Explore & Restore

Costa Rica

November 16th-23th, 2024

A YOGA RETREAT IN PARADISE…

Join Meredith Conroy and Laurie LeCompte to "Explore and Restore" during this yoga retreat at the exquisite Bodhi Tree Resort in Costa Rica, November 16th-23rd 2024. Experience a week in paradise at this world-class yoga and fitness resort in Nosara, Costa Rica. Wake up with the howler monkeys, meditate beside gentle streams, test your fitness limits and be serenaded by the symphony of the jungle. This breathtaking setting provides the ideal location for deepening your yoga practice, as it is not only beautiful, but also environmentally friendly. The Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort was creatively designed around nature, leaving the surrounding jungle as it was meant to be.

Check out Bodhi Tree here.

This balanced retreat offers a mixture of vinyasa and restorative classes. Every day, the retreat has a theme, which will be applied to both your active and contemplative practice. Yoga classes will be offered in the morning and the evening, and a yoga workshop will be offered some afternoons. All yoga classes and workshops are included in the price of the retreat and you can come to as many as you want. You can also opt for spa services or excursions! Family members who have no interest in the yoga portion of the retreat, are welcome to join you and spend their time on the beach instead. You can do as much or as little yoga as you please.

Three delicious and healthy meals per day are included in this retreat. Take a look at the amazing food here.

Schedule

Below is an example of a typical day:

7:30am-9:00am Breakfast

9:00am-10:15am Power Vinyasa

12:30-pm-1:30pm Lunch

2:00pm-3:15pm Workshop* or Free Time

4:00pm-5:15pm Slow Flow and Yin or Restorative

6:00pm-7:30pm Dinner

*Workshop topics will range from physical aspects of yoga practice, such as arm balances and inversions, to more contemplative aspects of yoga, such as meditation and mindfulness. There will not be a workshop every day.

Accommodations & Pricing

This retreat is currently sold out. Please email us if you would like to be on the waitlist while we see if we can acquire more rooms.

You can personalize your experience with options for accommodations ranging from rooms in the main building near the food and pool, to a secluded bungalow set in the vegetation of Costa Rica. All gourmet cuisine is included in the price.

The retreat price depends on accommodation choice. A $500 deposit is due to reserve your spot. Rooms will be given on a first come, first served basis. There is limited space, so reserve early! 

Prices include accommodation, all meals, and all yoga. Flight is separate and booked independently.

Room Options:

Check out this link for more information about the individual accommodations, or click on the room to learn more about it.

Payment Schedule

• $500 non-refundable deposit to reserve spot

• $1000 payment due June 1st 2024 or 3 months after you book your spot (whichever comes first)

• $1000 payment due August 1st 2024

• Balance due September 1st 2024

• Unless someone to takes your spot, all payments are non-refundable. If someone takes your spot, then you will receive a refund minus the deposit and transaction fees.

Meet the Teachers

Meredith Conroy

Meredith still remembers her first time in a hot yoga studio and it was love at first sweat! Although she found yoga later in life, her background as a gymnast and University of Florida cheerleader prepared her for the physical challenges of hot yoga. Early into her time in the hot room Meredith knew she had found her passion and was quickly discovering her desire to teach and share with students the amazing benefits of hot yoga.

Those thoughts quickly turned to action as she took a leave of absence from her corporate job to travel to Brazil for a five-week intensive training in the Moksha Yoga practice. Upon her return to Kentucky she began teaching part-time developing her skills until she exited the nine-to-five world to do the work she truly loved – teaching yoga!

Meredith earned a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from the University of Louisville and this aspect of her background influences her teaching style and how she leads class. She knows that many students begin hot yoga for the physical results and stress relief, but a good class provides the opportunity to go deeper. Her goal is to support students who are ready and willing to shift out of an everyday state of mind and into one that enables internal exploration, learning and growth.

Her teaching style is relaxed and joyful and her goal is to tailor each class to the individual and ensure every student leaves her class feeling better than they did when they came! Meredith’s clients have ranged from students with no yoga, or even much exercise experience, to professional athletes. Her philosophy is that yoga should be accessible to all levels of ability, from beginners to advanced practitioners and it is her intention to meet all students’ levels of ability in each and every class.

Meredith is a partner at Bend and Zen Hot Yoga.

Laurie LeCompte

Laurie has been teaching or coaching since she was a teenager. She has always been attracted to athletic activities and relished the community that came with being part of a team. Laurie volunteered as a rowing coach and later became an assistant cross country coach. She began to notice that she needed to pay attention to other areas of her wellness and engage in an activity that provided more varied joint movements, caused less repetitive stress, and offered a space for stillness. She took her first group yoga class and quickly realized that yoga was the missing piece she had been seeking. A space to connect with others as well as herself.

After falling in love with the yoga practice and practicing for several years, Laurie completed her 200 hour training in Ashtanga Vinyasa at Infinite Yoga in San Diego, California. Laurie also completed 300 hours in advanced yoga studies at the Asheville Yoga Center. She has specialized training in pre- and post-natal yoga, restorative yoga, yoga for seniors, trauma sensitive yoga, yoga for cancer, and therapeutic elements of yoga.

Laurie’s love of teaching and sharing yoga with her students inspired her to create Yoga Baum in 2016. Laurie has BAs in both mathematics and German and a MA in German Studies. She has taught both subjects at the college level. Laurie taught German for 10 years before opening the studio space for Yoga Baum and brings her in-depth knowledge of yoga as well as her extensive experience as a teacher to her students. Her expertise in working with students in a variety of settings provides an invaluable insight into the learner’s mind. 

Laurie LeCompte is the owner and founder of Yoga Baum.

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