Yoga Retreats Santa Teresa

Yoga means different things to different people. For some, it is about getting fit -health-, but Yoga is basically about finding peace - wellness of the mind. It is about getting clarity and freedom as you gain self-knowledge. Unfortunately, getting to that stage can be quite a challenge, considering our day to day schedule, environment, circumstances and technology, among many other distractions. This is why traveling to exotic natural locations on a yoga retreat is advisable.

When you're on a Yoga retreat your schedule is literally taken off your hands; no thinking of what's coming tomorrow, no technological distractions (although not all yoga retreats are  technology retreat), no stress, you get to connect with nature, you'll ACTUALLY meditate and hey, no cooking. There's no better place to get first class yoga retreat experience than at Sunflower retreat in San Teresa, Costa Rica. 

Sunflower Retreats cares about your health and wellness, that's why we have qualified yoga teachers from all over the world teaching variety of yoga styles and provide the very best yoga classes.

There are Ayurvedic holistic therapies, massage treatments and days visiting our local hot springs. There's also a wide range of activities including cycling on our free bikes, mountain treks, horse riding, fishing, boat trips, diving and more. 

We understand that going on a yoga retreat doesn't mean you shouldn't explore the exotic locations that are why we make sure there's plenty of time to relax, swim and soak-up the atmosphere of each of our handpicked beautiful locations in Costa Rica. 

The retreat's location is very convenient for the village and scenic beaches of Mal Pais, just a mile away downhill, while buzzing Santa Teresa, with some of Costa Rica's most coveted surf points, restaurants and shops is a fifteen minute drive from the lodge. It is also close to Montezuma where you can swim and bathe in the beautiful ocean and enjoy wonderful beaches.

For accommodation, the eco-friendly lodge, used exclusively by Sunflower Retreats guests, will consist of five guest rooms with private bathrooms, keeping it intimate, quiet and low-impact. It has a wonderful swimming pool, waterfall jacuzzi, yoga shala and and lounge-dining area and terraces are ideal for relaxing and practicing yoga and meditation. There are hammocks to relax in and free wi-fi all around the property.

A delicious breakfast of local fruit (papaya, mangos, pineapples), fresh yogurt, cereal, coffee or tea, eggs ,toast with jam and honey is served after yoga practice each day and on the morning of departure day, while lunch and dinner come in form of mouth watering buffet. Trips are organised to experience delicious cuisine in authentic local restaurants in the seaside towns of Mal Pais or Santa Teresa on evenings where there is no buffet dinner.

Because we care about your pocket, our prices are affordable. We ensure that you have an amazing holiday without spending extra. The retreat will be open from March 1st with special offers that will leave you very satisfied. 

We've been supporting the principles of sustainable ethical tourism since 1998 in Casperia, Italy and beyond, by integrating with, rather than changing, the area's way of life. Our low-profit organisation helps to sustain the economies of the areas that we work in, by making fair payments to local home owners, farmers, small businesses and people who provide accommodation, meals, activities and lessons for our guests.

Read more about our Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica

Yoga Retreat Montezuma

Montezuma, a small town in the southern part of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula is a place where nature is still preserved in its raw form. Costa Rica was known for its bumpy road and dirt beauty but over the years, different parts of the country has been renovated and given a modern look, but not Montezuma. 

It is more remote, making Montezuma a little difficult to get to -it takes about 6hours to get to the village from city - and, therefore, not overly crowded. The people who make the trek are usually a mixture of ardent nature lovers. From backpackers, young families, couples looking for a romantic getaway, people seeking serenity. 

With long stretch of white-sand beach, Playa Montezuma; a trail leading through the jungle with local monkeys, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife, and to Playa Grande, a popular surf beach towards the Northeast; behind the beach is Romelia Wildlife Reserve, a turtle sanctuary and hatchery; Waterfall, a series of cascades and natural pools. Montezuma gives you the Bohemian vibe making it one if the coolest paradise for relaxation.

Why not take advantage of this area and sign up with Sunflower yoga retreat. Getting the best yoga experience with nature cheering you on. The retreat's location is very convenient for you to enjoy the best of your holidays while gaining the wellness that you need. 

Close to Montezuma where you can swim and bathe in the beautiful ocean and enjoy wonderful beaches, the retreat is just a mile away from the village and scenic beaches of Mal Pais, while buzzing Santa Teresa, with some of Costa Rica's most coveted surf points, restaurants and shops is a fifteen minute drive from the lodge.

