314. 13 Surprising Life Lessons I Learned on A Yoga Retreat in Turkey

In this week’s episode of The Face Yoga Expert Podcast, I’m sharing 13 powerful and surprising lessons I learned during my seven-day yoga retreat in Turkey last month.

This retreat was so much more than yoga, it became a deep journey of self-reflection, surrender, and transformation. Whether you’ve been on a retreat before or you’re dreaming of one, these lessons will inspire you to live with more peace, resilience, and self-compassion every day.

Here are some of the key insights I share in this episode:

• The way I care for myself in the next six years will determine how the next fifty unfold (especially if I want to live to 100).

• I have a choice in how I see every situation, positive or negative.

• Strength training will serve me well in my forties and beyond.

• I am more resilient than I think.

• Surrender brings peace in every situation.

• When faced with uncomfortable feelings, sit with them for a few minutes, then change your environment to let them pass.

• I can learn so much from others,I love being a student as much as a teacher.

• Always treat people the way you want to be treated.

• The closer food is to nature, the better it is for my body.

• If reality doesn’t match expectations, change your expectations to find joy in the present.

• Positive people attract positive people.

• To find creativity, I must find space.

• Nothing in life stays the same forever.

These reflections reminded me how deeply connected self-care, mindset, and wellness truly are, and how Face Yoga is not only about our faces but about the way we live and feel each day.

Mentioned in this episode

The Face Yoga Retreat Bundle – If you’d love to experience the rejuvenation and self-connection of a retreat from home, explore my Face Yoga Retreat Bundle here

It includes guided videos on wellness, Yoga, Pilates, meditations, journaling, and loads of Face Yoga sessions of course, designed to help you rest, reflect, and reset—wherever you are in the world.

Connect with me

Website: FaceYogaExpert.com

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Books: Danielle Collins’ Face Yoga and The Face Yoga Journal

Skincare: Fusion by Danielle Collins