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Apr
8
Fri
Cycle Yoga
Apr 8 – Apr 9 all-day

YOGA
Balancing Body and Mind

April 8 – 10, 2016 (part of the Fire Season Transformation Cycle)
“Today, I recognized that the jewel-like beauty is the presence…”
– Rumi
Yoga invites the practitioner to meet the inner space with awareness, self inquiry, and curiosity. When one listens, the expansion of the body continually reveals new layers of emotional energy, patterns of mind, and ultimately the brightening essence.

This work with Adya provides a sacred container to rest in presence and meet whatever arises, shedding layers of contraction and attachment, embracing the simplicity of the moment.

Witnessing presence unveils a natural movement towards wholeness, where thought, sensation and emotion are met equally in the field of awareness, and the awake presence beneath the movement of life shines with “jewel-like beauty.”

April Price: $255

Yoga is an invitation to rest into the present moment.
It provides a solid foundation for a process of transformation.

Tyohar
quoted from Satsang

Adya
Adya’s graceful meditative style draws on a diverse range of influences and forms. She first trained as a teacher in the Vinyasa flow style at the White Lotus Foundation in California. Here she began a period of seven years of study and training while teaching at various yoga studios in California and Seattle.
While the flowing form of graceful Vinyasa is very present in her style, the soft restorative form of yin yoga brings a meditative aspect with gentle opening and melting into the asana. Here it is about surrender and breath, witnessing presence. While she has also trained extensively in pre-natal yoga, her most formative training took place at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Madras, India where she studied yoga therapy.

This work with Adya provides a sacred container to rest in presence and meet whatever arises, shedding layers of contraction and attachment, and embracing the simplicity of the moment. Witnessing presence unveils a natural movement towards wholeness, where thought, sensation and emotion are met equally in the field of awareness, and the awake presence beneath the movement of life shines with beauty.

Velan
Velan is deeply influenced by the discipline of Master Zhen Hua Yang, a Shaolin monk trained and guided in the temples of China. This lineage holds the energy of over 400 years, through the people who served as guardians of the Chinese Emperor. Velan shares layers of this lineage as a 3 dimensional form fusing Tai Chi, Qi Gong and traditional Hatha yoga to awaken internal power, vitality and stillness in motion. This form reveals a dynamic synergy between internal power and deep integrative moments of stillness. Connecting to the body’s innate wisdom, its desire to move and heal is the foundation of his teaching.
Unifying various styles into a creative flow of movement, he has been influenced through the study of Vinyasa Flow, Sivananda Yoga, and Yoga therapy With Simon Borg Oliver. He studied Ayurvedic Medicine in Kerala India, functional movement training in Sydney Australia and has anchored a deeper understanding of the body through the study of various forms of healing work.

In Pachamama YTT Velan shares his passion of Calligraphy Yoga, Ayurvedic principles of health and assessment, functional movement, energetic cultivation, healing and free form movement.

 

Accommodation:

More information on accomodations …

Meals are not included.

Meal prices in
PachaMama’s Restaurant*:
Breakfast: $7 – 9.5
Lunch: $7 and up
Dinner: $8.50

* prices do not include
13 % sales tax

Besides the restaurant the Wild Treats Cacao Bar is serving delicious drinks, smoothies, snacks and sweets, all raw and without sugar. More …

In Tune Expansion, Corazón Verde
Apr 8 @ 11:00 am – Apr 10 @ 11:00 am

 
We invite you to join us April 8-10 for In Tune Expansion, Corazón Verde, for a 2 day, 2 night gathering and celebration featuring a variety of classes, workshops, presentations, performances, ceremonies, and more.

In Tune Expansion is an intentional event series focused on connection, cultural exchange, and community empowerment.
We are Agents of Change with the intention of providing a consistent platform for sharing inspiration, co-creation, and conscious expansion with others in this beautiful global transition we are experiencing here together.
Each ITE event is themed around a different social benefit or regenerative education project and donates money raised from the event towards the selected group or organization.  The series also chooses a new host location for each event so as to promote for different land projects blessings the community with their offering as well.

