Alchemy In Motion Retreat: Rooted & Rising
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July 25th - July 30th 2027 | Discover the true meaning of Pura Vida
Welcome to Alchemy in Motion:
A Costa Rica Retreat for Alignment, Introspection, and Movement
AIM: Alignment. Introspection. Movement.
This retreat is designed to bring your body, mind, and spirit back into conversation with each other.
You'll move with intention, turn inward with curiosity, and realign with what matters most to you.
There's ample time for stillness, for enjoyment, and for getting to know a wonderful group of people.
A Transformative Experience Through:
Alignment: in your body and in your life
Introspection: guided reflection, journaling, and intention-setting
Movement: Pilates, somatic movement, and dance
Nervous System Regulation and Rest
Community and Connection
Nourishing Fresh Food
Time in Nature
Private Villas
Daily excursions
You already know what you need.
This retreat gives you the space to hear it.
Costa Rica invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and check in honestly with yourself. Together in 2027, we'll pair physical alignment with inner alignment, so the way you move and the way you live start to match. Pura vida.
The goal of Alchemy in Motion is to create an oasis for you: a space of clarity, of strength, of spaciousness, and of your own freedom. Leave feeling grounded, aligned, and more like yourself.
Hosted by Mia Wenger and co-hosted byTegan Hack
Why Alchemy in Motion?
Something happens when the body moves outside, under open sky, near water, on earth, that a studio can't replicate.
The four elements aren't just poetic language here, they're our framework:
grounding through earth, release through water, transformation through fire, clarity through air.
And the stars offer their own guidance, a mirror for timing, intuition, and the cycles we're already moving through.
Alchemy in Motion is the retreat that lets you return home to yourself. It's for anyone who has been running on empty and calling it discipline, whose body has been keeping score while their mind insisted it was fine.
Transformation doesn't require force, but instead asks for presence, permission, and a little bit alchemy. This retreat is designed to help us learn to move as an act of self-trust and embrace the natural healing elements of being in nature.
Where You Stay: Diamante Valley, Costa Rica
01 / In the Heart of the Jungle
Vajra Jahra is a private 12-villa retreat center tucked into the mountains of Diamante Valley, on Costa Rica's lush southern Pacific coast. Your group travels together by private charter flight from San José to to Quepos and then will be shuttled at the venue.
The Diamante Valley boasts an exceptional micro-climate, with an average temperature of 82°F (27.9°C). It's the ideal climate for many of Costa Rica's most famous animals, including several species of monkeys, and hundreds of birds, butterflies, and small mammals that also call this valley home.
The regional climate also yields a variety of produce, including cacao, jackfruit, papayas, coconuts, and many more. We source much of our produce locally, meaning you can enjoy farm-to-table meals with an assortment of regional flavors.
02 / Private Oasis & Farm To table Meals
Every guest stays in their own private villa. Sustainable and hearty meals.
3 meals a day chef-prepared, farm-to-table meals. Every logistical detail is handled and can accommodate dietary restrictions.
Vajra Jahra’s one-bed villas offer a peaceful and comfortable stay. Each villa is air-conditioned and includes a queen-sized bed, an en-suite bathroom, a cozy sitting area, a small kitchenette, and a private balcony with beautiful views of the waterfall.
03 / Community centered Practice
Their facility has a beautiful open-air yoga shala where we will participate in daily movement classes.
Their facility offerings also include two private rivers, swimming holes, hiking trails, an infinity pool, and an al-fresco dining area.
What We Will do
01 / Align through Daily Movement
Each day begins with a Pilates or somatic class designed to wake up your body, restore your body, and bring your attention inward before the day unfolds.
These classes are welcoming and unhurried, and they're for every body and every level. You won't be pushed to keep up or perform. You'll be guided to move with awareness, notice how you're organized, and find what feels supportive, steady, and good.
What to Expect
Mat Pilates: Mindful, precise work to build core strength, mobility, and control.
Somatic movement: Gentle, exploratory practices that release tension and help you listen to your body.
Breath and alignment: Cues that connect how you move with how you feel.
Options for every body: Modifications offered throughout, so you can make each class your own.
Room to reflect: Movement flows into introspection, so what you feel on the mat can inform what you explore later in the day.
You'll leave each class feeling stronger, looser, and more at home in your body.
02 / investigate Through Daily Experiences
Our excursions are woven into the week as a chance to play, explore, and connect with the place and the people around you. They're optional, unhurried, and meant to feel like part of the retreat rather than a break from it.
What's Included
Cacao ceremony with live sound healing: A grounding ritual of warm cacao, intention, and resonant sound to open the heart and settle the nervous system.
Waterfall excursion: A day in nature, moving at an easy pace and cooling off in the water.
Artisan market visit: Browse local crafts, taste regional flavors, and take home something meaningful.
An evening of Latin dancing: Let loose, laugh, and move for the joy of it.
