{"id":78,"date":"2026-08-07T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/yoga-wellness-retreats\/about-rebuild\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:41:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/yoga-wellness-retreats\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Goa Yoga &#038; Wellness Retreats \u2014 About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"78\" class=\"elementor elementor-78\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b0662 e-con-boxed e-no-lazyload light3 section moa-xxl section-opener e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b0662\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5d756 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f5d756\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fac7c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5fac7c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d2e38 hero-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24d2e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why We Started Comparing Shalas Properly<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bb3015 hero-subtitle elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bb3015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two seasons of watching friends book the wrong shala off a glossy website taught us that style-matching mattered more than star ratings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada4911 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ada4911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"#start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find Your Shala<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff32b7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff32b7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d482a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80d482a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5a3758 section light moa-lg section-body e-no-lazyload e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5a3758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee89c33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee89c33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c95aef9 section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c95aef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Problem With Most Retreat Listings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bef97d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bef97d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3553ce0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3553ce0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad18cb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad18cb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every directory sorts shalas by price or by photo quality, not by whether the teaching style matches what you actually practise. We visit each one, sit in on a class, and note the style before it goes on the list.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391e3ae e-con-boxed e-no-lazyload section light2 moa-sd section-body e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"391e3ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea841bb e-con-full moa-width-narrow e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea841bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-366f401 section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"366f401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Gets a Shala Listed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332a041 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"332a041\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6903d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6903d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-945f2e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"945f2e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1ced46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1ced46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We Sit In on a Class First<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e33a03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e33a03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d37e4db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d37e4db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nobody gets listed from a phone call. Someone from the team attends a full session, notes whether it&#8217;s twelve students to one teacher or four, and only then decides which style category it belongs in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-811ed01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"811ed01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f33804 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f33804\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0139c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0139c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We Re-Check Every Season<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebac0dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ebac0dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd55c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbd55c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Teachers move on, timetables shift, and a shala that ran ashtanga mornings last winter might be all vinyasa by November. We call ahead each season rather than trusting last year&#8217;s notes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<section data-bps-section=\"quote\" data-bps-section-slug=\"quote-philosophy-block-light\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-869f431 e-no-lazyload section section-body light moa-lg e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"869f431\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"quote-philosophy-block-light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adf2d41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"adf2d41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"quote-body-text-1\" data-bps-type=\"body_text\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eece6ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eece6ef\" 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