How to Choose the Best Yoga Retreat: 5 Great Tips

The Best Costa Rica Yoga Retreats in 2025: Top Picks for Every Level

Are you looking for the perfect Costa Rica yoga retreat in 2025? You’re in the right place!

Whether you dream of a yoga vacation where you can hear ocean waves crashing from your Down Dog…

…or you simply want to relax with other health-minded individuals so that you return home refreshed and rejuvenated…

…a yoga retreat in Costa Rica offers the unique opportunity to move and breathe in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. 

Even better? 

Thanks to Costa Rica’s dazzling reputation as one of the best places to practice yoga, you’ll find yoga vacations for all levels and interests — from beginner-friendly yoga vacations to meditation retreats and tantra workshops.

To make your search for the best all-inclusive yoga retreat in Costa Rica as easy as possible, we’ve rounded up eight of our most incredible and unique yoga retreats for 2025. Let’s dive in!

The best Costa Rica yoga retreats in 2025

The best yoga retreats are holistic — they create space to foster spiritual, physical, and emotional growth. Of course, a first-rate yoga vacation should also provide safety and comfort. 

At Blue Osa, you’ll enjoy fresh farm-to-table cuisine, spectacular wildlife encounters, a refreshing open-air yoga studio, and easy access to thrilling eco-adventures. 

That means no matter which 2025 Costa Rica yoga retreat you choose, you can expect a transformational experience in a remarkable place — one you won’t soon forget. 

Note: We’ve selected the following yoga retreats to give you an idea of the breadth and variety of yoga vacations you can choose from, but we have many more opportunities available! Explore all our incredible 2025 Costa Rica yoga retreats

Welcome to the yoga teacher training at blue osa | yoga group in a big circle

1. Salty Retreats : Surf Sweat Flow with Yogini Erin

January 11-18, 2025

New Year, New You? Join Yogini Erin to kick off 2025 with an exotic adventure promising abundant laughter and inspiration to live your best life!

From invigorating sunrise yoga to adrenaline-pumping surf and workout sessions on your own private beach, each day of a Salty Retreat is filled with exhilarating activities tailored to challenge and inspire you.

Led by Yogini Erin, Salty Retreats believes that the best moments in life come with salt water, salt rims, and sweat! And if you have the right people by your side, it just might change your life.

If you’re ready to take a break from the ordinary, learn to surf, workout on an exotic beach, and have some serious FUN—this is YOUR retreat.

Learn more here.

2. Iyengar Yoga Retreat with Genny Kapuler

February 8-15, 2025

“It is not about the pose. It is about being and feeling where you are.”
~Genny Kapuler

Are you an avid Iyengar yoga practitioner? Would you like to advance your practice with in-depth yoga instruction that prioritizes proper alignment? 

Join Genny Kapuler for her annual wellness retreat in Costa Rica, where you’ll explore what it means to stand tall — for yourself, your power, and your dreams. 

Studying yoga since 1976 and teaching since 1980, Genny holds a deep and embodied understanding of anatomy. Informed by decades of sincere practice and her specialized training in Body-Mind Centering, she masterfully guides her students toward a deeper awareness of asana and pranayama through the precision of alignment. 

If you want to improve your skeletal-muscular, organ, and nervous system so that you can move through the world with grace and stability, this is the Costa Rica yoga retreat for you!

You can expect in-depth yoga classes twice daily. There will also be ample free time to visit local waterfalls, hike through the rainforest, or relax on our secluded beachfront. 

Please note that this retreat requires two years of Iyengar Yoga experience. 

Learn more here.

3. Tantra Retreat For Men with Mark Flemming

March 28 – April 5, 2025

Think it’s just women going on yoga retreats? Think again!

Mark Flemming’s Tantra Retreat is for all men and intersex, genderqueer, and non-binary folks who feel a sense of belonging in expansive men’s space. Expect a nurturing and safe space to explore and experiment with touch, breath, movement, intimacy, pleasure, play, growth, and the fundamentals of Tantra.

