The Art of Hosting a Yoga Retreat
Learn how to confidently plan, price, market, and lead transformational retreats—without learning every lesson the hard way.
A self-paced online course for yoga teachers, wellness professionals, and anyone ready to lead a meaningful retreat.
$45 · Immediate access · Watch at your own pace
I created the course I wish I'd had
When I planned my first yoga retreat, I had no mentor.
I wasn't sure how to price it, negotiate contracts, fill the retreat, or even know whether I would make money. Like many teachers, I learned by trial and error—making mistakes that cost me time, money, and unnecessary stress.
Since then, I've led more than 30 retreats across Costa Rica, Italy, Maine, North Carolina, and beyond. I've worked with luxury resorts, boutique inns, retreat centers, and international venues. I've learned what creates unforgettable guest experiences and what happens behind the scenes to make those experiences possible.
This course is everything I wish someone had taught me before I hosted my first retreat.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for:
✓ Yoga teachers ready to host their first retreat
✓ Wellness professionals expanding their offerings
✓ Teachers who've hosted a retreat but want better systems
✓ Anyone who wants to create meaningful retreats that are both transformational and financially sustainable
You don't need a venue booked.
You don't need everything figured out.
You simply need the desire to create an incredible experience.
What you’ll learn
Retreat Foundations
Finding your vision, choosing the right retreat, and starting small.
Budgeting & Pricing
Pricing with confidence while avoiding expensive mistakes.
Venues & Contracts
What to ask before signing anything.
Marketing
How to actually fill your retreat.
Guest Experience
Creating the kind of retreat people can't stop talking about.
Behind the Scenes
The systems that make retreats feel effortless.
There are plenty of courses that tell you how to market a retreat. Very few are taught by someone who has ACTUALLY built a retreat business
over many years. Everything inside this course comes from real experience, not theory. The lessons include successes, but also mistakes.
Because sometimes those become our greatest teachers.
Lessons I learned the hard way….
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✓ The pricing mistake that cost me thousands
✓ The contract clause I never overlook
✓ Hidden expenses almost every new retreat leader misses
✓ The small details that keep guests coming back year after year
A closer look what is inside
Module 1: Is Retreat Leadership Right for You?
Explore what it truly means to lead a retreat beyond teaching yoga. Discover the qualities of a great retreat host and determine if this path aligns with your vision and goals.
Module 2: Start Small Before You Go Big
Learn why beginning with local or shorter retreats can build your confidence, refine your systems, and create momentum before expanding to larger destination retreats.
Module 3: Choosing the Right Venue
Not every beautiful venue is the right fit. Learn what questions to ask, what details to consider, and how to select a location that supports both your vision and your budget.
Module 4: Contracts, Insurance & Protecting Yourself
Understand the key contract terms, insurance considerations, and policies that can protect both you and your business before you commit to a venue
Module 5: Pricing for Sustainability & Profit
Learn how to confidently price your retreat, account for hidden expenses, and create a retreat that supports both your students and your business.
Module 6: Creating a Retreat Budget
Build a realistic budget by understanding your fixed and variable costs, planning for unexpected expenses, and ensuring your retreat is financially sustainable.
Module 7: Filling Your Retreat
Discover marketing strategies that go beyond social media, including email marketing, community building, referrals, and creating excitement that inspires people to register.
Module 8: Designing an Exceptional Guest Experience
The most memorable retreats are built on thoughtful details. Learn how to create an experience that feels welcoming, meaningful, and seamless from beginning to end.
Module 9: Creating the Daily Schedule
Find the balance between structured activities and free time while designing a retreat rhythm that leaves guests feeling nourished rather than exhausted.
Module 10: Before, During & After Your Retreat
Learn the systems, checklists, and communication strategies that will help everything run smoothly before guests arrive, throughout the retreat, and long after they return home.
Module 11: Mistakes I've Made
(So You Don't Have To)
Benefit from lessons learned over more than 30 retreats as I share the costly mistakes, unexpected challenges, and practical wisdom that only experience can teach.
Module 12: Bonus Resources & Downloads
Access planning templates, worksheets, and downloadable resources that will help you confidently put everything you've learned into action.
What People are saying
about Jen’s Retreats
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Jen's guidance and leadership feels natural and effortless. She had a way of making everyone feel comfortable no matter where they were in their yoga journey. She has a lighthearted, fun approach to her teaching that is inspiring and motivational. By the end of eight days, you would swear all 21 women had known each other for years even though we were all strangers on day one. That doesn't just happen. It takes the care of someone with a kind heart and loving spirit to help nurture that level of comfort. Thank you, Jen!
— Leah
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What an amazing week of renewal and rejuvenation. Jen is truly a gifted teacher. As someone new to yoga, this was my very first retreat, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. There was absolutely no judgment—each class felt safe, supportive, and gently challenging in all the right ways.
—Deborah
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My best friend and I do a fall trip together each year between our birthdays and this year we met up at one of Jen's retreats with LeeAnn in the Outer Banks. What an amazing weekend! It was exactly what we both needed, time for ourselves and time together with friends. All of the women who joined the retreat were amazing. The experience was so full of love, joy and laughter. I can't wait for my next retreat experience with Jen! List Item
-Emily
Meet your guide
Jen Fisher, E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP
Yoga teacher • Retreat leader • Mentor • 30+ retreats worldwide
Jen Fisher is an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, retreat leader, and educator who has been guiding students for nearly 20 years. She has led more than 30 yoga and wellness retreats across the United States and internationally, creating experiences that blend meaningful yoga, connection, adventure, and thoughtful hospitality.
Throughout her years of leading retreats, Jen has learned that creating a transformational experience requires far more than choosing a beautiful destination. From contracts and pricing to guest experience and logistics, she has built the systems and confidence that allow her retreats to be both deeply meaningful and financially sustainable.
In this course, Jen shares the practical lessons, real-world experience, and behind-the-scenes knowledge she wishes someone had shared with her before hosting her very first retreat. Whether you're planning your first retreat or looking to elevate the ones you already lead, her goal is to help you create retreats that leave a lasting impact on both your students and your business..
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No, it is for anyone in the wellness space who is looking to plan and host a retreat.
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You'll still learn systems that can make future retreats more profitable and organized.
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For one year.
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A one time fee of $75
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Email me and I can help further through one-on-one mentorships.
Frequently Asked Questions
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