Yasawa Islands

Nabukeru Village

October 30th - November 7th, 2026

Join us

Get in touch: marianaaliveaslife@gmail.com

Whatsapp +678 2751488

RAW

Rooted - Alive - Wild

A Heart of Yoga Retreat or Teacher Training

Retreat and/or Teacher Training

Join us in the Yasawa Islands for a deeply restorative and immersive Yoga experience, open to all.

This offering can be joined as a retreat or as a teacher training for those who wish to deepen and share this work.

Rooted in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya, T.K.V. Desikachar, and Mark Whitwell. This tradition is shared by teachers Litiana and Mariana Garcia Flores, continuing a living, heart-centered transmission of Yoga.

Set in a remote ocean village, this retreat invites you into simplicity, nature, and a direct relationship with life. Days unfold organically with practice, rest, connection, and time in the ocean.

ABOUT THE HEART OF YOGA

This approach restores Yoga beyond fitness, honoring it as a spiritual, personal, adaptive, and life-integrated practice.

Key principles:

  • Yoga meets you where you are

  • Work without struggle, releasing habits of stress

  • Open to all bodies, ages, cultures, and beliefs

  • Breath is central to all practice

  • The practice extends beyond asana to include pranayama, meditation, and daily life

  • Teachings are experiential, relevant, and rooted in dialogue

  • Intelligent sequencing - Vinyasa Krama

  • Alignment comes from breath and inner awareness

  • Trauma-informed approach with no force and full respect for your pace

  • Teachings include chanting, mantra, mudra, philosophy, and the living tradition of Yoga in a way that is accessible and meaningful

JOIN US
Mariana Garcia Flores Yoga classes

You are invited to slow down, reconnect, and rediscover Yoga as a means of participation in life rather than something to achieve.

Whether you come to rest, or to learn how to share this work with others, this experience offers a return to the essence of Yoga in a supportive and beautiful environment.

RAW

ROOTED - ALIVE- WILD

Slow down, listen your heart and reconnect with the earth.

UPCOMING EXPERIENCES

Rooted - Alive - Wild

Rooted in land, culture, and tradition
Alive through breath, relationship, and presence
Wild in its simplicity, nature, and openness

This is an invitation to return to basics. To live in close relationship to the earth and your heart, and to experience and participate in the warmth, generosity, and communal spirit of Fijian culture.

By being here, you directly support Fijian communities and help sustain a way of life that is grounded in connection, care, and reciprocity.

This retreat is intentionally simple.

RAW reflects both the place and the experience.

You will be living in a traditional Fijian village, staying in bure-style homes by the ocean, sharing local food, and participating in a way of life that is deeply connected to land, sea, and community.

Days are shaped by natural rhythms, yoga, ocean swims, village life, and time outdoors.

This is an invitation to leave the screen and the clock aside and enjoy your aliveness through your senses and relationships.

“If you can breathe you can do Yoga”

-TKV Desikachar

Be nourished by a gentle heart & breath-centred practice

The practice of intimacy with your breath, body and life

RECEIVE YOURSELF AS NATURE, IN NATURE

A PRACTICE WHERE GENTLE MOVEMENT WITH THE BREATH BRINGS MEDITATION NATURALLY

*No previous Yoga or Meditation experience required

This practice is for everyone.

Yoga is suited to the individual and not the individual to Yoga.

Come as you are. No previous experience needed.

Yoga is Intimacy with life. No one can do Yoga better than you

Shop Now

YOUR TEACHERS

This isn’t just a business—it’s a reflection of what we believe in. We’re here to create work that matters, led by a shared commitment to quality and care.

More about Liti

This isn’t just a business—it’s a reflection of what we believe in. We’re here to create work that matters, led by a shared commitment to quality and care.

More about Mariana

Both of us are Heart o Yoga Teachers and have led several retreats internationally in places such as Fiji, Bali, Mexico, Spain, Italy, New Zealand etc…

Rest - Receive - Detox - Nourish - Connect.

Experience yourself in nature as nature itself

Immerse yourself in the paradise of Fiji and take with your own Yoga practice and the understanding and lived experience that you are alive as life itself, as nature itself.

Sawa-i-Lau Caves

As part of the retreat we will visit the sacred caves of Sawa-i-Lau

Accommodation

Surrounded by a garden of papaya, bananas, pineapples and palm trees, this cozy bure style home provides all the comforts for simple living.

