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Costa Rica Wellness and Yoga Holiday

Rejuvenation, with a taste of adventure on the side! Slow down, take time for rest and wellness, and get your body back into balance. With this yoga and wellness package, your time is your own to spend exactly how you would like.

Meet the instructors

Jill
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Highlights

  • Daily yoga class
  • Daily meditation class
  • A relaxing one-hour full-body massage
  • Full-day tour: Carara National Park and the Pacific Beach
  • 30-minute session on AmaTierra's amethyst BioMat
  • 7 nights accommodation
  • 3 delicious gourmet meals per day

Skill level

  • Beginner

Yoga styles


7 days with instruction
Airport transfer included: Juan Santamaría International Airport
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Accommodation

Facilities

  • Spa
  • Swimming pool (outdoor)
  • Dining area
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Garden
  • Smoke-free property
  • Terrace
  • Yoga shala

Feel at home in quiet comfort, cradled by nature amidst the mango trees and sounds of the living forest in your beautifully appointed private suite. Allow yourself to truly relax in the comfort and peace of the mountains that Costa Rica is famous for.

Settle into a cool evening after dinner on the balcony, with a bottle of Argentine Malbec, and watch the sunset from your private terrace.

In the morning, awaken to the sounds of nature. Take a walk to the stream or hike to where you can see the Nicoya Peninsula in the distance. Enjoy all of the amenities, allow yourself to lift your spirits, and rejuvenate both body and soul as you escape to the possibilities of this beautiful area of Costa Rica.

Rooms are tastefully designed with unique decor to allow you to enjoy the serenity of your surroundings. Each suite comes with its bathroom, private terrace, and garden with outdoor seating. Hardwood furniture and a ceiling made of teak bring the ambiance of the forest into your room. The rooms have one or two comfy queen-sized beds, ceiling fans, a refrigerator, a coffee or tea maker, and complimentary snacks. Fiber-optic Wi-Fi is a new and reliable feature at the resort.

Program

Relax in your private casita. Enjoy hiking trails and soak in the swimming pool. Watching the birds and tropical wildlife dance among the trees. Meditation by the stream. Siesta in a hammock. Getting lost in a good book. Spa treatments, yoga classes, wellness services, and gourmet meals with local and organic ingredients. Adventure excursions – fly like Superman on the zip-line, visit a private waterfall, ride horseback through the rainforest, or catch some surf at the beach!

AmaTierra provides the canvas and everything you need along the way. Your vacation is a masterpiece of your own design. In a week, you will return to your life feeling fabulous, cared for, and carefree.

Possible activities:

  • Relax in your private casita
  • Enjoy hiking trails and soak in the swimming pool
  • Watch the birds and tropical wildlife dance among the trees
  • Meditate by the stream
  • Siesta in a hammock
  • Get lost in a good book
  • Spa treatments
  • Yoga classes
  • Wellness services
  • Gourmet meals with local and organic ingredients

Included excursions

You will experience a tour of Carara National Park and Pacific Beach, with transportation included in the retreat price.

Carara National Park jungle tour is famous for scarlet macaws, an abundance of bird life, three kinds of monkeys, iguanas, colorful frogs, and crocodiles. It is only a one-hour drive from AmaTierra and will definitely spark your adventurer's spirit. If you're feeling adventurous, hike through the rainforest at Carara National Park and combine this experience with a trip to the beach.

Instructors

Jill Ruttenberg

Retreat location

AmaTierra lies in a rural setting, located 10 minutes along the winding and wonderfully pothole-free Highway 137, 15 minutes off the Escobal exit of Highway 27.

The retreat center is less than 1 hour from the San Jose airport but its 7.5 forested acres make you feel like you are away from everything. The typical Costa Rican small town of San Pablo is within hiking distance, with friendly faces if you care to explore. On-site hiking trails with a creek running through the property is an exquisite immersion in nature. There are more than 75 species of birds on the property, including 2 types of toucans, and a troupe of white-faced monkeys shows up now and then!

You can feel safe at AmaTierra as your home base as you venture on day trips to a variety of area attractions.

Food

You will be served delicious gourmet meals made with local and organic foods daily, included in the price. At AmaTierra, you can enjoy some of the freshest foods in all of Costa Rica. The cuisine is international, with an emphasis on fresh fruits and vegetables, some home-grown in organic gardens.

Meals are accented by delicious spices such as fresh turmeric, ginger, basil, and lemongrass grown on the permaculture farm.

You will enjoy family-style meals served on the balcony. Dishes will be either vegetarian or include fresh fish or hormone-free chicken. AmaTierra does their best to honor individual dietary concerns and they can adapt their menu for vegetarian, vegan, or dairy and gluten-free diets.

