The Travel Feature with Relebogile Mabotja
Jun 29, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
Relebogile Mabotja speaks to Iga Motylska a Travel journalist, National Tourist Guide and the Founder of Eagerjourney.com about exploring yoga retreats and yoga teacher training immersions locally…
Iga MotylskaGuest
Relebogile MabotjaHostIga, I must say, this sounds so apt to go somewhere else, to go to a different area to be doing yoga.
Because I mean, if you think about it, most people think about yoga as that one hour class that they do once or twice a week.
But I mean, the fact to go and do a retreat somewhere along the garden route or somewhere immersed in nature, I think really allows you to step away from the hubbub of yoga.
And just to immerse yourself in the surrounding, to think of nothing but yourself, emotional and nervous system regulation, and just to chill
And today, or rather this year, the 12th international one, the theme is yoga for healthy aging.
and so we know that yoga is not just about the physical benefits but the mental the emotional and even the spiritual benefits as well and in actual fact the latest report for the state of retreat mentioned that 78 percent of people actually want to experience a dedicated yoga retreat this year and 56 of those respondents said it's not just because they want to be flexible but because of their mental health and because of that nervous system regulation And so, of course, we know that, you know, sometimes if you've read books like The Body Keeps the Score, you know, it shows you that we store chronic stress, anxiety, trauma and tension within our body.
And so, in fact, what we need to do is have an active form of relaxation, of movement, of breath work.
And I mean, when you speak about change of environment, that in itself does wonders for your nervous system.
Iga, I must say, this sounds so apt to go somewhere else, to go to a different area to be doing yoga.
Because I mean, if you think about it, most people think about yoga as that one hour class that they do once or twice a week.
But I mean, the fact to go and do a retreat somewhere along the garden route or somewhere immersed in nature, I think really allows you to step away from the hubbub of yoga.
And just to immerse yourself in the surrounding, to think of nothing but yourself, emotional and nervous system regulation, and just to chill
And today, or rather this year, the 12th international one, the theme is yoga for healthy aging.
and so we know that yoga is not just about the physical benefits but the mental the emotional and even the spiritual benefits as well and in actual fact the latest report for the state of retreat mentioned that 78 percent of people actually want to experience a dedicated yoga retreat this year and 56 of those respondents said it's not just because they want to be flexible but because of their mental health and because of that nervous system regulation And so, of course, we know that, you know, sometimes if you've read books like The Body Keeps the Score, you know, it shows you that we store chronic stress, anxiety, trauma and tension within our body.
And so, in fact, what we need to do is have an active form of relaxation, of movement, of breath work.
And I mean, when you speak about change of environment, that in itself does wonders for your nervous system.
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