Costa Rica Yoga Spa has had its share of Ashtanga, Kundalini and Anusara-inspired yoga this month. Monica, our yoga instructor has returned from a yoga retreat she taught in Aruba. It’s so good to have her back.

We have a new guest chef, Hayley Andberg, from Santa Barbara, California. Hayley is learning Spanish and surfing in between cooking. We continue to use our remarkably talented local chefs as well, who always add that “gourmet” flare to our local cuisine. Our organic garden is being replanted with new goodies right now and our herb garden is expanding as well. Every couple of weeks different local fruits and vegetables begin to ripen and find our way to our table.

Marcelo, from Argentina, has been performing Temascal sweat lodges on Playa Pelada for Costa Rica Yoga Spa guest and the sweats have been unbelievably remarkable with everyone coming out of the lodge and going into the ocean then to the fire and then back for another round, amazing! Darin, one of the owners has been giving surf lessons and nature adventures in the mountains behind Nosara. The 50-foot waterfal next to the yoga pavillion has been flowing nonstop since the rains hit giving a pleasant sound during the yoga practices.

Looking forward to another amazing yoga teacher training from Ashley Ludman starting here July 3rd and again there will be an international mix of people. Surfing in Nosara has been really big lately wich was great for a national surf event last week. We are still waiting on the Olive Ridley turtles to come in on their arribada for all of us to view, hopefully this weekend! We are also looking forward to Sara Antes from upstate New York to be joining the staff her soon, very exciting stuff.

Well a whole lot of peace and a whole lot of love to you all and looking forward to rolling out a mat for you real soon at one of our upcoming retreats!

Namaste

On the first day of yoga teacher training our fearless leader Ashley introduced us to a new word: kula. She explained to us that kulas come in many shapes and sizes and that they are comprised of a group of people who co-exist and find support in one another. She also explained that by living together for three weeks up on this mountain we would be creating a similar type of community. Thus, the kula was born…

10: We always encourage each other to try new things, like backbends, inversions, and the first time they brought me out to the Tropicana bar.

9: We help push Darren’s car and/or golf cart to the mechanic each time it breaks down.

8: When in doubt we’re not afraid to palpate one another.

7: “disfunctional family” dinners.

6: We always share our “chit” with each other.

5: We read bedtime stories from the Bhagavad Gita. (just try it, you’ll sleep like a baby).

4: We’re not afraid to show our inner Shakti, or any other parts of our bodies.

3: We throw 30 second dance parties every time someone does something cool.

2: We love a good adventure, sweat lodge, visit to the witchdoctor, meditation at the graveyard, and generally anything else the rest of the population would consider taboo.

1: We know the true importance of our community and through the ups and downs of spending 200+ hours together in 21 days, we always stick by our KULA!

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