Bending Tree Yoga and Healing Center, La Manzanilla, Mexico

We invite you to an authentic Mexico retreat experience along the majestic Pacific coast in La Manzanilla, Jalisco, Mexico. Practice amid the songs of the jungle in an open-air palapa or experience meditation, massage or reflexology in the Treehouse suite. Bring a group and hold a retreat or come yourself and enjoy one of the many retreats and workshops offered from December to March. We invite you to experience the Bending Tree Element: Unique, vibrant, etheric and fun accommodations located in the town center with views of the ocean. There are 4 bedrooms available: Earth, Wind, Fire or Water. Click here to learn more.

NEW: Be a part of the Bending Tree Expansion Project! By contributing to the purchase of Bending Tree Housing Element: Casa Dorada you will be eligible to receive a lifetime discount any time you stay here. Click here to learn more.

We offer a unique retreat experience of your own creation. And, we can help you create the retreat of your dreams by arranging for accommodations, food and other fun excursions. Please click here to learn more or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with questions or to make reservations.

Your contribution goes a long way, levels include: give from the heart, give with your light or shine your heart light!

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Shine Your Heart Light
Do what you like; like what you do. I bought a coffee cup with that mantra on it to remind me that our work is meant to be something that we enjoy doing, that it gives us joy and fulfillment. Don't get me wrong, work can have it's moments, but overall it should be a happy place to go and…

Written on Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:09 Read 56 times
Finding a Little Stillness
In yoga we put our physical bodies in postures to help us see what's going on inside of us, our minds, our hearts, our spirits. We then place our physical bodies into Savasana, the final resting posture on our backs so we can find a little stillness, at first physically, then mentally, spiritually. We aim to find just a moment…

Written on Thursday, 14 March 2013 18:51 Read 216 times
Meditation, What the heck am I doing?
We hear that meditation brings us peace, it heals, it connects us to divine energy, it rejuvenates, it grounds, it balances, but how do we do this? In my discovery of meditation, I tried meditating on my own, and I sometimes had a moment (or several) of wondering, what the heck am I doing?

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Yoga & Honoring All Life
This Inspirational Short was contributed by Sati (Lisa) Chappelle My intimate concepts have been under scrutiny in many ways, but particularly via food since joining the yoga ranks in 1998. I'd always thought I enjoyed a healthy diet, until several illnesses, leading me to yoga, indicated that wasn’t true. Born in the early 1960’s, my generation was part of the…

Written on Sunday, 16 September 2012 13:24 Read 1670 times Read more...
Locating Your Inner Child
Yesterday on my way up the stairs to my apartment where I'm staying as I teach yoga for the month at a retreat center outside of Puerto Vallarta, a little boy passed me and said to his friend (in Spanish), "I am going to the river." The river is right at the bottom of the steps as the rain the…

Written on Monday, 16 July 2012 17:22 Read 1373 times Read more...

Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.

― Jon Krakauer

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NEW this Summer!

YogaRevolution and Meditation in Motion are offered at a special introductory rate of 50 pesos each!
FROM NOW UNTIL JUNE 30

Mondays & Wednesdays
9-10 a.m.

Discover your strength and creativity from the inside out. This unique combination of strength and stretching opens the body, mind and heart. Get YogaPilates strong!

Tuesdays 9-10 a.m.

Dig deep into your personal power. The first 1/2 hour of this class addresses the physical practice to help us release what does not serve us; and the second 1/2 hour is a restorative practice to bring in what we want to create in our lives.

Thursdays 9-10 a.m.

Experience meditation in a fun, new way. We will use purposeful movements in the body to find a little stillness in the mind and use the breath to tap into our heart consciousness.

Classes are 100 pesos, but check out our PACKAGE DEALS!
Unlimited Class monthly pack: 1000 pesos
YogaPilates monthly pack: 600 pesos
3-pack: 240 pesos
4-pack: 320 pesos
5-pack: 400 pesos
6-pack: 480 pesos

All classes are 100 pesos and mats are available.

Please ask about our Personal Training and Private Yoga, Healing and Reflexology sessions.

At Bending Tree Yoga and Healing Center, we welcome visiting teachers and healers who would be interested in having classes, sessions or workshops.
Please contact Karen Taylor:

130A Playa Blanca
La Manzanilla, Mexico 48898
Intl Phone +52 315 351 7177
National (Mexico) +01 315 351 7177
Local 351 7177
Cell (044) 315 109 7527
US Phone 281 506 0193
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