This fall, a new kind of yoga retreat will be offered at Vida Asana Eco-Lodge Retreat in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. Body, Mind, and Spirit Yoga retreat offers a journey of recovery from compulsive overeating and food addiction. This fall, Fort Lauderdale, FL yoga teacher Helene Kopel is offering a retreat connecting the body, mind, and spirit. But, this isn’t your ordinary yoga and meditation r...

If you practice yoga on a regular basis and are looking for the opportunity to learn more about this discipline or even become an instructor, here is the chance. Antonio Corrales and Dahiana Chaves, certified yoga instructors, will be offering a course that will begin on May 6 and will extend for three months. Classes will be scheduled during the weekends from 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. and the work...

Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy, located in Nicoya, Costa Rica, is proud to support Las Divinas, an empowerment effort geared towards teen girls who are impoverished. The group is organized by Associacion CREAR, which aids these girls in self-esteem and education. To promote knowledge of the cause, and to support the group, the school held a yoga class for them. All CREAR teens who attende...

Costa Rica is a nation often associated with yoga retreatsas well as with the decriminalized use of marijuana (as long as it is discreet). To this effect, it should not be surprising to learn that yoga and cannabis are also two popular search terms among viewers of Internet pornography in Costa Rica. According to PornHub, a very popular destination for online porn viewers from Costa Rica and fr...

Blue Zone Retreat Costa Rica Tambor, Costa Rica -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/31/2016 --Encouraging harmony, well-being, and a centered experience for their guests, Blue Zones Rejuvenation Retreat makes summer plans. Situated in the heart of Costa Rica, the wellness center promises seclusion in paradise. How so? Blue Zones treats the whole body via healing diets and detox programs, massage therapy in...

Four Seasons Costa Rica Nestled between two idyllic beaches on Costa Rica's exclusive Peninsula Papagayo, Central and South America's only Forbes Five-Star resort launches phase one of its Pura Vida For All Wellness Program. The four-hour program is inspired by the pura vida way of life Costa Rica is known for. Created exclusively by Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica, the initiative brings togeth...

SANTA TERESA, COSTA RICA (PRWEB) APRIL 28, 2016 - Vajra Sol’s life-balance focused yoga retreats, which include a surfing or stand up paddling component, have a strong appeal to women and men who have demanding work schedules and pressured personal responsibilities as a pleasurable way to diminish stress that accumulates over time. The retreats are hosted at an upscale, beachfront resort in the b...

Vajra Yoga SANTA TERESA, COSTA RICA (PRWEB) MARCH 03, 2016 - The year 2016 marks 10 years since Vajra Sol began as a yoga retreats company in Costa Rica offering a new style of travel to an upcoming and coming niche in the growing industry. They attribute the business’s success in a competitive market of yoga and wellness vacations to a few key and finely formulated components that have earned t...

Source: El Sabanero San Francisco, California (PRWEB) March 01, 2016 - Drishti Yoga Teacher Training announces a return to Costa Rica for the 3rd Year. The Yoga Training Retreat will take place at the updated Eco Lodge, El Sabanero, with new features for Yoga and will also highlight a Guest Teacher. “We are thrilled to be hosting our 2016 Costa Rica Yoga Teacher Training Retreat at El Saban...

Press Advantage - The Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy has announced the presence of the Costa Rica School of Yoga on their Playa Samara campus. With this addition students will be able to take part in yoga teacher training. Those who sign up now will be able to enjoy a free week of teacher training in Nicoya. "We have focused on various elements of fitness for some time now and are so happ...

Source: Rythmia The Rythmia Life Advancement Center, a luxury resort in Costa Rica that made headlines in the past due to a controversial therapy that involved the use of a psychedelic substance, has reformed its operations and is now offering holistic vacations. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, Rythmia was mostly known for its use of Ibogaine, a substance extracted from a few...

Source: Three Jewels Three Jewels Retreats in Costa Rica offer an inspiring fusion of yoga, surfing, delicious eating and massage that wakes our bodies, clears our minds, touches our souls and connects us to the beauty of life. Indulge in twice daily yoga classes, surf lessons and access to excellent surfing, SUP (stand up paddle boarding), transformative massage, walks on the secluded beac...

Source: Carara Mountain January 04, 2016 – /PressAdvantage/ – Spanning 12,000 acres the Carara National Park in Costa Rica is a very popular national park. Attracting tourists from all across the globe, the National Park has been kept in its most natural form. The park is known for its waterfalls, botanical gardens and the near-by Carara Mountain ocean view community. The Carara Park 5 Star Oc...

