Frequently Asked Questions

Like oneself, this page is a work in progress.

Who is Mermaid Yoga Retreat?

Mermaid Yoga Retreat is an offering from 501c-3 nonprofit Into The Sea.

Into the Sea is a bilingual nonprofit and service-based organization dedicated to raising awareness about plastic pollution in oceans and waterways. They are a community-focused group committed to making the world a healthier and happier place. Their efforts include organizing clean-up events, hosting community-building activities, facilitating educational trainings, supporting litter audit campaigns and prioritizing and facilitating a re-use community. The organization emphasizes that an estimated 80 percent of plastic in the ocean originates from land-based sources, highlighting the importance of their mission to address this significant environmental issue.

You can learn more here: https://intotheseaorg.solutions

Who is leading the retreat?

Krista Debuhr, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer, Retreat Designer.

The ultimate motivator. Krista helps you do the things, you won’t do on your own. Move your body, cook the food, quit the job, talk to the person, book the trip. She supports our goals and holds us accountable with an action-oriented, results-driven plan! She has been teaching yoga for 15 years and her skillset ranges from injury prevention, surgery rehabilitation to athletes reaching optimum fitness levels. Sessions include but not limited: stretch, strength, balance, meditation, music, reading, breath work or pranayama, and stress relief.

What airport should I fly into?

We suggest using Google flights and looking at your flight options into PTY (Panama City, Panama). We’ve even suggested a flight below!

What if I don’t speak Spanish?

No problemo!

I’m new to yoga. Is this retreat suitable for beginners?

Absolutely!

What’s the story behind Mermaid Yoga Retreat and Into The Sea?

Dawn Rodriguez, founder of Into the Sea first learned about ‘plastic islands’ almost a decade ago. Knowing about the potential of something so horrific was a living nightmare for Dawn. She immediately started networking with larger organizations and partnering on different plastic audits and clean ups. Into the Sea quickly grew into something much more beautiful than she had hoped and Mermaid Yoga Retreat is an opportunity to make something ugly — like trash — a beautiful experience.

But why Panama?

Dawn actually was born in Panama and has always been proud of her Panamanian citizenship. In fact, she moved her whole family there last year! Living back in Panama, she truly believes her two daughters could not be living a better life. Between the kind nature of the Panamanians, the dense biodiversity that they are always surrounded by, the healthy and accesable food, the sustainable practices that are a part of life in Panama and most recently, the experience Dawn and her family witnessed as Panama fought (and won) THE largest fight against climate change we’ve ever seen. You can learn more about that here but spoiler alert — the people won, the mining contract was ruled unconstitutional and in a rare instance, the environment won over economic gain.

What is the refund & cancellation policy?

TBD