Raíces y Alas Retreat

(Roots and Wings Retreat)

Playas del Coco, Costa Rica • May 2–8, 2027

Imagine waking to the sounds of tropical birds, beginning your morning with gentle movement beside the pool, spending your afternoons walking the beach or resting in quiet reflection, and ending your evenings in heartfelt connection under warm Costa Rican skies.

This retreat is an invitation to pause.
To breathe deeply.
To reconnect with yourself in a supportive, intentional, and beautiful environment.

From Sunday, May 2 through Saturday, May 8, 2027, you are warmly invited to join a small group in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica for a week of mindfulness, movement, rest, healing, exploration, and authentic connection.

This is not a completely silent retreat, though there will be abundant opportunities for quiet, introspection, and personal space throughout the week. There will also be opportunities for laughter, meaningful conversation, community, and shared experience. Everything offered throughout the retreat is rooted in invitation and choice — you are always encouraged to honor your own needs, pace, and comfort level.

Whether you are brand new to meditation or have an established practice, all are welcome here.

What You’ll Experience

Throughout our week together, we’ll blend evidence-based mindfulness practices with restorative movement, nature immersion, creativity, healing modalities, and intentional community.

Science-Backed Meditation & Mindfulness

Led by Nikki Dvorak Larsen, LAc, EAMP, LMT and Certified MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) Teacher and Mindful Self-Compassion Practicing Teacher, you’ll be guided through accessible and supportive mindfulness practices designed to help regulate the nervous system, reduce stress, increase resilience, and cultivate deeper self-awareness and compassion.

Practices will include:

• Guided meditation

• Breath awareness

• Gentle mindfulness exercises

• Opportunities for quiet reflection and journaling

• Time for integration and rest

No prior meditation experience is necessary.

Gentle Movement for Every Body

Movement throughout the week will focus on restoration, presence, and nervous system support rather than performance or intensity.

Offerings include:

• Gentle yoga

• Introductory Qigong

• Pool stretching and mindful movement

• Breath-centered mobility practices

• Beach walks at sunrise or sunset

All movement sessions are adaptable and beginner-friendly.

Nature, Adventure & Exploration

Costa Rica offers a powerful backdrop for transformation and reconnection. During our week together, we’ll immerse ourselves in the beauty and rhythm of the natural world.

Experiences include:

• A beautiful group waterfall hike

• Wildlife encounters including monkeys, iguanas, and a wide array of tropical birds

• Beach time and ocean sunsets

• Plenty of spacious downtime to explore, rest, journal, swim, or simply be

For those wishing to stay longer, there is currently an opportunity to extend your time at our beach location after the retreat concludes. Support can also be offered for additional travel planning throughout Costa Rica.

Healing & Creative Offerings

This retreat also includes opportunities for deeper restoration and self-expression through:

• Acupuncture

• Craniosacral therapy

• Massage/bodywork

• Intuitive tattoos (plant-based or traditional options available with Emily of Aya Sacred Ink)

• Mala making and intention infusing

These offerings are intended to support grounding, creativity, healing, and personal reflection throughout the week.

A Small & Intentional Group Experience

This retreat is intentionally intimate to help cultivate genuine connection, safety, and spaciousness.

• Minimum participants to host retreat: 8

• Maximum participants: 12

I am deeply excited to open my heart and share this country — a place that has become so meaningful to me — with a select group of people in an intentional and supportive way.

Come exactly as you are.

Come rested or exhausted.
Open or uncertain.
Seeking clarity, healing, connection, adventure, stillness — or maybe simply a break from the pace of everyday life.

This week is an invitation to welcome all parts of yourself.

Anything and everything is welcome here.

Retreat Investment

Early Registration Pricing

$1,950 USD through Jul 1, 2026

**$300 non-refundable deposit required to hold your spot. If you’d like to arrange payments, I’m happy to do this. Just reach out to me at nikki@zenrocks.net to sign-up rather than doing it here.

Includes:

• Shared lodging with one other participant (each unit has 2 bedrooms. Please note bedrooms and showers are located on 2nd floor so ability to climb tiled stairs is necessary)

• All meditation and mindfulness sessions

• Gentle movement classes

• Group waterfall excursion and transportation (this is about a 2 mile round trip hike trudging through a stream to get to a beautiful, secluded, swimmable waterfall)

• Beach walks (typical beach walk is 2 miles total. Beach is approximately a 10 min walk from accommodations. We will have a group golf cart for those who prefer not to walk)

• Journaling and integration experiences

• Group activities and retreat programming

• 1 Bodywork session

• Intuitive tattoo (plant based or permanent with size restrictions. Opportunity to add-on)

• Supplies to construct 1 Intentional Mala

• Provided food - 3 meals and snacks, and of course, Costa Rican Coffee. Traditional Costa Rican dishes I’ve fallen in love with will be shared. (accommodations do have full kitchens in each unit so anything above what’s provided is up to each participant)

• A full week to spread our wings and connect in rootedness

Does not Include:

• Flight

• Transportation to and from airport (approx $60 one way and assistance is available)

• Additional nights requested

• Additional bodywork sessions or tattoo work beyond the group arrangement will be additional cost

Private Accommodation Upgrade

Participants wishing to have their own unit may do so for an additional $600 USD, based on availability. In addition, if you’d like to arrive early or stay late to explore outside of our formal group, please let me know and I can help arrange/secure for the price difference.

Pricing Schedule

• Through June 30, 2026: $1,950

• July 1 – August 31, 2026: $2,250

• After September 1, 2026: $2,499

A $300 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your space.

Remaining balance is due in full 30 days prior to retreat start date.

I’ll happily set up a payment plan that works for both of us. Just reach out to me to arrange!

Cancellation Policy

• Cancellations prior to August 1, 2026: Full refund minus $300 deposit

• Cancellations prior to November 1, 2026: 50% refund plus forfeiture of $300 deposit

• Cancellations after February 1, 2027: 25% refund plus forfeiture of $300 deposit

• Cancellations after April 1, 2027: No refund

Ready to Join Us?

If your heart has been calling for rest, renewal, adventure, mindfulness, healing, meaningful connection, or simply time away to reconnect with yourself — this retreat may be exactly what you’ve been waiting for.

Space is intentionally limited and early registration pricing is available now.

Come ready for it all.
The quiet.
The laughter.
The healing.
The movement.
The stillness.
The connection.
The unknown.

Costa Rica is waiting for you.