More Powerful Than I Expected

I wanted to thank you, again, for a truly special Sound Healing Session and ensuing conversation. As a musician, I am a true believer in the power of sound to heal on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level, and I took more away from that experience than I ever expected — even with the generally open attitude I aimed to bring into the space. I will be reflecting upon that journey and the perspectives you helped me find for some time, and am grateful for the series of events that led us to meet at Don Taco!

Christian Cortes, Musician, DJ, Events Producer

Spiritual Warrior Empowered with Guided Meditation and Sound Healing Journey
Carmela Carlyle, your Guided Meditation and Sound Healing Medicine made a huge difference in choosing to lift my inner shadow veils. Yes, I am now a "Baddass Goddess Spiritual Warrior" ready to serve and invite all of my dreams into action!

Sommer Joy Albertson, Whidby Isle, Washington

Goddess Guidance for A Big Life Decision

“The Goddess Card reading gave me what I needed to make a big life decision. Carmela's process for card selection is unique. She integrates the crystal bowl sounds to help tap into your higher knowing. It was a lovely, soulful experience. I recommend it if you need clarity in a specific aspect of your life. Thanks Carmela. Your process and the Goddess Oracle resonated with me. I was very happy with the reading. A good reminder to take it slow and allow spirit to guide how SMA will become part of my future.”

Janet, Victoria Island

Integrative Techniques for Managing Pain
I love sky diving, running, and yoga. And I sustain injuries and endure pain. This knee surgery has been hard, scary, and very painful. Doing my Guided Meditation Sessions with Crystal Bowl Sound Healing before my surgery, you really helped to ease the anxiety. Now, post surgery, I am practicing the tools you taught me ~ going to my Inner Sanctuary, Holding the Opposites of pain and ease ~ and it is really good for my mind and body for managing the pain. As you say “I am healing every day.” Thank You for your loving and healing energy.

Kathy, Owner of The Amazing Hostal, Mexico

Truly Life-Changing Couple Experience: Sound Healing Journey
I am a yoga teacher and had heard of Carmela from another yoga teacher. I was able to encourage my husband into doing the Guided Couples' Crystal Bowls Meditation Journey with Carmela. After getting his feet wet in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction class at home, he was amazed at the depth of his experience with Carmela! I quickly learned that not only was he in for a treat, but so was I. In very short order, Carmela was able to unearth and cultivate individual journeys for each of us based on perfectly crafted questions. Her years of experience in psychotherapy, yoga, meditation, and life made the whole experience, though deep and raw, very comfortable, warm, and safe. The Sound Healing Meditation Journey with crystal singing bowls was, for lack of better words, true bliss. In this space, my husband and I found a new sacred space in which we really bonded at a level that we hadn't in years. It was truly magical.

I would highly recommend a Sound Healing Meditation Journey with Carmela!
Sami, Anchorage Alaska

My experience with Carmela: Profound
I have studied Hypnotherapy, NLP, Time Line Therapy, Shamanic Journeying, and practiced different forms of yoga. I am currently studying Medical Qigong. The first time I attended one of Carmela's Integrative Meditation Sound Healing Journeys with Organic Mexican Chocolates and Crystal Bowls, I was amazed at the power of the practice! So I began seeing her for private sessions every year when I am in Mexico for the winters. I could identify "that which I hold to be true" and then travel to the "opposites", which are also true, but often negated by my self-critic and attachment to past experiences.

Holding these opposites was such powerful healing for me. Carmela is skillful, smart, highly intuitive, direct, and kind. Her well-articulated journeys (adopted by her using my own words) enabled me to dive deep into my healing work that has yielded practical lifestyle changes that I am truly grateful for. With Carmela's support and guidance, I was able to shine a light into the shadows of my old beliefs that were holding me back from accepting my whole self, claiming my personal power, and honoring my essential true nature.
Laura Lee Connery, Vancouver, Canada

Carmela is all about Healing and Enjoyment of the Journey.
With a compelling sense that this was for me and the memory of one yoga class with Carmela at Hotelito Los Suenos with the singing bowls and laughter during a visit months before, I made contact with her inquiring about Private Integrative Restorative Yoga Nidra Meditation Journeys. I knew only what I had read which stirred up more not knowing. Time for trusting my intuition...
Now, after several Sound Healing Meditation Journeys, I can say that Carmela creates a comfortable and secure environment along with her well-grounded presence so that I am provided with the opportunity to travel within my customized journey securely and attentively. The process is in the present and the journey is inward. I have experienced the sense of emotional defusement of beliefs that no longer work for me through exploring the validity of opposite beliefs or emotions held simultaneously by me within.

