Strength & Flexibility Intensive
with Irene

April 23-27, 2025

Bethany Beach, DE

About the intensive:

This intensive is the perfect chance to dive deeper into your practice and get a true taste of training with Irene. Expect to see daily contortion & handstand training sessions mixed in with weight lifting and active recovery. This intensive will have a maximum of 6 students, which means plenty of personalized feedback and one on one attention. Get ready for some hard work balanced with equal parts rest, recovery, and relaxation!

Handstand Training will include entries to handstand, alignment in a variety of shapes, building press strength, endurance and conditioning, fun shapes (like hollowbacks & side bending), and “fun” drills all catered towards your current practice and your goals. Hands on assistance with balance, pressing, and more.

Flexibility Training will emphasize building relevant strength in order to sustainably explore deeper backbends. Expect to see all the splits and oversplits, cobras, bows, lunge variations, wheel and drop back progressions, alien shapes, chest stands, scorpions, and more over the course of the intensive. Hands on assistance, partner stretching, and stretching with weights will be included, too.

Weight Training will focus on “filling in the gaps” of your current practices and build stability to balance your body and see major gains in your overall strength and control!


what’s included:

  • Daily brunch, (endless) coffee, tea, snacks, and some dinners

  • 4+ handstand training sessions

  • 4+ contortion training sessions

  • Weight lifting included in classes

  • Swag bag with goodies

Sample Schedule:

7:30am - Coffee & Sunrise
8:30am - Handstand + Strength Training
10:30am - Brunch
4:30pm - Flexibility Training
7:00pm - Dinner

The House + Location

Beautiful newly renovated 7 bedroom, 5 bathroom house. Rooftop balcony, screened in patio, heated bathroom floors, outdoor shower, elevator, and is one block from the beach. The house is fully stocked with beach towels, laundry, and more.

Exact location will be provided after sign up, but Bethany Beach is about 2 hours away from both PHL and BWI airports. You can either rent a car and/or we can potentially coordinate a carpool.

Pricing:

Queen Bed in Shared Room with Shared Bathroom: $1350 (2 available)

Twin Bed in Private Room with Shared Bathroom: $1750 (1 available)

King Bed in Private Room with Private Bathroom: $2250 (3 available) - you can also share this room with a friend or partner for $1700 per person

Payment policies:

$500 non-refundable deposit to secure your spot. Pay by Zelle, credit card, or bank transfer.

Final payment due by March 23th. Payment plans available!

Contact irene to reserve your spot.

about the location

Bethany Beach is known as one of the quieter, more family friendly beach towns in the area. The town will be extremely quiet this time of year.

The sunrises are beautiful and it’s definitely worth catching at least one!

There are plenty of restaurants and shops within a few blocks. Walgreens is 1 mile away, and grocery stores are closer to 2.5 miles away. Since this retreat is during the off-season, some places will have limited hours etc.

Nearby Food Favorites:
14 Global - great veggie or GF dinner options
Sunshine Crepes - a variety of crepes, açaí bowls, chia bowls and smoothies
The Penguin - awesome brunch with GF options
Bethany Blues BBQ - delicious BBQ
ZOCA - the best Mexican food in Bethany