COSTA RICA with Eryck
YOGA RETREAT
We are returning to Montezuma for our 5th long haul retreat with Eryck Brahmania. We've chosen to come to Montezuma, on the pacific coast, for its beautiful beaches, waterfalls and amazing activities and biodiversity. We would love you to join us in for 7 days of yoga, surfing, horse riding, nature watching, amazing food and guaranteed good times in the sunshine.
April 7 - April 15, 2025
As well as a daily dynamic practice focused around a theme, there will be workshops going deeper on specific poses, meditation and mantra, kundalini kriyas, yin yoga, plus optional mat Pilates and HIIT early morning workouts before the yoga session. In your free time, you might choose to go surfing, head to the waterfalls, go horse riding through the national mark, have a massage or or chill by the pool. The food at Nya is delicious and healthy. We have breakfast together after yoga, and you can choose what to have, from granola and fruit, pancakes, French toast, huevos rancheros, eggs benedict or omelette, plus of course juice and lots off coffee. Dinners are after evening yoga, also at Ubin restaurant attached to Nya, and include a starter and main every evening, so you definitely won’t go hungry.
We have a spacious dorm option, luxurious twin sharing and doubles, and a spare child mattress can be added to a deluxe double if you wanted to come with your parter and child. There is also the option of a family apartment as its half term. Please ask if you would be interested in that. We are using the week before Easter, so that if you wanted to add on some more travel in Costa Rica, you've got plenty of time to explore this incredible country.
TO BOOK, please email info@edeneast.co.uk
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The retreat will be led by Eryck Brahmania who will guide you through a series of thoughtfully designed yoga classes, workshops and meditation. The morning will include a dynamic class for all levels with the opportunity to develop a better understanding of the yoga practice. In the evening, rejoin to workshop specific poses, or for a restorative practice and meditation and a chance to wind down and reset our neural pathways to leave you feeling calm and clear. The open air Shala lifts you into the treetops of the surrounding jungle and accommodates twenty students so everyone will have ample guidance.
Eryck trained with the amazing Claire Missingham during his career as a professional dancer and still continues to assist her at her classes and workshops. Students can expect deep yoga assists, well thought out sequencing and traditional roots of yoga using Sanskrit, krama vinyasa, use of precise and detailed anatomical alignment and uplifting music.
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The retreat venue features a range of accommodation, ranging from a dorm option (twin singles and bunk beds) to twins and doubles with a terrace. kingsize room, all of which keep you in touch with nature. All rooms have AC, with tea and proper coffee with cafetières in the room.
The hotel has been designed as a quiet and fresh space surrounded by chic tropical gardens with exuberant vegetation. A variety of native and introduced trees and plants do an excellent job attracting abundant wildlife such as agutis, howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, iguanas and beautiful birds.
With quirky and calming designs by young Central American architects, it complements, rather than competes with the exuberant beauty of Costa Rica's nature, hoping you can fully enjoy what it has to offer in this unique setting. Each room is created with care to detail and allows the guest to have a peaceful and nourishing time while enjoying the sounds and view of the forest and ocean breezes. Most of the rooms have a balcony or a terrace where you can unwind after an adventurous day in the Peninsula of Nicoya.
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Pricing
£1250 for a bunkbed either in the dorm room (4 people sharing)
£1650 for deluxe twin room/double sharing with terrace or balcony (£2500 so£o occupancy)
£1450 for standard twin room sharing without a private terrace (though there is a communal terrace right outside).
Options for family apartment and adding a mattress if you want to bring your child.
This includes:
Accommodation for 7 nights.
2 yoga workshops per day plus additional optional pilates and cardio.
Brunch and dinner each day.
Not included
Travel to Montezuma - Either short internal flight on Sansa from San Jose or a 4.5 hour drive including a ferry in either a rental car, or the cheaper Interbus option.
Surfing lessons, boat trips and other activities.
Massages.
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Proposed Schedule
Arrive on 7th in time for an evening yoga practice around 5.30pm before dinner at 7.00pm. Then the schedule will be as follows:
7:30am to 8:30am - Fresh fruit in the shala, optional 30 minute mat Pilates or HIIT session
8:30am to 10:30am - Vinyasa flow class + meditation (2hrs)
10:30am to 11:30am - Brunch
11:30am to 17:00pm - Free time
17:30pm to 19:00pm - Evening practice (workshop, restorative, meditation or breathwork) (90 mins)
19:30pm - Dinner
