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Yoga and Meditation Retreats in Mexico
with Charles MacInerney
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Making Friends in Yelapa

The photo at left shows participants from the February 2000 retreat who decided to stay on in Yelapa for a couple of extra days after the retreat. They rented palapas on the ocean and had a great time hanging out.

During the periods of free time, participants often gather into small groups and then set off together, to explore the village and surrounding mountains and jungles. The trek to the high waterfalls provides ample opportunity to get to know fellow participants a little better. Below left Hector (a nickname given by a resident of Yelapa, and quickly picked up by retreat participants) poses with Pamela Arthur our guide for the trek. Pamela has been spending 7 months a year living in Yelapa for 20 years, but returns to her home in Canada during the summers. She designs equestrian courses, and is an expert horse woman. In Yelapa, she takes groups on foot or by mule into the mountains on trips that can last 4 hours or 3 days depending upon the group.

The day after our expedition to the high water falls, Pamela invites us all for an English style tea party at her home, high up on a cliff, over looking the bay. Pamela has prepared sandwiches and assorted pastries, and breaks out her best china.

New friends, Peter and Sue set off on an adventure to explore the fishing village of Yelapa.

Gail & Susan hang out at the retreat center during free time.

 

Susan and Alli, roomates at the Feb 2001 retreat are soon best friends and share a hug on the last day of the retreat.

At left is a group photograph from the 1999 Yoga & Meditation Retreat taken on the Pier in Puerto Vallarta on the last day of the retreat.

 

 

 

UPCOMING RETREATS with Charles MacInerney
May
5-7, 2010
(Mother's Day Weekend)
Yoga & Meditation
Margaret Austin Center
Chappell Hill, Texas
margaret austin
June
25-27, 2010
Texas Yoga Retreat
Barsana Dham,
Austin, Texas
barsana dham
September 30 -
Oct 3, 2010
Yoga & Writing
Stump Sprouts Retreat
Berkshires, Massachusetts
Stump Sprouts
October
22-24, 2010
10th Annual
Texas Yoga Retreat
Barsana Dham,
Austin, Texas
Barsana Dham
November
13-20, 2010

Yoga & Meditation
Los Naranjos Retreat Center, Yelapa, Mexico
Guatemala
December
3-5, 2010
Yoga & Meditation
Margaret Austin Center
Chappell Hill, Texas
Margaret Austin
February
12-19, 2011
Yoga & Writing
Villa Sumaya Retreat Center,
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
lake atitlan
March
4-6, 2011
Raja Yoga Retreat
Margaret Austin Center
Chappell Hill, Texas
Margaret Austin Center
March
12-19, 2011
Yoga & Writing
Los Naranjos Retreat Center,
Yelapa, Mexico
Yelapa, Mexico
May
6-8, 2011
(Mother's Day Weekend)
Yoga & Meditation
Margaret Austin Center
Chappell Hill, Texas
margaret austin
May
19-22, 2011
Yoga & Writing
Cedarbrake Renewal Center
Belton, Texas
margaret austin
July
9-16, 2011
Yoga & Meditation
Villa Sumaya Retreat Center,
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
guatemala