Know Thyself: 7 Days in Costa Rican Jungle

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Up to 4 in group
Date
September 16 - 22, 2026

Retreat Highlights

  • Modern life can feel relentless.
  • Instant gratification.
  • Doom scrolling.
  • Artificial light.
  • Ultra processed food.
  • Endless noise.
  • Mindless distraction.
  • Constant consumption.
  • No wonder so many of us feel disconnected.
  • That's what led to the creation of MAR•MENTIS:
  • - Cultivate a greater relationship with your body and life force (discipline 1 - Movement)
  • - Become wealth conscious and step out of victim mindset (discipline 2 - Abundance)
  • - Create more conscious, compassionate and authentic relationships (discipline 3 - Relationships)
  • - Develop a calmer, clearer mind through awareness and presence (discipline 4 - Mindset)
  • - Reduce exposures to unnecessary toxins that impact wellbeing (disclipline 5 - Exposures)
  • - Explore nourishment not only through food but also water, sunlight, breath, nature and rest (disclipline 6 - Nourishment)
  • - Navigate life's transitions with greater grace, resilience and empowerment (discipline 7 - Transitions)
  • - Discern what information you consume and which influences shape your thoughts (disclipline 8 - Information)
  • - Rediscover what it means to live in harmony a natural circadian rythmn (disclipline 9 - Sunlight)

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Details of this retreat

Do you want:
Greater strength and mobility in your vessel?
Greater trust in life’s provision?
Greater peace in your home and connections?
Greater clarity and mastery in your mind?
Greater protection in your energetic field?
Greater nourishment from the inside out?
Greater resilience through seasons of change?
Greater discernment in what you consume?
Greater alignment with the natural world?

During this retreat we navigate through MAR•MENTIS' 9 disciplines to bring you closer to knowing thyself:
Movement
Abundance
Relationships
Mindfulness
Exposures
Nourishment
Transitions
Information
Sunlight

Join us at for a 7 day lifestyle reset and natural living immersion at our beautiful sanctuary, nestled in the lush jungle of Costa Rica’s southern Pacific zone, opposite the country’s tallest waterfall.

MAR•MENTIS is not just an acronym. This is beyond a coaching program. It is more than a mentorship.
MAR•MENTIS is a return to what is natural. An immersion. A way of life.

MAR•MENTIS is drawn from 2 ancient resonances:
MAR - the ocean (Spanish) - vast, deep, powerful.
MENTIS - the mind (Latin) – the seat of thought, perception, awareness.

MAR•MENTIS is the discipline by which one governs their inner sea, masters their mind and authors their life.

Just as the ocean is shaped by tides, currents, storms and seasons, so too is the human experience.

We cannot escape life's currents but we can learn to navigate them.
Our waters will always move.
The ocean does not become still.
The navigator becomes steady.

This is for you if you are willing:
To observe
To practice
To take self responsibility
To question
To discern
To transform
To return to what is natural

This Is NOT For You:
If you are seeking a quick fix.
If you are looking for someone to rescue you.
If you want to outsource responsibility for your life.
If you are seeking information without application.
If you are unwilling to examine yourself honestly.
If you don't want to push beyond your comfort zone.

Schedule

Day 1
1:00 pm - Arrival, welcome juice
2:00 pm - Initiation circle
4:00 pm - Dinner
5:00 pm - Rest

Day 2
7:00 am - Farm tour & 9th MAR•MENTIS discipline
10:00 am - Breakfast
12:30 pm - Visioning session (2nd + 3rd MAR•MENTIS discipline)
3:00 pm - Early dinner
4:30 pm - Free time / assignment / rest

Day 3
7:00 am - Movement and meditation (1st and 4th MAR•MENTIS discipline)
10:00 am - Breakfast
12:30 pm - 5th and 8th MAR•MENTIS discipline
3:00 pm – Early dinner
4:30 pm – Free time / assignment / rest

Day 4
8:00 am - Trip to beach/river (includes picnic breakfast)
12:30 pm - MAR•MENTIS discipline circle
3:00 pm - Early dinner
4:30 pm – Free time /assignment / rest

Day 5
7:00 am – Qigong (1st MAR•MENTIS discipline)
10:00 am - Breakfast
12:30 pm – Trauma and transitions session (7th MAR•MENTIS discipline)
3:00 pm – Early dinner
4:30 pm – Free time / assignment / rest

Day 6
7:00 am – Movement and breathwork (1st and 4th MAR•MENTIS discipline)
10:00 am - Breakfast
12:30 pm - MAR•MENTIS disciplines wrap-up
3:00 pm – Early dinner
4:30 pm – Free time / assignment / rest

Day 7
8:00 am - Closing ceremony
10:30 am - Check out
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Finca Lilapad

Directions

San Jose Airport (Juan Santamaría International Airport) is 4 hours drive away. Best way to reach Finca Lilapad is by private shuttle. Feel free to get in touch to enquire about buses.

Accommodation

Accommodation is a choice of a cosy geometric wooden dome with double bed or an A-frame with two twin beds. Both share an outdoor seating area, shower with warm water and compost toilet. Please note these are glamping style accommodations and if guests have a phobia of bugs this may not be the place for you! We are out in nature in the jungle :)

Accommodation
90 day online immersion (dates open ~ message for more details)
Accommodation
Shared room twin bed in A-frame (per person sharing with 1 other)
Accommodation
Shared double bed in geodesic dome (price for full room based on 2 sharing)
Accommodation
Private A-frame with twin beds (cost for whole room for 1 person)
Accommodation
Private double room in geodesic dome

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
Finca Lilapad is a humble yet beautiful 3 acre sanctuary based opposite Costa Rica’s tallest (600 foot) waterfall. Templo Ocho is our octagon shaped healing and wellness temple and the heart of our farm.

Most of our offerings take place in the spacious third floor shala which is surrounded by 360 jungle, waterfall and peek-a-boo sunset ocean views.

Templo Ocho’s design allows for indoor-outdoor living, with a terrace and ample comfortable chill space and a large mandala hammock (3x2 metres).

Meals

Menu Types

Locally grown farm-to-table (organic as much as possible). We accommodate vegetarian or those following an omnivore diet, where any meat served is from consciously raised grassfed animals

What's Included

  • Our offerings include:
  • Movement / Qigong / Yoga
  • Meditation
  • Somatic therapies
  • Visioning / affirmation workshop
  • Session on 'exposures' and 'information'
  • Nature immersion
  • Farm tour
  • Trauma release practice
  • Sharing circles and ceremony
  • Beach / river trip
  • Journaling
  • Silence
  • Cacao / tea sharing
  • Organic, locally produced farm-to-table meals (two per day ~ breakfast and late lunch)

What's Not Included

  • Airfare
  • Transfer to/from airport (we can arrange)
  • Travel insurance
  • Gratuity (optional)
  • Third meal (we recommend keeping our body light and clear during this immersion)

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