Indigenous Ceremonial Healing in Costa Rica
Pathways to Wholeness
Intimate ceremonial retreats guided by Indigenous lineage holders, with caring support and thoughtful integration.
- 8 days
- 3 traditional ceremonies
- 16 guests maximum
A different kind of ceremonial retreat.
At Posada Natura, the ceremony is one part of a much larger journey. We bring together traditional wisdom, mindful preparation, experienced facilitation, contemplative practice and the restorative rhythms of the Costa Rican rainforest.
Rainforest immersion
A private riverfront sanctuary beside the Naranjo River, at the edge of more than 10,000 acres of rainforest protected by our partner Eco Era.
Personal support
Individual counseling sessions and group integration circles throughout the retreat, alongside daily yoga and meditation.
Intimate groups
A maximum of 16 participants, with exclusive use of the retreat center for each group.
Ancestral traditions
Ceremonies guided by facilitators with decades of experience, rooted in Indigenous healing traditions, including the Kamëntšá tradition of Sibundoy, Colombia.
Rooted in living lineages.
Our ceremonies are held by facilitators who carry Indigenous traditions passed down through generations, with respect for the lineages they come from and care for every guest.
Retreats are small, with time for rest, the river and the forest between ceremonies. These are spiritual and cultural practices, not medical treatment.
Your retreat protects the rainforest.
Posada Natura is operated by Eco Era, a nonprofit founded in 1991. Unlike most retreat centers, every booking here directly funds the protection of more than 10,000 acres of primary rainforest and the headwaters of the Naranjo and Savegre rivers. Retreats cover roughly 80% of that conservation work.
The retreat experience.
Eight days of ceremony, reflection and rest. You arrive together on the group shuttle, settle into the rainforest and meet your circle before the first ceremony.
Three nights of ceremony
Three traditional Indigenous ceremonies are guided by facilitators with decades of experience. Each retreat centers on an Indigenous ceremonial tradition. Between ceremonies the days open up: sleep, swim, write, or simply be quiet.
Space to understand what arises
Individual counseling sessions and group integration circles help you make sense of each ceremony. After you return home, you can schedule integration support whenever you need it.
Held by the rainforest
Mornings begin with optional yoga and meditation. You will swim in the river, walk to a rainforest waterfall, spend a day at Manuel Antonio beach, and share fresh family-style meals with a group that quickly starts to feel like family.
Integration: bringing insight into daily life.
At Posada Natura, we believe the most meaningful work often continues after the ceremony. Integration is the process of reflecting on personal experiences, understanding their significance, and considering how new perspectives may shape everyday choices, relationships and wellbeing.
Our retreats create space for that reflection and connection, without assuming that every participant's journey will be the same.
During the retreat
- Individual counseling sessions
- Facilitated group integration circles
- Daily yoga and meditation
- Time in nature, by the river and in the forest
After you return home
- Integration support you can schedule whenever you need it
- Access to our network of integration support practitioners
Our facilitators.
Celina
Founder and director, Circle of Sacred Nature Church
Celina has guided thousands of people through ceremony since 2010, with a foundation in yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. She is an apprentice of Taita Juan Bautista Agreda Chindoy. A Stanford graduate and Fulbright scholar, she holds a Master of Divinity and has trained in spiritual care through chaplaincy.
Erika
Custodian of the Kamëntšá Nation healing altar
Erika is a Colombian woman of Indigenous ancestry with more than 17 years in the healing arts under Taita Juan Bautista Agreda Chindoy. She is a professional medical herbalist in the vitalist tradition with the NAIHM, and a minister of the Circle of Sacred Nature church.
Taita Juan
Traditional healer, Kamëntšá community
Taita Juan is a traditional healer from the Kamëntšá community of the Sibundoy Valley in Colombia, with more than 30 years of experience with medicinal plants. He is recognized as an Indigenous authority and has twice been elected governor of his community.
Juani
Facilitator, Indigenous traditions
Juani brings more than two decades of experience with traditional medicine and Indigenous teachings from South and North America. He has studied with Indigenous and mestizo healers in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and the United States.
Kopali
Ceremony leader, lineage of Taita Juan
Kopali is an Indigenous Mexican healing practitioner, artist and scholar. She has apprenticed in the lineage of Taita Juan since 2009, holds a Master's in Ayurveda and a certificate in Ecological Horticulture, and brings more than 15 years of community activism.
Facilitation teams vary by retreat. We will tell you who is leading each date.
Traditional Indigenous lineage ceremonies.
Temazcal
The traditional sweat lodge: heat, steam and prayer inside a lodge of stones and blankets, a ceremony of release.
Fire ceremony
Ceremonial practice around a sacred fire in our maloka, with intention, prayer and traditional icaros.
Cacao ceremony
A heart-opening ceremony with warm ceremonial cacao.
Flower baths
Cleansing baths of fresh flowers and medicinal plants from the land, an ancient practice of renewal.
Medicinal plant teas
Medicinal herbal teas prepared according to traditional Amazonian Indigenous practices.
Dieta
A traditional practice of simple food, quiet and rest that deepens your connection with the plants and the land.
Each retreat brings these traditions together in its own way. Ask us and we will tell you exactly what a retreat includes.
A sanctuary for ceremony.
Posada Natura is a family-owned rainforest sanctuary eight miles from Manuel Antonio, with riverside casitas, fresh plant-based meals, an open-air shala and the octagon fire temple. It is the front entrance to more than 10,000 acres of rainforest protected by Eco Era, the U.S. 501(c)(3) that operates Posada Natura.
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Come for the retreat. Leave protecting the rainforest.
Every retreat at Posada Natura directly funds Eco Era, the nonprofit protecting more than 10,000 acres of primary rainforest. Join a retreat on the Naranjo River, or bring your own community into the forest.