Start your year right.
Retreats in Costa Rica, Greece, Tuscany, and a special price on South Africa
Hello yogis and writers! I hope your new year is starting off warm and bright.
As we all look forward to 2023, I wanted to send out info about retreat openings that are still available. These are filling up fast and most are full or almost full, so do reach out if you want to sign up. Retreats are a great way to do something nice for yourself, recharge your writing practice, cultivate a yoga practice if that’s of interest, and meet some really excellent people — all keys to health and happiness. So if recommitting yourself to writing, moving your body in ways that feel good, and making new friends are among your resolutions / hopes / intentions in the new year, take this email as a sign to say yes.
More info about each retreat at the links. And you can find full information about all the retreats at On the Ground Retreats.
Yoga + Storytelling in South Africa, April 8-17. This retreat is going to be really, really cool: You’ll travel to South Africa with me and my friend and colleague Nichole Sobecki, a National Geographic photographer. We’ll spend a few days each in Cape Town, wine country, and on a private luxury safari. Every day, you’ll have writing workshops with me, photo classes with Nichole, and yoga with me and a few other teachers. And through Jan. 10, this retreat is $1,200 off, because I just want it *full*! If you’ve been wavering on this, now is the time. South Africa is a phenomenal place where I’ve spent a whole lot of time, and Nichole and I have planned a retreat unlike anything you’d experience with a normal tour group or on your own with a travel guide. We’ll do a lot, and you’ll learn a lot about a fascinating, inspiring, and complicated place. This is bound to be pretty damn magical. This retreat is all about adventure, novelty, and profound gratification — you’ll walk away feeling sated, satisfied, thrilled (and probably wanting to return to SA).
Yoga + Writing in Nosara, Costa Rica, February 27 - March 4. There’s one spot left in this yoga + writing retreat taught by me (writing) and my friend and teacher Emily Shapiro (yoga). We stay in a private villa at the beautiful Harmony Hotel in the extremely cute beach town of Nosara, and there’s tons of time for you to read, sit by the pool, surf, etc etc. This retreat is all about rejuvenation and relaxation; think smoothies and juices, sunny mornings, and getting all your vitamins.
Yoga + Writing in Greece, May 26 - June 1. There’s also one spot left for my retreat with Emily on the Greek island of Folegandros, a really special and not-crazy-touristy place. Folegandros is gorgeous, the food is amazing, there are beaches for days, and this is such a great way to experience a part of Greece that isn’t on the beaten path (or the Instagram trail). This retreat is all about kicking off summer right: Salty skin, fresh fish, hiking donkey trails, diving into a blue sea.
Yoga + Writing in Tuscany, September 11-17. Writing + yoga on a woman-owned organic farm in a less-travelled region of Tuscany? Dinners in with incredible chefs cooking up cuisine from all-local ingredients or out in a medieval stone town? Wine tastings over rolling hills and walks through expansive rice fields? Wine and cheese and more wine? A beach (in Tuscany!)? If that all sounds up your alley, the Tuscany retreat is now open for sign-ups. This retreat is all about indulgence: Long multi-course dinners, bike rides to the beach, reading for hours, drinking wine into the night.
Choose your own adventure, and find your creative practice. Just hit reply to this email if you want to sign up or know more.
Happiest of New Years, readers!
xx Jill