How to Build and Host a Yoga Retreat

Jordan Ashley

While embracing New York City’s fast-paced yoga culture, Jordan Ashley recognized a need for a more service-based practice; a need for experiences which give perspective to the self through selflessness. Feeling extremely blessed to not only be given the opportunity for education but to have a voice in society, she felt it was imperative to raise both awareness and funds for girls all over the planet who are denied such essential human rights. Drawing on her experience of travel and being a full-time yoga teacher, she created Souljourn Yoga Foundation as an avenue for the practitioner who wants more than just “down dog” and to expand the need for equal education across the globe. Souljourn Yoga Foundation, a US 501(c)3 non-profit that raises awareness and funds for young women’s education and empowerment by using yoga as a platform for social activism. Featured in Forbes, Yoga Journal, the Los Angeles Times, New Balance, Marie Claire UK, Jordan Ashley is an activist, writer, yoga teacher, Tedx speaker, and PhD candidate.

Lisa Bermudez

Lisa is a yoga teacher, Ayurveda Wellness Coach, educator, writer, and skydiver. She’s passionate about bringing you back to balance and helping you remember who you are. Inspired by Bhakti Yoga, fueled by Ayurveda, and moved by yoga, Lisa combines her education and experience to guide you back into your power and your purpose. She completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training New York City and later went on to complete a 500+ hour yoga teacher training. After a pilgrimage to India, she was deeply inspired by Bhakti Yoga and Ayurveda. In New York City, Lisa works as a mentor and educator for 200 hour vinyasa-style teacher trainings and leads specialty workshops and immersions. In addition to teaching group yoga classes and private yoga sessions. In Upstate New York, she co-created and co-facilitated ongoing 200 hour teacher trainings and immersions as well as Ayurveda Lifestyle immersions and gatherings.