L Sloane Winkes
Oct 9, 2025
Irena’s Ashtanga Yoga Mama Retreat was everything I was looking and hoping for! I spent six days at the beautiful retreat house overlooking Playa Azul. The beach is stunning and quiet. I walked for 30 to 45 minutes every day and never saw more than one other person. The house is very comfortable, quiet, so peaceful, listening to the waves every night. The food was incredible! Huge, healthy meals with amazing flavor thanks to our wonderful chef Jamie. But most amazing of all was Irena and her kind, patient, intuitive yoga practice. We spent an hour and a half every morning and an hour in the evening on meditation, breathwork, and ashtanga yoga. I was not new to yoga, but had not had an instructor so carefully help me with poses in years. Right from the discovery call with Irena I knew from her thoughtful questions that she would be the right person to guide me through my yoga practice at this time in my life. We worked hard and I definitely saw good results with an improvement in my practice and my body by the end of the week. I also really enjoyed sitting with her and her other guest at meals, having wonderful, deep conversations that contributed to my sense of wellness. I felt truly seen and cared for at Irena’s retreat. I cannot recommend Irena and her retreat at Playa Azul highly enough!




