Self-Enquiry, Meditation & Silent Retreat in the Jungle of Costa Rica

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Shankara Retreat Center, San José, Platanillo, Costa Rica
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Up to 10 in group
Date
March 5 - 9, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • 4 nights of accommodations (Retreat Center Info here)
  • 3 fresh, healthy, & nourishing vegan daily meals
  • 3 full days of silence
  • Water & Tea
  • Daily Hatha Flow & Yin Yoga classes
  • Daily Meditations
  • Daily Reflection Sessions & Satsangs (Q&A)

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

Are you craving stillness?
Do you feel a need to go within?
Looking for answers or clarity?

Embark on a journey within and explore the depths of your being with our Self Enquiry & Meditation Retreat. Through self enquiry and meditation, gain insights into your true nature and awaken to a profound sense of inner peace and clarity. Rejuvenate your spirit and discover the power of your own inner wisdom.

This Retreat is designed to help you become an observer of your experience, in order to remove blockages and allowing for greater self-awareness. Let us help you to reach a deeper level of understanding through practicing presence, discernment and detachment.

We offer you a unique and immersive experience in which you can dive deep into your practice each day. Through guided meditation, workshops, and establishing a stable practice, you will leave with the tools to bring your inner peace and balance home with you. Join us for an unforgettable experience and lasting transformation.

The Self Enquiry approach at our Retreat is inspired by the core teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of the most renowned Indian spiritual teachers of the 20th century. Through this practice, we invite you to explore your true self and gain insights into the nature of your being, helping you discover the source of inner peace and freedom.

Many of us live an active life, guided by an active & restless mind, in a world that is always moving and changing, a world with constant information and input, a world that makes it hard to find rest & inner peace.

In silence you realize how much energy dissipates in turning your focus outwards & that you do not depend on outside stimuli at all. In the stillness and silence you discover a whole new world within.

Shifting your attention away from the world, going within and retreating into silence, you can experience rest & inner peace.


While at first the mind can be wild and hard to be tamed, through proper guidance, self-enquiry & meditation it can be silenced as well. In this state of outer and inner silence you will discover the natural bliss of just being.

Would you like to join us on this journey within?

Schedule

A typical day at the Retreat starts with Yoga & Meditation, followed by breakfast. Afterwards it is either time off or a session to attend. After lunch there is some rest time to unwind, jump in the river rock pool or just be. In the afternoon again, it is either time off or a session/workshop to attend, followed by a movement class & meditation. After dinner there is either time to be or a meditation.

-First day
*13:00 Arrival
*15:00 Introduction
*16:30 Yin yoga and meditation
*18:30 Dinner
*Start silence
*22:00 Lights out
-Day 2/4
*07:30 Meditation
*08:30 Hatha / Hatha Flow
*09:30 Breakfast and break
*11:00 Reflection session
*12:15 Meditation
*13:30 Lunch and break
*16:00 Satsang (Q&A)
*17:00 Meditation
*18:30 Dinner
*20:00 Yin yoga and meditation (last evening: break silence)
*22:00 Lights out
-Last day
*07:30 Meditation
*08:15 Hatha / Hatha Flow
*09:00 Breakfast
*11:00 Check out
%The schedule is subject to slight changes.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Sapana Yoga, Shankara Retreat Center, San José, Platanillo, Costa Rica

Directions

Shankara Retreat Center lies in a very quiet residential neighborhood & is surrounded by nature. Through the property runs a year-round stream with a swimming hole. You can hike up the stream to a beautiful waterfall or just enjoy the cool refreshment in the middle of the jungle. There is plenty of chill-out spaces to rest, read a book or chat with like-minded people. The next town, Platanillo, is only 10 minutes maximum walking distance and has a bus stop, supermarket and organic store/cafe. Dominical, the closest beach town, is 20 minutes away by bus or car.

There is an airport shuttle available from the main airport SJO in San Jose with a company we can recommend. It is 59 USD and brings you to Dominical, the closest beach town. From there you can take a taxi or uber, share a taxi with other participants directly to the center or take the bus to Platanillo from where we can arrange a pickup.

Accommodation

You will either be staying in single or double glamping tents or double rooms in the cabin

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Private Glamping Tent for One with shared bathroom
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Private Glamping Tipi for One with shared bathroom
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Shared Glamping Tent with shared bathroom
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Shared Room in Cabin with shared bathroom
Accommodation
Private Room in Cabin with shared bathroom

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
You will be immersed in nature, wake up to the sight of birds & butterflies, hearing the water from the stream flowing. You can soak up the sun, bath in the natural river rock pool or chill in one of the hammocks.
Shankara Retreat Center has a Yoga Shala close by the stream surrounded by lush tropical forest, a chill-out area, various bathrooms, individual and double Glamping tents & a wooden cabin with two rooms. It is a substance free property (no alcohol, smoking, drugs).

Meals

Menu Types

3 fresh, healthy, vegan daily meals, snacks, water & tea. Let us know if you have any allergies or intolerances beforehand.

What's Included

  • 4 nights of accommodations (Retreat Center Info here)
  • 3 fresh, healthy, & nourishing vegan daily meals
  • 3 full days of silence
  • Water & Tea
  • Daily Hatha Flow & Yin Yoga classes
  • Daily Meditations
  • Daily Reflection Sessions & Satsangs (Q&A)

What's Not Included

  • Transportation to the retreat center
  • Flights
  • Health and travel insurance
  • Additional expenses, excursions, massages

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