Jungle Renewal: Queer Womxn’s Journey

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San José Province, Tinamaste, Costa Rica
Date
June 1 - 7, 2025

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

Join us for a journey of renewal in the jungle designed for queer womxn to explore connection, healing, and growth, - while basking in the joy of the jungle and beautiful waterfalls! This retreat is for all people assigned female at birth and/or currently identifying as female; this means inclusive of all trans folks and all female bodied NB folks. Facilitated by two queer woman identifying individuals.


Who is this for?


All people assigned female at birth and/or currently identifying as female; this means inclusive of all trans folks and all female bodied NB folks.


Our intention is to create a sacred space where you can fully embrace your true self. This retreat isn’t just about deep work—it’s about doing that work so we can have fun, celebrate, and live joyfully. Through a blend of hypnotherapy, yoga, 🍄 sacred plant ceremonies and somatic practices, you’ll release old patterns and integrate powerful insights and new ways of being. And because healing and transformational growth is accelerated in community, we're bringing in dance parties, connection exercises, hikes down to the waterfall, and plenty of laughter.


In a world that often tells us to dim our light, this retreat is an act of rebellion. It’s a chance to celebrate who we are, surrounded by a diverse and inclusive community of like-minded queer womxn who uplift and inspire each other. This is the time to release and to grow… your time to experience the freedom and joy that are your birthright with your queer kin.


What To Expect


The purpose of this retreat is to bring you to the place of deep peace within yourself that inspires more joy into your daily life. What is deep transformational work for, other than to have more play and fun? On this transformational retreat we will dig deep, excavate, and transform - not for it’s own sake, but rather to build a bridge to the experience of life fulfillment.



Come ready to deepen into your most joyful expression of life through time in community, time in nature, and time with sacred plants.

Come ready to experience how fun life can get!
Come to embody sacred, devotional, elements of love that transforms relationship with self into pure self love.




Topics Covered:


Subconscious transformation work
Somatic practices
Yoga + meditation
Nature walks + excursions
🍄 Psychedelic preparation, ceremony and integration.
Nervous system renewal
Creative artistic expression





PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT: Anna, Nai and the Jungle Gayborhood aim 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 plant ceremonies.


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 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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Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
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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5.0
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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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