Another early morning rise for a 630am yoga class. At Pura Vida it's easy to wake up early with the sun. Our yoga studio is open air with a spectacular view of the valley and is surrounded by beautiful plants and flowers. The energy in the room is wonderful and every one is eager to learn. Leonardo is a patient teacher and takes the time to show everyone how to properly move through the sun salutation. This morning he has started with a nice meditation, breathing exercises and gai dong (I hope I spelled that correctly). Gai dong opens up your energy centre which allows you to go deeper into your practice. Slowly my strength and flexibility is returning. After class there is always a healthy meal waiting. Fresh fruits, juices, eggs, fish and more. We are all wondering how we are going to survive at home without these great meals prepared for us. They have an amazing juice bar offering healthy vegetable juices and excellent fruit smoothies.
Eduardo has offered to lead us on a walking tour through the coffee plantation. Throughout the walk he explains the history of coffee in Costa Rica, the life span of the coffee plants and the process of harvesting the beans from start to finish. Costa Rican coffee is one of the best in the world. The volcanic earth is rich and fertile and perfect for growing crops such as coffee, pineapples and bananas. He also explains that the mountain ranges which run from north to south are all volcanic. Costa Rica is a very fragile country which experiences tremors regularly and earth quakes. Just before I started writing this blog we had few tremors which gently shook my chair. The staff assured us there was nothing to worry about.
Today is a day for rest and relaxation. A day for lazing around the pool or enjoying a treatment from one of the exceptional therapists. I had the pleasure of receiving a healing massage from Oman. He has a very spiritual energy which flows through your body as he works out all the kinks. He has a way of finding the smallest knots and working you through them. Sometimes painful but very rewarding. When the massage was over I felt relaxed and rejuvenated. The whole experience was quite electrifying and healing.
Everyone seems happy with their treatments and it shows as they all have peaceful looks on their faces. Later today Lori is going for a Watsu treatment. This is all done under water in the watsu pool. I am curious to see how it is done. I will report on this tomorrow and hopefully post some photos.
Tonight we are going to enjoy salsa dance lessons. This should be fun.
Tomorrow we are going for a tour of the Paos Volcano. Stay tuned for more!
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