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sunset yoga class on a helipad at yoga retreat in Patagonia

Destination Guides

September 13, 2026 · 12 min read

Inside Patagonia UnBound: A Week at Tawa Refugio

April in the Puelo Valley is quiet, cool, and gold. The forests have turned, the summer crowds and biting flies are gone, and the lake goes glassy in the mornings. I wrote about why we chose that month in Patagonia in April; this post is about the week itself. I’ve been hosting women’s yoga retreats […]

nicaragua yoga retreat benefits (beside the yoga)

Aligned Yogi Podcast

July 1, 2026 · 43 min read

The Hidden Benefits of a Yoga Retreat (Beyond the Yoga)

At about 4 a.m. on the last morning of a retreat in Nicaragua, a massive troop of howler monkeys came down through the forest and settled directly over our retreat center. If you’ve never heard howler monkeys, know this: no one was sleeping through it. So we didn’t try. We got up, brewed coffee, and […]