Nourish & Radiate

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San José Province, Tinamaste, Costa Rica
Date
April 20 - 26, 2025

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

The retreat is for any LGBTQIA+ individual seeking to deepen their yoga and wellness practice with nourishing and meaningful self soothing techniques. Beginner, intermediate and advanced yogis are all welcome.
Welcome to a truly unique yoga and wellness retreat brought to you by California based yogi Noah Juliano.


The intention for this course is to cultivate a community of individuals seeking truth and love amidst the heart of Costa Rica’s lush jungle. Envelop yourself in like-minded humans yearning for belonging, contentment and inner stillness amongst this ever changing and chaotic age of uncertainty.


What Can I Expect?


In the lush jungles of Costa Rica, health and wellness will reconnect you with the highest Self. We will activate ancient care tactics, self soothing methods, yoga asana exploration, breathwork and introduction to meditation.


The Jungle Gayborhood is a clothing optional retreat center where all attendees are permitted, but not required, to be naked at any point of the week.


Some workshops will incorporate sensual touch. Consent is at the heart of everything we do. Participation in any or part of the workshops is optional. The simple joys of laying in a hammock or sitting under a waterfall are also available all week long.


This is your time to thrive on your terms in a serene sanctuary.


Maximize your growth through moments of expansion, relaxation and well being.


The purpose of this retreat is to create space for alternative and unique people to join together in a beautiful, tropical oasis. Finding a place to fully express oneself can be hard to find in most heteronormative retreats.


Workshops include Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Sound Healings, Active Listening, Chakra Balancing, Sacred Chanting Bhajan Circle, Drag N’ Yoga Dance Party (yes, bring a drag look, hunny!) , Unlearning Shame Through Liberating Movement, Wavy Waterbending Ocean Edging Beach Day, Watsu Water Yoga in the Pool, Cuddle Puddle Bonfire with S’mores, Contact Improvisation, Throat Activation Vocal Workshops, 8 Hands Massage Demo, and much more.


What is Included?



Daily Yoga and Meditation classes
An array of workshops designed to deepen practice and foster community
Freshly prepared nutritious meals hand crafted to refuel and to delight
Amenities include 7 lush waterfalls on the property, Pool, Gym, Massage Services, and Play Areas all just a 45-minute drive to the remote volcanic sandy beach



What Does A Typical Day Look Like?


7:00- Journaling & Meditation
8:00- Hatha Yoga & Breathwork
9:30- Breakfast
11:30- Waterfall Hike
1:00- Lunch
4:30- Movement Workshop
6:00- Restorative Yin Yoga
7:00- Dinner
8:30- Sound Healing






PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT: The Jungle Gayborhood aims to inspire personal exploration, radical self-expression, and a sense of connection - internally, with community, and with nature. We actively cultivate practices that support these goals by consciously exploring embodiment practices, authentic relating, somatic movement therapy, shamanism and sacred sexuality.

To create a predictable and safe environment conducive to this type of healing, growth, reflection, and expansion, we ask all that come to our home to align around these community agreements.

Getting Here

Location icon Jungle Gayborhood, San José Province, Tinamaste, Costa Rica

Accommodation

Shared 4 Bed Jungle Cabin

Accommodation
A beautiful bamboo cabin with four comfortable individual bunk beds. You will be have one bed to yourself and you will be staying with up to three other guests who will sleep in the other beds. All cabins are equipped with elegant lighting, cooling fans, multiple outlets, comfortable beds and linens, and are fully enclosed in mosquito mesh netting. All cabins share a beautiful bamboo bathhouse with hot water.

Private King Cabin

Accommodation
A beautiful private bamboo cabin with a king-size bed. All cabins are equipped with elegant lighting, cooling fans, multiple outlets, comfortable beds and linens, and are fully enclosed in mosquito mesh netting. All cabins share a beautiful bamboo bathhouse with hot water.

Shared Twin Jungle Cabin

Accommodation
A beautiful bamboo cabin with two comfortable twin-size beds. You will be have one bed to yourself and you will be staying with another guest who will sleep in the other twin bed. All cabins are equipped with elegant lighting, cooling fans, multiple outlets, comfortable beds and linens, and are fully enclosed in mosquito mesh netting. All cabins share a beautiful bamboo bathhouse with hot water.

