Yoga for Peace Celebrated in Costa Rica This Weekend

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Peace and Yoga will be the Center of Attention at this Weekend’s Free Festival.

This weekend, yoga instructors, fans and interested newbies at all levels will have the opportunity to participate together in the National Yoga Festival “Yoga para todo, por una cultura de paz” (Yoga for everyone, through one culture of peace) all over the Costa Rica map. This unique event was organized by the Costa Rican Association of Yoga Instructors and is set to commemorate the International Day for Peace.

Free yoga classes will be offered at 22 yoga centers throughout the country as well as in the CENAC building in Barrio Amon, in front of the Casa Amarilla. This is the first festival of this type in the country, and it is expected to attract hundreds of people who will want to attend and practice all types of yoga.

Saturday and Sunday will offer various levels and types of yoga for all who wish to practice, as well as talks and meditations about peace and self realization. Nearly 30 various Yoga Centers will be on hand in the CENAC building, coming from all over the country, to offer free classes, with an overall admission price of just 1,000 colones ($2). Refreshments and food will also be served.

The Festival will begin on Saturday at 10 a.m. with a guided meditation with Sunyamurti, the director of the Sat Yoga Institute. He will also be presenting his new book, The Transformational Imperative.

This World Peace Day is expected to gather many people together, and it is hoped that enough harmony brought on by the practice of Yoga will give way to peace.

Event Schedule:

Saturday:

East San Jose

10 a.m. – Bikram Yoga – San Pedro, 2253-2806, Jimmy Walker
- Campus Deport. UCR Sabanilla, 8362-3091
- Casa Lamat – Curridabat, 8381-3029, Maria Nela Ortiz
- Gran Fraternidad, Sabanilla, 8830-3222, Jose Fabio
- Instituto Vida Pura – San Francisco de Dos Rios, 8875-3762, Marco
- Kasasana – B. Dent, 2253-8322, Alex Loynaz
1 p.m. – Multi Spa Cipreses, 8894-5881, Patricia Volio y varios

West San Jose

10 a.m.- Colegio Médicos, Sabana Sur, 8389-2237, Kattia
- Kapoli, Escazú, 2228-1350, Silvia, Vane, Nityananda
- Krama, Guachipelin, 2215-3535, Carlos Acosta
- Namaste, Hospital México, 2232-2492, Alejandra and Lula
- Sat Yoga Intitute – Escazú, 2288-3294, Shunyamurti
- Shanti Sadhana, Santa Ana, 8836-7307, Patty Arroyo
10:30 a.m. -Tea Land – Rohrmoser, 8848-2347, Sofia Perez

Alajuela
10 a.m. – Gimnasio Adrenalina, MultiSpa Grecia, David

Heredia
10 a.m. – Lung Ta – Heredia Centro, 8369-5295, Rocio Hernández

Limon
10 a.m. -Centro Gaia – Puerto Viejo , 8877-1449, Silvio Bonimelli

Pacific Coast
9 a.m. – Casa Shiri – Santa Teresa, 2640-0223, Nancy Goodfellow
10 a.m. – Hotel Tropico Latino – Santa Teresa, 8302-9442, Milagro
- Ser Om Shanti – Playa Tamarindo, 8344-6805, Mariel
- VidaAsana – Playa Hermosa de Jaco , 2643-7108

Sunday

9 – 9:30 a.m. – Opening of the Festival and Health Fair. SIgnup for the classes; it is recommended to do this early in order to secure a space. Please take note that all these activities will take place in Spanish.

9:30 to 10:30 a.m. – in the Theatre 87, Talk about the Adult; in the Big Tower, Yoga for Beginners; in the Amphitheatre, Yoga intermediate; in the Small Tower, Yoga for the Soul.

10:45 to 11:45 a.m. – in the Theatre 87 Intermediate Yoga; in the Big Tower, Yoga for beginners; in the Amphitheatre, Yoga for Children; in the Small Tower, The Art of Meditation and of Living.

12 to 1 p.m. – in the Theatre 87, Intermediate Yoga; in the Big Tower Tai Chi; in the Small Tower, Introduction to Yoga.

Between 1 and 2 p.m. – refreshments and food will be available to the sound of Live Music and with Cultural Activities.

From 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. – in the Theatre 87, Zen Meditation; in the Big Tower, Kundali Yoga; in the Small Tower, Intermediate Yoga. Also various activities will take place throughout the day such as holistic well-being, healthy form of exercising, healthy eating etc

Finally the closing of the event will take place with a show in the Amphitheatre at 3:15 p.m., and with a collective meditation followed by an AUM and songs for World Peace.

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