Sol Sanctuary, Calle Ferrari, Guanacaste Province, Santa Cruz, Costa Rica
Up to 14 in group
November 2 - 8, 2025
About this Retreat
Kristen Yates is a breathwork and somatic guide, integrative therapist, artist and yoga instructor, and plant medicine facilitator who supports people with embodying their true nature and awakening their innate healing capacities within. With a background in psychology, trauma-informed somatic therapy, relational work and integrative wellness, she weaves Eastern and Western healing modalities to create safe and potent spaces for transformation.
As a multi-faceted facilitator, Kristen guides her students through a journey of returning to their bodies, integrating their soul parts, and emerging with a deeper connection to their most authentic expression and creative gifts. She believes we all hold a deep wisdom in our bodies, and weaves movement, breathwork and embodiment practices with energy work, shamanic healing and intuitive guidance into her workshop and retreat spaces.
A nomad at heart, she shares her time between Oregon, Mexico, and the Sacred Valley of Peru and regularly facilitates retreats, workshops, and ceremonies worldwide.
Kaleigh Smith is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher, astrologer, expressive arts therapist-in-training, and devoted mother to a bright little girl. She is completing her Master’s in Expressive Arts Therapy and holds a deep background in ancient astrology, weaving celestial insight with creative, therapeutic practice. Rooted in a person-centered approach, Kaleigh believes that each individual holds the answers within—her role is simply to help clear the noise so that truth can rise to the surface.
Using astrology alongside expressive arts modalities like writing, painting, and collage, she guides others in regulating the nervous system, healing old hurt stories, and returning to a sense of inner wholeness. A Pisces Sun, Kaleigh brings intuition, empathy, and soulfulness into every space she holds. She calls the vibrant hills of Chattanooga, Tennessee home.
Details of this retreat
Vibrant Heârt Retreat - A Creative Arts & Embodied Expression Retreat for Women
The Vibrant Heârt Retreat is for the woman who is craving a reset — a chance to reconnect with herself, to breathe deeply and authentically, and to explore the power of her own expression. Whether you seek to reconnect to your creative flow and inner empowerment, are craving to reawaken your feminine energy, or are simply in need of a pause and deep soul nourishment, this retreat offers a sanctuary of sisterhood, healing, art-making, and self-discovery - so that you may be liberated and empowered to walk your true path in life in your fullest and most vibrant expression.
Why Creative Liberation and Expression?
As women, our creative energy is the pulse of our feminine power — it’s how we express our truth, process our emotions, and birth new realities into the world.
For generations, women have been conditioned to silence their voices, question their worth, and disconnect from their innate creative force. Reclaiming that energy isn’t just about making art — it’s about remembering who we are beneath the roles and responsibilities.
By liberating our creativity, we reconnect with our joy, our intuition, and our capacity to live fully, unapologetically, and in alignment with the heartbeat of our soul.
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Imagine waking up in the lush jungle of Costa Rica, stepping onto your private balcony to journal and meditate with the enlivening sounds of nature all around you — the soft rustle of leaves, birdsong, the sun filtering through the trees. You start your day with soulful movement, breathing and stretching beside a tribe of women who uplift you and celebrate your vibrancy and authenticity.
You're immersed in self-care, nourishing your body with living foods, sharing stories and laughter with sisters, expressing yourself through creative practices and moving and breathing more expansively than you have in years.
This is a space where you can press pause on the demands of everyday life and return to your center — where the sacredness of your feminine energy, creativity, and deepest desires is honored and held.
The Vibrant Heârt Retreat is for the woman who is craving a reset — a chance to reconnect with herself, to breathe deeply and authentically, and to explore the power of her own expression. Whether you feel disconnected from your creative flow, overwhelmed by the weight of the world, or simply in need of a pause, this retreat offers a sanctuary of sisterhood, healing, art-making, and self-discovery.
This 7-day journey is more than a retreat; it is an immersive community experience and medicine journey of awakening, healing, and nourishing our creative fire and guiding light within.
Nestled in our lush retreat oasis in the Nosara peninsula of Costa Rica, we will co-create a vibrant and nurturing feminine space for you to blossom in your true essence, creativity, and authentic life path.
We will weave through somatic and creative practices of inner exploration, Earth-based rituals and elemental connection, breath and embodiment, and commune in a sacred plant medicine ceremony for healing and feminine awakening. We will celebrate creative expression and self-discovery through art therapy techniques, explore shamanic energy healing, heart-opening cacao and rose ceremony, and the medicine of deep connection in a family on a soul journey together.
