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Black Women Self Care Retreats
Mission Statement
Black Women Self Care Retreat is a retreat dedicated to black women. It is in an exclusive intimate setting where a group of women are hosted. Rather than a retreat center, the women stay in a big, beautiful jungle house, where they share meals at a communal table and curl up with a good book, on the sofa after a sweet day at the beach. You can expect gentle yoga practices, nourishing plant-based meals, group sharing, and self-peace on the tropical beaches in the Caribbean. You do not need any experience in yoga or meditation to attend. There will be plenty of leisure time where you can explore the beautiful Caribbean of Costa Rica or take some well-needed rest time. Most of our participants attend the retreats solo and they meet new people at the retreat, sometimes the women attend with their friends or family while also meeting new people at the retreat.This retreat is dedicated to women that want to have some well- deserved quiet time.
Black Women Self Care Retreat is a retreat dedicated to black women. It is in an exclusive intimate setting where a group of women are hosted. Rather than a retreat center, the women stay in a big, beautiful jungle house, where they share meals at a communal table and curl up with a good book, on the sofa after a sweet day at the beach. You can expect gentle yoga practices, nourishing plant-based meals, group sharing, and self-peace on the tropical beaches in the Caribbean. You do not need any experience in yoga or meditation to attend. There will be plenty of leisure time where you can explore the beautiful Caribbean of Costa Rica or take some well-needed rest time. Most of our participants attend the retreats solo and they meet new people at the retreat, sometimes the women attend with their friends or family while also meeting new people at the retreat.This retreat is dedicated to women that want to have some well- deserved quiet time.
IMPORTANT: Note that Black Women Self-Care Retreats is is NOT personal therapy or a detoxification program from recreational or pharmaceutical drugs.
Most of our faculty members are not trained psychiatrist and do not carry clinical backgrounds in PTSD, addiction or other mental health concerns. If you have a history of PTSD, addiction or other mental health concerns, it is important that you arrive to our program in a stable state with the intention of using the retreat for self regulation, personal healing & spiritual growth.
During the retreat, you will spend a lot of time in silence, in nature, in meditation and with the practice of yoga. You will go on adventures and eat delicious plant-based food, you will also experience group discussions and you will be able to be completely open in this space of sisterhood. You will be invited to lean on these holistic wellness tools to support your healing and internal process. If you are seeking personal or clinical therapy then this retreat is not for you. We can't wait to meet you!
Black Women Self-Care Retreats
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Retreat Requirement
The Black Women Self Care Retreat is specifically for black americans to practice healing, wellness, self-love, and liberation. Our Black Women Yoga & Meditation Retreat is for all black women, across the diaspora. These sacred spaces have been created with you in mind!
Includes:
Retreat Requirement
The Black Women Self Care Retreat is specifically for black americans to practice healing, wellness, self-love, and liberation. Our Black Women Yoga & Meditation Retreat is for all black women, across the diaspora. These sacred spaces have been created with you in mind!
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Accommodations
Lodging Black Women Self Care Retreats is an exclusive intimate setting in a beautiful jungle home. Rather than a retreat center. The women stay in a big beautiful jungle house, where you will share meals at our communal table, and you will be able to curl up with a book on the sofa after a sweet day at the beach. You can expect gentle yoga practices, nourishing plant-based meals, group sharing, adventures, and peace with self on the tropical beaches in the Caribbean. There will be plenty of leisure time, during this time you can explore the Caribbean of Costa Rica or take some well-needed rest time. All rooms are shared. This is a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. We discourage anyone from attending that seeks to consume alcohol, smoke cigarettes/tobacco or party during their time here. Daily Breakfast This is for anyone who is currently a vegan and for those interested in exploring a plant-based lifestyle. Delicious vegan meals made with local organic fruits and vegetables will be provided. We provide the opportunity to explore alkaline, plant-based, and vegan lifestyles. Also offered: pure coconut juice, herbal teas, juices, superfoods, and smoothies to nourish, balance, and heal. Daily Lunch Delicious plant-based lunch, on some days, we will have lunch on the beach! Daily Dinner Fill your belly with delicious vegan and holistic meals to nurture the mind, body, and spirit with our delicious family dinners. All meals made with quality and organic ingredients made with love |
Activities