You gotta try it to know it for yourself!
Mary, A Journeyer, Louisanna, USA

Best Healing Practice
I have had the lovely experience in working with Carmela several times over the past few years. Every time her Yoga Meditation Journeys with Crystal Bowls have helped me with an array of issues I have been dealing with throughout my life. Carmela is a very professional and spiritual woman who also worked with soldiers with PTSD, yoga retreats, cancer survivors, organizations and all of us stressed-out business people!
If you are ready to look inside and work on what is causing your pain, anxiety, stress and loss of sleep, Carmela will provide you with tools and an experience to alter the way your brain processes these feelings and thoughts.

Although Yoga Nidra is hosted in San Francisco, I have not been able to find an equivalent of healing than I have experienced with Carmela. I encourage you all to give it a try you will not be disappointed.

Thank you, Carmela for such wonderful healing experiences.

Alicia F., San Francisco, CA

Healing Through Grief: My Experiences with Carmela
I first met Carmela on a visit to Mexico and attended her Meditation and Sound Healing Workshop with organic Mexican chocolates. I was recently widowed and the session unleashed a lot of grief for me. I realized Carmela is not only a yoga instructor and sound healer, she is a Psychotherapist with lots of experience to offer.
I returned to Mexico a year later and attended more sessions with her. I first did a yoga class and then a private counseling and guided Yoga Nidra Session and Sound Healing at her charming home. The session was very valuable to me in helping me recover from my loss. Carmela indicated that Integrative Restoration Nidra Yoga can change the patterning in one's brain and I have found that to be true in subtle but powerful ways.
Susan, Retired Registered Nurse, Vancouver Island, B.C.

Eye Opening Experiences! Discovering Integrative Counseling and Sound Healing
Carmela is amazing! She is so tuned-in, and I'm not just talking about the sound of her beautiful crystal bowls!
I work in television and came to Mexico expecting to go, go, go ... power yoga, SUP, hikes, etc. Instead I tore the ligaments in my ankle one week prior to the trip, and was quite frustrated. Despite being forced to be still, I couldn't resolve it in my head to slow down. Then I went to Carmela's Integrative Yoga Class at Hotelito Los Suenos. I was amazed at her energy, her words, the true power I felt so good attending the class, even while having to modify all of the poses.
Still unable to relax, yet forced to with my injury, I reached out to Carmela to try her private Yoga Nidra Meditation Sound Healing Sessions. I had never tried it, had no idea what to expect. But this journey opened my eyes, my heart, my body, my mind... A complete exploration through all the koshas. Carmela is intuitive, intense, insightful, involved in every moment. She guided this process, but through my words and feelings. I truly appreciated how much energy she put into the entire session. I know now that Yoga Nidra is a healing tool, I can see it as a powerful enhancement and supplement to meditation. I look forward to continuing a path of self awareness now that I am home. And will not forget the encouraging, healing introduction to this process Carmela gave me.
Jennifer, San Francisco, CA,

Couple's Journey: Gift for the Body, Mind and Soul
My partner and I joined Carmela for a private Yoga Nidra and Crystal Sound Healing Journey before our friends' wedding, and we are still feeling the benefits of holding that space with her. Beyond Carmela's soothing voice and calming environment, she gently shares a very deep wisdom. We felt seen, heard and guided. Carmela created an experience that was easy to understand and gave us a platform to continue doing work in our relationship. The delicate touches of sound and aroma, mixed with her obvious dedication to her dharma made this an experience that we will continue to come back for. Mexico is blessed to have this gem of a human serving up the sacred. Thank you Carmela, your heart's path is illuminating the way.
Jessie Carlson, Wenatchee, Washington, USA

What this Doctor Needed!
I have been working with Carmela for six months, and she is really helping me with different yoga and meditation techniques according to my needs at each session. From slow yoga to improve my surfing, to yoga nidra to restore my health and balance, and sound healing with crystal bowls to release stress. She has a unique, holistic vision of health with an impressive curriculum and talent. And she makes me laugh.
Dr. Diego Navarro, M.D., Sayulita, Mexico

