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Train with Proven Leaders in Sound, Breath & Recovery 

Led by a potent teaching duo with decades of experience in fitness, sound therapy, and breathwork, Ellen Wier Mallinson & Neil Mallinson will lead you in an immersive training retreat that brings together science-backed methods and soulful practices to awaken the body, calm the mind, and elevate your work in the world. 

You will be able to learn 3 powerful practices to start and continue your wellness practitioner journey.

1) CRYSTAL SINGING BOWL PRACTITIONER TRAINING

Focused on body-based application for stress recovery, nervous system reset, and integration after physical activity. You will learn:

• How sound affects brainwaves, fascia, and the Vagus nerve

• Techniques to use crystal singing bowls during warm-up, cool-down, and restorative sessions

• How to sequence tones for stress relief, performance recovery, and emotional regulation

• Practice sessions and instructor materials to learn and replicate class formats with your own clients

• Certification, materials, and sample scripts will be provided for future use and reference
  
  

2) BREATHWORK TRAINING

This segment is both educational and experiential with strong educational support.  You will:

• Learn functional breath patterns for parasympathetic activation, endurance, and recovery

• Experience breath techniques that can be integrated into HIIT, yoga, stretch, or meditation classes

• Explore the physical, emotional, and energetic benefits of breath on the body

• Receive facilitation tools to create safe spaces for clients during deep breath sessions
  
  
  

3) COLD PLUNGE TRAINING

For the cold immersion portion, we’ll focus on safe, research-backed use of contrast therapy to reduce inflammation, increase circulation, and support emotional resilience. The training includes:

• Benefits of cold therapy for recovery, lymphatic health, and mood

• Preparation techniques using breath and mindset

• Suggested protocols for 40–55°F cold water immersion

• Facilitation tools for individual or group cold plunge sessions

This training retreat is for you if you :

✨ Feel a pull to move into wellness practices for yourself, your clients or participants

✨You are looking to expand on your learnings and skills and begin facilitating healing modalities for yourself, clients or participants

✨ Are called to any one of these 3 powerful practices, enveloped in deep history, tradition, and healing

✨ Are curious to begin exploring beyond traditional fitness modalities

Meet Ellen & Neil, your Retreat facilitators

Ellen Wier Mallinson is a Board-Certified Music Therapist with a Master’s in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology. She has over 20 years of experience working with clients through music, sound, and somatic tools to support emotional balance, stress relief, and full-body healing.

Ellen teaches a body-centered, science-backed approach to sound therapy, combining crystal singing bowls, breathwork, guided imagery, and essential oil education. While her approach is rooted in deep personal experience (including a childhood Near-Death Experience), her courses focus on practical techniques professionals can integrate into sessions, classes, and private work. She has presented nationally, and her story and work have been featured in media such as:

• Beyond the Grave (2023 Cannes Award Winner)

• Multiple podcast interviews

• Collaborations with Jack Canfield, Best-Selling Author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series

• Multiple radio shows and live interviews: Podcast + Interview Links 
  
  

Neil Mallinson is a transformative fitness expert who has a deep passion for helping others realize their full potential through movement, mindset, and nervous system regulation. He has led certifications and large-scale group classes across the country, always weaving together functional movement, breath, and resilience practices that support physical and mental strength. Neil's 

• Certified Breathwork and Meditation Practitioner

• B.S. in Kinesiology

• 22 years in fitness instruction and professional coaching

• NASM Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach

• TRX Master Trainer

• Total Gym Master Trainer

 Let your inner-knowing guide you to

• Expand your impact as a guide and teacher
Step into practices that restore, regulate, and reconnect — for yourself and those you serve.

• Offer and experience something truly unique
Sound, breath, and cold are nature’s most ancient teachers. Learn to use them with skill, safety, and presence.

• Feel fully alive in your purpose
This is a sacred invitation to reset, remember, and rise — in rhythm with the ocean, with your breath, and with your soul.
 

Next April, join us at The Fives Oceanfront Resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico  — a stunning beachfront resort designed for restoration and inspiration. Let the natural elements support your nervous system and mind body connection, while you learn to offer these same gifts to others.

What could be more transformative than learning in a place where turquoise waters meet white sand, and every sunrise feels like a fresh start?

Join us - your journey begins here.

Welcome to your Sound Healing + Breathwork + Cold Plunge Training Retreat!

• Arrive to the Cancun (CUN) airport

• Transfers are included - Fit Bodies will coordinate the details with you based on your flight arrival

• Arrival & check in at The Fives Oceanfront Resort

• Find your room, get settled and get ready to take it all in

• Welcome reception & dinner - Join us at 5 pm and let the magic begin

Our first training day

• Morning Movement Practice

• Breakfast

• Sound Healing Training

• Free Time

• Dinner & Relax

Our second training day

• Morning Movement Practice

• Breakfast

• Breathwork Training

• Lunch 

• Sound Healing + Breathwork workshopping and Practice Session

• Free Time

• Dinner

Our third training day together

• Morning Movement of Your Choice

• Breakfast

• Cold Plunge Training

• Cohesion Ceremony

• Closing Dinner & Ceremony

Thank you!

• Group Sound Healing, Breathwork and Cold Plunge Experience

• Last Day breakfast together

• Check out of the resort by 10 am
• Transfers are included - Fit Bodies will coordinate the details with you based on your flight departure