6 Day Juice Detox Retreat with Yoga Sessions at Waterfall Villas near Dominical, Costa Rica
Detox and Yoga Retreat Costa Rica
Juice cleansing is the most effective way to reset yourself for an internal healing and to change your lifestyle. A regular detox will keep you feeling healthy and improve your immune system. Detox is also a way to lose weight because stagnant metabolism can keep the weight on no matter what you do and resetting the system helps shed pounds fast.
Highlights
- Morning yoga classes (except Sunday)
- Juice cleanse every two hours for those wanting, Dr Natalie Rose's effective green juicing
- Raw and vegan meals for those not wanting juice
- Medical medium cleanses for those not wanting juice
- Meals after the juice cleanse fast for refeeding
- Master cleanse and coconut water cleanse (only for the experienced)
- Medical medium cleanses for those with specific health issues
- 5 nights accommodation
Yoga styles
Juan Santamaría International Airport (US$ 190 per person)
Quepos La Managua Airport (US$ 75 per person)
Accommodation
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Spa
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Car rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Laundry
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wedding
During this retreat, you will be staying in the Dragonfly Suite at Waterfall Villas. They have Bali-style villas in the rainforest of Costa Rica with private waterfalls - Cascadas Farallas. This eco resort is located just a few minutes from Dominical Beach in the exotic South Pacific.
Dragonfly Suites
The Dragonfly Suite I is in the Dragonfly Villa, an exclusive rainforest canopy experience with two separate Dragonfly Suites that, together, can accommodate up to six persons. The suite can accommodate up to three persons. The villa is at the closest point to the drop-off of the private waterfall!
- Bamboo four-post canopied queen-size bed
- Private Zen-style bathroom
- Sitting area with Balinese teak opium table, meditation cushions
- Sofa couch - also as a fold-out double bed
- 15 feet of private covered wood terrace facing the orchid gorge and the waterfalls
- Mini fridge
- Ceiling fan and ionic air cooling
The dragonfly symbolizes breaking free from illusion, and supports the process of balancing your life's energy. Raised high into the canopy, you will find yourself immersed in Costa Rican nature. Relax to the sound of the waterfalls, and feel the transformation bring you total rejuvenation of mind, body, and spirit.
The dragonfly villa is designed in the ecological spirit with the least carbon footprint. This space is great for detox and restoring balance. Comfortable and luxurious, both suites have a fabulous Balinese Wantilan roof, also called a cathedral ceiling, which gives natural ventilation, along with the tropical ceiling fans and an ionic air cooling system. The ceiling is 15 feet high.
This carbon-neutral building uses a naturally fallen red cedar for the ceiling in this wonderfully designed villa, with natural bamboo molding carefully carved by hand. You'll find natural lava stone and marble detailing in the bathrooms with a ceramic, glass, and marble mosaic artwork of underwater flowers and soft corals with a seahorse.
There are also specially selected wood carving works from Bali and paintings of orchids from Costa Rica for an added feng shui flowing feeling. The villa is equipped with an exceptionally large covered terrace with comfortable chairs to immerse you in the rainforest’s canopy energy, hanging over the top of the falls.
Waterfall Villas is committed to environmentally friendly practices and supports sustainable tourism. This means that Waterfall Villas takes care of the plants and animals of the property, and foster indigenous life. It also means that any waste is ecologically recycled or securely contained. This requires you to practice water management and be aware of how you dispose of waste.
The unique architecture of Waterfall Villas is contemporary tropical Bali style - modelled after a Balinese family compound and temple structures suited for tropical living. Also, Wi-Fi is now available at the villas, together with full-time security!
The greenest villa, the Dragonfly Villa, is the villa for those who would like to have a green experience. The villa has even used cedarwood that had fallen naturally on the property.
Furthermore, Waterfall Villas is committed to employing and training people from the local community and supporting local rainforest awareness campaigns. They are involved in the collection, growing, and planting of hundreds of indigenous rare plant species every year. You will also be invited to join a carbon-neutral experience and plant a rainforest tree.
Program
Living in the city and eating processed food on the go accumulates in the body, and a detox not only serves to lose unwanted pounds, but also to reset your digestive system to prevent any disease from setting in.
Detox should be a part of everyone's regimen. A juice cleanse is the most effective, fastest, and surest way to do it. Using all fresh ingredients from Costa Rica, you will clean out years of unhealthy choices.
