Settle into a restorative 7-day experience where oceanfront calm, movement, and adventure create the perfect reset. Designed to support relaxation and self-care, this retreat brings together peaceful surroundings and energizing exploration in one unforgettable week.
Throughout the retreat, you’ll deepen mobility, build mindfulness, and strengthen the connection between body and mind. As the days unfold, you’ll develop greater awareness of alignment, support your body’s individual needs, and begin building strength in a way that feels both empowering and sustainable.
By the end of the week, many guests leave feeling lighter, happier, and more toned. This retreat welcomes everyone, whether you’re completely new to mat pilates and yoga or already experienced. All ages, fitness levels, and body types are invited to join. Alongside the daily practice, you’ll also have the chance to enjoy cenote visits, snorkeling, and the natural beauty of the region, all while balancing movement with rest.
Expect beachfront accommodation, meals prepared to suit your dietary wishes, a relaxing beachfront massage, and two daily mat pilates and yoga classes. It’s a well-rounded escape that blends nourishment, strength, and adventure.
Class schedule:
Morning Mat Pilates Sessions
- Rise and Align: A full-body Pilates class focused on alignment and resistance training.
- At the Beach - Waves and Core: A Pilates session using props for a complete-body workout, with core engagement and the added challenge of external weights, all set by the sea.
- Barre Sunrise: A 1-hour barre class centered on the lower body, with resistance, cardio, and alignment work.
- On the Sand - Sand and Stability: An energizing beach barre practice designed to build stronger legs and core stability.
- Burn Barre Burn: A powerful lower-body workout with stability work, props, and rhythm, ending with a core-focused finale.
- Mermaid Sculpt: A sculpting session with heavier weights, designed to align, strengthen, and tone, followed by a 15-20 minute HIIT workout.
Sunset Yoga
- At the Beach - Flow with the Tide: A gentle yoga practice combining breathwork with the soothing sound of the ocean.
- Golden Hour Stretch: A session focused on stretching, breath, and mobility after a full day.
- Sundown Hip Flow: A yoga practice created to open and improve hip mobility.
- Open Your Chest, Loosen Your Heart: A soft sunset yoga session supporting shoulder and chest opening.
- Yoga and the Moon: A practice that sets a meaningful intention for the next six months through asanas.
- Low and Slow: A calm sunrise yoga session emphasizing breath awareness and full-body mobility.
Pilates class types further explained:
- Barre: A 1-hour workout set to uplifting music, combining Pilates techniques, bands for abdominal resistance, isometric movements, and guided stretches.
- Sculpt: A 1-hour class using heavier weights and Tabata-style intervals—20 seconds of high intensity followed by 10 seconds of rest—to support strength, muscle engagement, and toning.
- Power Pilates: A dynamic Pilates class with weights and resistance bands, designed to build strength, stability, flexibility, and core power while improving posture.
Each class is thoughtfully designed to offer something for every guest, regardless of experience. Whether your goal is strength, flexibility, or simply enjoying the process, the program offers a balanced mix of challenge and relaxation.
Optional tours and activities include a cenote excursion and a snorkeling day. In your free time, you can relax on the beach, bike through the jungle, swim in the pool, paddle board, kayak, unwind in a hammock with a book and the ocean breeze, or explore more of the beautiful Mayan Riviera with support from Copal Retreat.
Example Schedule
- The day begins with sunrise mat pilates, followed by a delicious breakfast.
- After breakfast, you may head out on an excursion, enjoy a massage, or spend free time by the pool or beach, take a bike ride, use the paddle boards, or plan additional activities.
- A healthy, satisfying lunch will be served before your afternoon plans.
- The day closes with a relaxing sunset yoga class and a delicious multi-course dinner.
What's included:
- 6 nights' accommodations
- Chef prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinners to any dietary restriction
- 2 daily mat pilates and yoga classes
- 1-hour relaxation massage
- Complimentary fresh fruit
- Complimentary tea and coffee served all day
- Snorkeling day excursion
- Cenote excursion
- Bikes, paddle boards, snorkeling masks
- Assistance with organizing domestic transfers from the airport, trip extensions, and information sources for travel within the Mayan Riviera before or after the retreat
- Transportation to and from the retreat within the time slots 2-6pm for arrival and 10am for departure. Pickup after included hours can be arranged at guest cost.
Included excursions:
- Cenote Excursion
- Snorkeling day Excursion
- Night out in Playa del Carmen (taxi into town and dinner not included)
What's not included:
- Airfare to/from Cancun
- Gratuities
- 2 outing meals that will be away from the retreat (1 lunch and 1 dinner)
- Alcoholic drinks
- Travel insurance (recommended)
- Tax
