About Soltara Healing Center

Mission & Vision

   To find balance without we must first find balance within.The cognitive dissonance of a world ruled by the head is what calls us to this work of the heart. A belief in the need to encompass the emotional, energetic, and spiritual aspects of healing, alongside the physical, is the foundation of sacred plant medicines and other holistic therapies. These medicines have the power to connect us to those parts of ourselves we have forgotten, ignored, or covered up.Our mission is to bridge this gap between head and heart for those who seek it. In a world of increasing disconnection from ourselves, our earth, our history, and each other, we aim to find balance by providing an authentic, safe, and loving space for each individual, no matter their background, to get in touch with their truth. We are honored to serve medicine in sacred ceremony, empower our guests with knowledge and tools to continue their journey back home, raise cultural awareness, and continue our cherished duty as stewards and caretakers of our Earth. We feel that by healing ourselves first, aligning our past experiences and future actions with deep purpose and meaning, we can become true beacons of light and affect positive change in our lives and our world. “Soltara” comes from the Spanish verb “soltar” which means to let go or release.Soltara represents both a healing center and a global community. Our mission is to empower you with the space, knowledge and tools to release the things that no longer serve you, free yourself to participate in the fullness of life, and discover how to live your truth.So how does that happen?The answer to that question is a personal one, and for each to discover for themselves. We are here to help you do that.There are many modalities, tools, medicines, and practices that can help us release what we don’t need, reconnect to ourselves, and step fully into our power. In today’s world, the myriad of information and practices that promise to accomplish this can make it difficult to know where and how to start. Through our work at Soltara, we aim to flip the script, bringing the expertise and sacred healing modalities to you in an accessible, respectful, and loving way.A space where intention meets actionIn order to fully realize our authentic selves, we are called to examine beliefs that may be holding us back. Such self-limiting beliefs include our fears, negative patterns, and judgments, which, if held onto, can manifest in damaging and unhealthy ways.At our Center, a seaside haven in the tropical jungle of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, we work with traditional Peruvian Shipibo shamans and the sacred plant medicine ayahuasca, as well as other traditional and modern healing modalities, to help you along this path of self-discovery. Our decades of combined experience holding ceremony and doing medicine work allow you to experience in-depth healing in a safe and loving environment. Whether it’s immersing yourself in nature, practicing yoga or meditation, healing through massage or energy therapy, or working with plant medicines – to name a few – we offer a personalized experience that empowers you to follow your intuition and be your own healer.In addition to our Center, our vibrant online community fosters open dialogue, personal connection, and high-quality resources to help you learn from each other and expand your knowledge base. Our commitment to individual and global healing, on all levels, drives us to support the spiritual and psychedelic movement taking place. We aim to create a culture and community based on balanced, practical, accessible information grounded in a spirit of cultural awareness and education.A focus on integrationIntegration means taking the knowledge and lessons learned during your ritual experience and putting it into practice in your life.It is no secret that integration is a lifelong process. The lessons and healing we gain from various medicines are only valuable to the extent that we are able to utilize them in our lives outside of the ceremonies and retreat experience. Integration can involve changing habits, relationships, or community; approaching life from a new perspective; realizing an increased sense of awareness in your thoughts and actions; or working towards a new set of goals and purpose; as well as other changes in deep psychological processes you may have been unaware of until this point.While many centers offer supportive services to help prepare you for your retreat experience, and for a few months after you return home, our approach extends beyond this limited timeframe. We follow the philosophy and wisdom of the cultures our medicines come from, understanding that true community and support is a crucial aspect of healing and life.At Soltara, there is a strong focus on the integrative work that starts after your retreat and continues, possibly, for the rest of your life. To complement our online community, we are excited to work with skilled integration specialists who have a foot in both Western and traditional medicine work and can help you prepare for, maintain, and enhance the positive outcomes that are very often the result of attending deep healing sessions with experienced, ethical leaders. By doing the necessary healing work during your stay, and understanding the tools and practices that can help maintain that work, you can open to the truth of who you are, what you want, and most importantly, how to get there.Our Commitment to YouWe are called to serve medicine in sacred ceremony with integrity, humility, and compassion. By creating a safe space and working only with experienced, well-intentioned shamans and facilitators, we uphold the lessons of the medicines and build a foundation of mutual trust, authenticity, and respect. We are not gurus, preachers, or enlightened beings – our shamans are healers who humbly transmit the knowledge and healing energies of the plants, and our facilitators are devoted to helping guests face, process, and explore difficult experiences and emotions, handle projections, manage expectations, and surrender to the process. We strive to uphold the highest integrity in everything we do and be a beacon for responsible, safe, and ethical practices, such that our guests feel safe and supported to get the most out of their healing.If you come for a visit…Our highly skilled, gentle, loving facilitators and Shipibo shamans will help guide you through this process of self-discovery through plant medicine healing, traditional spiritual technologies, and modern psychotherapeutic practices. Our goal is to create a container and support system for you to find your medicine, experience it fully, develop the knowledge and tools to work with it, and learn how to integrate its practice and lessons into your everyday life. Whatever medicine works for you, we invite you to connect to your higher self, the healer within, and create the foundation for a truly fulfilling life.Whether you come for a visit, participate in our online community, or both, our goal is to co-create a loving support system that provides a safe space to explore, connect with, and share the healing process.Want to learn more? Feel free to visit us on our website, www.soltara.co, or email us at letgo@soltara.co - we'll always get back to you within 24 hours.

