Ahki Retreat
Ahki Retreat was a hilltop retreat house with an ocean-view yoga studio near Garza, south of Nosara, founded by Karen and Greg…
Retreat Centers
Amatierra: A retreat for the whole person
AmaTierra is a small retreat and wellness center on 8 acres of hardwood forest in San Pablo de Turrubares, about an hour's drive…
Anamaya Resort – Mind, Body & Spirit
Anamaya is a hillside yoga and wellness resort above the village of Montezuma, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula. It runs its own…
Aurora Yoga Jaco
Aurora Yoga is a walk-in yoga studio in the middle of Jaco, on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast, a couple of minutes from the…
Beija Flor Resort
Beija Flor Resort & Yoga Retreat was a small boutique hotel with a yoga deck in Mal País, at the southern tip of the Nicoya…
Bella Vista Mar
Bella Vista Mar is a small hilltop hotel above Playa Pelada in Nosara, Guanacaste, with 9 rooms, a pool and views over the…
Blue Osa Yoga Sanctuary and Spa
Blue Osa Yoga Retreat + Spa is a beachfront yoga center on Playa Tamales, near Puerto Jiménez on the Osa Peninsula, founded by…
Blue Spirit Retreats
Blue Spirit is a large retreat center on a hill above Playa Guiones in Nosara, Guanacaste. Visiting teachers run week-long yoga…
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…
Bodhi Surf
Bodhi Surf + Yoga is a small surf and yoga camp in Uvita, on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast, with surf lessons in Marino…
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…
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…
Casa Zen
Casa Zen is a budget guesthouse and yoga center near Playa Carmen in Santa Teresa, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, with dorm…
Costa Rica Cocos Island
Cocos Island is an uninhabited national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site about 550 km southwest of mainland Costa Rica, famous…
Costa Rica Surf Institute
The Costa Rica Surf Institute (CRSI) was a surf school and camp in Tamarindo, Guanacaste, that included weekly yoga sessions with…
Costa Rica Yoga Spa
Costa Rica Yoga Spa is a small hilltop retreat on a private ranch above Nosara, looking over the Pacific and the Ostional…
Costa Rica Yoga Spa
Costa Rica Yoga Spa is a small hilltop lodge above the Montaña and Nosara rivers near Nosara, Guanacaste, built around a tall…
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…
Danyasa
Danyasa is a small eco-retreat and yoga and dance studio in the village of Dominical, on the South Pacific coast. It rents rooms…
DoceLunas
Hotel DoceLunas is a small hotel with about 20 rooms, a pool and large tropical gardens at the foot of the forested hills behind…
El Silencio Lodge & Spa
El Silencio Lodge & Spa is a small luxury lodge in its own cloud-forest reserve in Bajos del Toro, north of San José, with a free…
Encanta La Vida
Encanta La Vida is a small, solar-powered jungle lodge at Cabo Matapalo, on the tip of the Osa Peninsula, with a two-storey yoga…
Espiritu Salvaje Wellness Center
Espiritu Salvaje was a retreat center on a hillside near Uvita, on Costa Rica's south Pacific coast, used for week-long programs…
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…
Hacienda Del Sol
Hacienda del Sol is an all-inclusive wellness retreat in the jungle near San Juanillo, about 14 km up the coast from Nosara in…
Harmony Hotel
The Harmony Hotel is a boutique hotel in Nosara, Guanacaste, set in native gardens a 2-minute walk from Playa Guiones. Its…
Holman Health Connections
Holman Health Connections is a small retreat company from Washington State, run by yoga teacher Roy Holman, that has led yoga…
Horizon Yoga Center
Horizon is a small hotel and yoga center on the hillside above Santa Teresa, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, with daily classes…
Horizon Yoga Hotel
Horizon Hotel and Yoga Center is a small hillside hotel above Santa Teresa, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, with wooden…
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…
Impulso Sano ~ Yoga, Reiki, Hoop and Poi
Impulso Sano was a small wellness studio in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, offering vinyasa yoga with beginner classes, Reiki…
Inti Resort and Villas
