Bereaved mothers private grief retreat in Costa Rica ~ women only

Retreat Highlights

• Grieving and healing is not linear and can sometimes feel utterly overwhelming. When you’re grieving, there can be a tendency to isolate and not want to be a burden on others. But you are not alone and don’t need to suffer in silence.
• Online groups can be so beneficial but offline, in-person retreats provide real space, time and permission for you to unload your grief and trauma and feel all the associated emotions in a safe and non-judgemental setting.
• We innerstand what it’s like to have to face this dark reality after our beautiful baby daughter died in 2022.
• We can empathize with first hand experience how extremely intense, subjective and debilitating grief can be.
• We know there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing grief.
• That’s why we take a very personalized approach to planning a grief retreat and will have regular check-ins with you throughout the time you are with us to see if your needs have changed from what you envisioned.
• Some days movement and yoga might feel aligned for you, or some EFT tapping, journaling or EMDR (eye movement, desensitization and reprocessing).
• Another day it may feel good to get a massage, have a sound healing ceremony or an epsom salt bath overlooking the sunset.
• There may be a time you want to head deep into the jungle to scream or be guided through a rage ceremony.
• At some point you may wish to go and sit by/in one of the local pristine rivers or swimming spots and be held by pachamama and the elements.
• Most days we would invite you at some point to allow yourself to open up during an intimate sharing circle or 1-on-1. But this would be your choice entirely when, if, what and how you share.
• One day you might want to lie on our comfy outdoor ‘peace seat’ in your PJs, or even in bed, with nourishing meals brought to you and maybe a furbaby for therapy!

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Emily

Mateo

Emily Lilapad

Co-founder of Finca Lilapad, Emily has been called a yoga teacher, reiki master, writer, designer and coach. But the labels that most resonate with her are proud angel mumma to Raiven Surya and devoted wife to Mateo. Passionate about exploring and teaching modalities to help facilitate remembrance, healing and growth, Emily creates beautiful containers to inspire introspection, presence and movement. Her medicine is nature, music, journaling, yoga and being vulnerable, all of which create deeper connections to pachamama, source, self and others. Before moving to Costa Rica in 2019 and co-founding Finca Lilapad, Emily visited 50 countries, mostly backpacking, traveling Europe in a van and living in Dubai for five years. In her earlier life after graduating law, Emily spent 12 years in the corporate finance world, before swapping high-heels for barefoot grounding and hair straighteners for locs! Emily is a manifestor in human design, a pisces sun sign, a Myers Briggs INFJ and enneagram type 1.

Mateo Padilla

A California native who garnered more than two decades’ experience in the restaurant and hospitality industry, Mateo is head chef and co-founder at Finca Lilapad. Since moving to Costa Rica in 2019, Mateo has had his hands in the dirt and taught himself farming and permaculture. He is master designer of the finca and pulls philosophy from time spent in nature and embodying presence. Spending most of his days working on the land, Mateo cultivates deep connections with his plant allies, but also loves to whip up tasty treats in the kitchen! During retreats, he cooks and gives tours and talks. Passionate about travel, Mateo has been to more than 40 countries, lived in a van and worked in Dubai. He is proud angel daddy to Raiven Surya and furbaby father of four. Mateo is a virgo sun sign and generator in human design.

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