Here at Bikram Yoga Palm Desert – El Paseo excitement is mounting!!! Our first Yoga Retreat is almost one week away and I’m thrilled to share my home away from home ~Cabo San Lucas, Mexico~ with my “OHMies”!!!
I love the Mexican people! I have been traveling to Mexico for over 20 years now and I haven’t had one bad trip! Most of my travels have been to my home resort in Cabo San Lucas, but I’ve visited Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Mazatlan, Puerta Vallarta, Cancun, Cozumel and Playa del Carmen.
Regardless my destination my experience was consistent. The Mexican people are friendly and appreciative. They are hard working and very service oriented!
Where else would I choose to spend a week long yoga retreat with some of my favorite Yogis???!!!
As I continue to put the finishing touches on our first Yogi Cabo Retreat, I find myself once again reveling at the extent of their hospitality.
I have been networking to set up fun activities for my students during our stay. I have had communications with company managers as well as the local folks. My emails and calls are returned promptly and I’ve even had peeps whose specialty is in one area helping me network to find peeps in areas out of their expertise!
The one constant throughout the years is how they address me. I’m “Miss Ann Marie!”
In Mexico they do not use one’s surname but rather they use one’s given name. This immediately draws one in making you feel more like an amigo than a customer. They formalize it by adding a title on to your given name. This formality always makes me chuckle and brings a smile to face.
But this year my smile is BIGGER, my smile is BRIGHTER, my smile is GRANDER!! (no, not because I’m a Dental Hygienist and have access to teeth whitening gel!)
A year ago I went to my home away from home with a different agenda! I was scoping out the best spots for a Yoga Retreat! After a week of vacationing and planning, I left September 10, 2014, the VERY day Hurricane Odile rolled in and devoured the airport. My flight was the last to leave before they closed the airport. By the time my airplane landed in LAX, early devastation was already being reported.
My hopes of a Cabo retreat seemed to go up in flames even before my airplane touched ground back on American soil. Just one week after I returned, reports were stating that it would take Cabo “YEARS TO REBUILD! ”
Today, just one year later, CABO is rebuilt and better than ever and our BIKRAM YOGIS ARE GOING TO CABO FOR OUR FIRST YOGA RETREAT!!!
On the eve of our Bikram School’s THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY the rebuilding of CABO is as significant to us as the Rebirth of our school three years ago!!
THREE YEARS AGO – UNITED WE STOOD and TOGETHER WE SURVIVED!! How appropriate for us to kick off our third year with a group retreat in a place that mirrored our resolve and refused to perish!
Bikram Yoga Palm Desert – El Paseo and Cabo San Lucas Mexico are like the Phoenix rising!!
The only flames now are the ones on our matching shirts signifying our “HOT” yoga passion!!
Two weeks from now Medano beach goers will be watching a group of Yogis moving together in Half Moon Pose and Standing Bow. This same group will be meditating together, dining together, laughing and dancing together.
Our energy and passion will be infectious and I’m sure we’ll be WELCOMING vacationing peeps into our Bikram Classes along the way. We will introduce them, educate them, and encourage them about the wonderful world of BIKRAM YOGA!!
If you are not able to attend our Yogi Retreat this year, put it on your calendar for next and “Miss Ann Marie” will keep a spot open for you!!
Until then, hope to see you in the hot room, livin the life , taking care of your mind and body, and being good to yourself!!
Namaste
You rock!!
We cannot wait and are so appreciative of all you are doing to make this special 🙂