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Join Yoga Academy International founder, Lauren Rudick and breath work facilitator, Martin Strandberg for a deep, soulful and rejuvenating retreat.
This is an ALL levels yoga and breathwork vacation that will help you access more of your potential. The retreat will include yoga daily, breath work, meditation, journaling workshops, cold plunges and delicious meals! Together we will create a safe space where you can reset, restore and leave feeling totally rejuvenated.
Please note that you do not have to be a yoga teacher to join us! BUT if you are a yoga teacher this retreat will give you 40hrs continuing education credits with Yoga Alliance.
Rejuvenate 2023 breath work & yoga retreat includes:
Breathwork is an active meditation. We will breathe in a specific pattern that allows the breath to be a vehicle that helps release emotional debris out of the body and nervous system. It can help you find a haven within your body, open your heart and break patterns of depression or anxiety. Breathwork is a self-healing practice that is an efficient and potent feel better emotionally and physically.
There are numerous and tremendous benefits of breathwork, including releasing anger, shame, grief, sadness, guilt, fear, doubt, betrayal, anxiety, limiting beliefs, conditioning, and trauma out of the physical and emotional bodies. The breath bypasses the subconscious mind and allows the body and nervous system to process and clear trauma and open up pathways for ease and connection.
Breathwork is a deep dive into exploring the vastness of your essential self, releasing limiting beliefs and traumas and unlocking self-love, acceptance, intuition, creativity, freedom and peace. It helps regulate the nervous system and inspire action.
We are located within steps of Maderas Beach, a world famous surf spot. Known for it’s beauty and peaceful environment. It is located 20-minutes outside of the lively beach town of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. Nicaragua is currently THE SAFEST country in Central America. Our retreat centre is private, gorgeous, secure and truly an experience of paradise! You’ll get sunset views every evening from your private pool and our yoga shala boasts a 180 degree view of the ocean. We also have a jungle gym, meditation deck and 82 acres of hiking trails on this private property to explore.
Every morning you can meditate on the cliffs of this dramatic coastline that gives way to perfect beaches for walking and some world-class waves for surfing. This place is serene and stunning.
GETTING HERE: We are 2.5 hours from the Costa Rica (LIR) airport as well as 2.5 hours from Managua (MGA) airport. Fly in to either and we can have your private transfer arranged!
Norwegian Born, Martin Strandberg is a sweetheart, surfer and breath work facilitator. Martin’s warmth puts everyone at ease and his playful spirit keeps the day fun. Martin teaches breath workshops to A list celebrities, expats and locals in Costa Rica.
“I practice Breathwork because it saved my life. 4 years ago I was thinking of ending my time on earth and for a long time I was hoping for someone else to do it for me. I had done breathing techniques some years earlier and I had read about a guy named Wim Hof and how he changed his life with Breathwork and cold therapy. I felt a calling to breathe deeply again. So I went outside and did heavy breathing on my own. Within 30 minutes I felt a connection with me again and I cried. I cried so much, tears of joy. From then I realised the power of my breath.
I feel obligated to bring this to the world and to show others how powerful your breath really can be. How you can connect with your soul and it’s the number one tool I would recommend to everyone. To learn how to breathe.”
Founder of Yoga Academy International, Lauren is a globally celebrated yoga instructor, travel blogger and photographer. She has been teaching yoga for over a decade and comes from a variety of lineages and traditions. Lauren has lead yoga retreats and workshops in over 2-dozen countries and continues to study with world-class instructors whenever possible. Lauren has been featured in Women’s health Magazine, YogiTimes, Optymyz and get out there to name a few as well as on countless podcasts and newspaper articles.
Lauren is passionate about sharing yoga from an authentic and soulful point of view. She believes that yoga practice can help uncover the veils that hide us from achieving our full potential.
The price of this retreat starts at $985USD
What’s not included:
You will have access to a kitchen at all times and there are several inexpensive restaurant options nearby for snacks or meals that aren’t included.
Because of the high demand for our programs, you will have to put down a non-refundable deposit in order to save your spot. Please note, we are not offering refunds if students test positive for COVID-19 or required to isolate because of exposure to the virus. If your travel plans are altered or delayed because of your own exposure to the virus, we are not offering refunds.
We WILL offer full refunds if your country’s airport is locked down BEFORE the retreat start date or if flights from your country or to the MGA or LIR airports are grounded due to the pandemic.
Use code “earlybird” to get $150 off this retreat when you sign up before December 31st!
A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your space in this program. Your initial deposit is not refundable under any circumstances.
Payment plans are available. The full remaining balance owing of the course is due 21-days prior to the start date of the program.
A full refund, minus the deposit fee will be offered for cancellations made more than 30-days prior to the start date of the program.
Refunds will not be offered on cancellations made less than 30-days in advance. Refunds will not be given to students who fail to show up for the program for any reason. Refunds are not offered more than 30-days in advance for any reason.
Once a Participant arrives to our program location, your space in the program has been accounted for and therefore we cannot offer a refund for any reason. There will be no refunds offered for participants who leave our program after arrival.
At Yoga Academy International we adhere to a Code of Conduct that we ask our students to follow in order to maintain a safe and loving environment. If a yoga student is in violation of our Code of Conduct and being particularly disruptive during our program (i.e. being rude to other students and staff, inviting guests in to his or her room from outside of the training, bringing drugs or alcohol on to our teacher training property, sexual harassment or sexual violence of any kind) that student may be asked to leave our program. If a yoga teacher training student is asked to leave our program that student will not be offered a refund.
If a yoga participant leaves our program after arrival for any reason, the yoga teacher training participant is responsible for all arrangements and costs associated with travel and accommodation for their departure from our program.
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