3 Day Vipassana Retreat

4.229 reviews
Date
December 20 - 23, 2026

Retreat Highlights

  • 3 days deep meditation
  • Daily silent movement
  • Access to meditation spaces
  • Quiet journey into nature and inner peace

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Details of this retreat

The Vipassana group is precious time that we give to our SELF. Allowing the attention to shift from the world to our nature as pure, aware silence.

Simply sitting and being awareness itself.

Vipassana is not a 'doing'. It is allowing. Allowing the mind to quiet down and let our silent nature surface. When this happens we rest into an awakened silence.
As a device to observe the mind we shift our attention to the breathing flow. If something else takes our attention we allow it to be until it is gone and we return to the stillness which is naturally there underneath it all.

There is no need to 'do' the watching, just connecting to this quality which is already there.
The work is the intention and the stillness. The rest happens by itself.

Schedule

6:30 AM Morning movement
7:30 AM Breakfast
9 AM Morning meditation session
12:30 PM Lunch
2 PM Afternoon meditation session
6:30 PM Silent sitting
7:15 PM Dinner
8:30 PM Evening meditation session
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

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Directions

PachaMama is accessible from both San José (SJO) and Liberia (LIR) airports. From San José, you can take a domestic flight to Nosara, drive (approx. 5 hours), or take a bus to Nosara and continue by taxi. From Liberia, it’s a 2.5-hour drive or bus to Santa Cruz, followed by another bus to Nosara. From Nosara, a taxi to PachaMama takes around 40 minutes.

Accommodation

PachaMama has a variety of accommodations available, from rustic and natural casitas in the trees to beautiful cabinas on the lagun to quiet forest studios and even fully furnished homes. There are options to have a kitchen, hot shower and/or AC.

Vipassana: Guest/ Basic Member

Venue & Amenities

Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms icon A/C in Rooms
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
The ecological, spiritual community of PachaMama located in Costa Rica, is a platform for a deep voyage into healing, self-acceptance, and expansion of consciousness. The PachaMama Community is also an intentional and alternative eco-village where people live their normal lives in harmony with nature.

Meals

Menu

Menu Types

Three times a day, Verde offers vegetarian, buffet-style meals. Influenced by the tropical climate, lunches and dinners always include a variety of at least three raw food dishes.

What's Included

  • Daily movement and meditation
  • Community-wide silence
  • Access to nature spaces and river

What's Not Included

  • Airfare
  • Transportation
  • Meals
  • Accomodation

Customer Reviews

4.22 out of 5.0 average rating

2.0
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Go somewhere else
There was an ant infestation in the bungalow with ants in the bed. No one helped. The people were inhospitable. The food is overpriced and inedible. Tyohar is judgmental and hostile. A woman was kicked out of the retreat for making a joke in a satsang letter for making a harmless joke about missing her husband which he took as her complaining about the retreat and was asked to leave in front of the whole group. Go somewhere else, anywhere else.

5.0
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Wonderful community
Walking into PachaMama is for me coming home. My entire nervous system relaxes. I have been coming here for 16 years and while there have been some changes the essence of PachaMama is alive and breathing. The nature, the river and the workshops here are rejuvenating and have helped me dive deep into my core and help me find my true essence. I love PachaMama and will continue to return again and again.

5.0
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Life changing
Simply put, pachamama changed my life.
It’s raw it’s real it’s beautifully messy and it’s a very very safe place to explore what it means to be human. To shed layers
To question everything
To celebrate and to heal
The more you come clean of ideas and the more you take responsibility for your own journey the better
Good people strong tribe

5.0
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Home and transformation
I have been coming to PachaMama for the past 4 years and it’s been a very good experience. I’ve done a lot of woman’s workshops and can truly say my life changed after all these experiences. I’ve grown as a person and PachaMama and all it has to offer created the space to allow it. The healthy tasty food, daily yoga classes, all the movement. Ceremonies, events, workshops. The river and the beautiful beach close by. PachaMama will always have a place in my heart. I highly recommend coming here if you feel the call to go deeper in life.

5.0
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a sanctuary for the soul
a place that was created for seekers to reconnect with essence, with nature, with that which is already sacred within and around us. It is inviting to come back to the simplicity and joy of life, through meditation and celebration, through inner work and music, deep solitude and community.

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