Travel event announcement for Baja, Mexico, from July 31 to August 6.
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This one’s for you, yoga teachers.

You give so much — your voice, your energy, your touch. You pour into your students week after week, holding space for everyone else to grow. Now it’s your turn.

Join us in Baja, Mexico for a continuing education retreat built exclusively for yoga teachers ready to expand their craft and remember what it feels like to be a student again.

Over the course of the week, you’ll dive deep into the art of hands on assisting and the foundations of Thai Yoga Techniques — learning how to guide, ground, and connect through intentional touch. You’ll refine your awareness, rediscover confidence in your adjustments, and gain tools that bring more depth, safety, and support into every class you lead.

Earn CEUs, connect with fellow teachers, and step back into the seat of the student … so you can return to your community with renewed purpose, embodied wisdom, and a little more magic in your hands.

What’s Included:

This week is a hybrid where retreat meets training for you yoga teachers. Included are thorough morning asana classes with juicy hands on assists, daily workshops in the art of hands on assists, focusing on group class approaches and techniques, AND evening workshops led by guest expert in Thai Yoga Techniques to blend into your hands on approach with students.

  • Use of all props - mats, bolsters, blocks, straps, and blankets

  • Guided hike - from the upper hills along the coastline and down to a beach to enjoy swimming and lunch

  • Day trip to Todos Santos - a beautiful town nearby with colorful streets, local eats, shopping, and vibrant culture to immerse in

  • Airport roundtrip transportation - group transportation provided from Cabos San Lucas airport. Our team will give you a window of arrival and departure to coordinate your flights with. Please wait to book until you receive that information

  • Daily meals - Continental breakfast, daily brunch, hearty afternoon snacks, and dinners, featuring organic and locally sourced ingredients (vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available)

  • Yoga Alliance accredited continued education course through Flow State Wellness Studio.

    Hands On Course to include:

    • Intention and values as the foundation for teaching and touch

    • Trauma informed principles applied somatically

    • Energetic anatomy and spinal organization, beginning in tadasana

    • Sun salutations and the foundational postures within them

    • Assisting a moving body and reading energy in real time

    • Working with breath, pacing, and posture energetics

    • Seated and grounding postures

    • Sun B and standing asana

    • Hip openers and twists

    • Heart openers

    • Balancing postures and inversions

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Beachside view with swimming pool and lounge chair at sunset
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A scenic view of an infinity pool overlooking the ocean, with three tall palm trees, a modern white building with wooden accents, and landscaped plants. The sun is low in the sky, creating a bright, serene atmosphere.
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Modern white multi-story house with large windows, balcony with string lights, and surrounding palm trees, outdoor lounge area with hanging hammocks, and a patio with a sectional sofa.
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Each room is designed to support both rest and reflection—crafted with natural materials, open layouts, and thoughtful details that encourage ease.

Perched near the ocean or tucked into the Baja landscape, these spaces invite you to breathe deeper, slow down, and fully land after your days of hands-on learning, practice, and connection.

Accommodations

Beachside hotel room with four beds, two on the floor and two on bunk beds, overlooking ocean view with balcony chairs.
Outdoor patio with a beige couch and wooden chairs, potted plants, and a view of distant mountains and cityscape, connected to a bedroom through open sliding glass doors.
A minimalist bedroom with a bed covered in white linen and a teal blanket, two pillows, two black reading lights on the wall, a small wooden bedside table with a bottle and a cup, wooden doors, a beige rug, and a colorful geometric hanging lamp.

  • Five single beds (or 3 singles & a king), kitchenette, en suite bathroom, private patio with panoramic ocean views, perfect for friends or solo travelers

    • $3350 per person for up to 5ppl

Room with an orange chair, wooden side table, colorful hanging lamp, window with ocean view, and open door leading outside.

  • One queen bed (great option for a single occupancy) en suite bathroom, sweeping ocean views, located on the same level as the pool & jacuzzi.

    • Queen bed - $3650 per person (single occupancy price)

A minimalist bedroom with white walls, large windows showing an ocean view, a white bed with a colorful throw blanket, a small nightstand with a phone, and two potted plants in terracotta pots.
Balcony with wooden table and chairs, overlooking the ocean, with plants and a concrete countertop with kitchen items.

  • The “penthouse suite” with two kings (or 4 singles), en suite bathroom, large kitchen, spacious ocean view patio living room with fire pit.

    • $3400 per person for up to 4ppl



Spacious hotel room with two beds, a balcony with outdoor seating, and minimal decor.
Outdoor patio with wooden furniture and string lights, overlooking the ocean with blue sky and clouds.

  • One king (bed can not be split) & one daybed with en suite bathroom, private covered outdoor kitchen with ocean view.

    • $3500 per person for 2ppl (not sold as a single occupancy)



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Meet the Team - Together, we are Flow State – The Exclusive.

A collective of educators, space holders, and body wisdom guides devoted to creating rich, connected retreat experiences rooted in movement, touch, and authentic community.

  • I am a 500+ E-RYT and have taught thousands of hours of yoga all over the world. I started as a Baptiste trained teacher and fell in love with the vigor of the asana practice, but soon began to explore creative movement; weaving in unique, functional, and dancelike sequencing that felt like strong poetry to my body.

