ExploreNourishConnect Costa Rica Retreat 2025 with Amy Valdez

What will your students get from coming on your retreat: Join me at the beautiful Blue Osa to experience a deep reset for your mind, body and soul.

Explore mindfulness meditation, intelligently sequenced yoga, and focused breath practices.

Nourish your body with local whole foods, your senses with the sights and sounds of nature and your mind with serenity.

Connect to your deeper self to recover from the stresses of life and reset your whole being.

All practices can be tailored to where you are in your practice whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced practitioner. In our discussions we will dive into the origins of yoga and what present day research can teach us about the healing and health enhancing effects of this ancient practice. We will gain an appreciation of how mindful movement can promote our well-being on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

May, 31 — Jun, 7 | $1950

Organizer: Amy Valdez

Main contact website – Kayamindful Movement.

Prices start from $1950. Inquire here for complete rates and registration.

About Your Yoga Instructor:

Amy

Amy has been teaching yoga since 2007. She came to the practice when her health began to fail and a friend took her to a yoga class. Her favorite part was savasana. As a stressed-out mother she could not believe she was being given protected time to rest. Her love of movement and a desire to share the benefits of yoga led her to pursue training. She is 500 EYRT and has an M.S. in Kinesiology. She is trained in Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow and Pilates. As a musician she loves to sing and play her guitar while her students rest in savasana. In addition to her extensive experience teaching all levels of yoga classes, she has taught yoga history, philosophy, and practice at a university level, and has led teacher trainings. She has led retreats in California, Hawaii and now in Costa Rica.

What's Included

Blue Osa Dessert | Blue Osa

Meals

Three delicious farm-to-table meals per day using homegrown, organic ingredients, plus snacks and more to keep you energized and satisfied the whole week long.

Take a flight to the osa peninsula || Blue Osa Yoga Retreat || Skyway

Transportation

Airport transfer from Puerto Jimenez to Blue Osa and return taxes.

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Yoga

Daily yoga classes and yoga props including mats, blocks and straps.

Girls Enjoying Blue Osa Retreat | Blue Osa

Accommodations

Intentionally designed beachfront eco-friendly rooms with ocean views and the use of the 25-meter pool.

“Amy has a really calm voice and I noticed that she took the time to come around and help *ALL* the students with their poses. In the few times I've done yoga -- I really like it when the teachers pay attention to who's in the class and who's floundering and just connecting with you as yoga teacher to student. She has this very calm and motherly touch. I really thought it was so nice to have her walk to each student during that last lying down pose and just give a gentle touch.. like acknowledging the link between you and her in one room. I also liked how everyone (other students) was just in their own zone and contributing their energy to the room (I've been to some yoga classes where sometime it feels like people are hella competitive next to you -- ugh. not a fan of that).”
— Kimmy C 2011 Yelp Review Purple Yoga, CA
“Amy is great! She's very patient and she really cares a lot about us & making sure we are doing our best!”
— Dawn L. 2015 Yelp Review
“Last year I decided to take the 200 teacher training. I really had no intention of teaching yoga, I just wanted to learn more about this practice that I had been doing for years. This is one of the best decisions I have made in my life. The lead teachers Rosanne and Amy created a well-rounded training. All the modules were fantastic from anatomy to prenatal training. And, I made some friends who share my interest in the practice. It is a time commitment but worth every moment. I can honestly say the training changed my life. I continue learning and seeking new information on all aspects of the yoga practice from philosophy, meditation and the asana practice. The training lead me to continue studying aspects of yoga that I had been previously unaware. I would urge anyone to sign up for the training that starts in January.”
— Kathleen 2017 Yelp Review

Teaching methodology + practicum

  • Learn how to lead and market successful yoga retreats

  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, and instruction.

  • Learn different teaching styles.

  • You’ll learn specific techniques that will enable you to easily teach all levels

  • You’ll also learn how to sequence your asanas to create a natural, therapeutic and transformative arcs in your classes

  • Learn the qualities of effective teaching

  • Learn the business aspects of being a yoga teacher and gain the building blocks of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • Identify your spiritual stance so you can step into it as a source of strength
  • Identify walls and develop strategies to take them down
  • Create a support network and support strategies and have them in place when you leave
  • Complete a physical and spiritual adventure challenge
  • Learn the business aspects of building a thriving yoga career
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Go further in your anatomy training
  • Learn how to access muscle function
  • How to sequence transformational yoga classes
  • Learn the energetic and deeper sublime effects of asana
  • The science and application of Mantra
  • Design classes based on Ayurvedic principles
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.).

Anatomy & Physiology

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to sequence and structure transformational 60 and 90-minute classes
  • Practical experience teaching postures, classes, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation techniques
  • Yoga Nidra, as taught by the Himalayan tradition and Western tradition
  • Learn how to conduct and lead fire rituals
  • Kundalini Yoga techniques
  • Learn the subtle energetic aspects of yoga like the Koshas and chakras
  • Kriya Yoga and Laya Yoga

Advance Your Own Practice in Yoga

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn techniques in pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to structure and sequence transformational classes
  • Practical experience in teaching postures, sequencing, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation and meditation techniques that come from the Himalayan tradition

Develop a Rock Solid Practice in Yoga

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Develop an understanding of basic anatomy
  • Learn about muscle function and how to improve it (something you will not learn in any other YTT)
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.)
  • The study of both the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns)
  • Skills to teach yoga classes suited to all levels of practice.

Anatomy & Physiology

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • An in-depth study and application of the Yoga Sutra
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Teaching methodology + practicum

Get hands-on practice teaching so that you’ll be able to teach on day one after the training is finished. You will:

  • Practice teaching in small and large groups

  • Be ready to teach yoga as soon as you leave the yoga teacher training

  • Get hands-on experience teaching and give/receive feedback

  • Practice assisting students

  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting and instruction

  • Learn different teaching styles

  • Learn qualities of effective teaching and adjust to the student’s process of learning

  • Learn the business aspects of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials