Free to Be : Pura Vida Yoga Retreat

“A gathering of mindful, open-minded yogis in the jungle.”

Be in nature. Be in your body. Be still. Be quiet. Be adventurous. Be free.

Spend a week with us in paradise as we explore yoga, meditation and contemplative practices that will elevate your freedom finding.

Get out of the culture of distraction. Break the cycle of busy. Push the culture away and create peace for yourself to explore your creativity and assert your need for space and rest.

This yoga retreat at Blue Osa is an opportunity to become more mindful, to be present with yourself, and to uncover what you value most in life so you can live authentically. Sometimes, we have to step outside of the daily grind so we can define and redefine ourselves and our purpose.

Jen will curate yoga classes that break our self-perceived limitations.

Meagan will help you tap into spiritual exploration and internal reflection to help you clarify your values and how to align with them in daily living. Breath work sessions will also be sprinkled into our sessions throughout the week to enhance your experiences.

The combination of expert yoga, spiritual guidance, and amazing Costa Rican adventure will make for a spirtually awakening week!

Mar, 9 — Mar, 16 | $3385

How To Register

Email Jennifer at [email protected]
Or Meagan at [email protected]

About Your Yoga Instructors:

JENNIFER BEYT COFFIN – E-RYT 200
Jennifer Beyt Coffin loves yoga. You will see her passion when you work with her. Yoga has been a transformative force in her life, which has helped her through tough times, taught her patience, and kept her physically fit and sane for 30 years.

Jen loves a good prop and some leverage in her yoga, so over the years, she has honed her skills in using blocks, straps, chairs, and bolsters to refine her practice and help her students lessen the learning curve.

She has studied with many of the greats in the yoga world but considers her students her biggest influencers. Their ability to be humbled and challenged with smiles and love in their hearts inspires her to grow as a teacher. Jen’s goal is to encourage her students to find the therapeutic benefits of their practice, be it vigorous or more passive, so that it may be a lifelong endeavor.

MEAGAN HENRY – UU MINISTER
Meagan is a Unitarian Universalist minister located in Brooklyn, NY. She has served progressive faith communities as an educator and spiritual leader since 1996. Meagan brings her deep commitment to community-building and her passion for growing intercultural understanding to her spiritual and meditation practices. Her yoga practice is grounded in experiencing embodiment as a vital piece of spiritual growth. She grounds her practices and teachings in an integration of mind, body, and spirit.

What's Included

Blue Osa Dessert | Blue Osa

Meals

Three delicious farm-to-table meals per day using homegrown, organic ingredients, plus snacks and more to keep you energized and satisfied the whole week long.

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Accommodations

Intentionally designed beachfront eco-friendly rooms with ocean views and the use of the 25-meter pool.

Take a flight to the osa peninsula || Blue Osa Yoga Retreat || Skyway

Transportation

Airport transfer from Puerto Jimenez to Blue Osa and return taxes.

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Yoga

Daily yoga classes and yoga props including mats, blocks and straps.

“I would like to send you a quick note to thank you for the week in Costa Rica. It was the first time i have been on a Yoga retreat. Being new to Yoga, having only done it for the last year, I was a bit apprehensive about joining people I did not know and who I assumed were at a much more advance level than I. You immediately put my concerns to rest. My practice changed at an amazing pace under your tuition, making sure I was holding poses correctly and guiding me at every turn. I learnt so much in such a short time that it has given me the confidence to develop a life’s practice. I truly thank you for the tuition, guidance and encouragement you showed me. I would love to do it again and look forward to hearing about any further retreats that you might be considering.”
— Laurence Woolford, United Kingdom

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