Participants will enjoy delicious food, deep and authentic connection, unforgettable moments, and a transformative experience with other like-minded men—an experience that is likely to be a highlight of their year and their lives!

Learn more here.

Men sitting on the ledge of the pool at Blue Osa Yoga Retreat & Spa during a gay men's retreat.

4. 14-Day 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

May 3-17, 2025

Are you feeling the call to pursue your yoga teacher training certification? 

Are you searching for an immersive experience yet struggling to find a high-quality program that fits your hectic schedule? 

We designed our two-week yoga teacher training program for people like you — individuals with limited time who still want to experience an immersive yoga experience and gain the skills and confidence they need to teach yoga safely. 

If you’re ready to expand your knowledge, connect with a community of yogis, and get certified to teach yoga anywhere in the world while enjoying two weeks in a lush tropical paradise, then we’d love for you to join us! 

Spots are limited and fill up quickly…

Learn more here.

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

5. Transformation in Paradise with Sherry

May 24-31, 2025

Ready to ditch the diet-and-exercise-punishment-hamster-wheel and imagine a newly transformed mind, health, and body?

Join Sherry, certified athletic therapist, osteopath and an anti-diet health and life coach, in Costa Rica for seven magical days to re-ignite your motivation, passions, and vitality while cultivating new and simple life-changing habits so that weight loss struggles are a thing of the past!

Every detail of this retreat is designed with your complete transformation in mind.

With a group of like-minded folks, you’ll nourish your body with mouth-watering, farm-to-table meals, practice daily meditation, yoga, and short workouts for all levels, learn powerful processes to honor life accomplishments and transform self-sabotaging behaviors, experience a cooking class and outdoor excursions, and enjoy 5-star spa services.

By the end of your seven nights you’ll be relaxed, re-inspired, and empowered—ready to dive into the next chapter of your life with the clarity and steps you need to take to get there.

Learn more here.

Yogi Aaron Doing Yoga Teacher Training | Blue Osa

How to choose the best Costa Rica yoga retreat in 2025

It’s not too late to make 2025 your best year yet. With the right guides, it takes one week to transform your life. 

Now…

If you’re still mulling over which 2025 Costa Rica yoga retreat is right for you, here are a few questions that might help: 

1. What are your goals and objectives?

Maybe you’re an advanced yogi with specific questions on alignment and anatomy. You’re craving a week-long yoga intensive where you can supercharge your practice under the guidance of a seasoned yogi. 

Or perhaps you’re familiar with the physical practice of yoga, but your soul is craving more time for meditation and breathwork.

Then again, maybe you’ve never practiced yoga, but you know a one-week retreat in the jungle is exactly what you need to quiet your mind and reconnect with your soul. 

There’s no right or wrong. What matters is that you find clarity on your unique goals and objectives to match with the perfect retreat. 

Blue Osa yoga shala | dynamic movement practice

2. What is the focus of the yoga retreat?

As you can see from the list above, there are wellness retreats in Costa Rica for all interests and niches! 

From Tantra to Energy Medicine to meditation retreats, explore our entire list of 2025 Costa Rica yoga retreats here.

3. Who is the retreat leader? 

At Blue Osa, we’re proud to host many passionate and experienced yoga retreat leaders. 

Now…

Different retreat instructors will resonate with different students. That’s the beauty of diversity and inclusivity in yoga! Do your homework to find the yoga retreat leader who resonates with you. 

To sum it up

The best Costa Rica yoga retreats in 2025 will hold space for your unique goals and objectives — they will foster holistic growth in a safe and comfortable setting. 

That’s precisely what you get with any of our yoga retreats at Blue Osa — a yoga resort custom-designed to help you reflect, relax, and renew. 

So, no matter which 2025 Costa Rica wellness retreat you choose, you can expect a one-of-a-kind setting to usher in a profound transformation from one of the lushest, most biodiverse places on Earth. 

Ready to find the perfect match for you? 

Explore all our Costa Rica yoga retreats.

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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