Are you longing to have a New Year's yoga retreat to change everything for 2023 for the better?

Do you long to leave the usual responsibilities behind... and to enter a paradise, so that you can touch into peace and feel a connection to what you value?

Are you seeking time for you to engage in New Year's intention-setting, clearing every chakra, releasing your body's and mind's stresses and old emotions ...so that you can enter 2023 inspired, uplifted and on purpose?

Get ready for a richness that is a yoga and meditation retreat with Shakthi Ganeshan in San Miguel. This is an energy clearing and New Year intention-setting retreat. Shakthi Ganeshan has been teaching yoga and meditation for 20 years, and offers you a program of yoga in the mornings, delicious food, the setting of the artistic and irrestistible "Pueblo Magico" as it is known throughout Mexico. Shakthi's yoga retreats provide a safe container to practice, with inspiration, and supportive guidance. The yoga will be offered at a moderate level, so many levels can practice at once. We will practice yoga with both Hatha and Vinyasa elements, allowing for care and alignment, as well as edge and challenge. San Miguel de Allende sits on a Rose Quarts Mountain... there is art on every corner, there are Mariachi bands to hear, and sacred sites to take in. Seasonal tropical fruits abound. in Guanojuato, Mexico (the state which San Miguel is in.)

New Year intention setting, and Chakra healing will be healing themes for the retreat with ritual and group guided meditation, journaling and partner exercises.

Our inspired, one-of-a-kind Retreat campus is graced with gardens and pools amongst private villas on a sanctuary surrounded by the walkable city. You can walk everywhere. Explore and ground in the dense jungle-like gardens--- viewing and communing with cacti, flowers, and trees, listening to the tropical birds. Take a short walk to the town center, and taste the mole, hear the mariache bands, and sense the art of a vibrant culture. There is also shopping for the most carefully crafted art... so beautiful! Feel yourself again, as you take in the views at our retreat center setting- which is a rejuvenation vortex, a peaceful gathering place to relax and soak up the healing beauty. We will support each participant will have the chance to reconnect what they value most. Prepare for wonderful city explorations, swimming in Mayan baths, and breathtaking views. Evenings will include restorative yoga, and community building.

We are planning a foray to the local hot springs, and local travel adventures.

If you are an experienced yogi, this will be a wonderful retreat for you. Open to expertise and guidance as you bring your yoga to next levels. And deepen your meditation practice with guidance and teachings to liberate mind and heart. You will have the awesome communal retreat center as a home ground with morning and evening programs, and planned group trips. The center is a jewel.... created by artisans, and veritable permaculture haven/village within the village of San Miguel! At the same time, you will have time to adventure into town with your yogi friends or family or solo, to taste the food, hear the music, and experience the unique of San Miguel that is the substance of legends. Mexican consider San Miguel a magic town. Everything glows from within. The food is so lovingly prepared. San miguel is an artists town... with shops and galleries overflowing with untold creativity. A true treasure!

Arrive to our epic retreat village-- wrapped in luxurious garden of villas and pools, and yet handcrafted and curated with heart-energy of the owner --- idyllic and serene on the edge of the city's bustle. Every room is filled with taste and artistry. San Miguel is considered by many to be a city with a very special energy. This retreat will allow you to settle, ground, and slow down. Imagine delicious expertly prepared vegetarian meals (many meals are included in this trip, not all) ... that you get to eat with other yogis, while viewing the sunset.

Evening yoga sessions will be restorative, balancing your day of activity. Enjoy solo time, and yet be held in a retreat container with other yogis, and enjoy the spirit of community as well. Have the opportunity to receive expert guidance in silent meditation. Deepen your practice. This retreat will allow for de-stressing and deep transformation.

Our days will include group programming, full schedule to follow. Group yoga in the mornings, meals -- healthy freshly prepared vegetarian meals, journaling and intention-setting, and content-rich presentations allowing you to clear energy, and set the tone for a very intentional start to your 2023.

Imagine your body healing with yoga and good food, and your spirit soaring with wonderful company, and in an Idyllic destination city that is also a hidden gem. <3