Breakfast

Serving up a variety of seasonal fruits, traditional Costa Rican “gallopinto” rice and bean dishes, fresh farm eggs from their chickens, whole grain bread, and organic coffees and teas, AmaTierra's guests feel pampered and satisfied. Leaner options such as oatmeal with goji berries or yogurt and granola with soaked seeds and flax are also available.

A consultation with one of their health professionals can lead you to a diet appropriate for your goals and they can help you get started on detoxifying or making dietary changes.

Dinner

AmaTierra's local cooks serve up delicious dishes made with fresh fish, such as their coconut-crusted mahi mahi, chicken dishes (orange/mango chicken with coriander, served with brown rice is one favorite), or vegetarian dishes such as fresh spinach enchiladas and vegetarian Thai curry over rice.

As their goal is healthful, enjoyable dining, you will feel good about AmaTierra’s attention to freshness and wholesome ingredients. A beautiful salad with fresh greens from the greenhouse is part of every day.

They use only healthful oils (no trans-fats), real butter, and local honey, often substituting honey or “dulce” (minimally processed sugar cane) for white sugar. Desserts are homemade, gluten-free, and generally light, though they can accommodate everybody’s love for chocolate.

Nutritional consultation

Because of AmaTierra’s unique reputation as a wellness center, you will have the opportunity to consult with a professional nutritionist/herbalist about a diet that is best for you and begin implementing that protocol while you are there at the retreat.

This session also opens a door to self-discovery and new possibilities for helping health issues. You will be seen not just as a person whose symptoms need soothing, but as a unique individual with underlying causes for imbalances that are unique to your body.

A session with owner Jill Ruttenberg, registered AHG (American Herbalist Guild) herbalist, will help create a dietary regimen and lifestyle shift, as well as address your health problems by using herbal and homeopathic remedies.

The following meals are included:

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Water
  • Coffee
  • Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten Free
  • Organic
  • Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
  • Seafood
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

Adventure excursions

  • Fly like Superman on the zip-line
  • Visit a private waterfall
  • Ride horseback through the rainforest
  • Catch some surf at the beach

Adventure Park Costa Rica

If you ever wanted to have a canopy tour involving multiple waterfalls, this is an adventure that is going to satiate you completely. When you come to Costa Rica for an adventure holiday, this is the way you would like to spend it.

There are unique 25 zip lines over 11 waterfalls canopy adventure, where you'll be able to fly like Superman with no camera trick. Also at the park is the biggest high ropes course in Costa Rica, an ATV FunPark, and horseback riding tours.

Beach day

Choose from Jaco Beach, a bustling area where you can have a surf lesson, shop, or relax, or a more secluded, quiet beach at Esterillos Oeste.

Bird watching

AmaTierra is being called a "newly discovered hot spot" for viewing birds of the Pacific slope woodland area. More than 65 species of birds have been identified within the eight acres of AmaTierra Hotel and Retreat.

Equine experience

For a unique experience at beautiful Sweet Prince Ranch (a scenic one-hour drive from AmaTierra), join equine professional psychotherapists Marsha and Mark Friedman for a profound three or more hours in-depth session with some very special horses for a fun, safe, and powerful equine and human bonding experience. Sweet Prince Ranch is not for riding horses but for equine-assisted psychotherapy. No previous horse training is required, most activities are done on the ground.

Other optional tours

  • Horseback riding at Turubari Tropical Park
  • Jaco - Surfing beach
  • La Paz Waterfall and Poas Volcano
  • San Jose historic city tour
  • Tortuga Island - Snorkel
  • Zip-line canopy tour

Spa treatments

A relaxing one-hour full body massage by AmaTierra Spa and Wellness professional is included in the price.

The gemstone mat: A bed of crystals for healing

Lie on the gemstone mat to experience powerful far-infrared rays that release stress and bring deep heat to relax your muscles and nerves. Far Infrared Rays (FIR) increase blood circulation and bring more oxygen into the cells. These rays are the most healing rays of the light spectrum and can penetrate three to four inches into your body. The gemstone mat also produces negative ions with an advanced negative potential generation system. Negative ions are negatively charged particles found in the air when it rains and is abundant in lush forests, mountains, and ocean beaches, as well as near rivers, springs, and waterfalls.

Unlike the positive protons that excite your system (the ones in the air on a sunny or windy day), negative ions have a magnetic pull toward the earth and a calming, grounding effect on the body. They revitalize cell metabolism, help to alkalinize the body and enhance immune function.

Negative ions relax the body and mind, promote deep sleep, and enhance recovery from physical exhaustion or over-training. They increase the flow of oxygen to the muscles and brain, resulting in higher alertness and better mental energy.

In addition to the negative ions, the gemstone mat gives off Pulsed electromagnetic frequencies (PEMF), which are pulsing magnets that complement one's own body’s frequencies and chemistry, acting like a battery charger for human cells. When the body is ill, your voltage can drop to as low as -30 millivolts or even lower in the cases of terminal diseases. PEMF quickly restores and maintains the human cell potential at a healthy level between, -60 and -95 mV millivolts.

