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Zumba® Gold with Luglio
November 23 - November 30, 2024
Luglio Romero
Since 2012 we have been offering ZumbaVancouver.ca Retreats in Mexico. This year we will be going to the beautiful picturesque fishing village of Chacala, Mexico for a seven-day retreat. Each day, we will teach a Zumba® or Zumba® Gold class in a beautiful hard wood studio overlooking the ocean.
There will be a daily Yoga class to relax and take in the settings in a restorative way, and one lively and invigorating Aqua Zumba® class mid-week.
Rohatsu Zen Meditation Retreat
November 30 - December 07, 2024
Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Este Retiro de Meditación Zen en Silencio, que se lleva a cabo una vez al año, es una oportunidad única para practicar un sesshin tradicional en un entorno bilingüe y bicultural.
Restoring Balance: A Conference Retreat for HealthCare Providers
December 07 - December 14, 2024
Heather Sweeney, Amy Ponteri and Leah Marshall
If you work in healthcare, you work your tail off. You are invited to join your peers to rejuvenate, fortify, and heal. This is a time for YOU to feel cared for. Facilitated by former ER providers, and through supportive and restorative activities such as mindfulness, art, yoga, and experiential learning, our goal is for you to feel nurtured, connected, AND leave with new tools for your own well-being and a rekindled sense of purpose.
Ocean Bliss Yoga Retreat
December 07 - December 14, 2024
Laxmi DeLeo
This retreat is an opportunity for us to slow down, allow stress to melt away, and shift into a space of peaceful rejuvenation. Join us for 8 days of sharing yoga movement, meditation, beautiful surroundings and accommodations, delicious food, adventure, lightheartedness, nature, laughter, and connection, as we welcome winter solstice, and set intentions to realign ourselves for the new year to come.
Iyengar Yoga with Nancy Marcy + Shannyn Joy Potter
December 14 - December 21, 2024
Nancy Marcy & Shannyn Joy Potter
Join certified Iyengar teachers Shannyn Joy Potter and Nancy Marcy for their fourth retreat at Mar de Jade. There will be twice-daily yoga practice: asana in the mornings and restorative in the afternoons. Participants are required to have one year of Iyengar Yoga experience or by permission of the instructors.
How are you going into 2025? New Year Yoga Retreat
December 28 - January 04, 2025
Basha Nemeskeri
Taking a week to step away from responsibility, routine, pressure and habit creates deep restful time to contemplate the year that has just passed, and the one you're about to embark on. This New Years Retreat bookends the ending and subsequent beginning of two years, and carries with it the message of purification, preparation, preservation and peace.
Happy New Year Yoga Retreat
December 28 - January 04, 2025
Crystal Rainbow
Embark upon the enchanting voyage into the New Year, riding the rhythm of your spirit soaring high on this yoga retreat! Let the empowering currents of yoga, mantras and breathwork guide you on a journey of discovery, as you savor nourishing sustenance and share profound conversations that deepen your connection to both self and kindred spirits amid paradise's embrace.
Restore: a SomaYoga Self-care and Restoration Retreat
January 11 - January 18, 2025
Ann Maxwell and Molly McManus
Embark on a blissful journey of restorative self-care alongside renowned yoga therapists Molly McManus and Ann Maxwell in the luxurious haven of Playa Chacala on the Pacific Ocean. Nestled in the pristine beauty of Riviera Nayarit, this picturesque bay boasts golden sands, swaying coconut trees, and lush tropical jungles. Join Ann & Molly for a rejuvenating retreat where you’ll nourish your mind and body amidst the healing.
Iyengar Yoga with Maya Lev
January 11 - January 18, 2025
Maya Lev
Escape the winter with Maya's week long retreat at Mar de Jade.
Two yoga classes with Maya daily, morning and afternoon, with time between for relaxation on the beach, self care, and exploration of the surrounding area.
Maya Lev has been teaching Iyengar style yoga for 30 years and has led retreats in Mexico and Hawaii. She has been practicing yoga since 1982 and has studied with many senior Iyengar teachers.
