Steve Safranek Yoga
Costa Rica Retreats
Spring Retreat April 24 – May 1, 2027 Fall Retreat October 16 – October 23, 2027
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The Sh!t No One Wants to Hear Alex and the Dinosaur Peeling Back the Layers of Vulnerability
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Deepen Your Practice.
Lead with Authenticity.

200h & 300h teacher trainings and transformative retreats in Costa Rica.

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Transformative Offerings

Whether you aim to step into teaching or simply deepen your relationship with practice, study, and self-inquiry.

200-Hour Teacher Training

Foundational Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Yin training focused on sequencing, anatomy, philosophy, and personal growth.

  • 8 Training Weekends (160 Hours)
  • In-Person & Online Options
  • $2,500 Full / $3,000 Plan
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300-Hour Advanced Training

Elevate your teaching craft through cueing, voice, workshop facilitation, Yoga Nidra, Ayurveda, Somatics, and Sound.

  • 10 Weekends Every Other Week
  • Guest Teachers
  • $4,000 Full / $4,500 Plan
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Costa Rica Retreat
(Spring)

7-night all-inclusive spring immersion at Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort in Nosara. 2x daily yoga, organic dining, salt pool & catamaran cruise.

  • Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort, Nosara
  • 5 Luxury Room Options
  • All Meals & Excursions Included
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Costa Rica Retreat
(Fall)

7-night all-inclusive fall immersion at Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort in Nosara. 2x daily yoga, organic dining, salt pool & catamaran cruise.

  • Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort, Nosara
  • 5 Luxury Room Options
  • All Meals & Excursions Included
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Steve Safranek

Meet Steve Safranek

Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 certified instructor with 7+ years of teaching experience and 3,500+ classes taught. Guiding practitioners through practical, experiential growth across Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin, Yoga Nidra, and breathwork.

Ashtanga Yoga Vinyasa Flow Yin Yoga Yoga Nidra Breathwork & Somatics
E-RYT 500
Lead Instructor Credentials
3,500+
Classes Taught
13 Graduates
Certified Yoga Teachers
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Books on Truth, Courage & Vulnerability

Exploring radical self-awareness, authentic resilience, and the inner journey through written works available on Amazon.

5.0 Self-Help & Philosophy

The Sh!t No One Wants to Hear

How to Accept and Embrace the Uncomfortable Truths in Our Lives. A provocative wake-up call holding the reader accountable to look in the mirror differently.

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5.0 Children's & Family

Alex and the Dinosaur

By Steve Safranek, Alex Epstein, & Emem Essien. A young villager discovers courage isn't strength or size—it's believing in yourself.

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5.0 Self-Discovery

Peeling Back the Layers

A Guide to Self-Discovery through Life's Darkest Moments. An unfiltered, unapologetic journey through vulnerability, ego death, and radical healing.

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Student Testimonials

Personal reflections from students and guests who have taken classes, teacher trainings, and retreats with Steve.

"I continue to revel in the experience in your breathwork class. I've been in therapy for a long time since my divorce and I don't know that I ever felt the release of some of my guilt and shame the way I did in that experience. I trusted my therapist to an extent but somehow was so much more vulnerable with your class. Please know the value you bring to this world."

Breathwork Student
Breathwork & Healing Class

"I can't tell you how grateful I am to have gotten started with yoga with you as a teacher! Now that I'm practicing elsewhere I feel like I got the absolute best foundation. You truly have no idea how you changed my life! You're such a fantastic teacher. I hope your students know how lucky they are to get truly top-tier yoga!"

Jennifer
Longtime Student

"I think Yoga Nidra yesterday helped me access some unconscious stuff through my dreams last night that was absolutely mind-blowing. I just got done with a session with my therapist and we spent the whole hour analyzing these dreams—it blew my mind in the best possible way!"

Carli
Yoga Nidra Participant

"I came to Steve's retreat at Bodhi Tree expecting a week of good classes in a beautiful place. I left with my yoga practice rebuilt. Steve teaches wide—Vinyasa flow, surrender yin, yoga nidra, holotropic breathwork. On Thursday afternoon we gathered at the Oceana Shala for breathwork... It took me somewhere I did not know existed."

Don
Bodhi Tree Costa Rica Retreat Guest

"Steve is approachable, kind, gentle, and extremely good at his job. During class he whispered, 'it's ok, I've got you'... I subconsciously just melted and a bit of me was healed then. I had the best day after class. What an amazing teacher—literally another form of therapy."

Anonymous
Yoga Student