💰 RETREAT COST — What Is Included
- ✈️ Round-trip flight from Ottawa to Costa Rica
- 🚌 Airport transfers to and from La Fortuna, plus transportation to scheduled group activities
- 🏡 Shared lodge accommodation and daily breakfast
- ♨️ Two thermal waters experiences, including thermal yoga and sound healing
- 🌿 An ecological park visit with lakeside activities, nature practices and an optional fishing experience
- 🌋 A La Fortuna town introduction, El Salto river outing and La Fortuna Waterfall excursion
- 🦥 A sloth and wildlife viewing tour, plus an evening visit to the El Choyin hot spring river
- 💃 Daily chakra-themed yoga dance and evening ecstatic dance, including the Full Moon celebration
- 🔔 Sound healing, meditation and guided journaling throughout the retreat
- 🍫 A cacao workshop and ceremony
- ❤️ Self-reflection workshops, an opening connection circle and a closing ceremony
- 🍽️ A BBQ lunch during our thermal waters day
You can choose your own pace. Group activities are invitations; you’re welcome to take time for rest or independent exploring. The order of outdoor activities may change with the weather.
💰 What Is Not Included
We want you to know your expected costs before joining us so you can plan your week comfortably. Your retreat package covers the main travel, accommodation, breakfast, retreat program and scheduled group experiences. The following expenses are not included in the retreat price and should be budgeted separately.
✈️ Travel / Medical Insurance
Travel insurance is not included. Participants are responsible for purchasing their own appropriate travel insurance, including medical and trip cancellation/interruption coverage where desired.
🧳 Checked Luggage — approximately $50 CAD each way
The retreat airfare does not include optional checked-luggage fees. If you would like to check a suitcase, budget approximately $50 CAD per person, depending on the airline’s applicable baggage fees.
🏡 Private Room / Single Supplement — approximately $300 CAD additional
The retreat price is based on shared accommodation at our ecolodge, with different room configurations available depending on the final group composition.
Participants who prefer their own private room may request a single supplement for approximately $300 CAD additional for the week.
Private rooms are subject to availability at the ecolodge and must be requested in advance.
🍴 Lunches & Dinners
Breakfast is included each day.
Lunches and dinners are generally not included, giving you the freedom to explore La Fortuna’s restaurants and choose what and where you would like to eat.
A reasonable budget for simple local meals is approximately $10 CAD per meal, although restaurant prices will vary depending on your choices.
🌴 Optional Tours & Personal Excursions
The retreat already includes a generous selection of group experiences:
- 🌿 EcoPark lake, nature & fishing experience
- ♨️ Two relaxing thermal-water experiences
- 🌙 Hot River nighttime experience
- 🌊 El Salto & Tarzan rope experience
- 💦 La Fortuna Waterfall
- 🦥 Sloth-watching experience
- 🌺 La Fortuna city tour
These scheduled experiences are included in your retreat package.
At the same time, this is your vacation too. Participation in the daily retreat itinerary is encouraged but not mandatory.
If there is something else in Costa Rica that you have always wanted to experience, you are welcome to take a day—or more—away from the scheduled program and arrange your own excursion.
For example, you may choose to visit Rio Celeste, explore the Arenal hanging bridges, book an adventure activity, enjoy a massage or spa treatment, or simply spend the day exploring on your own.
Any optional excursions, transportation, entrance fees, meals or activities outside the official retreat program are at the participant’s own expense.
The rhythm of the retreat
Morning | Gather and discover
Breakfast together, followed by a nature outing, yoga dance, sound healing by the volcano, in the park or at the thermal waters, or a reflective workshop.
Midday | Lunch and siesta
Around noon, pause to eat and rest. Lunch locations vary by day; meals other than those specifically described are chosen by participants.
Afternoon | Adventure or breathing room
Join an outing or explore La Fortuna, journal, swim and nap. The final full day includes a dedicated solo afternoon.
Evening | Dance the day’s theme
Ecstatic dance brings each chakra theme into movement. Some evenings include ceremony, sound healing or reflection.
Your pace matters. You may take a morning, afternoon or full day for solo travel or relaxation. Please tell the retreat team when you plan to step away so departures can be coordinated. You may pass on any exercise or group sharing.
Weather may change the order or timing of outdoor tours and sessions. The team will adapt the schedule to rainy days while keeping the chakra journey intact as closely as possible.
The seven chakras
| Chakra | Journey | Question |
| Root | Ground | What helps me feel supported? |
| Sacral | Feel | What am I feeling, and what brings me joy? |
| Solar plexus | Create | What is within my power to choose? |
| Heart | Love | How can I love without losing myself? |
| Throat | Express | What truth needs my voice? |
| Third eye | See | What am I ready to see differently? |
| Crown | Align | What feels meaningful for my next chapter? |
Release what no longer fits. Remember what makes you feel alive. Dance your way into 2027.