Upcoming Retreats at Soltara Healing Center

Venue & Amenities

Venue & Amenities
Venue & Amenities
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Tucked away on seaside cliffs overlooking the Gulf of Nicoya, our secluded slice of sundrenched paradise is surrounded on all sides by the vibrant sounds of the tropical forest. Awaken each morning to bird songs, monkeys playing in trees, & crashing waves in the distance. With comfortable accommodations, plenty of shady nooks, a deck to watch the waves or gaze at the stars, & a sacred maloca ceremony space, we invite you to an immersive experience letting nature surround you in harmony & peace.

Meals

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We believe healing even takes place in the kitchen. We take on the mantra by the Greek physician, Hippocrates: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” We honor the role of food in our lives and expand it beyond its primary purpose of bodily nourishment – food can be an avenue to dig deeper into ourselves, consciously looking at our patterns and mindsets surrounding not just what we eat, but how and why we eat what we do. Our eating habits don’t just affect our mental health, they also reflect it. At Soltara, we aim to help you jumpstart this process of connection through conscious cooking on all levels. Diet is an important part of the healing process, both on its own and also to help prepare the mind and body for plant medicine work. We work closely with our shamans to prepare wholesome, delicious meals that adhere to the traditional dietary guidelines of working with ayahuasca. All of our meals are freshly prepared in-house by our loving kitchen staff. From fresh smoothies and juices every morning, to plant-based meals emphasizing local, organic, and sustainable produce, to lean proteins such a chicken and fish, we celebrate the rich local flavor of Costa Rican cuisine, and offer a chance to experience a connection to the land and culture while nourishing the body, mind, and spirit.

Getting Here

Location icon Soltara Healing Center, Playa Blanca, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Please ensure you reserve your spot for your retreat with us prior to booking your flights. If you have any questions during the registration process or are concerned any health conditions (including bipolar, schizophrenia, or psychosis) may prevent you from attending a retreat, please contact us first.

We offer pickup on Day 1 of your retreat from a hotel near the San Jose (SJO) airport.

We recommend arriving the day before, and booking your stay at the recommended hotel in our confirmation email, in order to give you time to relax and settle in before beginning your journey to Soltara.

We look forward to supporting you in an immersive experience in nature, community, and medicine!

Customer Reviews

4.98 out of 5.0 average rating

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Scarlet Valley
My wife and I had a wonderful time at Soltara Scarlet Valley. The properly is beautifully maintained. The location in the mountains was magical. The terrain is very hilly but the views and climate were fantastic. We spoke with another guest that had previously stayed at their beach resort and reported it to be much hotter. The staff, facilitators, housekeeping, security, maintenance team, meal team were all super friendly. Everyone seemed genuinely concerned with ensuring our stay was all it could be. We couldn't rate our experience any higher.

