Natalie is a Yoga Teacher and Massage Therapist who has been spreading the light for Present Moment Retreat since 2007, specializing in Thai Massage, which she refers to as “applied yoga”. In one session of this amazing two hour treatment one can experience what may take years of a personal practice in yoga to build up to. She promotes it as one of the deepest forms of meditation, both for the receiver (moon) and the practitioner (sun). It’s the body and mind’s ultimate way to restore itself back to its natural state of union. There is no better place besides Thailand to experience this practice.

Originally trained in India, she has studied classical Raja and Hatha Yoga at her ashram in Maharashtra, India. She has spent about one year total in India seeking the ancient wisdom. Her connection with Present Moment began 10 years ago when she reached out from a tiny cyber cafe in Nasik, India where she connected with CJ our co-founder who was looking for someone to cover that summer while she attended her 20 year high school reunion. Natalie calls it “divine electronic intervention!” Upon her arrival she fell in love with the guests, the staff, the local community (including all the local kitties) and of course the waves.

She considers her work in yoga and Thai yoga massage as the most necessary and rewarding job on earth…working to “unwind” her clients back to their natural states of being. She has been leading Present Moment guests on trips to India, Thailand, Bali and Nicaragua since 2009. Each year she returns, to Chiang Mai, Thailand to continue her studies of Thai Yoga Massage to bring back different therapeutic techniques to share with you! Visit her website of www.thailandwellnessadventures.com to find out about her next yoga trip!

Natalie is also one of our local surf guides and can help you find a practice on the mat as well in the ocean!

Services provided by Natalie:
Private Yoga Class 90min, Circulatory Table Massage 60/90/120min, Thaï Massage 60/90/120/180min, Cupping 60min, Thai Acupuncture 60 min, Reiki Session 60min, Earlybird Yoga for Surfers 60min, Therapeutic Rope Yoga 60min, Qi Gong 60min, Surf Lessons and Tours

Natalie’s website:
www.studi-om.com

If Maya were to be described in one word, it would be passion. She has an effervescent zest for life, exploring, and sharing that transmutes fluidly into her teaching both on and off the mat and in the water as well. She believes strongly in a life of living art; guiding others to effortlessly weave their dreams and unique gifts into the most intricate tapestry of authenticity and as a collective gift to the world.

Maya is a lover of movement- she finds freedom though yoga, dancing, surfing, hands on healing, traveling, and spending time in the sea. She has made this love her offering on a global scale.

Having both studied and taught all over the world, Maya’s teaching style is unique fusion embodying her greatest inspirations from each place and person along her journey. For the past four years Maya has been based in Indonesia, sharing her teachings and healing practices while hosting transformational vision quest surf/ yoga retreats as well as women’s activation retreats on the island of Ibiza. She has also taught in India, Peru, South Africa, Australia, the U.S, Portugal, and Costa Rica. She owns her own business called “Sundah” in Costa Rica where she teaches yoga, SUP yoga, paddle board, and surfing as well as offering massages.

She is inspired by sustainability and creating a future with a minimal footprint. Maya’s dream is to build her own fully sustainable retreat centre in Costa Rica for people to come and align with their deepest selves while connecting to nature and community. Maya met CJ, the co-founder of Present Moment in 2016 while running a yoga retreat in Bali and was so excited to realize how similar Present Moment felt to her own dream. So a year later, she is thrilled to be joining the team at Present Moment and learning and sharing alongside other motivated healers and yogis.

Find Maya for a spiritually enlivened, playful and creative yoga class in the studio or on the stand up paddle board. Otherwise, take a deep breathe and let it all go as she carries you into a state of deep relaxation in one of her yin yoga classes or perhaps a choice of thai or balinese massage.

Services provided by Maya:
Balinese Deep-Tissue Massage 60/90min, Traditional Thai Massage 60/90min, Bali-Thai Combo 120min, Private Yoga Classes 60/90/120min, Vinyasa Flow Yoga 90min, Gentle Yoga 90min

Katie is a native Minnesotan and met our Co-Founder CJ Ananda at the Minneapolis Yoga Conference in 2014. She has joined the Kula Collective on their Shamanic retreats the last two years in Peru and was invited to join the team at Present Moment.

Over the last 15-years Katie has been a practicing Yoga from a variety of lineages and has spent the last 6 years teaching Yoga in the Caribbean and in Washington D.C. She began practicing for the physical benefits of having a regular practice only to discover the depth of spiritual evolution that was taking place as her practice evolved. After experiencing trauma and PTSD in early 2012, Katie turned to Yoga Therapy as a means to connect back with her true nature. She received her Master of Science in Yoga Therapy shorty after and has been practicing Bodywork and Yoga Therapy since. Over the last couple of years she has worked with Plant medicine and teachers in Peru that have guided her in developing her work as a Shamanic Energy Practitioner and Bodyworker. Katie is highly attuned to energy and her sessions offer an experience that relaxes and revitalizes the body through removing blockages, bringing the body, mind and Spirit into a more balanced state. Katie sees the essence of the Divine within each Being she shares space with, and has a passion for sharing in the Sacred nature that resides in and around us all. She has a passion for Social Justice work in the Healing arts and holds deep reverence for Mother Earth. Her life’s work is informed by these passions.