Private Deluxe Cabin

Accommodation
A beautiful private bamboo cabin with a king-size bed, en suite sink, and gorgeous jungle views. All cabins are equipped with elegant lighting, cooling fans, multiple outlets, comfortable beds and linens, and are fully enclosed in mosquito mesh netting. All cabins share a beautiful bamboo bathhouse with hot water.

Venue & Amenities

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Spa icon Spa
Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea icon Coffee/Tea
Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent icon Bicycles For Rent

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Customer Reviews

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Gorgeous and fabulous!
We loved our time at the Jungle Gayborhood. The retreat center is beautifully designed and comfortably nested on the edge of the jungle, close enough to feel nurtured by its vibrancy and just out of it enough to see it and have plenty of fresh air and vistas. Staff was kind, supportive and helped bring out physical healing and pleasure. Programming was light on our particular weekend but it was perfect for us: trekking, spiritual journeys, yoga, social gatherings and fun (optional) games. And they have the best mattresses so you will sleep like a baby!

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Awesome retreat in the Costa Rican jungle
This excursion was planned in less than a week, but sure glad we took a chance. It’s like glamping in the jungle with three home-cooked meals a day. We stayed a week, and what a relaxing week it was. Several waterfalls were within a short hike from camp. Being naked is optional. Yoga is every morning. Some nights are movie nights, some nights are sound bath nights. Some nights are fire performer and campfire nights. Although we didn’t go on a retreat week, it was still fun and invigorating. We even got the chance to try ayahuasca, kambo, and rapé one evening, but wasn’t prepared for this unique opportunity. Thanks to Shelby and Jose, Ryan, Eric, Jesse, Mauricio, Brandee, Chef Eric, and Marconi for a great week! We’ll be back.

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JungleFag
Wow! What an experience!
Firstly, the gayborhood is absolutely amazing. It's evident there's been time, effort, and planning involved to make it what it is. It had everything I needed to make my stay comfortable and at home. Special shout-outs to the chefs, cleaning team, and gayborhood staff. It's clear that it's a space individuals WANT to be at and spend their time.

The retreat was beautiful. It was an opportunity to release, to be free, and love continuously (sometimes literally!). I've never been to a retreat that was considered party AND retreat and I was a little unprepared mentally and emotionally I discovered. In talking with the staff and learning more, I realized I needed to take more intentional time for me to do more of the work I wanted to personally. That said, the description was on, I just didn't think broad and liberal enough.

Notes for the future. There were times it felt like things were mandatory, or highly encouraged to attend, yet optional. Of course you can't make anyone do anything they don't want to, but in the schedule I do think there should be an asterisk for events that are highly encouraged to attend. For example, the cabaret. What a powerful closing to the retreat. It introduced us to another part of someone we may not have gotten to see. It showed the bravery and confidence that maybe someone channeled just that weekend. And it symbolized a great level of community and support, which I think the gayborhood prides itself on.

I plan to come back next year. And as I continue to talk to participants and continue these relationships, they too want to come back and bring a friend. Thank you for this opportunity and place of love. Looking forward to more with you.

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Lifechanging
I cannot begin to describe how transformative this past weekend was for me. I went in with intention, many of which changed when I got there. Within the first 15 hours of being there I felt relaxed, centered, and excited for everything else that was to come.

Immediately after arriving, Ryan and Brandee welcomed me with big hugs. Ryan encouraged me to be fully myself, try new things, and explore every part of myself. Shelby and his staff have put love into every detail of the Jungle Gayborhood, and through each session you can feel their effort shine through.

The Jungle gayborhood will make you feel everything you need to and more. If you're at all on the fence about booking an experience here, do yourself a favor and take the leap. I cannot wait to return.

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Blissed out in the jungle
5 days sleeping in an extremely comfortable bed surrounded by amazing wildlife and pristine jungle. Delicious home cooked meals 3 times a day, swimming naked in waterfalls, group yoga and sound baths.
shedded so many tears of joy could not be more happy with my experience

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