Name: Yoga Retreat – Costa Rica 2025
Start: 2025-02-14T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-02-21T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Costa Rica

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

February 14-21, 2025

Join us for a memorable life adventure: a 7-day yoga and meditation retreat…

in the tropical wilderness of Costa Rica!

Yoga is an adventure into the present moment. If we are willing to answer the call, this ancient practice invites us to meet life with playfulness, wonder, and an open mind, ready to welcome what it has to offer us; joyful and more challenging times alike. By tapping into the “lila” or play with which life continuously and spontaneously creates each moment, yoga can empower us to shift our perspective from life happening to us to life happening for us and see the life journey as an adventure.

Are you ready?

Next February, you are warmly invited into an adventure of play, exploration, and yoga practice with David & Cédric in the luscious tropical landscapes of Costa Rica. Each day will include yoga, meditation, time to reflect, relax, and swim at the beach or the pool, afternoon workshops to take your practice to another depth, as well as short excursions to discover surfing and some of the many treasures of this adventurous place!

Your venue

You will discover the beautiful region of Guanacaste, a two-hour drive from Liberia Airport.

The retreat will take place at the Driftaway lodge, remotely located steps away from a wild beach on the Pacific Coast, booked just for us. Luscious gardens, locally sourced food and furniture, a lovely pool for relaxation, the venue is the perfect place to unplug, recharge, and reconnect to the present moment. The unspoiled beach is right across the street, waiting for you to stroll, chill or swim and for our evening meditation…

You will be served three delicious meals a day, including local tropical fruits and fresh fish (vegetarian options possible).

Accommodation in shared rooms for two (double bed or two single beds, on demand) or in 4-person villas. If you are a solo traveler, we will pair you up with another wonderful yogi. Although not preferred, a couple of single rooms can be made available – inquire directly to Cédric.

Your hosts & teachers

On this retreat, David Bonneville from Québec, Canada, and Cédric Gorinas from France and Denmark are joining forces. They both share a long-time expertise and a passion for hosting yoga retreats and invigorating body, heart, and mind. Both your guides are certified and experienced yoga instructors teaching workshops, trainings, and retreats in Europe, Canada, and beyond.

Both David and Cédric have been teaching for over a decade and are known for combining movement anatomy and alignment techniques with an uplifting, sensitive, and heart-felt teaching style. David and Cédric will provide you with a friendly, down-to-earth environment where everyone is invited to lean back into themselves. You will be in good hands with these two nerds of the body’s anatomy and yoga wisdom and able to take your practice to a whole new level.

It is time for you to rejuvenate, relax, and reset… and most importantly have fun!

Your yoga & meditation practice

Your yoga sessions will be a combination of dynamic, alignment-based hatha and vinyasa yoga in the morning alternating with some more gentle, restorative and yin-oriented sessions in the afternoon. Beyond asanas, you will be guided in meditation and breathing exercises for a complete reset of your system. In addition to the two daily yoga sessions, David and Cédric will offer workshops for you who would like to go a little further in, e.g., arm balances, specific alignment techniques, meditation, and yoga philosophy.

You are in for a treat and a lifetime experience! Time to play! 😊

Example of daily schedule (subject to change!)

7-10 am Breakfast

8-8:30 am Meditation & pranayama

8:30-10 am Hatha/Vinyasa

10 am Free time

12-2 pm Lunch

2-5pm Free time

5-6.30 pm Hatha/Gentle or Workshop on the beach (sunset)

7-9 pm dinner & free time

9-9.30 pm Meditation under the stars

Yoga Hatha: Slow, but steady practice with standing and sitting postures.

Yoga Flow/Vinyasa: More fluid, dynamic practice, often pairing breath and movement.

Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga: Gentle practice, aiming at calming the nervous systems with long-held, supported poses for soft stretches and rejuvenating effects.

Meditation and Pranayama: Practices that directly seeks to calm the mind by focusing it on one or few objects (e.g. breath), increasing concentration, self-contemplation, freedom from thoughts.

Adventures… beyond Yoga

The present moment is an adventure, but yoga and meditation are not the only means! One day we will make an excursion to the incredible site of the national park of Rincon de la Vieja (2 hours drive) and wonder with a guide through its volcanic, untouched, and uniquely diverse fauna and flora. Our hike will take us through breath-taking views, dry and humid forests, hot springs and blue lagoons, and we will venture ourselves through canopies from one tree to another! Accessible to everyone able to walk for a couple of hours.

In addition, you will be offered one surfing initiation on a nearby beach with experienced instructors and learn how to find the freedom to literally “ride the wave”, not mentioning the stunning views.

Of course, any adventurous experience needs time for integration and rest, so you will have ample opportunities to relax by the pool, in a hammock, or on the beach at your leisure.

Expect a relaxed and down-to-earth atmosphere where humor and inclusiveness rank first.

Logistics – Travel

Note that the retreat is organized by our Canadian Travel Agency, Alta Voyages. They can arrange a group pick-up on the first day (the 14th) at the airport of Liberia, situated a couple of hours drive from the venue. Same procedure on the 21st.

Alta can help you with flight tickets, if needed. Airfare otherwise is not included, which allows you the freedom to arrive before or stay longer after and make a longer holiday out of this retreat. The island of Costa Rica hosts an endless number of gems to explore and enjoy!

Lodging in shared rooms include all linens, towels, and three meals a day.

The retreat price includes: yoga & meditation classes and workshops with David and Cédric; lodging for 7 nights in shared room; three delicious meals a day; a surfing initiation class; a day-trip to the adventurous national park of Rincon de la Vieja (2h in bus); collective transfer from & to Liberia airport (set at a particular time and date on the 14th and the 21st, respectively); local tourist taxes.

The price does not include: flights to and from Liberia; hotel tips (up to you).