Find your Creative Flow through Art, Yoga, and connecting to nature

Breathe.

Release all that stress you’ve been holding onto. Pack your bags and let’s run away to make art, do some yoga, and hug trees in Costa Rica.

January 9-15, 2022

Yoga

Rise and shine in the sky shala with morning meditation and yoga, and end each day with a relaxing evening practice. Our classes meet you where you’re at, all levels welcome!

Art

In our daily art class, we’ll use the inspiration from the colors of Costa Rica to unleash our creativity with painting, collage, and drawing. Even complete beginners will go home with an artwork you made that you love!

Nature

Find the perfect mix of free time for yourself to explore the jungley-beach and structured moments of creativity and flow during our time together in art and yoga classes.

DAILY SCHEDULE

Morning Sample Schedule

6:30-7:00 Coffee & Fruit

7:00-8:30 Yoga & Meditation

8:30-9:30 Breakfast
Costa-Rican style rice & beans, eggs, sweet plantains, fresh fruit

10:00-12:00 Art Class

Afternoon Sample Schedule

12:00 Free flow time

1:00-2:00 Lunch
Veggie sushi, miso soup, salad greens, fresh fruit

2:00-5:30 Free time, opportunity for excursions, beach, art time, a nap in a hammock

5:30-6:30 Yoga Flow in the Shala

6:30-7:30 Dinner
Pad thai, shrimp in tamarind glaze, rice noodles, peanut sauce, fresh green salad, avocado chocolate mousse with berries

7:30-8:00 Group Circle

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Retreat Love

I was ready for this. I felt tense and uneasy and at a crossroads before the retreat.
Now, I feel relaxed, decisive, and on level ground again.
The organization was on point even in the craziest times of the pandemic.

This week, I enjoyed yoga for all the right reasons-community, connection, challenge, relaxation, mental health, and restoration. I am proud to have reframed what yoga is in my brain. It has a new definition for me--I have this retreat to thank for that!

The staff at the retreat center, Vida Asana were very accommodating.
Prior to coming to this retreat, I felt stressed and emotionally frustrated.
Now, I'm relaxed, happy, and excited about continuing my art and yoga practice.

Your Guides

Jessica Antonelli is an award-winning art teacher on a quest to live life as if it were a work of art, and share the creative journey along the way. Jessica taught art for 5 years in Texas public schools before quitting her job and selling everything to move to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a cultural icon of a city she’d fallen in love with. Jessica founded Antonelli Art School, where she now teaches adult students art techniques and guides them through the creative journey, both online and in Mexico.

Jessica Antonelli

Art Instructor

Patti Ramirez is the founder of Self Love Mafia. After years of dealing with depression and anxiety, she embarked on a self-healing journey that led her to the center of her heart. Now she’s a holistic life coach, yoga, and meditation teacher with a mission to share everything she’s learned, and continues learning, in hopes of inspiring people to create a life they truly love. Patti loves to create detailed and fun yoga classes, paying close attention to the needs of each one of her students.

Patti Ramirez

Yoga & Meditation

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