We have chosen the beneficiary focus of In Tune Expansion, Corazón Verde to be the amazing reforestation project Community Carbon Trees Costa Rica, run by the beautiful, selfless servant and warrior for the planet – Jennifer Leigh Smith.
                                                                                                        

Cost:
1 day passes to In Tune Expansion, Corazón Verde are available online and at the gate for – 17,000 colones or $33
2 day passes including 2 nights of camping are available online and at the gate for – 40,000 colones or $77
Tickets can be purchased online at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-tune-expansion-corazon-verde-tickets-22627598757

 Additional workshops, performances, and vendor information will be announced soon. Stay tuned for more details!

 

Check out Community Carbon Trees Costa Rica official website to learn more about the important work they are doing here in Costa Rica – http://communitycarbontrees-costarica.com/
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Le invitamos a unirse con nosotros el 8-10 de Abril para In Tune Expansión, Corazón Verde, unas 2 días y 2 noches de reunión y de celebración que ofrece una variedad de clases, talleres, presentaciones, actuaciones, ceremonias, y mucho más.
In Tune Expansión es una serie de eventos intencional centrado en la conexión, el intercambio cultural, y la potenciación de la comunidad.
Somos agentes de cambio con la intención de proporcionar una plataforma consistente para compartir la inspiración, la co-creación y la expansión consciente con otros en esta hermosa transición global que estamos experimentando aquí juntos.

Cada evento ITE está inspirado en un beneficio social diferente o proyecto de educación regenerativa y dona el dinero recaudado en el evento hacia el grupo u organización seleccionada. La serie también se elige una nueva ubicación de host para cada caso a fin de promover bendiciones para diferentes proyectos de tierras a la comunidad con su oferta también.
Hemos elegido el foco beneficiario de In Tune Expansión, Corazón Verde a ser el impresionante proyecto de reforestación de Carbono Árboles Costa Rica, a cargo de la bella, siervo desinteresado y guerrero para el planeta – Jennifer Leigh Smith.

Costo:
1 día pasa a la expansión Tune, Corazón Verde están disponibles en línea y en la puerta de – 17.000 colones o $ 33
2 días pasa incluye 2 noches de camping están disponibles en línea y en la puerta de – 40.000 colones o $ 77

Las entradas pueden adquirirse en línea en:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-tune-expansion-corazon-verde-tickets-22627598757
Talleres adicionales, actuaciones y la información del proveedor serán anunciados pronto. Estén atentos para más detalles!

Apr
9
Sat
Let Nature Touch You, Herbal Photo Workshop
Apr 9 – Apr 14 all-day

 
 
 
 
The workshop will focus on techniques for improving plant and nature photography while exploring tropical beauty and attaining a deeper understanding of how to relate to plants. The fee is $1300 (double occupancy) and $1600 (single room) that includes six nights accommodation, all meals and airport transfer. Round trip airfare from your originating airport to San Jose Costa Rica (SJO) is additional. To reserve your space email:grupos@fincalunanuevalodge.com.

Finca Luna Nueva Lodge features the best of tropical comfort including an ozonated swimming pool and solar heated Jacuzzi along with spa services. Delightful meals of Costa Rican-Asian fusion cuisine, served three times a day are included with the package. Much of the food is produced on the farm.

