pilatespa pilates retreat 2016

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In all that sun and breeze and space, and between meals and walks and sleep, Kathleen leads you to find your breath, your inner strength, your outer ease, a sense of grace.

Each day awakens on the beach for a silent stretch class. At the bell-ring we walk to the Movement Room for an hour or more of Pilates discipline and then replenish with brunch. You have the space and time to run the beach, walk the labyrinth, build your own labyrinth in the sand, get a massage, swim the lap or take a nap. In the afternoon, we reverse the order of integration. A mat class imaging one of several themes – your Egg for Power, DaVinci’s Man, Body of Triangles – precedes the return to the ocean edge for a sunset stretch and a silent nod to the magnificent whales as the sun plunges out of the deepening sky.

This year’s Body Mind Immersion Retreat will have a writing workshop in addition to the pilates and stretch work. We have the incredible fortune of working with UW-Madison Wisconsin Professor Kate Viera. Prof. Viera will lead a 5-day workshop on Writing from the Core. Using techniques to delve into the body’s past, learn to listen to it, and determine how it is responding to the work of the retreat, we write a piece with which to reflect on that healing in the months to follow.

The essence of your Pilates retreat:

• Morning and evening flexibility classes
• Morning and evening Pilates inquiries
• Three astonishing meals each day
• Stunning eco-friendly accommodations
• Ground transport between San Jose del Cabo airport (SJD) and Prana del Mar on beginning and ending dates of retreat, March 5th and 12th
• Fusion ball

Add on:

• Massage and Spa services
• Surf lessons
• Guided Cliff Hike
• Horseback riding
• Kayaking & snorkeling excursion
• Alcoholic beverages
• Private studies with Kathleen

About Kathleen Conklin
Kathleen founded Body Conscious studios in 1998, and created not a gym, not a clinic, but an aesthetic place of light and space and movement in which to learn the intelligence of your body.

Kathleen is author of “”Wee Small Stretch Book””, photographed at Prana del Mar in 2010, and creator of Breathe. Stretch. Move. – the 90 minute DVD filmed on the coast of Baja to accompany the book. http://pilatespa.com/market/

About Professor Kate Vieira
Kate has been teaching writing, researching writing, and leading writing groups since 2003. She has published a book about the writing of immigrant communities, as well as numerous articles on writing. She is currently at work on a memoir entitled Fieldwork with a Five Year Old, about single parenting while doing international research..

For more information and to register, please contact Kathleen directly via email or visit her website.”