Located right on the waters edge, with two beautiful cove beaches at your doorstep for you to enjoy a daily swim. Enjoy spectacular views, sunsets and the

sounds of the ocean and morning birdsong.

the veranda provides the perfect place to dine, take in the sunset, do your yoga or simply dive into your favourite book.

A woman wearing a hat and dress standing on a wooden porch overlooking the ocean, with tropical plants and palm trees around, dining table set with bowls and plants, hammock hanging nearby.
A wooden house on stilts with a hammock on its balcony, surrounded by lush greenery and a flowering plant in the foreground, under a clear blue sky.
Hammock on a wooden porch overlooking a tropical landscape with palm trees, a body of water, and mountains in the distance during sunset.
Spacious, bright living room with wooden floors, large windows, and exposed beams on the ceiling. Contains seating area with sofas and chairs, a bookshelf, and a wooden dining table.
Living room with wooden floor, large windows, and a wooden coffee table with small vases of pink and white flowers in the center. Sunlight streams in through the windows, casting shadows. There are wooden chairs and a bench near the windows, with tropical leaves visible outside.
A lush tropical garden with a paved stone pathway leading to a small wooden structure, surrounded by vibrant green foliage, colorful plants, and trees under a sky at sunset.

Pricing

Includes

5 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION BY THE WATER

DAILY YOGA LOOKING OVER THE SOMOSOMO STRAIT

DELICIOUS & NOURISHING VEGETARIAN MEALS

TAVORO WATERFALLS PICNIC /// AIRPORT TRANSFERS FROM MATEI

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS / DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION WITH CACAO

  • Shared room (4 people, ensuite bathroom) $790

  • Ocean view shared room (3-4 beds) with ensuite bathroom & outdoor shower $870

  • Twin share with ensuite, outdoor shower $900

  • Private Queen bedroom with ensuite, outdoor shower $1150

  • Ocean View Room Queen Bed Private Room with Private Bathroom $1370

  • Ocean View Room Queen Bed Shared Twin Room with Private Bathroom $1100

Booking

Complete the registration form

50% deposit is needed to secure your spot.

Full payment is due before arrival.

What to bring

  • Togs/swimsuit

  • Sandals

  • Rock/reef shoes

  • Umbrella / raincoat

  • Comfy clothes for asana

  • Reef-safe sunscreen

  • Natural mosquito repellent

  • Notebook & pen

  • Snorkelling gear/ Surfboard/ Yoga mat - If you prefer to use your own

  • Yoga mat - only if you prefer to use your own

FAQ’S

  • This is not in any particular ‘style’ of Yoga. it is also not just exercise or stretches.

    This is Yoga: The heart and breath-centred practice brought forth from the ancient traditions by Sri Krishnamacharya.

    Yoga is the practice of intimacy with breath, body, and life. It is embracing reality itself.

    The practice could be described as breath-centred tantra hatha yoga.

    The practice of Yoga weaves together asana (body postures), pranayama (breathwork), mantras (chants), mudras (hand postures), and visualisations. During or after these, meditation may arise as a gift. Meditation does not imply a struggle with the mind or the body.

    Fitness and flexibility are only a consequence of this spiritual practice, not the purpose of it.

    HaTha yoga.

    Ha means sun and Tha means moon. HaTha is therefore the union of opposites that arise and return to the heart. Above-below, left-right, front-back, within-without, strength-receptivity, inhale-exhale, sun-moon, masculine-feminine. HaTha yoga is the participation and union of these opposites.

    Tantric philosophy is based on the principles of non-duality, meaning that in life there is no separation. Tantra recognises that we are an inseparable part of the universe. Therefore, tantra-based yoga focuses on using the body as a temple to worship the all-encompassing oneness of life as sacred.

  • All vegetarian meals are included.

    If you have any dietary requirements, we will cater for you.

    Please specify in the registration form

  • Come anytime on Tuesday 29th October and leaave anytime on Sunday 3rd November

  • Taveuni Island

  • Transfers are included from Matei Airport to the accommodation

  • Wifi is available around the main building only.

  • A 50% deposit is necessary to secure your spot through bank transfer to Fijian bank account.

    The remaining 50% is due upon arrival and can be paid through bank transfer or in cash.

    Invoice will be sent out online upon registration.

  • The organizer reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the event if the group is not full. In this case you will receive a full refund.

    If your plans change, please advise 2 weeks in advance, otherwise the deposit will be non-refundable but you may give your spot to someone else.

A person is already perfect and perfectly funcioning. Yoga is only participation in this, not manipulation in any way.

U.G Krisnamurti

Join us

Get in touch: marianaaliveaslive@gmail.com