Finca Luna Nueva Lodge features well-groomed hiking trails, along with the Sacred Seed SanctuarySemillas Sagradas, an ethnobotanical garden harboring over 250 medicinal herbs. The garden, first established in 1994, has evolved under the guidance of New York Botanical Garden ethnobotanist, Michael Balick, America’s herbalist-in-chief, Jim Duke, and Costa Rican ethnobotanist, Rafael Ocampo.  This extraordinary collection of neotropical medicinal plants is under the care of Steven Farrell, President of Finca Luna Nueva and Biodynamic farmer extraordinaire.  The garden serves as a model for the creation of other Semillas Sagradas ethnomedicinal gardens elsewhere, in an effort to preserve not only local biodiversity, but the indigenous traditions that are keepers of the knowledge.  Rafael Ocampo and Michael Balick co-authored Plants of Semillas Sagradas: An Ethnobotanical Garden in Costa Rica (2009). The book can be downloaded as a pdf file at the Finca Luna Nueva website. And that’s just a taste of the botanical offerings. Turn around at any moment and you could see a three-toed sloth, emerald basilisk lizard, green iguana, red-eyed frog, toucan or morpho butterfly!

 

Getting great photographs with the equipment you own

Topics Covered:

tOur focus will be on techniques for improving your plant photography. Rather than dry optical theory or studio techniques, we will spend most of our time on techniques for fieldwork.
tYou do not need sophisticated, expensive equipment to take great photographs. It’s more about understanding simple concepts—lighting, being in the right place at the right time, and patience. And like anything worth doing, practice, practice, practice.
tWe will explore working with ambient natural light and making the most of the equipment you have. Just bring your iPhone. That’s all you need for equipment. Nature presents special conditions for photographing in the rainforest environment, and we will highlight getting the best images in varying situations, whether you are taking photographs for your own personal enjoyment or for use in scientific publication.
tAssessing our equipment. Don’t be intimidated by the fact that you don’t have thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment. You can get good photographic results with the equipment you own. One key to successfully capturing images is to know and understand your equipment, while learning to keep your photography simple. For plant photography ideally, you may want to have a decent digital camera body, close-up lens (macro lens or a diopter for a fixed lens), and perhaps the single most important piece of equipment – a tripod. A wide-angle lens (28 mm or wider) and a telephoto lens (at least 200 mm, for a 35 mm camera body) will also enhance your enjoyment of taking plant and flower photos. Photographing plants often requires relatively long exposures, so besides the camera itself, a decent sturdy tripod is essential for plant photography in general.  Another piece of equipment that you will want to long exposures is a cable release. And finally, one other very essential piece of equipment is your camera manual. Read, re-read it and read it again until you begin to understand all of the features available to you as well as the camera’s basic operation. If you don’t understand something in the manual, highlight the item or write down a question to bring to the workshop. It really does take reading the manual several times to understand it. Remember —most camera manual are probably written by an engineer with English as a third language. . . .
tOr forget all of that equipment and just bring your iPhone or other pocket digital camera!
tIf you don’t have thousands of dollars of camera equipment, don’t fret. You can take great photographs with whatever camera you own. One professional photographer with over three decades of experience that I admire, music venue/musician photographer David Horwitz, likes to keep it simple. He uses a 1970s vintage Nikon camera with just three basic lenses, a $79 point-and-shoot digital Minolta and on occasion $10 throwaway camera.
tPhotography is not about equipment. Photography is about light. As George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak put it, “Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.”
tFinding a subject and knowing what you are shooting. Anyone can take a photograph of a beautiful flower. If you want to find great subjects, especially plants, you have to know what you’re looking for and where to find it.  Finca Luna Nueva offers exciting photographic opportunities simply by walking outside the front door of any building. We will also discuss the ethics of plant conservation and “gardening” to create a more pleasing composition. The key to ethical wildflower photography is “leave no trace.”
tBring some of your own work if you wish and share it with the group. We will also look at images and talk about elements that make them interesting compositions, or a technically good photograph, keeping in mind the words of Ansel Adams, “There are no rules for good photographs. There are only good photographs.”
tWe will cover essentials of you helping to understand photographic concepts such as depth of field, focus, exposure, composition, making the most of ambient light, and macro techniques.
tYou took a great picture. Now what? In this new era of digital photography, snapping the shutter is only the first step. Once you have captured images and downloaded them to your computer, we will explore digital workflows, with information on useful software, file formats, key-wording and metadata, color space, equipment calibration, and other steps necessary for creating the best output for prints, the web, electronic media, and publication.

