This special retreat is designed to support you in resetting your nervous system, filling you with restful vitality.
Guided by Dayana’s kind and supportive energy, you will experience the power of restorative movements, as well as learn useful ways to avoid common injuries & pain while working around the house: cooking, cleaning, bending, and reaching.
You will be delighted from the start, as you taste delicious dishes by our private chef, Marita Lynn, who will give us a cooking demonstration and share her original and nutritious recipes.
We will put it all into practice in the beautiful setting of a gorgeous house, “My Blue Haven”, a few steps from the ocean, in beautiful Long Beach Island
Join us for 2 days and 2 nights in an exclusive setting in Long Beach Island, NJ, a pristine 18-mile-long paradise brimming with breathtaking views and refreshing ocean air.
Private rooms, breakfast, lunch, dinner & transportation are included with your stay, to allow you to relax completely and be pampered from beginning to end!
Relax in the hot tub, connect with others by the fireplace, or enjoy a peaceful walk, letting the ocean replenish you.
You will feel recharged & renewed, ready for the holiday season and all the excitement of the new year.
* Feldenkrais Group Classes
* Practice sessions in the house
* Walks on the beach to experience pain-free movement
* Breakfast, lunch & dinner prepared by Chef Marita
* Cooking Demonstrations
* Recipes to take home
* One-on-one private sessions with Dayana
* Hot tub
* Sauna
3:00 Check-in
3:30 – 4:30 Welcome speech & Introductions
4:30 – 5:00 Break
5:00 – 6:00 Group Session #1: Restore & Recharge with Dayana
6:00 – 6:15 Break
6:15 – 6:45 Practice session in the house
6:45 – 7:00 Group share and Q & A
7:15 – 8:30 Dinner by Chef Marita
8:30 on… Hot tub, fireplace, fire pit
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast by Chef Marita
9:00 – 10:00 Group session #2: Moving with the whole self:
Reaching, Bending, Lifting, Chopping with Dayana
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11 Practice session in the house
11 – 11:30 Group share and Q & A
11:30 – 12:30 Free time: beach, porch, hot tub
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch by Chef Marita
1:45 – 2:45 Group session #3 with Dayana:
Up & down the stairs without pain/sleeping without pain
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Practice session in the house
3:45 – 4:00 Group share and Q & A
4:00 – 5:00 Free time: beach, porch, hot tub
5:30 – 6:30 Cooking Demonstration with Chef Marita
6:30 – 8 Dinner, group pictures, recipe sharing
8 – 9:30 Fun night! Trivia with a prize
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast by Chef Marita
9:00 – 9:15 Break
9:30 – 10:30 Group session #4 with Dayana:
Walking with Intention
10:30 – 11:00 Walk on the beach together
11: – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 11:45 Q & A and snacks by Chef Marita
11:45 – 12:00 Feedback
12:30 Check out
After suffering from a debilitating life crisis in 2006, which led her to anxiety and physical pain, Dayana started a healing pathway that led her to be here today, and to a career helping others.
Dayana is a Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, XPT™ Coach & Happy Body™ Mentor. She has 10 years of professional experience working with individuals & groups, online & in person. She specializes in practices that generate pain and anxiety relief, as well as better sleep.
Dayana devotes her life to studying and teaching the art of awareness, self-healing, & unleashing our limitless potential.
She holds a private practice in Doylestown, PA, and teaches worldwide via Zoom and on the free app Insight Timer. Her students range from children and teens to 80+ years old. She lives in Doylestown with her two daughters, Sofia and Valentina.
Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Chef Marita Lynn is a holistic nutritional coach and chef.
She received her education in Holistic Nutrition from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and her Professional Chef certificate from the Institute of Culinary Education.
The founder of a catering company, a restaurant, and a food truck, Marita found herself overworked and stressed, which quickly turned into an addiction to sugar and salty foods. She gained over 30 pounds.
After learning how to heal herself holistically, she transformed her cooking style into a more clean, nutritious & delicious approach. Today, she guides people on their path to wellness, using a sustainable and holistic approach.
Long Beach Island, New Jersey, is an 18-mile-long barrier island along the Atlantic Ocean.
Known for its beautiful sunsets and perfect waves, it is the perfect combination of relaxing and energizing.
To pamper you and to experience community from beginning to end, we are offering private transportation in a 12-passenger van, with plenty of room for luggage, conversation, and fun.
Located in gorgeous Beach Haven, at the tip of Long Beach Island, we will lodge in "My Blue Haven", the third house from the ocean. Relax by the fireplace or hot tub, and enjoy the ocean views from the covered porch.
Experience “restful vitality” in a dream location
To keep the retreat personalized, we are limiting the capacity to seven people.
You can share a room with a friend, partner, or family member.
Take time to yourself and reset your nervous system as you get ready to enjoy the busiest time of the year, where the demands from winter and family gatherings ask you for full batteries and lots of energy! Learn how to move with your whole self as you get busy around the house, at work, or playing your favorite sport.
Our private chef, Marita Lynn, will cook a variety of healthy and yummy recipes including some original Peruvian dishes. On Saturday she will delight you with her expertise in a cooking demonstration and nutrition presentation, and she will share her recipes with you. You’ll be able to practice them during Thanksgiving & Christmas and dazzle your family & friends with some original dishes and flavors.
Experience the healing power of community in nature. As we go through the movement classes, practice sessions, and cooking demonstration, you will have a chance to share your insights with others, in the privacy of the retreat. The supportive energy of the group will uplift you and offer connection, especially if this is a time of the year when you miss loved ones and would like to feel “at home”.
We will provide:
Feel free to bring any extra snacks you’d like to have handy, as well as any alcoholic beverages you’d like to drink. The house is non-smoking.
Chef Marita will offer vegetarian and vegan options, as well as consider any allergic reactions you may have. Please let us know of your dietary needs at the time of registration to give us time for the adaptations.
Yes. Each room except for the Twin is set up to be shared by two people.
The prices are per person, and they include everything. Each room may be shared by a maximum of two people.
Yes. A $500 deposit is required to reserve your spot. The balance is due on October 21, 2022.
We will give you credit for the full amount you paid, which can be used towards our next retreat (Spring or Fall 2023), as well as private sessions, courses, or workshops with Dayana.
In order to keep everyone healthy and with peace of mind, we will ask that all participants show a negative test 24 hours prior to 11/11/22.
As part of the retreat, each participant will receive a 30-minute private session with Dayana. These will be scheduled first-come-first-serve, as you complete your room reservation. The private sessions will take place on Saturday and Sunday, before breakfast and during the long breaks.
If you prefer, you can have your private session at Dayana’s office, the week after we return from the retreat.
Besides the energy and wonderful experience of spending this time together, you will go take home:
We offer online classes, private sessions and courses worldwide.
We also offer in person private sessions in 16 N Franklin St Suite 201 B Doylestown PA 18902. If you’re in the area, come see us!