AcroYoga AcroYoga is a dynamic partner practice that blends the wisdom of yoga, the dynamic power of acrobatics, and the loving kindness of healing arts. These three lineages form the foundation of a partner practice that cultivates trust, playfulness, and community. Jenny Sauer-Klein and Jason Nemer co-founded the practice in 2003, which has since touched the lives of hundreds of thousands...

Asclepios retreat Located in El Cacao, province of Alajuela, the Asclepios Wellness & Healing Center will host a special detox program from January 20th until January 24th, 2016. This is a perfect program for those who wish to start the New Year with a clean and invigorated mindset. Asclepios detox is a holistic program to cleanse your body from the inside. The special diet is created t...

Yogi Aaron NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 16, 2015 - Yogi Aaron’s narrative is one of empowerment, imbued with a sense of adventure. Having built his name as the creator of Hot Nude Yoga, Aaron chronicles the life of a self-described “timid mother’s boy” into an assured, self-made yogi exemplifying metamorphosis. In “Autobiography of a Naked Yogi” (published by Balboa Press), Aaron shares how his p...

Rhinebeck, NY (PRWEB) December 14, 2015 - Omega, a premier destination for wellness and lifelong learning in New York’s Hudson Valley, returns to its winter home in Costa Rica for the 6th year. Omega Costa Rica, offering more than 20 programs at Blue Spirit between January 9 and February 13, 2016, is nearly sold out. Opportunities to sample from a variety of programs with top teachers are still av...

San Jose, Costa Rica -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/30/2015 -- James Rick also known as "Mr. Full Potential" is offering his "Unleash Your Full Potential" a personal development, meditation, yoga retreat in Manuel Antonio on Dec 5th through 10th in a unique way: "Name Your Own Price". The retreat is all-inclusive: including accommodations, food, lessons and adventure. Attendees just pay their way to get t...

Source: Pandaho.com LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Oct 21, 2015) - Star Century Pandaho Corp. (OTCQB: SCPD) is pleased to announce that the company entered a strategic partnership and joint sales agreement with Eastech Electronic Co., Ltd. on August 21, 2015. Based on the agreement, both companies agreed to jointly develop, produce, and market the Pandaho LED Smart Lamp Model PD502. Eastech ...

Circle Yoga Press Release – Join Circle Yoga teachers Rebecca Bly and Mora Solano Lavin for six days in the Pacific Coast beach town of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. This retreat is designed for students of all levels to practice yoga and movement in a beautiful and peaceful setting. Yoga practices with Rebecca will focus on working deeply into the body to let go of physical tension in order to res...

Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 16, 2015 -- Spafinder Wellness 365™ today released part one of its annual State of Wellness Travel Report, revealing that the highest percentage of travel agents in the survey’s eight-year history expect growth in wellness travel for the current year (2015). Survey findings show the wellness travel sector, a global market estimated at $494 billion*, is expanding in dire...

Uvita, Costa Rica (PRWEB) August 12, 2015 -- Bodhi Surf School, a community-engaged surf and yoga camp in Uvita, Costa Rica, is proud to announce its 2015 My Ocean Guardian Journey Contest. The contest is an environmental essay and photo contest that aims to recognize individual actions that promote conservation and impact-reduction; moreover, it aims to give momentum to the grassroots movement to...

PR-Inside.com: 2015-08-07 -- Sacred Warrior’s Vanessa Chakour and powerhouse yogi, wellness educator and internationally known musician, Bibi McGill are running two back to back retreats in Costa Rica later this year, with a corresponding online course starting in October. The retreats will offer daily yoga and Sacred Warrior boxing, plant medicine, vegan meals, ceremony, jungle hikes with animals...

Digital Journal Press Release -- The Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy, a massage school in Samara, Nicoya, Costa Rica has launched their new 200 hour yoga teacher training on their beautiful campus. Classes will start in the summer of 2016 and people are encouraged to request information now and put their name in to ensure they lock in their spot for the classes. Debbie Krenz, from the Cost...

Playa Grande Playa Grande, Costa Rica, July 1, 2015 – The Hotel RipJack Inn located in Playa Grande, province of Guanacaste, is excited to announce that they are now compliant with all rules and regulations supporting disabled customers. "We are proud to be a fully compliant with Costa Rica’s new rules and regulations regarding access for people with disabilities," stated Annie Corredor the...

SANTA TERESA, COSTA RICA (PRWEB) June 19, 2015 -- Vajra Sol Yoga Adventures, specialists in yoga retreats to Costa Rica and Peru, today announced that it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor. Certificate of...

OSA PENINSULA, Costa Rica, June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Endangered sea turtles are returning home to the Osa Peninsula, an intensely diverse region in Costa Rica where Blue Osa Yoga Retreat is expanding its vision as an eco-resort. Today this includes programs where retreat guests work alongside local conservation organizations to reclaim turtle nesting grounds on local beaches. The pairing co...

