Finally take a break and dedicate time to your health, relaxation, and rejuvenation. This program develops a firm commitment to self-care and optimal health practices that you can bring back home with you. If you`re at Pura Vida for a Mind/Body/Spirit adventure week your schedule is flexible. You have the time to use Pura Vida`s services at your own pace, meet other guests, go on an excursion, or just take time for yourself. Also take advantage of the wellness center with world-class therapists practicing a wide range of massage, spa treatments and various healing modalities.

You`ll share the yoga studio and tropical gardens with toucans and sleep close to nature in furnished luxury tents. You can cleanse charkas, or energy points, with pranic healing, a spa treatment that uses your breath to promote energy flow. Rejuvenate with the Cloud Forest Mist, a healing and detoxifying steam-therapy treatment that uses essential oils and find time to meditate in a garden hammock surrounded by the sounds of fountains and waterfalls.

SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY DEPARTURES

Pura Vida sits on 12 acres in a secluded compound above the capital of San Jose. The grounds are dotted with small, A-frame bungalows, giant bucket palms, and banana trees that slouch from the weight of ripe fruit. Pura Vida hosts anywhere from 5 to 50 guests, rotating every week.

Along with practicing yoga surrounded by rain forests, there are also opportunities to interact with nature. Pura Vida offers full and half-day eco-adventures, such as white-water rafting down 18 miles of the Pacuare River or hiking through waterfall gardens, which is located in the heart of the rain forests and includes the largest butterfly sanctuary in the world, as well as a hummingbird garden. (If you stand still and are patient, dozens of the tiny birds will venture close enough for you to feel the breeze of vibrations from their wings.) There are also treks to the crater at Barva Volcano, canopy adventures in the rainforest treetops, and casual strolls into one of the many nearby coffee fields.

Sample Day at Pura Vida:

06:30 - 07:30 AM: Yoga Class
07:30 - 09:00 AM: Breakfast
10:00 - 12:00 AM: Morning Workshop or Eco-adventure Tour
12:30 - 02:00 PM: Lunch
02:00 - 04:00 PM: Free Time or Guided Hike
04:00 - 06:00 PM: Afternoon Workshop
06:30 PM: Dinner.
*Wednesday is an all day eco-adventure tour

Package includes:

• Round-trip airport tranfers
• 7 nights double occupancy accommodations
• 3 delicious home-cooked vegetarian meals per day (fish and chicken available upon request)
• 10 yoga sesions per week basic restorative & meditative (NO yoga on Wednesday or Saturday)
• Movement classes and guided meditations (based on staff availability)
• 1 hour therapeutic massage
• 1 half-day Eco-adventure tours
• 2 full day Eco-adventure tour
• 1 guided hike in surrounding hills