Retreats and Trainings

“The Quieter you become, the more you can hear.”

Ram dass

Harmonized Spirit Yoga Retreat

April 27th - May 4th | Osa Costa Rica

Upcoming Reatreat:

Harmonized Spirit Yoga Retreat

Join Malachi Grieves and Jen Smith (Spirit Yoga) for 7 days  on the lush and tropical Osa peninsula. Blu Osa is situated on the beach and surrounded by untouched jungle, wildlife,  rivers, and waterfalls.

You will wake to the lively call of monkeys, birds, and ocean waves, enjoying nourishing meals from the organic garden, resting in your own private or shared luxurious space, and practicing yoga twice a day.

Location: Costa Rica,  Blu Osa Retreats and Spa

  • Begin the morning with 15 minute meditation and pranayama practice.

    After breakfast get sweaty with Malachi in a mindful vinyasa class that will journey you through each part of body as the week progresses. You will connect with the integrity of your alignment, learning to listen and observe more deeply as you strengthen, open, and find deep connection at all layers of your being.

    In the evening you will practice a soulful restorative class with Jen Smith. Allowing yourself the space and time to nurture your body mind with a restful and gentle practice. This will be a time to tend to the call to move more slowly, listen deeply, and become more still.

  • Blue Osa is intentionally designed to honor nature, their eco-friendly rooms take care of Mother Earth. Options are a spacious beachfront suite, serene garden setting, or enjoy a penthouse oceanview, get in touch today or for more information go to www.blueosa.com to book

  • Three delicious farm to table meals per day using homegrown, organic ingredients, plus snacks and more to keep you energized and satisfied the whole week long.

N.Alignment Intensive Teacher Training

Costa Rica February 2024

Yoga Alliance Certified 200 Hour Intensive Teacher Training

  • N~Aligement teacher training is founded and led by Anne Van Valkenburg and Malachi Grieves. Both Anne and Malachi were senior teachers at Yoga Works Los Angeles for over 2 decades respectively. They completed their 200 and 300 hours at YogaWorks under the masterful guidance of Lisa Walford (senior Iyengar instructor), Annie Carpenter, and Maty Ezraty (Ashtanga teacher and founder of YogaWorks).

    Anne and Malachi went on to individually teach more than 20 teacher trainings, both 200 hour and 300 hour for YogaWorks, domestically and abroad.

    This being said, they are deeply influenced and guided by their teachers before them and by similar methodologies of YogaWorks. The teachings of N~Alignment are based on the alignment principles of BKS Iyengar, the vinyasa system of Pattahi Jois, and many of the values found in the teachings of Desikachar yoga; Individualized attention, a breath centered practice, the gradual progression of learning, and function over form.

    As a student at N~Alignment the integrity of the whole human is honored. Students will learn the deep focus, patience, and integrity that is found in the focus of finding structurally healthy alignment in yoga asana, both by studying anatomy and in understanding the guiding principles of each major pose and its category. N~Alignment students will come to see that the breath, in its many different modalities, can be the most healing aspect of the yoga practice. We will commit 10-20 min each morning to both meditation and a specific pranayama practice. Students will learn the history of yoga, but will be guided to do in depth study of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with more inquiry and deep self study.

    An emphasis will be placed on those sutras that can most be applied to life in the 21rst century and to the teaching of newer yoga students.

    It is our intention that an N~Alignment trainee will graduate from our 200 hour training having accomplished a focused period of deep self reflection, a clarity as to what they wish to bring forth as teachers, and how to teach class with a reverence for clear instructions, compassionate guidance, and philosophical clarity. Putting the safety, needs, and care of their students at the forefront of their teaching. As our chosen name is meant to express, N~Alignement places integrity, discernment, and respect for the authentic expression of yoga at the center of what we teach.

  • 2024 Costa Rica, TBA

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