La Cuna is a place in evolution — lodging, retreats, ecological regeneration and a community in the making. You are welcome to come and know it.
La Cuna rests on a quiet hillside at 2,380 metres, wrapped in the cloud forest of the Sierra Madre Sur. It began in 2015 and opened its doors in 2022. Here you can rest, join a retreat, learn something new, or simply share time with people exploring more regenerative ways of living.
It is part of the Cuna Project, a non-profit association. Our intention is to care for this place while it keeps growing — and to invite you to know it.
La Cuna is part of the Cuna Project, an international non-profit association registered in Austria in 2020. Behind the infrastructure there are people — hosts, collaborators and a community that keeps the place alive.
Holds the day-to-day of the project on the land.
The people who welcome and accompany each stay.
Zapotec and mestizo neighbours we work alongside.
The wider network this place belongs to.
Names and photographs of the team will be added as the material is ready.
This is not a sales funnel and not a hierarchy — just different doors into the same place. Choose the one that fits where you are.
Come and know the place.
Learn more → 02A free stay, no programme.
Learn more → 03Workshops and seminars.
Learn more → 04Guided retreats.
Learn more → 05Facilitate your own retreat.
Learn more → 06Institutional and patron support.
Learn more → 07Long stays in the sierra.
Learn more → 08Volunteer and integrate.
Learn more →Real images of everyday life here — the place as it is, updated over time.
Free stays at your own rhythm, guided retreats in small groups, and weekend gatherings through the season. Dates are real and may shift — please confirm when you write.
Saturday–Sunday in the sierra. Temazcal, sound and the plants of the mountain, held with care.
From a single night to a long stay, or a guided retreat in a small group. Full rates and accommodation are in the booking panel.
“Peace is a primordial state of balance, realized through attitudes in harmony with the universal principles of the creation of unity.”
— Carlos F. Miranda
La Cuna is the first concrete realization of the Cuna Project: a non-profit association registered in Austria in 2020, creating spaces and networks of solidarity where people from all over the world build sustainable, natural and peaceful ways of life.
The income from lodging and retreats sustains the operation, the people involved and the continued development of the project. It is a form of participation and sustainability — not simply a transaction.
Presence and a holistic understanding of oneself and the world.
Authentic community and a true collective spirit.
Life in harmony with the ecosystems and all beings.
Deep respect and care for every form of life.
No commitment. Tell us what draws you here and we’ll help you find the right way in.
Getting here: colectivo from Oaxaca City toward Pochutla, off at Zapotitlán + moto-taxi; or from the coast via Pochutla. Airports: OAX or HUX.
La Cuna