A Beautiful Life,
In Barcelona
Pineda de Mar, Spain · August 16–21, 2026
"Live your one precious life."
Join Erica Schumaker and Beth James, owner of Barefoot & Free Yoga, for a once-in-a-lifetime yoga retreat just outside sun-drenched Barcelona. This summer we'll gather to move, breathe, and celebrate the miracle of being alive — through yoga, community, and cultural experiences that remind you how beautiful it truly is to live fully.
Imagine waking up every morning in a stunning private villa, walking to your yoga practice with new friends who already feel like family. After a grounding meditation and expansive, heart-opening flow, enjoy a fresh Spanish breakfast while the team takes care of everything else.
You spend your days exactly how you like — soaking up the sun at the beach, exploring Barcelona, or simply resting in the beauty of it all. You'll return home healthier, happier, and more deeply connected to yourself.
Everything included
- International flights to/from Barcelona (BCN)
- Spa treatments & gratuities
- Alcohol & specialty beverages
- Travel insurance (highly recommended)
A private villa
outside Barcelona
Outside of Barcelona in a quiet beach town, 5 minutes from the beach — we are staying in a gorgeous private villa complete with a yoga studio, patios with epic views, an amazing lawn, and an incredible pool. Here we will be fed fresh Spanish food, practice yoga each morning, and let our souls connect and unwind in incredible summertime Spain.
Mas Juli is a restored farmhouse with over 450 years of history, featuring a waterfall pool, sauna, spa, air-conditioned rooms, and incredible views from your private veranda.
6 nights
Small group
Private villa
This retreat
is for you if…
- You want to turn off autopilot mode and turn on airplane mode for a full week
- You're craving space to disconnect from daily habits and reconnect to living with intention
- You want to be welcomed by a safe, loving community — many of whom will become friends for life
- You dream of waking up and dipping your toes in the Mediterranean before yoga, with nourishing meals all week — no laundry, no driving, no dishes
- You desire growth: spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental, all in one extraordinary week
- You're ready to come home feeling changed on a cellular level
Your daily rhythm
- Invigorating morning asana and meditation
- Breakfast, fresh coffee & tea at the villa
- Free time: pool, sauna, reading on the veranda, beach walk, or exploring the town
- Nourishing, colorful locally-inspired lunch
- Adventure time: SUP yoga at the beach, Barcelona city exploration, or Spanish cooking class
- Communal dinner and soulful conversations under the stars
- Evening practice: aerial yoga, nightly yin, journaling, or a sacred ceremony
Leave feeling
changed
- 01Jaw-dropping beauty everywhere — the Mediterranean coast, Barcelona's energy, and the stillness of your private villa
- 02A stunning fusion of yoga and culture: aerial yoga, SUP yoga on the sea, nightly yin under the stars, and a full Barcelona city adventure
- 03Deep community, real connections, and the kind of laughter that actually heals your soul
- 04Daily practices — meditation, yoga, ceremonies, self-reflection — fostering awareness and clarity on your heart's true desires
- 05A deepened connection to Source, to nature, and to yourself
- 06To return home refreshed, realigned, and inspired — changed on a cellular level
Choose your space
Every room at our private villa is designed for deep rest and rejuvenation. Booking is handled securely through Barefoot & Free Yoga — click your preferred room to reserve your spot.
2 Available
*Shared Only
Sold Out
2 Available
2 Available
- The Love Room
- The Arcs Room
- The Treehouse Room
Your Leaders
Erica is a yoga teacher, retreat leader, and coach with thousands of hours of teaching experience, devoted to guiding others through deep transformation. With her psychology degree, a background in dance, and over 20 years of dedicated practice, she brings forth a wealth of knowledge connecting science, somatics, and spirituality. She guides heart-centered individuals to reconnect with their wholeness, reclaim their truth, and step into their fullness and freedom.
Known for her inspirational dharma talks, playful energy, and heartfelt humor, Erica creates experiences that are both expansive and grounding. She helps others cultivate resilience, regulate their nervous systems, strengthen self-trust, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
As the founder of Yoga by Erica, she leads international retreats, teacher training programs, and immersive courses. These offerings provide students with practical tools for healing, personal development, growth, and lasting transformation. Erica is a Level II Reiki practitioner, E-RYT 500, and a trauma-informed coach. Having been sober for over six years, she is firmly anchored in faith and is passionately devoted to empowering others to embrace their own journeys.
Her mission is to create safe, sacred spaces for transformation—where you’re guided to evolve, expand, and reconnect with your most authentic self. Erica is a living testament to the work she teaches, embodying the message that freedom is possible, connection is essential, and life becomes profoundly beautiful when one chooses faith over fear and flow over force. This work is both her calling and her greatest joy!
For over 10 years, Beth has taken hundreds of people across the world — traveling to 15+ countries including Bali, Greece, Mexico, and Costa Rica. She combines 20+ years of yoga teaching, a decade of entrepreneurship, and her anthropology degree to curate trips that are so much more than your average vacation.
Her mission is to empower you to live a more full, healthier, and authentic life. The retreats are meant to invigorate you plus restore your nervous system. It's a unique combination that requires you to get out of your comfort zone a little bit, but she's there to hold your hand every step of the way.
Her retreats are so much more than yoga. This is an experience to understand your true mind-body connection, as well as to cultivate a deeper connection to nature in the unique places that we travel to around the world and to our incredible community. People leave these retreats with lifelong friends, a new perspective on their life plus they come home with so much gratitude & many new applicable life skills.
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A Beautiful Life,
In Barcelona
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