The best surf & yoga hotels · Santa Teresa
Habitas Santa Teresa
Habitas opened in Santa Teresa in December 2023 — thirty-four rooms and seven glamping tents on a site five minutes' walk from the beach. The Habitas model is consistent across its properties: factory-manufactured structures assembled on site, indigenous materials, local construction labour, a yoga programme running daily alongside a music and events calendar, single-use plastic eliminated from the operation. The Santa Teresa property adds a surf shack and beachfront infinity pool. The kitchen at Suawe is wood-fired. The recovery infrastructure is serious — cold plunges, sauna, hot tub, spa treatment rooms — designed around the assumption that guests are spending their mornings in the water. The RISE initiative, which funds community programmes through event revenue, operates here as it does across all Habitas properties. Adults only.
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The hotel
Yoga
Sustainability
THE YOGA
Daily movement and meditation starting before the onshore wind arrives. Cold plunge and sauna after. The infrastructure assumes you came to surf and practice, not to decide whether to.
The yoga shala runs daily classes — movement, meditation, breathwork — timed to the morning before the wind picks up. The recovery setup is designed to run alongside the surf programme: cold plunge, sauna, hot tub, treatment rooms. Habitas treats yoga and surf as one continuous physical practice rather than two separate amenities. That logic is visible in the schedule and in the architecture — the shala and the surf shack occupy the same site plan.
THE SUSTAINABILITY
Built in a factory, assembled on site. The building can be taken down without adverse environmental impact. Most structures at the beach cannot say that.
The Santa Teresa property follows the Habitas construction model: factory-manufactured, 3D-printed components assembled on site using local carpenters and indigenous materials, with a site footprint designed to be reversible. Single-use plastics are eliminated from the operation. A water management plan covers the property. The number of trees planted during construction matched the wood volume used in the build. The RISE initiative directs event and programming revenue to community reforestation and training programmes.
THE YOGA
Daily movement and meditation starting before the onshore wind arrives. Cold plunge and sauna after. The infrastructure assumes you came to surf and practice, not to decide whether to.
The yoga shala runs daily classes — movement, meditation, breathwork — timed to the morning before the wind picks up. The recovery setup is designed to run alongside the surf programme: cold plunge, sauna, hot tub, treatment rooms. Habitas treats yoga and surf as one continuous physical practice rather than two separate amenities. That logic is visible in the schedule and in the architecture — the shala and the surf shack occupy the same site plan.
THE SUSTAINABILITY
Built in a factory, assembled on site. The building can be taken down without adverse environmental impact. Most structures at the beach cannot say that.
The Santa Teresa property follows the Habitas construction model: factory-manufactured, 3D-printed components assembled on site using local carpenters and indigenous materials, with a site footprint designed to be reversible. Single-use plastics are eliminated from the operation. A water management plan covers the property. The number of trees planted during construction matched the wood volume used in the build. The RISE initiative directs event and programming revenue to community reforestation and training programmes.
