hatha yoga in Austin Texas
 Yoga and Writing Retreats in Mexico
with Charles MacInerney
hatha yoga in Austin Texas

SCHEDULE

At the heart of this retreat is the combination of Hatha Yoga, Meditation, and Creative Writing. Patricia, Charles and their numerous students have found this combination to be very powerful. The Yoga serves to energize participants and creates a sense of physical well-being, while bringing them back to their body and their senses. Each Yoga class ends with a deep guided relaxation which calms the mind and relaxes students into a creative Alpha brainwave pattern. Then we write, often flow of consciousness, with out editing or filtering. Then we gather in small, intimate groups and anyone who wishes to, reads what they have written.
Beginning and experienced writers alike will find a supportive, encouraging context in which to write from their deepest selves.

The most important aspect of the schedule is that all yoga, writing workshops, and even meals are optional and should be considered free time. We often have a writer who chooses not to participate in the yoga, or a yoga student who chooses not to participate in the writing component. This retreat is for the participants to make of it what they want and need.

hatha yoga in Austin Texas

Scheduled Activities
A typical day (Sun, Mon, Wed, & Fri)
will approximate the following schedule:

Morning

Afternoon

  • 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Group Activity or Free Time
  • 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Yoga & Meditation

Evening

  • 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Writing/Reading
  • 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner
  • 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Group Activity or Free Time
  • 10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Meditation

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On Tuesday and Thursday we will schedule special trips for the more adventurous. We will still have the early morning Yoga but after breakfast we will set out for either the Marietta's Islands, or the high mountain waterfalls. Both trips return in time for the evening Yoga and dinner, and we will have an evening writing session. These trips are optional, and do cost about $25 extra but as you will see below, are well worth the price. For those who choose to stay behind, there is plenty to see and do at the retreat center, the beach and in the village.

hatha yoga in Austin Texas

The Marrietas Islands

The first trip is a 1 hour private chartered boat ride out to the Marietta's Islands, nesting grounds of the endangered Blue Footed Booby.

Here we will swim, snorkel have a picnic lunch and relax. The islands are part of a volcanic reef which encloses and protects the bay. There are lots of tropical fish of all descriptions and the water is warm, emerald green, and shark-free. We usually spend 3 or 4 hours enjoying the islands, before boarding the boat for our return trip. The photograph below shows the West side of the Island where we find the best volcanic reefs and the most abundant fish, as well as calm water for snorkeling.

For more information and pictures of this field trip please click here.

 

The High Mountain Waterfalls

The second trip will take us up river into the Sierra Madres, either hiking or by horse, on well worn trails through the jungle, to the high mountain waterfalls. Here we will spend time watching birds, including macaws, parrots and the like, as well as butterflies, orchids, and spectacular scenery.

We will have a picnic lunch alongside a series of waterfalls and rapids, and then spend several hours exploring up and down the river, playing, swimming, climbing rocks, relaxing and enjoying this sacred space.

Schedule of Retreat

 

 

 
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