Learn about Costa Rica’s Most Popular Slogan and How to Use It It’s Everywhere! Everywhere you walk or explore in Costa Rica you will hear the words, Pura Vida. From the first time you hear it, it becomes more and … Read More
Our Healing Center in Lush Costa Rica
Welcome to the Goddess Garden Healing Center in Costa Rica
Welcome To The Goddess Garden Yoga Retreat Center!
The Goddess Garden is a Yoga Retreat, Yoga Teacher Training Center, Plant Medicine Retreat Center, and most of all, an intentional place for yoga, meditation, and transformation in Costa Rica. The Goddess Garden provides facilities for yoga teacher training and group yoga retreats for guests from around the world.
Check out our upcoming Group Retreats and Training: Thegoddessgarden.com/yoga-teacher-trainings-group-retreats
Why Solo Retreat With Us?
Traveling Alone is the Best Dear friends, travelers and seekers of adventure, Traveling alone is the best, and let us tell you why: We live in a time where life is just so busy. Taking the time to reconnect with … Read More
Breath Guidelines for Asana
Breath Guidelines for All Poses Inhalation should be performed when: Opening, unfolding, or expanding the outer body Lengthening and extending the spine Opening the arms to the sides or overhead Coming out of forward bends or lateral standing poses … Read More
Main Elements of the Natural Breath
Main Elements of the Natural Breath Inhalation During inhalation, the following movements and actions occur in the body. · The diaphragm flattens and descends causing the abdominal organs to push down and distend the belly. · The pelvic floor descends, … Read More
Counting Backward Meditation – Try it!
COUNTING BACKWARD MEDITATION‑ (50 – 0- Infinity) In this exercise you will begin by counting backwards from fifty to zero, synchronizing the counting with your breathing, and then proceed to riding the breath non-verbally. Sit with your back straight and … Read More
What is a Sound Bath?
The experience begins with each person lying down or seated in a comfortable position, often with a blanket and an eye mask. After a few minutes of guided focus on the breath, the remainder of the experience is filled with … Read More
Benefits of Going on a Yoga Retreat
Learning about the benefits of yoga retreats for healing can be beneficial if you have been feeling down and out. Yoga retreats are a great way of getting in alignment with your own healing. If you’ve ever played with the … Read More
Chants for Every Life Situation
by C Kali Aitken Chanting is a spiritual discipline believed to improve listening skills, heightened energy and more sensitivity toward others. Chants can express devotion, gratitude, peace, compassion and call in light into someone’s life. Here are chants that can … Read More
Thoughts on Practice
by C Kali Aitken Function before form. Proceed gradually. Be gently persistent. Be attentive to the moment, not to a goal or an idea of how a posture should be. Listen to your body. Discover where in your body you … Read More