With us you have the opportunity to practise yoga with an experienced Yoga teacher and enjoy Ayurvedic and holistic therapies.

Each morning before breakfast (except on arrival and departure days) we will practice yoga and meditation from 7.45 to 9.00am & some afternoons on a 64-square metre teak platform with the sounds of birds and monkeys as a symphonic backdrop; Our range of holistic therapies includes: Holistic and Ayurvedic Massages, Sunflower Retreats' Ultimate Healing Treatment, Bamboo massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy using pure essential oils, Chakra balancing and a wide range of others. 

There's a fantastic programme of optional activities to help you experience the best of Costa Rica and build great bonds with other yoginis and fellow international travellers: Beaches, Surfing, Paddle-boarding, Diving, Horse riding, Walks and Treks, Nature Tours and others.

When you book our 29th March yoga retreat in Costa Rica before the end of February, you get 10% off the price of a 6-night retreat. 

With us, you get: 

Accommodation in an en-suite bedroom on a intimate and peaceful jungle lodge set in flowering gardens within a 90-hectare private reserve next to Cabo Blanco National Park. With its wide diversity of plants, trees and wildlife. The extensive property forms a continuous stretch of forest which is Costa Rica's longest established nature reserve.

Fresh linen and towels

Room clean every other day and change of towels

Five ninety-minute morning yoga classes (Friday through Tuesday) per six night holiday

Three afternoon yoga and meditation classes of one hour per six night holiday

Use of yoga mats

Breakfast each day

Three buffet lunches and three dinners, serving vegetarian cuisine and some local fish.

A guided Sunday walk

Unlimited use of the pool, Jacuzzi and Wi-Fi

"Here you can experience a healthy and fulfilling connection with nature. The jungle has a healing and centering energy force which affords practitioners an unforgettable, deep level of communion with mother nature while they practice yoga each day. “

— Liz, 2015

Yoga Retreat Mal Pais

Mal Pais, Costa Rica has preserved its serene atmosphere over the years, resisting the allure of commercialization nearby villages have succumbed to. If you're keen on avoiding big crowds, this is the perfect place to get away. With consistent waves and a long beach break, the Mal Pais region as a whole is a surfer's paradise. The serenity found in this region makes it the perfect place for Sunflower yoga retreat. Located a few minutes away in San Teresa, the retreat is wonderfully upheld by tranquil and fun climate, excellent, pristine, common mountain, beach and rain-timberland areas and empowering teachers. We have been charming our guests in Italy and Costa Rica since 1998.

Our retreat will enable you to consolidate the best of an unwinding yoga retreat with the renewing vibe of the sea wave of Costa Rica. Appreciate yoga classes encompassed by a tropical heaven with a view over the treetops out to the perpetual sea. 

Appreciate a spectacular stretch of astonishing yoga class and fabricate a harder, more adjusted, and loose personality through every day yoga hone. You will figure out how to ace the craft of breathing and you will accomplish the brain and body adjusts that everyone seek. 

Be astonished by lovely dusks, make the most of your mornings and explore a special and adrenaline-filled condition. Build quality, increment adaptability, and take your vitality to another level! Curve, turn, inhale, and discharge pressures in yoga to improve your wellness. 

This yoga occasion will likewise give you the chance to visit the favored place that is known for Costa Rica and spend a couple of extraordinary days amidst Santa Teresa wilderness, a little paradise on Earth.

 Pack your bags, grab your mat, and make reservations today!

Costs for our yoga occasions - from as meager as £585 for six evenings, barring flights - are as yet reasonable and incredible esteem, offering morning and evening yoga classes and a yoga workshop too.

If you haven't got an entire week free, you can remain for only four evenings, for 30% not as much as the maximum. Also, in case you're going solo from anyone else, you can remain in your very own room for only a little more.

If you're on a budget, at that point even without spending on additional items, you can have a stunning occasion, with free bicycles on which to wind through nation lanes and bright porches to laze on and drink in fantastic perspectives. You'll likely be agreeably shocked at how little it costs .

Yoga Holidays

Yoga is fast becoming a popular exercise among people around the world. This is because of the fact that most people have attested that Yoga helps them in developing the power of focus and meditation. People that are involved in yoga exercises and activities have control of their spiritual beings and their bodies are very flexible. 

However, due to the busy schedule of most people around the world, they have been unable to be actively involved in Yoga exercises despite the fact that they are passionate about it. This has led to the emergence of the concept of Yoga Holiday. 

