21-Day Immersive 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
November 1–21, 2026
Costa Rica
There is a difference between learning yoga and living yoga.
You can study the poses, anatomy, philosophy, sequencing, meditation, mantra, and the art of teaching.
All of that matters.
But the deepest teachings of yoga ask for something more.
They ask to be practiced. Experienced. Embodied.
This is why we chose immersion.
For 21 days in the jungles of Costa Rica, we step outside the rhythms and responsibilities of ordinary life and into something increasingly rare:
Enough time to truly immerse.
Time to practice.
Time to study.
Time to meditate.
Time to be in nature.
Time to learn to teach.
Time to listen.
Through yoga, Tantra, Kundalini, meditation, mantra, philosophy, embodied practice, nature, and community, the teachings begin to move beyond intellectual understanding and into lived experience.
They begin showing up in how you breathe.
How you respond.
How you make decisions.
How you trust yourself.
How you meet uncertainty.
And ultimately, how you teach and lead.
Some women come to yoga teacher training because they know they want to teach.
Some come because they want to deepen a practice that has already changed their lives.
And some arrive at a threshold.
A career is changing. Children have grown. Retirement is approaching or has already begun.
An old identity no longer fits.
Or perhaps there is simply a quiet knowing that the next chapter is asking for something different.
You don't have to know exactly what comes next.
Part of the practice is learning to become quiet enough to hear what is already moving within you.
This training offers the space to explore:
What do I want to embody now?
What have my life experiences prepared me to contribute?
How do I want to live—and what do I want to share?
Ancient Practice. Lived Wisdom.
The foundations of teaching matter.
You will study anatomy, sequencing, alignment, philosophy, methodology, ethics, and the art of holding space.
But becoming a teacher requires more than knowing what to say.
Your teaching becomes powerful when the practice has moved through you first.
That is why we chose immersion.
21 days allows us to move beyond collecting information and into integration, weaving together ancient yogic wisdom, Tantra, meditation, mantra, Kundalini practices, embodied leadership, daily sadhana, nature, and community.
Perhaps This Is Personal.
Perhaps It's Professional.
Perhaps It's Both.
Yoga may become a new vocation.
It may complement work you already do in wellness, education, healing, coaching, movement, or service.
You may create classes, workshops, retreats, or something that doesn't exist yet.
Or you may discover that the most meaningful outcome of these 21 days isn't what you do afterward.
It's how you live afterward.
Come because you want to teach.
Come because you want to deepen your practice.
Come because something inside you knows it is time for a new chapter.
You don't have to know exactly where it will lead.
You just have to know when it's time to begin.
Eco-Wellness Retreat Center
This immersion is held in an eco-conscious environment where thoughtful design, natural materials, and respect for the surrounding ecosystem are part of the practice.
We honor the need for time to rest, to digest, to breathe.
We invite you to explore what feels right for you.
We also have Local's options to attend the training without accommodations if you live nearby.
Send us a message.
Meet the Team
Heidi Lynn Dietrich, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Heidi Grace is a yoga teacher, retreat leader, and Ayurvedic wellness guide who approaches yoga as a lived practice, one that informs how we move, rest, create, and relate to the world around us.
Rooted in the understanding of yoga as an applied lifestyle, her work invites us to explore balance, discernment, and embodiment through practice both on and off the mat. Drawing from Hatha Yoga, Ayurveda, Tantra, Yoga Nidra, and subtle body teachings including Sound Healing, Heidi Grace offers a grounded, spacious approach that supports integration.
Her teaching emphasizes harmony between inner truth and lived experience, encouraging practitioners to cultivate clarity, resilience, and freedom through conscious rhythm and self-inquiry.
Heidi Grace completed her initial 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Marianne Wells Yoga School in Costa Rica in 2009. She later completed 108 hours of Anusara training in Boulder, Colorado, and earned her 500-hour certification in 2013 with Brenna Geehan and Jean Mazzei of SriYoga in San Francisco.
She has been training and certifying yoga teachers since 2012 through Yen Yoga & Fitness in Michigan, as well as through Nature Yoga in Costa Rica, India, and online. Her work spans international retreats, teacher trainings, and long-term mentorship for practitioners seeking depth, sustainability, and maturity in their practice.
Heidi Grace is the founder of Nature Yoga, Dharma & Grace Yoga Retreats, and Charlevoix Yoga.
During the pandemic, she continued her studies with a focus on nervous system health and integrative healing, completing trainings in:
- Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga
- Yoga for Recovery (Y12SR)
- Ayurveda 3.0
- Ayurvedic Cooking & Nutrition
- Kundalini Yoga
In addition to her primary passion working in yoga, travel and Ayurveda, Heidi serves as a special advisor on human-centered initiatives focused on advancing health, wellbeing, and conscious design. She is also part of a design consulting business in Encinitas, California, offering guidance on the creation of conscious destinations and sustainable real estate projects.
Jessica Merwin, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Jessica Merwin is a Coherence Coach®. She teaches the ancient technologies of Kundalini Yoga and the new science of HeartMath® Heart Coherence to bring the body into a state of harmony (or coherence).
When we are in a state of coherence we can operate from the place of our fullest potential. We can think clearly, make better decisions, and access our intuitive intelligence. Not only does coherence change our state of being, it also has a positive effect on our physiology.
Jessica offers clear and specific practices delivered in approachable ways with scientific data reflecting much of the effectiveness of the techniques.
Jessica is a War Veteran who served in the United States Air Force. After she battled with emotional stress, addictions and depression for a number of years, she woke up to another way of living. She discovered Kundalini yoga, heart coherence, and meditation and felt the profound shifts it had on her internal state. She went from living in a state of stress to a state of inspired living. It made such an impact on her that she knew she had to teach and share the wisdom that has been passed down for eons through the yogis, and now the new sciences to back it up.
Jessica has over 500 hours in Kundalini Yoga Teacher training – training received in Greece and India, and holds a 200 hour RYT with Yoga Alliance. Additionally she is Certified through HeartMath as a Mentor & Coach, and is the owner of New Moon Yoga studio in Traverse City, Michigan.
LIVING YOGA
Yoga doesn't end when you roll up your mat.
The practice begins to show up in how you breathe.
How you respond.
How you nourish yourself.
How you communicate.
How you make decisions.
How you relate to nature.
How you trust yourself.
How you meet uncertainty.
And eventually, how you teach.
Throughout these 21 days, we explore yoga as a living practice—through asana, meditation, pranayama, mantra, philosophy, Tantra, Ayurveda, subtle anatomy, self-inquiry, nature, community, and the rhythms of daily life.
Because becoming a yoga teacher isn't simply about learning what to teach.
It's about allowing the practice to move through you first.
You can learn yoga anywhere. You come here to live it.
