NICARAGUA - Retreat for Therapists
Retreat Description
Coming Home to Yourself retreats are designed especially for therapists and healers. These retreats offer the gift of time and space for your mind, body, and heart to pause and allow yourself to be cared for.
Everything is planned on your behalf so that your ‘parts’, who help make life run smoothly and care for others both personally and professionally, experience deep care and rest. My wish is for you to leave the retreat feeling a strong connection to your Self energy, re-energized, and aligned with what is most important to you.
To cultivate, deepen, and embody connection to your Self energy, during these retreats you will:
- Move the body with gentle somatic yoga movements that will help to discharge and release energy that has accumulated from life, work, and responsibilities
- Practice deep relaxation with guided meditations and Yoga Nidra
- Have time to allow your energy body and nervous system to return to homeostasis
- Practice breathing techniques that create inner space and relaxation
- Experience quiet and openness in the schedule to go at a pace that feels natural and spacious
- Be in nature and connect with the gifts of the earth above and below with sky gazing, hiking, swimming, and other activities that speak to you
- Connect with ‘parts’ of yourself in meditation and with visualizations
- Through journaling and partner dyads connect to what is most important to you and listen to what your ‘parts’ need you to hear
- Reflect on what fuels your devotion to life both personally and professionally
These retreats are primarily experiential; they are intended to be restorative, nourishing, contemplative, and a gift to yourself.
It is not required to have yoga or meditation experience. All of the practices offered will have adaptations. It is required that you have IFS experience.
About
Verdad is a boutique beach hotel located on the Southern Pacific coastline of Nicaragua that overlooks a private secluded beach with breath-taking views. Verdad combines attentive and welcoming guest services in a secluded and serene setting where you are immersed in culture, surrounded by nature in complete laidback luxury.
One of the first things you will notice when you arrive at Verdad is the striking beauty. The surrounding tropical forest boasts a colorful array of flora, fauna and wildlife, and their hillside perch affords you striking, expansive views across the valley and out to the wide open sea.
Class Description
Each morning we will begin with a two hour practice that will incorporate relaxing movements and stretches, mindfulness meditation, and breathing practices. These classes are meant to be deeply nourishing that will leave you feeling embodied, grounded, and peaceful. IFS will be integrated into all of the practices and a deepening awareness of how ‘parts’ show up and can communicate through mindful awareness. We will move the body in ways that respond and honor our ‘parts’ from a somatic perspective.
In the afternoon we will gather for two hours for an afternoon session that will include IFS self-reflection, dyads, Yoga Nidra, and group sharing.
This retreat is perfect for you if you:
- Wish for a week just for yourself to rest and have time
- Long to care and connect with your body in an embodied and gentle approach
- Love being surrounded by nature
- Enjoy having time for solitude and reflection, but also connecting with peers and colleagues in a deep and meaningful way
- Need time and space to integrate somatic practices that will support you in life both personally and professionally
TRAVEL
- Arrive by late afternoon on February 8th into either Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) or Managua, Nicaragua (MGA). We will coordinate a shuttle to get you to Verdad which is about 2.5 hours from either airport.
- Different shuttles can be arranged for your departure time on February 15th.
- We recommend purchasing travel insurance. Purchasing travel insurance.
- Please contact Carly @ carlycrone333@gmail.com if you have any questions regarding booking airfares.
About Carly
Cost of Retreat
Retreat has a capacity of 13 participants.
$600 non-refundable deposit to secure your space for each participant. First payment is due June 1, 2024. Last payment is due October 1, 2024.
Costs below are per person.
Bungalow & Casita w/ Sea View*
Queen & Oversize Single;
4 available
Single $3700
Double $2757
Deluxe Upper w/ Sea View
One Available
Single $3200
Deluxe Lower w/ Sea View
One Available
Single $3700
Double $2757
Pool Room – Single w/ Sea View
2 Available
$3100
Learn about the rooms here. You may choose your room; based on a first come first serve basis. *Casita 5 is the furthest away.
To Register
You may pay by Zelle to carly@mbhyogawellness.com or credit card. A 3.9% credit card fee will be applied if paying by credit card.
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A $600 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your space. Refunds are not given unless the space can be filled by another registration. A $250 administrative fee will be deducted if the room can be filled.
Once final payment is made we cannot offer refunds unless the room is filled, minus deposit.
We cannot compensate for unforeseen circumstances (injury, family emergency, inclement weather, pandemics, etc.) since we have costs already incurred when reserving the retreat center. To be safe, we highly recommend travel insurance (purchasing travel insurance). We do not offer refunds for weather delays or other last minute situations.
If the retreat needs to be cancelled unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or pandemic, the retreat will be postponed until another time.
EXCURSIONS
On Wednesday of the retreat we will have a free day for exploring. You may choose to do have a day of total BEING or schedule with Verdad the following excursions: fishing/boating, zip lining, horseback riding or waterfall hike or volcano lake tour. It’s important to have fun too!
INCLUDED in the cost of your retreat:
- STAY SEVEN nights in accommodations overlooking the ocean, where you will fall asleep listening to the sounds of waves crashing on the shore.
- TWO classes per day (except Wednesday) in the stunning, ocean view studio where you will enjoy the expansive views and a cooling breeze. FUN IS IMPORTANT TOO!
- 1 GUIDED TRAIL HIKE to a neighboring beach along both the rocky coast and through extensive trails.
- Vibrant healthy MEALS from the on-site kitchen made with fresh, local ingredients daily. Think fresh fish caught on local shores, salads from their garden, fresh fruit smoothies and mouth-watering desserts. Early morning pre-breakfast, breakfast and dinner are included.
- Enjoy exclusive 24 hour a day use of the POOL and HONOR BAR stocked with drinks and snacks.
- A $150 group travel allowance to transfer to and from either Liberia, Costa Rica or Managua, Nicaragua airports. If you travel individually there will be an added charge.
NOT INCLUDED in the retreat:
WHY NICARAGUA ?
That’s a great question. For many years, I led retreats in Costa Rica. Over the years it has become much more populated, expensive, touristy, congested, and noisy.
When I think of a retreat, I imagine quiet, simple, and beautiful. When places start to become very popular, I like to start finding new locations that haven’t yet been discovered. I find those places to be special and pure.
Nicaragua is very similar to Costa Rica in it’s natural beauty and climate. My understanding is that the people, too, are lovely and warm.
Nicaragua is off the beaten path a bit and my experience with the American owner at Verdad has been exceptional and the reviews are outstanding.
Nicaragua has come a long way in the last several decades. It has become the safest country in the region, outdoing both Costa Rica and Panama on this front. Although this developing nation is one of the poorest in the Western hemisphere, it is a beautifully diverse and culturally rich country that is remarkably safe, with low crime rates.
