Retreat Centers
Nosarananda
Nosarananda was a small beachside yoga center near Nosara, Guanacaste, known for teacher trainings capped at 10 students in hatha, restorative and suspended yoga. Its website is gone and we found no recent listings, so treat it as closed and see our teacher-training guide for current options.
Update, November 2026: We couldn't confirm Nosarananda is still running. Its website no longer works, its old contact details are out of date, and we found no current listings, trainings or reviews. Treat it as closed unless you find a current listing.
When we first wrote about it in 2012, Nosarananda was a boutique yoga center near the beach in Nosara, on the Pacific side of the Nicoya Peninsula. It offered retreats, yoga therapy, massage and organic meals, but it was best known for very small teacher trainings, with no more than 10 students per group.
The trainings it offered
Hatha yoga teacher training. The core training was built around the five koshas, the "sheaths" or layers of a person described in yoga philosophy, from the physical body through breath and mind to the subtler layers. The small group meant a lot of individual attention.
Restorative yoga teacher training. This course taught how to use props to support the body in long-held, restful poses, so students could teach slow, deeply relaxing classes.
Yoga swing training. A 6-day course in suspended yoga using fabric swings, a mix of aerial yoga, Pilates-style strength work and stretching.
Teacher training in Nosara today
Nosara is still one of the main places in Costa Rica to train as a yoga teacher, with several schools and retreat centers running 200-hour and longer courses. Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort runs a 200-hour training with iLa Yoga, and PachaMama, north of Nosara, lists a restorative yoga teacher training for 2027. Read our guide to yoga teacher training in Costa Rica for how to compare schools and check a Yoga Alliance listing yourself. For the town itself, see the Nosara section of our guide to where to do yoga in Costa Rica.
[Updated on: 4 November 2026]
