Mexico

Mexico Yoga Retreat: Three Options

When you plan a yoga retreat in Mexico, you have several options. Either design your own shoestring yoga vacation, join an organized group, or visit a Mexico yoga retreat center.

Mexico has long been a popular vacation spot due to easy access by its northern neighbors. Now it is also one of the top destinations among Canadians and Americans for yoga retreats.

Winter in Mexico is warm and sunny in most places. This makes it an even more appealing place to practice yoga, enjoy the sun, and shed stress.

Golf, snorkeling, whale watching, city tours, and jungle walks can keep you or your non-yogi travel partner occupied when you’re not in a yoga class or workshop.

Here is a bit more about the different choices in preparation for your Mexico yoga experience:

Visit a Mexico Yoga Retreat Center

Many retreat centers now target the yoga crowd almost exclusively. There are retreat centers outside historic colonial towns like Cuernavaca and San Miguel de Allende. There are also many retreats along the Pacific Coast, including Baja California. Or stay in a center in Chiapas, where Mayan culture is alive, or secluded in the jungles of Veracruz.

The Yucatan peninsula offers a great number of retreats, resorts, and bed-and-breakfasts that offer yoga, whether you want to visit a Caribbean island like Isla Holbox or Isla Mujeres, or stay near the Mayan ruins of Tulum.

You can visit these centers on your own, and at any time of year. Many places are close to international airports with direct flights from the U.S. Some accommodations are luxurious, while others are simple. Prices vary from $50 to over $200 per night.

Visit Mexico with a Yoga Group Vacation

Yoga teachers and studios often host group vacations in Mexico. A teacher in your local area may promote one, or you can easily find one with a web search. Transportation, some meals, accommodations, and yoga classes are provided as part of the trip.

Depending on where you go, eight-day retreats with a group may cost anywhere from $800 to $2,000 or more, not including your flight.

The benefit of joining a group is that you don’t have to think about any of the logistics, simple reserve your space, get on a flight, and enjoy.

Plan a Shoestring Mexico Yoga Retreat

It doesn’t take much to design your own yoga retreat. You simply need a place to practice, places to eat, and places to sleep. Many places have gardens or rooftops that would be the perfect places for your own practice, and some hostels and bed-and-breakfasts offer yoga on the daily menu.

Yoga is becoming more popular among Mexicans, so in larger towns, it is likely you can drop in on classes at a local yoga studio. Donation-based classes are popular on the beach and at community centers.

A do-it-yourself retreat is the cheapest way to enjoy a yoga vacation, as lodging in Mexico can be as inexpensive as $20 a night for a hut on the beach. You will also have the freedom to make your own itinerary, possibly staying at more than one location. It will take work, though, in finding your own meals, accommodation, transportation, and yoga studios.

Enjoy your yoga retreat in Mexico, whether you book a stay at a yoga resort, join a tour organized by someone else, or design your own shoestring yoga vacation.

David Morgan’s website is the authority on Mexico yoga holiday. Find out more about taking a Mexico yoga vacation.

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