Inti Resort and Villas is a small resort in the jungle outside Cahuita, on Costa Rica's southern Caribbean coast, built around a…
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…
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…
La Escuela Del Sol
La Escuela del Sol was a small school in the center of Montezuma that combined yoga classes with Spanish lessons, surfing, scuba…
Los Altos de Eros
Los Altos de Eros is an adults-only boutique hotel and spa on a jungle hilltop about 15 minutes from the beaches around…
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…
Marianne Wells Yoga School
Marianne Wells Yoga School is a teacher-training school that runs residential 100, 200 and 300 hour trainings in several…
Montezuma Yoga
Montezuma Yoga was a well-loved open-air yoga studio at Hotel Los Mangos in Montezuma, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, run by…
Mundo Tranquilo Retreats
Mundo Tranquilo, also known as Gentle Earth Retreats, ran juice and healthy-eating retreats with daily yoga in the village of…
Mystica Lodge Retreats
Mystica is a small lodge and retreat center on a hillside above Lake Arenal, between Tilarán and Nuevo Arenal, with views of the…
Nautilus Boutique Hotel
Nautilus Surf & Yoga Villas, once called Nautilus Boutique Hotel, is a small villa hotel in Santa Teresa on the Nicoya Peninsula…
Nicole Loría Yoga
Nicole Loría is a Costa Rican yoga teacher and clinical psychologist who, when we wrote about her in 2012, taught hot vinyasa…
Nosara Wellness
Nosara Wellness is an integrative wellness clinic on the upper road to Playa Pelada in Nosara, open since 2000, with physical…
Nosara Yoga Institute
The Nosara Yoga Institute was a yoga teacher training school in Nosara, Guanacaste, founded in 1994 by Don and Amba Stapleton and…
Nosarananda
Nosarananda was a small beachside yoga center near Nosara, Guanacaste, known for teacher trainings capped at 10 students in…
Ojo del Mar
Ojo del Mar is a small eco-lodge on the beach near Cabo Matapalo, about 20 km south of Puerto Jiménez on the Osa Peninsula, with…
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…
Panacea de la Montaña
Panacea de la Montaña was a small, quiet yoga retreat with cabins, a pool and a labyrinth in the hills of Guanacaste, inland from…
Pavones Yoga Center
Pavones Yoga Center was a boutique yoga retreat and teacher-training center in Pavones, a remote surf village near the Panama…
Peace Retreat
Peace Retreat is an intimate retreat center at Los Pargos, near the surf town of Playa Negra in Guanacaste, with a screened yoga…
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…
Playa Negra Yoga Center
Playa Negra Yoga, founded by Hali Love, is a yoga studio and teacher-training school in Los Pargos, close to the Playa Negra surf…
Portasol Yoga Retreats
Portasol is an eco-community in the rainforest along the Portalón River, between Quepos and Dominical on Costa Rica's Pacific…
Prana Rainforest Retreat
Prana Rainforest Retreat is a private rainforest villa in the hills of Manuel Antonio, rented as a whole for up to 14 guests.…
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…
Pranamar
Pranamar Villas & Yoga Retreat is a small hotel of Balinese-style villas and bungalows on the beach at the north end of Santa…
Punta Mona
Punta Mona was an 85-acre organic farm and center for sustainable living, reachable only by boat or on foot, between Manzanillo…
Pura Vida Adventures – Surf & Yoga Retreats for Women
Pura Vida Adventures has run all-inclusive surf and yoga weeks in Santa Teresa, on Costa Rica's southern Nicoya Peninsula, since…
Rancho Margot
Rancho Margot is a working, off-grid farm and eco-lodge in the hills by Lake Arenal, about 40 minutes from La Fortuna. Stays…
Reflexion Yoga Tamarindo – Yoga Therapy and Raw Foods
Reflexion Yoga Tamarindo is a small yoga and wellness business in Tamarindo, Guanacaste, that teaches private, couples' and beach…
Rio Chirripo Yoga Retreat and Lodge
Río Chirripó Lodge is a small riverside lodge in the mountains of Pérez Zeledón, in southern Costa Rica, a few minutes below the…
Rio Chirripo Yoga Retreat
Río Chirripó Lodge, once known as Rio Chirripo Yoga Retreat, is a 12-room boutique mountain hotel beside the Chirripó River near…
Rio Shanti
