8 Day Private Yoga and Massage Retreat in Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Yoga and Massage Retreat in Mexico
Expert tip: This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Mexico.
Come and enjoy your personalised on and off-the-mat adventure in beautiful sustainable eco-friendly cabañas with breathtaking ocean views. You will be surrounded by tropical flora and fauna to make you feel totally harmonised with nature. Find the perfect balance between an active and relaxing holiday. This retreat includes daily yoga classes, massages, yoga and meditation, breakfast, lunch and other added experiences, all according to your wishes.
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Highlights
- A relaxing massage every other day
- Access up to 3 yoga classes a day
- Access to Barbarenas' holistic ceremonies every other day
- Accommodation in a private room or private cabaña with an ocean-view terrace, or dorm
- Use of all the common areas (kitchen, pool, and more)
- Water, fruits, tea, and coffee all-day
- Daily healthy vegan breakfast and lunch
- 7 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Café
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Wedding
- Wireless internet
- Outdoor shower
Following traditional and eco-construction principles, the bungalows were constructed by local artisans using natural materials. Every bungalow displays a unique art collection by Cuban artist Yunior Marino and has a spacious terrace perfect for relaxing, working or just listening to the ocean. Barbarenas offers chill common areas, like the pool, the big open kitchen and yoga rooftop. The pool is cleaned by a system of natural filters without the use of chlorine and Juan makes sure the pool is always enjoyable. In Barbarenas, they are continuously growing and expanding, so during your stay you may hear a minimum of noise but it shouldn’t interfere with your tranquility.
Program
Barbarenas makes you a personalized schedule for your stay. The amount of yoga classes, services, and other experiences you participate in is completely up to you, as well as how you spend your free time. The team at Barbarenas will be available for you throughout your stay. Also, they offer various community activities such joint meals and occasional daybreak events, temazcal, concerts, and sound baths.
Your day could look like this:
- 08:00 - 09:30 Yoga session to wake up body and mind
- 09:15 - 10:00 Delicious and healthy vegan breakfast
- 10:00 - 11:30 Optional class (yoga)
- 14:00 Communal vegan lunch
- During the afternoon, enjoy your Spanish class (can be moved to the morning if preferred)
- 17:00 - 18:30 or 19:00 - 20:30 Optional class (Yoga / holistic experience)
Massages will be scheduled with you upon your arrival, tailored to your preferences.
Included excursions
Enhance your retreat experience with three rejuvenating massages, designed to melt away stress and leave you feeling refreshed and revitalized.
Instructors
Misael
Misael is a profesional surfer, born and raised in Puerto Escondido. He has been surfing his whole life, he participates as a surf judge in tournaments and is a founder of Amisurf an organization that provides certification for surf instructors. He has taught surf for more than 10 years, outside the water he is an environmentalist and elemtary school teacher.
Laura
Yoga is the journey back to your true self, connecting the body and mind. By sharing her passion through teaching, she gives others a safe space to fully be themselves, and let gratitude flow into their lives. She loves building some heat in a flow, or finding stillness in a restorative practice. She wants people to leave the class feeling the best version of themselves and to take what they have discovered on the mat into the world. She is a strong believer of taking care of yourself to be able to show up for others with compassion, leaving every place better than you have found it.
Retreat location
Barbarenas is located in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico. The area, Punta Zicatela, is a highly desirable place, a small mellow town where Mexicans, ex-pats, and world travellers intermingle, and surfboards are as normal as cell phones. It is famous for its laid-back, authentic beach ambience. No big hotels. It is rated one of the top surfing destinations in the world.
Learn to surf, practise yoga, speak Spanish, swim, snorkel, skydive, shop at the local markets, rent bicycles, and scooters, or even go for a horse ride. Barbarenas is located just 10 kilometres away from the Puerto Escondido Airport (PMX) and a 10-minute walk to La Punta, Zicatela beach where you find delicious restaurants and local handcraft stores. They are surrounded by nature on top of La Punta Beach.
Distances
- La Punta, Zicatela beach - 10 minutes
- Puerto Escondido Airport (PMX), 10 kilometers
They are a new place that is still growing. They do have work happening on-site, but they do what they can to keep the disturbance to a minimum.
Unique features
Activities
- Massage
- Surfing
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Temazcal
General
- Barbeque facilities
- Café
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Hammock
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wedding
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
You will be served daily vegan breakfast and lunch with water, tea, coffee, fruit, and snacks included. You will fall in love with the outside kitchen and dining area where the chef will prepare delicious fresh food from organic ingredients every day for you. All meals are community meals, shared with volunteers, workers, guests, and friends.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Ayurvedic
Things to do (optional)
- Surf lesson
- Dolphin tour
- Snorkelling
- Personal training/yoga for athletes
Spa treatments
- Shiatsu and reiki
- Meditation
- Sound healing
What's included
- 3 massages
- Up to 3 yoga classes a day (depending on schedule)
- Up to 4 holistic experiences (depending on schedule)
- 7 nights accommodation
- Daily vegan breakfast and lunch
- Water, tea, coffee, fruits
- Mat, blocks, and accessories provided
What's not included
- Airport transfers
- Dinners
- Surfing classes and other services available on demand
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Bahías de Huatulco International Airport
83 km
Transfer not provided
Xoxocotlán International Airport
133 km
Transfer not provided
Puerto Escondido International Airport
7 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by taxi
The accommodation is only a 15-minute taxi ride to get from Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM). The cost of taxi pickup is 350 MXN.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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