Event Type : Wellness Retreat

A Transformational Mind Body Experience

Escape to the lush beauty of Pura Vida Retreat & Spa in Costa Rica for an all-inclusive, soul-nourishing retreat designed to help you reset, realign, and rise into your most empowered self.

What’s Included:

• 5-Night stay at Pura Vida Resort & Spa
• Daily Yoga & Fitness – Move, stretch, and strengthen your body with expert-led sessions.
• Evening Meditation and Yoga Nidra – Find clarity and inner peace in guided practices.
• Release, Receive and Reconnect – Daily practices nourish body, mind and spirit in a beautiful setting
• Excursion(s) – Immerse yourself in Costa Rica’s breathtaking natural beauty. One excursion is included
• All-Inclusive – Enjoy delicious, nourishing meals and seamless travel arrangements.

Accommodations & Pricing:

• Tentalow: $1628 SGL / $1352 DBL
• A-Frame: $1968 SGL | $1522 DBL
• Vista: $2011 SGL | $1543 DBL
• Tri-Level: $1617 DBL
• Shakti: $2244 DBL

MEET YOUR TEACHERS:

Anne Alleva is a retired music teacher who has been practicing yoga for decades and teaching yoga and meditation since 2015. She integrates breathwork, energy, and various transformational modalities to support mind-body awareness and individual growth. Passionate about empowering others, she helps clients cultivate balance, strength, and self-awareness through movement, mindfulness, and holistic practices.

Barbara Konicki is a passionate yoga and fitness teacher dedicated to helping others find strength and peace. She is also the Program Coordinator for the South Windsor Recreation Center. Barbara is an energetic and dedicated teacher, invested in inspiring and motivating each person to realize their potential. She is also an avid hiker and lover of the outdoors.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: AALLEVA.CREC@GMAIL.COM

$100 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT IF RESERVED BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2025. REGISTER NOW!

Escape to the lush mountains of Costa Rica for five transformational days of breathwork, Reiki, yoga, healing circles, and soul reconnection! This women’s retreat, led by Elizabeth Soto-Baez, certified breathwork facilitator and Reiki practitioner, invites you to step away from the chaos of daily life and rediscover your authentic self in the peaceful embrace of Costa Rica’s natural beauty.

You’ll experience five powerful group sessions incorporating breathwork, Reiki energy healing, yoga and connection circles designed to release what no longer serves you and reconnect with your inner wisdom. Enjoy spacious, unscheduled days honoring your need for true rest, a guided day trip through Costa Rica’s stunning landscapes, and plenty of time to simply be—whether that’s lounging by the pool, exploring the retreat grounds, or connecting with like-minded women on a similar journey.

All meals are prepared with fresh, locally sourced ingredients, nourishing your body as you nourish your soul. With bilingual support throughout (English and Spanish), you’ll feel safe, supported, and deeply connected to both the Costa Rican culture and your retreat sisters.

Individual 1:1 Reiki sessions are also available through Elizabeth at an additional cost and can be scheduled once you arrive at the retreat.

We’re thrilled to welcome you to this intimate experience. Space is limited to just 10 women to ensure deep, meaningful connections and personalized attention, so please register soon!

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• 5 nights of lodging in shared accommodations
• Transportation to and from the retreat location
• All meals from welcome dinner (May 17th) through departure breakfast (May 22nd)
• 5 group sessions including breathwork, Reiki, yoga and connection circles
• 1 guided day trip adventure (Monday, May 19th, 8:45 AM – 1:30 PM)
• Access to all retreat center amenities
• Bilingual support (English/Spanish) throughout
• Intimate group setting (maximum 10 women)

TUITION AND HOUSING RATES:

Rates include: 5 group sessions (breathwork, Reiki, yoga and connection circles), 5 nights’ accommodations, all meals, day trip, taxes, and transportation to/from the retreat location. Rates do not include airfare, individual 1:1 Reiki sessions, or personal wellness treatments.

SHARED is 2 people per room. PRIVATE is 1 person per room. Prices are per person. Roommate matching is available if you’d like to share a room but are registering solo.

