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Costa Rica Vacation Retreat

November 8-15, 2025

** UPDATE = As of December 15, 2024, we are fully booked for this Vacation Retreat. However, you may still complete the registration form on this page to remain on the wait list in the event there is a cancellation throughout the year. Thank you for your interest!

A Sublime Yoga, Mindfulness, and Pickleball Vacation Retreat in Stunning Costa Rica

Enjoy seven magnificent days at Villa Tranquila, an award winning, luxury villa located within Hacienda Pinilla, Costa Rica’s most prestigious 5-star beach resort. Your hosts will expertly guide and entertain you, inviting you to enjoy all the amenities and experiences offered in the region (#allthethings!). 

Your vacation retreat will blend yoga, mindfulness, pickleball, adventure, and relaxation within the rugged, beautiful landscape of tropical dry forests and the top rated beaches in Costa Rica.

This experience will help you awaken your senses to the bountiful natural surroundings, as well as connect you deeper with your true self. If you are craving rejuvenation, exploration, and reconnection, join us for this amazing getaway!


YOGA, MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION

Enjoy daily yoga classes in various locations around the resort—poolside, rooted in the grassy Earth, on the beach, and more. Move mindfully and breathe in the fresh Costa Rican air and beautiful scenery. Connect deeper to your core being, as well as to the lush natural surroundings of the Costa Rican landscape, through daily guided mindfulness and meditation experiences.


PICKLEBALL

Grab a paddle and join us on the courts for fun, friendly competition. Onsite pickleball pros will offer lessons and organized match play for our group. Whether you’re a novice or a 5.0, you’ll enjoy playing on the beautiful (often monkey-lined) resort courts.


ADVENTURE

Choose among an array of excursions to fill your free time while on this Costa Rica getaway! Whether you are a daredevil and wish to soar above the canopy on a zip line or prefer the calmness of a sunset horseback ride, there is something for every level of adventure.


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RELAXATION

Retreat from the hustle of your life and take advantage of the resort amenities, relaxing by the pristine beaches, floating in the beautiful pool, napping under the monkey-filled trees, or taking in 18 holes on the spectacular golf course surrounded by lush, tropical forests. If rest and rejuvenation are what you are after, this is the vacation retreat for you!


ACCOMMODATIONS

You will spend eight days and seven luxurious nights at Villa Tranquila, an award-winning villa set within Hacienda Pinilla, Costa Rica’s most prestigious 5-star beach resort. Each spacious and sumptuous suite (double and triple occupancy) is appointed with a private en suite bathroom, balcony or patio, large living space, full concierge services, attentive housekeeping, laundry service, and high-speed wifi. Our private palapa offers comforting shade for our daily yoga classes, as well as for relaxing by the pool and connecting with the lush, natural landscape. Delicious meals (breakfast and dinner) are expertly and freshly prepared onsite by an international chef. The Villa is close to exclusive resort amenities, such as a world-class 18-hole golf course, tennis and pickleball courts, and the exquisite Hacienda Pinilla Beach Club.


SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE (subject to change)

7:30 a.m. Morning Poolside Yoga Practice

8:45 a.m. Homecooked Breakfast at the Villa

10:00-noon Private Pickleball Lessons and Play (Sun, Tues, Thurs) and optional Open Court time (Mon, Weds, Fri)

noon - Sunset Adventure (including optional excursions, some of which are all day) and Relaxation

6:30 p.m. Mindfulness or meditation session

7:00 p.m. Homecooked Dinner at the Villa

8:30 p.m. Evening Yin Yoga under the Stars (most nights)

10:00 p.m. Quiet Hours Begin


REGISTRATION DETAILS

The cost of this vacation retreat is based on double or triple occupancy and includes the following:

  • Private airport transfers to/from Liberia International Airport, if incoming flight arrives before 2 p.m. local time

  • 8 days/7 nights accommodations at Villa Tranquila, a luxury hacienda

  • Daily yoga, mindfulness/meditation sessions with personalized attention

  • 2-3 pickleball coaching sessions with the resort pro and optional daily court play

  • Two prepared-from-scratch meals a day (breakfast & dinner)

  • Welcome cocktails

  • EYD swag bag

  • Excursion to Tamarindo with round trip transportation

  • Private tour of family-owned Costa Rican craft chocolate factory

  • Intimate and sacred cacao ceremony at the villa

  • Sunset catamaran cruise w/ meal and open bar

  • Use of golf carts within resort

  • Housekeeping and laundry services at the villa

We will welcome 18-20 yogis for this ideal getaway in paradise. Following are the rates for the 2025 EYD in Costa Rica Vacation Retreat:

Double Occupancy - $2850.00/per person if PIF by May 1, 2025 ($3150.00/pp if PIF after May 1, 2025)

Triple Occupancy - $2450.00/per person if PIF by May 1, 2025 ($2750.00/pp if PIF after May 1, 2025)

This Vacation Retreat is for guests aged 18 and older. A nonrefundable deposit of $550/pp is due at time of booking in order to reserve your spot. Payment can be made by check (payable to eat.YOGA.drink.), or Venmo (@eatYOGAdrink). Remaining balance due by August 1, 2025. You are also welcome to pay in full upon registering or pay in installments, as long as the full balance is received by May 1, 2025 (early bird pricing) or August 1, 2025 (regular pricing). Deposits ($550) are nonrefundable and nontransferable, as they cover administrative and processing costs. In the event of a cancellation by the traveler, retreat balances (minus $550 deposit) are only refundable if the EYD Vacation Retreat hosts are able to fill that spot with another traveler by August 1, 2025. Cancellations after August 1, 2025 cannot and will not be refunded, gifted, or transferred, and the vacant guest spots will be filled from the Vacation Retreat waitlist to guests who pay retreat fees in full. In the event of a cancellation by someone you arranged to room with, the EYD Vacation Retreat hosts reserve the right to arrange another guest in your double or triple occupancy room (typically the next person on the retreat wait list, if an appropriate match), and the newly registered guest will pay the full Vacation Retreat registration fee. Full refunds (deposits and retreat balance, but not other fees you incur related to travel, such as flight expense and travel insurance) will be issued in the event of COVID-19 or other safety-related cancellations made by eat.YOGA.drink.

Not included in reservation fee:

  • Airfare (arrange flights in/out of Liberia, LIR)

  • Lunch and snacks each day (we will stop at a grocery store on way to villa from the airport)

  • Beer/wine/alcohol/nonalcoholic beverages at resort (except for welcome cocktails, coffee, and juice at breakfast)

  • Optional excursions

  • Gratuities for drivers, coaches, and villa staff

  • Travel insurance