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The Vibrant Heârt Journey:
Our intention for this experience is to create a safe and space for personal evolution and remembrance of your true nature, to activate your creativity, and to give you tools to integrate your inner shifts into your daily life back home.
You will be supported with and through:
- Setting heart-centered intentions for this journey together
- Awakening your creativity and self-expression
- Nourishing your mind, body, heart, and soul
- Strengthening your intuition and self-love
- Clearing emotional and energetic blockages
- Expressing your unique strengths and gifts
- Deepening connection to your feminine essence and power
- Integrative practices to support and deepen your experience
- A strong and loving, heart-centered soul family
Who is this retreat for?
Vibrant Heârt is for women ready to reclaim their creative and vibrant essence, to express themselves fully in the world and embody their unique gifts and sacred purpose in life - all within a soulful community of sisters, where nourishment is priority, healing is playful, and plenty of art is made!
This retreat is for you if:
You are craving a pause — a reset — a deep exhale from the busyness of life.
You feel a pull toward creativity and greater self-expression but the weight of perfectionism, work, and daily responsibilities has dimmed your spark.
You long to express yourself freely and return to what truly lights you up inside.
You desire to reconnect with your feminine essence — your body, your voice, your sensuality.
You find yourself standing at a threshold — a crossroads, a new chapter, or the edge of a dream not yet born.
You feel open to exploring the healing and awakening power of creative expression.
You are yearning for soul-aligned sisterhood — a circle of women where you feels seen, safe, and celebrated.
You feel called to explore sacred plants and consciousness-expanding experiences for deeper healing and inner truth.
You may already be on a spiritual path, but are ready to go deeper — to embody it, live it, breathe it.
You are purpose-driven and know, deep down, there is something more waiting for you.
What's Included:
- 7 days and 6 nights in a beautiful, spacious eco-luxe bungalow at Sol Sanctuary. Our accommodations are designed to allow you to rest and reset within a lush and tranquil jungle environment. All accommodations include air conditioning and private patio, private bathroom with hot shower, full use of the pool area and yoga shala, and housekeeping on request.
- Three nourishing and delicious vegetarian meals daily highlighting fresh Costa Rican cuisine (meat available on request)
- Daily yoga, movement and meditation sessions
- Opening Cacao Ceremony (along with more cacao explorations throughout the retreat!)
- Creative Expression workshops and activities to explore your passions, gifts, and inner world through Art Explorations, Creative Writing, and Voice Activation
- Transformational Breathwork sessions
- Workshops on personal empowerment, energy management, intuition and embodied relating
- Immersion in the luscious Costa Rican jungle where you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the vibrant flora and fauna of this incredibly biodiverse region!
- All art materials for our creative sessions
- Shamanic Journey + optional microdose ceremony
- Waterfall and hot spring visit (+ other surprises!)
- Personal retreat preparation session
- All other activities and exercises during the retreat
- Direct beach access - a ten-minute walk through a private walking trail directly from our retreat center
- Private chlorine-free pool oasis to dip and lounge during our break times
- Special closing ceremony
- Ground Transportation from Liberia Airport to and from our retreat center
- Post-retreat group integration sessions + resources
Offerings and Activities:
Daily Yoga and Meditation - Each day begins by connecting in our lush jungle shala with grounding, heart-opening practices to nourish your body, awaken your energy, and create space for deeper connection within
Creative Expression Workshops & Art Therapy - Unlock your creativity through expressive art experiences that help you liberate your expression and access intuitive flow in your life. Painting, collage, creative soul writing, music, and voice activation - find your embodied soul expression.
Dance & Somatic Movement Exploration – Together we’ll reclaim the wisdom and power of our bodies through liberating movement journeys designed to reconnect you with your feminine essence and inner truth.
Transformational Breathwork - Explore a powerful inner journey using the breath to clear emotional and energetic blockages, awaken intuition, and realign with your most authentic self.
Cacao Ceremonies - We will work with the sacred plant of cacao in heart-opening rituals to awaken creative energy and self-love, deepen intuition, and foster soulful connection with spirit and sisterhood.
Embodied Relating & Sister Circles - Connect soul-to-soul with your fellow sisters in ceremonies that foster trust, sisterhood, and meaningful connection.
Nature Connection & Excursions - We will immerse in the wild beauty of Costa Rica through beach walks, waterfall visits, and elemental rituals to ground your intentions and awaken your senses.
Shamanic Journey (with optional microdose) - Experience inner awakening and empowerment through shamanic journeywork, sound and frequency healing, and an optional microdose experience with sacred plant medicine in a guided space.