Our Story
Born from a love of yoga and El Salvador.
We believe the most transformative practices happen when you step out of your routine and into something wild, warm, and alive.
How It Started
A retreat born from the land itself.
Yoga Retreats El Salvador began with a simple idea: bring together the ancient practice of yoga and the raw, untamed beauty of El Salvador.
What started as a small gathering of friends on the Pacific coast has grown into a community of hundreds of practitioners from around the world who return year after year. El Salvador is not just our backdrop — it is our teacher.
And then there are the waves. El Salvador is home to some of the world's most celebrated surf breaks — Punta Mango, El Sunzal, Las Flores — drawing surfers from every corner of the globe. Our retreats embrace this fully. Yoga and surfing share the same soul: breath, presence, flow, and a deep respect for nature. Many of our guests arrive as yogis and leave as surfers — or the other way around.
Every retreat is designed to deepen your practice while immersing you in the culture, cuisine, and landscapes of Central America's most vibrant destination.
Two ways to experience El Salvador
Join a Retreat
Sign up for one of our curated yoga and surf retreats. Everything is taken care of — accommodation, meals, daily yoga sessions, surf lessons, excursions, and local experiences. Just show up and practice.
Host Your Own Retreat
Are you a yoga teacher looking for the perfect destination to host your students? We handle all the logistics — venue, accommodation, meals, transport, and activities — so you can focus entirely on teaching. Bring your community to El Salvador.
What We Stand For
Our guiding principles
Authentic Practice
We honor yoga in all its depth — not just the poses, but the breath, the stillness, and the transformation.
Connection to Place
El Salvador is not a backdrop. It is an active participant in your practice — its energy, its people, its land.
Small Groups
We keep our retreats intimate so every participant receives personal attention and genuine community.
Sustainable Travel
We partner with local guides, chefs, and businesses to ensure our retreats benefit the communities we visit.
Your Guides
Meet the staff
Our instructors bring decades of combined experience across vinyasa, yin, restorative, and meditation traditions.
Sofia Ramirez
Lead Instructor & Co-founder
Sofia has been teaching yoga for 15 years across four continents. Born in El Salvador, she returned home to share her practice with the world. She specializes in vinyasa flow and trauma-informed yoga.
Marco Villanueva
Meditation & Breathwork Guide
Marco trained in India and Thailand before settling on the Pacific coast of El Salvador. His sessions blend pranayama, vipassana meditation, and somatic movement to help practitioners drop into deep stillness.
Elena Morales
Yin & Restorative Specialist
Elena discovered yin yoga during a period of personal healing and has dedicated her practice to helping others find rest and restoration. Her classes are slow, deep, and profoundly nourishing.
The Setting
El Salvador — Central America's best-kept secret.
Fourteen volcanoes. Ancient Mayan ruins. World-class surf breaks. Lush cloud forests. El Salvador packs extraordinary diversity into a small, accessible country. Our retreat venues sit at the intersection of all of it — oceanfront palapas, jungle sanctuaries, and volcano-view platforms that make every practice unforgettable.