She encourages students and clients to come from a curious mind, reframing judgments we so often have towards ourselves and others. In this way, we become more accepting, allowing our experiences in Life to come from a place of Love.

Services Provided by Katie:
Shamanic Energy Healing 60/90min., Yoga Therapy 60/90/120min., Private Yoga Class 90min., Shamanic Energy Healing w/ Massage 60/90/120min., Wellness Coaching and Counseling 60/90/120min.

Emily Ray Henderson is a certified Wellness Counselor, Reiki Master, Massage Therapist, 500 HR-RYT Yoga Instructor and Facilitator with The Kula Collective, Ceremonial Space Holder & Alchemy of BreathBreathwork Practitioner & Master Teacher.

Emily uses a compassionate and intuitive approach to integrate mind, body & spirit to assist people in making change, creating balance and finding joy and passion in life.

Emily loves magic, cacao, dancing and connecting with nature and the ancient cultures of the world. She has a lightness of heart that is contagious and works gently but deeply with people through their transformation.She has been working at Present Moment seasonally for the last 10 years and leads retreats and trainings in Guatemala, Peru & beyond.

At Present Moment, Emily enjoys combining her modalities in an intuitive way to assist you in balancing your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellness. She blends Yoga, Counseling, Bodywork and Breathwork to help you to unwind, let go, shift and access a sense of grounding, inner peace and relaxation.

Services provided by Emily:

Deep Flow/Relaxation Massage 60/90/120min, Energy Massage 120min, Reiki Healing 60min, Reflexology 60min, Wellness Consultations/Coaching/Counselling 60/90/120min, Alchemy of Breath Breathwork Classes and Private Sessions, Vinyasa Flow Yoga 90min, Restorative Yoga 90min, Private Yoga Classes 60/90/120min, Reiki Training Level 1/Level 2/Level 3 & Master

Connect with Emily:

• www.emilyrayhenderson.com
• www.facebook.com/emilyrayhenderson/

More:

• Watch her Belief Shifting Webinar here
• Join her in a Transformational Retreat in Peru (Sept 14-20, 2019) here
• Join her in a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with The Kula Collective in Peru (August 7-31) here
• Watch her Yoga in Bed class here
• Listen to her Guided Alchemy of Breath Breathwork Experience here

Let us introduce you to Julian Contreras, originally from Mexico City but previously lived in Tulum.

For the past 15 years Julian has worked in many resorts throughout the Mexican Pacific and Caribbean as a masseuse specialising in the varied massage techniques of Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Relaxation, Holistic and many more.

Over time he has developed his own technique that works to loosen the muscles, relaxing and streching the required areas. This technique allows the unblocking of energy to provide healing and a sense of lightweight body, spirit and soul.

Julian enjoys meditation, practicing yoga, gym fitness and loves to participate in spirituals retreats. He feels he is grateful for this beautiful gift so he can serve the universe.

Services provided by Julian:

We hope you’ll join Karen for a themed vinyasa flow to bring you home to your natural state of breath, presence and lightness. You can expect a theme that brings you into intimate contact with yourself, a pace that encourages your sensual awareness and a slow finish so that you melt, release and surrender. Or, come to one of her Gentle Classes. Karen offers a restorative style class, using plenty of props to support your muscles to be able to release and relax. She loves to use adjustments and healing touch to help students release even further into the pose.

Aside from being a Certified Yoga Alliance teacher, Karen has in-depth training in Body-Mind Psychology through the Hendricks Institute. She has been working as a body-centred Life Coach for the past 8 years as her full-time business, guiding her clients into the deep experience of their body. She does it because it works! She has found that working with breath and movement in the physical body is the fastest path to transforming long-held, conditioned patterns.

Her yoga practice is informed by a love of Iyengar, Ashtanga and most recently, Dharma yoga practice. All three of those styles are quite intense, so she prefers to bring more gentleness into the practice. Her intention in her home practice and the classes that she offers is that the breath and movement are nourishing and not depleting.

How Karen ended up in troncones: two years ago she had created the success of her dreams. Live your Genius Inc., her business devoted to helping Leaders to discover and express their Genius, was bringing in an average of $15K monthly. She had an art-filled, cozy and beautifully decorated home in the Rocky Mountains, a great relationship, lots of free-time for skiing, and was networked with the most awesome, successful Leaders in the Transformational Leadership industry. She was considering scaling to the next level when she stopped and noticed that despite having achieved the outward “Success” she’d desired, and worked to achieve…she mostly just wanted to lie on the couch.

She felt discontent, empty and drained! Why create more of the same? Her dissatisfaction with the illusion of Success lead her into a radical experiment with surrender, truth and freedom. She spent 2 years living mostly like a monk and learning rare tools to live truly and freely…without having to sacrifice to create financial security.

In the process, she sold her stuff, ended the relationship she was in and moved to Troncones where she now divides her time between the beach and magical hillside strawbale house on a permaculture orchard. Life and business are simpler.

Services provided by Karen:
Vinyasa Flow Yoga 90min, Restorative Yoga 90min, Private Yoga Classes 60/90/120min

Karen’s website:
www.karenamcmullen.com