Custom Yoga & Wellness Retreat at Flower Hill, Jamaica

The retreat runs at Flower Hill, a villa in Jamaica with an outdoor pool, and it works on a menu rather than a fixed schedule. There are three signature packages to choose from. Yoga Spirit is built for people who are exhausted or want to go deeper into meditation — the day pairs sunrise yoga and pranayama with aromatherapy and massage, plus restorative sunset yoga. Yoga FIT & FAB is the fitness version: a guided meditative run and kickboxing session at 8am, a high-vitality breakfast, a Swedish massage, then yoga and Pilates sculpt and tone at 4:30pm, with a low-calorie high-vitality meal plan running through the day. Yoga Spa Detox swaps the fitness for treatments — slo mo vinyasa flow in the morning, lymphatic detox massage, an anti-aging facial, and restorative yoga in the evening.

If none of the three fits, you design your own. The service list includes all-levels group yoga classes (Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin), Pilates, core and glutes sculpt, guided run and kickboxing, a spirit dance session with live drumming, and personal training. Individual sessions cover shamanic channelling and healing, Reiki energy healing, and a CBD yoga session. There are also workshops: raw, vegan or clean eating with a demo and tasting, or Meditate and Paint with a local artist called Abi. Group classes are quoted to fit your group size, up to Flower Hill's maximum capacity of 17 people.

Cassanie, the instructor, has been based in Jamaica for 11 years and has a private teaching practice locally and online, and she runs retreats at hotels and villas across the island. She is trained in Sivananda Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Pilates, Tarot, Transcendental Meditation, and Holistic Nutrition & Detoxification. Her classes are breath-centred and therapeutic rather than athletic — the emphasis is on using breath to work into the body, which suits people who want a slower, more precise practice as much as those chasing a fitness goal.

What separates this from a standard yoga week is the level of control. You are not slotting into a fixed group schedule — you're choosing the classes, the treatments and the meal plan before you arrive, via a consultation call with a Retreat Concierge who goes through your group's nutritional needs and customises the services. The trade-off is that accommodation is not bundled in; Flower Hill's own rates apply on top of the per-day package price, so you book the villa stay separately.

The property sits on a hill in Jamaica with an outdoor pool and views over the surrounding landscape, and the schedule is built around light — sunrise yoga at 8am, sunset yoga at 4:30pm — so most of the practice happens outdoors or in open-air spaces.

What's included

- All group classes in your chosen package - All listed treatments and services (massages, aromatherapy, facials as per package) - Meals as scheduled in the package (breakfast, lunch, dinner) - Sunrise yoga and pranayama sessions - Sunset yoga and meditation sessions - Retreat Concierge consultation (Skype/phone) - Customised meal planning based on your group's nutritional needs - Use of the Flower Hill property and pool during your programme

What's not included

- Accommodation (Flower Hill rates apply separately) - Flights and airport transfers - Travel insurance - Additional individual sessions not in your package (Reiki, shamanic healing, CBD yoga) - Additional workshops (raw/vegan/clean eating, Meditate and Paint) - Personal training sessions outside your package - Spa treatments beyond those listed in your chosen package - Personal expenses and gratuities