Welcome to the Caribbean
Welcome to this special retreat that combines yoga, meditation, passionate living and an incredible opportunity to heal the heart. This Retreat will be offering daily yoga together with inner inquiries that supports loving and sustainable personal development. Our program will include therapeutic sessions, breath work, deep body connection, and time to connect with nature.
This retreat is led by our founder, Rachel Brathen, and together with Path of Love worker Shubhaa Fisher. Rachel has inspired thousands of people through life changing workshops, retreats and trainings for nearly a decade. Shubhaa Fisher is an esteemed teacher who holds a degree in Psychology and is specialized in Relationship Therapy, Counseling, Trauma Healing, Breath Therapy, NLP, Bioenergetic BodyWork and Mediation. She is an international leader in the Path of Love process in Europe and South America. She shares her experiences as a woman, friend, wife, mother and seeker.
Please find a provisional sample schedule below.
Accommodations
We offer 3 different accomodations options at Beautiful Costa Esmeralda Village. Located a short 5 minute walk from Island Yoga, it offers a refreshing, comfortable, intimate atmosphere.
$2,400 USD
$2,500 USD
$2,900 USD
$3,230 USD
Guides
Meet your Guides
Rachel Brathen
Founder & CEO, Certified Yoga Teacher
Hi! I'm Rachel Brathen; a Swedish-native, New York Times best-selling author, non-profit founder, serial entrepreneur, and an international yoga teacher with sold out classes and festivals around the world. I'm also the founder and CEO of Yoga Girl®, and the host of two #1 podcast shows, Conversations From The Heart and Yoga Girl Daily. With over 2 million followers on [social media](https://www.instagram.com/yoga_girl/), 15 years of professional experience, and a global audience in over 170 countries, I have been featured in [Women's Health, Yoga Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Tedx Talks, and more](https://www.yogagirl.com/rachels-corner/press). After graduating from school in Stockholm, I traveled to Costa Rica where I found the joy of incorporating yoga into my everyday life. Deepening my yoga practice and beginning teaching, I moved to Central America where I spent years exploring the intricate studies of yoga and spirituality. After moving to Aruba early 2010, I began teaching yoga full time with my classes being dynamic Vinyasa Flow and focused on integrating alignment, core work, and breathing techniques with basic poses and creative sequencing. My main lesson I aim to teach though, is that asana is only a small piece of the work done in the yoga shala. I incorporate holistic therapeutic tools like sharing, active listening, and journaling, and there is a deep level of heart healing at the center of every class I teach. My classes serve the purpose of deepening a connection not only to ourselves, but with the people around us. Giving back to the community has always been at the center of all of my initiatives – with the help of awesome staff and volunteers, I run two non-profit organizations: [Sgt. Pepper’s Friends](http://www.sgtpeppersfriends.com/); an animal rescue foundation based in Aruba, and [Yoga Girl® Foundation](https://www.yogagirlfoundation.com/), an organization benefitting women and children in need. In 2017, my husband Dennis and I also opened [Island Yoga](https://islandyoga.com/) - the largest yoga studio in the Caribbean, where we've hosted yoga teacher trainings, retreats, workshops, and year-round classes. Along with these initiatives, I am the founder of one of the first online yoga platforms, the now-retired oneOeight.com, which was the most successful crowd-funded yoga project of all time. That platform has since grown and transformed into the Yoga Girl® site you're experiencing today, and is now made up of a vast [community](https://www.facebook.com/groups/yogagirlcommunity/) of dedicated practitioners from all over the world looking to cultivate balance, create space for inner healing, and to deepen their yoga practice. Now I'm back living in my home country of Sweden with my family, and when I'm not actively trying to help make a change in the world, I enjoy cooking, baking, foraging, drinking tea, communing with nature, and spending my days with my husband, Dennis, our daughter, Lea, and our three dogs Ringo, Laika, and Quila. --- __Specialties: Vinyasa Flow, Heart Healing, Meditation, Pranayama, Hatha, Gentle, Restorative, Yin, Kundalini, Prenatal__
Shubhaa Fisher
Psychology and Trauma Healing Expert Contributor
From Brazil, Shubhaa holds a degree in Psychology. She is specialized in Relationship Therapy, Counseling, Trauma Healing (Somatic Experiencing®). Breath Therapy, NLP, Bioenergetic, BodyWork and Meditation. Shubhaa is one of the leaders of the international Path of Love process in Europe and South of America. In Brazil she is a co-founder of Osheanic International. She shares around the world her life experiences as a woman, friend, wife, mother and seeker. To unfold our spirituality and inner potential as human beings is her passion, dedication and commitment. __She is also certified in:__ - Trauma Therapy (Somatic Experiencing Institute – Dr Peter Levine) - Rebirthing (Breath Therapy) - Encounter Therapy - Bodywork Therapy (Method – Kusum Modak) - Brainspotting (Trauma Healing – David Grand) - TRE (Trauma Release Exercises – Dr. David Berceli) - Bio-Energetic Therapy - Shubhaa is leading seminars and individual sessions in Europe and Brazil. Since 1990, Shubhaa has dedicated her life to working with people, sharing her gifts and talents with others who are also longing to develop themselves personally and spiritually.
What You Get
6 Restful Nights
Lodging for 6 nights (7 days) at Costa Esmeralda, an easy 5 minute walk from Island Yoga.
Intimate Circle Sharings
Tap into your deeper self and take part in group healing exercises.
Meditation
Daily meditation
Three Meals Per Day
Enjoy gourmet vegan breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Healing Yoga
Gentle and healing yoga sessions.
Airport Shuttle Service
We’ll handle transportation on the first day of the retreat and last day of the festival.
SUP Yoga Class
Add the environment and peaceful water to your yoga.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have a question that isn't answered here, please get in touch!