Read participants reviews of previous retreats here
CONTACT JOCY (Wellness Retreat Host & Organizer)
For questions about the upcoming Wellness Retreat in Cuba, please contact Jocy Medina (via Whatsapp or Facebook messenger)
Create unforgettable memories – Photo Gallery (Previous retreats happened in Cuba)
Past retreats organized by Jocy Medina
Past Retreats organized by Jocy Medina
This week’s favorite products
Awesome Collection of Essential Oils: I highly recommend the Pure Aroma Oils, because they are 100% Pure Therapeutic Essential Oils, yet cost a fraction of what all these would cost if you bought them individually at any store. Plus, this box contains the most sensual oils you can find. Pure Aroma products have no fillers, no additives and no carrier oils added. They are a set of 6 Oils including Lavender, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Lemongrass & Sweet Orange. Each box includes 6 Amber Brown Bottles – 10Ml with Dropper.
This is my very favorite of all oils. Sweet orange essential oil, extracted from the peels of ripe oranges, is a burst of citrus sunshine. Its invigorating and uplifting aroma not only adds a delightful fragrance to your space but also helps alleviate stress and anxiety. The fruity and sweet notes of sweet orange create a warm and inviting atmosphere, making it an ideal choice for kindling sensuality.
Tip: This pure Brazilian Orange is a large 118 ML bottle for the price of a small one.
This 16-piece scented candle collection is more than an olfactory journey. Elevate your surroundings with this exquisite box of scented treasures, where each fragrance tells a story and every burn is an experience to cherish. Scents: jasmine, rose, vanilla, bergamot, fig, lavender, lemon, spring, gardenia, strawberry, rosemary, peppermint, Blue bell wood sage & sea salt peony cherry blossom, English pear & freesia.
These crystal singing bowls are made of higher than 99.99% quartz, and the colors are perfect guide for each chakra, so you do not have to check the notes each time. The Crystal Singing Bowl Sets including 7 pcs bowls. from 7inch to 12inch, Including 12″C 11″D 10″E 9″F 8″A 7″G ,7″B. It comes with two heavy duty carrying cases and each singing bowl is housed in padded tank inside the carrying cases.
Positive affirmation Cards: As a Tarot card reader, I love cards, and I particularly love this set. People will tell you that you cannot read your own cards, but when you are doing yoga, or meditating, you are in (or very close to achieving) full alignment with your spiritual guidance system. So cards and Yoga are the perfect match. Plus, these positive affirmation cards are simply gorgeous.
Mindfulness Coloring Book For Adults: Feel the Zen With Stress Relieving Designs
Looking for a way to relax and unwind? Check out this awesome mindfulness coloring book for adults! With stress relieving designs like animals, mandalas, and zentangle nature art, you’ll be able to chill out and embrace the zen. Give it a go and let your creativity flow!
Three Sage Bundles with an Abalone Shell, Feather, Tripod Stand and sand. This is the perfect sage smudge stick kit if your new to smudging or are and experienced in spiritual cleansing. California White Sage – Salvia Apiana Smudge Stick, 4 inches long and is primarily grown in high desert areas. It is an evergreen shrub that was used by Indigenous Americans for its healing properties and to remove negative and evil spirits. The smudge bowl comes with an abalone shell and a tripod wood stand. The shell has a natural Mother-Pearl finish, and the stand is hand-carved with a cobra design. The natural turkey feather is used to fan the cleansing smoke in the direction you want to cleanse. The sand can be used to extinguish your sage wands when you are finished with your cleansing.
Beautiful tapestry for your wall. Amazon has many sizes. A center ornament inspiring meditation and chakra alignment. Perfect art for your livingroom or bedroom. Zen and minimalistic look.
Jocy’s Books (Find them in Amazon)
Una novela que te regresa a los barrios más vibrantes de La Habana. “Paraíso a lo Cubano”! te sumerge en la vida cruda y auténtica de los cubanos. Una historia real que, bajo la pluma maestra de Jocy Medina, trae un tono erótico y poético que te dejará sin aliento. Una historia que no solo te hará testigo de la realidad cubana, sino que te envolverá en una red de emociones intensas y revelaciones impactantes.
¿Listo para vivir la experiencia única de “Paraíso a lo Cubano”? Descubre el lado más profundo y apasionante de La Habana, donde la crudeza de la vida se mezcla con la sensualidad y la poesía en cada página. ¡Haz de “Paraíso a lo Cubano” tu próxima lectura imprescindible!
Habana Dura (novela)
En “Habana Dura” de una botella lo mismo sale ron, que un amante, que un enemigo, que un embarazo, que la aventura más excitante y emotiva de la vida. Escrita con el tono erótico y poético que caracteriza a Jocy Medina, la novela relata la historia de María, una joven de holguinera que queriendo hacerse mujer huye a La Habana, una ciudad donde sólo a golpe de amor, rabia, ron, sexo y mucha picardía, se sobrevive.
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