For those seeking a new yoga travel destination, we’ve found a wonderful option at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. Prana del Mar, is a deluxe, oceanfront resort and wellness center that places special emphasis on yoga retreats, yoga vacations, spa holidays, and yoga teacher trainings. This new center, which just opened last winter, is located on a beautiful beach on the Pacific coast. It’s only twenty minutes from the outskirts of Cabo San Lucas, but you feel as if you are a world away.
With a full calendar of upcoming yoga retreats taught by a wide range of acclaimed international teachers, Prana del Mar offers quite a selection of options, depending upon what you’re seeking. There are yoga travel retreats whose primary focus is on deepening your yoga practice via concentration on asana, meditation, and pranayama. There are others that are more of an adventurous vacation, mixing twice-daily yoga classes with opportunities to take surf lessons, go whale-watching, or head out horseback-riding on the beach. Still others integrate additional components that will broaden your experience – say, kirtan, philosophical and mythological discussions, or classes on Ayurveda – with dedicated yoga practice. For those interested in exploring even more deeply, there are also yoga teacher training courses offered a couple times per year.
The accommodations are much more luxurious than what one pictures from a standard retreat center. All of the15 guest rooms and suites feature travertine-tiled floors, custom-made teak furniture, pillow-top mattresses, organic sheets and bath towels, large terraces and balconies with ocean views, organic personal care products, and more. Their two-room suites even feature complete stainless steel/granite kitchens and spacious living room areas.
Beyond the guest accommodations, the center features a central community building with full restaurant, swimming pool, hot tub, spa treatment rooms, lounges, a rooftop deck, and a meditation room. They offer a variety of spa services – including massage, body wraps and scrubs, and more. There is also a large, airy yoga studio that overlooks the ocean, five acres of desert gardens, a stone labyrinth for walking introspection, and a nearly-empty, golden-sand beach at the front of the property.
All of the above remain in harmony with the natural environment due to Prana del Mar’s commitment to environmental stewardship. All electricity is solar-powered, the vegetable and herb garden is organic, the pool is solar-heated, wastewater is treated on site and reused for the xeriscaped gardens, sheets and bath towels are all organic, and more.
Combine all of this with delicious, healthful cuisine and a warm, welcoming staff, and you have an inviting place to spend a holiday – getting healthy, deepening your yoga practice, and exploring a bit of Baja.
With the Sierra de la Laguna mountains to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the desert all around, Prana del Mar is the perfect place to escape for a true retreat setting – a tranquil yoga travel getaway where one can relax, refresh, and rejuvenate.
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