For the Body
Life-enhancing Therapies:
Reconnect with your peaceful inner self through yoga and bodywork.
Yoga and Holistic Health Services:
AmaTierra offers daily (except Sundays), gentle Hatha yoga classes for every body, no matter the age or ability level. Yoga Retreats are given from time to time.
Get into Practice and...
Relax deeply into your body as you breathe and stretch with Gentle Hatha Yoga. Many interesting forms of yoga are being taught these days, and all have their merits, but the basic Hatha style taught at AmaTierra has stood the test of time—a few thousand years!
“I find this gentle Hatha style with an emphasis on breathing and deep stretching does the most good for the majority of people,” instructor Jill Ruttenberg says. “It certainly has helped me overcome chronic neck and low back pain. Someone who is experiencing yoga for the first time realizes, ‘wow! I can DO this…and it feels really GOOD!’ Practicing yoga is about more than being fit—it’s about tuning in to your true self, getting quiet, practicing being fully present in your moments and breathing into all the corners of your Being with focus and intention.” |
|
Jill’s method of teaching is closely aligned with one of her teachers, Jean-Pierre Marques from North Africa who was a pioneer in bringing Eastern traditions to the U.S. in 1971, and who later initiated the Spiritual Awareness Center at Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson, Arizona.
Relax and enjoy yoga on the pool deck on sunny mornings at AmaTierra, and SOON, on the balcony of our new pavilion where the views will inspire profound transformation in your whole Self.
Expert massage therapies are tailored to your individual needs and include Shiatsu and Swedish massage, abdominal massage, sound therapy, deep tissue massage, exfoliation and detoxifying mud treatments from Costa Rican volcanoes.
|
"Energy, Zen and Swinging Hammocks" A TripAdvisor Member,
Lake Tahoe, California
Tripadvisor.com, February
2008 |
|
"I chose the 3 day Wellness package and this is the place to come to if you're looking to practice yoga and meditation in a breathtaking setting." Read the full review. |
|
|
|
"AmaTierra for a Restorative Retreat" A TripAdvisor Member, Washington, D.C.
Tripadvisor.com, April
2008 |
|
"A stay at AmaTierra will nourish your mind, body and soul... Yoga out on the deck of the pool was very soothing." Read the full review. |
|
|
Sound Therapy
Vibrational Sound Therapy, being offered at AmaTierra, is a type of energy medicine that helps to re-align the body's subtle energy field and stimulate healthier cell activity. There have been many studies on the power of vibrational sound healing; perhaps you are familiar with ultrasound therapy?
|
Therapeutic sound treatments at AmaTierra |
|
The special quartz crystal bowls used in sound therapy are tuned to the body's "chakras" or energy centers, and can help to push through stagnant or blocked energy channels in much the same way ultrasound therapy is used to ease pain and even to cleanse clogged arteries. People find it to be a mesmerizing and sensual experience that leaves them feeling renewed and energized, more in harmony with the natural rhythm and flow of the earth's own energy field. This is, by the way, no accident, as the bowls are aligned with the same electromagnetic frequency of the earth and made to resonate with the natural world which our bodies, when in balance, hum along with. Join in a special "toning session" with the bowls or experience them as part of an energy balancing treatment at AmaTierra. Learn more about the benefits of sound therapy and healing. More about the Basics of Yoga
See
our full menu of Wellness and Life-Enhancing Services.
|
"Fabulous Wellness Experience" A TripAdvisor Member,
Nosara, Costa Rica
Tripadvisor.com, January
2008 |
|
"I have just returned from an incredible week at the health and wellness hotel, AmaTierra, in the mountains of beautiful Costa Rica. The rest, yoga, massage and tranquility that I was seeking were all here along
with healthy, delicious meals beautifully presented." Read the full review. |
|
|
|