Green juice fasting is Waterfall Villas' specialty detox technique, with the primary ingredient being organic, freshly picked kale, with all types of vegetables and some fruit to give you a blast of energy while losing the excess that is slowing your metabolism down. This will be a full reset for the digestion system!
Alternatively to M.D. Natalie Rose's detox formulas, Waterfall Villas can also offer the master cleanse formula or a yogi mixture of fruit juices every morning and green juices in the afternoon / evenings. You can even do a raw meal at night if you are into a partial juice fast.
Waterfall Villas can also personalize your juice fast as you go and see what suits you best. You will be consuming juices about every two hours, and they can also make them to-go and give you mason jars, or a little cooler to take to the beach.
The green juice cleanse is a program that Waterfall Villas themselves from three to 10 days, several times a year, and they love the results. It really works! The ingredients are the best that Costa Rica can offer in terms of fresh and organic.
First, you see it in your skin, and then you will feel incredible. Bloating goes away, and your energy level boosts. It is very important not to skip any juice times. Waterfall Villas will offer your fresh juice every two hours and up, and you will drink an equal amount of spring water. Otherwise, you might have the desire to come off the fast.
This is the only caution. You cannot get hungry, so Waterfall Villas will have a person in the kitchen to make fresh juices for you all the time. These will not be stored. You will get them fresh as can be each day. You can also take it very slow if it is your first time, and you can come off the fast at any time to have vegan or raw foods.
For some people, this is more than enough to detox. It will all depend on your starting condition, a measurement defined by Dr. Natalie Rose, detox M.D., and Waterfall Villas follows this guideline to see what you can handle from the get-go. Then, they will let you know where you are after your program, measured in a level analysis for detoxing the body that is lifestyle dependent.
Example of a juice cleanse detox program at the Waterfall Villas
The juice cleanse can be done for three or four days in the five-night program, and up to six days in the seven-night program. You can decide when you are ready, and you can be served either vegan meals or raw vegan meals during the time when you are off the juice fast.
In a three-night special, the guest will go on juices from the moment they arrive, so preparation will be required.
First, you will sit down and talk about your situation with Waterfall Villas, measure the starting condition by a questionnaire, and understand your goals in the detox plan. You can also do this ahead of arrival via Skype. Then on arrival, they will transition you with a clean, organic raw vegan meal on the first night.
You will have various types of green drinks, the principal ingredient of which will be fresh-cut organic kale, every two hours or less during the duration of the fast.
Although some people start juicing from arrival - and you can do this if you have done this before and by your request - if you will only be ready to start on the second day, then the program below can serve as an example.
If you are not ready, you can wait and have three light meals, especially if you have made a lot of bad food choices lately, or if you are just not ready emotionally. This can be decided on your first day and revisited each day. Also, it is always easier to do this with a friend who is committed to the detox or has experience.
The example below has three days of fasting. If you want to do more days of juices, then it is the same for the following three days. On the last day, in the evening, Waterfall Villas will transition you off the fast with fresh vegan soup, and on the next day, you will have the chia breakfast with fruits to fully cleanse out.
If you will only be fasting for three days, you will get either raw vegan (faster detox) or cooked vegan meals after your transition off to solids, guided by how you feel you would like to continue with the detox process. Waterfall Villas will be checking with you every day to customize the program for your needs.
If your goal is to lose weight, Waterfall Villas can also alter the juicing recipe to what you can handle to get maximum results. They can add some chili if you can handle this to up the metabolic rate. You may lose up to eight pounds in one week.
If you are underweight already and are trying not to lose weight, then Waterfall Villas will add avocados and nuts for additional protein to the juice mix, so that you don't lose pounds if you want to maintain the same weight, although some weight loss usually naturally occurs.
You can also do a water fast or a master cleanse for the same price. Then, Waterfall Villas will plan a refeeding program for your last 24 hours before you leave. They recommend green tea or vegan chai during fasting days in the morning, and to not have coffee during your fasting days, but they will serve you fresh coffee if you ask for it.
In your retreat, on the first night, you will have a clean farm-to-table light vegan meal. In the next morning, your hosts will start serving you fresh organic juices every two hours, from the best organic growers that Costa Rica has to offer, in the most idyllic waterfall paradise setting.
Sample itinerary (for eight-day detox)
Day 1
- 13:00 - 16:00 Arrival: Check-in (please let Waterfall Villas know in advance your arrival time)
- Welcome fresh fruit drink
- Expectations Interview - your treatment will be personalized with the utmost attention to you!
