As you prepare to embark on a yoga retreat at Anamaya, you must know this is the perfect opportunity to cleanse and detoxify your body. You imagine days filled with tropical fruits, and healthy foods, yoga and meditation; nights consisting of deep sleep lulled by the ocean breezes. And this is what you will get! Although you know that yoga is good for you (after all you are considering a yoga retreat!) you may not realize that many of…
As we all know, many centuries ago before civilization existed, our cave-men ancestors didn’t have our huge choice of foods or knowledge of what healthy eating was. They only ate whatever they could find or catch.
Or is there something missing from this theory? What do we really know about the lost ancient wisdom of cultures that lived long ago?
It has been said…
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Meet One of Anamaya’s Gourmet Chefs
Name: Oscar Lopez Quesada
Age: 30
Birthday: November 4, 1979
From: Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Hobbies and Interests: Skateboarding, hiking, a little bit of surfing.
Favorite Food: A lot of fruits and vegetables all the time. All kinds of food, I can create a simple hummus but with a touch of tahini and garlic, it makes a…
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The Bitter-Sweetness of Veganism
One of the sweetest parts of Anamaya Hotel Resort is our organic, sugar free, dairy free ice cream that is made daily in our kitchen from scratch. Instead of heavy cream, eggs, and sugar, the base of our ice cream is made from avocados and/or coconut milk. The ice cream is so rich and creamy that you…
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Why go Organic?
At Anamaya Resort Hotel we serve meals with strictly organic ingredients. Organic food products are those which are produced sustainably and without pesticides. The land is treated to have a prolonged yield overtime through enriching the soil, rather than exhausting the land by attempting the extract the largest immediate yield at any cost. Organic farms do not use pesticides, or…
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Beginner’s Guide to Yoga
The Yoga Retreat packages we offer at the Anamaya Resort Hotel are suitable for anyone – whether this will be your first time doing yoga, or you are a seasoned yoga veteran. Yoga is beneficial for people of all ages and all walks of life. It is one of the oldest practiced forms of…
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Five Principles of Yoga
Yoga retreats at our Anamaya Hotel Resort embody the essence of yoga teachings. At one of our yoga retreats you will experience the yoga lifestyle, which detoxifies the body, mind, and spirit. There are five basic principles that compose the root philosophy of yoga.
The Philosophy of Yoga
What is yoga? There is no one definition that can fully…
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Top 10 Health Benefits of Yoga
Here are some of the health benefits you will experience when you attend a Yoga Retreat at the Anamaya Resort Hotel:
1. Flexibility – When yoga is integrated into one’s exercise routine, it gently stretches the muscles, soft tissues, ligaments, and joints throughout the body. The muscles are loosened because stretching releases lactic acid that is…
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