Some of the moves may seem difficult but, with patience and practice, are certainly achievable.  Our instructors will cater to your ability level with lots of personal attention, always holding safety in the highest regard.  Before you know it, you’ll be doing serious variations of complex moves and kicking in your own sense of style.  Everyone improves at their own pace, but improvement beyond your imagination is assured. 

Some of the skills you can expect to learn from our poi lessons are weaves, butterfly, buzz saw, thread the needle, stalls, behind the back weaves and turns, wraps, fountains, the gremlin, mind meltdowns, straight jacket weave and butterfly, flowers and many other variations. 

Keep in mind that poi can be very complicated.  It takes a while for your body and your mind to come to agreement on many of the moves that you will try.  It can be frustrating at times but it will be incredibly rewarding as well.  If you are a complete beginner, in one week, we can teach you the basics.  It will be enough to build upon with videos, research and practice when you get home.  But if you really want to get good...if you want to find flow, really feel it and be able to incorporate dance and movement with little thought to what the poi heads are doing, you'll need at least two weeks.  Come for four weeks and you'll be a pro!

Classes involving yoga, poi and surfing, excluding combinations with Spanish, can be taken beginning on almost any Sunday (see schedule for vacation dates).  For program combinations which include Spanish classes please see our "Rates and Dates" page for schedules.

Here's a look at what you can expect from our Poi or our Poi combination programs:

1 Week Poi Program

• 90 minutes of poi instruction, on beach or covered veranda, daily
• Guided nighttime, giant turtle, egg laying tour (July – October; new and full moons)
• 6 nights accommodation at La Escuela Del Sol

3 Week Poi Program

• Includes all features of 2 Week Program plus:
• 1 more week's accommodation (20 nights total)
  
• Optional class on third Friday to allow for extended travel

1 Week Spanish and Poi Program 

• 2 hours of classroom instruction each morning
• 2 hours of applied learning each afternoon (in class or outside)
• Books and instructional materials
• Introduction to fire safety
• 90 minutes of poi instruction, on beach or covered veranda, daily
• Guided nighttime, giant turtle, egg laying tour (July – October; new and full moons)
• 6 nights accommodation at La Escuela Del Sol

• Includes all features of 2 Week Program plus:
• 1 more week's accommodation (20 nights total)
  
• Optional class on third Friday to allow for extended travel

1 Week Yoga and Poi Program 

**Popular program.  Book early to guarantee enrollment**

• Introduction to fire safety
• 90 minutes of poi instruction, on beach or covered veranda, daily
• 90 minutes of Hatha Vinyasa-style Yoga daily
• Guided nighttime, giant turtle, egg laying tour (July – October; new and full moons)
• 6 nights accommodation at La Escuela Del Sol

3 Week Yoga and Poi Program

• Includes all features of 2 Week Program plus:
• 1 more week's accommodation (20 nights total)
  
• Optional class on third Friday to allow for extended travel

1 Week Surfing and Poi Program 

**Popular program.  Book early to guarantee enrollment**

• Surfboard
• Introduction to surfing on beach for beginners
• 2 hours of surfing instruction on Playa Grande or Mal Pais daily
• Introduction to fire safety
• 90 minutes of poi instruction, on beach or covered veranda, daily
• Guided nighttime, giant turtle, egg laying tour (July – October; new and full moons)
• 6 nights accommodation at La Escuela Del Sol

3 Week Surfing and Poi Program

• Includes all features of 2 Week Program plus:
• 1 more week's accommodation (20 nights total)
  
• Optional class on third Friday to allow for extended travel