Directions to Finca Luna Nueva Lodge:
By Bus from San Jose or Alajuela

From San Jose you have two choices to arrive by bus:
1) Take the bus to Ciudad Quesada. From there, transfer to the bus that goes to La Fortuna via Chachagua. Get off in San Isidro de Peñas Blancas. or …
2) Take the bus to San Ramon. Then take the bus to La Fortuna via Chachagua, and get off in San Isidro.

By Bus from La Fortuna: Take either the bus to Ciudad Quesada via Chachagua or the bus to San Ramon via Chachagua and get off in San Isidro de Peñas Blancas.
By Car from San Jose
From San Jose head north to San Ramon via the Pan American highway. At San Ramon, exit Pan American highway by making a right turn. Go straight until the last stop sign, and turn left. Immediate right turn at traffic light. Follow road for about 2 km staying to the left. When you go uphill over a speed bump with small school on right then another speed bump make a left at the y intersection. This is the road to Fortuna. Follow this road north for about an hour when you will arrive at a single lane suspension bridge over the Peñas Blancas river.
About two kilometers after the bridge watch for a church and cemetery on left. 150 meters past the cemetery turn left onto a paved road (you will see the “Luna Nueva” signs on your left). Go 2.3 km west into the jungle. Stay on the paved road  passing a large tin building. 50 meters after the tin building turn right  and pass thru our gate. It has pink columns. Continue driving into the farm to the large two story house.
If lost ask for Finca Luna Nueva or finca de Steven.

From the Beaches in Guanacaste and Liberia Airport
If you are driving from the Liberia International airport or from any of the main beach resorts in the Guanacaste Region, we recommend driving west to Liberia, continuing on to Cañas and Tilarán, and driving the scenic road bordering the Arenal Lake. The drive from the beaches should take between 3 to 4 hours, depending on the point of departure.
From Liberia head east onto the Interamerican Highway, the road to Cañas, Puntarenas and San José. Drive past the town of Bagaces, reaching the city of Cañas. Turn north into town, departing from the Interamerican Highway. Follow signs to Tilarán in the mountains north of town. Tilaran is about 20 minutes from Cañas. When you arrive you must make a hairpin to the left at the top of the hill where a brand new gas station is on your left. Ask if not sure the way to Arenal (lake and volcano Arenal).
Within 10 minutes you will reach a fork on the road. Stay on the left, following signs to Fortuna, and Arenal Volcano.
Stay on the scenic road that takes you around Lake Arenal. Drive for about 90 minutes, passing the town of Nuevo Arenal and the dam that forms the lake. At this point, you will depart from the Lake and continue east towards the volcano and the town of La Fortuna. Stay on this road for approximately 20 minutes, until you arrive in Fortuna.
You will reach a point of the road were you can not continue straight and must turn right. Follow the road to the right, crossing a bridge after one block and leaving town. Signs will say route to Chachagua, La Tigra and San Ramon.
After approximately 20 minutes you will reach Chachagua. You will know Chachagua since there is a road bump right on a curve of the road. You may want to ask several people to be sure.
Passing Chachagua keep looking for a store called CocoLoco. This will be on your left hand side. Once you have passed CocoLoco you will cross a small bridge. After this bridge continue uphill unitl you see a paved road on your right (you will see the “Luna Nueva” signs on your Right). Go 2.3 km west into the jungle. Stay on the paved road passing a large tin building. 50 meters after the tin building turn right and pass thru our gate. It has pink columns. Continue driving into the farm to the large two story house.
 

Apr
14
Thu
The Art of the Mandala
Apr 14 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Course Description:
Describing the cultural background of mandalas and the meaning behind the forms and figures found in mandalas.  This is a hands-on workshop and we will be coloring, designing, interpreting mandalas and learning how to use them in our own meditation practices.

