a beautiful yoga retreat on the beach

Renew, Reset & Rejuvenate In Costa Rica: A Blue Zone Inspired Retreat!

Explore and draw from the proven knowledge of the Blue Zone philosophy as an opportunity to Renew, Reset and Rejuvenate!

Yogamour would like to invite you to join our cOMmunity from September 23 to September 30, 2023, as we travel the to the Pacific Coast and lush jungles of the Blue Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica! This retreat will be an opportunity to create space for a lifestyle more in rhythm with cOMmunity and nature. We will draw from the proven knowledge of the Blue Zone philosophy as an opportunity to Renew, Reset and Rejuvenate!

The days will be your choice! Take time to sit by the pool, take a walk on the beach, treat yourself to the Blue Osa Spa, or go on an adventure! Blue Osa Adventures offer lots of exciting activities, and a chance to explore one of the most biodiverse places on earth by land, water, and air. Whether you’re taking a yoga class, zipping through the Costa Rican canopy, kayaking the mangroves, strolling the 3 mile coastline, surfing, horseback riding, or hiking the off-the-beaten path jungle trails to the falls (some of the guided activities will be an additional cost…learn more HERE), you’ll experience the natural wonders of the Osa Peninsula.
At the Blue Osa Retreat and Spa Center, all rooms are intentionally eco-friendly designed with ocean views. Each day will begin with silence until 7:30am accompanied by tea or coffee, and then a gentle morning yoga flow, followed by a Blue Osa Farm-to-Table breakfast. The days will be your choice! Take time to sit by the pool, take a walk on the beach, treat yourself to the Blue Osa Spa, or go on an adventure! Blue Osa Adventures offers lots of exciting activities, and a chance to explore one of the most biodiverse places on earth by land, water, and air. Whether you’re taking a yoga class, zipping through the Costa Rican canopy, kayaking the mangroves, strolling the 3 mile coastline, surfing, horseback riding, or hiking the off-the-beaten path jungle trails to the falls (some of the guided activities will be an additional cost…learn more HERE), you’ll experience the natural wonders of the Osa Peninsula.

The Blue Osa Spa Menu offers a healthy bounty of wellness services. Inspired by the purity of the natural surroundings, this award winning spa has created a holistic approach to treating mind, body, and spirit. Only natural rainforest botanicals and various Ayurvedic healing modalities are used for treatments.

Our days will begin with an offering of silent meditation followed by a yoga flow class led by Geni Donnelly, and after a day of optional activities and farm-to-table meals, our evenings will melt into a magical Restorative Yoga Practice infused with the healing vibrations of the Tibetan Singing Bowls let by Beccah Bartlett. There will cOMmunity activities, chat circles and dharma talks sprinkled throughout the week led by Regina Flanigan.

We are excited to be sharing this Retreat with our cOMmunity and beyond! Join us for a transformational adventure in this lush and magical Blue Zone Inspired location!

Sep, 23 — Sep, 30 | $Contact for details

What's Included

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

Transportation

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

Yoga

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

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.

Girls Enjoying Blue Osa Retreat | Blue Osa

Accommodations

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

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