The details

Join Jewtina y Co. and Mitsui Collective for a truly one-of-a-kind Jewish exploration of place, community, and identity across the global Jewish diaspora through the context of five incredible days immersed in the unique beauty, culture, ecology, and history of El Salvador.

This unique program will center the multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural experience of the global Jewish diaspora. With deep encounter of Central America as the backdrop, we'll guide you both in the exploration of the particular places and communities of El Salvador we'll visit, as well as through your own exploration of personal and ancestral lineage, rootedness, and connection. Along the way, we'll build community with our fellow sojourners as a micro-reflection of the many Jewish communities we are a part of building and sustaining back home, wherever home may be.

Day 1 - Sunday: Hineni, Arrival in El Salvador

• Pick up from San Salvador Airport and head to El Tunco
• Opening Circle and Framing*
• Welcome Dinner

Day 2 - Monday: Mishkan and Makom

• Avodat Lev: Morning Movement Practice*
• Chevre and Havurah: Building Community Bonds*
• Introduction to Embodied Learning*
• Exploring Judaism and Relationship to Place*
• Surf Lesson
• Fire and Full Moon Ceremony

Day 3 - Tuesday: Shorashim, Roots and Soil

• Avodat Lev: Morning Movement Practice*
• Excursion to Mayan Ruins
• Exploring Jewish Roots Across Diaspora*
• Encounter with Jewish El Salvador*
• Guided Reflection

Day 4 - Wednesday: Ascension and Immersion 

• Shir Hama'alat: Songs of Ascension*
• Volcano Travel and Hike
• Exploring Judaism and Fire*
• Lago Coatepeque Tour
• Exploring Judaism and Water*
• Guided Reflection

Day 5 - Thursday: Transformation

• Avodat Lev: Morning Movement Practice*
• Exploring Ruach HaNefesh (The Spirit and Soul)*
• Coffee Tour
• Food and Culture Across the Jewish Diaspora*

Day 6 - Friday: Metabolization

• Avodat Lev: Morning Movement Practice*
• Transfer to the airport for departure.

*Denotes a Jewish Learning Session. 

**Please note that this itinerary is subject change.

Balancé Yoga Retreat center is nestled into an estuary that faces the Pacific Ocean in the Salvadoran surf getaway, Playa El Tunco, also known as Surf City. Complete with waterfront views, Balancé has everything you could desire: a salt water pool and lounge area, organic kitchen café, cozy spaces to relax or journal and an abundance of nature all around you. 

As a participant, the following is included, and you'll be able to choose from a variety of rooming options to fit your needs.

• 5 nights accommodations
• Breakfast and dinner daily
• Morning snack
• Endless purified drinking water
• Fresh coconut water daily
• First drink at meals
• Round-trip airport transfer