50 Day 500-Hour Empowerment Yoga Teacher Training in Uvita, Costa Rica
Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica
Take your yoga practice to a new level of mastery, diversity, and creativity. Are you serious about deepening your yoga practice? Do you desire build a successful yoga business? The InnerSea Academy 500-hour yoga training is an intensive, life-altering program to help you achieve profound life shifts and radical soul alignment as you pursue your yoga goals. Join us in Costa Rica for your full 500-hour course completed in 7 weeks.
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Highlights
- Techniques, training, and practice
- Teaching methodology
- Anatomy and physiology, yoga philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics
- Yoga class practicum
- Certificate of completion
- Excursions
- 49 nights accommodation
- 3 homecooked vegetarian meals (Monday to Saturday)
Skill level
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Types
42 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 12
Accommodation
Facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
The campus, Hospedaje El Bosquecito, is situated on a quiet section of the main road of Uvita. The off-campus housing, Casa Nativos, is situated near the waterfall, just off the main road of Uvita.
Both are located right beside a small creek and forest, guests have the pleasure of being up close to birds, toucans, monkeys, sloths, and iguanas. The sound of the water brings a tranquil atmosphere. Restaurants, banks, and other services are a short walk away.
The accommodations offer guests a serene and peaceful home away from home experience. Each student gets their own bed, (there is no bed sharing). The rooms are equipped with full bathrooms and windows that open to beautiful jungle scenery.
Although hot water is not plumbed into the main house, they do have a hot water shower on site available to all. However, the cool water showers are a welcome treat after a long hot day. Wi-Fi is accessible from the rooms and throughout the house. Fall asleep to the sound of a babbling brook right outside your window!
The accommodations offer an intimate secluded piece of paradise with fresh young coconuts at your disposal. Wake to a plethora of beautiful hummingbirds greeting you in the morning. The night prior to the first day of class is included in your course fee.
Program
Prerequisite
A minimum of one year of consistent, steady yoga practice is required to participate in this training.
Program
500 hours of training is the highest international standard a yoga teacher can achieve. The InnerSea Yoga Academy 500-hour training combines an introductory 200-hour yoga course with an advanced 300-hour yoga teacher training.
The program offers the tools and confidence needed to grow an impactful and successful yoga business, with in-depth knowledge of yoga asana, meditation, philosophy, and the origins of the practice.
Highlights
- Nervous system regulation
- Traditional yoga as defined by the Yoga Sutras
- Meditation practices to calm the mind
- Creative sequencing
- Hands-on adjustments
- Yoga Nidra
- Yin Yoga
This training is perfect for students who:
- Are ready for the highest level of yoga certification
- Are seeking a career change
- Plan to teach regular yoga classes
- Plan to create a yoga retreat business
- Are dedicated yoga students wanting to deepen their practice
The InnerSea Yoga Academy difference
The InnerSea Yoga Academy honors yoga as a path to self-knowledge, love, and freedom. The training reflects a heart-centered approach that integrates meditation, breath, movement, and service. A portion of all profits is donated to Kids’ Foundation for Uniting Nations.
Curriculum
The study focus is centered around the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar. Each sutra is explored in depth, alongside breakdowns of common Hatha and Vinyasa asanas. Students learn sequencing and teaching language while practicing traditional pranayama and meditation techniques in a natural forest setting.
Techniques, training, and practice
Participants learn the language used to cue common asanas and how to sequence classes in their own unique style.
Teaching methodology
The program provides insight from experienced, certified teachers and methods applicable to students of all ages and experience levels.
Anatomy and physiology
An overview of basic anatomy as it applies to common yoga postures, with a focus on balance and integration.
Yoga philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics
The training explores major philosophical texts guiding modern yoga and concepts for integrating mind, body, and soul.
