Gap Year Yoga
A gap year in Costa Rica can mix daily yoga with surf, Spanish and volunteering, without needing a luxury budget. Santa Teresa…
Yoga teacher and writer
Monirul Hoque
Monirul Hoque is a yoga teacher and writer. He wrote this site's 2014 to 2017 retreat profiles and its guides to yoga styles, ecological building and green travel.
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PDC: Permaculture Design Certificate Courses in Costa Rica
A Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) is a course of at least 72 hours that teaches you to design farms, gardens and homes that…
Punta Mona
Punta Mona was an 85-acre organic farm and center for sustainable living, reachable only by boat or on foot, between Manzanillo…
Buddhi Retreats
Buddhi Retreats ran small all-inclusive yoga and surf weeks at Rancho Burica in Punta Banco, near Pavones in Costa Rica's far…
Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort
Bodhi Tree is a large yoga and fitness resort in the hills above Playa Guiones in Nosara, Guanacaste, with four yoga shalas…
Pachamama Yoga Retreat
PachaMama is an eco-village and spiritual community in the forest near San Juanillo, about 40 minutes north of Nosara, founded by…
Hotel Magellan Inn
The Magellan Inn, now listed as the Magellan Boutique Hotel, is a small hotel in the garden and jungle at Playa Grande, just…
Pranamar Villas and Yoga Retreat
Pranamar Villas and Yoga Retreat is a small beachfront hotel at the north end of Santa Teresa, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula…
Danyasa Yoga Retreats and Teacher Training
Danyasa Eco-Retreat is an adults-only yoga retreat center and boutique eco-hotel in Dominical, on Costa Rica's south Pacific…
Permaculture and Yoga Retreat at Rancho Delicioso
Rancho Delicioso is an organic farm and eco-village on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, between Montezuma and Santa Teresa, that…
Playa Hermosa Lodge
Playa Hermosa Lodge was a small hilltop bed and breakfast above Playa Hermosa, just south of Jacó on the Central Pacific…
Great Yoga Teacher Training Centers in Costa Rica
Of the six yoga teacher-training centers we listed in 2015, Anamaya still runs 200-hour trainings in Montezuma and Marianne Wells…
Six Great Costa Rica Beachfront Yoga Retreats
In 2015 we picked six beach-area yoga retreats around Montezuma, Santa Teresa and Playa Hermosa on the southern Nicoya Peninsula.…
Women’s Quest
Women's Quest is a women-only adventure retreat company from Boulder, Colorado, founded by former world champion triathlete…
Boca Sombrero Surf and Yoga
Boca Sombrero is a beachfront lodge at Playa Sombrero, near Cabo Matapalo on the tip of the Osa Peninsula, used mostly by…
Ten Fabulous Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica
This is our 2015 list of 10 yoga retreats in Costa Rica, rechecked in November 2026. Seven are still taking guests (Anamaya…
La Colina Lodge
La Colina Lodge is a small budget lodge on the edge of Monteverde, close to the cloud forest reserve, which offered yoga classes…
Horizon Yoga Hotel
Horizon Hotel and Yoga Center is a small hillside hotel above Santa Teresa, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, with wooden…
Harmony Hotel
The Harmony Hotel is a boutique hotel in Nosara, Guanacaste, set in native gardens a 2-minute walk from Playa Guiones. Its…
Kindred Spirits Equestrians Retreats
Kindred Spirits is a small farm in the hills of Cocles, near Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast, where founder Terry Newton and…
Luna Lodge
Luna Lodge is a small eco-lodge on a forested hillside above Playa Carate, at the edge of Corcovado National Park on the Osa…
Completing Your Costa Rica Vacation with Restorative Yoga
Restorative yoga is a slow, quiet style in which props such as bolsters and blankets support you in a few restful poses held for…
Prenatal Yoga- A Rewarding Experience for Expectant Mothers
Prenatal yoga is a gentle, adapted yoga practice for pregnancy, with modified poses, breathing and relaxation. Health bodies such…
Portasol Yoga Retreats
Portasol is an eco-community in the rainforest along the Portalón River, between Quepos and Dominical on Costa Rica's Pacific…
Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica
This is our original 2014 list of 14 places that ran yoga teacher trainings in Costa Rica, with each one's status rechecked in…