Aging with Grace

Aging with Grace is a seven-day wellness retreat at Luna Lodge Ecolodge & Wellness Center on the Osa Peninsula in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. It is for women and men who want to slow down and move through this stage of life with strength, softness and a sense of coming home to themselves. The week is led by Lana Wedmore and Lara Christine and combines daily yoga, ceremony, movement and time in the rainforest beside Corcovado National Park.

What to Expect

The retreat runs seven days and six nights, with no rushing and no pressure. The week opens with a ceremony for grounding and setting intention, and closes with another that helps you integrate what you have experienced and decide what to carry home.

In between, each day offers a different yoga practice: Face Yoga, Tai Chi Yoga, Nidra Yoga and Luna Awakening Yoga, all adapted to every level. A cacao ceremony is accompanied by the sound of gongs and singing bowls. Forest bathing offers slow, mindful time in the rainforest. A dance session with pelvic and lymphatic movement is free and expressive, meant to release tension and get energy flowing again.

Other days take you further out. A guided walk leads to a hidden waterfall for bathing in wild water, and a Corcovado National Park tour enters one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, home to the country's largest population of scarlet macaws. A mind/body cooking class connects what you eat with how you feel, and there is unhurried time on the wild, undeveloped beaches of the Osa Peninsula.

Massages, Reiki, tarot and hypnotherapy are available as extra sessions.

About Lana Wedmore

Lana is the founder of Luna Lodge and has guided healing on the Osa Peninsula for nearly four decades. She is a Certified Reiki Master, a certified shamanic healer, a Certified Forest Therapy Guide and a yoga teacher with 36 years of practice. She leads Reiki, sound healing, cacao ceremony, forest bathing, yoga and tarot, choosing the tools each guest needs to reconnect with themselves and with the living energy of Corcovado.

About Lara Christine

Lara is co-facilitator of the retreat, a certified massage therapist (CMT), an E-RYT yoga teacher and a certified clinical hypnotist. She has taught for more than 15 years and weaves massage therapy, yoga therapy, partner yoga and heart-centered hypnotherapy into embodiment practices. Her work rests on the belief that presence and love restore balance, and it deepens our connection to ourselves, each other and the natural world.

The Setting

Luna Lodge sits beside Corcovado National Park, surrounded by rainforest. Guests choose from three kinds of accommodation, each for two people sharing:

- Tent: a safari-style glamping tent with a private terrace, two beds and views into the rainforest canopy.
- Hacienda Room: a private room with Costa Rican heritage character, two beds and a private terrace over the canopy, well suited to friends traveling together.
- Bungalow: a spacious eco-luxury wooden bungalow with a private terrace, canopy views and local craftsmanship.

All meals during the stay are included. Single or triple occupancy can be arranged directly with the lodge.

Getting here is part of the package: round-trip charter flights run between San José and Carate. Arriving in Costa Rica the night before is recommended, as is booking an onward departure after noon on the last day. The lodge can help with travel arrangements.

Before You Go

No prior yoga experience is needed. Every practice is adapted to the individual, and the week is paced to allow for rest. The group is small, with a limited number of places, to keep the experience personal.

The retreat includes six nights at Luna Lodge in your chosen room category, the full daily program, all meals, the Corcovado National Park tour, the charter flights and guidance from Lana Wedmore and Lara Christine. Not included are the extra sessions (massage, Reiki, tarot, hypnotherapy) and your travel to San José ahead of the flight.