The menu combines fresh healthy nutritious local food with quality and taste. All dietary requirements can be catered for. Upon registration, you will be asked if you have any dietary restrictions or preferences. Please make sure you inform us about your food preferences.

All retreat participants must arrive before the Retreat Welcome Circle and leave after Closing Circle. The included airport shuttle is at 3 pm. The VeeraWellness staff is happy to assist you with all logistics and planning of your travels. Once you have your flight times, you will be asked to send them to [email protected]. If you’d like to purchase additional nights before and/or after your retreat please inquire via email at [email protected]

We take all levels into consideration. Don’t let being new to something discourage you, yoga is for everyone, and likewise for meditation and mindfulness. No experience is a starting point and we will build experience from there. Actually, this is a perfect set-up to kick start your own yoga/meditation/mindfulness journey.

7 days/6 nights accommodation, breakfast and dinner, transport to and from San Jose airport, day adventures, all workshops, Full Moon Ceremony, transport to and from all activities. If you would like extra day adventures our team can help you align them easily.

Your flight and potential COVID-19 test. The VeeraWellness team will happily help you find flights and arrange the COVID-19 test before returning back to your home destination after the retreat.

Have no fear, there will never be any pressure to attend the group activities although it is recommended to get the full experience. If you want some alone time to relax, that’s perfect too. This is your time for you, so it is important that you listen to your body and honor what feels right.

Should your home country require a negative COVID-19 test for your return, there is allocated time for testing on the final full day (Friday) in the city of Atenas. The cost is $50 for the antigen test. If you need a PCR test, there are places within a 30min drive. Please let us know upon registration if you need one and we can help arrange it for you.

Absolutely! Approximately 50% of our guests are joining us without knowing each other and it’s beautiful to have a bunch of like-minded people altogether. Guests consistently report how they leave the retreat with new friends. It’s okay to feel nervous, that’s normal.

A $750 deposit is needed to secure your place. The balance needs to be paid fully 90 days in advance, but you can make payments up until then at any point. We can discuss this with you to spread the cost.

White dress/outfit for Full Moon Ceremony

Outdoor shoes

Loose comfortable clothing

Journal and pen

Shorts and t-shirts

Swimming wear, sunscreen, hat

Umbrella

Overnight personal items

Anything that helps you to unwind

Cash is definitely a more common way to do transactions in Costa Rica as there are a lot of local family-owned vendors and credit card transactions will often have additional fees. Supermarkets take US dollars and will give you Costa Rican colones back. It is recommended to bring small bills for easier tipping (locals take US dollars for tipping).

Tipping is not a normal part of Costa Rican culture. Tipping as a tourist is completely optional and the standard percentage to tip in Costa Rica is 10%. It is recommended to bring $1s, $5s, $10s, $20s bills for cleaners, tour guides, drivers, massage therapists and other service providers.

The rooms are air-conditioned and they have a fridge. There is a safe in each room and you can get the key from the reception.

Once you have landed in Costa Rica, exiting the airport will require you to go through immigration. The line can be long depending on arrival days/times. Be prepared to tell the immigration officer the location of your stay, what your purpose of travel is, and how long you are staying in Costa Rica. After immigration, you will go through a customs scan and exit the airport, upon exit you will be greeted with several taxi drivers, continue down the sidewalk until you reach the pickup point for the retreat (details given after registration).

For departure, if you have a connecting flight, you will need to collect your bag(s) from baggage claim after the international flight and re-check your bag(s) for your connection flight.