New Year’s Pilates R & R
January 11 - January 18, 2025
Ky Autumn Russell, MA
Start your New Year off right by caring for yourself with nourishing yet challenging Pilates, cleansing and delicious organic food, beautiful ocean waters, stress relief, connection, and JOY! ;)
Enlightenment & Evolution
January 18 - January 25, 2025
Dr Michael Cotton
The Enlightenment & Evolution Retreat is designed to usher you into a new way of being. Ground your Authentic Self in the formless dimension of pure consciousness and discover who you are at your very core, without judgement and labels. Discover the true essence of your being and live every day from that frame of reference. You will awaken to a realization of awareness beyond the world of space, time and form. As you mentally let go of things that are temporary, you will directly experience that eternal part of you that wasn’t born in time and therefore will never die. When you know this aspect of yourself, you know peace.Return home with a new perspective, a new community of like-minded friends and a new purpose to your life. You’ll have more peace, calm, focus and exponentially more joy!
Essential Somatics® Free Your Movement Retreat
January 18 - January 25, 2025
Martha Peterson, CCSE and Gena Rho, CCSE
Come awaken your senses to a new possibility for your body, yourself, and your life while surrounded by the stunning beauty of the ocean, white sand beaches, and vibrant sunsets. Whether you are dealing with chronic muscle pain, limited mobility, a general feeling of “getting old,” or you just want to move and play, you will find something freeing and enriching when you come and learn to move with mastery and joy.
Zero Balancing by the Sea
January 25 - February 01, 2025
Fritz Smith & Michael Oruch
ZB by the Sea is designed to be a restorative and multi dimensional experience of deepening one’s understanding of ZB, and creating a container for personal growth, rejuvenation, and positive change.
Yoga in Paradise
February 01 - February 08, 2025
Lynne Minton
Enjoy the beauty of Mar de Jade and the luxury of two yoga classes per day, three healthy delicious meals, and time to rest, restore and explore. Between sessions, there will be options for excursions to nearby secluded sites, both natural and cultural. Or you may choose to stay on site to swim and relax or partake of a spa treatment.
Reset and Recharge in Mexico
February 01 - February 08, 2025
Scott Davis
This retreat will be a true reset, a perfect week away to move, play, heal, breath, relax, recharge and recalibrate your system. We'll have 2-3 classes a day overlooking the ocean (with a more active morning practice, a movement exploration and a restorative afternoon session), eat delicious local food, swim in the pool or explore our very own private section of the beach.
Path of The Lotus: A Women’s Yoga & Meditation Retreat
February 08 - February 15, 2025
Emma Fuglsby & Sasha Miksis
Transform Your Practice; Transform Your Life. Discover Serenity and Self-Discovery at Mar de Jade.
This retreat is designed exclusively for women seeking to deepen their yoga and meditation practices, unwind, and rediscover themselves.
Each day, immerse yourself in a deep healing container designed for reflection, yoga, and meditation, surrounded by the warmth of the sun and the serenity of the sea.
Embrace the Edge 2025 Yoga Retreat
February 08 - February 15, 2025
Fiji McAlpine
Fiji's annual Embrace the Edge Yoga Retreat will feature daily classes with uninterrupted vinyasa and hatha-style flows, detailed workshops on finding the subtle power in your practice.
Spring into Adventure
February 15 - February 22, 2025
Monika Gold
Get ready for spring with this adventure retreat in sunny Mexico - Daily movement classes in magical surroundings, four adventure excursions, nourishing farm-to-table meals, the chance to build connections with people from all over the world, and lots of opportunity to swim, snorkel, hike, and dance. Join TrueMove for a week-long retreat at the stunning and serene Mar de Jade Resort in Chacala, Mexico.
You will return from this retreat invigorated and inspired. Book early to guarantee your room preference and have something to look forward to in the new year!
Iyengar Yoga Retreat with Lara Warren
February 15 - February 22, 2025
Lara Warren
Join Lara Warren (senior CIYT) for her 15th year on Mexico's Pacific Coast. Lara's classes never fail to surprise, delight and inform. She is welcoming and supportive and guides her students with a dynamic presence, inspiring demonstrations, and clear, methodical instructions. She welcomes all levels of students and is attentive to specific needs. She has a wonderful enthusiasm for the subject of yoga, which she has studied, practiced & taught for the past 30 years. All classes are held in Mar de Jade's el Templo studio, fully equipped with a rope wall.
Journey To The Heart 2025
February 22 - March 01, 2025
Lila Heller and Katie Ybarra
Join Neuro-Movement and Breathwork coach Lila Heller and guest teacher Katie Ybarra for eight nights and seven days of heart opening practices that include Pilates, Yamuna Body Rolling, nervous system resets, meditation, Breathwork and journaling.
