Renee Fussner CYT, ERYT Master Yoga Teacher and the creator of H2Om, a full yoga flow on stand-up paddle boards. Renee teaches yoga, meditation, and H2Om at yoga festivals and conferences across the US. She also brings workshops and H2Om to studios throughout the states and certifies H2Ome Girls, (teachers of H2Om) as well as leads yoga teacher trainings. Renee has developed a powerful core-based flow infused with her sense of humor and her appetite for all things fun. She has also created Yoga 4 Surfers, which she teaches to the Puerto Rican National Surf Team. After extensive travel,l Renee decided it was time to live the dream so she moved to Rincon, PR, and opened Samatahiti Under the coaching of Robert Ferrer Renee began surfing more seriously. This led to her competing for Puerto Rico at the ISA World National Master Surfing Competition where she placed and is currently ranked, 13th in the world for women master surfers!
Robert Ferrer, ISA Certified Surf Instructor and Coach has over 35 years of surfing experience. He is a former professional longboarder and is a member of the Puerto Rican National Surf Team. He is the PR Champion in his Masters Division and will represent the island at the 2013 World National Surf Competition. He holds certifications in CPR and as a lifeguard. Robert was my surf instructor and from my own personal experience and what I have seen him do with other students, I can guarantee you won’t find a better instructor. If you have never been on a surfboard before or if you are looking to break into the circuit. He is the coach for you. We know that most retreat centers don’t have this quality of surf instructor and we feel so blessed that he is working with us.
Cricket, four legs of furry fun. If you think getting on a paddleboard or a surfboard makes you happy, wait until you meet our most popular tour guide. Standing at 11″ high, this daredevil (in a lifejacket of course) tackles waves 5 x’s overhead on a regular basis. On a paddleboard Cricket is the eyes in the back of my head. Watching out for your safety he lets me know if somebody is falling behind. Beware though, he is a camera hog and has been known to jump into everyone’s pictures.
Samatahiti offers a variety of weekly yoga classes, SUP sessions, H2Om, and Sand unset Paddles with w/beach parties. As well as monthly full moon paddles and outdoor new moon yoga classes. Come to a week-long retreat at Samatahiti and enjoy daily breakfast, yoga, 2 days of surf lessons, a day of SUP’ing, mt biking, a waterfall hike, a beach party, and a trip to the bio luminous bay starting at only $1,600pp with airfare from NYC or FLL. Samatahiti teamed up with Rincon Surf Academy to offer week-long surf camps with daily surf lessons, yoga, breakfast, personal training,and nightly film reviews.