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Yoga Retreats in 2026: Trends, Motivations & the Future of Yoga Travel
After the passing of International Yoga Day in June, it is a chance to reflect on how far the practice of yoga has evolved, and one of the biggest changes has been where we choose to go deeper. Over the recent years, yoga has gradually moved from something we practice…
Everywhere And Nowhere
Traveling and the Ambiguity of “Home” So I guess this is life. A constant stream of people and places, entered and exited. But maybe it’s not so much about who as what they leave behind. What they reflect or expose about us. The wounds we’ve neglected to properly heal that…
Why We Teach and Travel #3
Imsouane, Morocco “Don’t overthink it. Don’t wait for the perfect timing or match. Those things don’t really exist…Be open. To give as much as to receive. Begin anyway.” I recently completed my second YTT in the little Brazilian town I call home. Training for me is reset. I need challenge…
We Attract What We Are
Alignment, intention and doing the (inner) work trade first “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – C.G. Jung So much of life is cyclical and repetitive. Art is stolen, thoughts are borrowed and behavior is influenced. We move through…
Infinite Learning & The Soulful Kind
Infinite Learning, Divine Playfulness and Yoga as a Tool I craved meaning, so I chased understanding. I wanted purpose and demanded explanations. I believed success was external until I discovered self-knowledge. Depth built slowly through experience. A willingness to remain in constant evolution. Our time here is equally too short…
The Fear of Staying The Same
And Why We Mistake Change for Loss Imagine how frustrating it would be to try to hold air or running water; compositions not designed for containment. Humans are no different. We say we’re afraid of change. But maybe we’re afraid of loss; of what happens when the things we rely…
A New Year for Yoga Teachers
Growth, Community, and the Practice of Staying Open The end of a year has a particular weight that (seemingly) immediately dissipates overnight as the calendar turns. Reflection and remembrances arrive welcomed or intrusive. For yoga teachers, this moment often surfaces familiar questions that shape new intentions: Am I still growing?…
Discipline Versus Reality
Intention, illness, and letting go + my (almost) Vipassana experience I’d temporarily forgotten how to slow down or switch off. Busy by my own doing, and a screen time to remind me. So I signed up for Vipassana. To recalibrate and refocus. I’ve wanted to since my 200-hour teacher training…
Na Selva: Oca Yary and The Cacao Coast
“Aqui na Oca Yary, somos diariamente lembrados de que não somos separados da natureza. Somos natureza.” We are not separate from nature. We are nature. As I write this, I’m eating açaí and thinking about two things. The first is the dilemma of sharing a place so special while wanting…
The Digital Sangha: Yoga Community
Find Community in Yoga Trade’s Welcome Circle An online community can feel counterintuitive. We tend to associate real community with intimacy, something experienced in person. Yet preserving that sense of belonging today requires adaptation rather than resistance. Connection doesn’t dissolve online; it reforms. Yoga Trade facilitates expansion beyond local and…
The Lost Art of Getting Lost
Bahia’s wild coast & a weekend at Unah Piracanga Imagine a place before time. Before overconsumption and unnecessary development. When we built treehouses, not compounds, and kids grew up wild, freely roaming in nature. Locally grown food, products without preservatives, homes without locks, existing quietly in the jungle. Accessible only…
Why We Teach and Travel – #2
A conversation with Luiza Vianna from Brazil to Australia and back (in English & Portuguese) Lately, I’ve been thinking about impermanence. Not loss, but movement. I understand life as cycles, not lines. That we’re not reaching for something but returning to it. Not repeating the past, but recognizing the present…
What To Do When Travel Goes Wrong
Finding grace in unraveling and self in loneliness In an ideal world, everything goes according to plan. Connections, promises, and people remain as we knew them, and the romanticized roadmap we mentally configure becomes our reality. However, most of us confront the truth of human existence as universal pawns and…
On Following Yoga, Surf, & Travel Dreams
Three years ago, I went on a retreat to the Yoga Farm in Southern Costa Rica that dramatically changed the course of my life. In May 2022, I graduated with dual master’s degrees in Environmental Science and Public Administration. Instead of walking at graduation, I submitted the final copy of…
On Starting Out, Safety & Social Media as Yoga Teachers
Honest answers to your Yoga Trade questions “Seek awe and nature daily…show kindness; practise grace; eschew vanity; be bold; embrace friends, family, faith and doubt, imperfection and mess; and live deliberately.” — Julia Baird Things in life find you when you need them. Yoga and travel too. Motivations are intimate;…
Best Yoga Teacher Training in Bali 2025
Yoga teacher training in Bali is one of the best and most transformative things you can do for your personal growth and your practice. The island holds a unique blend of spiritual energy, natural beauty, and welcoming culture that creates the perfect setting to slow down, tune in, and fully…
Yoga Trades for Global Celebrations
Seasonal and Cultural Wellness Work Yoga trades for global immersion, celebration and rituals. I’ve always been chronically organized with thoughts and things. If the controllables had their place, I could assess figurative and literal bandwidth and determine what additions were worth allocating energy to. I always travelled on a whim…
The Yoga of Living Fully
Embracing life’s dualities through travel How sad a life would be to not let yourself feel everything. To repel emotion and instead move from one moment to the next. To be numb to the world is a disservice to yourself. The mundanities that evoke the emotion and energies of life….
The Yin and Yang of Yoga Trade
Navigating new – literal and figurative – space I often receive questions about being a full-time travelling yoga instructor and writer. The common thread in my DMs has inspired the following honest response of the highs and lows of travel work trades. Firstly, I’m a big fan of bad days;…
Wellness Work Trade Hidden Gems
Where to teach yoga, connect with wellness work, learn, and grow in 2025! This year feels different. I write as sand tickles my feet, waves crash behind me, and the warm, salty breeze glazes my skin. I’m back in my happy place. Well, not everything is different. I reminisce on…
Connections That Matter: Conscious Networking with Yoga Trade
The power of community can’t be overstated. By participating in the wider Yoga Trade community, you tap into a global network of retreat owners, yoga teachers, and wellness practitioners across various disciplines. Engaging with others on this platform goes beyond simple networking—it opens doors to collaboration, insider tips, business opportunities,…
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