Best of Both Mind and Body Yoga retreats

August 19th, 2011

…provides a retreat that encourage and inspires you to expand your yoga into every aspect of your day to day life. Best of Both mind and body retreat is twice-daily yoga classes held in our yoga dojo right on the beach next to our retreat resort. You will explore different types of yoga practices through movement, breath, relaxation and meditation . Best of Both mind and body yoga retreat about compassion, support, laughter and fun that will help guide you towards a more healthy and lively lifestyle. You will leave best of Both with a more balanced feeling, refreshed, happier and renewed.

  • Shared Accommodation – Now $1595 was $1795 Save $200
  • Private Accommodation with private bath – Now $2195 Was $2495 Save $300

Additional Surf Instruction Packages:
Just add these prices to your yoga retreat package and you’ll be ready to surf.

  • One-day Class: $60
  • Two-Day $120
  • Three-day Classes: $240
  • Four day Classes: $330

Must book 24 hours in advance

Our 6-day/5-night yoga retreats include:

  • Beachfront Accommodations
  • Daily morning yoga instruction -2 hour Breathe, Bhakti and Balance before Breakfast!
  • Daily afternoon yoga instruction -1.5 hour Hatha is a marvelous means of exercising, stretching, and freeing the body so it can be a healthy, long-lived, and vital instrument of the mind and soul.
  • All ground transportation, including airport transfers from Aquadilla Airport
  • One personal holistic health & nutrition
  • Three healthy, delicious meals each day at our beachfront restaurant and other select local restaurants
  • Herbal teas and fresh tropical juices
  • Meditative nature hike to one of Puerto Rico amazing water falls
  • One 1-hour private massage
  • One evening of a guest speaker
  • One evening of Caribbean dance night
  • Unlimited snorkeling (equipment provided)
  • Daily housekeeping services
  • Journals
  • Gift Bag

The following activities may be offered:

  • Hikes to nature reserve
  • Unlimited snorkeling (equipment provided)
  • Other activities available but not included in the tour: horseback riding, sailing, scuba diving.

Your yoga week is a combination of activities designed to rejuvenate and relax your body, mind. Various activities are scheduled throughout the week, but keep in mind, this is your time!!! We’ve created a inspiring week to get you into the perfect mind and body frame of mind : yoga sessions to transform you into your true self; a nutritional & health counseling session to bring awareness to your being; a one-hour private massage to relax body and soul; three delicious meals per day to keep the energy flowing; and daily outings that will introduce you to the local beauty and culture.

Morning

  • 2 hour yoga session
  • Breakfast
  • Nature hike/ 1 Snorkeling or Kayaking excursion
  • Lunch

Afternoon

  • Free time: explore the beaches, nutritional counseling session, relaxation (scheduled massages, poolside, hammock, and/or siesta)
  • 1 ½ hour yoga session

Evening

  • Dinner (occasional outings to other restaurants)Guest speaker

Her love for travel, food and education
also led Gina to India, where she completed the one-month Yoga Instructor
Certification program at S-VYASA Prashanti Kutirum Yoga
University in Bangalore, India

Her Massages
Swedish – manipulates the superficial layers of the muscles to:

  • Reduce muscle soreness and stiffness
  • Increase blood circulation and oxygen flow
  • Stretch muscles, ligaments and tendons
  • Help restore muscle tone
  • Increase joint flexibility
  • Relax the body and mind
  • Deep Tissue – focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscles, connective tissue and fascia through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the contracted and restricted areas
  • Sports Massage – for maintenance/training, pre- and post-event and injury rehabilitation, Sports Massage incorporates stretching, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point Therapy and Lymphatic Drainage for every level of athlete.
    Reiki – Reiki is a gentle yet powerful system of energy-based healing and spiritual growth practices, created in the early 1900′s by Mikao Usui, a Japanese Buddhist.

Hatha is a marvelous means of exercising, stretching, and freeing the body so it can be a healthy, long-lived, and vital instrument of the mind and soul.

In addition, hatha yogis can become extremely clear-minded and can concentrate well. However, a few yogis do practice hatha yoga as their main method for spiritual realization. Their clear minds and pure, healthy bodies enable them to meditate easily.

Our primary focus is on creating an environment where people have the opportunity to join with others to deepen their yoga practices, create space and stillness in their minds and in their lives, and participate authentically in their own self-discovery.

We also hope to share with our guests a sample of the sights, sounds, tastes and sensations that make the tropical island of Puerto Rico a unique place – one with many facets worth exploring.

Best of Both mind and body yoga is an ideal place to relax and refresh, to try new things and experience old favorites, share with friends and take time for yourself, soak up the natural beauty and radiate it back. In short, it’s a place to explore both inner and outer landscapes and see how seamlessly they stitch together.

The natural warmth of the tropics provides the perfect space to deepen stretches and help the body to detoxify and come alive through the ancient series of poses that are enjoyed in yoga classes around the world.

Yoga is a practice. It’s an undertaking that continues to evolve and unfold as we explore it more deeply.

Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned practitioner is of little import. All levels are suported here, and everyone is encouraged to participate and explore to the degree that they are comfortable.

Ultimately, it is your movement, breathing, awareness, and intention that combine to open within you a more transparent connection to your own nature. With regular practice, you’ll experience more freedom of movement, a lessening of chronic pain, and a greater opening to the world around you. This is what we’ve found — and what we look forward to sharing with you.