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25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now

There is a little something for everyone in Costa Rica.

AND!

At Blue Osa, we truly have it all.

Whether you are into yoga, food, birding, adventure, gardening, or just plain fun, you can customize the experience you would like to have.

Michael, our onsite manager, is also one of our local photographers. We asked him to put together a list of some of the most beautiful moments at Blue Osa.

So here is Micheal’s 25 fantastic reasons why you will want to pack your bags and visit us right now!

1. Yoga by the pool.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Yoga by the pool

2. Be surrounded by a supportive community.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Tree

3. Daily detox smoothies.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Smoothies

4. We are graced with so many different species of hummingbirds.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Nature Hummingbird

5. From our farm to your table – bananas and plantains.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Nature Bananas

6. Secluded beach walks are always a favorite pastime.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now secluded beach

7. We are graced with so many species of butterflies.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Nature and Butterflies

8. We are surrounded by a beautiful rainforest that greets you as soon as you arrive.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Entrance

9. There are flowers everywhere.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Fresh Lavender

10. We get these amazing full moons that you have never seen anywhere else!

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Ful moon

11. Sometimes these little guys drop in to say hello.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Gladiator frog

12. Friends are always around to cheer you on.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Good Friends

13. Everyday we are reminded to be grateful.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Nature

14. Have you worked out with Rafa?

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Employees

15. Please meet our neighbors!

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Birds

16. Everyday brings its own magic.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Beach

17. Fresh vegetables from the Blue Osa Garden.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Farm-to-table

18. And more butterflies.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Butterflies

19. Discover new ways to ride horseback?

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Horse

20. Baby sea turtles on our own beach!

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Baby Sea Turtles

21. Wake up and be surrounded by beauty every single morning.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Beauty

22. Have you ever seen the blue morpho?

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Morpho Butterfly

23. Poison dart frogs are so cool!

And they are not really poisonous unless you put them in your mouth. And they are really cool to photograph.

25 Fantastic Reasons To Pack Your Bags And Visit Blue Osa Right Now Golfo Dulce poinson dark frog

24. Mouth watering smoothies!

mouth watering smoothies

25. Desserts baked fresh daily.

Mango Cheesecake

About the Photographer

michael blue osa managerSince 2010, Michael was the manager of Blue Osa, ever mindful of a simple goal: “Keep our guests happy.” Along with welcoming guests and scheduling tours, he is busy behind the scenes working with a staff of 18 and personally engaged in tasks ranging from changing toilets, gardening, and building cabinets.

Born and bred on the Osa Peninsula, Michael grew up surrounded by animals. Caring for his family’s pigs, horses, and chickens, he would also take long walks deep into the woods bordering his family’s farm. “I loved the solitude of the rainforest. And there were so many animals! Toucans, agutis, jagarundis, monkeys.”

Teaching methodology + practicum

  • Learn how to lead and market successful yoga retreats
  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, and instruction.

  • Learn different teaching styles.

  • You’ll learn specific techniques that will enable you to easily teach all levels

  • You’ll also learn how to sequence your asanas to create a natural, therapeutic and transformative arcs in your classes

  • Learn the qualities of effective teaching

  • Learn the business aspects of being a yoga teacher and gain the building blocks of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • Identify your spiritual stance so you can step into it as a source of strength
  • Identify walls and develop strategies to take them down
  • Create a support network and support strategies and have them in place when you leave
  • Complete a physical and spiritual adventure challenge
  • Learn the business aspects of building a thriving yoga career
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Go further in your anatomy training
  • Learn how to access muscle function
  • How to sequence transformational yoga classes
  • Learn the energetic and deeper sublime effects of asana
  • The science and application of Mantra
  • Design classes based on Ayurvedic principles
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.).

Anatomy & Physiology

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to sequence and structure transformational 60 and 90-minute classes
  • Practical experience teaching postures, classes, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation techniques
  • Yoga Nidra, as taught by the Himalayan tradition and Western tradition
  • Learn how to conduct and lead fire rituals
  • Kundalini Yoga techniques
  • Learn the subtle energetic aspects of yoga like the Koshas and chakras
  • Kriya Yoga and Laya Yoga

Advance Your Own Practice in Yoga

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn techniques in pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to structure and sequence transformational classes
  • Practical experience in teaching postures, sequencing, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation and meditation techniques that come from the Himalayan tradition

Develop a Rock Solid Practice in Yoga

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Develop an understanding of basic anatomy
  • Learn about muscle function and how to improve it (something you will not learn in any other YTT)
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.)
  • The study of both the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns)
  • Skills to teach yoga classes suited to all levels of practice.

Anatomy & Physiology

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • An in-depth study and application of the Yoga Sutra
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Teaching methodology + practicum

Get hands-on practice teaching so that you’ll be able to teach on day one after the training is finished. You will:

  • Practice teaching in small and large groups

  • Be ready to teach yoga as soon as you leave the yoga teacher training

  • Get hands-on experience teaching and give/receive feedback

  • Practice assisting students

  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting and instruction

  • Learn different teaching styles

  • Learn qualities of effective teaching and adjust to the student’s process of learning

  • Learn the business aspects of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials