Frequently asked questions

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  • THE CLOSEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO BLUE SPIRIT IS LIBERIA INT’L AIRPORT (LIR)

    Approximately a two-hour drive, Blue Spirit has multiple shuttles picking up guests at the Liberia Airport on Saturdays ONLY. Note: shuttle not included. According to the arrival times of all major airlines, there are group shuttle pickup times ranging between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. for all flights arriving from midday to early afternoon, and between 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. for all flights arriving in the evening.

    You can book your shuttle here.

    ***IMPORTANT: Please reserve your shuttle on the Thursday prior to your arrival before 12pm CST at the latest. Transportation requests and/or changes after this deadline must be made directly via e-mail to info@bluespiritcostarica.com or via a phone call. If you are already in Costa Rica dial +506 2656-8300, otherwise please call our US number (845) 684-2007.

    Shuttle reservations sent via this form later than Thursday prior your arrival 12pm CST are NOT processed, even though you may receive a confirmation e-mail.

    If you are arriving out of schedule contact Blue Spirit for options at info@bluespiritcostarica.com

    Upon request, booking a private taxi is possible but there is limited availability for this service.

    If you would like to arrive early or stay extra nights, please contact Blue Spirit directly: reception@bluespiritcostarica.com

  • The Nature Within reserves the right to cancel a program at any time. If The Nature Within cancels a program, you will receive a full refund. A refund, minus 3% stripe fee of your room cost and a $200 processing fee, will be offered for cancellations made on or before the close of business, 45 days before each program. No refund or credit will be offered for cancellations made with less than 45 days notice; if you do not show up; or if you leave a program early.

    We highly recommend that you purchase travel insurance, which insures you against unforeseen sickness, injury, job loss, inclement weather, and more.

  • Blue Spirit is located in Nosara, Guanacaste in the Nicoya Peninsula. It is about 2.5 hours from the Liberia airport and is located on the beach. It is approximately a 10 minute drive from the town of Nosara.

    For more location details, visit this link.

  • The retreats at Blue Spirit are from Saturday to Saturday. The first retreat activity takes place on Sunday morning and the last one is Friday evening. Saturdays are for arriving and departing.

    Due to the nature of this retreat, we ask all the participants to stay for the whole week. The first days are designed to prepare you for the ceremonies and after the ceremonies, there are integration tools that will be shared. Everything is important. Please, if you need to leave, contact a team member.

    CHECK IN & CHECK OUT TIMES

    General Check In time for all rooms is 4:00 p.m.

    General Check Out time for all rooms is 10:00 a.m.

    Guests’ luggage can be stored at the Front Desk at no charge before or after the indicated hours on arrival and departure days.

  • Upon request, Blue Spirit will do its best to provide for special meal needs (such as lactose intolerance, food allergies, …etc.). We require that these requests be communicated at least 2 weeks in advance. Please communicate your request to the organizer of your program. Please keep in mind that a huge variety of non-allergic products are not as easily available in Costa Rica (as for example in the U.S.). Once you have arrived and settled in please ask for the Chef to discuss your needs and how we may assist you.

    An additional way of satisfying special meal needs is our PURE FOOD OPTION, which is part of our daily buffet style served lunch and dinner: offering of greens, grain, and legume (beans) without oils or seasoning.

    Also, we have a refrigerator where guests can store their medications ONLY.

  • WHAT-TO-BRING-LIST

    Don’t forget to pack: Beach-towel, Camera/batteries/charger, alarm clock, sunscreen, sun hat, bathing suit, water bottle, natural bug repellent, your special medication, and hiking sandals. We also recommend bringing a flashlight if you are staying in an eco-cottage or a tent. Pack a light rain jacket as it does rain often here.

    -A water bottle

    -Costa Rica is warm but layers are helpful as the temperature can drop in the evenings and the medicine also can cause fluctuations in your body temperature.

    -A flashlight

    -Socks

    -Bring comfortable clothes, we traditionally use white during ceremonies, but any color is fine. the most important thing is to be comfortable.

    -You may want to bring some sacred objects: crystals, essentials oils and any other sacred objects. The Taita can bless these objects for you in the ceremonies.

    -You can bring a photo of a family member or friend that is suffering severely from a mental or physical illness and the Taita will offer healing to them from distance in the ceremony.

    -Bring a swimsuit and a travel towel or shawl for the steam baths we offer that help integrate your experience

  • This is a base example of what the retreat schedule will look like for the week, but this will vary from retreat to retreat in part depending on what guest teachers we have who will be leading classes.

