After becoming a certified yoga teacher, I panicked a bit because I didn't really know what the future held for me. I was a bit scared to branch out and start actually teaching and being a leader in the yoga community instead of just a participant. But I am so grateful for my yogi girls who push me and help me realize my potential! I'm also so incredibly grateful for a husband who supported and helped me figure out what I wanted with this whole yoga adventure.
Aside from wanting to teach in a class setting (Which I do) I started thinking of the idea of doing a yoga workshop or retreat. Well one day after taking yoga with one of my yogi besties we started talking about doing a workshop, then we pushed it even further and went with the idea of the retreat. I didn't think we would actually execute but we were both so excited about it that that following Saturday we were booking a house and getting started on a weekend yoga retreat.
We spent the next handful of months prepping and getting everything ready! It was a lot of work and we were a bit nervous with this being our first one but we were positive and optimistic about the whole thing. 
Our goal for this retreat was just to see if we could successfully do it. We weren't in it for the money this round. It was just are we able to do it! But we exceeded our wildest expectations! The retreat went amazingly well!
We filled the retreat to capacity and had a full house of amazing women for the weekend.
Our swag bags for our guests. Funny story is that Kate decided to add a toy to one of the gift bags so a lucky guest got a plastic cupcake in her bag. It was funny!
Anyways Friday we loaded up the car with everything including gift bags food and other essentials for our guests and headed down to Austin Texas for the weekend.
Jenny and I were so grateful for our house! It was a perfect location and spot for what we were wanting out of this retreat.
While waiting for our guests to arrive we went down to the dock and had fun doing some yoga pictures together.
Snacks waiting out for our guests to arrive
Traffic was a bit thick so most the women showed up a bit later than what was planned on the itinerary but totally fine. It all worked out for the best!
Once everyone was settled in their rooms we started the retreat off with a yoga session led by Jenny. I made dinner while the session was going on.
While dinner cooked I did come down and do a few assists to help out Jenny.
That evening we had our opening with an introduction, and what was to be expected for the weekend. We all just talked and enjoyed the night. Later we hopped in the hot tub and then called it a night.
The next morning Jenny and I woke up and prepared breakfast while everyone slowly made their way from their rooms.
We snacked a bit and then had our morning session of yoga led by me.
After the yoga session we ate a bigger breakfast and then loaded up and headed onto some hiking trails.
We hiked to the lake and then headed back home for some "alone time" where people could do whatever they wanted. Some people slept, others swam in the pool and some of us went down to the lake, did yoga and played around. It was a lot of fun.
We then all gathered later in the day to do a healthy smoothie Q&A with Jenny.
She cracked the coconuts and used the fresh juice from inside and then we all had smoothies with berries and granola in the coconuts as bowls. It was so refreshing, delicious and healthy!
After our smoothies were all finished we had a yoga Q&A where the guests could ask any questions regarding yoga, how to get into yoga poses and work on poses they were interested in. It was so fun helping them figure out just how capable they are! I was so proud of one of our guests for figuring out she could do a headstand!
Then we got ready for dinner and watched the sunset. It was so beautiful and we had the perfect spot to watch it!
We then had a restorative shavasana with me and then enjoyed the night.
The next morning we woke up, prepped for breakfast and then Jenny and I both led a morning yoga flow. Just to prepare us for the drive home.
We then finished up with our closing remarks, had breakfast and then we packed up the house and said goodbye to our guests.
Jenny and I stuck around for a bit to put the house back in order and of course to play and take some yoga pictures. The surrounding area was gorgeous!
It was an awesome first retreat! We truly can't believe how smooth everything went and that we actually made a profit on it all. It was definitely worth all the hard work!
We look forward to the next one coming in September!
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