Retreat FacilitatorMaia Dery
“After years of watching how profoundly the waves and people of Nosara impact students of all ages as they develop an intentional, inspired and hopeful vision for their future, I am thrilled to offer this retreat to individuals in search of a unique, impactful, and all around spectacular experience! Join us as we explore this powerful place and help you gather strength and joy to bring back to your own lives, work, and communities.”
~Maia Dery
Daily Activities
SURF LESSONS, YOGA, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, and EXCURSIONS
Awake to howler monkeys calling from the trees. Pass iguanas draped from branches. Walk through the jungle with your surf board, commune with a horse, and immerse yourself a waterfall.
After a healthy, delicious meal spend time with the group photographing at the water, alone writing in your journal in a hammock, or sneak away for an afternoon siesta.
The inspiration is endless!
Our 5 daily surf lessons with the professional instructors at Safari Surf School will provide the backbone of our shared experience. The instructors at Safari are all accomplished surfers and certified ocean lifeguards with extensive training as instructors. These Ticos and Ticas (“Tico” is the Costa Rican people’s word for themselves) will gently guide you into your first rides or help you develop your surfing skills.
These moments navigating the challenges and beauty of Nosara’s warm waves will provide us with plenty of material to develop your ability to recognize and articulate precisely what you most need to learn and develop from our time together. If you want more waves, you will of the board the rest of the days. In addition to surfing the local waves, we will enjoy excursions to meet some locals of note and explore the lest touristy side of Nosara.
We will do yoga poolside, at our beautiful home including our own private class with a local professional yoga instructor. We will also attend a class at one of the exceptional open air yoga studios in Nosara, taking this time for ourselves to reconnect our adventurous spirits and your strengthening bodies.
Why do this?
There’s a developing science showing that being in natural environments, particularly near the water, has a healing effect on us that can last. Maia has built her life, career, and service around an intuitive understanding of this dynamic. You are creative, without even trying to be. So is the water that flows through you, creates the possibility for, and connects you to all life. Through intentional practice, you can tap into a deeper awareness of how intimately interwoven you are to the creative forces that shape your life and, more importantly, how much you can guide the composition of that life.
What's included with this offer?
Shared, round trip transportation from Liberia or Nosara Airport to our house.
5 Daily Surf Lessons
Yoga
Daily creative expression exercises
Excursions to meet and learn from locals (Nosareños) of this extraordinary place
3 delicious, healthy meals each day
Shuttle from Liberia International Airport to Nosara
A shared room in Casa Sonita
Accommodations
Our home away from home will be luxurious Casa Sonita. A 200 meter walk from the waves, sunsets, and sand of Playa Guiones, this well appointed home has more than we’ll need to relax, rejuvenate, and build our small community. This authentically designed house offers us Gringos air conditioning in all the bedrooms!
To find out about future Waves to Wisdom events or to set up a custom retreat or workshop for your organization or group email info@wavestowisdom.com
