A Living Exploration of Consciousness

February 20–25, 2026

Río Chirripó Training Retreat

A 5-Night Immersive Training in the Mountains of Costa Rica

This all-inclusive experience combines deep personal transformation, skill-building, and rest—all in one of the most breathtaking retreat spaces in Central America.

The One Human Retreat is a transformative immersion in yoga, mindfulness, and collective awakening—rooted in the eight limbs of yoga and expanded through real-world awareness of self, society, and soul.

This is not just a retreat to relax—it’s a space to wake up. To explore the nature of consciousness, embodiment, and what it means to be fully alive, together.

Core Elements of the Retreat

    • Daily yoga practices (accessible and trauma-informed)

    • Silent meditations and guided inner inquiry

    • Embodiment tools to help you come home to yourself

    • Breath, stillness, and somatic presence as spiritual practice

    • Daytime talks from speakers on topics such as:

      • Systemic racism and collective liberation

      • Poverty, power, and the human condition

      • Consciousness, trauma, and awakening

    • Facilitated conversations to connect what’s personal with what’s global

    • Truth-telling and listening spaces rooted in compassion and integrity

    • Evening ceremonies for release, remembrance, and reconnection

    • Shared rituals of intention, truth, and reverence

    • Practices that honor both individual and collective transformation

    • Accessible, grounded conversations on the eight limbs of yoga

    • Exploration of how ethical foundations (Yamas & Niyamas) shape real-world choices

    • Inquiry into the deeper purpose of yoga: to dissolve separation and return to unity

What You’ll Walk Away With

A deeper connection to your body, breath, and being

  • Tools to ground your spiritual practice in real-world awareness

  • A clearer understanding of how systems impact our humanity

  • A felt experience of belonging, truth, and transformation

This is spiritual work, social work, and soul work—all held in community.

 

Why This Work Matters

In a world full of performance, pressure, and disconnection, most people are starving for something real.

We don’t always realize it, but we’re walking through life guarded—saying we’re fine, but holding our breath. Many people don’t have spaces where they can take the mask off, feel what’s real, and be seen without needing to explain or prove themselves.

That’s what these group experiences offer.

They’re not just workshops. They’re spaces where people can:

  • Come back to their bodies and actually feel what’s true

  • Be witnessed in vulnerability without being fixed or judged

  • Practice listening, sharing, and relating from a grounded place

  • Begin to heal from the loneliness, hyper-independence, and protective strategies that have been running their lives

Why It Changes People’s Lives

Leading these kinds of spaces creates ripples.

Because when someone has a real, embodied experience of connection and truth… they remember who they are.

They start showing up differently in their relationships, their work, and their choices.

They stop settling for surface-level conversation.

They stop abandoning themselves to fit in.

They start creating community that’s rooted in truth and care.

As a facilitator, you’re not just offering a service. You’re opening a doorway—to healing, to truth, to belonging.

Why Facilitation is a Life Practice

Facilitating this work doesn’t just change the people in the room—it changes you.
Every time you hold a circle, something in you softens, sharpens, wakes up.
You get better at being present with discomfort.
You get clearer in your communication.
You become more attuned to what’s underneath people’s words—and your own.

So when we say this training will teach you how to lead One Human Workshops…
We also mean: this training will teach you how to live as One Human.
Present. Awake. Honest. Connected.

Not Just for Teachers

You do not have to be a yoga teacher or plan to lead workshops to join this training.

This certification is also a powerful path for anyone who wants to deepen their own personal practice—emotionally, spiritually, and relationally.

Whether you want to teach others or simply come home to yourself in a deeper way, this experience will meet you where you are.

You’ll walk away with tools you can use in your own life:

  • To regulate your nervous system

  • To relate to others with more honesty and care

  • To recognize your own patterns and shift them with compassion

  • To hold space for family, clients, students, or community with more clarity

  • To grow your own awareness—and stay connected to what matters

This training is a chance to immerse yourself in presence, truth, and connection.

It’s about becoming more of who you really are—whether you ever plan to teach or not.

Investment: $4,800 USD (All-Inclusive)

Your tuition includes:

  • 5 nights at Río Chirripó Lodge

  • Daily gourmet meals (buffet breakfasts, nourishing lunches, à la carte dinners, desserts)

  • Full retreat-based training and facilitation

  • Private use of the retreat studio with all supplies

  • Guided excursions: Secret Garden, Cloudbridge hike, Butterfly Dome, River Spa

  • Private ground transportation from San José to the lodge and back

  • All coordination, booking support, and concierge care

Rooming Details

All packages are based on shared standard rooms (double occupancy).

Want to upgrade your experience?

  • Private Standard Room: +$500

  • Shared Deluxe Room: +$250

Early bookings may receive a complimentary upgrade to a shared deluxe room, subject to availability.

Located in the foothills of Costa Rica’s tallest mountain, this sanctuary offers expansive views, stone paths along the river, nourishing meals, and an atmosphere of sacred simplicity.

Every detail is designed to support your transformation—from the cozy fireplaces to the hand-carved spa to the stillness of the forest.

Your Home: Río Chirripó Lodge