    My true aim is to create safe and inclusive spaces for people ready to go inward whether on retreat on in a training. I work to balance the spaces and containers from the yogic idea of Stirtha Sukha - strength and ease: often encouraging people to their edges for growth while fostering a caring resting place for all.

Kate — Founder of Flow State Wellness

Retreat Lead · Yoga Teacher · Educator · Space Holder

Kate is the heart behind everything we offer. A true retreat queen and movement enthusiast, she carries a deep vision for community and for the full spectrum of yoga practice to be experienced beyond the mat. Kate weaves education, embodiment, and soulful connection into every retreat container she creates.
On retreat, Kate leads as our primary facilitator — guiding yoga classes, holding group space, and ensuring each experience feels intentional, expansive, and deeply supported.

  • Mishiah Crute is a yoga teacher, educator, and facilitator known for her precise, intuitive, and deeply respectful approach to hands on assists. Her work centers on helping practitioners and teachers understand touch as a language one rooted in listening, consent, breath, and energetic intelligence rather than force or correction. With years of experience training teachers in trauma informed assisting, Mishiah specializes in helping bodies feel safe enough to soften, organize, and learn. Her teaching blends anatomical clarity with subtle body awareness, emphasizing timing, presence, and relationship over technique alone. In this retreat, Mishiah brings her expertise in hands on assists to support practitioners in experiencing what skillful touch can offer when it is grounded, attuned, and responsive to the person in front of you.

Mishiah — Hands-On Assist Expert

Lead Lecturer · Lab Facilitator · Group Class Teacher

Mishiah is globally known for her powerful and intuitive approach to touch. She will be leading the majority of lectures and hands-on labs, as well as teaching group classes throughout the retreat.
Her work bridges technical skill with deep presence — and when Kate and Gess are in Charleston, they run to her classes to experience it firsthand. Mishiah’s teaching transforms how students understand and offer physical assists.

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  • Hi, I’m Gessica — a 200-hour RYT and someone who’s endlessly curious about the human experience. My love for movement and breath led me to yoga, but it was the practice of self-study that truly cracked me open. Through asana, I began to discover myself — piece by piece — and that journey of inner exploration continues to shape the way I move through the world.

    I’m passionate about helping others reconnect with their bodies by slowing down, tuning inward, and learning to listen to the subtle wisdom within. I believe that when we soften enough to hear the whispers of the body, we open the door to a deeper understanding of ourselves .

    I met Kate four years ago, and it changed everything. She trained and mentored me, but more than that, she invited me into a way of teaching and being that is creative, honest, and fiercely authentic.

    Flow State has been home to my evolution as both a teacher and a human, and I’m grateful every day for the community it continues to shape.

Gess — Senior Facilitator

Flow Guide · Emotional Anchor · Community Weaver

Gess brings her signature funky flows, empathetic heart, and open ears into every space she enters. Her authenticity and grounded energy help hold each group container with care and integrity.
You’ll experience Gess through her creative movement classes and her loving warmth as she supports and assists the retreat experience wholeheartedly — in practice and in relationship.

  • Galileo said “If I’ve seen further it’s because I’ve stood on the shoulders of giants.” Since beginning as a massage therapist in 2004 I’ve had the pleasure of studying under many giants in the wellness field, and I’m eager to pass these teachings along to you. Our lives are unique compositions we create in this world. When we can alleviate the restrictions in our own bodies we allow that masterpiece to emerge more fluidly and authentically. The outside world gives us plenty of storms to weather. Having a nimble vehicle makes the ride way more fun when we’re not fighting ourselves along the way.

    My aim is to help others uncover their optimal potential through Thai techniques that I’ve learned from myriad lineages. These tools can help your clients find more agency in attaining the fullest expression of their practice on and off the mat. Life is often a practice of letting go of what no longer serves us, and sometimes we need a little help in that process. It’s a huge honor to assist others through that which binds them and towards newfound vision of their highest path. I look forward to helping you build your repertoire from which you can confidently hold that privileged position for those you serve.

Brian — Thai Yoga & Bodywork Specialist

Workshop Leader · Bodywork Practitioner

Brian will guide us through Thai Yoga techniques in a special workshop designed to deepen our approach to working with student bodies — physically and energetically.
Throughout the week, he will also be offering bodywork sessions to retreat participants, providing hands-on integration and nervous system support alongside our educational journey.

Sample Schedule

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Full Train Day - example

7am - Quiet tea & coffee
8am - Morning Sadhana
10am - Brunch
1145am Hands on Assisting workshop
SNACKS & FREE TIME
4-530 - Hands on Assisting or Thai Workshop

530-645pm Evening Practice
7pm - Dinner

Half Train Day - example

7am - Quiet tea & coffee
8am - Morning Sadhana
10am - Brunch
1130am - Depart to Todos Santos or coastal group hike
430 - Hands on Workshop

6pm - Evening Practice
7pm - Dinner

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What’s Not Included

  • Staff and third-party gratuities

  • Alcoholic beverages

  • Spa services or additional activities not listed

  • Additional transportation outside designated airport transfer windows

  • Outside food or beverages (not permitted at Topia)

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  • A $500 non-refundable deposit reserves your spot. Monthly payments plans available for all or the option to pay in full.

  • Cancellation policies outlined in the contract signed upon registration.