Dear Friends,
Craving sunshine and warmth as the days shorten and cold weather moves in? Wondering how you’re going to make it through another season of doom and gloom in our fair city? I have just the right remedy for post-holiday blues . . .
My good friend and stellar yoga teacher Jessica Bellafatto and I leading a retreat at the outstanding Casa de Miel in Tulum January 5-11. This oceanside eco-resort offers the finest in laidback living—the perfect place to reconnect to yoga’s healing and rejuvenating powers. If you’ve been looking under the couch and in the back of your closets for the energy you know you once had, imagine how you’ll be feeling after all the holiday hoopla! Take this week to recover what you’ve lost, and start of 2010 radiant and strong!
**Space is limited, and the program is filling up! So if you want to join us, send your deposit today! Full info below.
ABOUT THE RETREAT
Enjoy two yoga sessions daily (attendance at all is optional J), with plenty of free time to play on the beach, explore amazing Mayan ruins, chill in a hammock, enjoy fine food and great company!
ABOUT LOIS
I’ve been practicing yoga steadily for 16 years, teaching for 15. My teaching has evolved with my own growth on the mat, first in vinyasa-flow and Ashtanga, and then over the past decade in the magic of Anusara. Along the way I’ve been blessed to work intimately with some of the finest living masters, including Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, anatomy guru Leslie Kaminoff, and my current teachers, Anusara founder John Friend and Tantric philosopher Douglas Brooks. It’s not yoga if I can’t link what I’m doing on the mat to life off the mat, and I delight in helping students to make those connections.
While a lot of my teaching these days involves carrying Anusara to students and teachers around the globe, I’ve been leading retreats north and south of the border for over a decade, and they are hands-down the highlight of every year! Watching students unfold amid nurturing natural beauty, having the chance to guide them steadily from practice to practice, day to day, sharing laughs and playtime from dawn till dusk and beyond . . . Life is good! Yoga is great!
ABOUT JESSICA
Many of you know Jessica from the Hamptons, where she cofounded Yoga Shanti, the ever-popular studio in Sag Harbor. This year, she’s gone out on her own to create Kamadeva, a boutique studio in East Hampton Village. I’ve known Jessica for 15 years, from when we were both just getting started as teachers. Over the years, she has become Jivamukti Certified, collected countless hours of Anusara yoga training, and is currently pursuing Iyengar Certification. Along the way, she’s raising two kids and training for multiple triathlons. I love Jessica’s passion and her humor, she has a down-to-earth take on yoga and it’s place in our lives. Trust me, between the two of us, you will be in very good hands!
Jessica has led several retreats at Casa de Miel, and is happy to answer any questions you might have about our host.
ABOUT CASA DE MIEL
Casa de Miel means THE HOUSE OF HONEY and is the newest addition to the Eco Chic Resorts, set on a beautiful beach in Tulum, Mexico. Casa de Miel offers relaxed accommodation like no other in Tulum. Rooms are spacious, with attention to detail throughout. The restaurant serves fresh fish, local Mexican produce and the tastiest mango margaritas in the Riviera Maya!
Tulum is just a hop from New York City—2 hours south of Cancun (yet eons away from Cancun’s bustle!), with multiple options for flights through this vacation hub.
If you are looking to get away from it all, look no further!
Rates & Registration: Double occupancy accommodations, which include all Yoga, meals, snacks, amazing papaya smoothies and a group temazcal (sweat lodge) start at $1,650 per person. Single occupancy is $2,000. Price does not include airfare or airport transfer. Space is very limited so early reservations are essential!
A non-refundable $500 deposit secures your space.
Please send payment to:
KamaDeva Yoga
Jessica BellofattoYoga
po box 2602
sag harbor, ny 11963
917.301.6919
631.604.1382
www.kamadevayoga.com
www.jessicabellofattoyoga.com
Questions for Lois? Please email lois@blueskyyoga.com or call me (917)975-8009.