We were extremely lucky to have an in-studio photographer for this One-Month Immersion Yoga Teacher Training at Blue Osa. Throughout the month, Dan captured photos and highlighted those special moments that made the yoga teacher training experience so memorable. Each day during the training, we featured one photo a day on the Blue Osa Facebook page. Looking back on the slideshow of moments captured during the month, we knew we absolutely had to share them here, too! Have a look, and then let us know if these photos don’t make YOU want to sign up for the next yoga teacher training immersion program in Costa Rica!
30 Photos That Will Make You Want To Sign Up For Yoga Teacher Training Today
Day One
“We have the power to reshape our character and therefore reshape our life” -Yogi Aaron
Day Two
“Gratitude is the key to unlocking effortless effort.” – Yogi Aaron
Day Three
What are you most excited about for Yoga Teacher Training?
“The fact that we’re all here doing it together the whole time. My last teacher training I had work, class, the commute, other responsibilities… Here it is completely different. We get to stay in the moment, apply what we’ve learned. Even when I’m not in the classroom, I am learning so much – I’m already emotional about it after only one day.” – Jeff
Day Four
What does being a yogi mean to you?
Day Five
Learning about energizing backbends today! Did you know a chair is a great prop to help you move deeper into your backbends?
“Energy follows thought and thought follows energy.”
Day Six
Today was all about twists. This one is Bound Revolved Side Angle Pose, although @YogiAaron likes to refer to it as #HellOfAnAsana
Day Seven
Today is a free day to give our minds and bodies a rest. Releasing baby turtles, massages and kayaking are all on the menu. HURRAY!
Day Eight
What are you most excited about for Yoga Teacher Training? “I’m most excited about learning about how yoga can heal the body. This stems from working with my parents and my husbands parents and wanting to help them transform their bodies to get a better quality of life. But also, not just to help them, but to help anyone who needs healing, and who doesn’t need a little healing?” – Jess
Day Nine
What a journey today has been! Morning practice in a giant wooden pavilion in the middle of the jungle was followed by a slippery but beautiful hike to the beach and a waterfall. Pura Vida!
Day Ten
We are starting to practice for our privates and taking full advantage of the beautiful spaces around Blue Osa!
Day Eleven
“If you’re going to be a mess, then be a happy mess.” – Yogi Aaron
Day Twelve
Todays lesson? #BringingFlexyBack
Day Thirteen
Where will your next adventure take you?
Day Fourteen
Today the students become the teacher!
Day Fifteen
Yogi Aaron revealed his big surprise today! For the next three days we’ll be diving into kirtan music and bhakti yoga with a LIVE BAND!! Meet Cheryl Chaffee Kirtan.
Day Sixteen
This evening we had a special ceremony at the temple. We wrote down an obstacle in our life, offered it to Ganesh, the remover of obstacles, and then cast our papers into the fire. Om Swaha!
Day Seventeen
Getting upside down with a live band during today’s yoga session!
Day Eighteen
Today we tuned into our chakras with the help of Cheryl Chaffee Kirtan! Definitely feeling the love.
Day Nineteen
Spending our free day by the pool… studying…
Day Twenty
We had a very special treat for our class today, RESTORATIVE YOGA!! (pillows and blankets required)
Day Twenty-One
What has been the biggest surprise for you so far in Yoga Teacher Training?
“I was most surprised to find that through practice, energetically, yoga can bring stuff up that is buried deep down. I cried. I didn’t think I was going to cry; I’m not a big crier. So that surprised me a lot.”
Day Twenty-Two
Super excited to have the gang from #OsaConservation over to Blue Osa for some free private yoga sessions!
Day Twenty-Three
It’s always exciting to see what comes out of the Blue Osa Kitchen! Today the boys surprised us with nutritious and delicious pizza day!!
Day Twenty-Four
We had an energetic day of handstands and inversions! Everyone was pushing their limits, even Yogi Aaron. He hasn’t done this pose in over 4 years!
Day Twenty-Five
Our future yogis are into the second week of teaching their own classes! We’ve had some incredible classes so far. I can’t wait to see what these students come up with next!
Day Twenty-Six
The Blue Osa Yoginis of 2014!
Day Twenty-Seven
My yoga practice is a living experiment.
Day Twenty-Eight
“Our inner intelligence awakens when we are able to take out irregularities in the breath.”
~ Yogi Aaron
Day Twenty-Nine
One of our yoginis is 6 months pregnant! So tonight we had a little candle ceremony to wish the future mother and baby well.
“May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.”
Day Thirty
Though we came from different backgrounds, different countries and for different reasons, now we leave this place as one. Thank you so much for this life changing month and may you forever remember the light of the beauty within you.
All Photos: Dan Moore Photography
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Casey Siemasko is a content marketing consultant, travel blogger and wandering yogi. An entrepreneur at heart, she is the co-founder of the award-winning travel blog A Cruising Couple..
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