Posts Tagged ‘get over your fear’
Committing to a yoga teacher training is a big decision to make in and of itself. Choosing to travel to a destination like Blue Osa in Costa Rica to enroll in a yoga teacher training program, can be even more daunting. If you’re considering doing a yoga teacher training, surely there are some positive reasons…
Read MoreStudent Spotlight With Brooke: What Led You To Blue Osa’s Yoga Teacher Training?
On this week’s Blue Osa Student Spotlight, we are so excited to introduce you to Brooke Nowak. Read on to discover Brooke’s path to yoga teacher training, the hurdles she had to overcome to get here, and her personal advice to other yogis considering a teacher training program! Let’s start with an introduction! What’s your…
Read MoreBecome a Yoga Warrior
Students come to yoga for several reasons. One of the reasons is to build a stronger body. The general notion is that if we become stronger in the body, we become stronger and more powerful in life. The Warrior Yoga Poses help us to build not only a sense of outer resilience but an inner…
Read MoreHow to Live a Fearless Life
There are so many explanations for what yoga is, what constitutes a yoga practice and what we should really focus on in our practice. People always ask,“What should my yoga practice be?” For many, “practice” consists of doing as many sun salutations and yoga push-ups as possible. For some, it is sitting in stillness every…
Read MoreBe fierce in Virabhadrasana III Pose
You’ve seen the asana, but do you know the Warrior legend? Lord Shiva created Virabhadrasana from the locks of his own hair to avenge his wife’s death. Shiva’s wife Sati was the daughter of Daksha; he did not approve of their union. When Sati crashed the large sacrificial festival her father was hosting, to confront him…
Read MoreConfessions of a yoga teacher – How I over came my fear by Yogi Hollis
This is a confession series with four yoga retreat leaders. They share their thoughts on fear, courage, adventure, what scares them the most, and how they deal with fear. The following is written Yogi Hollis who is coming to Blue Osa to lead the Return To YOU Yoga Retreat! 1. How have you dealt with…
Read MoreHow Yoga Helps Us Confront Our Fears
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Plato Fear is a signal of a threat – It is also a necessary tool for survival, think of an oncoming buffalo (or bus). We were not born into a…
Read More12 Proven Ways To Fill Your Yoga Retreat
I have lead two yoga retreats at Blue Osa Yoga Retreat + Spa in Costa Rica and am now on my third one. For every year that I’ve organized a retreat at Blue Osa, I told management to expect 24 attendees. Each year, the number of people traveling with me for my yoga retreat in…
Read MoreConfessions Of A Yoga Teacher – How I Overcome My Fear
This is a confession series with four yoga retreat leaders. They share their thoughts on fear, courage, adventure, what scares them the most, and how they deal with fear. The following is written Martin Scott, who came to Blue Osa to and led the Clear Your Mind & Unwind retreat! Fear stops us from realizing…
Read MoreStep Into Your Fear
A few years ago before the winter solstice, as the days grew darker and shorter, I began to notice how my attention shifted to the “dark” areas of my life. I came to realize that the practice of yoga can ultimately have the potential to set us yogis apart from others by virtue of the…
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