One of my favorite places to practice yoga in Costa Rica is Bamboo YogaPlay, in Dominical. Dominical is a sleepy surf town on the Pacific Coast, where the luscious jungle meets the ocean. Developed by Brendan Jaffer and Sofiah Jaffer Thom, Bamboo is a new ‘sanctuary for living artfully’ nestled just off the dusty road, in tropical paradise. This eco-friendly yoga studio is built above shipping container construction living units. With gorgeous bamboo floors and bamboo walls on 3 sides, the open-air studio overlooks the Baru river and jungle foliage as well as the nearby ocean. Practicing on eco-friendly yoga mats with a full view of the jungle feels so good! After class, feel free to lounge on the Balinese sofa, get a massage or acupuncture treatment, shower in the private outdoor shower (also made from Bamboo), or shop in the air-conditioned Bambootique, for organic and –yes, you guessed it: Bamboo fiber—yoga clothes and street ware, hand-crafted tribal jewelry, locally made healing salves, and Buddhist adornments. A truly holistic experience of wellness, with a loving touch of high-end artistry and full immersion in the natural beauty of Costa Rica, makes Bamboo Yoga Play my favorite place to take a savasana and come restore my batteries while I am in Costa Rica.  For more info. On Bamboo Yoga Play, please visit: www.bambooyogaplay.com.

Debra Rubin, MA, CMT, RYT

Founder of SattyaBody Healing Arts & Dance, empowering women’s health through Holistic Health Counseling, Yoga, & Tribal Fusion Belly Dance,
is based in San Francisco, CA.

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Surfing and Yoga, the ultimate combination for a holiday filled with adventure, discovery and fun!  Here at Bamboo Yoga Play we offer custom packages to compliment travelers surfing and adventure itinerary’s. 

Stella just showed up the other day wanting to practice yoga with us.  She has surfing every day with a local surf camp and was not able to join our daily yoga classes.  So, I created a special package just for her.  Stella was open to trying an Expressive Healing Arts session, something she had never even heard of!  So, we booked her one Expressive Healing Arts, one Private Yoga and one Thai massage.  I named the package after her!  The Stella Package!

We had our Expressive Healing Arts session yesterday, it is always such a pleasure to witness my new clients allowing themselves to drop into a place of authenticity in their movement.  I played music and guided her into different ways of moving through her body.  Stella has been praciticing yoga for a couple of years and this defintely came through her movements. 

Yoga and free movement is such a great way to open up and strectch those tight shoulders from surfing.  Stella is really enjoying the surfing, its so much fun to get out into the Ocean and practice a new kind of yoga on a surf board!

You can see in this surfing picture how much balance is the key to surfing, balance and core strength……at Bamboo Yoga Play we bring a lot of attention to our core and balance in all the movements we practice!  Yoga can improve your surfing!  Learn how to ride the waves of your own breath as you ride the waves of the Ocean!

We have some great surf instructors here in Dominical, together we can create the ultimate surfing and yoga package for any beginner or more experienced person.

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Written by Sofiah Thom, founder of Bamboo YogaPlay.