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root
- 17:00 Dinner
- 18:30 Relaxing dinner to transition into the juice cleanse (vegan: green salad with mora berry dressing / Moroccan tagine of vegetables, stuffed mushrooms, and fennel salad with quinoa; or raw option: raw raviolis with pesto sauce, raw sugar-free coconut ice cream with raw chocolate crepe)
Day 2
- Fresh noni drink or fresh coconut water
- 08:00 Yoga
- Start juice cleanse - Day 1: Mix of kale with cucumber, celery, turmeric, ginger, organic vanilla, fennel, and bananas / avocado; for mornings, the juice can have fruit, then every two hours, Waterfall Villas will serve you juices with more veggies and fresh basil or mint and lemon juice, then in the evening, add carrots or beets and pineapple
- 10:30 - 12:00 Massage treatment
- 12:30 Green detox drink with fresh organic greens, continuing every two hours; if you will go to the beach, you can take the day's juices to-go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root
- 16:00 Green detox juices until 19:00 and one to take to your room at night (all rooms have a small fridge)
- Ginger tea
Day 3:
- Fresh noni drink or fresh coconut water
- 08:00 Yoga
- Day 2 of the juice cleanse: Mix of kale with cucumber, celery, turmeric, ginger, organic vanilla, fennel, and bananas / avocado; for mornings, the juice can have fruit, then every two hours, Waterfall Villas will serve you juices with more veggies and fresh basil or mint and lemon juice, then in the evening, add carrots or beets and pineapple
- 12:30 Green detox drink with fresh organic greens, continuing every two hours; if you will go to the beach, you can take the day's juices to-go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root
- 16:00 Green detox juices until 19:00 and one to take to your room at night (all rooms have a small fridge)
- Ginger tea
Day 4:
- Fresh noni drink or fresh coconut water
- 08:00 Yoga
- Day 3 of the juice cleanse: Mix of kale with cucumber, celery, turmeric, ginger, organic vanilla, fennel, and bananas / avocado; for mornings, the juice can have fruit, then every two hours, Waterfall Villas will serve you juices with more veggies and fresh basil or mint and lemon juice, then in the evening, add carrots or beets and pineapple
- 10:30 - 12:00 Massage treatment
- 12:30 Green detox drink with fresh organic greens, continuing every two hours; if you will go to the beach, you can take the day's juices to-go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root
- 16:00 Green detox juices until 19:00 and one to take to your room at night (all rooms have a small fridge)
- 18:30 Optional dinner if this will be your last day of fasting to come off the fast with a warm squash soup / or vegetable detox soup (Ayurveda)
- Ginger tea
Day 5:
- Fresh noni drink or fresh coconut water
- 08:00 Yoga - optional, depending on the tour time
- 09:00 Breakfast - chia seed pudding with fruits and fresh berry and greens goddess smoothie
- 09:30 Hike to the Giant Nauyaca Waterfall or zipline at Baru Reserve, Manuel Antonio National park excursion with a naturalist, and beach afterwards; kayaking in the mangroves or snorkeling in Cano Island (or in July to September, the incredible whale watching tour) - tour and transfer not included in package price; Waterfall Villas can organize as a free service, then you will pay the operator directly) - if you will go on the tour, you can take a packed lunch included, and also the day's juices to-go in glass containers and in a cooler pouch
- 16:00 Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root
- 18:30 Dinner - warm soup of asparagus (balance and alkalize) / Costa Rican vegan ron don with fresh veggies and special freshly made coconut milk sauce / raw carrot tart; if doing an all raw detox after the fast, you will make a raw vegan pad Thai - with fresh marinated veggies, chayote noodles, and with an almond and miso sauce
- Fresh ginger tea or chamomile tea
Day 6:
- Fresh noni drink or fresh coconut water
- 08:00 Yoga - optional, depending on the tour time
- 09:00 Breakfast - chia seed pudding with fruits and fresh berry and greens goddess smoothie
- 09:30 Hike to the Giant Nauyaca Waterfall or zipline at Baru Reserve, Manuel Antonio National park excursion with a naturalist, and beach afterwards; kayaking in the mangroves or snorkeling in Cano Island (or in July to September, the incredible whale watching tour) - tour and transfer not included in package price; Waterfall Villas can organize as a free service, then you will pay the operator directly) - if you will go on the tour, you can take a packed lunch included, and also the day's juices to-go in glass containers and in a cooler pouch
- 16:00 Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root
- 18:30 Dinner, if this will be your last day fasting, in order to come off the fast with a warm squash soup / vegetable detox soup (Ayurveda); if you will be on raw dinners, you can enjoy a raw mushroom and broccoli curry with heart of palm rice
- Fresh ginger tea or chamomile tea
Day 7:
