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Punta Banco

300HR Yoga & Ayurveda Teacher Training - Costa Rica

Imagine a month in the beautiful Costa Rica as you are guided into self-retreat, self-mastery, and self-rejuvenation through the practice of yoga and Ayurveda. Awaken your senses to the peace and serenity of pristine sandy beaches, lush jungle, and warm ocean of beautiful Nosara.

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300HR Yoga & Ayurveda Teacher Training -  Costa Rica

Time & Location

May 01, 2022, 2:00 p.m. EDT – May 31, 2022, 11:00 a.m. EDT

Punta Banco, 5 km south of Pavones, Provincia de Puntarenas, Punta Banco, 60704, Costa Rica

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About the event

Join us in the beautiful paradise of Costa Rica!

Imagine 30-days in the beautiful Costa Rica as you are guided into self-retreat, self-mastery, and self-rejuvenation through the practice of yoga and Ayurveda. Awaken your senses to the peace and serenity of pristine sandy beaches, lush jungle, and warm ocean of beautiful Punta Banco.

Return to the elements as you immerse yourself in one of the most revitalizing timeless experiences as you master the art of teaching. ​Experience​ full facilitation and instruction to learn how to master your own voice, guide others in practice, and return to your passion, through the principles and practices of self-healing and self-realization.

Learn to guide a completely holistic and integrative yoga practice including yoga asana, pranayama, kriyas, mudra, mantra, and meditation. Discover how to create yoga classes based on the science of Ayurveda and tailor your classes to the season, the Ayurvedic constitution of each person, their age, and life transitions.

As a yoga and Ayurveda instructor you will be able to:

  • Teach holistic classes that include pranayama, mudra meditation, and yoga asana
  • Lead yoga group classes based on the season, the person's Ayurvedic constitution and the stages of their life
  • Create individualized yoga programs
  • Incorporate and understand how the season and time of day, are important considerations to class design and daily protocols
  • Offer basic Ayurvedic lifestyle recommendations to bring balance and harmony to the body, mind, and emotion

This yoga teacher training offers an authentic, integrative, and comprehensive way for you to return to your life's passion and purpose. Experience: ​

  • Cacao ceremony
  • Sound healing ceremony
  • Chakra Cleansing Practices
  • Prana & Breathwork Practices
  • Fire ceremony
  • Moon Meditation
  • Ocean Rituals & Earth offerings
  • Elemental asana
  • 30 transformative meditation sessions
  • 30 asana classes
  • 30 pranayama and kriya session
  • Daily lectures and practices

DAILY SCHEDULE

*6:30AM - 8:00AM

Wake up to morning meditation, yoga asana and breath work

*8:00AM - 10:00AM

Enjoy a delicious healthy meal, relax and unwind

10:00AM - 12:30PM

Ayurveda Lecture & Practices

*12:30PM - 2:00PM

Enjoy  a delicious lunch

2:00PM - 5:00PM

Asana & Anatomy Lab

*5:00 - 7:30PM

Enjoy a evening meal time

Itinerary may be subject to change

Course Curriculum 

History & Philosophy

  • Ayurveda & Yoga the sister-sciences and their relationship to health
  • The Four Vedas
  • The Shad Dharshan: Understanding the Macrocosm and the Microcosm
  • The Samkya Philosophy & Involution of Consciousness: The Journey from the Doshas to Samadhi
  • The Four Ashrams of Vedic Life: Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sannyasa
  • The Goals of Human Life: Purusartha - Dharma, Artha, Kama & Moksha
  • The 4 Karmas: Balancing Laws of Cause and Effect - Sanchita, Prarabdha, Kriyamana and Agami
  • Ashtanga - The Eight Limbs of Yoga and The Eight Limbs of Ayurveda
  • Practicing the Yamas and Niyamas with the 5 great elements

 Ayurveda 

  • Ayurveda & Yoga Psychology
  • The subdoshas and the grahas
  • Jyotish & Ayurveda
  • Ratna - Gem Therapy
  • The Sapta Dhatus: The Seven Tissues
  • Prana, Tejas, Ojas
  • Agni & Soma
  • Panchakarma & Shat Kriyas

