Yoga and Pilates holiday with Whale Watching in Baja, Mexico, staying at the fabulous eco resort Prana del Mar 

21st - 28th February 2015                           

Rated among the top eco-hotels in the World and less than a half hour from Cabo San Lucas, Prana del Mar yoga retreat sits near the Southern end of the Baja peninsula. With Suites overlooking the Pacific coast, whale watching (even from the yoga shala) and the Sierra del Laguna Mountains as a backdrop, this gorgeous retreat simply takes your breath away.

What you can expect from your pilates and yoga holiday...

Outstanding food and stylish accommodation...Watch the sun sink into the Pacific as you dine on fresh, delicious, and often organic, Mexican and international cuisine.

See whales breach and plume, just meters away from the shore of miles of deserted beach. Sip the best margaritas of your life, laugh with friends, old and new and then admire the star-filled sky as you wander the path back to your suite to sink into a plush pillow-top bed, lulled to sleep by the sound of the waves breaking on the beach.

All rooms and suites have polished travertine floors and worktops, custom teak furniture, pillow-top beds, luxury organic linens, daily maid service and organic bathroom products. 

Yoga and Pilates... Each day one yoga and one pilates session (alternate mornings and afternoons) in the spacious, well equipped and beautiful studio looking onto the beach will restore, energise and uplift mind, body and spirit. And between sessions...

Spend your days...

Relaxing... When not lounging by the pool or napping in a hammock, you can indulge in an on-site aromatherapy massage, walk barefoot on miles of virtually deserted stunning beaches, take a sunset cruise from Cabo Marina,

Exploring... Go horseback riding on the beach, trek the rugged mountains, or have a surf lesson at one of the nearby breaks.

Enjoying the local wildlife... Sit on the beach and watch for dolphins, whales and majestic pelicans as they pass by, or take a local boat trip to get up-close and visit the local sea lion colony on the way home.

Shopping and experiencing the local culture... Forty minutes away is Todos Santos, a cultural oasis, but also a true oasis – a verdant garden of palm groves, mangos, avocados, and papayas.

From superb meals in its stylish restaurants to an afternoon browsing it's many art galleries and boutique shops, Todos Santos is intriguing to its core.

Yoga alliance Senior Yoga Teacher (SYT) Jim Tarran has been practicing yoga since 1990 and teaching for 20 years; graduating from the Patanjali yoga school in Kathmandu in 1992, and the Iyengar school in 1996.

He founded the Vajrasati school www.vajrasatiyoga.co.uk and teacher training program in 2000. Vajrasati is a well-established, well respected and growing school of yoga, with over 50 teachers in the UK.

One of the most well-loved and respected yoga teachers in the UK, Jim uses the tools of yoga to fund a deeper connection to life. His popular classes across London and Sussex are known for their humour, honesty, humanity and depth. You will always leave Jim's classes with a smile on your face and in your heart.

Jim's 20 years experience as a yoga teacher enables him to help students of all levels develop a deeper understanding of yogic techniques and the principles and philosophies that underpin them.

With 30 years in the industry, Paul McLinden (PDTC, Royal Academy of Dance) has helped to shape Pilates into one of the world’s fastest growing exercise methods.

While training at London’s Central Ballet School in 1982, Paul became an apprentice to Alan Herdman, the man credited with bringing Pilates to Europe.  Paul set up some of the UK’s first Pilates mat classes, an exercise method then only familiar to dance professionals.

After a 10-year dance career, sharing stages with ballet’s biggest stars, including Rudolph Nureyev and the Bolshoi’s prima ballerina, Nina Ananiashvili, Paul returned to London to become the first Head of Teacher Training for the Body Control Pilates Association, a world leader in pilates education, and finally to open his current studio Ocean Wave Pilates.

Remaining one of the most recognisable names in the pilates industry, Paul has trained some of most familiar names in the entertainment industry (including Uma Thurman & Hugh Grant) but he is just as skillful and dedicated whoever he is teaching.