march, 2024
Event Details
If you love to dance, want to teach, or already teach, immerse yourself in the nourishing environment of Costa Rica and the life-changing practice of Let Your Yoga Dance®, the first chakra-yoga-dance of its kind. Whether your goal is teacher certification or your own growth and transformation, you’ll enjoy an atmosphere of playfulness, compassion, diversity, non-competition, inclusion, professionalism and respect. Give yourself the gift of seven days in paradise.
In our daily dance of yoga you’ll discover and draw on your unique strengths as you:
- Embody the chakras
- Transform your relationship with music
- Rediscover the best of who you are
- Learn to trust yourself in new and profound ways
Learn to dance and to lead dance with confidence in a supportive, non-competitive environment. Receive mentoring, skill-building tools, and plenty of practice. Experience the freedom of meditation in motion. Discover how to quell your inner critic and share this practice with the world. Some previous yoga practice is beneficial. Come with an open mind and heart, and the dance will take care of the rest.
Teacher certification in Let Your Yoga Dance® includes additional pre- and post-Costa Rica requirements. See below for details.
My heart is full and open, and I’m ready to dance and share this incredible practice with others! The gifts you gave are many… so many I can’t even count them. I keep replaying them in my mind and each time my heart fills up again. -A Let Your Yoga Dance® Graduate
Details of your week
The lushness of Costa Rica’s tropical jungle awaits you! Wake up to the sounds of rainforest wildlife and breathtaking views, perched high in the volcanic hills of Alajuela, 4,900 feet above sea level. Pura Vida Retreat and Spa is one of Costa Rica’s most sought-after retreat locations, offering eight acres of natural beauty, exquisitely maintained gardens, outstanding hospitality, and a variety of accommodations to suit your wishes.
The Costa Rican motto “Pura Vida” is more than just a slang term, but a conscious way of living. Simply translated, it means “simple life” or “pure life”, but really it is a mindset of being with the flow of things as they arise. Not surprisingly, Costa Rica has been named one of the happiest countries in the world.
We’ll meet just a short shuttle ride from the San Jose International Airport at our home for the week – a spectacular property spanning more than 8 acres, surrounded by coffee plantaitons overlooking Costa Rica’s Central Valley. The sounds of the rainforest and sunrise will be your alarm clock as your bio-rhythms re-set. You’ll be nourished by healthful meals and mountain air, community and dance!
SAMPLE SCHEDULE:
6:30 Morning Yoga
7:30 Breakfast
9:30 Let Your Yoga Dance® practice, Chakra study, tools and techniques
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Free Time
4:00 Music review, more practice, lecture, integration
6:30 Dinner
8:00 Relax / socialize / evening session
Your week includes one free day and one free morning, when you may take an excursion, get a
massage, or simply enjoy a little rest by the pool!
*Schedule is subject to change.
To be honest, when I signed up to do the teacher training I had no idea how truly transformative it would be. Looking back, I can now see all the little — and large — ways you encouraged us forward into finding comfort with our own voices and bodies. Neither are easy for me. But with your compassion and gentle guidance I felt myself moving daily through my own fear into a newer stronger me! The support I felt from you and everyone in our tribe was tremendous and life changing.– A Let Your Yoga Dance® Graduate
Your Teacher
Jurian Hughes, E-RYT-500, YACEP, MFA
Jurian Hughes has been teaching Let Your Yoga Dance® since 2006. While training with the creator of Let Your Yoga Dance®, Megha Nancy Buttenheim, the two quickly became friends and colleagues. Since that time, in her 17-year tenure as a faculty member of Kripalu, the nation’s largest yoga center, Jurian has led thousands of workshops and programs and trained over 1,000 Kripalu Yoga teachers. The creator of Yoga of Voice and Yoga of Yes, as well as a voice coach, personal mentor, writer, speaker and theatre performer, Jurian is recognized for her inviting warmth, candor and engaging teaching style. In addition to her extensive experience in the classroom, Jurian has a long theatrical resume spanning Broadway, off-Broadway, film, television and voice-over. Through her own study and decades of practice, she has developed a deep understanding of the ways in which the tools of yoga, dance, voice,
mindfulness and play can be used to promote whole-being wellness, increased creativity, and
the ability to thrive. She is dedicated to sharing these tools through her many classes, workshops, retreats and trainings, which are offered online, at Kripalu, and around the world.
www.jurianhughes.com
A $695 deposit will secure your place on this retreat. Payment plans available for early registrants.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- 8 days / 7 nights accommodations
- Airport shuttle transfer to and from San Jose International Airport
- All meals from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 8
- Tuition for your training progam + following Zoom sessions
- Let Your Yoga Dance® manual
NOT INCLUDED:
- Airfare to San Jose
- Extras such as massage or excursions (ex.canopy zipline)
- Travel Insurance
- Gratuities to Center staff (suggested $10-15 per day)
- Additional required texts
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CERTIFICATION
Your week in Costa Rica comprises the bulk of your Let Your Yoga Dance® training, as it provides ample opportunity to immerse yourself in the practice and teachings of Let Your Yoga Dance®. Please note, to complete certification, your attendance is also required at five Zoom sessions (see dates and times below), following your time in Costa Rica. Please mark these dates in your calendar now, as they are essential to graduation.
Tuition Includes:
- Complete training (Costa Rica immersion + five Zoom sessions, required for certification; see
below) - Chakra exploration, accompanied by fabulous world music
- Let Your Yoga Dance® methodology
- Music appreciation to help build your chakra music library
- In-depth mentoring and skill-building
- The art of creating a safe and sacred class
- Study of meditation in motion and relaxation
- Overview of yamas and niyamas, yogic codes of conduct
- Techniques for promoting and marketing your business
Pre-Costa Rica Requirements for Certification:
– Read Expanding Joy: Let Your Yoga Dance, Embodying Positive Psychology, by Megha Nancy
Buttenheim use THIS LINK
Pre-Costa Rica Recommendation:
– View Deep and Delicious Chakra Yoga (video), with Jurian Hughes use THIS LINK
– Attend Let Your Yoga Dance® class (live or via recording) with Jurian use THIS LINK
Post-Costa Rica Requirements for Certification (Attendance is mandatory):
– Zoom Session: Wednesday, March 20, 6:00-7:00 pm ET
– Zoom Session: Wednesday, April 3, 6:00-7:00 pm ET
– Zoom Session: Friday, April 12, 5:00-7:00 pm ET
– Zoom Session: Saturday, April 13, 10:00-4:00 pm ET
– Zoom Session: Sunday, April 14, 10:00-4:00 pm ET