Beach day at Playa Linda: Sun, sand, and salt water, with nothing on the schedule.
These experiences are where the retreat's themes come to life: movement without a mat, reflection without a journal, and connection over shared joy.
03 / Manifest Through Intuition
Most of us spend our days responding to schedules, inboxes, and everyone else's needs. Introspection is the practice of turning toward yourself instead.
It isn't heavy, and it isn't therapy. It's curiosity, with no pressure to share more than you want to and no right answer to find.
What It Looks Like
Guided journaling: Prompts to help you untangle what you think, feel, and want.
Astrology as a mirror: Explore your birth chart as a tool for self-reflection, not prediction, using your Sun, Moon, and Rising as prompts for journaling and conversation. No experience needed.
Reflection sessions: Facilitated time to explore your values and the season of life you're in.
Intention-setting: Grounded intentions for the retreat and for life afterward.
Embodied check-ins: Short practices that connect movement and awareness.
Quiet time in nature: Unstructured stillness in Costa Rica.
Optional one-on-one astrology sessions with Mia are available for guests who want a deeper look at their chart.
You'll leave with more than a week of rest. You'll leave with a clearer sense of who you are, what you need, and how to carry it home.
Mia Wenger
Tegan Hack
Meet Your Instructors
Mia and Tegan’s story starts long before this retreat. It starts in middle school, at the same competition dance studio, two kids learning what it meant to live inside their bodies before they had language for it. They stayed close through the years that followed, becoming roommates at Marymount Manhattan College, both dance majors, both quietly building the movement and teaching practices that would eventually become their life’s work, separately, alongside each other, the whole time.
Tegan brings a somatic lens to the work: the felt sense of safety in the nervous system, the slow unwinding that happens when the body is finally allowed to stop performing.
Paired with Mia’s grounding in strength and classical movement, it becomes something more than the sum of its parts, a way of working that treats healing not as a fix, but as a return.
Alchemy In Motion:
11 spots left!
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Private villa accommodation (5 nights — every guest gets their own villa)
All meals: daily chef-prepared breakfast, lunch & dinner (farm-to-table)
Round-trip private charter flights: San José (SJO) ↔ Quepos
Round-trip ground transfers: Quepos ↔ Vajra Jahra
Cacao ceremony + live sound healing
Uvita artisan market + hidden waterfall excursion
Latin dancing class
Playa Linda beach day
Staff gratuity
Daily Pilates & Somatic Movement Classes
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Day 1 · July 25 — Arrival Day
Meet in San José for your private charter flight to Quepos.
Lunch with a view in Manuel Antonio (own expense), then ground transfer to Vajra Jahra.
Settle into your private villa and gather for a welcome dinner.
Day 2 · July 26 — Explore & Revive
Morning Movement Class.
Brunch picnic on the grounds.
Enjoy Amenities
Afternoon Movement Class
Cacao ceremony paired with a live sound healing bath.
Day 3 · July 27 — Market + Waterfall.
Morning Movement Class.
Visit the Uvita artisan market, then a guided excursion to a hidden waterfall.
Day 4 · July 28 — Adventure Day
Optional Blue Clay River Experience.
Evening Latin dancing class with the group.
Day 5 · July 29 — Beach Day
A full day at Playa Linda — sun, sea, and time to unwind.
Day 6 · July 30 — Farewell Morning
Reflections and farewells.
Ground transfer to Quepos and charter flight back to San José.
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Daily chef-prepared breakfast, lunch & dinner (farm-to-table)Chefs will prepare special meals for those with dietary restrictions
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Travel to/from San Jose
International airfare to/from San José (SJO)
CC Servicing Fee
Credit Card Servicing Fee
Pre/Post Stay
Optional accommodations before or after the retreat in San José, but recommendations provided
Insurance
Travel insurance (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
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Massages for additional cost
Horseback riding for additional cost
Astrology Mini-readings at additional cost
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All payments for this retreat are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Because this is a small-group retreat with limited space, your registration reserves your spot and allows us to make advance commitments for lodging, meals, transportation, facilitators, excursions, and other retreat expenses. For this reason, we are unable to offer refunds for any reason, including but not limited to illness, injury, personal emergencies, travel delays, flight cancellations, weather, changes in personal circumstances, or inability to attend.
We strongly recommend that all participants purchase comprehensive travel insurance, including coverage that offers Cancel For Any Reason protection, as soon as possible after booking. Cancel For Any Reason coverage is typically time-sensitive and may need to be purchased shortly after your initial payment.
It is each participant’s responsibility to review policy terms carefully and choose coverage that protects their investment in the retreat, flights, transportation, and any other travel-related expenses.
If the retreat must be canceled by the host due to circumstances beyond our control, we will communicate available options at that time. The host is not responsible for reimbursement of airfare, travel costs, or other expenses incurred outside of the retreat package.
By registering for this retreat, you acknowledge and agree to this cancellation policy.
