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Diana Bourel - Yoga meditation and personal growth in St Barth
yoga meditation and personal growth with Diana Bourel

Dear friends,

I hope you are all doing well. For many of us, it’s a year of movement and change. I don’t know how you’ve been faring, but for many, this has been a weird start to an odd year. Matthew McCaunaghey, the actor and author of Green Lights, writes that it’s easy to dream about what our lives could be, to plan for that great “someday”... it’s a lot harder to actually take action and make it happen.

I understand what he means. Once we’ve divvied up our time, energy and resources between all of our commitments, our ‘people’ and our to-do’s, we may feel like there’s not a lot of time left for self care. It’s why I feel the retreats I offer each year are a real opportunity to get off the beaten track, to resource, regroup, and renew. It’s an opportunity for you to do you.

Rest is a part of that. So is exercise, fresh air, good food, good sleep and personal growth. Learning about how to manage your nervous system, how to feel good, or better is a part of it, too.

I can help. I love this work and I have tools that you can bring into your lives back home.

Welcome to the Art of Self Care.

March

Join me at the Village Saint Jean Hotel & Spa for late afternoon hatha yoga classes in Saint Barth.

We meet three times a week , Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 4:30 pm to 6 pm.

Every Wednesday evening, as part of my community service, I host a meditation circle at the Anglican Church from 7 to 8 pm. The circle is non-denominational, open to all and free of charge.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, I teach a water yoga class from 10:30-11:30 am. If you’ve tried it, you love it.

April

Medicine Plant Trip in the Peruvian Amazon from April 4-16, where sacred set and setting merge for 10 unforgettable days doing a deep dive into your life. This transformative journey is not for everyone. But, for those who seek this level of engagement, it will inform and transform your life. I’ll be running this workshop with two highly respected vegetalistas in the Meso-Amazonian tradition.

June

Private group or individual classes by request south of France

Summer

July 11-August 11

The annual St. Barth Summer Camp Yoga Challenge and Yoga University. This a la carte, come as you are and leave better workshop is sheer summer joy. Join at any point during the retreat and design your own curriculum.

September

Big Sky, Montana retreat

September 7-15

A real yoga retreat with 4 hours of yoga and meditation per day, into which is woven hikes under the great Montana sky, excursions to Yellowstone, the culinary wizardry of chef Philippe Masseglia, seconded by his wife Sabine.

October

Private group or individual classes by request south of France

WELCOME…BIENVENUE…HOLA

The Art of Self Care is a multi-modal, broad spectrum approach to self care wrapped around a solid core of yoga, meditation, personal growth, healing sessions, life coaching, stress management, mindfulness practices, ocean work and discovery hikes . It is what I call my healing arts.

The yoga I teach and the wellness-based therapies I offer include customized 1-to-1 sessions, private and group instruction in St. Barth or on location, and wellness-purposed travel to specific destinations for exhilarating and transformative spiritual adventure and initiation.

In addition to scheduled workshops and retreats, I create, curate and lead theme-based workshops like the annual St. Barth Summer Camp Yoga Challenge, team-building modules for businesses that can scaled to your needs.
I can also create a built-to-spec wellness programs for your special events here or abroad.

I offer you over 30 years of training, and my personal "10 000" teaching and consulting hours spent improving the physical, mental and emotional registries we as humans experience.
I look forward to putting my life skills and healing arts to work practicing and growing with you.

Diana Bourel
Founder

Art of Self Care / Yoga St Barth / Coming Home Transpersonal Work / St. Barth Summer Camp Yoga Challenge

Testimonials

What People Say

I met Diana 15 years ago in St. Barth where she came highly recommended as a private yoga instructor.  What is unique about Diana is that she intuitively knows exactly what your body needs. Our work together on the mat has translated nicely to our Transpersonal work off the mat.

This is where my path to personal growth really began.

I have travelled around the world to attend Diana’s wellness retreats and I can’t properly express the profound impact she has had on my life

JACKIE KERN MANAGING DIRECTOR

JACKIE KERN MANAGING DIRECTOR

Diana never fails to amaze. She practices a unique integration of yoga, spiritual counseling and mind-body therapy.

She is technically superb. The depth and breath of her knowledge is extraordinary. She knows physical alignment and keeps me safe. She always links the nuts and bolts of the asanas with their spiritual roots. She has brought my yoga practice to a new level.

Diana is a great teacher, both individually and in a group. She is always focused and invariably kind. I love her vibrant personality. As a psychotherapist, I admire her sensitivity and her effectiveness in showing people new ways to think. Diana has been an important influence in my life.

SUE KLAVANS SIMRING, PHD COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK COAUTHOR: MAKING MARRIAGE WORK FOR DUMMIES

Cela fait maintenant six ou sept ans que mes vacances d’été s’orientent vers l’île de Saint-Barthélemy . Pour moi, l’attrait de cette île, belle et sauvage, outre les amis que je retrouve chaque année, est principalement le yoga camp de Diana Bourel …

Yoga, mais pas seulement !

Méditation, chant, marche, danse, aqua vitalité, conférences, etc.

Tout est prétexte à se connaître mieux, à progresser.

Une opportunité unique de reprendre possession de son corps et de son esprit, de se reconnecter à la nature environnante, et à sa nature propre, de se trouver ou de se retrouver…

dans un esprit de partage et d’amour.

