Last week a student of mine just came back from a 2 week vacation. I asked her how it was and she said it was alright. I was surprised at the meh answer. I asked why hadn’t it been great. She said that first of all, it was beautiful, but she hadn’t done any exercise in two weeks. Yes, she did do some walking, but it was a lot of sitting on buses and eating.. She felt heavy and out of shape.
I couldn’t resist putting in a plug for one of my yoga retreats! We start every day with meditation and yoga. Then you are free to sight see and explore, Yes, there was a lot of food and it was delicious, but we started and ended every day with yoga, meditation and stretching.
We were talking about this in class the other day and one of the people who has been with me twice to Costa Rica commented on how good her body felt doing yoga every day.
Plus, my yoga retreats also tend to be more adventurous and center around hiking.
In Costa Rica, there are the beaches…
Headstands on the beach
White water rafting:
White water rafting on the Pacuare River
Zip lining:
and the waterfalls! We saw about 3 dozen different waterfalls in three days. We had to hike into see those waterfalls, so we got a lot of exercise in.
A turquoise waterfall in Costa Rica
When we will be in Peru, it will be similar in that there will be daily yoga classes. Some of us will be hiking the Inca Trail into Macchu Picchu. That will be a 5 day adventure. For those who don’t want to hike and camp, you can take the train into Macchu Picchu and see it in one day.
Hiking the Inca Trail
You will return home from your vacation, refreshed, stimulated by new experiences and fit!
For more information on my yoga retreats, go to my website: karineisen.com/events and search under retreats. There you will find the Women’s Yoga Retreat Shelley and I do every year at the beach. This year it will be in Atlantic City on July 11, 12 & 13th. You will find my yoga retreat to the Sacred Valley in Peru - May 31 - June 7, 2026 and Escape to Costa Rica on February 28 - March 8th.