The previous two postings in the article series, Radical Natural Healing, featured the Costa Rican journeys and life of local artist, visionary, holistic healer, and educator – Zahrah's. Readers learned of Zahrah’s bold move to Costa Rica, her experience living...
Spraying of Roundup in public areas such as gardens, courtyards, roadways, sports fields, recreational areas, areas outside of schools, and other green space has now been banned in Italy. They have also banned the practice of spraying before harvesting,...
Medical Tourism is a growing industry around the world. Costa Rica has become one of the industry’s ‘darlings’ for a number of very important reasons. It is easy to reach from North America, has highly trained medical teams, state-of-the-facilities,...
Yoga is not Sanskrit for stretching; it actually means to join or unite. Yoga is a combined spiritual, mental, and physical practice. Most yoga poses focus on flexibility and strength, and each pose involves different groups of muscle functioning...
Costa Rica sits on the infamous Ring of Fire. Which means there are 6 active volcanoes and 61 dormant or extinct ones in the country. And one of these has been quite active this week with over 20 eruptions...
Why do we sometimes feel the need to escape from our regular lives?
When we think about the pace of life in the cities, we sometimes define it using terms like “stress”, “tiredness”, “strain”, “anxiety” or “lack of time”. At some...
There is a new normal when it comes to receiving first-rate dental work at extremely affordable prices. It’s called Costa Rican Dental Tourism. The idea behind this kind of medical tourism is not new. About 30 years ago, before...
Stopping in to one of the local markets (feria in Spanish) is one of the very best places to pick up your supply of the luscious fruits that Costa Rica is so famous for. You can find an amazing...
As my three month Costa Rican excursion drew to a close, I had the opportunity to visit one of the most aesthetically and spiritually moving places in the world. I was to embark on a yoga retreat at the...
Costa Rica has experienced a growing interest in yoga over the last 10 years. Yoga meaning union has helped many people in the art and science of mental discipline to broaden their minds. This October Krama Yoga Studio will be...