Create your own retreat with us...
Bring 6 students (or more) and get a paid vacation.
Guest teachers will receive an all-inclusive paid vacation for recruiting a minimum of 6 sign-ups. The guest teachers will receive $1500 for the week, 6 nights stay at Soma (where the retreat is hosted), 3 fresh prepared meals a day, shuttle to and from the airport, surf lessons, an hour massage... An incredible vacation all for the exchange of bringing the group and teaching once a day.
Customize the retreat to be your very own.
Ama Vida will provide an all-inclusive package to guests which will include transport, accommodations, food, 1 hr massage, 2hr horseback ride, surf lessons and excursions, twice daily yoga (one of which led by guest teacher), and daily hot pool trips. We encourage teachers to customize their retreats by creating a theme, and or focus for the week.
An opportunity to market yourself in the Yoga World.
The name of the retreat itself is Ama Vida Retreat (Love Life Retreat). Each individual retreat will have it's own theme/name and this will be determined by the Guest Teacher. I am more than happy to be a part of the creation as well, but I want to offer the Guest Teacher the opportunity to make it their own if that is what they would like to do.
All transport related to our retreat...
Airport transfers, beach excursions, late night hot springs missions, and anything else you might think of... we take care of it all.
6 nights stay at our beautiful boutique hotel.
The perfect setting to unwind and simply enjoy being alive.
3 delicious meals a day
Fresh, organic, local produce and seafood. We cater to all types of diets, vegetarians and carnivores will be satisfied!
Take some Yoga classes for yourself
Guest teachers are welcome to join in on classes when they aren’t teaching.
Surf Lessons Provided (for beginners)
Try something new! Enjoy the warm tropical water while playing in the surf.
Daily Surf Tours (for intermediate/advanced surfers)
Do you have a surfing background? Cool... let's go get barreled. This place has incredible waves.
Two Hour Horseback Ride
Go for a relaxing horseback ride down the beach at sunset or sunrise.
A One Hour Massage
Who doesn't like a massage?
One Hour Private Yoga Session w/ Tanya Lexin
Let's play some more advanced stuff.
Latin Dance Lesson Night, and probably another live music night
Dive into the culture and lean to move those hips! This will no doubt be a night of laughter and fun!
Hot Springs Missions
Finish the days soaking muscles in the local hot springs under star-lit skies.
Tide Pool Excursions
Take a guide to the beach and explore the reef. We’ll show you one of the best kept secrets in the area!
Alcoholic Beverages not included
Though not included, they are of course available.
Tipping
A little extra appreciation is always appreciated in return : )
Airfare
Sorry, we don't include the airfare ; )
Choose your Theme...
What would you like the theme of your retreat to be? Customize it to specifically suite you and your students.
Spread The Word
Bring down 6-10 guests - yogis, surfers, or anyone interested in traveling to Nicaragua. Earn an additional $200 for every guest your bring past 6! We’ll give you all the tools you need, it’s up to you to gather the group.
Teach Yoga
You will teach a minimum of 1 yoga class per day. You're always welcome to teach more classes if you, or the guests would like.
Enjoy the experience... it's a paid vacation!!!
We will take care of all the stressful details/logistics so you can enjoy the retreat along with your guests! You will not only receive all the same benefits that the paying customers receive but we will also throw in $1500 pay for bringing us the business!! This is a limited time offer just to get us some momentum. After that these figures may be shifted around a bit. It may be only these first 6 months, possibly all of next year so if you think you are interested now is the time!
Book Guests
Get your sign-ups! We offer guests $100 discount for booking two months in advance. We do require a 50% deposit to sign up for the retreat. Once we have 4 sign-ups the retreat will be “officially”reserved. Until then it is a first come first serve basis and the hotel may end up booking other customers. So, there is some urgency to hold your retreat dates. Sign-up deadlines are 3 weeks prior to the retreat.
The hotel that the retreat is hosted at consists of 5 spacious rooms total.
3 spacious bungalows each containing 2 queen beds
2 spacious deluxe rooms containing 3 twin beds in each
(Making 12 beds total)
To ensure maximum comfort we are only booking 2 people per room and a maximum of 8 guests (excluding teachers) If you can come up with a group of 8, excellent! 6 is the minimum to receive all the benefits. Currently the yoga platform is only big enough for 8 comfortably. We may expand it to fit 12 if there is a demand for larger groups in which case we could pay teachers more as well. ;)
The cost for the guests is all-inclusive.
$1,500 for the twin bed accommodation
$1,600 for the queen bed accommodation
All rooms will be shared with 2 people. Private accommodations can be worked out if necessary but we'd prefer to avoid it considering the limited rooms available.
3 spacious bungalows each containing 2 queen beds
2 spacious deluxe rooms containing 3 twin beds in each
(Making 12 beds total)
To ensure maximum comfort we are only booking 2 people per room and a maximum of 8 guests (excluding teachers) If you can come up with a group of 8, excellent! 6 is the minimum to receive all the benefits. Currently the yoga platform is only big enough for 8 comfortably. We may expand it to fit 12 if there is a demand for larger groups in which case we could pay teachers more as well. ;)
The cost for the guests is all-inclusive.
$1,500 for the twin bed accommodation
$1,600 for the queen bed accommodation
All rooms will be shared with 2 people. Private accommodations can be worked out if necessary but we'd prefer to avoid it considering the limited rooms available.
What if you can't get 6 people on board?
Are you concerned you may not be able to get a group of 6, yet you still really want to make it happen? We understand that some of you may be new teachers and haven't quite yet established a huge resource to pull from. If you can come up with 4 guests we will still be happy to offer you the all-inclusive package, minus the $1500. Consider it a "free vacation" instead of a "paid vacation". We can talk over these details when need be.
Step 1 - Pick the Date you would like to book
Contact us, and pick a date asap. We recommend giving yourself at least 3 months for marketing your retreat. First come, first serve! Now’s the time!
Tell us about yourself
Send us a short article about yourself as well as what your retreat theme will be. We will also need 5 to 10 photos of you so that we can create some marketing materials for you to utilize. We'll provide you with a flyer for email blasts and a page on our website.
Here is a link to an example flyer for a previous guest teacher...
Here is a link to an example flyer for a previous guest teacher...
Take the ball, and run with it.
Once you have the marketing tools the ball is in your court. Gather a handful of yogis/surfers/adventurers, and get them excited too.
Finalize Reservations
In order to finalize the retreat reservation we require at least 4 guests to make their deposits of 50%. Until then the doors are open for outside reservations. To ensure the space we must act fast!
So, are you ready for your ALL-INCLUSIVE PAID VACATION in beautiful Nicaragua???
Then let’s get started today! Simply pick a date that works for you and create a theme. It’s that simple. Just 2 or 3 short paragraphs about yourself, your retreat theme, and a few nice photos. Once we have all that we will put your info on our website and we can all get started marketing.
Then let’s get started today! Simply pick a date that works for you and create a theme. It’s that simple. Just 2 or 3 short paragraphs about yourself, your retreat theme, and a few nice photos. Once we have all that we will put your info on our website and we can all get started marketing.