A Spiritually Transformational Yoga Retreat in Uvita, Costa Rica 🐋🌴✨ January 23–30, 2027 ✨

 

Each year, these retreats leave me in awe. The magic that unfolds when we gather together... the healing, laughter, transformation, and deep connection, always exceeds anything I could plan. Guests return home renewed, recharged, and forever touched by the sacred experience we co-create. I cannot wait to see who feels called to step into this circle in 2027.

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Our 2027 retreat, Sacred Return: Remembering Your Way Home ~ A Spiritually Transformational Yoga Retreat, is taking place in Uvita, on the South Pacific coast of Costa Rica. I've traveled to Costa Rica more times than I can count, but I've never been to this stretch of coast myself. Uvita found me the way these things usually do for me, not through research, but through a pull I've learned to trust. It's home to the famous Whale's Tail, a sandbar that only reveals itself when the tide pulls back, and the region is full of rainforest, waterfalls, sloths, and scarlet macaws. I'm walking into this one the same way I'm inviting you to, curious, a little unsure, and trusting that it's going to be exactly right.

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This is where we'll gather. Not to escape our lives, and not to become a better version of ourselves, but to step outside the noise long enough to come back into relationship with what's already within us.

Sacred Return is an invitation home.

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THE CALL OF THE LAND

Every year, humpback whales travel thousands of miles into these waters to mate, give birth, and raise their young, one of nature's great cycles of migration and return. The Whale's Tail itself only exists because two currents met and made something new. Rainforest meets ocean. Stillness meets movement. And maybe, during our week together, the parts of you that have felt separate will start meeting again too, your intuition and your body, your strength and your softness, your inner world and the life you're actually living.

Nothing here needs to be forced. Sometimes we just need enough space to finally hear ourselves.

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REMEMBERING YOUR WAY HOME

Each year, humpback whales travel extraordinary distances to return to the warm waters surrounding Costa Rica. They do not need a map. Something within them remembers. There is an instinctive knowing that guides them back to the place where they birth, nurture, rest, and begin again.

And perhaps there is something within us that remembers, too.

Beneath the noise. Beneath the roles. Beneath all the ways we have learned to second-guess ourselves, override ourselves, or look outside of ourselves for the next answer. There is still a knowing.

Sacred Return is an invitation to listen for it again, to come back into relationship with your body, your intuition, your own inner rhythm, and the quiet wisdom that has been there all along.

 

You are not coming to Costa Rica to become someone new. You are coming to remember your way home. What if you know the way home, too?

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OUR HOME FOR THE WEEK

We'll be held in a jungle and ocean-view sanctuary tucked into the hillside just outside Uvita. Open-air living, a central pool, a yoga deck looking out over the valley, and monkeys, toucans, and butterflies as our daily neighbors. Privacy, nature, and room to simply be, mornings on the mat surrounded by rainforest, afternoons in the pool or a hammock, sunsets that stop you mid-sentence. (and yes, each bedroom has air-conditioning) 

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WHO THIS RETREAT IS FOR

This is for you if you feel something shifting.

Maybe you've already done years of personal or spiritual work, you know how to meditate, you journal, you've read the books, you've healed and grown and sought. And still there are moments you recognize: 

I know this... but am I actually living it?

Maybe you're tired of searching for the next answer. Maybe you're incredibly good at caring for everyone else while quietly leaving yourself behind. Or maybe there's no crisis at all,  just a quiet knowing that it's time. Time to listen differently. Time to experience yourself outside your normal roles. Time to remember what becomes audible once everything else gets quiet.

