It’s not a vacation. It’s a commitment to joy.
A magical, transformative coastal retreat
A time devoted to seeing honestly, loving radically, and learning deeply from the ocean and its waves.
Waves to Wisdom surf-centered retreats offer you or your group an opportunity to go deep, explore, unplug, and restore, all at the pace of tides and sun and waves. If you’re an individual looking for an exceptional, singular coaching experience or a group in search of a transformation, contact Maia about custom retreat options. You can schedule a retreat in the Costa Rican town of Nosara, the coast of North Carolina, or California.
This experience is for those who have never touched a surfboard or those who can catch waves all day.
Daily surf lessons, yoga practice, and guided creative expression exercises will inspire you to dissolve artificial barriers in your thinking and life. Imagine mornings buoyed by the warm ocean and afternoons in a supportive community that facilitates you to go deep with the nourishing revelation and abundant metaphors and meaning this embodied, ocean-centered retreat offers.
Imagine giving yourself time in a warm, magical place where you could rekindle your most elemental, deeply felt joy and reimagine possibilities among a supportive community of fellow adventurers.
We will use
- Surfing
- Photography
- Yoga
- Poetry
- Writing
- and
- Group Coaching
All to help you reconnect with your natural creativity, resiliency, and strength.
You will leave this experience with an enhanced vision of possibilities for your life and work and some concrete ideas about steps to help you implement your new insight into life back home.
Creative Vision
Spend afternoons exploring gushing waterfalls, abundant flowers, and profligate Costa Rican sunsets with or without your camera or quietly writing in a hammock beneath banana trees with howler monkeys overhead. Each day of this retreat will offer you time to tap into the beauty of this abundant place as you gather its special energy to return to your life and work renewed, restored, and deeply inspired.
Surf Instruction
Surfing can sound intimidating. While it is deliciously challenging, we work with internationally certified instructors at gentle, beginner breaches. You will always be able to choose if, when, and how far out you go into the surf. Whether you’ve never touched a board before in your life or you’re comfortable hanging ten, surfing is a powerful way to engage with the ocean as a teacher and muse but it’s also an ideal path for exploring, identifying, and enhancing your own creativity and resilience.
Community
Picture the joy of childhood. The delight of trying something completely new with no worries about evaluation or performance. Learning to surf with others can offer you that opportunity right now. Add in the distinctive adult pleasures of deep relaxation, daily yoga, and delicious, local meals and you’ve got a nuanced recipe for jump-starting your own transformative vision for your life, work, and family.
"Jungle Chic" accommodations
Accomodations can range from budget (a beachside hostel) to luxurious, depeding on you and your group’s wishes.
Need more information?
This experience is delightfully transformative, joyful, and probably not what you expect. To discuss whether or not this retreat is right for you or your group, email us at info@wavestowisdom to ask any questions or set up a time to talk about this strong offering.
What do Waves to Wisdom Retreat alumni have to say about the experience?
“Working with Maia was the best part. The way Maia processes metaphor through the ocean is nothing I had considered prior to this experience. Through the poetry and the metaphor I was able to digest what was happening in a way I wouldn’t have been able to digest what was happening on my own… Because the ocean is such a great metaphor for life: water, depth, the pull of the tide, if you’re open to it and if you give yourself the space to process it’s an abundant well for creativity. And it stoked lots of pages of writing here that I can’t wait to go home and apply to the work that I’m going to be doing for the rest of this year.”
“This experience will help you see the way forward. Every aspect of this retreat opened me up and helped me reconnect with my sense of self and purpose.”
~Annie B., Teacher
If an international retreat isn’t what you’re looking for, depending on the time of year and your group’s budget and needs, we can work with you to develop a custom retreat for one or more people in North Carolina or California. Contact us at info@wavestowisdom.com to start a conversation about how we can work together to help you reach your goals.
Nosara
National Geographic named Nosara one of the 20 best surf beaches around the world.
New York Times says “its natural beauty is the primary draw.”
We will be in this beautiful village at the most desirable time of the year. Gorgeous sunsets, a restorative warmth in North America’s winter, and, most importantly, clean, clear waves– perfect for learning to surf as you reconnect with your natural, fluid creativity.
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
