and Sexual Behavior, as well as a Natural Resources, focusing on sustainability, Briana brings humility of leadership and objectivity to board rooms, corporate offices, private sessions with couples, and family mediating alike.
Briana can most often be felt in her ecstatic joy, grinning ear to ear, channeling her maiden that loves to jump in puddles, and her priestess who gathers the energy and sends it whirling to create alchemy in all around. Her happy place is in facilitation, and workshop creation has been a constant for the past 15 years.
She is the founder of Sacred Sexuality Rising, an online community of over 9,000 participants, a lead trainer for Intuitive Tantra, speaker and facilitator for The Ohio State University on the topic of sacred sexuality, and Executive Director of the Columbus's Coalition for Sexuality.
She believes that deep and radical love, coupled with ownership and self-responsibility will shift the trajectory of humans on the planet.
Javi Martinez - she/her
(Co-Facilitator)
As a Shapeshifter, Trickster and Shaman in the Northern Tradition, Javi has transcended many barriers in her life, with the largest being immigrating to the United States as a child from Guatemala and her gender transition as an adult. Javi has professional training in clinical psychology and is a Graduate level Licensed Mental health Counselor (LMHC), has completed Spiritual, Shamanic and Tantric internships, and has studied with world leaders in Sacred Sexual Shamanism within the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA).
Being a priestess in Service to the Goddess as a Queer/Trans – woman, Javi offers many gifts in many forms to the world:
- Energy Healing and Shamanic Counseling
- LGBTQI Educator and Trainer
- Sex and Sensuality Educator for the Trans-Feminine and their lovers
- A bridge that connects all within the spectrum of Gender through understanding and compassion
- Founder of Heavy Metal Tantra, a unique blend of Erotic Music Meditation and Shadow Work
Being a Queer Trans-Woman, Javi struggled with finding a Tantra and Sacred Sexuality community that was not only accepting, but open and willing to grow and evolve out of the Gender-Binary and Hetero-Normative model that most other schools and groups employ. But now she has found her Tribe, here in ISTA. The first organization that not only allowed her to truly be herself, and participate in the manner that fully honored and validated her completely, but was also willing to learn from her, grow and change in order to be more welcoming and inclusive of our siblings in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Blake Zealear
(Co-Facilitator)
Blake is an evolutionary guide working at the intersection of men’s work, feminism, sacred sexuality, and new-paradigm relating. He identifies as two-spirit, queer, pansexual, an erotic shapeshifter, and a multitude of other human expressions - and this faceted perspective illuminates his teaching. His multi-disciplinary approach provides the empowerment, permission, and playfulness that enable a liberated reclaiming of his students’ lives.
Blake has studied embodiment, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Radical Honesty, Landmark technology, Tantric and Yogic practice, breathwork, shamanic sexuality, esoterics, polarity, non-traditional relationship design, shadow-work, and Spiral Dynamics, among other modalities. He is devoted to the emergence of a new culture of love in our lifetimes, the transmutation of suffering into power, and the ascension of humanity through healing our relationships to ourselves and the Earth.
About The Venue
-- Lake Atitlán, Guatemala --
Guatemala is a jewel in Central America - unknown to most - and we welcome the chance to support your exploration of this beautiful land and its rich culture while journeying deeply on the spiritual, sexual, shamanic path. ISTA has been holding trainings annually in Guatemala since 2012, honored to be partnering with our world-class eco-retreat on the shores of stunning Lake Atitlán. Our venue is one of the most luxurious and breath taking retreat centers ISTA hosts trainings at, and the longest-standing ISTA venue. We're honored to be welcomed in this ancestral Mayan place of power. Lake Atitlán is surrounded by three striking volcanoes and over 1,000 feet deep; this magnificent lake’s beauty is encapsulated in the meaning of the Mayan word Atitlán: “the place where the rainbow gets its colors.”
Our exclusive venue offers one of the most luxurious hospitality experiences available in Guatemala, and is the perfect spot for engaging in this life-changing work in a comfortable, magical and natural setting. There is a solar hot tub permanently available for you to soak and relax, as well as a fire-lit hot tub and sauna that are open some nights of the week. The restaurant offers a splendid view of the lake, and a blend of local and international vegetarian cuisine. Optional fish and meat supplements are available too. All food is carefully prepared and almost entirely locally sourced. The center operates in a sustainable, ecologically and socially engaged way.
Do you feel like something in your life needs to shift?
Does it feel like you’re not accessing your full power?
Does your current relationship feel like it needs a reboot?
Do you keep attracting the same type of people into your life?
Unable to keep the relationships that you really want?
