Alya invites you to be our guests, to connect with your true self, commune with the land and draw close to Mother Nature in a refuge of simplicity and serenity. We offer a unique eco-retreat experience, an organic garden, delicious cuisine, and our own private spring water, all situated within a lush tropical haven.
Nestled amongst the unspoiled jungle of San Juanillo, Alya Retreat Center is a peaceful sanctuary for ascending the mundane to heal and rejuvenate the mind, body and soul. Escape the city life and pressures of modern-day living to the land of "Pura Vida", where happiness is found in the simple things and in the manner in which one perceives life and the state of being.
As an Alya guest, you are immediately integrated into the essence of the Pura Vida lifestyle. Wake up to sights and sounds of the hummingbirds, feel the soft breeze upon your skin as you lay in the hammock reading a book, connect your body and spirit with our daily yoga classes, rejuvenate with our array of wellness services, and reconnect to the sacred within through nature and the many paths to healing available in our center.
Our intimate environment honors your intention, whether that is a quiet getaway in solitude, to join a holistic retreat group, to explore holistic therapies or cultivate connections with other guests through engaging conversations and music.
We offer a variety of individual and group holistic retreats: yoga, body-mind cleansing/detox, meditation & silent retreats, sustainable living, yoga teacher training, awareness and self-inquiry workshops in an environment that supports spiritual and physical balance, growth & transformation.
Alya Retreat Center is an extraordinary place that offers a very unique way to experience Costa Rica. We welcome friends-new and familiar- who feel the need to return to the beauty, camaraderie and simplicity that is Alya.
RELAX, RESTORE, REJUVENATE
Our intention at Alya Retreat Center is to create a safe, intimate, deeply nurturing and unforgettable experience.
To bring you deeper into balance, we offer a variety of holistic healing therapies including Shiatsu, Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture, Cupping, Gua-Sha), Reflexology, Acupressure, Reiki, Ayurvedic treatments, Nutritional Counseling and Detox programs.
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You are invited to enjoy swimming and snorkeling in the near picturesque Fisherman's beach of San Juanillo, dipping at the nearby Rosario river, horseback riding, canopy tours, turtle hatching watch, beautiful hikes, a 2 hour walk exploring the natural wonders of our creek and ending at Playa San Juanillo, or surfing in near by beaches and more. We'll help you customize the perfect daytrip.
Yoga, meditation, raw food, and juice cleanse to release, rebalance, reconnect your body, mind, and spirit. Treat your mind-body-spirit to the ultimate healing journey with a unique combination of eco-yoga retreat, a delicious raw food cleansing diet, and immersing into the stress-free surroundings of Mother Nature, the ultimate healer. This retreat focuses on the art of balance and being through yoga, pranayama and meditation as well as re-discovering food as medicine. read more...
Inspire your inner wisdom with Kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Juice fasting, raw foods, and cleanses will support the spiritual awakening. read more...
Awareness of behavioral patterns and fears resulting from early childhood traumas is the first and necessary step towards liberation. VedaRoshan Vider will help guide you through releasing limiting beliefs. read more...
This is an invitation to look at our inner sweetness, light and love of the blue fawn, the spirit of this Huicholi ceremony, and Grandfather fire. During the ceremony chants and prayers are performed to heal the soul, call our spiritual guides and teachers, and to attract good purposes for our lives. This is one of the ways our Native American grandparents raised their prayers to the Great Spirit asking for healing, and in return heard the calling of the messages of the ancestors. With Mario Mikistly, a trusted elder walking the Red Road, the indigenous Native America spiritual path for may years will be our guide. read more...
In this retreat VedaRoshan Vider creates a space of direct experience of Truth, of being. In this adventure we pass through and beyond ideas, ideals, conditionings, problems, games and identities, in a word ... mind. read more...