Yoga class practicum
Participants practice teaching as lead instructors and receive feedback from experienced teachers. The physical aspects of this course are based in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika as the foundation, branching into a variety of modern yoga styles. Students are introduced to the following:
- Trauma-informed yoga
- Meditation
- Hatha
- Hatha Vinyasa
- Yin
- Ashtanga
- Iyengar
- Kundalini
- Kids Yoga
- Acro Yoga
- Chair Yoga
- Yoga Nidra
Schedule
- Morning meditation and pranayama
- Yoga class
- Breakfast
- Yoga Sutras study
- Asana workshop
- Lunch
- Anatomy and teaching methodology
- Practice teaching
- Satsang
- Dinner
Training runs from 6:00 am–5:30 pm, Monday through Friday, with evenings reserved for study, practice, and homework. Saturdays and Sundays are off days, with assigned homework, reflection, and self-practice.
What to bring
Please bring with you (hard copy or digital copy is fine): Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation & commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda, Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar, The Key Muscles of Yoga by Ray Long.
Included excursions
- Eco hikes (medicinal plants, local wildlife, beach, and primary rainforest)
- Marino Ballena National Park Beach
- River swim and meditation
- Visit to the bamboo forest
- Waterfall adventures
Instructors
Courtney Fletcher
Courtney is an ex-gymnast, spinally fused, 20-year yogi, Ashtangi, trained in India, with a 'gypsea' soul whose practice draws from Ashtanga, Hatha, and Vinyasa. Her heart-centered approach evokes an understanding of interconnectedness through a focus on self-love, nature, and Seva (service). The intention is for her students to discover the light within that ignites their path to inner peace, the connection which opens the heart to universal love.
Location
Uvita is a small village in southern Costa Rica, notable for its unique location where the mountains meet the Pacific Ocean. It is the closest village to Marino Ballena National Park, home to the famous Whale’s Tail formation.
This tropical hamlet offers an unspoiled and serene atmosphere, with palm trees swaying in the breeze and providing shade from the Pacific sun. The area is rich in outdoor activities, including beaches, rivers, waterfalls, and jungle trails.
Restaurants, grocery stores, banks, and laundry services are all within walking distance. Nearby rivers and waterfalls are approximately a 5-minute walk away, and a local farmers’ market takes place every Saturday from 8:00 am–12:00 pm.
Distances
- Marino Ballena National Park – 40 minutes walk or 5 minutes drive
- Uvita Beach – approximately 40 minutes walk
- Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) – approximately 1 hour
- Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) – approximately 4 hours
Food
This course includes 3 home-cooked plant-based meals per day from Monday to Saturday. The food is locally sourced and meals are prepared by a private chef. Enjoy fresh local produce and healthy wholesome food prepared mindfully to energize your practice. Please plan to purchase your own snacks between meals, as well as meals on your 1 day off.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Lactose Free
- Whole food
Things to do (optional)
- Horseback riding
- Paddle boarding
- Snorkeling
- Surf lessons
- Waterfall rapelling
- Whale watching
- Whitewater rafting
- Zip lining
Spa treatments
Spa treatments
The following services are locally available (not included in package cost):
- Massage
- Thai massage
- Chiropractic care
- Pedicure / manicure
What's included
- All yoga philosophy, posture, anatomy, and teaching methodology classes
- Certificate of completion
- Curriculum, including a comprehensive student workbook
- Local trips to waterfall, river, bamboo forest, beach
- 49 nights accommodation
- 3 home-cooked meals per day (excluding the 1 day off)
What's not included
- Airport transfers
- Flight to San Jose, Costa Rica
- Weekend free time excursions
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer available for additional US$ 50 per person
Juan Santamaría International Airport
104 km away from your destination
Transfer not provided
Quepos La Managua Airport
52 km away from your destination
Arrival by airplane
Please arrange your flight to arrive at Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) or Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO). Quepos La Managua Airport is the closest airport to Uvita (1 hour by taxi). Most students fly into Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) and ride in an InnerSea organized shuttle from there.
Transfer from and to the airport is available upon request at an additional cost (usually between 30 and 50 USD each way). InnerSea Yoga Academy organizes a shuttle to leave from SJO airport at 1:00 pm, and it is about a 3.5 hour ride. The driver will meet you outside of Malinche restaurant with an InnerSea Yoga Academy sign. The restaurant is located outside and to the right after baggage claim.
You are welcome to come the night before, and find a hotel near SJO, then come back to SJO for the 1:00 pm shuttle the next day.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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