Our 200/500 Hour Yoga Alliance certified teacher training provides students with the foundation and principals to deepen their relationship with the practice. The training is 28 day full time immersion that satisfies the Yoga Alliance 200 & 500 hour curriculum and contact requirements. This particular training is unique offering the chance to integrate the lessons of the yogic path and sustainable living. The location offers the opportunity to honor the highest self, nourishing our bodies, our minds, and our spirit with vital energy of Punta Mona’s location. Our objective for participants of this course is to begin an exploration of the internal principles and postures of Ashtanga Yoga. This intensive is one that will deepen one’s intern making teaching a natural outcome. Drawing from your personal experience, we will explore the practices and philosophies of yoga, their contexts, purposes, patterns and limitations. Examining the tradition from multiple viewpoints should give depth and sophistication to the interrelated processes of yoga. The course will flow through the many philosophies of yoga into therapeutics, asana practice, sanskrit, mantra, pranayama, and meditation, on into the biomechanics of posture and movement and the hands-on world of relating these concepts to others. The immersion of yogic philosophy & practice is active in a daily rehearsal of synergetic living and observing of the yamas and niyamas. Providing students with essential lifestyle skills to carry these aspects into our daily lives, including the ability to move towards a healthier lifestyle. In addition we focus on nutrition; energetics, medicinal healing plants, the study of the anatomical body, and the subtle body while observing and practicing sustainable living. Ashtanga Yoga
Our Asana Practice and training in the Ashtanga method is in the tradition of Sri K. The traditional method of learning and practicing Ashtanga Yoga, as taught by Sri K. This intensive conducts a led Primary series as well practice in the Mysore Style. In Mysore, each student in the class moves at his or her own pace, doing the asanas in a set order. The asanas, and their proper sequence, are learned slowly and individually. As needed, the instructor guides the student, reminding him or her of which asana comes next, adjusting the student in the asana, all so that he or she gradually builds up a personal practice that is deep and flowing, coordinating breath and movement, integrating the body and mind while facilitating a meditative state. Yoga & Permaculture
This Yoga intensive offers the exclusive experience of an immersion of yoga in permaculture paradise housed in Punta Mona, Costa Rica the center for sustainable living & education. Permaculture aims for permanence in the way we build and manage our living systems. From the way we grow our food, how we construct our homes, how we interact with each other and Mother Earth. Yoga aims for permanence in in finding peace and contentment with in our heart and spirit. Permaculture and Yoga are the answers to hard pressing stressors of the mind, body and earth. It is through these practices that we can find permanence of wellness, inner and outer. This unique training is an opportunity to fully immerse in an energy conscious, off-the-grid, resourceful experience focused on healthy food systems, freedom of expression and re-learning our inherent life skills. Permaculture and Yoga philosophy in action! We are holding an intensive in unique area where we are living harmoniously with the surroundings and learning the essential life skills to live one with nature and one another. We will be learning not only how permaculture fits into our yogic lifestyles, but also how to nourish ourselves physically, nutritionally and spiritually. Punta Mona & Be SOHA have dovetailed our philosophies together in this unique and transformative training to allow you the opportunity to invest a month of your life in learning and living a sustainable lifestyle as another step on your yogic path. Punta Mona
Punta Mona’s mission is to provide an alternative to the destructive land use practices taking place throughout Costa Rica and the world. By growing their food organically, using eco-technologies, and creating a sense of community, Punta Mona is showcasing and educating learners of all ages and from all walks of life. The ideals of sustainability, conservation of energy and reduction of waste permeate our everyday lives. The houses are built from local, fallen trees, solar panels provide our electricity and they grow hundreds of species of tropical fruits, vegetables, herbs, medicinal plants as well as bamboo and timber. Experience and be inspired by Punta Mona, where you will be immersed in an energy-conscious, off the grid, resourceful experience focused on healthy food systems, freedom of expression and re-learning our inherent life skills. Enjoy sea kayaking, mud bathing, wandering our extensive gardens and orchards! Indulge in our jungle gourmet cuisine, connect with the extensive wildlife,, stretch out on our yoga deck and live la Pura Vida. We believe Punta Mona is a unique place and one that has much to teach about the things we take for granted, the power of community, imagination, equality and the beauty of living a simple, intentional life… There is no place more suited to house a yoga intensive then Punta Mona.
