🌊 Welcome to Surf The Soul — Six Nights of Movement, Music, Ceremony & Surf!

Malibu Popoyo

Popoyo, Nicaragua

Rooted in nervous system restoration and authentic connection, this retreat weaves together surf, qigong, mantra, music and a range of yoga practices, as well as powerful ceremonies to help you reset on every level.

You’ll be held by a skilled team of facilitators including Beverly Jane (yoga teacher, musician, sound stirrer & artist), and Nicole (qigong teacher, power restore method creator, experienced nervous system educator & somatic facilitator) alongside a bevy of professional surf instructors and gifted ceremonialists who will bring depth, culture, rhythm and soul to our experience.

🧘‍♀️ With space for movement, stillness, fun and integration, this intimate retreat is designed to clear the noise, awaken your vitality, and reconnect you with your whole self.

🤩 What Awaits Us @ Surf the Soul 2027:

• Ocean & Surf: Experience the cleansing power of the ocean with access to Popoyo’s renowned surf breaks - or chill by the pool.

• Daily Nervous System Practices: A blend of surf-inspired vinyasa, kundalini, yin and restorative yoga, Qigong & music will weave its way throughout the retreat to help regulate, ground and energize our systems.

• Cultural Immersion & Connection: Enjoy an included cultural adventure where we’ll connect with the vibrant local community and get to know the spirit of the land and her people. Participating in - and giving back to - the local community is of utmost importance to us.

• Ceremony: Working with local healers, we will explore cultural ceremony with authenticity and open hearts.

• Guest Facilitator: Ayni, originally from Peru, is an experienced musician, ceremonialist, yoga teacher and surf instructor. His beautifully grounded presence and skillful approach bring depth to every practice, whether through movement, music or hands-on healing.

• Sound & Music Healing : Experience the therapeutic power of sound through guided sound sessions designed to regulate the nervous system, release emotional tension and support deep restoration.

• Boutique Beachfront Accommodations: Malibu Beach Popoyo offers upscale comfort and privacy - the whole resort will be ours for the week! - in a breathtaking, raw and natural setting.

• Delicious, Nourishing & Local Meals: Enjoy 3 organic, farm-to-table meals each day, sourced from local gardens to support your physical strength, well-being and taste buds!

• Beach Bonfire and Exquisite closing Dinner: Heaven

• Intimate group size: A maximum group size of 14 ensures intimacy within the group and loads of individual attention.

🥰 A chance to pause, reset and come home to your body, Surf the Soul is a journey of community, renewal and the quiet power of lasting transformation.

About Your Host & Guest Facilitators

🦩 Beverly Jane Peatross

200+ hr RYT Yoga Teacher | Sound Healer | Classical Soprano | Founder of Big Magic Village | Co-Founder of Two Little Birds Retreats

www.bigmagicvillage.com, @bigmagicvillage

In 2012, Beverly Jane followed a spiritual nudge and became certified as a RYT through YogaWorks in San Francisco. She promptly founded Sattva Village Yoga, a collective of open-minded souls who practice yoga and meditation together, actively supporting one another through compassionate community. In 2023, Sattva Village Yoga was re-Christened Big Magic Village in order to better reflect our expansion, offerings, and creative living, a la Big Magic.

In addition to teaching yoga, Beverly Jane now co-leads retreats near and far, and offers sound meditative experiences (Sound Baths), co-creator days to play and talk books (Big Magic Fridays + Reading Rainbow), and other curated events for her Village. Beverly Jane’s connection to music, movement and meditation began as a child and developed through years of practicing classical voice, piano, violin, guitar and dance, horseback riding, creative writing, painting, sketching, sculpting, sewing, quilting, reading, gardening, barefooting, and pondering life from high up in branches of the trees on her family's East Texas cattle ranch. These intertwining creative endeavors fuel the vision and vibe of her studio.

In order to manifest more of this Magic in her California world and to invite that free flowing fun into their community, Beverly Jane and her husband, Christopher, built The Barn, a gathering space at Rolling Range Ranch, with a dreamy loft studio where she holds space for our Village yoga, sound baths, retreats and creative play, as well as for her ever-growing collection of musical instruments. Also a trained classical soprano, Beverly Jane shares her soul through all styles of singing, guitar, chant and laughing with abandon.  She recently performed in NYC Off-Broadway with an amazing troupe of real-life-women in The Menopause Monologues. Her favorite things (aside from her hubby and 4 ever flying-away "children") include getting lost in thought, getting lost on a hike, floating in tide pools, dancing till she's salty, costumes anytime, delicious books, fresh eggs, honey from the hive, and all things farmy. 

🦉 Nicole Koch

500hr RYT, 200hr E-RYT | Experiential Nervous System Educator | Founder of the Power Restore Method | Co-Founder of Two Little Birds Retreats

www.powerrestoremethod.com, @powerrestoremethod

Nicole Koch is an experiential nervous system educator, somatic facilitator, and lifelong yogi with over 30 years of personal practice and professional experience guiding people back into connection with their bodies.

A naturally driven and active person, Nicole’s life was dramatically redirected by a diagnosis of Lyme disease — a turning point that initiated a profound journey into nervous system healing, regulation, and recovery from the inside out. Through both lived experience and extensive study, she became a devoted student and teacher of restorative and trauma-informed practices, integrating yoga, qigong, breathwork, nervous system education, somatic inquiry and subtle body awareness into a deeply embodied approach to healing.

