Yoga Association of Saskatchewan

Yoga Retreat Costa Rica March 14 – March 20, 2010

You are invited to participate in the 3rd annual Costa Rican Yoga Retreat on the
beautiful and remote Osa Peninsula.
This year the retreat will be held at the Black Turtle Lodge with Nico and
Maureen as our hosts.

The Black Turtle Lodge is situated on the Gulfo Dulce, which is one of only four
tropical fiords in the world. It is home to pods of wild dolphins, the nesting
place of sea turtles and the winter waters for the whales.
From the lodge, it is possible to see a vast variety of birds including the

Yin yoga is a style of yoga that targets the deep fascia and ligaments of the joints versus the more familiar yang style that stretches and strengthens the more superficial muscles. Because of the different tissue nature of the joints versus muscles, a different approach is used. In yin yoga style the poses are entered and exited very slowly, and the actual pose is explored in a quiet meditative fashion for 3-5 minutes with gravity and breath deepening the experience of the pose. Yin compliments yang.

While co-owners Karen Dagdick and Neil Bergen ran Yoga Central for three years, they also, respectively, kept another business going and managed the community radio station. Then in the spring of 2009, Karen and Neil sought unsuccessfully to sell the business. Yoga Central’s landlord increased the rent at the 8th St. location, so any potential new owners would have faced greater start-up costs than had originally been envisioned.

I have been lost in translation in central Japan for the last thirteen months, searching for the presence of yoga in a country where I cannot understand the language.  As I spend my last few weeks here, preparing to come home to the prairies, I reflect on some of my findings.