Start the session before you paddle out.
Many surfers try to improve their experience only in the water. But the skills that make the biggest difference - attitude, timing, awareness, and balance - can also be trained on land.
These workshops offers strategies to practice surfing skills in daily life, so they show up organically when it counts. Not by thinking more, but by being clearer in yourself, feeling earlier, responding faster, and staying steady in motion.
Train awareness, perception, timing and balance on land
so that it arrives naturally in the water.
- Recognize waves earlier and improve your timing
- Move with more balance and control on your board
- Reduce hesitation in critical moments
- Trust your instincts instead of second-guessing
Creative Visualization for Surfers
Friday May 15, 6-7:30 PM
Learn to feel the wave before it meets you.
Through guided visualization, breathwork, and mindful awareness, you will learn how to prepare nervous system before you paddle out. Instead of thinking your way through a session or reacting too late, you can begin to recognize patterns earlier, trust your instincts, and move with better timing and ease.
We will explore how mental rehearsal, internal focus, and sensory awareness directly impact positioning, wave selection, and performance. These are simple, practical tools you can take into your next surf, whether you are working to improve your consistency or deepen your connection to the experience.
As you shift out of chasing waves or competing for position, you begin to read the lineup more clearly and lean into the moment as it arrives.
What you build here carries into the water, and beyond it. Clearer focus, less hesitation, and a more grounded, present way of moving through both surfing and daily life.
No prior experience with meditation or visualization is needed. Just bring your curiosity and connection to the ocean.
Location: Aurora Yoga, Jaco Walk, Jaco Costa Rica
Investment: $40 for one workshop $60 for both workshops
Dynamic Balancing for Surfers
Saturday May 23, 11-12:30 PM
Find your balance before the wave tests it.
This workshop focuses on the foundation of all good surfing, your connection to the board and the ability to stay centered while in motion.
We begin by exploring how the feet relate to the ground, and how that connection translates directly to stability on your board. From there, we train proprioception, your body’s ability to know where it is in space without relying on your eyes.
Through closed-eye balance work and simple movement exercises, you will sharpen your awareness so that when things speed up in the water, your body already knows how to respond.
As your physical awareness deepens, we shift into concentration, learning how to experience balance not as something you hold, but as something you move with. This is where flow begins.
These tools carry directly into your surfing, helping you stay steady through transitions, adjust more quickly, and move with greater confidence and ease.
Location: Aurora Yoga, Jaco Walk, Jaco Costa Rica
Investment: $40 for one workshop $60 for both workshops
MEET THE TEACHER
Bob Butera, PhD, MDiv, C-IAYT, has been teaching yoga and meditation for over 35 years, bringing depth, and lived experience to his work.
As the founder of YogaLife Institute, he has trained more than 1,500 yoga teachers and yoga therapists.
He is the author of five books and offers private yoga therapy and spiritual coaching sessions in person and online.
Originally from the Philadelphia area, now living in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, Bob surfs regularly, staying close to the rhythms of practice, teaching, and the ocean.
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