Apartado #110, Boca de Nosara, Provincia de Guanacaste, Nicoya, 50206
Up to 40 in group
December 13 - 18, 2026
About this Retreat
Amara’s spiritual journey began in 1997 with the recognition that his healing is his responsibility. He began exploring different types of therapy and alternative healing. He studied Chinese medicine philosophy and spent time in Asia exploring its tradition and wisdom.
In 2000, Amara came to Costa Rica and joined the team that founded PachaMama.
Details of this retreat
Childhood Deconditioning
Two complementary pathways. One journey home.
1. Emotional Healing
A safe space to release emotions and let go of deep patterns, when the longing for freedom outweighs the fear of pain.
Wisdom of Breath: Childhood Deconditioning is an experiential journey into the raw, authentic emotional body and the core feelings we first experienced in childhood.
In this workshop, we explore anger, fear, sadness, as well as joy, love, playfulness, and curiosity—not as concepts, but as living energies moving through the body.
Through breath, movement, sound, and direct expression, we create a safe space to access suppressed emotions and reconnect with our instinctual nature. This is where much of our life force, passion, creativity, and vitality have been waiting to be reclaimed.
As we reconnect with our emotional body, we rediscover authenticity, freedom, and aliveness.
2. Integration & Neuroplasticity
Healing is not only about understanding, reliving, or releasing the past. To create lasting change, we also need to cultivate a new inner experience.
Through the principles of neuroplasticity, we recognize that the brain and nervous system remain capable of learning throughout life. Just as we can learn a new language or develop a new physical skill, we can also develop new emotional patterns, healthier beliefs, and more supportive ways of relating to ourselves and to life.
Many of our emotional responses were learned in childhood. They once helped us adapt, yet some may no longer serve who we are today. Through conscious practice, we can gradually create new neural pathways that support greater freedom, resilience, and authenticity.
Integration happens through the heart.
Using HeartMath®, biofeedback, and heart-centered practices, we cultivate a state of coherence where compassion, acceptance, and self-love become available—even toward the parts of ourselves that still carry pain, confusion, or fear.
From this place, healing is no longer about fixing ourselves. It is about gently re-parenting ourselves, transforming old patterns, and creating new ways of thinking, feeling, and living that reflect the person we are becoming.
Through the wisdom of the breath, emotional healing and conscious integration become one continuous journey. We release what no longer serves us, cultivate new possibilities, and rediscover the freedom to live with an open heart, a coherent nervous system, and a deeper connection to ourselves and to life.
This workshop may be a good fit if you:
Notice recurring emotional patterns that no longer serve you.
Feel disconnected from your emotions or your body.
Tend to suppress anger, sadness, fear, or vulnerability.
Want to explore emotional healing through embodied practices rather than analysis alone.
Are open to movement, breathwork, sound, and guided therapeutic exercises.
Feel called to deepen your self-awareness in a supportive group environment.