HARD TO BEAT THIS YOGA RETREAT

The sessions also give structure to the day and I don’t feel restless on my sun lounger like I sometimes do on beach-based holidays. Also, I feel a whole lot better about stripping down to my bikini after doing so much planking and lunging.

That said, this isn’t a strict, no-fun-allowed trip. We certainly let loose on a catamaran day trip hosted by hilarious Captain Lincoln (“Antigua has 365 beaches. One for every... girlfriend”) and his motley young crew, quaffing rum punch and turning the stern into a dance floor.

It’s true they say there are enough beaches on Antigua to visit a different one every day of the year, and I fully intended to explore at least a couple of them, but with soft white sand, palm trees and azure seas on the doorstep of my beachfront room, I didn’t feel the need to venture out.

The evening after the boat trip is the only time a class feels significantly depleted (attendance isn’t compulsory, of course), so Jessica decides we’ll do a very chilled ‘yin’ style session, holding stretches for up to four minutes at a time.

So, I ask on the last day, how did we do as a group?

“I could see this morning the difference in people’s practice since the day they got here, and also their knowledge of the poses and the sequences,” Jessica says. “I’ve watched everyone go from strength to strength. You guys smashed it.”