There’s a particular kind of tired that doesn’t show up on a blood test. It’s the tired of holding a room, a team, a household, and still not knowing what you actually want when no one’s asking anything of you. That’s the exact feeling the Return to Self retreat, a three-day retreat by Hilom Collective × VPH Coaching, is built around.
Happening January 22–24, 2027, at Likha Wellness, a private villa tucked into the gardens and old trees of Lipa, Batangas, about two hours from the city, the retreat takes thirteen people and gives them the entire place. No other guests. No strangers by the pool. Just the pool, the heated jacuzzi, the infrared sauna, an outdoor bathhouse, a spa, firepits, sunken lounges, and a garden full of quiet corners, all held for one group, for three days straight.
What you’re actually signing up for
This isn’t a retreat with a rigid schedule bolted onto a nice location. It’s the opposite: nowhere to be, and everywhere to go. The villa is yours to move through in whatever order your body asks for, whether that’s the amphitheater at sunrise or the meditation patio at dusk.
Threaded through those three days are sessions with three facilitators, each working a different edge of the same question: what does it actually take to come back to yourself?
- Victoria Herrera on self-worth, boundaries, and future self-identity: naming what you want out loud, holding the lines you’re willing to hold without the guilt that usually follows, and rehearsing the woman you’re becoming instead of just talking about her.
- Crizy Austria on emotional well-being: building the vocabulary to tell the feeling from the story about it, because naming it is the first thing that makes it smaller.
- Veronica Lu on hormone health: reading your cycle as data instead of disruption, so energy and mood stop feeling like character flaws.
You’ll share a room. You won’t share the place.
The early bird window, and a way to make it easier
Early bird pricing is now open at ₱30,000 per person, and it covers everything: 3 days and 2 nights, exclusive use of the venue, all meals, full access to every facility, and every coaching session with the three facilitators. Transportation isn’t included, but nothing else is left for you to figure out.
Here’s the part worth planning around: the early bird rate, and the option to pay for it in installments, is only available until September 30, 2026. After that, the rate closes along with the payment flexibility, and slots are limited from the start.
If a version of yourself has been waiting for permission to take three days and mean it, this is that window. Register here or email kumusta@hilomcollective.com.