Life Transition Retreat for CEOs
Thank You, Carmela, for creating and facilitating a great Life Transition Workshop for our professional group of male CEOs. We really enjoyed the Yoga Nidra Meditation with Crystal Bowls, as it was new and wonderful experience for us that tied the whole retreat theme together.
Greg Kwong, CEO Retreat Coordinator, Punta Mita,Mexico

We Will Be Working with Carmela Again
We invited her to lead a session at our "Rock Your Bliss" retreat in Sayulita. People are still speaking about the wisdom she shared and the large body of her experience. Definitely a wonderful and quality add-on to any adventure you are leading. We will be back to Sayulita and we will definitely be working with Carmela again.

Jacki Carr and Mary Beth LaRue, Co-Founders of Rock Your Bliss, Los Angeles and Colorado

Our Clients Were Over the Moon
I've had the pleasure of working with Carmela a few times regarding a wellness retreat I've organized in Mexico. She came highly recommended and we invited her to lead a Crystal Bowl Sound Healing Meditation with a Fire Ritual for our guests. The experience was boundless. The healing was intentional, beautiful, and just magical. Our clients were over the moon with their experience with Carmela. On top of her gifts as a healer, Carmela is highly-experienced in the world of retreats, especially destination retreats. I feel grateful to have had the opportunity to book her time for a consultation regarding the planning of some of our retreat events and highly recommend that you consult with her if you are needing advice regarding your next venture.
Richie Biluan, Retreat Leader, San Francisco Bay Area

Wonderful Session!
We had Carmela come and do a two hour-long lecture, meditation and sound healing bowl session for 14 women during our Women's Health Retreat addressing diabetes. The meditation and sound that resonated out from Carmela's crystal bowls was a beautifully, relaxing and revelatory experience!
Dr. Jody Stanislaw, Naturopathic Doctor, Idaho

Meditation Journey and Sound Healing for Surf and Fitness Retreat Punta de Mita
Thank You, Carmela. The ladies loved the whole experience of your meditation journey and sound healing. They were profoundly moved.
Shanti Tilling, Fitness and Surf Coach, Retreat Leader, Punta de Mita, Mexico

​Yoga Nidra Journey and Sound Healing at Haramara Retreat
Thank You for sharing your magic with our retreat group at Haramara Yoga Retreat Center. Everyone absolutely LOVED the experience which had a powerful impact. You are a gifted healer.
Renee Gauthier, Yoga Teacher and Retreat Group Leader, San Diego

Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing with Carmela was a Highlight of Our Retreat!
For the third year in a row, and I intend to invite her back again and again, Carmela has been a special guest at my week-long yoga retreats in Sayulita. We were gifted with a Yoga Nidra session with crystal bowls and then an in-depth discussion where my students were able to experience some profound shifts in awareness. All in just two hours! Carmela creates a very safe space for the practice and is an extremely skilled facilitator. I have been teaching for more than 20 years, leading yoga retreats all over the world, and I highly recommend working with Carmela whether on retreat, at one of her classes in town, or a private session in her home studio.
Carla Wainwright, Yoga Teacher and International Retreat Group Leader, Prince George, BC Canada

Beautiful Goddess!
Carmela is a beautiful treasure to behold and a powerful goddess as well. Her presence at my yoga retreats have affected my students strongly. She gently nudges your edge of comfort to break free into the next layer of your being. And that is even before the Nidra begins! Her magical singing bowls teamed with the Nidra Meditation Journey and her knowing, wise presence is a perfect combination. My yoga retreats are very spiritual in nature. I ask my students to go within and really look at what's there. Carmela's Nidra class has always assisted them with that. Some feel peaceful afterwards and some broken wide open. It's ALL GOOD! Thank you Carmela! We all appreciate you so much.
Andrea Binder, Yoga Teacher and Retreat Leader, Whidbey Island, Washington

