WOMEN'S LONGEVITY RETREAT
Cost Rica July 1-7
Are you ready to immerse yourself in healthy, healing, natural energy?
Join Me and a select, small group of women on a curated adventure in Costa Rica!
Experience the beauty and power of the natural world while learning and connecting with other women like you. Explore, relax, and unwind as you participate in daily workshops, movement, and unique activities that will restore, energize, connect, and inspire you.
As many of you know, I have been traveling to Monteverde, Costa Rica, for over 35 years. I am excited to bring you this unique, personal, and transformative experience.
If you need a break and are looking for an active way to restore your health and well-being while traveling to a unique location with unparalleled natural beauty, this is the retreat for you.
You are so worth it!
Time To Love Yourself Deeply
With expert guidance, group support, and fun, interesting, and inspiring activities, you will enjoy digging deeper and nurturing yourself.
Itinerary & Retreat Details
a 7-day journey to restore, inspire, and energize you
Retreat Outline
Introduction
Flight Info
Accommodations - Hotel Belmar
Accommodations - Playa Hermosa
Itinerary
- Day 1: Arrival - Playa Hermosa
- Day 2: Sun & Sand Playa Hermosa
- Day 3: Monteverde - Midday Arrival
- Day 4: Monteverde - Forest Immersion
- Day 5: Monteverde - Finca Madre
- Day 6: Sun & Sand Playa Hermosa
- Day 7: Playa Hermosa Half Day - Departure
- Leader, Teacher, & Our Hosts
- Gallery
Retreat Includes 7 Days / 6 Nights
- All Accommodations
- Select either Single or Double
- Breakfasts & Dinners
- *alcohol excluded
- All Internal Transportation
- Daily Movement, Instruction, Activities & Customized Itinerary Items.
AIRLINE - SUGGESTED FLIGHT
Depart: Monday, 1 July 2024
JetBlue - Flight 1691
JFK - LIR - 9.35 AM- 12:48 PM
Return: Sunday, 7 July 2024
JetBlue - Flight 1692
LIR - JFK 1:50 PM - 9:00 PM
Accommodations - Monteverde
Hotel Belmar captivates with a unique promise: to unveil nature's masterpieces through enchanting hospitality experiences. Monteverde is our wild canvas, our vibrant stage, and soulful inspiration.
Accommodations - Playa Hermosa
The tranquillity of Playa Hermosa: Offering private, meditative seclusion on a calm Pacific Ocean bay. We’ll slow down and listen to the birds, wind, and sea as we reconnect to the water and the joy of creatively doing less.
Day One
ARRIVAL - Liberia, Costa Rica
After a short drive from the local airport, we arrive in time for lunch and the entire afternoon to enjoy the tranquillity of Playa Hermosa.
We'll meet by the pool, connect, share, and reflect before taking a dip in the calm waters of the ocean bay.
Our first dinner will be a time of connection, reflection, and celebration!
Day Two
Breakfast with fresh fruit, avocados galore, and warm ocean breezes will awaken your spirit. Today's activities will focus on setting our intentions, shedding our technology and city mindsets, and reflecting on the beauty surrounding us.
After lunch, we will travel by private transport to Monteverde, arriving late afternoon in time for sunset.
Day Three
You'll wake to the sights and sounds of the tropical cloud forest, the wind, the leaves, and the abundance of life surrounding you, energizing your day.
We'll begin our adventure at Savia, innovative adventures that engage raw nature, architecture, and science to highlight the holistic connection between the human soul and the forest. Expert guides, skilled in forest navigation and canopy exploration, will guide you through the forest's vibrant morning life through its various layers and inspire your journey.
A break for lunch and some free time to reflect, take in the views, book a massage, or explore more of the forest. We'll reconnect late afternoon before dinner and share delicious food, delightful company, and stories.
Day Four
Begin your day with a nutritious breakfast, enjoying a regenerative dining experience that promotes biodiversity, protects the soil, and reduces emissions while providing a memorable culinary journey that nourishes and charms the palate.
