Today we’d like to introduce you to Shakeera Kelly.
Hi Shakeera, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I’m a former fashion model turned yoga instructor and now host luxury wellness retreats around the world. I first became certified in 2015 with Sadhana Yoga School in Fiji. And in 2018, I deepened my understanding and teachings of yoga and received my RYT-500 certification from the School Yoga Institute in Peru. Health and wellness have always been a big part of my life and as a vegan and plant-based nutritionist, I love helping others discover the positive benefits of living a compassionate, vegan lifestyle. For every retreat I host or class I teach, I hope to enlighten and inspire others to make more conscious choices that benefit their mind, body, spirit and the environment.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
In the beginning, it was definitely challenging hosting my first retreat. You make all of these plans and you want them to happen, but what you can’t account for our people’s different personalities and how they work (or don’t work together). Navigating how to keep the peace when there is conflict has allowed my level of empathy and sympathy to expand beyond measure. I have also learned to appreciate the failures because I always learn a valuable lesson when I fail. I’ve become aware that certain lessons can only be learned through experience alone.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’m a yoga teacher who hosts luxury wellness retreats around the world. Currently I am hosting retreats on the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Croix. What makes this retreat different from others, besides being woman and minority owned, is the first class experience we provide. From start to finish, your entire trip is personally catered to you. Beginning with first class flights, private villa and chef, in-house spa treatments, daily meditation and yoga, mindfulness activities, ceremonial fire, watersports, private catamaran tours and much more all for one price. The pandemic was a wild time for many people, so at my company, we take care of all of your needs so you can come with no worries and leave feeling truly reinvigorated.
Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
I’m available to teach private yoga classes in the Miami area (and you can also catch me teaching at Gotham Gym in Miami Beach!!)
Pricing:
- (1) Private session: $150
- (5) Private sessions: $700
- (10) Private sessions: $1350
Contact Info:
- Email: contact@shakeerakelly.
com - Website: https://www.shakeerakelly.com
- Instagram: @shakeerakelly
Image Credits
Paige Craig Hailley Howard School Yoga Institute Yoga La Vie