    Due to the nature of this retreat, we ask all the participants to stay for the whole week. The first days are designed to prepare you for the ceremonies and after the ceremonies, there are integration tools that will be shared. Everything is important. Please, if you need to leave, contact a team member.

    Saturday –

    1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Arrival Time & Check In

    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner

    Sunday –

    7:00 am – 8:00 am Yoga Class

    8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast

    9:30 am – 10:15 am Blue Spirit Orientation

    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch

    1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Open Gathering - Framing Retreat and

    Group Introduction

    4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Ancestral Plant Wisdom Talk with Taita

    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner

    Monday –

    7:00 am – 8:30 am Yoga Class

    8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast

    8:00 am – 12:00 am Consultations with Taita

    8:30 am - 12:00 Plant Steam Showers

    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Light or no Lunch

    1:30 pm – 6:30 pm Rest and Relaxation Before 1st Ceremony

    6:30 pm – 7:00 am Sacred Ancestral Plant Medicine Ceremony

    Tuesday –

    7:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast

    9:00 am – 8:30 pm Rest and Relaxation

    1230 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

    6:30 pm – 7:00 am Sacred Ancestral Plant Medicine

    Ceremony

    Wednesday–

    7:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast

    9:00 am – 7:30 pm Rest and relaxation

    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Dinner

    7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Sound healing

    Thursday–

    7:00 am – 8:00 am Yoga

    8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast

    8:30 am - 12:00 Steams

    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

    4:00 - 5:30 pm Ancestral Plant Wisdom Talk with Taita

    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Dinner

    Friday –

    7:00 am – 8:00 am Yoga Class

    8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast

    9:30 am – 12:00pm Spiritual Payment

    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

    2:30 pm – 6:00 pm Closing circle & celebration dance

    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Dinner

    Saturday–

    8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast

    09:00 am – Returning Home

    This Retreat Schedule is subject to change, depending on the energy of the group. We take each retreat in its uniqueness and will alter the retreat as we feel is best fit for transformation and spiritual growth of the whole group and for each participant!

  • To read the full COVID policy please visit this link.

  • Blue Spirit is a retreat center that receives groups who check in on Saturdays and check out the following Saturday. The possibility of extending your stay would depend on Blue Spirit‘s availability for the week before/after our retreat. If you would like to extend your stay, we recommend you contact Blue Spirit directly to check availability for your room type: info@bluespiritcostarica.com

FAQs Spiritual

  • The most important thing is to ask your heart. Inside of all of us there is a calling to live with more love and to uncover our innate freedom. It is our journey to find what tools can support us in this inner discovery. As well to find a community that is in that same search so we can remind each other when we inevitably fall of the path.

    If you have never tried the medicine before and there is something drawing you towards it then it’s worth a try. In the end it may not be a path you continue to follow but it could also bring a big shift in our lives. If there is hesitancy around joining also know that you can go at your own pace.

  • We all have different blocks inside of ourselves. These could be carried from our genetic lines, excessive thinking, karmic winds, societal influence and our daily life. These blocks show up and they create stagnation in our subtle body. The energy field which connects our consciousness with our body.

    Mushrooms work in a very beautiful way with as they start a dialogue with our heart. There is an investigation that starts to happen from the side of the Mushrooms and in the same way there is an investigation that is happening within ourselves. In time we may find ourselves there with an old memory from childhood, or with a situation happening in our lives now that we haven’t really been able to confront. In this way the medicine helps us to bring to light what is already in our heart.

    Then the journey becomes sweet because we have rediscovered a part of ourself and now we can work on becoming friends. These areas of ourselves that are uncomfortable are small child parts that feel they have been abandoned and are really just looking for love. So, we start to talk with these parts and see what is it that they need. This is the journey of healing as we come into wholeness within ourselves, we then in a natural way live in that wholeness with life.

  • If you were to go to receive heart surgery you would want to make sure that you were getting this procedure from the best. Going to drink medicine is like going for a spiritual surgery where we go to heal old karmic wounds from the past, to clean out energy stagnation in our subtle body and to come back to wholeness.

    Who knows if this will be your only time working with plant medicines or if you will come again. Either way our spiritual growth is the most important thing we can invest in our whole lives. If our spiritual path is full then everything else in life comes into balance as result of this ground.

    In our retreats we realize that all of us are from different backgrounds and need a different tool set to bring us back to peace. In these retreats we weave together a wide spectrum of modalities from different traditions so that you can find the most supportive tools to go home empowered and ready to continue the path of true freedom.

    With our team at The Nature Within you can expect excellency and we hope to be able to support you in this journey sometime soon.

We Hope To Welcome You To Our Family Soon!