Mountains
Casa Paloma
A lakeside shala facing the volcanoes
setting
Mountains
where
San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala
best season
November to April is the dry season and the…
ideal for
Yoga Retreat
( the feeling of it )
There is no road. Whatever you were carrying has to come across the water with you, and most of it doesn't bother.
( the story )
A lakeside retreat on Guatemala's Lake Atitlán — arrived at by boat, with a floating yoga platform, a Mayan steam sauna and two swimming docks on a private bay.
( field notes, dawn to night )
A day here
sunrise
The lake flat as glass, volcanoes doubled in it, nobody else awake.
mid-morning
Practice on the floating platform, twenty mats, birds going over the roof.
afternoon
Off the swimming dock into cold clean water, then a hammock, then nothing.
evening
The temescal, hot and dark and herbal, then dinner at the Conacaste table.
( worth underlining )
What sets it apart
What you can do
On the property
( plan your stay )
You get your attention span back — not gradually, but on about the third morning, all at once.
The boat leaves when you're ready.
best time to visit — November to April is the dry season and the clearest volcano views; the roofed platform keeps practice going through the rains.
( keep wandering )