The gemstone mat promotes a feeling of well-being for a healthier mind and body, and also assists in detoxing by increasing circulation in the blood and lymph system. The gemstone mat is approved by the US FDA as a medical device 510K. It was created based on Nobel prize-winning scientific research pioneered by NASA and developed using pure, natural materials.

Benefits of the gemstone mat?

  • Relaxation of muscles
  • Increase of local circulation where applied

Temporary relief of:

  • Minor muscle pain
  • Minor joint pain and stiffness
  • Joint pain associated with arthritis
  • Muscle spasms
  • Minor sprains
  • Minor strains
  • Minor muscular back pain
  • Reduces stress and fatigue
  • Supports the immune system
  • Improves sleep (if associated with pain relief)
  • Reduced inflammation (where applied)
  • Increased tissue oxygen (due to increased circulation where applied)
  • Provides such muscle relaxation that you may sleep better if you experience occasional difficulty sleeping

A 30-minute session on the gemstone mat is included in the package.

Additional massage and spa treatments and wellness services:

1. Aromatherapy foot bath (45 USD)

Pamper tired feet and remove accumulated toxins in a bath of Epsom salts and doTerra aromatherapy oils.

2. Aromatouch special treatment (95 USD)

The 60-minute personalized aromatherapy massage treatment with doTerra organic essential oils. Reduce stress, balance your nervous system, reduce inflammation, enhance immunity, and detoxify your body.

3. Deep tissue or sports massage (90 USD)

A 60-minute massage that works deep to ease knots in muscles and fascia. Sports massage is similar and focuses more on limbs and stretches.

4. De-stress and relax with aromatherapy (90 USD)

A 60-minute relaxing massage customized for your body's needs and designed to release tension - the classic massage.

5. Ear candling (40 USD)

Detoxify sinuses and ear canals with this safe, effective process. You will feel clear and hear better.

6. Exfoliation scrub (75 minutes - 125 USD)

Choose from green tea, lemon, or coconut salt scrub. Removes dead skin cells for healthier, softer skin. The light massage follows this treatment. Ask about the luscious chocolate mask for the face.

7. Hands and feet treat (30 minutes - 45 USD)

Aromatherapy foot bath, exfoliating scrub, and massage.

8. Head, neck, and shoulders (40 USD)

30-minute massage relaxes tension and clears the head. Add an aroma foot bath for a luxurious soak (15 USD).

9. Manicure or pedicure

Manicure done at the pool or go into town for a special cultural experience at the salon: 15 USD. Pedicure also at the pool or in town: 25 USD.

10. Uplifting facial (80 USD or 140 USD for two sessions)

35-minute galvanic current treatment purifies, revitalizes, and keeps the signs of aging at bay. Try twice during your stay for the best results.

11. 30-minute aroma treatment for the back, neck, and shoulders (45 USD)

12. Wraps (75 minutes - 125 USD)

Choose among two different offerings:

  • A special mud or clay from Costa Rica's volcanoes (recommended for normal to oily skin types)
  • Seaweed slimming wrap (helps reduce cellulite)

Both draw toxins out through the skin and leave you feeling oh-so-soft. Plan to become a burrito, wrapped snugly for 20 minutes while the clay does its work.

13. The works (90 minutes - 150 USD)

Treat yourself to a delightful combination: exfoliation, the wrap, and a short massage.

14. Mini add-on facial (30 minutes - 45 USD)

Galvanic current treatment purifies, revitalizes, and keeps the signs of aging at bay. Try twice during your stay for the best results.

15. Nutritional or herbal consultation

Make a new start and address health issues that perhaps have been ignored. Perhaps you are looking to change your diet or discuss what supplements might enhance your health. In an in-depth session that can take up to one and a half hours, registered herbalist Jill Ruttenberg (AHG) will guide you toward lifestyle changes and a treatment protocol to set you on the right track.

  • Complete nutritional and herbal consultation with Jill: 125 USD
  • Shorter consultation exploring food sensitivities and diet: 75 USD

16. The gemstone mat (30 minutes - 15 USD or four sessions - 45 USD)

A bed of amethyst crystals for healing. Experience the strength of the powerful far-infrared rays, soothing your muscles and nerves; generated through a mat of amethyst crystals, powerful healing properties of negative ions.

Energy balancing and mind/body therapies:

Sound therapy tune-up (90 USD)

Rebalance your chakras (energy centers), raise the vibratory level of your entire being, and address specific areas of concern through the use of Quartz singing bowls and other sound tools. Come away feeling light and balanced.

Reiki treatment (60 minutes - 90 USD)

Feel the flood of life force energy re-entering your body with this simple, natural, and effective Japanese healing technique.

