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6 Yoga Retreats to Help You Recover from a Bad Breakup

Get some distance from the emotional landmines in your life while deepening your practice and feeding your soul on these magical post-breakup adventures.

STEPHANIE GRANADA

18 HOURS AGO

Learn about these 6 yoga retreats for post-breakup healing.

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Heartbreak is brutal. It doesn’t matter who did the breaking up, the end of a big relationship is devastating. Your body feels like it’s going through withdrawal (there is a reason it’s called heartbreak, after all), motivation hits rock-bottom, and though your friends and family are sympathetic, no one really seems to get it. Add a family and divorce and you might also be looking at big financial and legal messes, all while trying to keep it together in front of the kids.

But, there is an upside: All those raw feelings and jarring shifts can provide a solid starting point for some serious growth. That’s why the weeks and months after a breakup is a prime time to embark on that yoga retreat you’ve been meaning to take.

See also Healing Heartbreak: A Yoga Practice to Get Through Grief

Yoga is a secret weapon for the heartbroken. Not only does your practicegive you a happy-boosting workout, but it also emphasizes patience, flexibility, and mindfulness—all traits that come in handy when charting a new path forward. These six retreats combine those ideas with gorgeous locations and groups of soul sisters (plus pro counseling sessions, adventure, cleansing ceremonies, massages, and spiritual healers) to turn your breakup into a breakthrough.

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6 Yoga Retreats Perfect for Heartbreak 

Spreading Our Wings in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Georgia

When: April 26-28

The ladies who run Soul Nourish are some of most likeable (and real!) gals around. For proof, just read Spreading Our Wings’ co-host Mandy Roberts’ post on divorce. All those things you’re feeling? Yep, she can relate. Roberts also came out on the other side, and now she and Soul Nourish Retreats founder, Shari Fox, help other women do the same. The itinerary benefits from Fox’s experience as a certified enneagram teacher—the personality system has garnered a ton of recent buzz as a powerful tool for improving relationships. Fox will identify your enneagram type and teach you how to apply the findings in your day-to-day. When not engaged in workshops to tap into your intuition or doing guided energy work, days at the lush Elohee Retreat Center can be spent hiking trails on the site’s 200 acres, wading in front of a 100-foot waterfall, or taking in the views from your mountaintop cottage or campsite. Expect the mood to be decidedly light-hearted. “Joy is so often overlooked in the healing process,” Fox says. From $595, soulnourishretreats.com

See also 13 Yoga Retreats You Can Actually Afford

Photo Courtesy Thu Tran/ Soul Nourish Retreats

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About the AuthorStephanie Granada is a freelance writer and editor, who splits her time between Colorado, Miami, and NYC. 

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