I recently returned back from a month long adventure in Costa Rica completing my 200 hour yoga teacher training.

Truly one of the best decisions I have ever made.

I have been itching to embark on a yoga teacher training / solo adventure for a few years now, but it always felt slightly unattainable in terms of getting time off from work, the financial investment, and the overall admin of planning everything.

This year I told myself I would make it happen. No excuses.

our yoga shala we would practice in every day.

I am a frequent Joe Dispenza meditation listener. If you aren’t familiar, it is essentially creating space and feeling the emotions of a future event you are desiring in the present moment. Since I moved back to Utah I have been meditating on what a yoga teacher training will feel like. I could envision myself on the yoga deck with the warm air on my skin, hearing the birds chirping and the sounds of the ocean. I knew I had to make it happen. I would always tell myself and others “I am going, it’s just a matter of when”.

This year was the year I was going to go.

view from my morning meditation spot on the yoga deck

A few weeks before I leave for Costa Rica I am absolutely freaking out about going on this journey, taking a tiny plane, staying in a dorm room with 4 girls I don’t know, and just all around nervous. In hind sight, I shouldn’t have been nervous at all, but I have never had an experience like this before! I lowkey have a panic attack the day I leave for the airport but I didn’t listen to the fear and boarded on the plane.

A short 16ish hours and three flights later, I survive the tiny plane and arrived at Anamaya in Montezuma, Costa Rica. The moment I stepped foot on the property I knew that I made the right decision.

Everyone is starting to arrive after their long journeys and we are politely introducing ourselves to each other with out any inkling that we would quickly become forever friends.

Once we sat down for our first dinner together there was a palpable energy of connection, curiosity, and love, even though we barely knew each others names. The bond we all created in a short amount of time is something I will cherish forever. We laughed until we couldn’t breathe, cried, danced, sang, poured our hearts out and embarked on a journey not only to become yoga teachers but to better understand ourselves and how we show up in the world.

There were so many days where I thought to myself “I could relive this day forever and ever”.

From waking up with the sunrise, learning so much about yoga, lots of movement, sound baths, being visited by monkeys on a somewhat daily basis, and creating an inexplicable connection to myself, the earth, and these incredible women was something truly profound.

yoga graduation with the most incredible women

I could go on and on about all the experiences I had and all the moments filled with most genuine laughter I have had in a long time, but that would be a novel.

It was the most incredible, life altering experience I have ever had and now I can officially say I am a Yoga Teacher!

I created a video compiling all the in between moments of my experience. It was fun to practice my videography skills in the most gorgeous place in the world. Not to mention dealing with the humidity that was constantly fogging up my lens. Pictures and videos do not do this place justice, but it gets pretty close.

I feel so grateful that I can now share the beauty and power of yoga. I am looking to expand my teaching skills, so you know who to call when you need a nice yoga flow!

With so much love and gratitude.

xoxo