Yin Yoga Every morning the group will take a guided gentle and healing yin yoga class at the jungle house surrounded by the sounds of nature. Yin Yoga is a gentle, slow-paced yoga. Intended to allow the individual to tune into themselves through introspection, pranayama (breathing techniques), meditation, and gentle yet challenging poses to ease the mind, body, and spirit. Yin yoga allows us to work with our feminine energy, and it targets parts of the body that yang yoga may not. Yoga works with the nervous system, so it's not just spiritually but scientifically heals. With consistent practice, yoga has been known to cure depression, anxiety, and other chronic illness. It's an ancient practice and a form of healing. Meditation With a group of like-minded women, you will explore self-enlightenment, gratitude, and inner peace. Medicinal Plant/Chocolate Tour During this tour, you will learn about the Costa Rican traditions. Enjoy a medicinal plant tour led by a local medicine man. You will visit a local medicinal plant garden to learn about the indigenous natural treatments and healing powers of the plants, trees, roots, barks, etc. You will also engage in the ancestral organic process here in Costa Rica. You will sample up to 5 different chocolate flavors. You will attend a small lecture, led by a local indigenous family, on medicinal plants and their use. Silent Time There will also be periods of silent time during the retreat. This is a meditative retreat, so we practice calmness and allowing ourselves to tune within. Women's Circle Journey into a women's circle to share whatever you feel. Hike and Waterfall We will venture off on a beautiful hike to the beautiful waterfalls of Costa Rica. Massage Enjoy a restorative 60-minute massage at the Pure Jungle Spa Free Half Day There will be a free half-day during the retreat. During this time, participants will be able to attend any activity of their choice, whether its zip-lining, snorkeling, or surfing. Guests can also use this day to curl up in a hammock and read a book. Additional activities on free half-day is not included, but we can help you book your activity of the day! Bike You will receive a bicycle to explore the area in your free time. |
Group Discussions
There will be 3 group discussions during the retreat. Group discussions are open discussions and are not intended to be workshops. You will receive your retreat itinerary one week before the retreat.The following list is an example of some of those discussions. Self Care & Wellness During this group discussion, the women will discuss the importance of self-care and wellness for black women. Awakening the Chakras In this group discussion, the women will discuss the chakra system. They will learn a bit about the chakra system and engage in open dialogue. Embracing our Menstrual Cycles During this group discussion, the women will discuss the history of women's moon cycles. They will talk about their connection to their own monthly cycle and how it connects to their power and femininity as women. The Benefits of a Yoga Practice In this group discussion, the women will learn about the spiritual principles of yoga, the healing benefits of yoga, and yoga as a self-care practice for their daily lives. Journey Through Spirituality During this group discussion, the women will discuss what spirituality looks like for them as black women and their spiritual journeys. |
Black Women Self Care Retreats is held in a beautiful jungle home in an intimate setting surrounded by nature.
Enjoy hot showers, delicious meals by our private chef and peaceful rest. While staying in the jungle house you can be close to nature, sleeping to the sounds of the jungle and relaxing in the hammock or curling up on the couch with a good book. In the mornings you'll journey into a yummy yin yoga and meditation practice to the sounds of nature. Observe heliconias, gingers, sloths, humming birds, toucans and much more. It’s truly a jungle experience!
Enjoy hot showers, delicious meals by our private chef and peaceful rest. While staying in the jungle house you can be close to nature, sleeping to the sounds of the jungle and relaxing in the hammock or curling up on the couch with a good book. In the mornings you'll journey into a yummy yin yoga and meditation practice to the sounds of nature. Observe heliconias, gingers, sloths, humming birds, toucans and much more. It’s truly a jungle experience!
Self-Care is prioritizing yourself first. It is listening to your mind, body and spirit. It’s taking care of yourself on a daily basis. Self-love is vital for black women because too often taught are black girls taught to put everyone else’s needs before their own. As women, we tend to be nurturers and supporters by nature, but this nurturing and supporting of everyone else's welfare, can leave us feeling burnt out. The retreat is a chance to unwind from the stress that you may experience from everyday life. Sometimes we just need a reset button, without distractions just to connect back with ourselves in order to restore and rejuvenate.
We create an environment of family, connection and sisterhood. This is a setting where you can truly be yourself. Our highest intention is to support one another in birthing more love into ourselves and the world.
Check out the Caribbean of Costa Rica here!
