Go far. Eat everything. Come home dangerous.
Picture it. Back home, the group chat is melting down over the news and your inbox keeps climbing. You're on a sun deck at dawn, flowing with a crew of strangers who'll feel like family by Thursday. Tonight there's a fire, a ceremony, and a conversation that rearranges something deep inside you.
DDY Travels is yoga as liberation. We gather people who move their bodies and move the needle. We travel to places that crack you open: ancient temples, wild coastlines, sacred mountains. Then we do the real work, with breath, ritual, honest conversation, and a practice rooted in justice.
Founded and led by women. Fiercely pro-women. Wide open to everyone who believes we all rise together.
You'll sweat, laugh, probably cry, and come home more fully yourself.
Travel with us
Where we're going
Pick your adventure. Bring your people.
The Temple Rebellion
Sunrise at Angkor Wat, a monk blessing, and five nights of yoga in Siem Reap.
Take me to Cambodia
Siren Song
Whale song, jungle treehouses, and feminine power in Samaná.
Take me to the jungle
Pachamama Rising
The divine feminine meets yoga for the resistance in the Sacred Valley.
Take me to Peru
Myth + Magic
The Oracle prescribes rest: restorative yoga, rituals, and long floats in the Aegean on Amorgos.
I need rest
The Blackout
Six-plus minutes of totality over Luxor, from our own private boat on the Nile.
Take me to the eclipse
The Yoga Safari
Victoria Falls, elephant country, and chosen family on a bucket-list yoga safari.
Take me on safari
Survival of the Wildest
Go where evolution lives and breathes, and start your own.
I need to evolveAdventure. Activism. Accountability.
Bow at the temple. Eat the street food. Raise hell at home.
Adventure
We go to the edges of the map and the edges of ourselves.
Activism
Practice that walks off the mat and into the world. We ask who built the temples, who got to worship in them, and who got written out of the story.
Accountability
We show up honestly for each other, for the places that host us, and for the world we come home to.
Community
Small crews, big hearts. You arrive as a traveler and leave with people who keep showing up long after the flight home.
Hi, I'm Shelley
Show up curious. Leave changed.
I've taught yoga since 2010, on six continents, and I've always believed spiritual practice and social justice belong in the same room. I'm an unapologetic feminist, the founder of Dancing Dogs Yoga in Atlanta, and I spent years coordinating legal observers for the ACLU of Georgia.
Every retreat I lead runs on ceremony, curiosity, and deep respect for the places we visit and the people who live there. Come as you are. Leave lit up.
Meet ShelleySold out and still talking about it
Galápagos · Croatia · Morocco · MallorcaOur crews have sailed the Dalmatian coast on a yacht, greeted sunrise from the Sahara dunes, met giant tortoises in the Galápagos, and watched the sun go dark over Mallorca. Every one of those trips sold out.
I have traveled a lot. This trip was definitely one of the most amazing adventures I have taken… Shelley put an incredible amount of time and effort making sure all the little details were taken care of.
We saw more in 11 nights than I imagined was possible. The Sahara Desert was an unreal pinch me moment.
This trip was transformative in so many ways!… The yoga was great, even for a beginner like me! Obviously the solar eclipse was icing on the cake.
This was my THIRD retreat with DDY and it was MAGICAL… Shelley is a phenomenal host and is a wealth of knowledge in yoga and international travel.
I came on the trip as a solo traveler, so I only knew Shelley. By the end of the trip, I made numerous friends… You make forever connections on this trip.
The DDY Travel Retreat to Bali 2025 was nothing short of transformational… I left Bali grounded, recharged, and deeply grateful for the community.
Pull up a chair. Hear the story. Change the world.