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Soltara Experience
My first Ayahuasca retreat. The location at Scarlett Valley was breathtaking. The facilitators were knowledgeable, caring, genuinely loving people who made me feel welcome and seen. True professionals. The Maestro’s were amazing and carried such compassion as I have never experienced before. This was hands down the most worthwhile thing I have ever done for myself. If you feel called to do this medicine work and are ready to be open and honest and trusting of the medicine and the Maestro’s work then I would highly recommend giving yourself this experience of love, growth and self understanding.

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A life-changing experience I will carry with me forever
Soltara has been one of the most meaningful and transformative experiences of my life. I arrived carrying so much emotionally : grief, old wounds, fears, a constant need for external validation, and patterns I didn’t fully understand. I left feeling lighter, more connected to myself, and with a completely different understanding of what it means to feel safe and whole within myself.

The ceremonies helped me reconnect with parts of myself I had lost along the way. I was able to process emotions connected to my father, love, relationships, self-worth, and the way I have been seeking security outside of myself. Some moments were incredibly intense and challenging, but they also brought me a sense of release and peace that is difficult to put into words.

What made the experience even more special was the environment Soltara created. I felt genuinely safe, supported and cared for throughout the entire process. The maestros, facilitators and staff held such a beautiful space for us, and the connection I developed with the other participants became an important part of my journey too. By the end of the week, people who had been strangers only days before felt like family.

I know the real work continues after leaving, and that integration will take time. But I am leaving with more love for myself, a deeper sense of inner security, and the feeling that I can face life differently. I will always be grateful for this experience and for everyone who was part of it. ❤️

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I was lost but now I'm found.
I have carried a darkness inside me since I was very young.

For most of my life, I struggled to find peace within myself—to quiet the noise, to feel truly connected to who I was, and to hold onto a genuine happiness that lasted longer than a few days.

I’ve done a lot.
I’ve seen many places.
I’ve experienced things most people only dream about.

I have absolutely lived a life.

But somewhere along the way, I lost touch with a part of myself.

In recent years, that darkness became heavier. It kept building, quietly and relentlessly, until I reached a point where I knew I needed to do something different.

I had tried the traditional paths. I had searched for answers, worked on myself, and kept moving forward—but I still felt like there was something deeper inside me that I hadn't been able to reach.

Eight years ago, I experienced something that showed me another way.

Ayahuasca.

I knew there was something in that experience that I hadn't finished exploring. Somewhere deep inside, I knew there was still a light within me—and I needed to find my way back to it.

For years, I dreamed of coming to Soltara Healing Center.

Then, after a series of events that left me in tremendous pain, an opportunity appeared.

And this time, I didn't hesitate.

I grabbed it with both hands.

What followed has been one of the most profound journeys of my life.

This experience hasn't magically changed who I am.

It has helped me remember who I was beneath everything I had carried.

It has given me tools, perspective, courage and, perhaps most importantly, the willingness to meet myself honestly.

The man who arrived here was searching for something.

The man who leaves is carrying something.

A deeper understanding of himself.
A greater capacity to love.
A renewed sense of purpose.
And a light that he now knows was never truly gone.

And then there are the people.

The love, kindness, vulnerability and acceptance I experienced here was beyond anything I could have expected from a group of strangers.

Somehow, strangers became friends.

Friends became family.

And for that, I will carry an immense gratitude and respect for every person who shared this journey with me.

You have each left a mark on my life, and you will forever hold a place in my heart.

I don't know exactly what the rest of my life will look like.

But I know what I want to leave behind.

I want to leave this world having inspired someone to believe in themselves.

I want to nurture people, protect what is vulnerable, love without holding back, and bring more kindness into a world that desperately needs it.

I want to leave my mark—not through what I own, what I achieve, or what people think of me…

but through the lives I touch.

Not just for me.

For my Wife.
For my daughter.
For my family.
For the people I haven't met yet.
For every living thing that shares this extraordinary planet with us.

I spent so much of my life searching for the light.

Now I understand something.

The light was never gone.

It was always inside me.

I just had to find my way back to it.

I am whole.
I am me.
I am free. ✨

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Nanna
Absolutely changed my life. No words needed.

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