The South Caribbean is the most beautiful and magical place in Costa Rica and the world. Caribe is lush with green--plants, beautiful flowers, and trees so profound that they will leave a mark on you forever. It is surrounded and cut through water and jungle. It is where the jungle meets the sea! Costa Rica is home to about 6% of all biodiversity in the world. Every day you can see Howler Monkeys, sloths, wild horses, gorgeous tropical birds, and so many other creatures!
The air fills with the smells of delicious and flavorful Caribbean food. Coconuts fall from the trees, waiting to be devoured by you. While you are walking down the street, someone may say to you, “Pura Vida!” If something bad or good happens, someone may say “Pura Vida” to you. Pura Vida means “Pure Life” when translated directly, but it also means “Everything’s good.” Expressing that you are always exactly where you are supposed to be, and everything is good is a way of expressing gratitude and eternal optimism. This is Paradise. This is Costa Rica.
The South Caribbean is the most beautiful and magical place in Costa Rica and the world. Caribe is lush with green--plants, beautiful flowers, and trees so profound that they will leave a mark on you forever. It is surrounded and cut through water and jungle. It is where the jungle meets the sea! Costa Rica is home to about 6% of all biodiversity in the world. Every day you can see Howler Monkeys, sloths, wild horses, gorgeous tropical birds, and so many other creatures!
The air fills with the smells of delicious and flavorful Caribbean food. Coconuts fall from the trees, waiting to be devoured by you. While you are walking down the street, someone may say to you, “Pura Vida!” If something bad or good happens, someone may say “Pura Vida” to you. Pura Vida means “Pure Life” when translated directly, but it also means “Everything’s good.” Expressing that you are always exactly where you are supposed to be, and everything is good is a way of expressing gratitude and eternal optimism. This is Paradise. This is Costa Rica.
Black Women Self-Care Retreat is a vegan retreat; all meals are made with quality ingredients. Animal by-products are not allowed within the retreat space, with no exceptions. We provide delicious plant-based meals by our private vegan chef. As we abstain from animal by-products in the kitchen, we also abstain from alcohol throughout the retreat. This abstinence will be in effect whether guests are in the retreat, or are enjoying some well needed personal time. When practicing self-love and healing, the vessel should always be clean. Alcohol and wellness don't mix; in fact, it is the complete opposite of self-care. Usually, in black culture, it is traditional to involve alcohol in everything. However, we have shifted the culture for the positive by providing black women an opportunity to be free of things that do not serve them during their journey with us. Our goal for the alcohol cleanse is to keep the vibrations high; this will ensure a meditative and rejuvenating experience.
Self-Care is possessing enough self awareness to correct the behavior of over-functioning for others while under functioning for yourself.
Reviews From Past Participants
I feel great, I feel amazing, I feel I inspired to take what I’ve learned this week and implement everything in a more intentional way. I plan to keep up my yoga practice, the plant based eating, the affirmations and just to level up my self-care. I know when I take care of myself, I know everything around me is taken care of.
As preparation to coming here I started practicing plant base early but now after being at the retreat and eating all of the amazing delicious meals I am inspired to eat plant based from this moment on.
My experiences with the yoga classes were amazing, I was introduced to yin yoga. The yoga was comfortable yet you got a stretch. I am also someone who has been practicing yoga prior to coming here but this form of yoga speaks to me and my body. I mean I felt good everyday getting on and off the mat. There was no pain, and there was a level of comfort in yoga that I had not known prior to coming here. I enjoyed the group discussions on self care because we all had something to share and we all had a different perspective to the conversation and it was sharing and learning and it was very healing for me. I just felt comfortable sharing parts of myself that I may not have shared in other spaces.
- Cindy
I did enjoy the group discussions on self care and spirituality. I’m usually not as vulnerable to talk about things that I feel are just my business, but it allowed me to kind of take my spirituality to the next step and for me to reflect what I need to do for myself in self-care. I feel good, I feel more in touch with nature, more in touch with my spirituality. I feel excited to see how my life is going to change because of this. Thank you so much for showing us how to appropriately care about ourselves, how to appreciate the principles of yoga and the spirituality of the practice , thank you for opening us up to all these great opportunities in Costa Rica both in the jungle and other places, we really appreciated the whole thing.
