Lisa Flynn, our main instructor, radiated good health and enlightenment. I suspect we all wanted to be her, based both on her appearance and her blazing yet gentle spirit. Attendees came from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe. We were older than the oldest by 20 years and the only ones who read the instructions to wear white. Oh, let’s not forget 20 lbs heavier!
The food, vegan, was delicious and fresh. The tempeh, in the land of its originators oh so lovely and the freshness was everywhere. I especially enjoyed the granola, (which I never have due to portion control problems).
Our room was quite tiny with two quite large twin beds in the mix and no place to hang clothes. I offended fellow travelers by hanging clothes line from a tree in order to get a few things washed.
Each villa had its own pool, which was good for me. I like to cool off at night with a dip. There were three rooms per Villa. One roommate was a transplanted nederlander-transplanted Turkish(?) to Paris and the other two Aussies. Everyone was lovely and accomplished.
Teaching was wonderful... it was mostly meditation, I think for good reason. Based on the beautiful bodies at the retreat, I suspect everyone has a pretty strong practice of yoga or other physical activity. For me what stood out was the meditation practice. It did not hurt that our instructors were incredibly lovely and the food extremely pure.
I sadly have no photos save this group shot.
Also, we decided many of these very very young women (compared to us) Were pretty high-powered... For example, multiple gold medalist and Olympic world record winner, planner of world economic summit at Davos, entrepreneur, accountant for the entire cheesecake factory franchise and so on.
In spite of our advanced age compared to the rest of the group, we both agreed it would be beneficial to return for a full week. We have maintained our meditation practice for a full week since we left. It is hard to argue with the incredible brightness of our teachers.
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