Yoga Retreat and Teacher Certification Program
Jan. 18 - Feb. 14, 2009
Karuna & Paul Erickson

Cost: $3495

Karuna and Paul's yoga school, Heart Yoga Center, is a Registered Yoga School 200 with Yoga Alliance. Yoga Alliance is the most highly regarded Yoga Teacher Registration Association in North America. 

Graduates of the Costa Rica program will be approved as Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance

In this course we will explore yoga as a practice of embodying spirit in a heartfelt and mindful way.  This intensive program is intended for all yoga students who wish to deepen their understanding of yoga as a spiritual practice, as well as for those who are considering or already teaching Yoga.

Through an in-depth experiential investigation of your connection with the sacred energy of yoga and meditation, you will expand your perspective of yourself and your yoga practice.  A wide range of topics will be explored, including:

• yoga philosophy  & psychology
• seeing & understanding bodies
• body/mind connection
• practicing and teaching asana
• breath awareness
• meditation
• anatomy of yoga
• therapeutic yoga
• teaching and communication skills
• sequencing
• creating a daily practice
• and much more! 

Hours of study in this program meet the standards of teacher training with Yoga Alliance and can be applied toward registration as a certified yoga teacher.

The Pacific Coast of Costa Rica is a tropical paradise with beautiful white and black sand beaches, astounding wildlife, and lush vegetation.  You will be staying at Hacienda del Sol, located on five naturally landscaped acres with fruit trees, exotic plants and beautiful flowers.  Each cabina at the retreat is cool and comfortable, and has a veranda with chairs and hammocks, where you may hear and see the howler monkeys, parrots, iguanas, armadillos, and other interesting creatures.  There are hot showers, clay baths, a dance space, and a sun-tanning deck.  You will be nourished with lovingly prepared meals using organic locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Please join us in this beautiful place as we explore together the heart and spirit of yoga.

Karuna Erickson has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 30 years.  She has taught in Canada, the US, Mexico, Costa Rica and Hawaii, and has studied with many world-renowned teachers,  including BKS Iyengar, Rodney Yee, Baba Hari Dass, and Judith Lasater.  She assists Rodney Yee in his workshops and teacher trainings.  She is certified by Yoga Alliance at the advanced level.  Her 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist has created a compassionate sensitivity and attention to the process of each student's practice.

She is presently co-authoring a book with Andrew Harvey entitled The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism, and teacher workshops with him across the US and Canada.

Paul Erickson has been practicing and studying meditation for 30 years He has studied with Sayadaw U Lakkana in Burma, and has participated in many silent retreats with senior western teacher including Joseph Goldstein, Steven and Michelle Smith, and Jack Kornfield.  He has taught Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation courses,and led sitting groups and retreats in the US and Canada.  Paul has been certified at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California to teach meditation classes, groups and retreats.  He is also a psychotherapist in private practice in Nelson, BC.

For more information, please contact Karuna

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"This heavenly union of mind, body, spirit
so gracefully expressed through your loving partnership...
male, female, drawn together
to teach, explore, create...
to bring together a family of diverse souls,
alike in intent and
devotion to this
divinity
in practice.

My gratitude to your contribution is unyielding. Thank you both for all that you do and all that you are. Namaste."

- Terran

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