Today, our adventure begins at Finca Madre Tierra, our carbon-neutral farm, where you will experience picking coffee beans, grinding sugar cane, and meeting our free-range chickens, cows, and horses. You'll be able to learn about how carbon neutrality plays into the functioning of our farm and hotel. We then head to our organic garden a few meters away from our Restaurante Celajes, where our chef will prepare a seasonal farm-to-table lunch.
After lunch, enjoy more free time. Book a massage, take a self-guided walk in the private forest reserve, sit on your porch, read, or nap! We'll meet before dinner and then share another fabulous evening, sharing the cuisine and mixology of a caring selection of fresh, sustainable ingredients that pay homage to Costa Rica's agrarian traditions.
Day Five
After another nutritious breakfast, enjoying a memorable culinary journey that nourishes and charms, we'll begin our final day in Monteverde, exploring the morning forest sights and sounds. Guided by experts, we'll walk under a canopy of evergreen life.
Enjoy lunch at the Restaurante Celajes, a seasonal farm-to-table meal, or book a massage, take the plunge in the hot water bath, or relax on your porch for a few hours.
In the afternoon, we'll meet to share our final activity before dinner. Our final fabulous evening in Monteverde will be a celebration of sharing and reflecting on the wonders we've seen, felt, and enjoyed.
Day Six
After our final breakfast in Monteverde, we head back to Playa Hermosa.
We’ll arrive around lunchtime to enjoy the sun, pool, and ocean.
We’ll gather together to enjoy the afternoon and sunset.
Celebrating and enjoying a final ceña together- reflecting, sharing, and laughing before our departure the next day.
Day Seven
After our final breakfast in Playa Hermosa, we’ll return to Liberia International Airport in a private vehicle.
Celebrating a final delicious meal together- we’ll be grateful for our time and excited that what we’ve shared and what comes next can be better than what came before.
Fun Routines
Enjoy new methods and practices for your flourishing.
Daily Schedule
- Movement
- Group Breakfast
- Exploration Activity
- Private Lunch - Free Time
- Power of Observation
- Sunset Session
- Free Time
- Group Dinner
- Evening Fun*
My name is Alejandra Belmar, and my superpower is helping women move away from pain, dysfunction, and fear and embrace their strength.
In my twenty-plus (20+) years of experience, I have helped many women discover their power. I intend to help you learn how to liberate yourself from pain, move more freely, and unleash your inner strength. I believe we have the power to thrive at every age and stage of life.
My passion is functional movement and medicine, alignment, and mobility. I have learned from the best minds in movement arts and therapeutic backgrounds, including but not limited to Pilates, Anusara, and other Yoga practices, Sports Medicine, Functional Strength Training, Mobility and balance training, Applied Neurology, Myofascial Release and anatomy of fascia systems, MELT Therapy.
The benefits of my experience will help you to:
- Know Yourself
- Feel connected to your body
- Live stronger
I believe in a holistic approach to health and strength that recognizes the interconnectedness of the mind, body, emotions, and soul. I teach women how to cultivate health by tapping into their innate wisdom.
Soon to be a board-certified Functional Medicine Coach. NASM certified Trainer and health advocate for 20 years, entrepreneur, Mother, Doodler, and Menopausal Activist. I recognize our unique and collective ability to grow, be free, be joyful, and find balance. After decades of transforming women’s understanding of their holy bodies and practices, I now teach women how to flourish in every phase of life.
"Working with Alejandra inspires me to be my authentic self. She has helped me find my strength but not just physically. I now understand the importance of exercising my body, mind, and soul.”
- Shanny R, City Government
“Alejandra is encouraging, facilitating, and growing the connections between mind, body, and soul in a tangible, loving, playful, and sustainable way.”
Jo C., Mother of Four
"I would say after I work with Alejandra, I feel the following: healed, at peace, restored, strengthened, reflective, empowered, inspired, understood, heard, confident.”
- Francine R.
“Reconnect to Strength has transformed my body but it is so much more than that! Alejandra could just as easily call her program “Reconnect to Strength, Flexibility, Breath, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion.”
- Julia W. Lawyer
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