• Early Bird Pricing (November 1 – December 31, 2025):
  • Shared Room: $1,800 per person
  • Private Room: $2,200 per person
• Standard Pricing (January 1, 2026, onwards):
  • Shared Room: $2,800 per person
  • Private Room: $3,200 per person

Deposit: $800 (secures your spot)
Payment plans available – contact Elizabeth for details

To sign up or learn more,
please email elizabeth@launchyourlifecoaching.com
or visit our retreat website.

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All women are welcome—you don’t need any prior breathwork experience to join us!

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TRAVEL LOGISTICS:

Air: Arrive/Depart San Jose (SJO) Airport. Pura Vida will arrange for your transportation to and from the San Jose Airport.

Arrival: Please plan to arrive at SJO by 5:00 PM on Sunday, May 17th, 2026, to ensure comfortable transportation to the retreat center and arrival in time for our welcome dinner.

Departure: You can schedule your departure for Friday, May 22nd, 2026.

REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION POLICY:

The $800 deposit is non-refundable and secures your spot. The remaining balance is due 60 days prior to the beginning of the retreat (March 18, 2026). If you sign up within 60 days of the retreat date, full payment is due at the time of reserving your spot.

NO REFUNDS for canceling within 30 days of the retreat.

If you sign up with a roommate and someone in the party cancels, roommate matching may be available, or prices will be adjusted to reflect single occupancy rates.

Students will receive a confirmation email confirming your payment, room preference, as well as logistical information. Elizabeth Soto-Baez/Soul Sanctuary reserves the right to amend this policy at its sole discretion.

CONNECTION CALL REQUIRED:

All participants will have a brief connection call with Elizabeth to ensure this retreat is the perfect fit for your needs and intentions. This personalized approach ensures every woman feels supported and prepared for her transformational journey.

Let us know if you have any questions! Email elizabeth@launchyourlifecoaching.com

All women are welcome! We can’t wait to support your journey home to yourself in the magical setting of Costa Rica.
Your soul is calling—will you answer? 

*Pura Vida isn’t just a saying—it’s a way of being. Come discover it with us.*

The FasciaWave™ Retreat is rooted in the SVMT Method of Transformation — a heart-centered teaching that begins in the body, honors vibration as the language of change, and invites mindfulness through a gentle, trance-informed perspective.

This retreat is not only about learning more techniques, but about remembering how to listen. Through embodied presence, sound, stillness, and nature, we return to the wisdom that lives beneath thought — where the body leads, resonance guides, and transformation unfolds naturally.

Here, sound becomes medicine, the nervous system softens, and healing arises from alignment rather than effort.

This is not a retreat to escape your life. It is a return to the living intelligence within the body.

Set within the lush, breathing landscapes of Costa Rica, The FasciaWave™ Retreat is an immersive certification for practitioners ready to deepen their relationship with fascia, vibration, and somatic listening. Here, fascia is approached not as tissue to manipulate, but as a responsive, sensing web — a living field that remembers, adapts, and releases when met with attuned presence.

Through the FasciaWave™ approach, you will learn to work with vibration as a wave of communication — guiding resonance through the fascial network to support unwinding, regulation, and embodied coherence. This work is subtle, powerful, and deeply respectful of the body’s timing.

Each day unfolds as a rhythm of learning, practice, integration, and rest — weaving advanced vibrational therapies with nervous system awareness, somatic inquiry, and nature-based restoration. Certification is earned not through force or performance, but through presence, precision, and embodied understanding.

This is fascia work as art. As listening. As relationship.

You are invited to slow down enough to feel what is already moving — and skilled enough to guide it wisely.

The 5 practices: ​Vibrational Therapies

The Fascia peaks in vibration and the heart of FasciaWave™ are the protocols and teaching practices using Tuning Forks, Himalayan Bowls, and other instruments. You will have hands-on practice learning the amazing transformational skills of these tools.

You will learn:

• Tuning Fork protocols for inflammation, tension, pain management and more
• Singing Bowl protocols designed to be used on Fascia lines for various needs
• Protocols for vagus nerve & nervous system regulation

More Information & Register →