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El Castillo, COSTA RICA – September 26 – Rancho Margot, innovator and educator in sustainable community development, permaculture and self-sufficiency, continues to build on a holistic lifestyle approach and will host two, 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings (YTT) at its Center for Natural Living in 2014.

On-site yoga programs and holistic retreats continue to expand at Rancho Margot’s Center for Natural Living, which hosted its first Yoga Teacher Training in 2010. In the years since inception, the Center for Natural Living has hosted five 200-hour trainings in which dozens of students from around the globe have been certified as instructors with Yoga Alliance.

“We are thrilled to see such growth in programs like our 200-Hour YTT,” says Irum Naqvi, Director of the Center for Natural Living. “Rancho Margot offers an incredible space for people seeking a holistic experience or a life-positive place to study and practice yoga.”

Rancho Margot’s 200-Hour YTT offers students an experience like none other. Participants receive accommodations at Rancho Margot’s eco lodge, three meals each day from an organic buffet and access to Rancho Margot’s plethora of amenities including natural warm and cold pools, rainforest hiking trails, adventure tours and other eco lodge services. Recognized as “Best Place to Stay” in Northwest Costa Rica by Lonely Planet 2012, YTT at Rancho Margot offers undisturbed calmness of mind and the cultivation of lifelong friendships.

“We are so thankful that yogis around the globe have recognized the importance of pairing their holistic lifestyle practices with paramount life decisions like sustainability, self-sufficiency and clean food,” says Rancho Margot owner and founder, Juan Sostheim.

The Center for Natural Living sits nestled amongst trees and perched above the Caño Negro River at Rancho Margot. The facilities are designed in an open-air concept that allows practitioners to feel completely submerged in nature while offering protection from the elements.

For more information about Yoga Teacher Training at Rancho Margot’s Center for Natural Living, please visit:
http://ranchomargot.com/eco/yoga-and-meditation/yoga-teacher-training

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About Rancho Margot

Rancho Margot is a family enterprise focused on sustainable business operation and living. With a staff of 35 people, 8 to 10 rotating volunteers and 10,000 annual visitors, Rancho Margot is a dynamic hotel located in a lush lakeside valley between rain and cloud forests on a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve. In addition to providing a peaceful place that facilitates a close connection with nature, Rancho Margot strives to inspire each visitor to explore new ways in which they can incorporate the concept of sustainability into their own lives.

For more information please visit www.RanchoMargot.com

About Irum Naqvi, Director at Center for Natural Living

Naqvi has been practicing yoga for 25 years and recently published Stillness in Chaos in which photographs of yoga asanas have been captured in the middle of downtown Toronto. Combining effort with ease, play and contemplation, Naqvi’s yoga sessions bring transformation that leaves one energized, confident and ready to follow the inner calling. On and off the mat, Irum provides a space that encourages everyone to explore their inner being, discover the true self and unlock layers of conditionings and Samskaras (deep-seated impressions that guide our actions).

For more information please visit www.irumyoga.com