Panama 2026

investment:

  • Shared room, single bed: $2500-$2700/person

  • Private room, king bed: $3000-$3300/person

Shared accommodations vary between 2 or 3 occupants. (Triple occupancy rooms have a loft for one person.)

Private rooms with a king bed can be requested for yogis who are comfortable sharing a bed. Please request pricing upon inquiry.

Items listed in the image above are included in the cost.

Not included:

  • airfare

  • hotel stays before/after retreat in Panama City, meals in Panama City

  • alcohol, desserts

  • extra food outside of meals (there is a great restaurant/bar on site, you'll have access to buy if you'd like)

  • other extra activities: including, but not limited to: horseback ride on the beach, extra surfing lessons, massage, and nature tours.

Payment Schedule: (all non-refundable)

  • A $500 deposit is required to confirm your spot.

  • 2nd payment of $1000 is due by October 1, 2025

  • 3rd and final payment of balance is due by November 1, 2025.

—Please note: Panama’s weather patterns and infrastructure system make the roads a bit rough and our slice of paradise is secluded, so the ground transportation is about 6 hours each way. It can be a windy, bumpy ride, so please be mindful if you need motion sickness medicine! There is an option to take a private flight from Panama City to the private airport just down the street from our retreat site. That will increase the cost about $500-$600/person, depending on how many people from the group take the flight. Please note in your inquiry if you’d prefer the air transportation over the ground transporation.

—Your host will be in Panama City by 1/30/26. We will have hotel recommendations with a dinner meetup spot on Saturday 1/31/26. Pickup will be in the morning on Sunday, 2/1/26.

about your host

Cara Viner, Lead Teacher

Owner/Operator of Hothouse Yoga

BA, 500RYT, YACEP

Cara found her love of yoga at Hothouse over a decade ago.  After practicing for some years and teaching other forms of fitness, she decided to complete her 200 hour yoga teacher training in Portland, OR at the Lotus Seed Yoga School in 2018.  Whether she’s teaching vinyasa or hatha based classes, she enjoys putting together fun, unique, challenging, and shaped-based sequences that leave her participants feeling empowered and rejuvenated. In 2022, Cara completed her 300 hour advanced training with Christina Sell. Additional yoga training hours include prenatal, trauma recovery, and yin. Cara leads the 200 hour teaching training with fellow HHY teacher, Darcy LeFevre. She is a certified group fitness instructor through the American Council of Exercise and holds additional certifications in Barre Above, WERQ Dance Fitness, and is the creator of CYked! spin classes. Cara holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts and International Human Rights.

When she isn't teaching or working on studio projects, you can find Cara on stage in various acting roles or spending time with her husband and 2 daughters.