INSPIRED LIFE YOGA RETREATS

Dana Perry & Becky Verner

Dana & Becky co-hosted their first international yoga retreat together in March 2019, facilitating an experience for people from across the US in Playa Carillo Costa Rica. Here, they fell in love with the Nicoya Peninsula and began dreaming of more retreats through Inspired Life Yoga Retreats, a joined business and passion venture.

Becky Verner is a certified yoga and group exercise instructor in Cleveland, Ohio. She began her yoga practice on the mat as a freshman at Ohio University. Her first yoga teacher training was in 2016, and she’s since completed several other trainings including living at the Sivananda Bahamas Yoga Ashram, and visiting Swami Satchidananda’s Yogaville. She enjoys practicing and teaching several styles of yoga, especially Baptiste Power Yoga. She earned her 500-hour yoga teaching certification from Baptiste Yoga Affiliate Studio Cleveland Yoga. Becky is a certified Grief Yoga® teacher, and has developed her own grief-baseed yoga practice called Yoga to Remember™.

What do you look forward to most about this retreat?

After our first yoga retreat in Costa Rica in 2019, I visited Nosara for a few extra days of rejuvenation and fun. Included in the itinerary was a massage at Bodhi Tree that was so wonderful! My (then) boyfriend (now husband!) and I spent the day by the pool drinking fresh juice from the juice bar and relaxing in the sun. It’s one of the best days I’ve ever had! When Dana and I found out we could host a retreat here I was ecstatic! I’m so excited to go back to Bodhi Tree, this time for longer and with more of my friends!

In 2006 Dana Perry received her Yoga Certification from Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica. She has completed levels I and II of her Reiki training with Lisa Levine and is currently studying the healing practices of Ayurveda with Maya Tiwari through the Wise Earth School.

Through her knowledge and experience with many paths to healing, Dana can provide each student with exactly the practice that will serve them best.

"The experience of yoga has allowed for beautiful transformation in all aspects of my life. These practices have opened me up to my own inner strength, courage and compassion. Through asana, meditation, breath and mantra, I have been able to take a journey of deep self exploration that has simply made me want to love more, to give more and to continue on this path towards truth and light.

My classes and private sessions are geared to serve the students and help them find a practice that will uplift them and inspire them to feel alive and healthy in body, mind and spirit. I am thankful for the opportunity to share these practices and to continue to grow and learn with you all! Many thanks to all my teachers past, present and future. May all beings everywhere be happy and free of suffering. Om Shanthi."

~ Dana