- Fresh noni drink or fresh coconut water
- 08:00 Yoga - optional, depending on the tour time
- Your last day of juicing - every two hours, take a juice
- 09:30 Hike to the Giant Nauyaca Waterfall or zipline at Baru Reserve, Manuel Antonio National park excursion with a naturalist, and beach afterwards; kayaking in the mangroves or snorkeling in Cano Island (or in July to September, the incredible whale watching tour) - tour and transfer not included in package price; Waterfall Villas can organize as a free service, then you will pay the operator directly) - if you will go on the tour, you can take a packed lunch included, and also the day's juices to-go in glass containers and in a cooler pouch
- 16:00 Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root
- 18:30 Dinner, if this will be your last day fasting, in order to come off the fast with a warm squash soup / vegetable detox soup (Ayurveda); if you will be on raw dinners, you can enjoy a raw mushroom and broccoli curry with heart of palm rice
Day 8:
- Fresh noni drink - must wait one hour before eating - or fresh coconut water
- 08:00 Yoga - optional, depending on the departure time (not offered on Sunday)
- 09:00 Breakfast - parfait of fruits and coconut with fresh nut crumble and served with greens combo smoothie or organic oats with fruits, cinnamon, and raisins (please let Waterfall Villas know if you want the warm or raw breakfast)
- 11:00 Check out
Waterfall Villas will be very willing to customize. The above plan is only the type of detox that they regularly offer.
Retreat location
This retreat will take place in Dominical, Costa Rica.
Distances
- Baru Rainforest Reserve - 10 minutes
- Cano Island Reserve - 1.5 hours
- Corcovado National Park - 15 minutes
- Dominical Beach town - 5 minutes
- Manuel Antonio National Beach Park - 30 minutes
- Quepos - 30 minutes
- Uvita - 15 minutes
- Whale Marine National Park - 15 minutes
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
During this retreat, on the first night when you arrive, you will have a detoxing vegan meal, then on the next day, you will have a juice cleanse fast, which means that you will drink only juices made with fresh Costa Rican vegetables and fruits - no food - and every two hours daily, you will have only juice and water in-between, for at least three days.
After the juice fast, which will be as long as you are able, you will be served light, detoxing vegan meals, which can be raw vegan. You can also break the cleanse at any time if you cannot continue.
The following meals are included:
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegan
- Raw food
Things to do (optional)
There is an optional tour available for an additional cost during this retreat. This includes hiking to Giant Nauyaca Waterfall, ziplining at Baru Reserve in Manuel Antonio Natural Park with a naturalist, and an excursion to the beach, kayaking in the mangroves, or snorkeling in Cano Island. In July to September, you will also have an option to join the whale watching tour.
Hatha yoga is available on special request, only for 45 USD per class.
Spa treatments
- Therapeutic massage with pure essential oils (1.5 hours)
What's included
- Fast for four to six days from the morning after arrival - light dinner on arrival, and then start your fast after a morning yoga class
- All juices during fast (green juices and / or fruit mix or master cleanse)
- 3 yoga classes in the morning with meditation
- Therapeutic massage with pure essential oils (1.5 hours)
- 5 nights accommodation at the Dragonfly Suite with a queen bed and a large balcony - or whichever room is available
- 13% taxes
What's not included
- Airfares
- Airport transfers
- Additional spa treatments
- Shamanic treatments and ceremonies
- Reiki and energy healing
- Excursions
- Supervision on any self-home detox methods that you may use
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Juan Santamaría International Airport
89 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 190 per person
Quepos La Managua Airport
38 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 75 per person
Arrival byplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) or Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP). Transfers from and to the airport are available upon request. If you are a first-time traveler to Costa Rica, it is highly recommended that you use this pick-up service, especially if you will arrive late in the evening.
Private transfer from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) can be arranged at the cost of 190 USD for one person and 200 USD for two people. From Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP), the pick-up cost is 75 USD each way for one or two persons.
If you will be coming from Puerto Jimenez, the transfer is 150 USD each way, and will take up to three and a half hours, as the road requires a four-wheel drive in that area from Puerto Jimenez in Osa and Matopalo.
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 7 days before arrival.
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