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Creator Residency

October 1–10, 2026 · with Arco Isis Sanctuary

A creator residency for content, marketing, and online sales, built in 10 or 22 days on Lake Atitlán.

The residency

The rhythm is the medicine.

Early mornings, gentle movement, then focused creative sprints. Afternoons build the AI and business systems most creators drown in. You leave with finished, ready-to-post content, and the skill to keep making it at home.

Discipline is fertile soil

A daily rhythm is what lets creativity actually grow.

Systems carry your ops

AI and business systems handle the admin most creators drown in.

A content engine, deployed

You leave with a system tuned to your niche, ready to run.

Creator Residency at Arco Isis

Who this is for

Creators of any niche, from chefs and coaches to musicians, makers, ceramicists, writers, and healers, who are ready to lead themselves and build a real content practice. You bring the willingness to show up daily for 10 days, and that is enough to start. If infinite possibility has left you stuck on where to begin, this is your beginning.

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Reignite your fire.Remember your spark.

Inspired by nature · Natural flow is abundant

Inside the residency

Everything you practice, build, and take home.

A full program of live teaching, hands-on labs, cultural experiences, and a production crew, so you leave with the skills, the system, and the content already made.

Workshops

Live teaching that shifts how you create and how you show up.

  • Be consistent on creative matters
  • Discipline as a way of living
  • How to become free in this new timeline, where time no longer equals money
  • Find the avatar to talk to
  • HyperSpeed Momentum
  • Public Speaking 101

Live Lab

Hands-on builds you walk out with, made for your business.

  • Mobile recording toolkit
  • Script creation in different formats
  • Avatar: your ideal customer
  • Business operating systems for you, no extra fees, all your custom code
  • Breathwork techniques

Experiences

Culture, fire, and guests that feed the work.

  • Magic of Color, with the alchemists of San Juan La Laguna
  • Community of Fire
  • Guided production sessions
  • Invited guest talks on marketing, personal brand, and cybersecurity

Audiovisual

The content we capture and hand you, ready to publish.

  • Two professional interviews
  • Daily content creation in focused mini-sprints
  • Candid takes
  • Golden hour shoot
  • Professional portraits, an authentic relating experience
Creator Residency at Arco Isis
Creator Residency at Arco Isis
Creator Residency at Arco Isis

A day here

Practice, create, and rest, in that rhythm.

Days are full but never rushed. You move, you build, you shoot, and you close by the fire, held by the mountain and the forest above Lake Atitlán.

  1. 7:00 am

    Movement & breath

    Gentle practice and breathwork in the mountain air to open the day.

  2. 9:00 am

    Nourishment

    A whole-food breakfast from the kitchen and biodynamic coffee.

  3. 10:00 am

    Workshop

    Live teaching on creativity, marketing, or selling online.

  4. 11:30 am

    Live Lab

    Hands-on building: scripts, your business system, the recording kit.

  5. 1:00 pm

    Lunch

    A slow, nourishing meal, then rest in the gardens or on the trails.

  6. 2:30 pm

    Content sprint

    Shoot and create in a focused mini-sprint with the crew.

  7. 5:00 pm

    Golden hour

    Portraits and candid takes in the mountain light, the lake in the distance.

  8. 7:00 pm

    Community of Fire

    Dinner, guest talks, and a fire circle to close the day.

The space

A mountain sanctuary that becomes your studio.

Open-air shala, a from-scratch kitchen, cabins in the trees, and Lake Atitlán below. The land is not a backdrop, it is part of what you make here.

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What you leave with

You don't just learn it. You walk out with it made.

A library of professionally shot and edited content, ready to publish

Your own business operating system, custom-built, with no monthly fees

A content system and calendar tuned to your niche

A clear client avatar and the message that speaks to them

The skills to film and record like a pro from your phone

Momentum and a community that keeps going after you leave

Good to know

Questions, answered.

How do I hold my place?

A $500 deposit reserves your spot, and the balance is due before you arrive. You can also pay in full at checkout. Everything runs through secure PayPal (cards welcome, no PayPal account needed).

Is the deposit refundable?

The $500 deposit is non-refundable and counts toward your total. If your plans change, talk to us and we'll do our best to move you to another cohort.

What's included in the price?

Your room, three whole-food meals a day, the full program of workshops, labs, and experiences, and the professionally shot and edited content you take home.

Can I choose 10 or 22 days?

Yes. Pick your length and your room at checkout, from a dorm bunk to the Tea Temple suite, and the price updates live before you pay.

Is there wifi?

Yes, 240 Mbps high-speed internet across the property, so you can upload, publish, and work without friction.

What about food and dietary needs?

Three nourishing whole-food meals a day from our scratch kitchen, with vegan and gluten-free options. Tell us your needs and we'll take care of you.

How do I get there?

We're in San Marcos La Laguna on Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. Once you reserve, we send arrival details and help you plan the trip in from Guatemala City.

Natural flow is abundant.

October 1–10, 2026 · limited spots

From $997, all in.

Choose 10 or 22 days and the room that fits you, from a dorm bunk to the Tea Temple suite. A $500 deposit holds your place; the balance is due before you arrive.

The rest of the year

More is happening on this mountain.

Trainings, retreats and ceremonies run through the year at Arco Isis. The full calendar has every date.

Not ready yet?

Take the sanctuary with you.

Leave your email and we'll send you the guide to Arco Isis, the land, the rooms, the food, and what a week here actually feels like.

One email, no spam, unsubscribe any time.

While you're here, meet the land.

Every journey at Arco Isis is held by the sanctuary, the shala, the kitchen, the cabins, and the reforested mountain around them.