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Yoga class on retreat in New Hampshire
Yoga retreat in Thailand with elephant sanctuary visit.

Yoga. Travel. Recovery. Adventure!

We create transformational yoga and adventure experiences to inspire individual healing and cultivate deep connections to self, others, and the world. Everyone is recovering from something! We strive to make our retreats sustainable and accessible by offering scholarships to those in recovery with financial need.

"Yoga is not just a workout; it's a work-in." -Rolf Gates

Yoga is far more than just the poses, it is a spiritual path that can guide us in recovery and in every aspect of our lives!

Doors to the Wild Self: Monteverde, Costa Rica Yoga Retreat

March 9-15 or 17-23, 2025
Join us in the magical cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica for a life-changing experience of yoga, tree climbing, adventure, and self care!

Thailand Yoga, Nature & Adventure Retreat

November 2-9, 2025
Join us for a rejuvenating week-long yoga retreat near Chiang Mai, Thailand. Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of the area while experiencing the Thai lantern festival, Elephant Nature Park, waterfalls, and more!

Upcoming Adventures

Transformational yoga and adventure experiences to inspire individual healing!

Yoga retreats and adventures for deep healing...

Because everyone is recovering from something!

Our yoga retreats and adventure tours are designed with recovery in mind. We are both in long term recovery from addiction, and proud of it. It doesn’t stop there though.
Everyone is recovering from something, whether it’s trauma, substance use, heartbreak, stress, diet culture, or just the disconnection of everyday life in our high-tech, capitalistic world.

If you want to keep up with us and what we are offering, check out our blog or sign up for our newsletter:

We help people heal and reconnect to what truly matters in life using these elements:

  • New adventures

    When you get the opportunity to go somewhere new, get outside your comfort zone, and create community with people you’ve never met before, that brings deep healing.

  • Nature

    When you learn to live with more connection to nature, that brings deep healing.

  • Community

    When you get to leave your labels and baggage at home and meet a whole new group of people who have embarked on a similar journey, that brings deep healing.

  • Yoga

    Yoga teaches us to reconnect to the divine within us and stay present with each breath, movement, and moment.

The people who benefit the most from our retreats are:

  • People already on the path of recovery or healing who know a retreat like this can help unlock more joy and fulfillment on their journey. You don’t have to be sober; you can be in recovery from anything.

  • People in pursuit of authentic, adventurous, like-minded community.

  • People who are sober-curious, yoga-curious, or just ready to explore a more connected way of living!

  • Yoga retreats provide vital opportunities for digital detox and intention setting. We want our yoga retreats to be accessible to everyone regardless of finances, so we also offer recovery scholarships. Please apply!

Testimonials

If only words could capture the magical experience of this retreat with Carrie and Zach, then I could write a novel. It's an intangible feeling that can only be experienced, and one that I will remember always.  Right from the beginning, even prior to the retreat, Carrie impressed me with her organization and planning skills, and attention to detail which made me feel prepared as a newbie to Bigger Life Adventures. The itinerary prepared for this retreat was well balanced with activities and down time, and of course time for self-reflection and learning. This was a true yoga retreat by name because it really was yoga-focused with daily morning meditation practice followed by an energizing yoga flow, and in the evening, a slow gentle/yin yoga.  The food truly blew me away. Zach, you are an amazing creator of plant-based meals, I miss it already. Carrie, you are an inspiration and teacher. Thank you for sharing your love of yoga and sharing your heart. The location, Costa Rica Monteverde was a dream come true. To the group of amazing fellow retreat friends I've met,  I am so blessed to share my heart and adventures with you. This is why so many of you come back to join Carrie and Zach. I, too, will return to experience the many unforgettable retreats Bigger Life Adventures offers. -With Love and Gratitude,

Keria, Costa Rica 2024

Carrie and Zach are a wonderful team. I loved everything about the retreat! The yoga and meditation program were perfect for all levels and provided many useful tools for my home practice. The food was delicious and always an exciting part of our days. They provide a comfortable, open space to be vulnerable and grow! I have already booked another adventure with Carrie and Zach! I wish I had found them sooner!

Misti, Joshua Tree 2020

Carrie holds one of the most authentic & safest spaces that I've come across in my journey with yoga. Every speech, action & interaction with Carrie is considerate in such a way that you can see she was born to lead others in this position as teacher. She is honest & open in sharing her own journey & personal challenges, there is no "me" or "you" in Carries teaching, it's always "us". It's admirable to see that she learns just as much from her students & takes a genuine interest in them. Aways adapting & fine tuning her role, inspiring others along the way. I'm grateful to have been inspired by Carrie too.

NIck, Costa Rica 2024

It was an amazing tip to New Hampshire with my sis. We participated in an incredible yoga and hiking retreat with Bigger Life Adventures. Hiked Mt. Chocorua and paddle boarded on a lake in Tamworth. It was gorgeous and the people were wonderful! The yoga & meditation from Carrie and Zach were unforgettable!

Jennifer, New Hampshire 2024

Your retreats are true treasures, which is why I'm planning on booking my fourth one. And also why I flew halfway around the globe to spend time with you guys!

