Yoga and Surf Retreats in Mexico

Yoga & Surfing with Andrea Arriaga

February 14-20, 2009

with surf instructor Israel Preciado

Play in the ocean's liquid prana, enjoying playful renewal in the warm waves. Continue your off-the-grid relaxation with delicious food, like-minded companionship, local culture, and the bliss that comes through yoga self-care.

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Class Details

Join Andrea as she yogas you through your mind/body edges inspired by the brilliance of the sun, sand, plants, and tropical waters. Working solo, with others, and as a group, your morning practice encourages you to open your heart, receive play, and be your higher self. The evening practice slows down and takes us all further in and farther up with the help of www.jsepperson.com transcendent music and the calling of the ocean. The support of nature is a constant gift of love. Allow yourself time to soak up its wisdom, lightness, and aloha – a priceless souvenir

About Andrea

Andrea offers challenging yet restorative vinyasa flow classes suited for all. Her interests in the nature of inter-being and her passions for the ocean, surfing, nature, and all things that flow led her naturally to the art and science of yoga. She has spent her life not only pursuing, but living her passions near the edge of the shore and in the sea, spending endless hours transfixed in the wonder, study and experience of nature and it's fluid rhythm. She uses these experiences to create fun and dynamic classes. Through yoga she hopes to promote peace, love, unity and well-being by helping others return to the source of all that they are. Andrea has been practicing and teaching yoga and Pilates internationally and in the US for the last ten years. She has had the opportunity to study, and practice under numerous powerful teachers including Mark Whitwell, Shiva Rea, Saul David Raye, Scott Blossom, Bryan Kest, Robert Svoboda, and Dharma Mittra. Andrea has a strong background in Ayurveda, nutrition, and the healing arts, as well as degrees in biology and anthropology from UC San Diego. A master’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of Hawai'i. Along with travels and intense academic study of indigenous peoples, ecology, and the healing arts in the US, Mexico, and Asia, Andrea is a certified and practicing Thai Yoga Massage Therapist through Saul David Raye's Ritam School of Healing, is a certified Stott Pilates instructor, and holds a professional degree in exercise science and fitness through UC San Diego. www.andreaarriaga.com

About Israel

Israel grew up surfing the many point breaks in and around Sayulita. He has work at the Four Seasons Resort as a surf instructor and has also guided tours throughout Mexico's extensive coastline. He use to compete with the Nayarit Surf Team and participated in the World Longboard Championships in Baja, Mexico. These days he works giving private lessons.

 

Sun. Surf. Yoga. You.