Anusara Yoga Immersion, Level One, March 20-27, 2010

Anusara Yoga® Immersion, Level 1 Yoga Retreat Week~
including Raw & Living Foods, Raw Food Classes
at Hacienda del Sol
in San Juanillo, Costa Rica
March 20-27, 2010

Prices for the All-Inclusive Immersion Week
Single Occupancy: US$1,495.00*
Double Occupancy: US$1,250.00* (per person)
*Early bird discount, prices will increase $200 after Jan 31, 2010.

Pre-Requisites for Immersion 1:
* 30 hours or 3 months of Anusara Yoga classes with Anusara Certified or Inspired Yoga teacher
* Or permission from the Immersion instructor.
* Please bring a copy of John Friend’s “Teacher Training Manual” (or copies will be available for purchase at Hacienda del Sol) and “Anatomy of Movement” by Blandine Calais-Germain. These can be purchased at the Anusara.com online bookstore.

Join us at Hacienda del Sol in San Juanillo, Costa Rica for a VERY special, one of a kind Anusara Yoga® Level One Immersion Retreat Week. We are combining the Level One curriculum with raw and living foods (the week will be 70% raw, with eggs upon request and fish offered several times per week), several classes and talks on preparing raw foods and how to better (and more easily) integrate them into your life as well as healing circles and a celebratory sweat lodge at the end of the week!

Bilingual Anusara Yoga Instruction led by Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor BJ Galvan
Raw food prepared by Susan Prior, raw and living food classes with Susan Prior & Joy Burch
Healing circles and sweat lodge with Katherine Silva

BJ, a Certified Anusara Instructor, Reiki Master, and HypnoBirthing expert, has an energizing presence and is contagiously uplifting. In 1999, she began a steady yoga practice, and after an intense year of Astanga she discovered and aligned with the path of Anusara yoga. Aside from the deep appreciation of her teachers Jordan and Martin Kirk, Sianna, Darren, Noah and Desiree, B.J. is grateful for having been blessed with the opportunity to extensively travel the U.S., Australia, and Europe, studying with, apprenticing, and assisting master yoga teacher and the founder of Anusara, John Friend. Passionate about the practice, BJ inspires students to align with the power of grace and their own intentions within. She will guide and assist you to transform, heal and awaken to the unique expression of beauty and goodness that is your divine essence.

What is an Immersion?
¿QUE ES UNA INMERSION? (Transferencia directa el folleto en Español)

The Anusara Yoga Immersion is an invitation to cross a threshold and deepen your yoga practice on every level. Through focused studies of the life affirming philosophy underlying the Anusara Yoga tradition, deep practice embodying the Universal Principles of Alignment™, and stimulating conversation with other like hearted yogin you will experience a transformational and exciting spiritual, physical and mental journey into the ecstatic core of your own heart.

For those with a dream to teach Anusara Yoga, this is the perfect opportunity to create a solid foundation from which to build from. It is the first step for those wishing to embark on the path of teaching Anusara Inspired Yoga. Although the immersions do not give instruction on how to teach yoga, it is an appropriate gateway for those who are already teaching Yoga, or those with the desire to become an Inspired or Certified Anusara Yoga® Instructor. The immersions are not designed to give instructions on how to teach, so there is no pressure to teach, only the empowering knowledge of the deeper aspects of the fundamental teachings of Anusara Yoga.
(For more information on the requirements for Inspired or Certified designations, please go to www.anusara.com)

The immersion curriculum consists of a three-phase series totaling 108 hours and designed for anyone wishing to gain a comprehensive understanding of Anusara Yoga. Completion of immersions 1, 2, and 3 is a prerequisite for participating in an Anusara Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training.

The Immersion offers you an invitation to awakening, a venue for making meaningful friendships within a global community of other like-hearted, like-minded yogin, and it is exciting spiritual, physical and mental voyage into the core of Anusara Yoga teachings. The immersion provides the tools, the guide you need to engage life skillfully and move from that ecstatic place in your heart, on the mat and out in the world.

Shakti’pata anusarena shishyo ‘nugraha arhati
-Kularnava Tantra 14.38

Immersion Retreat Week Includes:
* Anusara Yoga Immersion, Level One
* 7 nights accommodation
* daily meals, 70% raw and living foods with eggs provided upon request and fish available several times during the week
* raw food classes
* healing circles and sweat lodge with Katherine Silva
* skin cleansing – clay baths

Immersion Curriculum for the week
Part One – Path to the Ecstatic Heart
* Learn the Universal Principles of Alignment which align the body in an optimal way creating balance, inviting both strength and flexibility, and opening the pathways for natural healing energy to move freely though you on all levels.

* Enter into the conversation and study of yoga philosophy. We’ll do an overview of the historical roots of yoga and then go deep into Anusara’s life-affirming, all inclusive philosophy that intrinsic goodness is the essence of everyone and everything.

* Learn and practice general principles of the breath (pranayama), meditation, contemplation and journaling.

* An introduction of general information of skeletal and muscular anatomy.

* Connect and hang out with wonderful people creating a solid foundation in the fundamentals and philosophy of Anusara Yoga.

Because we so passionate about the benefits of raw and living foods and feel that it is our mission to educate and empower people on how to live more fully, with more energy, we will have the privilege of eating delicious meals prepared by Susan Prior who specializes in vegan and raw food cuisine. Susan is a certified raw food chef and instructor from the Living Light Culinary Institute in California with classical training from a culinary college in British Columbia.
Her keen interest in creating new and exciting recipes is influenced by her mother’s passion for cooking and preparing fresh foods. Susan and Joy will also be delivering several classes and talks on raw food preparation and easy ways to bring more of these foods into your diet.

About Hacienda del Sol
The Hacienda is a sacred healing space in the jungle, near the ocean. The facilities include two large meeting and dining areas as well as 12 cabinas suitable for 2-4 people each.
COME to this sacred healing space and BE.

How to get to Hacienda del Sol~
The airport at Liberia, Costa Rica is served by Delta, American, US Air and Continental. Delta has added a direct flight from Los Angeles to Liberia around the weekend and daily from Atlanta.

The package price does not include transfers from Liberia or Nosara airport, however we would be delighted to assist with arranging your transportation arriving to and from San Juanillo. Please email for more information: hello@inwardbound.com

The closest airport to San Juanillo – for domestic flights within Costa Rica – is Nosara. For your convenience, you can fly from San Jose to Nosara via a domestic commuter airline, and flights are approx. 45 minutes in duration. For more information, prices, schedules and weight restrictions (small and strictly enforced), please contact Nature Air or Sansa. www.natureair.com
www.flysansa.com