Our Costa Rica Surf Yoga Retreat provides a harmonious balance of natural beauty, adventure, wellness and spiritual connection. Your experience will be seamlessly guided by our trusted facilitators so that you can fully immerse yourself in personal growth, self love and healing on this path. This Sacred Path inspires transformation through yoga, surfing and the power of nature as we awaken to our full potential!
Our Intention
We invite you to join our family in Costa Rica! Sacred Paths retreats are intentional journeys for the soul. For more than a decade, Sacred Paths Yoga has shared life enhancing offerings at carefully selected sacred locations around the world. We have been offering courses in Mal Pais, Costa Rica since our founding and are honored to consider it one of our Sacred Paths Yoga homes. The facilitators for our Costa Rica Surf Yoga Retreats are all professional Yoga Teachers and life long surfers who will be guiding the course both on the mat and in the water. Our Surf Yoga Retreat Surf Instructors are all local Costa Ricans who hold surf teacher certifications.
This transformational experience provides much more than a typical retreat and will leave you feeling reconnected with nature and your true nature. All of our retreats are curated to meet your intentions with mindfully developed scheduling and programming that provides potent life enhancing experiences with the power to transform and awaken your spirit. This retreat is steeped in intention, yoga, meditation, ritual, spirituality, Earth Medicine and of course surfing to expand your body and mind.
Yoga
During the retreat we will have the opportunity to practice Yoga Asana each day. Our classes are all level accessible Mindful Vinyasa Flow & Hatha Flow guided by our facilitators who each have more than a decade of teaching experience. We will also be sharing a Surf Recovery Inspired Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra. Yoga classes will will mostly take place in the morning but will be dependent on the tides and swell.
Surf
Surfing is an integral part of our lives. The connection that you build with the ocean and nature through surfing will leave you feeling blissful and energized. During the retreat we will be carefully watching the tides, wind and swell direction to determine the best location to have our surf lessons. We have over 15 different surf breaks to choose from!
Surf Instructors
With a 3 to 1 student to teacher ratio, you can rest assured that you will be safe and supported in the water while receiving personalized attention to advance your surf practice. Our surf instructors are CPR, first-aid, and Lifeguard certified, and hold the highest level of ISA surf-instruction certification. Not to mention, they are in-the-know of where to find the best breaks for your surfing level and will be your biggest cheerleaders!
Our team of professional, certified surf instructors are here to share their passion, knowledge and stoke with you! All levels of experience are welcome and our guides will support you in taking your skills to the next level. During our Sacred Surf retreat, you will experience 5 surf lessons curated to meet your needs. Expect to overcome challenges and limiting beliefs, gain confidence, trust and new techniques all while remembering how to have fun!
Why Visit Costa Rica?
Known for its beautiful beaches, volcanoes and biodiversity, Costa Rica is a nature lover’s paradise! A quarter of the land is made up of national parks and protected jungle, the largest in the world as a percentage of the country’s territory. Home to a rich variety of flora and fauna and diverse wildlife including spider monkeys, the quetzal bird and the three-toed sloth, Costa Rica has only 0.03% of the world’s landmass, but is estimated to contain 5% of the world’s biodiversity. Costa Rica offers a variety of landscapes, microclimates and something for everyone. Whether it is adventure, enjoying some of the best surfing, hiking or relaxation that you are seeking, this location will provide it all.
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About The Host
Ramon Taliani
Ramon Taliani is a Costa Rican Proffesional surfer and owner of the Nalu Surf Shop & School in Santa Teresa. Ramon has an intimate knowledge of all the local breaks along with being an integral part of the Costa Rica surfing community. Known for his soft energy and kindness, Ramon is one of the top surf instructors in Costa Rica and the lead surf instructor and organizer of our Surf Retreat lessons.
FAQ
What is the style of yoga practiced?
The style of yoga we share is a mindful vinyasa flow based practice that allows one to find connection and embark upon an insightful journey within. We link breath and movement to emphasize meditation and to find stillness in motion. This practice become a sacred prayer to our body, to access the stillness of the mind and to connect with spirit. The experience is deeply intentional as we honor yogic philosophy and invite our soul to look inward and find peace with what is present.
Our sequence is rooted in traditional Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa practices but has evolved to meet the needs of the modern yogi. We offer a holistic and well rounded approach, balancing the Yin and Yang, the passive and active, the lunar and solar, the feminine and masculine energies to leave one feeling centered and harmonious. Not only does this practice offer physical benefits, but it works on the energetic and spiritual forms as well, tapping into the wisdom of ancient yogic teachings while connecting to Earth Medicine and exploring the Elements as a path to transformation and Union with all that is.
We build a solid foundation for our students to then expand upon as they find their voices as teachers or in their own personal practice. We emphasis an embodied understanding of poses and alignment, intelligent sequencing and transitions while embracing grace, ease and fluidity. With this deeper awareness and understanding of the body, we can come into full alignment with mind, body, spirit and our life’s purpose.
How long do I need to practice yoga for to join?
There are no requirements to join, so long as you have an interest in yoga and meditation and a desire to deepen that connection. We do recommend to cultivate a steady personal practice prior to arrival if possible to prepare your body and mind for the journey ahead. We offer online videos that you can practice along with to prepare.