If you want to feel refreshed and want to take your vacation to whole new level through relaxation, consider yoga in Costa Rica. The many yoga retreats here will make sure that you return home with a renewed purpose and in tune with your natural self. Wellness resorts and yoga retreats are becoming more and more popular in Costa Rica because of its serene rain forests and beaches. Imagine getting laid back in a rain forest while you discover your inner peace. Yoga is quickly taking over the country and many of the popular resorts here are making it available for visitors on site. It has become such a norm in Costa Rica that a lot of resorts and hotels even put it at the forefront of their experience for the guests. Yoga is available in Costa Rica in all forms, so whether you are a casual person or an intense believer of yoga, you’re bound to find a retreat to satisfy your inner yogi.
With so many options, finding the right Yoga retreat with the best trainers and programs can be tough and confusing especially if you are visiting for the first time. We have collected a list of Yoga retreats that offer nearly all kinds of yoga programs along with professional and certified trainers that put you through yoga all week around.
Where to Find Yoga in Costa Rica
The Goddess Garden, Playa Grande, Cahuita
The Goddess Garden is a popular yoga retreat that offers a place for meditation, yoga and transformation. The resort is well known throughout Costa Rica for being on a prime location with tons of gardens, comfortable accommodations and delicious meals. Their meditation and Yoga Retreat program is based on 6 days with instruction and offers the following:
- Daily classes of yoga
- Ancient yogic methods
- Meditation classes on a daily basis
- Jacuzzi and outdoor swimming pool
- Guided tour of the Cahuita National Park
- Accommodation for 6 nights
- 3 healthy meals daily
El-Sabanero Eco Lodge Yoga Retreat
The retreat offers daily yoga classes alongside meditation, chakra balancing workshops, pranayama, and more. You are also offered diet tips along with delicious gourmet vageterian meals that make sure you stay fit and healthy during your trip. Their revitalize and Harmonize yoga retreat program includes the following:
- 2 classes of yoga daily
- Activities designed for all ages and expertise levels
- Chakra balancing workshops that teaches you to get your energy flowing
- nutrition and diet tips for a long lasting healthy life
- 3 meals based on gourmet vegetarian diet daily
- accommodation for 5 nights.
La Carolina Lodge, Bijagua
La Carolina Lodge offers a retreat that makes you spend the first two days at the lodge which is located in the tropical jungle that is near the Tenorio Volcano National Park. There is a 170 acre farm and ranch that welcomes you to a view of fresh water river and the lush tropical forest around it. The Delightful Yoga Retreat program here offers the following for visitors:
- 1 class of yoga daily
- horseback tour on site
- hike trip on the Tenorio Volcano National Park
- Transportation during the entire retreat
- accommodation for 7 nights
- Vegetarian meals every day
Yoga at Tiffany’s Costa Rica Yoga Retreat Program
This program is offered at the famous Pranamar Oceanfront Villas and Yoga Retreat. Located in the heart of a jungle with the sea on the border makes sure that your soul aligns with your body when you join their exhale yoga retreat program. Pranamar Villas and Retreat are built on the beach of Playa Santa which gives you an extra option of enjoying yoga along the beach. The 7 days Exhale Yoga Retreat program offers the following:
- 1 class of yoga daily
- nature experience on par with the best offered in the country
- Access to the beach of Playa Santa Teresa
- Surfing and paddle boarding access
- Friendly ambience
- 6 nights stay
- 3 organic meals offered daily
- Excellent and picturesque view
Pura Vida Retreat and Spa, Alajuela Province
Pura Vida Retreat lets you enjoy the clouds of Costa Rica for 7 days with famous trainers Kelly Brookbank and Keith Fox. You will be training in the Kripalu and Vinyasa yoga with the trainers every day while Nidra yoga is also part of the program. You also have the opportunity to create your on mission workshop for 3 days that includes a lot more than the program itself. The 8 days Immersion into the mountains cloud yoga retreat program offers the following perks:
- 1 yoga session daily
- Vinyasa and Kripula Yoga
- Meditation and Pranayama sessions
- 7 nights stay
- Excellent healthy meals offered daily
- Chance to train under the renowned Kelly Brookbank and Keith Fox
Encanta La Vida Jungle Lodge, Cabo Matapalo
The Encata La Vida Jungle Lodge yoga retreat offers you 7 days and 6 nights of completely out of the world experiences. You are surrounded by the beauty of the ocean and jungle and will have the opportunity to try out yoga asna with tons of surfing, nature walks and other adventures unique to this retreat. The yoga program also has daily practices and dharma lessons with plenty of time for you to try out other things like group activities and excursions. The 7 days breath, body and biodiversity Yoga retreat program offers the following:
- Daily yoga practices
- Meditation classes and dharma lectures
- stand up on paddle boards rental or surf
- a lot of free time for different group activities and excursions
- A host of daily meals made fresh from the local ingredients acquired from nearby
- 6 nights stay
Perhaps the best place for yoga in Costa Rica is in the City of Nosara.
Although there are tons of other activities to do in Costa Rica, you should not overlook the yoga retreats the country offer. Plan ahead and book a yoga retreat and you’ll have a completely different experience, one that will leave you refreshed, renewed and wonderful.