Leslie, Thailand 2023

The best view comes after the hardest climb 🧗‍♀️ what an amazing weekend filled with some beautiful, unique personalities. I had so much fun meeting all of you. From all the stories, the amazing vegan food, laughs to happy tears, forever travel buddies. Grateful for everyone this weekend. Huge shoutout @biggerlifeadventures for testing our fears, and creating healthy fears and habits, learning new mantras and meditations. Carrie, you are one of the best hosts. I’ll see you in the future again. Love you all ✨💕⛰

Sammy, Arizona 2021 and Colorado 2022

Carrie and Zach are perfectly in sync with their purpose and it shows. They both create the ultimate safe space for healing, creation and connection. Whether you come for Zach’s food (THE BEST) Carries awesome asana, mindful meditations, art projects, ancient lectures, hiking, meeting new friends & sangha, discovering new places around the world or within yourself, amongst many other fun things, you will without a doubt leave a different person even if you hadn’t intended to. These retreats are worth so much more than what you pay for them. Their retreats have something for everyone and I am very excited to make these retreats with my soul fam a yearly if not twice yearly must do. Thank you Carrie and Zach for all that you make possible for all of us. So much love!!

Jess, Joshua Tree 2022

Thinking about the yoga retreat I went to in northern Arizona July 2021. We ate vegan, practiced yoga 2-3 times a day, did an ice bath, sound bath, art and lots of hiking. I met the most wonderful people there, and Carrie & Zach from Bigger Life Adventurers were the greatest hosts you could have. This photo was taken somewhere on the south side of the Grand Canyon. I hiked a lot that day, more than I thought I could, and finally conquered my fear of heights. There’s so much out there to grab onto if you choose to do so. Happy choosing everyone.

Cherie, Arizona 2021

Are you trying to reach Nirvana? Do you even believe that Nirvana exists? What motivates you to try hard, let go of attachment, and be a better person each day?

@desertclimber and I (Carrie) set out to climb Nirvana Buttress in Sedona a few days ago. We had never done it before and weren’t even sure we could, but we wanted to try! 🧗💪

Just like the path to the Buddhist Nirvana, the approach to this climb was tough, hard to follow with lots of distractions surrounding it, steep and sketchy! 🗻🥾

Yep, on the trail to Nirvana you might end up with cactus in your butt. 🌵🏜️🍑

You might have to go back and forth through the illusion of human time, like stumbling upon incredible ancient ruins that aren’t even on the map and getting suddenly transported to another world. 🧱😲🌎

You might have to be reborn through the tightest, craziest birth canal with a giant cliff on the other side. 🐣🤰🗺️

On the climb you might slip, fall, doubt yourself, want to quit, and then keep going because you don’t really have any other choice once you start! 🧗🗻

Yep, I can make anything into a yoga metaphor, especially rock climbing! And having open hips from the asana practice sure does help with those high step moves! 🤣🕉️🧘🏼‍♀️

But really, this was such a fabulous day on the sandstone, surprising myself by rediscovering strength & bravery I wasn’t sure I still had in me. 

How are you taking your yoga off the yoga mat lately? 

Wanna try climbing TREES??? Costa Rica yoga & tree climbing retreats now booking! 🌳🌴🇨🇷

#womenwhoclimb #nirvanabuttress #yogaoffthemat #yogaonthewall #yogaadventures #yogaandclimbing #sedonaclimbing #rockclimbingretreat
Even though we act like this, we believe in each other, and I hope we never stop! I never would be doing this without Zach, and I dare say he’d say the same about me. Good things are coming!
-Carrie

“I’m in my room making cardboard castles
With shoestring rope
Soup spoon drawbridge, tinfoil moat
I’m still dreaming after all these years

Because if we don’t build it who will?
I do things on a shoestring that you couldn’t do for a cool mil’
I run with no laces, and when I fall I start
To build my Taj Mahal with shit I found at Dollarmart

This life’s our greatest project
The journey’s all an art
But I built my perfect nest, and it’s ‘bout to fall apart
Again and again and then I just I make it twice as high
And I give my tower teeth, and I watch it bite the sky
Because I might just cry if I don’t keep it moving
I focus on what I can make and not what just got ruined”
- @gwatsky , “Cardboard Castles”

📷: @maresalynn.photography 

#couplepreneur #entreprenuerlifestyle #thailandyogsretreat #yogapreneur #traumainformedyoga #traumainformedyogaretreat #yogateachers #soberlife
We’re in full-on 2025 prep mode now, first finalizing details for our first-ever Lake Atitlán, Guatemala plant medicine retreat. 🌈🐟🍵🕉️

What ancient knowledge will these sacred lands and waters hold for this special group? We will find out soon enough. 

We do know that ceremonies begin as soon as you start preparing and setting intentions, even if that is weeks before you actually consume the medicine. 

So grateful for this group that’s respecting ancient traditions & preparing well already. 🙏 

See you in “the place where the rainbow gets its colors.” (Definition of “Atitlán” from Nahuatl language.)

#traumainformedyoga #yogaandplantmedicine #plantmedicineretreat #plantmedicineforrecovery #psychadelicsinrecovery #medicineretreat #guatemala🇬🇹 #lagoatitlan