 Holistic Care 

  • Dinacharaya and Ritucharaya – Daily Routines and Seasonal Routines
  • Balancing the Doshas through Sensory Care
  • Tanmatra Cikitsa: Shabdha, Sparsha, Rupa, Rasa, Gandha (Sound, Touch, Vision, Taste, Smell)
  • Abhyanga (Self Massage) and the Marmas
  • Marmas and the gateway to the subconscious
  • Practices for stress management, improved sleep, digestion, elimination and detoxification

 The Ayurveda Approach To Asana 

  • Warm Up Postures for the Doshas
  • Ayurvedic Asana: Balancing Poses, Seated Poses, Standing Poses, Forward Folding Poses, Back Bending Poses, Lateral Extension Poses,Twisting Poses for the Doshas
  • Sun Salutes for the Doshas
  • Moon Salutation & Cooling Practices
  • The Ayurvedic Approach to the Teaching and Practice of Yoga
  • Complex Sequencing & Leading Yoga for Kapha, Pitta & Vata Dosha Level II
  • Sequencing & Leading Yoga group classes based on the seasons and the Doshas
  • Sequencing & Leading Yoga for the Gunas
  • Sequencing & Leading Yoga for each Element (Akash, Vayu, Agni, Jala, Prithvi)
  • Sequencing & Leading for Agni & Soma

 Nutrition & Cooking 

  • Shad Rasa: The Six Tastes & The Energetics of Food
  • Understanding how food affects our emotions: Food Emotions & Taste
  • Maintaining our metabolism and Health: Agni & Ama
  • Maintaining our inner balance: Healthy food combinations
  • Healing Foods: Nutrition for the Doshas
  • Nourishing the cycles of time: Seasonal Nutrition
  • Food and Consciousness: Sattva, Rajas, Tamas
  • Cultivating our Life force, Radiance and Vitality: Prana & Pranic Food, Tejas and Revitalizing Food, Ojas and Rejuvenating Foods
  • Lifestyle Practices: Mindful eating and conscious food preparation
  • Ayurvedic cooking demos - food preparation, tea concoctions, spices, ghee, herb concoctions, elixirs, kitchari and more
  • Food and Colour Therapy
  • Yogic Practices to support digestion: Sensory meditation, Metta Bhavana, Kapalabhati, Agni Sara, Surya Bedhana, Nadi Shodhana, Chandra Bedhana, Digestive Mudras.
  • Ayu-Yoga Classes to support Agni and Digestion
  • Cleansing, Balancing, Rejuvenation

 Sound, Colour & Aromatherapy 

  • Balancing the Elements and Doshas with Sound & Color
  • Shabdha Jnana (Knowledge of Sound Healing: Mantra, Mauna, Satya, Music)
  • Healing the body through ratna: gems
  • Aromatherapy recipes and concoctions for the Doshas

 Marma & Yoga 

  • Accessing the subtle energetic system through the practice of Yoga
  • Activating the marmas through Yoga asana
  • Activating, cleansing or balancing the organs through Yoga asana

 Mental  & Emotional Health 

  • Exploring Trauma, Anxiety & Depression through Yoga and Ayurveda
  • Signs and symptoms of trauma, Anxiety & Depression in the body and mind
  • Vata, Pitta & Kapha Imbalances as they relate to Trauma, Anxiety & Depression: physiology and function, mind, emotions and senses
  • Balancing Trauma, Anxiety & Depression for Vata, Pitta and Kapha through Food and Lifestyle, Herbs and Yoga

 Meditation 

  • Balancing the Elements and Doshas with Meditation
  • So Hum Meditation
  • Mauna, the practice of silence
  • Speaking and the practice of Truth (Satya)
  • Walking meditation, Sitting Meditation, Contemplation, Mantra Meditation, Retrogression
  • Svadyaya: Self Inquiry with the elements and the tanmatras
  • Loving Kindness, Auto-genic practices, Visualization, Journeys
  • Bhuta Shuddhi - cleansing the elements through meditation
  • The Art of Facilitating Meditation

 Advanced Anatomy 

  • Advanced principles and practice with anatomy cues
  • The Chakras, the Organs and Asana
  • The Panch Pranas - Understanding how the Pranas and the Elements connect to the Chakras and Yoga Asana
  • Structural alignment/postural integration: advanced methodology
  • Adjustments, modification and contraindications
  • Prop usage: Using physical props to support postural understanding and enhance benefit of pose (how you can use props to facilitate healing.)