Intuitive healing session

Experience a deeper kind of healing that recognizes psycho-spiritual issues that may be blocking your path to optimal physical or emotional health.

Depending on the practitioner, a few different techniques of spiritual healing may be used: hands-on, hands-off, chanting, sharing intuitive information for greater understanding, and shifting the energy for a more positive result. The price varies according to practitioner and duration.

Emotion code (75+ minutes - 105 USD)

Using applied kinesiology, find specific emotions that have been trapped in the body and release them. Emerge feeling freer and more centered, utilizing the energy that was once being used to hold those emotions to now advance rapid healing.

Mind or body counseling and the equine experience

Psychotherapists Mark and Marsha Friedman can help you re-reframe negative thinking and learn better communication skills to transform engrained patterns. The result is a healthier self-image and more joyful interactions with others.

For a unique experience with horses that will increase your self-awareness, inquire about equine-assisted psychotherapy, a fun way to get to know yourself in the presence of beautiful horse beings. Advance notice is required.

The above services are offered only by specialists and scheduling is subject to the practitioners’ availability. Please note that all wellness and spa treatments are subject to an additional 13% sales tax as of January 1, 2020.

What's included

  • Daily yoga class and meditation (except on tour day)
  • Full-Day Tour: Carara National Park and ​​the Pacific Beach, including transportation
  • 7 nights accommodation in a spacious, comfortable suite with a private bath
  • 3 delicious gourmet meals per day, made with local and organic foods
  • A relaxing one-hour full body massage by AmaTierra Spa and Wellness Professional
  • One 30-minute session on the amethyst BioMat
  • Roundtrip airport transfers
  • All hotel taxes

What's not included

  • Flights
  • Extra tours and activities
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Smoothies
  • Special drinks
  • Snacks
  • Gratuities
  • Additional meals

How to get there

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GPS coordinates for AmaTierra:

  • Latitude 9.905586 N
  • Longitude 84.427021 W

Driving directions from San Jose or Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (old road)

  • From San Jose or Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), there are two ways to go.
  • The new highway cuts off about 15 minutes but does involve a dirt road for about 15 minutes of the journey.
  • Directions for the slower, meandering but paved all-the-way road.
  • Take the road to Ciudad Colon.
  • Once you are in Ciudad Colon, look out for a sign saying "no hay paso" which means you are going on to a one-way street.
  • Instead, turn right at the gas station.
  • Turn left at the next street.
  • You will see a green AmaTierra sign up high (on a car wash building) stating you are 35 kilometers from the hotel.
  • Go to the top of the hill through the town of Cuidad Colon.
  • Turn left before the dirt road.
  • You will see a University of La Paz (Peace) sign on the left.
  • Make sure you follow the road out of town (do not turn right to the U. of Peace), but veer right towards Puriscal and Turubari Park.
  • After about 20 minutes, you will arrive in Puriscal.
  • About 300 meters past the gas station on the right, you will see a sign for Turrubaris/Orotina/Jaco.
  • Turn left in front of the Red Cross/Ice building.
  • Follow about three blocks past the church.
  • Just after the stop light, you will see a white sign that will say Turrubaris/Orotina/Jaco.
  • Turn right after the sign.
  • Then, you will follow the signs to Amatierra/Turubari Park.
  • The hotel is located 17 kilometers or 20 minutes once you leave Puriscal.
  • They are on the right side of the road two kilometers before San Pablo.
  • You will see several Green AmaTierra signs to let you know you are close.
  • Always know that if you follow the signs to Turrubari Park you are on the right track.
  • It is easy to find and the road is paved the entire way - simply look for the long bamboo fence and wooden gate.
  • If the gate is closed, just honk and the guard will open the gate.

Driving directions from San Jose or Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (new highway)

  • Start out the same way as above, from the airport.
  • Once you pass Escazu, Outback, and the Forum, you will get to where you need to make a decision to go toward Ciudad Colon, or towards Guacima and Orotina.
  • You can choose to go straight ahead on the New Highway to Orotina, which is a toll road.
  • You will need colones (though they do make change for dollars).
  • Go straight on this road, past two tolls, the last one is Atenas.
  • Pass Pan de Azucar too, exit at Escobal.
  • At the top of the exit, turn left, then right at the end, onto the frontage road.
  • Follow this to its end (about 1.2 kilometers) and turn left.
  • You stay on this little dirt road for about 15 minutes, over a one-lane bridge, until you eventually get to a town called San Pablo, with a town square on the left.
  • Go straight past the town about two or three blocks and you will see Soda Francini on the right.
  • Turn left there, toward Puriscal.
  • AmaTierra will be on your left side about 1 kilometer up the road.
Airport: Juan Santamaría International Airport Airport transfer included: Juan Santamaría International Airport No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

  • A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
  • The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
  • The rest of the payment should be paid on departure.

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