Yoga holiday is a prearranged Yoga program that allows individuals that are passionate about Yoga exercises and practices to be connected to special yoga teachers in amazing and peaceful destinations around the world. With yoga holidays, you can experience different disciplines that will improve your flexibility and strength. When you travel for a Yoga holiday using a good platform, you will have the opportunity of getting a one on one yoga classes from experienced Yoga instructors as well as group classes. The group classes usually consist of people from different parts of the world; this could also be a perfect opportunity to meet new people around. 

Sunflower retreats is your most reliable and trustworthy partner that will provide you an excellent Yoga holiday experience that is second to none. Since inception, we have been going extra miles to ensuring that our Yoga holiday program exceeds the expectations of people around the world that patronize us. We have the best yoga teachers, conducive atmosphere and larger scope of yoga exercises. Our Yoga holiday program is not just an activity that is tailor towards fun and pleasure; rather it is an opportunity to be flexible and healthier.

They are several reasons why people around the world are taking Yoga holidays very serious; some of these reasons are;

✓ Get a new Perspective: One of the reasons why Yoga holidays are becoming popular is the fact that it enables people to have a new and broader perspective about life. This is because of the fact that it gives opportunity to travel to new places and meeting new people. This will definitely change your mentality over certain issues. 

✓ Opportunity to meditate: Most people are of the opinion that when you are on Yoga holiday, you tend to concentrate better than the normal Yoga program. This is because of the fact that you will feel relaxed and natural. There will be no looming deadlines, annoying boss and other things to think of. It is a common practice in some places around the world for people to embark on Yoga Holiday just because they want to travel. 

✓ Relax and Free from stress: This is another amazing reason why most people want to engage in a Yoga holiday program. This is because it enables them to relax fully and free from all form of stress. 

✓ Make new friends: When you go on Yoga holiday, there is every tendency of you meeting people that you have a lot in common with. Meeting people with many things in common will automatically make them your friends.

Yoga Holiday is something everybody should experience so as to live a better, healthier and more spiritual life.

Yoga Retreats

Yoga is group of mental, spiritual and mental practices with its origin in India from as early as the 5th century BC, despite its origination from the East, it has become one of the most practiced form of exercise in the world because of its known effectiveness as a form of fitness. Yoga is one of the best forms of exercise to stretch out the body and make the mind and soul healthier.

One of the beauties of yoga is that it can be practiced in any place of choice, the fact that there are numerous forms of yoga where you can pick the style that best suit you even make it more comfortable and enjoyable to practice. This is why there are numerous varieties of yoga practices, goals and schools in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Although there numerous types of yoga practices all over the world, the most popular remains Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga. Yoga has been known to give a form of relief to a wide range of diseases including asthma, cancer and schizophrenia. It is also popular among the physically challenged. Its wholesome package as a form of exercise and mind therapy has made it appealing to people from different works of life

Because of its popularity, it has become one of the most viable businesses, yoga instructors help interested individuals to learn and practice yoga to make their mind and body fit. One of the  most popular ways to enjoys the benefits of yoga is through yoga retreats, this involves a period of days set aside as holiday for interested individuals to enjoy the transformative power of yoga  and meditation sessions as well as use the opportunity to reinvigorate their mind, spirit and body in an enchanting environment. This is different from any kind of vacation, while yoga retreat might seem pricey, there is a lot more value added to the retreat.

Yoga retreats usually include a combination of vegetarian and organic menus as well as personal growth workshop to help you develop yourself and make you a better person by inspiring your mind, motivating your body and making your heart lighter. All programs in many yoga retreats are targeted at enriching your life with an unforgettable yoga experience. 

There are numerous places in the world to visit for yoga retreats, one of the best places for quality yoga experience like never before is sunflower retreats. Sunflower retreats are based both in Italy and Costa Rica. Sunflower retreats have been offering yoga lovers from all over the world an exciting and enlightening yoga experience since 1998, hence it has built a professional brand for itself as one of the best and fulfilling places to be for yoga retreats lovers. For lovers of daily yoga classes’ delicious organic cuisine and private place for rest, sunflower retreats is absolutely the right place to be. The location in both Costa Rica and Italy are known for their quiet and serene environment where you can enjoy and practice yoga peacefully with other yoga lovers like you.

Generally, yoga retreats are not just geared at performing yoga alone, they offer and exclusive and interesting way to establish and maintain relationships and live a better life.