 Subtle Anatomy 

  • The Pancha Kosha, Panch Prana, The Chakras & Conditions
  • Kundalini
  • The Panch Pranas - Understanding how the Pranas and the Elements connect to the Chakras and Yoga Asana
  • Marmas, the Organs & the Elements

 Mantra & Mudra 

  • Mantra to balance the Doshas
  • Mudras to Balance the Elements, Vayus and the Doshas
  • A-kara, U-kara, M-kara
  • Bija Mantras and the Elements
  • Mantra for each the health of the Organs

 Advanced Yoga Asana 

  • Anatomy Cues and Principles
  • Sequencing for the Subtle System: Chakras, Pancha Pranas & Marmas
  • Advanced Sequencing & Creative Complexity
  • Leading the body towards Sattva - cultivating stillness of the mind through Asana
  • Advanced Alignment & Adjustment
  • Advanced Asana Practices
  • The benefits of each asana

 Women's Health 

  • Hormonal care, working with menstrual cycles and menopause
  • Rejuvenation practices to build vitality and diminish depletion and fatigue
  • Facial Masks, Body Scrubs, rejuvenating tonics and teas
  • Ojas drinks, Flowers & Herbal care, Aromas and Spices
  • Anti-aging tonics and elixirs
  • Womb care and stomach massage

 The Science Of Breath 

  • The 10 Prana Vayus
  • Shat Kriyas, Shankhaprakshalana Kriya, Kaya Kriya
  • Introduction to Swara Yoga
  • Pranayama and Kriyas for specific conditions ​

 Yoga & Ayurveda Psychology 

  • Cultivation practices for Sattva, Rajas & Tamas
  • The Ayurveda & Yoga Approach to Psychology and Psycho-Neuro-Immunology (PNI)
  • Yoga & Neuroscience
  • Patanjalis Yoga Sutras and the Mind

What's included: 

Tution, Course Manual, Three Meals a Day, Daily use of Yoga Mats & Props (Cleaniliness Protocols in place), Special Events. 

What's not included: flight, laundry, ground transportation, additional events that are not part of the retreat, massages, personal toiletries, health insurance. 

Location: Tiskita Jungle Villas, Punta Blanco 

This location has strict protocols to keep the space safe and clean for your comfort during your stay. 

What to bring: comfortable clothing for yoga asana and meditation, umbrella, mosquito repellant, face mask during travel, bathing suit, clothing for special events and outings. 

Airport: The closest International airport is San Jose airport. If you require transportation from the airport this can be arranged for you. 

Health Insurance: You do not require to be vaccinated against Covid, you are not required to quarantine and you do not require a PCR test to enter Costa Rica. Please note that it is require that you have health insurance to enter Costa Rica if you are not vaccinated. For health insurance, there are compaines that cover the requirements for Costa Rica entry that are reasonably priced. https://www.trawickinternational.com is a good option that covers your needs for Costa Rica entry. 

REFUND POLICY

Legal Terms

Full payment includes 20-nights’ accommodation at Tiskita Eco Lodge in, Costa Rica. Related special events, all course fees, tuition, virtual course manual, 3 meals a day and course materials are included.

International flights are not included. Domestic Flights are not included unless arranged to be purchased. Laundry services are not included. Personal events and excursions are not included.

The course will not be refunded after 60-days prior to the course start date.  Course cancellation will only occur if there is a natural disaster or 'Act of God' that affects the safety of the participants.

If the course is cancelled, tuition is refunded or transferred to the next training. Flights and accommodation are the responsibility of the student and will not be refunded if there is a cancellation due to natural disaster or pandemic restrictions. In case of refund, deposits paid through a third party agreement will need to be resolved through the third-party for the deposit refund depending on their policy. Please review all third-party refund policies if applicable.

Once the course has commenced there are no refunds. If you choose to withdraw from the course due to illness or other personal circumstances, we require a written statement sent by e-mail to the registrar (info@jaiwellness.com) outlining the reasons for your withdrawal. There are no refunds after withdrawal, however you may transfer your tuition to our pre-recorded on-line study option or a future course date. Flights, accommodation and food costs are non-transferable.

Entry Regulations: At this time, you are not required to quarantine upon entry to Costa Rica, you do not require a PCR test and you are not required to be Covid vaccinated to legally enter Costa Rica.

Please check for occurring border entry changes to ensure that you have all necessary documents required to enter Costa Rica. All medical expenses are the responsibility of the participant.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!

From the team at JAI Wellness!!

 

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