What People are Saying
Register
**INVESTMENT: **US$ 3195**
Available discounts:
Super Early Bird (sold out):
**US$ 2795**
Early Bird (4 left):
**US$ 2995**
Repeater:
**US$ 2595**
Guatemalan Citizens:
**US$ 1795**
Legal Residents:
**US$ 2595**
REGISTER BY PAYING YOUR $600 DEPOSIT:
By paying the deposit you agree to our Payment & Cancellation Policy
YOU NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE L1 TO REGISTER TO THIS EVENT!
Scholarships are available through the World Empowerment Trust and LEAH Fund. Please read all info thoroughly and apply at the latest 6 weeks before the training starts.
Living Level 1 grads may
apply to assist here.
Prices include:
- All the training experiences and supplies
- Luxury accommodation at our beautiful lakeside venue, all with patio & stunning views. Limited private upgrades may be available at an $800 surcharge
- Daily room cleaning & quality linens
- Three full deluxe meals per day (vegetarian breakfast & dinner; chicken & fish included at lunch)
- Steam sauna
- Lakeside and mountainside hot tubs, available afternoons and evenings
- Lush gardens, hammocks, and cozy shaded or full sun sitting areas
- Unlimited tea, coffee and purified water service at 24/7 beverage bar
- Staff tips
Not Included:
- Travel to and from Guatemala
- Domestic transport to and from venue (shared shuttle service available - see below)
- Travel insurance
Shuttle services & transportation:
We organize a shared shuttle picking up participants on the morning of the starting day of the training at Guatemala City La Aurora (GUA) airport and in Antigua. This service also includes a coordinated private boat ride directly to the venue. There will also be return shuttle services available after the training. Shared transportation will cost US$ 50 each way. You'll receive all info on how to book transportation, where to stay if arriving early, and further travel options in our extensive welcome brochure after signing up.
IMPORTANT: We ask everyone to arrive to Guatemala one day before the training starts, January 16th, 2027.
About Pricing:
The price includes all tuition, accommodation and meals but excludes travel to the venue. Spaces are limited on this retreat and registration will close once we have reached maximum capacity to ensure a supportive participant/facilitator ratio. You can reserve directly through this website using the Stripe/credit card link to make your US$ 600 deposit. A confirmation email will be sent to you from info@istaguatemala.com shortly after.
Payment & Cancellation Policy:
A commitment to the Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Experience is a deep commitment to yourself. A US$ 600 deposit secures your place. The remaining balance is due latest 6 weeks before the starting date of the training (December 5th, 2026).
Cancellation fees:
- Up until November 17th: a US$ 200 admin fee will be withheld, together with any payment processor or bank fees.
- Starting November 17th: your US$ 600 deposit will be withheld and is nonrefundable.
- Starting December 17th: no refunds. In the case that we find a replacement for your cancellation, and at our discretion, we may be able to refund you up till the $600 deposit.
These are our minimum commitments to you. Also note that bank charges from payments made via Stripe, PayPal and/or international transfers are the responsibility of the participant and cannot be refunded in case of cancellation.
BEFORE SIGNING UP, PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
ISTA’s initiatory programs are weeklong transformational spaces. These are individual processes supported by a group field, designed to awaken strong emotions and work with personal and sexual expression. We bring awareness to, and nourish aspects emphasizing self-responsibility as an essential requirement to navigate sexual, shamanic, and spiritual spaces.
Our field acknowledges, continues to evolve, and includes some of the gifts of trauma-informed models. However, ISTA trainings are NOT a replacement for physical-emotional-mental therapy and are NOT focused on treating pathology. ISTA trainings are also not presuming to treat complex trauma or personality disorders. If you suffer from severe trauma, mental illness, or are taking medications, we recommend you consult your therapist/psychiatrist to check if participating is advisable.
The ISTA field activates sexual life force and is, at times, emotionally intense. We recommend that individuals seek one-on-one sessions and get approval from their therapist before participating in this group process. Primarily if there are known deep-seated traumas or an inability to down-regulate oneself.
Please consider if your mental health currently supports you to undertake personal initiations in a group transformational space, and if you can take responsibility for your mental stability. PLEASE CONSIDER IF JOINING ISTA IS RIGHT FOR YOU.
On that basis, we, the facilitators, acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to offer participants nondiscriminatory care, a consent-focused space, and appropriate support concerning the process as you navigate the ISTA journey.
As a last point, we suggest signing up to this training
only if you have the spaciousness to fully commit to this work for the entire week, as there is minimal free time for any work-related activities that you may want to try and fit in. This is a powerful transformational container that offers deep shifts and we recommend clearing your schedule entirely for the duration of the training. You can however expect to have
some minimal time
for messaging and e-mailing.
REGISTER BY PAYING YOUR $600 DEPOSIT:
By paying the deposit you agree to our Payment & Cancellation Policy
YOU NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE L1 TO REGISTER TO THIS EVENT!
IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page here or get in touch with us at info@istaguatemala.com
