Rio Shanti was a small yoga, dance, massage and crafts center by the river in Monteverde, in the cloud forest of Costa Rica's…
Samasati Nature Retreat
Samasati is a yoga and wellness retreat on 250 acres of rainforest above the southern Caribbean coast, about 20 minutes from…
Sattva Yoga
Sattva Yoga was a small yoga practice based in Surfside, near Playa Potrero in northern Guanacaste, teaching a mix of hatha and…
School of the World
School of the World is a small campus in Jacó, on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast, where you can combine Spanish lessons, surf…
Selva Armonia
Selva Armonia is a private retreat center and event venue in the jungle hills above Uvita, on Costa Rica's south Pacific coast.…
Shaka Beach Retreat
Shaka Costa Rica is a surf camp for adults on Playa Hermosa, about 15 minutes north of Santa Teresa on the Nicoya Peninsula, with…
Shodhana
Shodhana was a small yoga and Thai massage studio in Sabana Norte, in San José, that opened in 2010 and taught classes tailored…
Shooting Star Yoga Studio
Shooting Star Yoga Studio was a beachside studio in Pavones, on Costa Rica's far southern Pacific coast, known for yoga for…
Sivana Yoga
Sivana Yoga ran week-long yoga and spa retreats based at Hotel Costa Verde in Manuel Antonio, on Costa Rica's Central Pacific…
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.…
Sueno Azul
Hotel Hacienda Sueño Azul is a large countryside hotel on a farm in Horquetas de Sarapiquí, in Costa Rica's northern lowlands…
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…
The Goddess Garden
The Goddess Garden is a yoga and wellness resort on 14 acres between the rainforest and the Caribbean near Cahuita, a 2-minute…
The Sanctuary at Two Rivers
The Sanctuary at Two Rivers is a small yoga and meditation retreat center on a 40-acre forest property where two rivers meet…
The Yoga Farm
The Yoga Farm is a simple, community-run yoga center and sustainable-living project on a hill above Punta Banco, just past…
Tierra de los Milagros
Tierra de Milagros is a small, off-grid jungle retreat with thatch-roofed bungalows in a botanical garden on the Osa Peninsula…
Tierra de YOGA
Tierra de Yoga was a yoga center in the jungle at Playa Chiquita, south of Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast, with daily…
Tropico Latino
Hotel Tropico Latino is a beachfront hotel in Santa Teresa, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, with daily all-levels yoga on an…
Vajra Sol Yoga Adventures
Vajra Sol Travel (formerly Vajra Sol Yoga Adventures) is a small yoga retreat company founded in Costa Rica in 2006 by teacher…
Via Yoga
Via Yoga was a Seattle-based yoga travel company that, in 2012, ran yoga and surf retreats at the Harmony Hotel in Nosara…
Vida Asana Yoga Retreat Center
Vida Asana School of Yoga is an all-inclusive yoga retreat center in the jungle near Playa Hermosa, south of Jacó on the Central…
Vida Asana
Vida Asana is a yoga school and eco-lodge in the forest by a river at Playa Hermosa, near Jaco, about 90 minutes from San José…
Villa Cortes Retreat Center
Villa Cortes was a rental retreat center near Playa Guiones in Nosara, Guanacaste, with three houses for up to 17 people, an…
Waterfall Villas – Boutique Eco-Retreat
Waterfall Villas is a small eco-retreat with 6 suites set beside its own waterfall in Barú, just north of Dominical on Costa…
Wendy’s Yoga
Wendy's Yoga was a small retreat company led by teacher Wendy, a former manager of International Yoga Pavilions, that ran…
Women’s Quest
Women's Quest is a women-only adventure retreat company from Boulder, Colorado, founded by former world champion triathlete…
Ylang Ylang Beach Resort
Ylang Ylang Beach Resort sits between the jungle and a quiet beach just north of Montezuma village, on the southern Nicoya…
Yoga Rica
Yoga Rica was a retreat program around Montezuma and Cabuya, on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, created by dancer and yoga teacher…
Your Zen Yoga
Your Zen Yoga was a small yoga business in Guanacaste run by teacher Dori Matthews Thomsen, known for private classes, custom…
Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica: How to Choose
The best yoga retreat in Costa Rica is the one that matches your level, the time you have and the coast you want: Nosara and…