New Years Retreat in Costa Rica – Mari Patuzzo

Spending the turn of the year at a New Years retreat in Costa Rica is for people who would rather begin 2027 rested and in their body than worn down by resolutions. Mari Patuzzo leads this week-long wellness retreat at Anamaya Resort in Montezuma, on the Pacific coast of Puntarenas. It suits anyone who wants to wake up near the ocean, move in the jungle, and arrive in the new year feeling like themselves again.

What to Expect

Mari Patuzzo guides the week as a reset from the inside out, with a shape that moves through three stages: ground, open, reset. Movement in the jungle is at the center of it, and the days are meant to start from the Pacific, not from a screen or a to-do list.

The retreat is also built to be flexible. Guests at Anamaya's weekly retreats can take part in the classes and workshops, or simply come for the meals, the spa and wellness services, the excursions, and long stretches in a hammock or by the pool. You decide how full or how quiet your week is. Spots are limited, so the group stays small enough to feel like a group.

The Setting

Anamaya Resort sits in Montezuma, on the Nicoya Peninsula's southern tip in the province of Puntarenas, with the jungle around it and views over the Pacific. The resort has been named one of National Geographic's World's Best Wellness Destinations for 2026, and it lies in a Blue Zone, one of the regions known for the long lives of the people who live there.

Meals are healthy and are part of what people come for. Alongside the retreat programming, the resort offers an infinity pool, spa treatments, and excursions into the surrounding jungle and out to the ocean. Rooms are chosen when you reserve, according to the size of your party or your budget.

Before You Go

No prior experience with yoga or movement practice is named as a requirement, and the retreat is set up so that you can shape your own week around the offerings. Come with the intention to slow down, and with room in your schedule to actually do so.

If you are choosing between the retreats at Anamaya over the holidays, this is the one that sits across the New Year itself, for a full week. Mari Patuzzo also leads another Anamaya retreat, the Intuitive Path Retreat, earlier in December.