About This Event
This retreat is sold out. If you would like to be on the waitlist, send us a request through our Contact Us form. If you have reserved your spot in the retreat and would like to book your accommodation, go here.
How to Book Your Spot
Book your spot in two easy steps:
- Click the 'Reserve Your Spot' button to pay the DoYogaWithMe Retreat Fee. We had the maximum number of students register at the Super Early Bird Price, so it has moved up to our Early Bird price, $600.
- Click the 'Book Your Room' button to choose your accommodation. Three meals a day are included in the price.
Retreat Description
The 2022 edition of Fiji's annual Embrace the Edge Yoga Retreat will feature daily classes with uninterrupted vinyasa and hatha-style flows, detailed workshops on finding the subtle power in your practice and a week-long opportunity to expand into your edge, settle into your being and truly relax.
Topics she will be exploring include the potential of our intentions and belief systems; finding the subtle power within the pose and what deep relaxation can do for you.
Between classes, you will be treated to a warm, gorgeous ocean, a beautiful, long sandy beach, a lovely pool, many places to relax, friendly staff, two hot tubs and delicious, organic food.
Event Schedule
Meal Times
Breakfast: 8:30am - 9:30am
Lunch: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Dinner: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Saturday
- 7:00pm: Evening Initial Get-Together
Sunday
- 7:00am - 8:15am: Class
- 8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Lunch
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Workshop
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Dinner
Monday
- 7:00am - 8:15am: Class
- 8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Lunch
- 4:30pm - 5:45pm: Class
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Dinner
Tuesday
- 7:00am - 8:15am: Class
- 8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Lunch
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Workshop
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Dinner
Wednesday
- 7:00am - 8:15am: Class
- 8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Lunch
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Dinner
Thursday
- 7:00am - 8:15am: Class
- 8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Lunch
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Workshop
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Dinner
Friday
- 7:00am - 8:15am: Class
- 8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
- 11:30am - 12:30pm: Class
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Lunch
- 4:30pm - 5:45pm: Class
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Dinner
Saturday
- 7:00am - 8:15am: Class (Closing)
Teacher Bios
Fiji McAlpine
Fiji McAlpine is an ERYT 500 yoga instructor and is one of the founding yoga teachers featured on DoYogaWithMe.com. Her online popularity has grown significantly over the years, giving her global reach in the online platform, and has allowed her to offer frequent guidance to thousands of students each week. Fiji is now devoting more time and energy into bringing a personal experience to those who have practiced with her for so long. She has been offering retreats and workshops around the world to connect with her global yoga family and to share her love for this practice. To keep updated on her upcoming retreats, workshops, and teacher trainings around the world visit her website: mindintomatteryoga.com
Fiji’s personal practice and classes focus on vinyasa flow, infused with power, strength and precision. Having trained extensively in California, Costa Rica, and Canada, her classes are often described as a strong practice that allows students to face challenges with support and guidance, inspiring them to move forward fearlessly and more consciously. Over the past decade, yoga has helped Fiji through personal transformation, she openly shares about finding yoga to be a vital tool of healing as she overcame an eating disorder.
You can find Fiji at Harmony Yoga in Duncan, BC, or at her website mindintomatteryoga.com
Venue
Mar de Jade has been home to hundreds of retreats over the past 35 years. The resort has a supportive, warm feel, allowing participants to rest, feel at ease and enjoy the benefits that come from being on a retreat. You will have access to four gorgeous yoga spaces, all with hardwood floors, ocean views and full of lovely, natural light.
Take a dip in the swimming pool, wading pool, jacuzzi or wander the paths lining their tropical hotel grounds. Take a walk down Chacala beach, one of the most beautiful, tranquil beaches on the lush Riviera Nayarit coastline or visit the small, charming Mexican fishing village right next door.
Mar de Jade, snuggled between jungle and ocean, is far more than your average wellness resort. Founder Dr. Laura del Valle came to Chacala over thirty years ago to bring healthcare to the local community, and the home she built for her family and visiting medical students slowly evolved into the Mar de Jade we see today. Now offering a hotel, bar, pool, full treatment spa, stunning studio spaces, and excursions and activities, Mar de Jade retains its intimate family feel and community connection.
Three generations of del Valles now call the resort home, and the medical clinic established by Laura in the 80’s has evolved into MDJ Community Projects, a non-profit running local education and health programs and an organic farm that produces most of the tasty fare enjoyed by resort guests. This non-profit gets its funding from guests like you, so when you’re kicked back on the beach or sweating it out in the studio, you can feel good both in body and in mind. Mar de Jade is a resort of rare beauty with heart and soul to match. What better place to host a yoga retreat?
For more information, see: https://mardejade.com/experience/
Food
Three times a day, Mar de Jade’s talented chefs prepare gorgeous buffet meals using ingredients from the resort’s organic farm. Traditional Mexican cuisine inspired dishes incorporate a variety of healthy vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, pescatarian, and poultry options, and the chefs are happy to tailor to specific dietary needs or allergies. Sorry carnivores but red meat is never served! Between meals, you’ll have access to a snack bar stocked with fresh fruit, coffee, tea, bread, and delicacies like homemade organic peanut butter and marmalade. Stations throughout the grounds provide purified fresh water to keep you hydrated between practice sessions!
For more information, see: https://mardejade.com/experience/food-and-farm/
Accommodations
Mar de Jade offers accommodation to suit an array of styles and budgets. Choose to look out over the Pacific, or into the lush green of the forest canopy. Sleep the whole family in multibed apartments, share a room with a friend, cozy up with a loved one, or take some time and space all to yourself. No matter your choice, your room will come with unique and tasteful décor, exposed wood finishes, and plenty of natural lighting. Rooms at Mar de Jade are sanctuaries within a sanctuary: places to unwind, reflect, and recharge.
Important: If you would like to attend the retreat and stay off-site, Mar de Jade charges a $75/day fee for meals and use of amenities. You must pay this fee before registration is complete.
For more details, see: https://mardejade.com/room-rates/
How To Get There
Mar de Jade is a 90 minute drive north of Puerto Vallarta International Airport on Highway 200. This distance can be covered via rental car or bus, but the resort recommends taking a taxi and is happy to arrange one for you.
For more information, visit https://mardejade.com/about/faq/ and scroll down to GETTING THERE AND AWAY.
Costs
The following are the costs associated with this retreat:
- Tuition (Reserve your spot): paid to DoYogaWithMe
- Accommodation (Book your room): paid to Mar de Jade and includes seven nights of accommodation and three meals per day
- Additional costs: You are responsible for all additional costs, such as booking your own flight and paying for your own travel and food before and after the retreat. Airport transfers can be arranged with Mar De Jade for a fee.
Tuition and accommodations are charged in US dollars.
Note: Mar de Jade requires that you stay on their property to attend this retreat.
Questions? Comment below or send us a message through our Contact Us page.
Cancellation Policy
For your retreat fee, DoYogaWithMe's cancellation policy is:
- 100% refund for cancellation 30+ days before event.
- 50% refund for cancellation 15-29 days before event.
- No refund for cancellation 0-14 days before event.
For your accommodation and food, go to Mar de Jade's FAQs and click on Booking and Cancellation Policy.