Puerto Escondido: Oaxacan Coast, Surf Culture, and Holistic Depth
Wellness Where the Pipeline Meets the Jungle
Puerto Escondido is the kind of place that recalibrates people without asking permission. The Pacific swell that hits the Zicatela beach break is one of the heaviest in the world, and even for those who never put a board in the water, its presence is felt — as a low, constant roar, as a reminder that forces larger than human will are operating nearby, as a context within which the desire to slow down, breathe, and pay attention becomes not a luxury but a necessity.
The town itself is layered: the tourist infrastructure of the beach zone, the local Oaxacan culture of the town center, the expat and international wellness community that has settled in La Punta and the quieter neighborhoods behind the beach road. The wellness scene here is younger and more raw than Sayulita or San Miguel — more improvised, more closely tied to the surf culture, more infused with the particular creative energy of people who have come here because they wanted something different from the world. EnForma Puerto Escondido maps this scene, covering practitioners who bring serious qualifications to an environment that rewards genuine presence over polish.
Yoga & Movement in Puerto Escondido
Suave Studio brings a different energy to the La Punta neighborhood — a rooftop yoga and wellness center perched above La Punta Rooms with open-air views that make every class feel like an extension of the natural world around it. The daily schedule covers yoga, Pilates, yogalates, movement, and meditation, offering enough variety that both first-time visitors and long-term residents can build a consistent practice without repeating the same experience twice.
Classes are led by experienced teachers who bring both technical skill and genuine presence to the space, supported by quality equipment and a welcoming atmosphere that makes dropping in at any level feel effortless. (@suave_studio)
Yoga One Love is a vibrant yoga school situated on Playa Zicatela offering daily classes, immersive retreats, and workshops for all levels. Rooted in the foundational pillars of asana, pranayama, and meditation, Yoga One Love creates a serene and supportive environment for practitioners at every stage of their journey — from those stepping onto the mat for the first time to those deepening a long-standing practice.
Special events throughout the year bring the community together around shared exploration of holistic well-being, making Yoga One Love as much a gathering space as a yoga school. (@yogaonelovepe)
Ceremony & Sacred Practices
Puerto Escondido’s location in Oaxaca gives it deep access to indigenous ceremonial traditions. The temazcal — a volcanic stone sweat lodge in which hot rocks produce steam, with herbs such as sage and copal added to aid the cleansing — is a practice that predates the Spanish arrival in Mexico and is still led by traditional practitioners across Oaxaca.
Alex Shambori is a certified E-RYT 500 yoga instructor, sound healer, and ceremonial guide with over 700 hours of training, seamlessly blending ancient traditions with modern practices to support holistic well-being. She teaches weekly group yoga classes at Shred Yoga and Marea Studio, leads monthly cacao ceremonies combining sacred ritual with sound healing and movement, organizes ecstatic dance events as a DJ, and offers energy healing modalities including Life Activation, Reiki, crystal healing, and shamanic healing.
Alex’s Soul Sanctuary Yoga Retreat is one of the more immersive offerings in the EnForma Puerto Escondido directory, combining daily yoga, meditation, sound healing, and cultural experiences in settings near the coast. (@alexshambori)
Floriane Brossaud — known as Flo — is a French yoga teacher, sound healer, and spiritual ceremony facilitator who has been based in Puerto Escondido for over five years, drawn by the same elemental quality of the place that attracts so many seekers to the Oaxacan coast. Her practice, Go With The Flo Yoga, offers Vinyasa and Yin classes that weave pranayama and meditation throughout, sound healing sessions using Tibetan bowls and bells, cacao ceremonies drawing from the ancient traditions of the Maya and Aztecs, and personalized private coaching packages that blend yoga, meditation, sound healing, intention setting, and sound bath into a single integrated experience.
For those seeking a deeper immersion, Flo also organizes retreats that bring together movement, ceremony, and reconnection with the natural world in one of Mexico’s most compelling coastal settings.(@gowiththeflo_yoga)
Holistic Therapists & Coaches
Mar Villarreal is a Gestalt psychologist and holistic therapist who integrates ancestral healing wisdom with Western psychological frameworks to create deeply transformative therapeutic experiences. Her methodology draws on Gestalt psychotherapy, somatic and energetic practices, nutritional therapy, herbal medicine, and native healing technologies — operating from the belief that true healing only happens when we attend to all four levels of the human being: thoughts, emotions, the physical body, and the energetic body.
Her unique approach enhances both the depth and speed of transformation by addressing each of these layers not in isolation, but as part of one interconnected whole. Her work is supported by clinical experience across Mexico, Peru, and the United States.(@holistikmarina)
Jordann Hartzheim of TraumApothecary works in a distinctly different register — not therapy or coaching in the conventional sense, but subconscious healing and energetic reset work aimed at releasing the patterns behind burnout, emotional stress, body tension, and recurring cycles that more traditional approaches haven’t resolved. She specializes in supporting high-performing women in regulating their nervous systems, rebuilding self-trust, and making clear decisions in work and relationships — particularly for those who have tried conventional methods and found that something deeper still needed addressing.
Her services include Pattern Reset Sessions, Auric Healing, and Max Meditation Events — group experiences combining ancient and modern techniques to calm the mind, reset the nervous system, and restore a sustainable sense of balance and clarity. (@traumapothecary)
Giovanna Rose is a holistic healing practitioner with over 20 years of experience, a bestselling author of two non-fiction books on high-vibrational living, and a certified practitioner in Usui Reiki, CranioSacral Therapy, Somatic Trauma Release, and Bach Flower Remedies. Her work is grounded in the understanding that lasting wellness comes from adjusting one’s lifestyle and energy within their own means — a practical, compassionate philosophy that runs through everything she offers and makes her work accessible to people at very different points in their healing journey.
Her sessions integrate muscle testing, private sound healing using tuning forks, Tibetan bowls, and drums, and distant Reiki for clients worldwide who are unable to work with her in person. She also offers Reiki for pets — a reminder that healing in Puerto Escondido doesn’t follow a predictable script. (@healingwithgia)
Find the full EnForma Puerto Escondido practitioner directory and studios at enformawellness.com and book directly through our live calendar or services on the EnForma App.