Notes or Comments:
Lunch is provided for workshop participants

Cost:
10,000 colones (includes workshop materials and lunch)

Directions:
Cocina Eclectica, Escazu.  900 meters from Rosti Pollo and first house on Calle Itabo.

Apr
18
Mon
Free Spirit Retreat @ Tinamaste
Apr 18 – Apr 23 all-day

 

Free Spirit Retreats
Free Spirit

Free Spirit Retreats was born from a belief – that it only takes one spark to start a blaze. When positive change seems far from real and we get caught up in day-to-day life, we need space and time in an effortless environment to surrender to what is. The magic will then always unfold.

Free Spirit Yoga retreat is a spiritual adventure of 7 days / 6 nights in the spectacular location of Playa Hermosa Costa Rica. Experience a week of adventure. You will be surrounded by the beauty of nature where you will find yourself, grow spiritually, and create lasting friendships.

Costa Rica
All trails seem to lead to waterfalls, misty crater lakes or jungle-fringed, deserted beaches. Explored by horseback, foot or kayak, Costa Rica is a tropical choose-your-own-adventure land. And then there are the people. Costa Ricans, or Ticos as they prefer to call themselves, are proud of their little slice of paradise, welcoming guests to sink into the easygoing rhythms of pura vida (the pure life) – every bit as much a catchy motto as it is an enduring mantra. With the highest quality of life in Central America, all the perfect waves, perfect sunsets and perfect beaches seem like the pure life indeed

 

All retreats packages include:
3 fresh vegetarian organic meals per day
Transportation from / to SJO airport
1 yoga class per day
1 guided meditation per day
Alignment workshop
3 eLIVate workshops
Shaman sweat lodge ceremony
Reggae night
Sangria & tamales cooking class
Surf contest
Beach dinner
Sky lantern ceremony

 

Cost:
$1.795 for double/triple occupancy
$2.295 for single occupancy

 

REGISTER HERE

 

Location:
At Free Spirit Retreats we are responsible for transportation from the San Jose, Alajuela Airport (SJO) to our site. You must take responsibility to be at the meeting point and the designated time to meet your Free Spirit Retreat representative for transportation to the location. You will receive meeting location and timing after you pay your Balance together with all the general information about your trip. You can always request support booking for your transfer if you arrive outside the parameters of the retreat schedule.

Apr
21
Thu
The Art of the Mandala
Apr 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Course Description:
Describing the cultural background of mandalas and the meaning behind the forms and figures found in mandalas.  This is a hands-on workshop and we will be coloring, designing, interpreting mandalas and learning how to use them in our own meditation practices.

Notes or Comments:
Lunch is provided for workshop participants

Cost:
10,000 colones (includes workshop materials and lunch)

Directions:
Cocina Eclectica, Escazu.  900 meters from Rosti Pollo and first house on Calle Itabo.

Apr
27
Wed
The Art of the Mandala
Apr 27 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Course Description:
Describing the cultural background of mandalas and the meaning behind the forms and figures found in mandalas.  This is a hands-on workshop and we will be coloring, designing, interpreting mandalas and learning how to use them in our own meditation practices.

Notes or Comments:
Lunch is provided for workshop participants

Cost:
10,000 colones (includes workshop materials and lunch)

Directions:
Cocina Eclectica, Escazu.  900 meters from Rosti Pollo and first house on Calle Itabo.

May
26
Thu
Urbanización, biodiversidad y calidad de vida: retos y oportunidades @ Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional
May 26 @ 12:00 am – 3:00 am

¿Está el crecimiento urbano realmente ligado a la pérdida de biodiversidad?

En Costa Rica, a pesar de que contemos con el 4% de la biodiversidad mundial, parece que asumimos que las zonas urbanas excluyen a la biodiversidad, se suele pensar que ésta es solamente parte de parques nacionales y reservas biológicas.