Nicole is the founder of the Power Restore Method — a nervous system healing framework rooted in one central idea: we cannot shift patterns we do not first recognize.

Blending modern nervous system science with Traditional Chinese Medicine and embodied practices, the Power Restore Method guides participants through four foundational pillars: Recognize • Restore • Resilience • Repeat. Her work helps people develop greater awareness of internal patterns, restore physiological balance in real time, and build long-term capacity for regulation, recovery, and sustained healing.

☀️ 6 Days & Nights with full and sole use of the property

☕ 3 Meals a day, plus coffee, tea & fancy espresso drinks

🚌 Group transportation to and from the Managua Airport

🏄‍♀️ Epic surf (*Near daily lessons included, if needed. There will be an adventure day when surf will not be included. Should you choose to stay back that day, arrangements can be discussed.)

🌎 Off-campus cultural adventure excursion

🧘‍♀️ Awesome yoga/movement modalities of all kinds

🪇 Creative play & music

🏖️ Sunset bonfire beach BBQ!

✈️ Flights

📝 Travel Insurance - Required

💸 Resort tips - At the week's end, it is customary/optional to tip $100 for the WEEK.

You can pay through your room incidentals.

🏄‍♀️ Surf Tips - Discretionary depending on your level of involvement.

🚌 Shuttle Tips - We suggest $40 PER VEHICLE for trips to and from Managua.

You will likely shuttle in a group.

OTHER RAD OPTIONS YOU CAN SELF BOOK:

💆‍♀️ Massage

🐎 Horseback Riding

🐟 Fishing/Boating

➕ Additional Excursions and much more at the Front Desk!

🛌 ROOM/PAYMENT INFO

We have booked out the entire Malibu Popoyo Resort, so rooms are FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.  If you feel strongly about your room choice, you will want to sign up right away. 

TRAVELING ALONE or WITH FRIENDS? The Loft Room is our shared room option. Please do not sign up for a LOFT ROOM without a mutually agreed upon roommate. Booking is PER PERSON, and must be done with TWO RETREATERS, meaning one person will do the booking for both people in a shared room.

💸 TUITION SCHEDULE

A NON-REFUNDABLE security deposit of $675 is due upon booking.

The remainder of your tuition is split into 3 equal payments which will be billed on the following dates:

October 1, 2027

January 1, 2027

March 1, 2027

❌ CANCELLATION POLICY

A DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AND IS NON-REFUNDABLE AFTER OUR 24 HOUR GRACE PERIOD. SUBSEQUENT INSTALLMENTS/PAYMENTS ARE AUTO-BILLED AND NON-REFUNDABLE. Please check your cal, your family cal, your work cal, your sports cal... ALL calendars BEFORE booking. Please sign up with INTENTION. Travel insurance is required.

Travel insurance is REQUIRED for all participants and should be purchased at the time of booking to help protect your investment in the event of illness, injury, travel delays, emergencies or other unforeseen circumstances. Should you need to cancel your reservation for any reason, please refer directly to your travel insurance policy for coverage and reimbursement details. More info on that below under "TRAVEL."

Our payment plans and installment schedules are outlined above. Again, once a payment has been made, it cannot be refunded.

In the unlikely event that the retreat is cancelled on our end due to unforeseen circumstances, a combination of credit toward a future Two Little Birds Retreat and/or partial cash refund will be provided. We deeply appreciate your understanding and responsible planning.

✍️ LIABILITY

NOTE: A liability WAIVER will need to be signed when filling our your registration, which also includes a cancellation policy acknowledgement. In registering for Surf the Soul, you are agreeing to the terms of the waiver. Please DO give it a look over.

✈️ TRAVEL TO POPOYO

Fly into Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport (MGA) in Managua, Nicaragua.

As soon as you’re booked, forward your flight info to ERNESTO at hello@malibupopoyo.com and cc Nicole at powerrestoreyoga@gmail.com as well. Questions welcome, so we can arrange airport transfers to get you to Popoyo. We’ve got you! 

Should you need to spend the night in Managua due to a late flight, there is an old-school Best Western literally across the street from the airport. Not fancy (at all), but very convenient: 

BEST WESTERN LAS MERCEDES AIRPORT

🗓️ TRAVEL TIPS

We recommend that you begin tracking flights to Managua now on Google Flights. For the sake of flight planning, our retreat officially begins with 6pm dinner on May 1 and ends May 7, after breakfast.* Some retreaters might leave earlier in the morning on May 7 for flights. 

*Note: Many retreaters choose to stay an extra evening or two. This option will be available for our retreaters upon request at the rate of $305/night including all meals and surf* Please feel free to reach out with any questions or contact Ernesto directly: hello@malibupopoyo.com.

🚌 SHUTTLES TO/FROM AIRPORT

We will arrange your airport transfers for you between Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport (MGA) and Malibu Popoyo. The shuttles are their own little adventure and can be a fun time to get to know one another, volcano gaze, practice your Spanish with your driver or nap off a red-eye. Tips of $40 - $50 per shuttle recommended.

🛂 MAKE SURE YOUR PASSPORT IS UP TO DATE 

You will need your passport to register for the retreat. SO make sure you have at least 6 months beyond our travel date before expiration. After registering, plant your passport in a safe place, and don't forget where that special place is.

🛡️ TRAVEL INSURANCE IS REQUIRED

Check out insuremytrip.com, select the “Cancel for Any Reason” policy to peruse your options.