ExploreNourishConnect Costa Rica Retreat
May 31 - June 7, 2025
NOURISH
Your body with healthy meals
Your senses with nature
Your mind with serenity
CONNECT
To beautiful surroundings
Feelings of community
Your deeper self
Mindful movement, conscious breathing, gifts of nature and a chance to retreat from the demands of daily life will give you a reset. Stay with us for 8 days and 7 nights at the beautiful Blue Osa to experience a deep reset and return to your life feeling renewed and refreshed.
EXPLORE
Intelligently Sequenced Yoga
Healing Power of Breath
Mindfulness Practice
All practices can be tailored to where you are in your practice whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced practitioner. In our discussions we will dive into the origins of yoga and what present day research can teach us about the healing and health enhancing effects of this ancient practice. We will gain an appreciation of how mindful movement can promote our well-being on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. With 18 + years of experience teaching and extensive training, I will do my best to lead you through practices that can be transformative. My aim is to provide you the setting and the experiences that have positive effects on your life even after the retreat is over.
Sample Schedule
7:30am Breakfast
9:00am Satsang (Discussion)
9:30am Focused Practice
Noon Lunch
Free Time
4:30 pm Mindful Movement Practice
6:30 pm Dinner
Topics of discussion: History of Yoga 8 Limbed Path of Yoga Psychosocial Explanation of Chakras Principles of Mindfulness Heart Brain Coherence Research on Mindful Movement
Practices Focused Sequences: Sun and Moon Salutations Hip and Shoulder Opening Standing and Arm Balances Core Cultivation Warrior Sequences All level inversions Mindful Movement Practices will be creative and attainable for all. Mindfulness and Breath Practices instruction will deepen your experience of being in the present and introduce you to the healing practices of pranayama (breath). Prana Danda Yoga IF I can find a way to transport my dandas (flexible staff).
Yoga Teacher Training Path Attendance at this retreat is a wonderful way to begin your teacher training through Kaya Mindful Movement. Fifteen hours of the retreat will count towards the 200-hour Yoga Alliance training program. The rest of the program is delivered online or in person if you are local to Yorba Linda, California. Please let me know if you are interested in exploring the yoga teacher training path.
Why go on a retreat?
Reasons why taking the time to attend a retreat is a valuable investment in your health and well being.
Heart Health
Lifestyle changes for a healthy heart consists of a plant-based diet, cardio exercise, stress management and making connections with others according the research on reversing heart disease. Experiencing one week of this lifestyle can get you started on living a healthier way.
Healing Effect of Nature
Connecting to nature is a powerful way to self-healing. To the extent that we are disconnected from nature can indicate loneliness or isolation. A retreat is a chance to slow down your life and take the time to bathe in the healing influence of the beach and rainforests.
Brain Health
Research has long shown that physical exercise improves mental health. Physical activity can improve sleep and contribute to improved mood and quality of life. Two yoga practices, breath practice and mindfulness meditations daily will contribute to your mental and brain health.
Explore Nourish Connect
Included in your retreat are three table to farm meals daily (dinner on arrival and breakfast on departure days only), two yoga practices, mindfulness and breath practice, and yoga topic discussions each day. Transports to and from San Jose airport to Blue Osa are included. You will have free time to enjoy the ocean nearby, beautiful grounds and $50 credit towards a spa service of your choice. Excursions can be arranged through Blue Osa at your cost.
Kaya Mindful Movement
We are dedicated to sharing mindful practices that are accessible to all and informed by modern knowledge
while honoring ancient yoga practices.
Yoga History and Philosophy
Tiramalu Krishnamacharya (1888-1989) is the major influence in yoga evolving in the West. He was the teacher of four key yogis who spread the practice of yoga throughout the world: Indra Devi, Pattabi Jois, B.K.S.Iyengar and his son, T.K.V. Desikachar.
Mindfulness Practices
Jon Kabat-Zinn studied meditation with Buddhist monks in India before developing the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction practice at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1979. He distilled Buddhist teachings into mindfulness meditation as we know it in the West.
Scientific Research
Yoga has been studied scientifically since the 1900's. However, its popularity has grown the most in the last 20 years. More studies are being conducted constantly to quantify the many ways that yoga and other mindful practices improve our health and well being.
ROOMS
ACCOMODATIONS
Included
Airport Shuttle to and from Blue Osa and Puente Jimenez Airport
7 nights accommodations with daily housekeeping
3 meals a day (dinner on arrival and breakfast at departure)
2 yoga sessions each day
Yoga discussions
Yoga mats and props
Yoga practice space
Use of yoga deck
Secluded jungle beach and swimming access nearby
Chlorine-free pool
$50 gift certificate to a spa service
13% Costa Rica Hotel Tax
WiFi
Not Included
Flights to and from San Jose Airport
Domestic flights to and from Puente Jimenez Airport
Adventure Tours
Airport Shuttle if you arrive before the start or after the end of the retreat
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