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EgoZen Retreats
"The Taste"
July 18th to 24th 2026
An Intimate, Limited Availability Event in Cocles, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
6 Nights from $2222 (singles)
Groups of 3 or more $1888
Apply to attend using the form on the left
About EgoZen Retreats
EgoZen currently offers 3 retreat experiences: The Initiation, The ReAlignment, and The Taste. They are not just retreats; they represent a shift in consciousness, an expansion—a return to yourself. For some of life’s lessons, you need isolation from the stories you and others have about you that are constraining you and separation from the settings and circumstances contributing to your current state. For some of life’s challenges, you need time and support to actually grow from them. These longer experiences are the answer to life’s bigger transitions.
This work was not created from theory. It was built from lived experience. After multiple near-death experiences, our head facilitator came back with answers to a lifetime of substance abuse, suicidal ideation, extreme trauma, and survival. She came back with a map: solutions to quiet the ego enough to hear the higher self, and a path to stay connected to that voice, to integrate the shadow self and use it as a strength instead of letting it control your actions.
Real, deep, long-lasting change sometimes requires removing yourself from the environment that created the patterns in the first place. This is a retreat inward—into your body, your mind, your truth.
During the Initiation (1 month) or the ReAlignment (3–6 months), you will undergo a full body, mind, and soul reset designed for addictions, major grief and loss, severe trauma and PTSD, and major life changes
Many people may not be ready to commit to one to six months of this level of work without experiencing it first. Additionally, many people's live circumstances do not require a lengthy restructuring. This is why we offer The Taste.
The Taste is a one-week entry point into this way of living along with the option to continue into deeper work through integration, The Initiation, The ReAlignment or ongoing weekly coaching calls upon your return home.
Years ago, our founder was ready to take her life. Means and motive. In one last attempt at hope, she called everyone in her phone, making it to a person she had only met once at an event. He moved her into his home, became her mentor, put her in the Landmark forum, helped her find her purpose through her non-profit and started her coaching career. Regardless of which retreat you choose, we will move you onto the property that she calls home.
All of our experiences take place on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, where the jungle meets the ocean. You will wake up to howler monkeys and fall asleep to frogs and crickets. You will eat both local Costa Rican and Caribbean cuisine, along with meals prepared by your retreat leader, a retired fine dining chef trained at the world-famous Ocean Grill on top of RH. You will share meals together each week with space for direct coaching, conversation, and integration.
Your time here includes indigenous ceremonies, plant medicine work, excursions, daily mindfulness practices, and fire circles to process what is coming up for you. This is not passive. This is a participatory full-life reset.
During The Initiation and The ReAlignment, you will embark on an entirely new way of living. We remove the limiting beliefs and the identities that keep you stuck. You will reclaim your pre-capitalist nervous and find relief from constant stress and false urgency. You will return to play, to joy, to creation. You will stop living by compliance and start living in alignment with your higher self.
We work to relieve symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and insomnia by changing the environment, the inputs, and the patterns that sustain them. You will detox from inflammatory foods, reconnect with the land, and begin to understand how to nourish your body properly. You will learn all about growing your own food and medicine, reconnect with your passions, and receive coaching on how to build a life around them. You will unlearn striving and begin to step into the peace, presence, and ease that living in alignment with your mission brings.
The Taste gives you a week-long view into the harmony that can be achieved when you just let go. The Taste is neither a clinical experience nor a casual retreat. It is a direct introduction to the work. You will be given tools you can take home, along with the option to continue into deeper work through The Initiation or The ReAlignment.
We approach everything holistically. You are supported by a team that includes harm reduction practitioners, substance abuse and grief counselors, leadership coaches, and indigenous shamans and medicine women. You will be held, but not controlled. Guided, but not managed. The goal is not to override your system—it is to help you learn how to trust it.
During The Taste, you will:
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Work with plant medicines such as cacao, rapé, and psychedelics, guided by indigenous practitioners from the Bribri people of Costa Rica and the Miskitu people of Nicaragua.
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You will take part in the sacred ceremonies of cacao, temescal, and plant medicine, that includes energy cleansing, water and fire rituals, and cord-cutting work.
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You will hike through the rain forest, visit waterfalls, and experience the depth of the natural world around you.
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You will engage with conservation efforts and local ecosystems, learning directly from the land and the people who protect it. Every part of the experience is intentional. Nothing is random.
This is not a retreat to disconnect from life. It is a place to reconnect to it fully.
We ask you to step away from your phone and the constant noise. This is not a retreat to indulge or escape. The food is farm-to-table, simple, nourishing, and intentional. We encourage intermittent fasting to deepen awareness of your body and your patterns. This is a zero-alcohol environment designed to help you detox from the substances and behaviors that keep you disconnected and numb.
While it is beautiful and deeply nourishing, this is not a luxury retreat. It is an education in how to live. You will get uncomfortable. You will be challenged. The jungle is raw, unpredictable, and alive, and it will require you to be present.
The Taste will challenge your norms, remove what is blocking you, and begin to shift how you define success. It will reconnect you to your higher self and your true purpose. It is not an escape. It is a return.
At all of our experiences, you will receive gifts from local artisans, including holistic foods, plant medicine remedies, wellness products, and a locally hand-made leather crossbody bag. Every part of what we do supports the local community and reinforces the values of connection, reciprocity, and respect.
You don’t need another program or another program or guru to follow. You need a map back to yourself and the space to actually walk the path.