 

You don't need to arrive with an answer. Only a willingness to meet yourself.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED

• 7 nights accommodations at our private Uvita retreat home

• Welcome gathering and dinner

• Daily Breakfast

• Daily yoga, meditation, breathwork & embodied spiritual practices with me

• Intuitively guided teachings and energy work throughout the retreat

• Sacred ceremony

• One guided group excursion

• A private 30-minute one-on-one session with me during the retreat

• Spacious time for swimming, journaling, resting, exploring, and simply being

• Opportunities to experience the beaches, wildlife, and natural beauty of Costa Rica

• And, as always, the unexpected magic that unfolds whenever this particular kind of group gathers

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A LIVING, BREATHING RETREAT

There will be structure holding our week together, practices, gatherings, experiences, and spaciousness, but the deepest parts of a retreat cannot always be planned in advance.

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This is a living, breathing container. We arrive with intention, and then we listen. We listen to the group. We listen to our bodies. We listen to the land. We listen to Spirit. And we pay attention to where we're being called.

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A practice may shift. A conversation may become the teaching. A meditation or ceremony may emerge that wasn't part of the original plan. We may linger somewhere longer because something is asking to be experienced rather than rushed.

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There is a structure to hold us, but not a script to follow.

I will hold the container, but I will not force the experience.

Some of the most meaningful moments on these retreats are the ones none of us could have planned.

 

We create the space. We arrive willing.

And then we let the retreat reveal itself.

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MORE THAN A VACATION

Costa Rica will be beautiful. The house will be beautiful. There will be adventure, incredible scenery, good food, sunshine, and plenty that feels like vacation.

But that's not why I build these retreats. Something happens when we remove ourselves from our normal environment and gather intentionally. Patterns become easier to see, the body softens, the nervous system gets a different message. There's room for something new, or maybe something very old, to finally be heard.

You'll go home with photographs and memories. My hope is you also go home more deeply inside your own life.

 

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Pricing

• $2,700-3,300 

• Single Occupancy is (limited availability)

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Payment Schedule

• Deposit: $800 non-refundable to reserve your spot (due at booking)

• Second Payment: $1,250 due November 15

• Final Payment: due January 1st

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Travel Info

You'll fly into San José, Costa Rica (SJO). From there, it's a scenic drive south to Uvita. Our host lists it at 3.5 hours, though we'd suggest budgeting closer to 4–4.5 hours if you stop on the Crocodile Bridge (which is recommended) on the way in or out :-), so plan your flight with a comfortable buffer. The main highway is paved and well-marked the whole way, with some winding sections through the mountains. A 4x4 is recommended for the final stretch to our home. (private transportation is also available if you'd rather skip the drive, this is not included in the price above).

 

Check-in is at 4pm on January 23rd, and we'll gather that same evening for our Welcome Dinner,  so we recommend flying in early enough to arrive well before sunset. Once you've secured your spot, I'll send full travel details and flight-timing recommendations.

 

Limited Space
Because of the intimate nature of this retreat, spaces are limited. Please reach out soon to reserve your room preference and confirm your place in this sacred circle. Additionally, if you require flexibility with payments, I am happy to work with you on timing and payment breakdowns.

 

🧚🏻‍♀️Words from Past Participants

"The retreat was magical. Every day was amazing, and as a group we seemed to attract precious life all around us—from birds to seals to children. It really showed me the importance and magical side of yoga and meditation. I left smiling, recharged, and inspired to carry these practices into my daily life." – KB

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"My experiences before, during, and after Katie’s retreats have been completely life-changing. Each year I feel a renewed connection to my physical and spiritual self. These retreats cultivate a loving and magical environment to feel safe, authentic, and deeply connected with nature and others." – MC

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"It is difficult to even put into words how Katie’s retreats have helped me. Each one has been so unique and life-changing. I leave feeling recharged, with a deeper self-compassion that continues to carry me in my everyday life." – LM

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Each year, I am left in awe (and usually brought to tears) at the empowerment, evolution, and magic we co-create. I cannot wait to see who is called to this journey in 2027.

 

With Love & Presence,
Katie

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Payment Options:
• Venmo: @katie-vanzeeland 
• Zelle: katie@katievanzeeland.com
• Cash/check—just let me know if you need my address

* I accept Credit Card with a small feel. 

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