Guest Teacher at our Yoga Retreat in Yelapa, Mexico
Carmela created a wonderful customized Yoga Nidra Journey to The Heart Chakra Session for our yoga group at the Sky Temple in Yelapa. It was an ideal acitivity to enable retreat participants to integrate all that they were learning and to process what was coming up for them, with an extra dose of bliss. She is an inspiring teacher who can enrich the retreat experience with an infusion of joyful energy and expertise. She is masterful at adapting her teaching to meet the needs of the retreat theme. Thanks so much Carmela!
Jean Grant-Sutton, Yoga Teacher, California

​Amazing Guest Goddess Teacher at Our Retreat!
I have been working with Carmela for an entire season for private Yoga Nidra sessions and I absolutely love her!! Including her in our Las Diosas yoga/surf/SUP retreat was a given since we wanted to share with our clients what she has shared with us, which is: support, uplifting energy and Goddess guidance! Carmela is naturally very good at holding space and her background in psychotherapy shines through. She is qualified, intelligent, charming and lovely. I look forward to our next journey with her!!!
Eva Estlander, Yoga Teacher and Retreat Leader, Sayulita, Mexico

Magic Journey!
Living in Mexico last winter, I attended two of Carmela's Yoga Nidra Meditation Journeys (group classes) and found them incredibly healing. When I returned this year, I booked a private session with Carmela for my partner and I, as well as another session for myself. Carmela worked with us to create a custom journey experience, and we were each able to have a unique individual journey during our session together.

My partner had never practiced Yoga Nidra or Sound Healing prior to this session, and he thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Carmela even provided us with divine tumeric-infused Mexican chocolates before and after we meditated. We left our session feeling grounded, more closely bonded, and relaxed. We simmered in the post-journey bliss over margaritas and ceviche and proceeded to have meaningful and connected conversations based on our experience together. My private session with Carmela was even more divine, and I left feeling light, relaxed and borderline elated. There is nothing like a Yoga Nidra with Crystal Bowls Journey with Carmela.I can not recommend a partner or private session with her enough. If you want to go deeper into the essence of you, with a genuine and wise goddess as your guide, let Carmela take you there. She is incredible!
Sarah L, Marine Scientist, Bar Harbor, Maine

Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing Bliss
I am an advanced yoga practitioner and have been exposed to a few Yoga Nidra sessions in the past. I loved the deep relaxation that it provided and the natural flow of conscious thoughts and realizations. I scheduled 2 private sessions with Carmela and was excited to go on a new journey. She starts the sessions with an intro into the history and science of Integrative Restorative Nidra. It has been used as intense psychotherapy as well as for personal self-inquiry and mindful relaxation.
We then discussed my goals I wanted to achieve through the journey and what is currently influencing my life for the good or bad. This part is key as Carmela really challenges you to look within and identify the source and place the body is holding the emotion. You then get to lay down in her breezy meditation room while she talks you through the journey accompanied by the soothing sounds of singing bowls. What happens during this part of the session is up to you, and I encourage you to give it a try. You leave there with new insights and a mindful place to go during times of stress, also feeling deeply relaxed. I recommend these sessions to anyone who is trying to deepen their understanding of self-inquiry or find a path for healing. I will definitely connect with Carmela again on future trips to Sayulita to go further down the path. Namaste~
Darah, British Colombia


An energizing way to tap into true life force!
Carmela's Integrative Yoga Class at Hotelito Los Suenos offers so much depth and openness, I would literally get on a plane to Sayulita to experience it! I have practiced at many studios with many teachers in San Francisco and what I really like most about Carmela's sunset yoga class is that she keeps me in the present. It is slow, mindful, classic hatha yoga with meditative awareness and crystal singing bowls. Those bowls will take you on an inner spiritual journey while deep delicious poses keep you connected to the now. It's a beautiful experience for all levels.
Christine Monique, San Francisco, CA

I'm loving Hatha with Carmela
I was drawn to Carmela's weekly Hatha yoga class at Hotelito Los Suenos mostly because the crystal singing bowls sounded intriguing. And while she expertly added in the bowls into our movement which was absolutely lovely, it was the class itself that was the delightful surprise. In this day in age, when yoga in the states is all about how hard, hot, and deep you can make it, Carmela reminds us of yoga's roots and its purpose: to prepare the body for meditation. Her years of teaching experience, education, and passion for yoga are evident with every cue. Add in Hotelito's new yoga palapa which allows the day's changing light and the breeze from the ocean to move across the floor and the sound of the waves and birds to gently fill the senses and you have a tropical meditative experience. This practice reminds us to slow down and take time away from vigor, allow time for alignment, and allow breath to fully fill the body. Isn't that what vacation is all about?
Sami, Yoga Teacher, Anchorage, Alaska

