I have been doing yoga for longer than I can remember, or perhaps I should say longer than I care to remember. Doesn’t really matter, no matter how I say it, it has been more than four decades since I first started stretching and practicing my poses.
Thinking back about all of these years got me thinking about taking a yoga retreat. I am pretty sure that I would love it, but I have yet to find a place that really speaks to me. Someplace unique, that totally fits my style. Well I thing the search is over because I think I have found it.
I discovered a hotel with yoga classes in Fuerteventura and I feel like this just might be the spot. The Buendía Corralejo Hotel is a wonderful retreat where I can enjoy my love of yoga and my passion for travel, along with my lifelong affinity for islands.
Fuerteventura is the second largest island in the Canary Islands, which gives me even more incentive to visit, because we have never been to the Canary Islands. So to all of those people who say “You’ve been everywhere,” I can safely say, “not quite.”
Anyway, back to yoga. At SYNERGY, the hotel’s amazing sports and activities center, a wide array of activities specifically designed to help you stay fit are always available. Better yet, each of these can be specifically tailored to meet every guest’s individual abilities and desires. The team of experienced professionals can help with a broad variety of activities beyond yoga, such as personalized workouts, energetic and entertaining classes in dance and pilates, and even prenatal and postnatal training.
This all fits perfectly with their health studio, EQUILIBRIO. Here they focus on three fundamental areas of health: body mechanics, nutrition, and psycho-behavioral with the ultimate goal of improving over all health and well-being.
A variety of treatments and massages are available and Alejandro, the resident physiotherapist, osteopath, and expert in myofascial chains, will help you pursue a holistic approach to your care. His method combines biomechanics, nutrition, and psychological aspects in order to bring your entire body, mind, and spirit into complete harmony.
So it is easy to see why I have come around on the idea of a yoga and wellness retreat at the Buendía Corralejo Hotel. But a good retreat also needs a great place to stay, and luckily Buendía Corralejo is just that. This is much more than just a hotel, it is a wonderful collection of Apartments with sea view in Corralejo.
I love that the spacious and open rooms have a private terrace, balcony, or solarium. Most have a seascape panorama of the Atlantic and picturesque Isla de Lobos, while others have a view of the beautiful pool in the spacious central courtyard. Perfect for those of us who just like to enjoy fresh air and outdoor living.
The units also include a fully equipped kitchen for those times when I would rather go to the local market and try out some interesting local ingredients for a little home cooking. Oh, who am I kidding, Buendía Corralejo has several fantastic restaurants to chose from and that’s more than likely where I’ll be eating.
You might be asking right about now, “Why haven’t you mentioned David?” “Where does he stand on doing yoga?”
I am pretty sure that I will never get him to join me in any of the yoga classes.
But I’ll bet I can get him in to some of those restaurants.
Veronica, GypsyNester.com