Pero esto no tiene porqué ser así, las ciudades pueden ser un medio perfecto para propiciar una adecuada convivencia entre biodiversidad y vida humana. Varias iniciativas a nivel nacional e internacional lo demuestran.

Así el marco del Día Mundial de la Biodiversidad, el Centro Para la Sostenibilidad Urbana (CPSU) y la Universidad Para la Cooperación Internacional (UCI) le invitan a participar en este conversatorio.

La actividad dará inicio a las 6:00 pm con un café de bienvenida y a las 6:20 empezará propiamente el conversatorio. Se tratarán los siguientes temas:

1. Ciudad y Biodiversidad.
2. Estrategia de Restauración Ecológica de la Ciudad.
3. ‘’Curridabat Ciudad Dulce’’ y su desarrollo a nivel municipal
4. ‘’Rutas naturbanas’’, sus retos e implicaciones .

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Se terminará con espacio para compartir ideas y opiniones sobre el tema.

¡Los esperamos! 🙂

Favor confirmar su asistencia en el siguiente formulario:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1V6PzDL8QtYEErbSCfWWaYt4BPFCjofm024UGunZKY5M/viewform

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May
27
Fri
Conversatorio: Voces de mujeres, historias que transforman @ Casa Batsú
May 27 @ 12:30 am – 3:30 am

Conversatorio: Voces de mujeres, historias que transforman

Nos visitan desde México compañeras que ha llevado a cabo un proceso comunitario con mujeres de distintas luchas sociales, que han alzado su voz por medio de producciones audiovisuales creadas por ellas mismas y les han permitido contar historias que nos tranforman.

Les invitamos el jueves 26 de mayo, a las 6:30 p.m a un conversatorio con ellas donde conoceremos el proceso y resultados de este proyecto, podemos compartir, preguntar, intercambiar ideas y crear redes latinoamericanas de resistencia y lucha social. La entrada es gratuita!

Les compartimos un texto donde nos explican un poco más del proyecto y la visión del conversatorio:
En un mundo dominado por imágenes de mujeres que no nos representan, tomar la palabra es un acto revolucionario. Nuestras historias existen, cambian el mundo todos los días. Son historias de mujeres guerreras, pero ¿por qué han permanecido sin ser contadas?
Voces de mujeres, historias q transforman es un laboratorio de apropiación de herramientas narrativas, audiovisuales y digitales, mujeres de diferentes estados del país han hecho visible, con su propia voz, el papel transformador de mujeres luchadoras en sus comunidades.
A lo largo de este proyecto nos hemos encontrado para compartir, para tejer juntas mas historias de nuestras abuelas, de nuestras hermanas, de nuestras compañeras, mujeres guerreras. En el camino hemos hecho comunidad, hemos labrado una tierra compartida.
Hoy ocupamos la voz, tomamos la palabra, la hacemos nuestra y nos contamos a nosotras mismas. Habitamos nuestras historias desde la solidaridad y la lucha, rehacemos nuestras genealogías, combatimos los estereotipos y nos reconocemos en colectiva. Las historias que compartimos nos nacieron juntas, un relato alternativo de mujeres creadoras de cambio social: mujeres que deciden sobre su propio cuerpo, mujeres sanadoras, curadoras, mujeres de maternidad alternativa, mujeres menstruantes, feministas jóvenes, activistas, trabajadoras sexuales, lesbianas, sobrevivientes.

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May
28
Sat
Curso Gratuito para Fotógrafos Callejeros
May 28 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dirigida a todos los interesados en reforzar sus conocimientos en la fotografía en general y los conceptos básicos de la fotografía de calle.

El Curso no tiene ningún costo, sin embargo el café preparará un desayuno para cada participante por tan solo 1,500 Colones con el fin de utilizar las instalaciones del local.

Esperamos contar con su participación.

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