Welcome to Mazunte home of lushious beaches, skinny palm trees, liters of organ juice, sultry surfing, vortex magnetic sunsets, star gazing dream, yogi lifestyle, live music rocking han sessions, fry hot heat loving, mediation haven, kind of place. Mazunte is a small beach town on the Pacific coast of Mexico which is in the Southern part of Mexico. Its famous for a gorgeous place to relax, the turtles and, fishing.

Here, I started my journey with my love for Yoga and for the purpose of connecting my mind with my body through being present. After such a long time of traveling I felt like my body had been pushed to the side. In Argentina it was all meat and potatoes and in Chile it was fish and more meat and potatoes. Being a vegetarian it was difficult sometimes to find healthy food to eat and just let myself eat what was convienant. This past month and teach training really has transformed the way that I look at food, my body, and my relationship to time.

Here is the meditation shala where we woke up everyday 6am for hour mediation with a constant soundtrack of roosters and ocean waves. The other is of us practicing partner yoga.

The course was held at Om Shanti Yogashala that is apart of a hostel and there is another community Om Shanti Community nearby where we all slept and cooked food together. The same community also helps run a resteraunt “Prasad”, a vegetarian that is next to the Yogashala. It is a lot of work, but its a nice network the three places and people working and coming in and out of these spaces.

Here is a little bit of what our schedule was everyday:

5:30 am Wake up

6:00 am – 7:15 am Meditation

7: 15-8:00 am Pranayama (breathing exercises) for 1 hour (every other day)

8:00-9:00am Communal breakfast

9:00-11:30 am Open to the public yoga class

11:30-1:30 pm Free time or Cooking if your team has to cook

1:30-5:00 pm Lunch and Free Time and Personal Study Practice

5:00-7:30 pm Classes that changed depending on the day

The schedule was pretty laid back but after 1 month it was a lot, and depending on which day it was sometimes we were practicing 4-5 hours of yoga in one day. The town here is so hot sometimes 90-100 degrees F and for this its hard to stay motivated the whole day, especially when you wake up so early. BUT after getting into a routine I found that actually practicing the Yoga Asanas and Pranayama breathing I has sustaining energy and wouldn’t get tired.

In the end we taught a final class and I feel so lucky to be apart of the whole process, what a gift!

Also as an end to the course we had a community celebration with live music, face painting, yoga for children, free food and dancing. It was wonderful to see the community come together and really a nice goodbye and send off to the whole community.

We had a weekend retreat with the Yoga Team at a place maybe 3 hours from Mazunte where there were endless rivers flowing, waterfalls, peace, and love. It was truly beautiful and the perfect get away to cleanse and soak in my transition from Chile to Mexico.

At our community at Om Shanti we adopted a kitten just 2 weeks old and were fortunate to watch him grow up before our eyes. What a lover and what a treat it was to take care of such a beauty!

Punta Cometa was a little pennunsula that sticks out from the shoreline and is considered a sacred place and the best place for watching sunrises and sunsets as both are posible to see from here. You can actually sun gaze staring at the sun 45 minutes to an hour before it sets and watching it change from bright white to magenta and fades away slowly beyond the horizon. Super powerful place. Not to mention it is an important stopping place for migratory birds and mammals like whales!

The town was the most pefect place to do yoga, it was super challenging for me, but worth all the up and downs. It was great to get into a healthy routine and enjoy a different way of life. I now can teach a class and practice alone. It’s been worth all of it. Now off to the next journey! Heading south! I love Mexico!