Several Caribbean resorts have a yoga class or two on their daily schedule, but where do you go if you’re a serious student trying to deepen your practice while you deepen your tan? Where do you go for the full yoga experience? Check out these yoga-centered retreats and enjoy some savasana in the sun. These are the Best Yoga Retreats in the Caribbean.
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
CJ Travel Editor
Sivananda Ashram, Bahamas Just down the sand from Atlantis, this Paradise Island retreat is for serious yogis of all proficiency levels who don’t mind waking at sunrise and committing to twice-daily practice and meditation sessions in a spiritual community set on one of the Caribbean’s best beaches, Cabbage Beach.
Amansala, Mexico One of the first yoga-centered hotels in the boho beach town of Tulum, this eco-chic getaway is best known for its year-round Bikini Bootcamp and Destination Detox retreats, both of which feature daily yoga as well as spa treatments and fitness activities.
The Body Holiday, St Lucia The BodyYoga program at this wellness-themed all-inclusive resort combines various styles of yoga with Ayurvedic science in several daily group classes, all of which are included in the room rate.
Parrot Cay by COMO, Turks and Caicos Get your “om” on at this posh 1,000-acre private-island resort, where the Shambala Retreat offers complimentary flow-based yoga classes suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners.
Jackie’s On The Reef, Jamaica Recently devastated by fire but now rebuilt, this “small temple of no particular faith” offers a variety of spiritual and wellness therapies (reiki, reflexology) as well as daily yoga classes in a cliff’s-edge pavilion on Negril’s West End. 
Yoga Shala Petit Hotel, Mexico Yogis will be off the grid and in their element at this 12-room Tulum boutique, where twice-daily Hatha, Vinyasa, Kundalini and Ashtanga classes will make you feel amazing, inside and out. It’s easily one of the Best Yoga Retreats in the wider Caribbean region.