Relax and Restore Yoga Retreat
February 22 - March 01, 2025
Inga Rouches and Kelley Rush
Give yourself the gift of a vacation based on mindfulness and wellbeing. Join yoga instructors Inga Rouches and Kelley Rush this winter at beautiful Mar de Jade in Chacala, México We will practice yoga and meditation surrounded by jungle and ocean. The yoga will be gentle and restorative, the food will be tasty and healthy, and the company amazing. Get nourished, play, relax, whatever you come for will find you here.
Treat Yourself Retreat
February 22 - March 01, 2025
Leah Marshall, Katie Surbrook
Join us for a fun filled week of movement and relaxation. Yoga and fitness will be offered twice daily, as well as one group activity - TBD - and enough time to rest, relax, and rejuvenate. This retreat was created to keep you moving and feeling good while keeping in mind the need to slow down, enjoy friends, good food, sunshine and surf. Leah and Katie will make sure you laugh as much as possible, move as much as you wish, and relax to your hearts content. This is your week to treat yourself.
Winter Wellness Retreat
March 01 - March 08, 2025
Karyn Stillwell
Join me for my annual wellness retreat and feel inspired and empowered! I weave together a tapestry of wellness practices optimizing health, happiness and connection by combining yoga, mindful movement, breathwork, cold water immersion, time in nature, adventure, ceremony, self massage and more.
Shakti Vinyasa Yoga
March 01 - March 08, 2025
Lisa Black
Discover your strength & awaken your spirit! Join Shakti Vinyasa Yoga founder, Lisa Black, for an uplifting and transformational week together in Mexico! We will practice morning guided meditation, dynamic vinyasa yoga, and afternoon inversion and hip-opening practices that will leave you inspired, energized, and restored. This is a unique opportunity to dive deep, learn, grow, and experience powerful shifts through this supported environment.
Yoga With Friends in Mexico
March 01 - March 08, 2025
Deborah Karish & Sharon Bard
Escape the winter doldrums at this tropical paradise where the jungle meets the sea — just 90 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta.
Iyengar Yoga Retreat with Eve Holbrook & Liza Toft
March 08 - March 15, 2025
Eve Holbrook and Liza Toft
Join us for a seven-day retreat in this magical place, just 90 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta airport by car. Each day, we will teach two yoga classes in a beautiful studio overlooking the ocean, exploring asanas and pranayamas that connect us with and balance the various aspects of our elemental nature.
Come Home to Yourself: A Transformational Retreat (for Women over 50-ish)
March 08 - March 15, 2025
Máiri Breen Rothman, CNM, DM
Are you in Transition?
Contrary to prevailing cultural messages, our later years are when we come into our full power. How can we recognize this power and integrate it into our best life? Spend a week exploring, releasing, playing, singing, creating, telling stories and reveling in a group led by seasoned midwife and group leader Máiri Breen Rothman.
Full Voice and Expression – A Joyful Retreat for Opening Your Voice and Your Life
March 08 - March 15, 2025
Barbara McAfee
A delicious week of vocal exploration, self discovery, creativity and deep play with master voice coach Barbara McAfee.
YogaVoice – Release & Restore
March 22 - March 29, 2025
Barbara Leah Meyer or Anna Beaumont
Join us for a transformational and fun get-away of movement, music and meditation. We have designed a beautiful and varied program of nutritious yoga, healing voice work, song circles, sound healing, forest/ beach jam sessions and mindful meditation just for you. There will be nature time, chill time, and lots of YOU time to totally unwind and reconnect with your true, authentic self. This retreat is designed for YOU and you get to choose what feels best and most nourishing during each precious moment. Join us at REO’s forest paradise beside the beautiful Nahatlatch River to relax, release and restore.
The Alchemy of Fire & Water
April 05 - April 12, 2025
Heather Smith, Danielle Clothier
Discover the profound teachings of the Fire and Water Elements in alchemical tradition, where the union of these opposites symbolizes the integration of mind, body, spirit, and consciousness. Guided by Heather Smith and Danielle Clothier, this transformative journey is designed to support your soul's growth, purpose, and intention, helping you move further along your evolutionary path. Don't miss this opportunity to blend the powerful energies of Fire and Water, uniting all parts of your being.
Playing in Paradise
April 05 - April 12, 2025
Shanti and Scott Medina
Join Shanti and Scott Medina for “Playing in Paradise” - Seven night retreat on Chacala Beach, Mexico at the beautiful Mar de Jade Wellness Resort. Remember your playful true nature through Sound Healing, Ecstatic Chanting, Embodied Meditation, Sacred Ceremony, Dances of Universal Peace, Qigong and other ancient wellness practices.
