We're back with a 60-minute heart-opening yoga flow. This intermediate-level class builds to setu bandha sarvangasana, or bridge pose. We'll play with three variations for three levels of opening.

In this loving kindness, or maitri meditation, we send healing positive vibes to healthcare workers, those who are sick, and all those affected by Covid-19.

Join us for an athletic 60-minute online yoga class for intermediate to advanced practitioners. This classic rock yoga flow is all about the music!

If you’d like to practice yoga at home, but you’re unsure where to begin, start here! May this post be of benefit by giving you a starting point from which to design your own home yoga practice.

This year in year in my yoga classes, and in my personal life, I approached New Year's Resolutions from a yogic perspective, that of sankalpa. How does a yogi set their New Year's resolutions? We explore. 

The Tibetan Buddhist tradition organizes laziness into three types. The first is procrastination, the second is the laziness that comes with being too busy, and the third is the laziness of low-self esteem, or lack of faith. Each one of us has all that we need to live the life we dream of. If you're reading this blog, that dream life likely includes the freedom to travel and surf the world, and the spaciousness to meditate daily. So why aren't you?

Sustainable travel and moving through the world doing the least harm possible is important to us. Yoga's foundational practice of ethics, as outlined by the yamas and niyamas, puts "do no harm," or ahimsa, at the top of the list. Hence, at Baja Surf Yoga we put effort into mindfully choosing the locations for each of our Southern Baja adventures. By doing so, we stay true to our yoga first philosophy.

While there's a range of surf ability, even the world's best pro surfers still want to get better. There's no "can and cannot." If you want to try surfing, if it seems fun and bliss-inducing and adventurous to you - do it! As a beginner, you can enjoy a surf and yoga retreat.

Lots of people like the idea of traveling and staying fit and healthy while doing so. Lots of people like the idea of a group vacation to a gorgeous destination where activities and meals are provided. Lots of people ask us if they can come on a retreat, even if they're "not that good at yoga."Short answer? YES. Long answer? Keep reading...

Samsara is a foundational concept found throughout eastern spiritual philosophy that describes the inherent suffering in the cycle of life. To break free from the cycle, at some point we have to just get up and go. Buddha teaches us there’s a path to freedom, an end to the suffering, a way out. Travel can teach us that this movement is possible, and as we change our scenery, we can begin to change our minds.

I try time and time again to convince people to meditate, and when I do, I hear a lot of excuses. In this blog, I do my best to debunk common misconceptions about meditation - to motivate you to try it!

I recently returned from a trip to Spain where I participated in a Mindfulness Yoga retreat, toured a bit around Valencia, and then took off into the Pyrenees for a few days of hiking through Posets-Maladeta Natural Park. It was close to a three week adventure, and although part of me yearned for those three weeks to never end, the lessons are in the ending.

Of course it can be fun to have a partner in travel if you've got a like minded buddy who enjoys the same things you do, but there are also benefits to solo travel that you might miss out on if you're always waiting for a friend to join you before you book a trip. In fact, you might miss out on the trip all together if you're waiting on that friend.

Sure, it's weird learning how to surf as an adult, mostly thanks to a lifetime of developing mental hang-ups that a kid looking wide-eyed at the ocean just doesn't have. My hope is that this little guide will give you an idea of what you can expect when learning how to surf so you're one step closer to saying, yes! I can do this.