FREEDOM Exclusive Use Group Package

This package is offered to support group leaders who would like to have exclusive use of Blue Osa with no other overnight guests.

The FREEDOM Exclusive Use Group Leader Package includes exclusive use of Blue Osa during your weeklong retreat, our deluxe Freedom penthouse suite, and a complimentary cocktail party on the night you arrive.

Peak Season: December 15 through April 30: $26,999
Green Season: May 1 to December 14: $23,999

Included in the FREEDOM Exclusive Use Group Package:

• Exclusive use of Blue Osa
• Group size of 1 to 27 people.
• 12 rooms to fill as you wish. This includes the deluxe Penthouse suite. (The total amount of beds – 32. Scroll down to see the room chart.)
• Room 8 to 11 come with air-conditioning.
• Included in the package are complimentary lodgings + meals for a group leader + assistant
• 3 meals daily, breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• The 13% Costa Rica Hotel Tax
• $50 gift certificate to all of your guests towards a spa service
• A complimentary cocktail party before dinner on the day of your arrival
• A complimentary 60 min spa massage to the group leader (1 group leader)
• A 1 1/2 hour guided morning hike at 5:00am (We usually catch glimpses of some wildlife. Encourage participants to bring their binoculars.)
• Access to a secluded jungle beach with swimming access (50 meters from the dining area)
• Access to Blue Osa’s pool + sacred shrine walk
• Access to Blue Osa’s Buddha Bar juice/smoothie bar made fresh daily in the day, and farm-to-table cocktails are served at night.
• Daily housekeeping service
• Daily cleaning service of the yoga studio
• Roundtrip shuttle service on the day your retreat begins and the day your retreat ends to and from Puerto Jimenez airport.
• Room 13, also known as the Moksha suite, may be added for a fee of $3500, for 1 to 3 people. (If available.)

If the group exceeds 27 people:
We add a supplemental fee of $650 for each additional person that exceeds 27 people.

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