Avec Diana Bourel, fine, intuitive, perspicace, la bienveillance et la joie côtoient les sommets d’une science qu’elle maîtrise avec une grande subtilité. Chacun de ses gestes, chacune de ses paroles, chaque sourire est un enseignement …C’est un bonheur de l’avoir rencontrée et c’est un bonheur chaque fois de la retrouver !

CYRIELLE CLAIR, COMÉDIENNE

CYRIELLE CLAIR, COMÉDIENNE

I regard Diana as a superb and trusted teacher. Work I completed with her gave me new insights into my spiritual life.

DAVID BARRETT NEWS EDITOR AT THE DAILY MAIL

DAVID BARRETT NEWS EDITOR AT THE DAILY MAIL

Diana is very committed to her work and always went way beyond her responsibilities to ensure clients satisfaction. She would work with guests even after the sessions, following up to make sure they were comfortable. She is very creative and approaches her work as a way of life, not a job.

She is an artist, ………a life style artist, and understands the importance of people, utilizing her gifts to assist them in living and appreciating life more extensively.

Diana is a professional that anyone or any wellness enterprise looking to evolve from the mundane Spas into truly a holistic and enlightening life changing experiences, would discover to be a perfect match.

I highly recommend Diana and her work.

USTACHE GUISHARD, CEO/MANAGING DIRECTOR FORMER GM CAP JULUCA

Diana is a superb trainer and specialist who provides an uplifting spirit and amazing energy to anyone she encounters and/or works with. She is one of those truly remarkable people who have the innate ability to enhance a person’s inner well-being.

KEN SHRIBER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, PETROLEUM EQUITY GROUP

KEN SHRIBER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, PETROLEUM EQUITY GROUP

Diana Bourel understands the power of words.

As a business man working in an aggressive marketplace , the nourishment and power of the written word is paramount.  I hold this ideal in the deepest regard.  Diana Bourel provides me, my staff and associates profound messages and thoughts that inspire us daily.  Her words and insights nourish my mind, body and soul and provide motivation to address the challenges that each day brings.

LEE MOFFITT-FORMER VP REMAX VERMONT, CONDO GUY

LEE MOFFITT-FORMER VP REMAX VERMONT, CONDO GUY

Diana is an incredibly perceptive guide and has provided me with excellent insights that I’ve been able to incorporate into my life. She also happens to be a fantastic yoga teacher.

PHIL FRITZ- PAYER INNOVATION LAB LEADER

Diana is a very dedicated person and healer with a unique talent of empowering people. Her positive attitude, curiosity and outlook on life are infectious, nourishing, and mind-opening. A truly exciting and visionary personality! I feel very blessed to have met and shared ideas with her.

RENATE PRANDL, MA, CERTIFIED HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH, FELDENKRAIS, BEST SELLING AUTHOR

RENATE PRANDL, MA, CERTIFIED HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH, FELDENKRAIS, BEST SELLING AUTHOR

Diana’s work is difficult to describe in words and you really have to experience it for yourself. What I can say from my own personal experience is that it is powerful stuff and life-changing.

CHARLOTTE FRASER, SPECIALIST IN LUXURY, LIFESTYLE, TRAVEL, SPA AND WELLNESS PR, QUALIFIED NUTRITIONIST AND HEALTH WRITER

CHARLOTTE FRASER, SPECIALIST IN LUXURY, LIFESTYLE, TRAVEL, SPA AND WELLNESS PR, QUALIFIED NUTRITIONIST AND HEALTH WRITER

Diana studied with me for a Kriya Yoga training at Samasati Retreat Center in the rainforest of Costa Rica. She was an attentive and serious student. Since that time we have become friends and have spent time on St. Barth discussing various aspects of healing, which she has a great understanding of. But it is her intuition that sets her apart.

GLENN BLACK, yoga instructor at Omega Institute

GLENN BLACK, yoga instructor at Omega Institute

Diana Bourel takes the art of yoga to new levels. She brings her knowledge of dance and music as well as the healing arts to every session.  Her incredible awareness of the emotional state of her clients allows her to create a unique experience in each session, custom-tailored to the client’s need that day. I’ve practiced yoga for many years in many countries and I have found her to be the best of all. She makes her classes into wonderfully unique, growing experiences for her students. On St Barths there is no equal.

NIKO ELMALEH, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT INVESTOR

NIKO ELMALEH, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT INVESTOR

When Diana coordinated the Mind, Body and Spirit program for Cap Juluca, Anguilla, and I handled public relations for the hotel, we worked very closely on both independent and group press visits. Understanding what the media wanted, she was always totally cooperative and flexible, giving more than 100% to both the press who participated in the program and also to other hotel guests. Diana always went out of her way to ensure that clients were totally satisfied with the program’s components. In addition, those who participated in her yoga classes almost always remarked that they were the best they’ve experienced.

MARILYN MARX, PRESIDENT MMPR

MARILYN MARX, PRESIDENT MMPR

I first met Diana in 1991 for my first “Coming Home” session after experiencing two traumatic events, losing my life partner and surviving an attack by two Rothweillers.

I remember to this day the depth of this first session with her.

We next met when I moved in July of 1995 to St Barth to manage St-Barth Isle de France (now Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France). The St-Barth Isle de France guests who started with Diana 24 years ago still search her out when they return to St Barth. Diana, who has taught and mentored many of the yoga teachers now giving classes on island, continues to grow as a person, a teacher, a counselor. She is gentle and fiercely loyal , full of compassion and empathy, with the talent to express herself in all the forms she uses to teach.

EVELYN WEBER, MANAGER, CHEVAL BLANC ST BARTH ISLE DE FRANCE

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