Hridaya Yoga

My experience at Hridaya Yoga Mazunte has been absolutely positive and powerful. This place is truely magical, a beautiful and peaceful sanctuary at the pacific ocean. I came in march for the 10 day silent meditation retreat with Sahajananda and would always come back. The whole team has been super kind and helpful with everything, the teachings have been life changing.

Lovely location and staff, really sweet karma yogis who take care of cooking delicious meals.

I was here for a silent meditation retreat and it was not silent; typical sounds of a small Mexican town. Construction, traffic, dogs etc. Nothing Hridaya can do about it but just a heads up. Also, rules for the silent meditation retreat were quite relaxed. People went shopping, used their phones for notes and so on. So, if you're used to stricter rules, that might throw you off.

The retreat had about 4-5 hours of spoken content daily, and 5-6 hours of meditation. There was too much talking for me. Also, the content seemed to be all over the place, with little structure. The teacher mostly quoted other teachers and did not draw on personal experience. The content was also very spiritual, with prayers to Jesus Christ etc. Not for everyone.

I relaxed and recentered during the retreat, but I would not come back. I did not find it to be an environment suitable for really deep meditation. However, some of the participants that were very spiritual or religious, or new to meditation, found it helpful.

El retiro de silencio fue una de las cosas más bonitas que he vivido. Los días se fueron diluyendo como agua y en el silencio de la meditación, pude escuchar al corazón. Al mío, al de todos. La mezcla de prácticas (meditación, silencio, hatha yoga) y los satsangs tuvieron el balance perfecto para acompañar a mi ser por el proceso de rendirse al presente y a la vastedad que trae consigo la pregunta ¿quién soy?
Hridaya ahora se siente como otra casa y mi corazón definitivamente experimento el reino de Dios, aunque fuera por algunos segundos. Feliz de seguir con la práctica.
Gracias siempre.

"You wonder from room to room looking for the diamond necklace that you already have in your neck" -Rumi

Hridaya helped me to notice that "the necklace was already in my neck".

Their teachings allowed me to experience the Truth of my being, and that changed my life.

Living this experience is one of the biggest gifts life has granted me.

Thank you for all the love and for pointing to the moon 🤍

I booked the 3 Day Awareness Workshop at Hridaya Yoga hoping to become more aware and elevate my spiritual practice. I didn't have any prior expectations about the workshop nor knowledge about the topic itself (the Spritual Heart & Vijnanabhairava Tantra). What happened was that the "workshop" was in fact 8-hours of pure talking (with some breathing excercises) by the founder. I personally found it all very manipulative and even potentially dangerous. Of course, as with all teachings and every alternative group, it's difficult to say exactly what was so concerning. It just all felt wrong. The words chosen, the immanente feeling of being the chosen ones, the mood between the people. I left after day two, around mid-day. It wasn't for me and friends from Mazunte later told me, people at Hridaya live very isolated from the rest of the town, which to me is another warning sign. I am still grateful I went, because I know now where my boundaries are. I always listen to my gut feeling and if you decide to go and feel that it doesn't feel right, please leave.