Yoga at Bodhi Shambala
We offer Vinyasa-style yoga classes, which provide for a more vigorous practice that focuses on both breathing and the physical flow and movement. The word “Vinyasa” literally means “connection”, and that is what the Asanas, or poses, aim to do — connect to one another to create a flow of movement that is designed to create heat and get the blood flowing. Practiced in such a warm and humid climate also promotes sweating and purification of the body. This style of yoga is an excellent way to energize the body while also looking inward to our thoughts, our concentration, and the importance of the breath.
But, the true Bodhi Surf + Yoga experience is the union of both yoga and surfing, which is why we have created our pinnacle package, the Bodhi Sessions Adult Surf + Yoga camp, which features an intentional yoga curriculum which designed to take its students through many different aspects of the yoga practice: physical, mental, and spiritual. Our yoga instructors recognize that everyone has different strengths and limitations, and provide different modifications to the postures to allow students to utilize their strengths while at the same time improving the areas that may need more work. The priorities of yoga at Bodhi Surf + Yoga are always that participants are safe, having a good time, and learning something new.
A dedicated week of practice at Bodhi Surf + Yoga
Practicing yoga at Bodhi Surf + Yoga may prove to be different than anything you’ve ever done before. Our guests come from every walk of life, some have never done yoga in their life, others are long-time practitioners, or yoga teachers themselves. They may come to have a life-changing experience in Costa Rica, they may come to invest some much-needed time and energy into themselves, they may just come to jump-start a healthy lifestyle. They may come for none of the above reasons, but find that it does all of those things. Bodhi Surf + Yoga’s intensive surf and yoga camps feature a yoga curriculum that aims to teach different aspects of the yoga practice, make long-held tension melt away, and complement the co-activity, surfing.
Yoga and surfing are more than mere physical activities: they are more like entire ways of life, and each has its own corresponding paradigm and philosophy. As yoga focuses on breathing, balance, flexibility, and strength, it is an excellent complement to surfing — many of professional surfing’s “greats” practice yoga regularly to better their surfing skills and ability. Yoga teaches us to be aware of both what’s going on inside ourselves as well as what’s happening in our surroundings, as well as to be present and completely in the moment, aspects that will make us better in the water. We try to incorporate this way of thinking — awareness of self, environment, and the interconnectedness of everything — into each yoga (and incidentally, surf) class.
Benefits of surfing + yoga
We designed our Bodhi Sessions after years of being in business and working with countless individuals and groups, some of whom did surfing or yoga on their own, and others who did them together. We noticed that our guests benefitted so greatly from doing the two together; that they learned better, their bodies were more relaxed, and their minds more open.
Whether you are more strongly interested in one or the other, or are curious about each activity, whether your most pressing desire is either learning to surf or improving your yoga practice — we highly encourage you to try both and commit to doing the full week of Bodhi Sessions.
The Impact Beyond Our Shores
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Daily Surfing + Yoga
We believe that one of the greatest benefits of Bodhi Sessions is the fact that yoga is not just an add-on activity, but a fundamental part of the surfing experience. Yoga provides much-needed balance (no pun intended) of physical strength-building and stretching, and is designed to complement the building crescendo of the surf sessions.
Even if you think you're coming to Bodhi Surf + Yoga because you want to surf, and are doing the yoga "just 'cause it's included", you may find that the yoga portion ends up being the most groundbreaking experience that you have. For many, it has been an unexpected gem, a highlight of their whole trip. Doing yoga overlooking the vividly green jungle surrounding the Bodhi lodge as the tropical birds chirp their beautiful songs will make for extra special experiences to take home from your Costa Rica vacation.
EXPERIENTIAL VACATION
Collect Experiences
Bodhi Sessions is actually even more than surfing and yoga. It's the community we have within the lodge and with guests from all over, our place in the little Costa Rican community that we operate within, the truly magnificent environment that surrounds us that you really must experience with your own sense to understand how beautiful it is. It's the healthy, delicious food served at the Bodhi lodge, the quaint setting to rest and relax between activities, the therapeutic mattresses to get good rest on, the natural pool to cool off in.
Of course, we want you to get that jump-start to either make yoga a part or a bigger part of your life, or to feel either an improvement in your already-existing yoga practice. With five intentional, mounting yoga sessions in a week, there is plenty of opportunity for that to happen! For more information, head over to Bodhi Sessions.
Why Choose Us
When it comes to surf and yoga tourism, Bodhi Surf + Yoga is in a class of its own.
Get to know us to find out what sets us apart.
