Bodhi Diaries

The Bodhi Cookbook Cover
/ Apr 4

The Bodhi Cookbook: Costa Rican Recipes, Guest Favorites, and More!

Today is a momentous occasion. Today is the day that, after at least five years of being in the works, the curtain opens on “The Bodhi Cookbook.” This was a project that…

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Hannah Walsh and Jazeen Hollings
/ Dec 20

The Bodhi Wave Documentary Production Begins!

The Bodhi Wave documentary film crew members, Jazeen Hollings and Hannah Walsh, arrived to Bahia Ballena at the beginning of December and launched right into production tasks: getting to know the area…

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TIES ESTC Bodhi Surf School
, / May 30

Experiencing the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference

Over a year ago someone asked me, “What are your plans after graduation?” In a million years, I would have never thought my answer would be interning in Costa Rica for the…

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Surf therapy
/ May 17

Surfing, a Metaphor for Life

Last year I read an article on MindBodyGreen that would change my life. The article was about someone’s experience interning at Bodhi Surf School in Uvita, Costa Rica. Reading that article made…

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Concrete Ocean Guardian actions
/ Apr 15

Ocean Guardians are Champions of Social Justice, Too

This is the fourth post in the series “Ocean Guardians We Admire”, read the third post here Our devoted readership may remember past intern, Shengxiao “Sole” Yu, who helped us design our Travelers’ Philanthropy Program back in…

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Surf tourism Bodhi Surf
/ Feb 18

Tara Ruttenberg: Analyzing the Impacts of Surf Tourism

This is the second post in the series “Ocean Guardians We Admire”, read the first post here Tara Ruttenberg was the winner of our first-ever Ocean Guardian Journey contest in 2013. When asked why…

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Handmade "chorreador" coffee maker
/ Jan 29

Surf & Yoga Camp Experience Inspires Low-Impact Coffee Maker

This is the first post in the series “Ocean Guardians We Admire” The Ocean Guardian Journey is Bodhi Surf School’s Corporate Responsibility Program — the tangible ways in which they are striving…

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Learning to surf in Costa Rica
/ May 2

From the Great Plains to the Great Ocean: A Kansas Girl Learns to Surf

Written by Erin Robinson, Deloitte Consultant and current Bodhi Surf School Intern I grew up land-locked in the middle of the United States, in a small college-town called Lawrence, Kansas. Amongst its many…

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/ Sep 17

Photo Essay: Melissa Rejeb, Bodhi Intern

Last month, Melissa Rejeb, a tourism student from Belgium, arrived to complete the practicum portion of her studies here in Bahia Ballena with Bodhi Surf School. Melissa is a budding photographer with a passion…

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/ Jun 16

Soul Surf: Shannon’s Story

Shannon joined us early this summer, after finishing her first year of university and before starting work at a surf camp in North Carolina which she has attended either as a counsellor or…

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