Silent Retreat

PachaMama's Silent Retreat in Nicoya, Costa Rica, is a silent meditation retreat for people who want to set everything else aside and sit with the most earnest questions of the heart. It is held in a beautiful natural setting, and the invitation is simple: spend some days in silence, with no agenda beyond that focus.

PachaMama is a retreat center in the tropical forest of Costa Rica's Nicoya region, with a program that includes meditation retreats, yoga workshops, emotional healing work, body cleanse programs, Red Road ceremonies and musical journeys. The silent retreat is one of the quieter offerings in that program. Its counterpart is the center's Vipassana workshop, which works with stillness and awareness, simply being with what is.

What to Expect

The retreat is built around silence and around the questions that matter most to you. Rather than a packed schedule of teachings, it makes room for time with yourself in a natural environment, where the forest sets the pace. If you are searching for a silent retreat in Costa Rica that is about inner inquiry rather than performance or progress, this is the spirit of it.

The Setting

PachaMama sits in the tropical forest near Nicoya, in Guanacaste province's Pacific region of Costa Rica. The center's grounds include a jungle reserve with river banks, and the surroundings are part of the experience: warm air, green growth and the sounds of the forest.

Before You Go

PachaMama closes its doors for September and October, during Costa Rica's rainy season, so retreats run in the other months of the year.