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What Everybody Ought to Know About Blue Osa’s Immersion-Style Yoga Teacher Training Programs

Assistant yoga teacher assisting a yoga student with a twisted lunge position in Blue Osa's yoga shala in Costa Rica.

If you are reading this, then you might already know that we offer a few different immersion-style yoga teacher training programs here at Blue Osa. It could also be true that you’ve got a few questions: What’s the difference between these programs? Which program is right for me? In what ways will each program benefit…

Blue Osa Yoga Retreat And Spa Steal Your Heart

“Home is where the heart is.” … I heard this many times growing up but didn’t completely understand what it meant. I thought home was where you took your first baby steps, or where your mom made you homemade meals and you watched T.V with your dad, but growing up, I found “home” to be…

Leave Everything To Find Yourself- How A One Month Immersion Can Change Your Life

Last month at Blue Osa a group of courageous yogis arrived ready to commit themselves to the one-month immersion program and complete their 200-hour yoga teacher training. Leaving home for a month means leaving behind your daily comforts and routines, your job, partner, family, friends and beloved pets. This decision can be riddled with tricky…

Yoga students sitting on their mats during a YTT in Blue Osa's yoga shala in Costa Rica.

Getting a yoga instructor certification is a decision that can change your life forever. If you’re reading this, you’re either thinking about or you’ve decided to invest your time, money, and soul into an immersion yoga teacher training. It’s a big step, so you want to choose the experience that is right for your unique…

Blue Osa’s Magic Hour Of Spiritual Awakening happens between the hours of 5 am and 7:30 am. The rest, as Yogi Aaron says, is all smoke in mirrors. Everything in our morning practice has a purpose and a method, and we follow along without hesitating, questioning or interrupting. There is a powerful effect that comes…

Advice For Yoga Teachers Just Starting Out

You’ve just finished your yoga teacher training and you’re wondering whether you’re ready to start teaching yet. Maybe you’re full of confidence and eager to get going, or perhaps you’re holding back and questioning your ability, or whether you’d prefer to get more experience first. However you’re feeling, I’m here to offer some guidance from…

Blue Osa Costa Rica Blog Yoga Immersions- Why they Build a Sustainable Base for Change

Forget the 28 day rule. It never gets easy. Yoga, journaling, meditation, a morning run. It will become part of my habit if I choose to do it. Each day. That’s what a habit means: constantly choosing to do something until it becomes weird to not do it. I struggle with the choice each morning. Still. Don’t hit snooze. Stay…

By Joe Germania When I first started practicing yoga consistently I judged and competed mentally in every yoga class. Every yoga class became an intense yoga competition. I’d judge people’s warm ups as showing off. I’d think my yoga postures were better or more honest than others. I’d even go beyond simply judging and start…

Powerful Life Lessons Learned From 30 Days of Yoga in Costa Rica

I knew yoga teacher training would change my life. I just never could have imagined how. I knew for a while that I wanted to visit Costa Rica to participate in a one-month yoga teacher training program. Whenever people asked me why I felt such a compelling urge, my response was always the same: “I…

find out if you are ready for yoga teacher training

We have the perfect yoga quiz for you! Maybe you hit the yoga mat every day and you sweat it out. You can’t wait to get back to the studio for your next class. Maybe you’ve considered signing up for a yoga teacher training program. But something is still holding you back. Well, it’s time…

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