The Heart of Being Awareness: Discover Lasting Calm Through Meditation & Somatic Practices
April 26 - May 03, 2025
Sandra Vanatko
Step into a powerful, week-long retreat designed to help you reconnect with your fundamental nature through meditation, yoga, and somatic healing practices. Whether you’re new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this experience will guide you into a deeper connection with Awareness itself. Nestled in the stunning oceanfront setting of Mar de Jade, you’ll enjoy daily meditation, yoga, relaxing downtime, self-awareness exercises, self-regulation techniques, and rich teachings from the Tibetan tantric tradition. If you’re ready to transform your approach to life, this retreat is your invitation to discover the heart of being.
Coming Home To Self
May 03 - May 10, 2025
Yvonne Myles and Julie Wilson
Coming Home To Self is a mindful movement healing retreat featuring Nia dance and unique workshops at Mexico's beautiful and stunning Mar de Jade resort. Alongside your hosts, Yvonne and Julie, you'll slowly shift into peace, joy, love and belonging at this hidden jewel nestled between the jungle and the sea. Dance, play, swim and learn as you discover new pathways to wellbeing from the inside out. Emerge with deeper reserves of confidence, gratitude and a feeling of vibrant, shimmering health.
The Foundations of Restorative Justice and Vision of Family Conferencing Training and Retreat
May 03 - May 10, 2025
Shailly Agnihotri, Hedda van Lieshout
We are honored to welcome Internationally-Renowned Restorative Justice Leader Hedda van Lieshout to join us and offer her expertise on Family Conferencing during our 2025 Mexico Retreat. Hedda is currently the director of Eigen-Kracht, a Dutch non-profit “striving for a society based on participation and mutual self-reliance of citizens, where citizens remain in charge of their own life, especially when dealing with organizations and government bodies.” Eigen-Kracht run restorative conferences, as well as Family Group Conferencing (FGC), which act as an alternative to family court or child protective services. Eigen-Kracht has run over 13,500 Family Group Conferences, restorative conferences, and community conferences. They have over 250 conference coordinators, who speak between them sixty-five languages. Hedda will join us in Mexico to discuss Family Group Conferencing, and lead discussions on how we can implement FGC in the States.
Sacred Spaces Retreat
May 03 - May 10, 2025
TK Lane and Sundari Lucey
Give yourself a weeks gift of wholesome functional yoga, beach meditation (optional), memorable connections and the natural beauty of the Pacific ocean. TK and Sundari invite you to Mar de Jade; this wellness retreat center where YOU will experience for yourself love- filled yoga classes, absolute tranquility, delicious food, self reflection and amazing sunsets. Our intention is to provide for everyone a relaxing, rejuvenating and playful six days where the jungle meets the ocean.
Bliss by the Beach
May 24 - May 31, 2025
Suzy Marie
A true retreat to the self, Bliss by the Beach will be a transformational week of yoga, sand, sun, and community. We will begin and end our day with with Ashtanga based flow classes suited for all levels, with a view of the sea. Woven into our time will be discussions of the application of yogic philosophy in our modern daily lives. We will also have plenty of time for relaxation, by the pool or on the beach, with optional local excursions and spa treatments available as well.
2025 Pause + Press Play Retreat for Women of Color
June 21 - June 28, 2025
Marla Teyolia and Crystal McCreary
Take time to replenish your body, mind, and spirit in a radical form of activism for Black, Indigenous, + Women of Color. Together we will celebrate our 6th anniversary of this retreat by creating a sacred space to heal, rejuvenate, and play through daily yoga and meditation classes, heart-opening workshops, organic farm-sourced meals, connecting to the land, spiritual rituals to support your healing, and group outings to explore the magic and culture of Mexico.
Vikasa 200hr Yoga Teacher Training
August 10 - August 31, 2025
Daniel Rama and Kara Burdack
Join our first ever Vikasa 200hr Foundation Training led by Daniel Rama from Becoming Balance and Vikasa Senior teacher Kara Burdack. Our world-renowned YTT curriculum in a brand new exotic location in the heart of Mexico.
Wixárika Retreat in Nayarit, México
October 11 - October 18, 2025
Brant Secunda and Nico Secunda alongside local Mara’akate shamans from the nearby Wixáritari (Huichol) village.
Experience a transformative retreat along the Pacific coast of Mexico and connect with the origins of the Wixárika shamanic traditions.