The Retreat in Costa Rica.“ They don’ t want another itinerary of landmarks. They want to slow down and be cared for by people who are genuinely present. They go home regulated, not depleted.”
Here are a few wellness retreats that will leave you refreshed and rejuvenated.
THE RETREAT
AT COSTA RICA
Stobo’ s rise to wellness stardom wasn’ t planned.“ It grew out of my own healing,” she says.“ I was going through my own wellness crisis and I kept landing on the same truth: healing isn’ t one thing. It’ s nature, food, water, sleep, movement, community, love and touch, working together.”
She found that transformative space on a plot of land on a crystal quartz mountain
in the coffee-rich Atenas area of Costa Rica. There, between two flowing streams on indigenous land, she built a healing, regenerative resort.
On its foundation, The Retreat offers three daily anti-inflammatory meals, twice-daily yoga, and an array of wellness activities built around eight curated programs, each designed around a specific intention – from rest therapy and emotional healing to diet cleansing.
“ The most important work we do, is often the most invisible,” Stobo says.“ Most of us hold stress and trauma in the body that willpower alone can’ t resolve. We help guests come out of fight-or-flight and into a state where real release can happen, often for the first time in years.”
At The Retreat, guests get an immersive reset where they can participate in yoga sessions,
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