Breath is the most essential of all functions. You can survive weeks or months without food, days without water, but only moments without breath. Life is defined by breath: our first inhale at birth to our final exhale at the end of life. In between, we take somewhere around 22,000 breaths a day. How many of those are conscious?
During this week’s retreat, we will ally with the exceptionally clean and pure air in Montezuma, Costa Rica (in one of the world’s five Blue Zones) to dive into our breath, the process of breathing, and the breath’s role in nervous system self-regulation.
Breath will be the focus of this week, with daily pranayama and meditation guidance, yoga classes focused on breath, and an optional (but highly encouraged) Transformational Breathwork program of daily breathwork and energy healing sessions.
Breath is spirit. Explore yourself on a profound level, as spirit and consciousness, this week at Anamaya, with certified yoga teacher, breathwork practitioner, hypnotherapist, life coach, and energy worker Lola Rephann.
The focus of this retreat is daily yoga twice daily, daily meditation, clean eating, and Transformational Breathwork.
Located at Anamaya Resort, Montezuma, Costa Rica.
Contact Anamaya to determine your housing preference. There are many beautiful and unique accommodations to choose from, some with ocean views and some with jungle views. ALL BOOKINGS ARE MANAGED VIA ANAMAYA.
The upper yoga deck at Anamaya on a sunny morning
Your choice of accommodation will determine your base price, but it could range from $795 to $1695. Then add the following, as well as any spa treaments, trips, or additions you choose while in Costa Rica.
For airfare, search SJO (San Jose International) or LIB (Liberia International). There are multiple ways to get to Anamaya, some short, some longer. If you need suggestions or help with logistics, feel free to contact me.
RETREAT PROGRAM: Transform and Heal with Daily Breathwork
It’s totally safe to feel and it’s totally safe to breathe. This is a refrain you’ll understand on a whole new level when you give yourself the gift of a week of transformational breathwork.
This program is a powerful experience. Through daily breathwork sessions, you will release trauma and other wounds, expand and improve your lung capacity, and heal on a profound level.
Breathwork is a practice done laying down (or seated) in which the practitioner guides participants through a series of breaths. The style of breathwork offered in this workshop is designed to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system (fight/flight/freeze, or stress response) in a safe environment. The process is exceptional for releasing trauma and stuck emotions or energy. Participants experience feelings and emotions in a purely somatic way, bringing them out of their heads and into their bodies, where old material can be metabolized, integrated, and released.
This week’s workshop will meet daily from Sunday-Friday for 30-45 minutes. The first session on Sunday will be 60-75 minutes long.
The price for this experience is $299.
Daily meditation and pranayama (yogic breathing practices) at 6:30am, included with your retreat. The pranayama offered in the morning will not be anything like the breathwork offered during the workshop.
Sunrise Yoga & Daily Meditation
From Sun – Fri Lola will be offering daily meditation sessions from 6:30 – 7am. These sessions are complimentary for all guests.
Lola is also offering a one-hour Sunrise Yoga Class on your last day at Anamaya, to get you in the right place before a day of travel from 5:30am-6:30am. The cost for this class is $25.
One of the decks at Anamaya overlooking the Pacific Ocean.