NUSTAR launches wellness month with Inside Flow Yoga session

NUSTAR Resort Cebu is putting the access question front and center: its wellness month opens with an Inside Flow Yoga session that is free only for invited hotel guests, not a public drop-in class. The August program shows how the resort is packaging yoga as part of a wider guest experience, with two ballroom sessions, a charity run, and wellness branding tied directly to the property.

The resort launched In Full Balance at an exclusive press event at Fili Ballroom on June 15, positioning it as NUSTAR’s signature wellness platform for Wellness Month in August 2026. Vincent Fajarda, vice president for marketing of NUSTAR Resort Cebu, said the platform is designed around wellness, movement, mindful living, and community. NUSTAR is framing the campaign as part of a bigger effort to strengthen Cebu City’s identity as a destination for wellness, sports, and leisure.

The yoga itself is specific and limited. Jenifer Martinez, also known as Yogi Jen, will lead Inside Flow Yoga on August 8 at the NUSTAR Ballroom. The format combines yoga, music, and mindful movement, and NUSTAR says the session will be free for hotel guests by invitation. A second wellness session follows on August 14, when Lotte Edwards will lead Sound Healing at the Grand Ballroom, also free for invited hotel guests.

NUSTAR is pairing those sessions with its first-ever NUSTAR Run on August 23. Cebu’s newest and first female race director, Janice Pasculado, will lead the event, which will benefit the Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko Foundation. The resort expects the run to draw participants from Cebu and neighboring regions, adding a more public-facing element to a month that otherwise begins inside the hotel’s own guest ecosystem.

That split matters. NUSTAR, which opened in 2022 and describes itself as the first and only integrated resort in Visayas and Mindanao, is clearly using yoga, sound healing, and movement programming as part of a broader hospitality strategy rather than a one-off amenity. Its location on Kawit Island in South Road Properties, about a 30-minute ride from Mactan-Cebu International Airport via the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway or a private dock transfer, is part of that pitch, along with Fili Hotel NUSTAR Cebu’s claim as the Philippines’ first authentic Filipino five-star hotel. For Cebu’s yoga scene, the signal is clear: the resort wants wellness to feel less like a private perk and more like a defining part of the destination.