Limitless Retreat 2024

Choose from 3 incredible options:

#1 – Aerial Yoga Teacher Training

#2 – Aerial Fabric and Artistry

#3 – Rest and Restore Retreat

All hosted at Casa Chango in Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Instructors: Kate Laviolette and Drake Bruner

August 16 – 23, 2024

BIPOC Partial Scholarship Available. Apply here by June 1, 2024.

Join us for Limitless at the beautiful Casa Chango!

This all inclusive week in paradise offers 3 paths for you to explore and choose your own adventure with, whether you’re coming to relax or enjoy continuing education and career advancement:

• Option 1: Trauma Informed Aerial Yoga Teacher Training (AYTT) Retreat – morning meditation, session for learning, optional evening practices and full moon event

• Option 2: Aerial Fabric and Artistry Retreat – optional morning meditation, afternoon training sessions and open workout times, optional evening yoga sessions and full moon event

• Option 3: Rest and Restore Retreat- morning meditations, evening yoga, full moon event and optional workshop time with our AYTTs exploring aerial yoga.

**Option to book the 17-23 as well

• Aerial Yoga Teacher Trainees and Yoga Retreaters may add on workshops from the Fabric and Artistry retreat with direct consent from facilitators at an additional fee. Contact katew@livebeyondlimit.com to explore this option.

• Every morning there will be an optional collective morning meditation open to all guests!

• In the last half of the week there will be optional workshop times for all guests, taught by our Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Students in the morning hours. The bulk of the morning session will be focused on our Trauma Informed Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Students.

Limitless: Trauma Informed Aerial Yoga Teacher Training (AYTT) Retreat

Kate will be instructing this Limitless Trauma Informed Aerial Yoga Teacher Training focused on maintaining the integrity of traditional Tantra Yoga with the benefits of the aerial hammocks and the overall growing needs of our community.

This training teaches:

• Anatomy and Physiology with Biomechanics for Aerial

• Teaching Psychology and Methods

• Basic Energetic and Yoga Philosophy

• Safety and Risk Management

• Aerial Yoga Postures and Sequences

• Scalability/Progressions and Adaptability

• Rigging and Equipment Maintenance

• Liability

Trainees will receive an Aerial Yoga Teaching Manual and be required to complete the training, exercises, community hours, student evaluations, and a practical to receive their certificates.

*Please enroll in this training if you have previous yoga teaching experience, certification, or an extensive practice with approval from Kate Laviolette, the facilitator. Contact Kate at katew@livebeyondlimit.com with questions and for further details.

Limitless: Fabric and Artistry Workshops

This option includes open training time, and a daily evening Restorative Yoga session will be offered in the afternoon and evenings with a special offering on the Full Moon.

Open Training times are for content review, practice, and relaxation.

Restorative Yoga Sessions will be all levels, adaptive, and focused on helping you recover from the day’s activities and learning, while getting more connected with yourself and the beautiful environment we’ll find ourselves in.

Our Fabric and Artistry Workshops will be offered throughout the week for you to learn, have time to practice, and revisit skills with Drake:

Unlock: A Deep Flexibility Workshop (x3)

Always wanted to deepen your stretches or improve your mobility? This is the workshop for you. Drake will spend 90 minutes giving you a fully rounded flexibility lesson. Utilizing a multitude of techniques including isolation, active flexibility, self-massage and Mongolian contortion, Drake will help you work towards your flexibility goals. Gaining flexibility safely is hard work so be prepared for a full workout.

Prerequisites: None.

Slip and Slide: Sling Sequencing (x2)

Sling is one of the very best apparatuses for sequencing and transition work. In this workshop, Drake will guide you through a series of their original sequences and combinations on sling. There will be a strong focus on smoothness of transitions, holding shapes, and flow movement. The workshop will end with some creative movement time so you can apply all you learned in a creative space that is all your own.

Prerequisites:

Intro/L1: Must be able to safely get yourself upside down on the sling.

L2/3+: Must have an invert entry onto the sling.

Silks Spinography (x2)

Spinning? On silks? Yes, indeed. In this workshop, we will explore the techniques behind building a spin, spin maintenance, and control on this vertical apparatus. Drake will share some of their favorite sequences to spin to and then we will explore a play with spin speeds, shape variation and how to smoothly manage your fabric while flying. We will also go over dizziness and taking care of your mind and body before, during and after your spinning session. This workshop is playful and has lots of opportunity for guided and spotted experimentation.

Prerequisites:

L1/2: Must be able to comfortably climb aerial fabric.

L3/4: Must have an inversion in the air and be able to hip key/lock in the air.

Limitless: Rest and Restore

Limitless Rest and Restore Retreat is designed to help you unwind from your daily stressors, gain perspective, and be deeply nourished. Start each day with a guided meditation designed to connect you to your own nature, release stagnant energy, harness your capacity, and leave you feeling energized and supported.

During the daytime enjoy delicious meals, the beauty of nature, excursions, and lounging around the pool. Evenings will be filled with Restorative Yoga, activities, and a special Full Moon Celebration.

Need some deeper support? Add on an individualized Integrative Energetics or Yoga Therapy session with Kate to address any chronic pain or obstacles you’ve been facing on your own to gain support, clarity, and hope.

No yoga experience necessary, Kate is a trauma-informed and adaptive teacher! She’ll work with whatever life sends our way for the week so you can practice, feel restored, clear, and ready to jump back into your life outside of Mexico.

Skill Level & Prerequisites

• Aerial Yoga Teacher Training – 200hr + yoga teacher certificate, OR instructor approval with dedicated yoga practice and comfort with grounded posture terminology and positioning

• Fabrics and Artistry – See in line for the afternoon workshops

• Yoga Reset and Recharge – None, all levels welcome!