Excellent Post-Surf Yoga Session
My boyfriend and I spent 2 weeks in Sayulita in November 2014 and were lucky to find Carmela's classes our first week. We attended 4 of her classes (Tuesday & Thursday at the open air Hotelito Los Suenos) and wanted to pass on our recommendation. I am an experienced yogini and was looking for the perfect post surf-class. Carmela's class is hatha based and each class is unique. She starts each class with a theme to think about, as well as a focus for the asanas. For example, one class may be a focus on shoulders and hips which are typically the areas of stiffness and stress post surfing.

Carmela is an absolute professional with so many branches of knowledge in the body and mind to offer, it was a pleasure having her guide our practice. I found the poses quite challenging as they were held for long enough to work deep into the body.

My boyfriend is a 6'3" muscular build and he also found the classes challenging yet the perfect remedy to cure the sore spots after a long day on the water. The cherry on the top was her use of the crystal singing bowls. She would strike and play them thoughout class, each one resonating with a different chakra. At the end she plays them through savasana and the tones dance with your energy channels and calm the mind. Thanks again Carmela for sharing your positive energy with us and creating an inspiring practice! Until next time! :)
Darah, Edmonton, British Columbia, Canada

Pure Bliss
I have attended Carmela's slow Hatha Yoga over the past year and it has always been a great treat. The class is always well balanced and I love how she incorporates kundalini breathing and the use of mudras. Her playing the crystal bowls throughout the class is very therapeutic and relaxing. I also had the pleasure of attending one of her irest yoga nidra workshops which was a new yoga experience for me. It was an incredible journey that brought a deep sense of peace and relaxation to me, I would highly recommend it. Carmela is a very gifted teacher that Sayulita is lucky to have, her classes have enriched my experience here greatly:)
Janna, Mexico


Perfect Yoga Class for Active Bodies and Busy Minds!
Many fantastic yoga teachers have taught yoga at my eco-lodge
and Carmela is truly one of the best!
The first time I walked into Carmela's class I was overcome by the sensation that I was in the right place at the right time. Carmela's teaching is truly a treat to the busy mind and active body. Though the lure of chocolate was what originally what attracted me to Carmela's Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey with Mexican Chocolate (who could resist?), I was surprised to find the experience profoundly healing, balancing and exactly what my athletic body needed. As the owner of an eco-lodge and an avid SUP surfer, life is busy, active and rarely relaxing. I was delighted by how quickly Carmela's iRest Yoga Nidra brought me to a state of deep relaxation, allowing me to release tension and revitalize every cell in my body. When my stress levels are high I know that it's time to head to Carmela's Yoga Nidra workshop!
Alternatively, for days when my body is craving more stretching, movement and deep breathing, I love Carmela's Slow Hatha Yoga class. This class is medicine for my tight, sore, muscles and a wonderful reminder to calm my mind and open my heart.
Tamara Jacobi, Jungle Girl, Owner of Tailwind Jungle Lodge Retreats, San Pancho. Mexico


Opening to Spacious Awareness with Carmela
Carmela is an extremely gifted yoga teacher and yoga nidra facilitator. I had the great pleasure of attending her Slow Hatha Yoga classes at Hotelito Los Suenos last summer. Her soothing voice and the beautiful sounds made by her singing bowls allowed me to fully relax into the yoga postures.
Since I was recovering from a back injury, I was comforted by her extensive knowledge of the body and its limitations, and felt safe when she urged me to go at my own pace and make the yoga 'my yoga'. Each class ended with a guided meditation accompanied by the singing bowls, and each time I found myself relaxing completely and opening to spacious awareness.
Twice I visited Carmela at her private studio for iRest Yoga Nidra journeys. Again, her voice and the sounds of the singing bowls created a completely safe environment within which I was able to journey deep inside myself. Carmela worked through my dualistic thoughts, beliefs, and emotions with me, resulting in a very deep, intense release. The spacious awareness stayed with me for several days.
Romana, BC, Canada