- Gabrielle
This was not my first time trying plant based but this was my first time getting into it so I’m definitely inspired to continue as I go home. I really enjoyed the discussions on self-care and spirituality. I feel like I’ve been doing a lot of work with my own self-care and I felt like this is just the next step that I needed to keep moving forward.
- Amber
Thank you. This retreat has been everything, it’s been life changing for me. It has renewed my sense of self. I’ve learned to practice self care and self love. These are experiences I will never forget. You’ve created an environment and safe place for women to share their experiences, you’ve created an environment of trust. You’ve allowed us to connect with nature and our own spirituality. From the ocean experiences to our conversations. This is something I believe every woman should experience in their life time.
- Tonya
The yoga classes were challenging , rewarding and helpful. They were challenging because I was moving my body into poses I had never done before. The yin yoga was slower, we spent more time in the poses and really focused on my breathing. I also learned that yoga has a spiritual practice that can be taken off the mat as well. I’m very grateful for the retreat and I feel motivated.
- Monique
I thought the retreat was fabulous , my expectations were at a certain level and they were exceeded. I appreciated that it felt with our mind, our body and our spirituality and immersed us in a culture of Costa Rica only in a way that someone that knows this area could. I definitely will return. I thoroughly enjoyed the group discussions on self care and spirituality because we got to explore the internal aspects of what we do, not just with people but also the earth. All those things I thought were fabulous.
- Artina
-Space is Limited-
Black Women Self Care Retreats
I feel great, I feel amazing, I feel I inspired to take what I’ve learned this week and implement everything in a more intentional way. I plan to keep up my yoga practice, the plant based eating, the affirmations and just to level up my self-care. I know when I take care of myself, I know everything around me is taken care of.
As preparation to coming here I started practicing plant base early but now after being at the retreat and eating all of the amazing delicious meals I am inspired to eat plant based from this moment on.
My experiences with the yoga classes were amazing, I was introduced to yin yoga. The yoga was comfortable yet you got a stretch. I am also someone who has been practicing yoga prior to coming here but this form of yoga speaks to me and my body. I mean I felt good everyday getting on and off the mat. There was no pain, and there was a level of comfort in yoga that I had not known prior to coming here. I enjoyed the group discussions on self care because we all had something to share and we all had a different perspective to the conversation and it was sharing and learning and it was very healing for me. I just felt comfortable sharing parts of myself that I may not have shared in other spaces.
- Cindy
I did enjoy the group discussions on self care and spirituality. I’m usually not as vulnerable to talk about things that I feel are just my business, but it allowed me to kind of take my spirituality to the next step and for me to reflect what I need to do for myself in self-care. I feel good, I feel more in touch with nature, more in touch with my spirituality. I feel excited to see how my life is going to change because of this. Thank you so much for showing us how to appropriately care about ourselves, how to appreciate the principles of yoga and the spirituality of the practice , thank you for opening us up to all these great opportunities in Costa Rica both in the jungle and other places, we really appreciated the whole thing.
- Gabrielle
This was not my first time trying plant based but this was my first time getting into it so I’m definitely inspired to continue as I go home. I really enjoyed the discussions on self-care and spirituality. I feel like I’ve been doing a lot of work with my own self-care and I felt like this is just the next step that I needed to keep moving forward.
- Amber
Thank you. This retreat has been everything, it’s been life changing for me. It has renewed my sense of self. I’ve learned to practice self care and self love. These are experiences I will never forget. You’ve created an environment and safe place for women to share their experiences, you’ve created an environment of trust. You’ve allowed us to connect with nature and our own spirituality. From the ocean experiences to our conversations. This is something I believe every woman should experience in their life time.
- Tonya
The yoga classes were challenging , rewarding and helpful. They were challenging because I was moving my body into poses I had never done before. The yin yoga was slower, we spent more time in the poses and really focused on my breathing. I also learned that yoga has a spiritual practice that can be taken off the mat as well. I’m very grateful for the retreat and I feel motivated.
- Monique
I thought the retreat was fabulous , my expectations were at a certain level and they were exceeded. I appreciated that it felt with our mind, our body and our spirituality and immersed us in a culture of Costa Rica only in a way that someone that knows this area could. I definitely will return. I thoroughly enjoyed the group discussions on self care and spirituality because we got to explore the internal aspects of what we do, not just with people but also the earth. All those things I thought were fabulous.
- Artina
-Space is Limited-
Black Women Self Care Retreats
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