Your Teachers

Kate Laviolette, Aerial Yoga Teacher Trainer and Yoga Instructor for the week, is a yoga and aerial yoga therapist, energy practitioner, aerial coach, and integrative health coach with specialties in neurodivergent education, spinal health and stability, vestibular support, traumatic brain injury/concussion recovery, endocrine/hormone health, and a strong passion for helping individuals and groups overcome chronic pain or dysfunctional patterns and cycles. She founded Live Beyond Limit, her Colorado Yoga, Aerial, and Wellness Collective, as well as these Limitless Retreats to create a safe and open environment for individuals to tap into and embrace their nature, deep connections, growth and learning, as well as epic life experiences both on and off the mat.

“Dazzling” Drake, your Fabrics and Artistry Coach, is a professional aerialist, contortionist, circus artist and coach. Live Beyond Limit has been their home studio since 2015. They also perform regularly at The Clocktower Cabaret in Denver. They prioritize joy and queer inclusion in their teaching and performing and specialize in silks, sling, spinning, and contortion.

Daily Schedule Sample: Everything is optional!

7:30am Guided Meditation

8-10am: Coffee, Tea and Breakfast

9am-1pm: AYTT OR Free Time

1pm: Lunch

1-3pm: Pool-time, siesta, relaxing, open gym, AYTT and Artistry workshop

3pm: Afternoon ice coffee & sweet treats

3:30-5:30pm: Aerial and Artistry Workshops OR Free Time

5:30-6:45pm Restorative Yoga

7pm Dinner

8-10pm Evening activities

We’ll take you to our favorite beach for swimming, surfing, snorkeling, and enjoying the beautiful ocean scenery!

Suggested equipment to bring to the retreat:

Layers for hips, thighs, ankles, shins, elbows

Trapeze boots or gaiters if you own some!

Plain rock rosin

Ginger or Sea Bands for dizziness

Arnica gel for bruising

If you would like to book August 17-23, please note that in your registration form. Prices below are for August 16 – 23.

Retreat Pricing (in USD):

Room Early Bird Price until May 15, 2024/ Full Price

• Shared Dorm (4 people gender mixed) $1,850 /$2,000

• Shared Room with Shared Bathroom (2 people) $2,050 /$2,200

• Private Room with Private Bathroom $2,750 /$2,900

• Private Room with Private Bathroom and Air Conditioning $3,050/ $3,200

$750 Deposit is required to secure your spot.

Full tuition is due by August 1, 2024.

Rates refer to cost of one person’s tuition.

Couples must sign up together.

Rates refer to cost of one person’s tuition.

Couples/SO’s are welcome at an additional price.

What’s included:

• Ground transportation to/from the Puerto Escondido Airport (PXM) to our accommodations*

• Arrive on August 16. Depart on August 23.

• Accommodations for the duration of the retreat

• Daily meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert & snacks

• Daily classes (4-6 hours total/day)

• Aerial photoshoot

• Trips to local beaches

• 24 hour use of Swimming Pool, Jacuzzi, and Community Spaces

• High Speed Starlink Wifi Internet

• Evening Jacuzzi soaks

What People Are Saying:

“[The AYTT] will change your life in many ways, for you personally and also others. It helped me build confidence in my self and it feels really awesome when I can help make other people feel good too. Its really fun to take yoga into the air and become limitless with your movements.” SC

“I LOVE the teacher!!!! She is so patient and clear. The content is well put together and it is sooooo much FUN!!!” – AS

” I’ve struggled with neck and shoulder issues for a long time, which kept me away from aerial activities for several years. After meeting with Kate, I decided to try out the two-week ground and aerial yoga pass. With Kate’s expert guidance, I have not only surpassed my physical limitations from the past several years but have also experienced a remarkable 50% reduction in my neck and shoulder pain. My flexibility, strength, and confidence have all significantly improved, leading me to purchase an annual pass and attend classes multiple times a week.” SM

“Drake is a delightful spirit, a talented coach, and a mesmerizing performer. They’re able to captivate and help me find my own magic along the way in classes, inspire the class while keeping it real, bring a sense of belonging anywhere they go, and has up-leveled my performance capacity and confidence through the roof. Truly grateful to work and train with Drake!” – KW

“Drake is a brilliant aerialist and teacher. His ability to explain, demonstrate and break sequences dow to their most basic elements has allowed me to unlock moves I never thought I’d be able to master. He has made me stronger and more artistic in the air than I ever thought I’d be. And his skill and artistry inspire me to constantly improve and innovate.” -JN

“Drake’s classes are always inclusive, fun, safe spaces. They always make sure no matter what level you’re at that you accomplish something new that day! Their unique teaching and performing style is high energy and inspiring to watch”. -MR

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Questions? Email us at SweetRetreatsMexico@gmail.com and Katew@livebeyondlimit.com

Links for more information:

Accommodations – room descriptions

Meals and Food*

How to get here. Info and advice on booking your travel to Puerto Escondido.**

Weather in Puerto Escondido

Excursions

Discounts

Sign up early to get the Early Bird Discount

*Food service begins with lunch on arrival day, and ends with breakfast on departure day. The food is amazing!

** Your taxi to/from the PXM airport is included if you arrive/depart on those designated days.

Read our COVID Policy here. 

Cancellation Policy:

No Refunds. No exceptions.

Cancel more than 60 days before 1st day of retreat: 50% of your payment (not including deposit) can transfer toward a future Limitless Retreat

Cancel 30-60 days before the 1st day of retreat: 40% of your payment (not including deposit) can transfer toward a future Limitless Retreat

Cancel up to 30 days before the 1st day of the retreat: 20% of your payment (not including deposit) can transfer toward a future Limitless Retreat

Deposits are non-refundable and non-transferrable.