Gisele Bunchen in Costa Rica. Source: Instagram Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, recently spent a period of ten days on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. According to a news report filed by entertainment reporter Allan Andino of national newspaper La Nacion, the public relations office of the Directorate of Immigration issued a communique indicating that Ms. Bundchen entered the country on J...

Tamarindo, Costa Rica, May 21, 2015 (Newswire) - Panacea de la Montaña, a yoga retreat in Costa Rica, will be on the road for a yoga adventure in Peru, to be held from October 11 to October 18 this year. The activity will let participants explore and have fun while doing yoga. The Peru retreat is a part of the said Costa Rica yoga spa adventures. It will take participants to the country’s sever...

MONTEZUMA, COSTA RICA, May 21, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ylang Ylang Beach Resort, a serene beach resort near Montezuma, Costa Rica, announced its all-inclusive Beach Front Yoga Retreat for August 16 to 22. Guests are invited to pack their bags and prepare themselves to be pampered by practicing Vinyasa to the flow of the waves; exploring beaches, creeks and waterfalls; meditating under the trees...

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica (PRWEB) May 05, 2015 -- Vajra Sol Yoga Adventures has been offering yoga and surfing retreats on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica for nine years. The company reports a 45% increase of solo women travelers this past high season, from November through April. It is a frequent misconception that yoga retreats are mainly for couples and young, experienced yogis. Vajra Sol’s g...

What is the best way to detox? Read up on this important health practice from the perspective of nutritionist/clinical herbalist Jill Ruttenberg, AHG of AmaTierra Retreat & Wellness Center in Turrubares, Costa Rica. "Like" them on Facebook to learn about special weekend detox retreats for local residents. From time to time our bodies need a break, a fresh start to give us more energy, and t...

This informative and comprehensive article was kindly provided to The Costa Rica Star by Jill Ruttenberg, yoga instructor and wellness director at the AmaTierra Retreat and Wellness Center. Once upon a time, when it came to physical practice, there was just Hatha Yoga from which all other modern-day styles emerged. Those who are new to yoga can get very confused by the many types that are offer...

Beautiful mountain forest views at AmaTierra In Costa Rica, there is a place where you can truly wash away stress and gain a new, healthy perspective on life. For countless people around the world, modern life is not conducive to relaxation due to its fast pace as well as countless factors that often make it difficult to just get through the day. At AmaTierra Retreat and Wellness Center in Cos...

Source: The Retreat Costa Rica The fastest-growing specialty segment of the tourism industry in Costa Rica focuses on combining luxury with sustainability and holistic wellness. Celebrity nutritionist Diana Stobo is one of the latest business persons who are venturing into this burgeoning segment. Here's the official press release on the retreat created by Ms. Stobo. ATENAS, Costa Rica, Mar...

Rachel Brathen at the Envision Festival. Source: Instagram One of the highlights of the recent Envision Festival in the pristine southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica was Rachel Brathen and her yoga sessions. Ms. Brathen is also known as Yoga Girl, and her yoga workshops and retreats in Costa Rica are legendary. In fact, she is currently conducting a Costa Rica yoga retreat at Selva Armonia in ...

Source: Vista Celestial Over the last few years, luxury has been one of the most visible trends within the tourism industry of Costa Rica. There used to be a time when traveling to Costa Rica meant modest accommodations, spartan customer service and functional transportation. To this effect, Costa Rica was mostly known as an ideal destination for backpackers and budget travelers. These days, how...

Source: El Sabanero New York, NY (PRWEB) January 21, 2015 - Drishti Yoga Teacher Training today announced that Kurt Reichenberger, owner of El Sabanero Eco Lodge near Tamarindo, Costa Rica has built a brand new yoga shala for their upcoming yoga teacher training in March 2015. For the second year in a row Drishti Yoga Teacher Training announces their Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica will...

Source: Flickr Commons (Newswire.net -- January 13, 2015) Santa Fe, NM – According to Dr. Hedy Kober, a neuroscientist at Yale University, meditation improves the brain and psychological functioning on a variety of levels. Kober, who says she began practicing meditation to cope with the stresses of ending a relationship, discovered that meditation helped her handle stress and other unpleasant ...

Source: Blue Osa The Active Times, a major online source of information about active, adventurous and healthy vacations, recently announced its Top Ten List of Health and Wellness Vacations for 2015, and Costa Rica made the list. The Active Times based its Top Ten picks on the following criteria:   For some, "getting away" not only means venturing to a quiet, calm and secluded retreat...