Ayurveda programme with dosha assessment and daily oil therapies at The Retreat Costa Rica, Atenas

This is The Retreat's Ayurveda programme, personalised from the first day around an assessment of your dosha, or constitution. It is designed for guests who want traditional Ayurveda to support sleep, digestion, immunity, skin, joints and healthy ageing. The resident Ayurvedic practitioner checks in with you every day and adjusts your treatments as your body responds.

You begin with a welcome consultation that includes your dosha assessment, followed by daily check-ins with the practitioner. The core of the week is six personalised 90-minute herbal oil treatments: three Abhyanga (Vida Abhyanga Equilibrium) massages and three two-handed oil therapies matched to your dosha. The practice side includes six 60-minute sunrise yoga and sun salutation sessions, three 30-minute pranayama and meditation sessions at sunset, a daily Jal Neti nasal cleanse and two 45-minute Ayurvedic cooking classes. Three meals a day, the hotel's twice-daily yoga, the daily activities and the pools and trails are all included.

The hotel sits on top of a crystal-quartz mountain above the town of Atenas, with views across the rainforest towards the Nicoya Gulf and the Pacific. It is a small, adults-only property of 26 rooms, so the atmosphere stays quiet and personal. Treatments take place at Vida Mía, the hotel's 8,000 sq ft healing centre and spa, and the included meals are served at Sol Terrace, the open-air restaurant on a covered terrace. Between sessions there are three saltwater pools, organic gardens that supply part of the kitchen's produce, and trails across the mountain.

Every day there is a 7:00 yoga flow and a 4:00 pm restorative class, open to all levels with no need to book. Around these, the hotel runs a rotating calendar of activities such as sound healing, cooking classes, tea tastings, guided hikes and workshops, most of which are included (a few premium activities carry a charge).

There are no fixed group dates. You choose the day you arrive, check in from 3:00 pm, and stay for at least 7 nights; longer stays are welcome and the programme simply runs across the extra days. Your treatments are scheduled individually around your stay rather than to a set timetable.

What's included

- Accommodation in your chosen room type - Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily at Sol Terrace (chef's choice, anti-inflammatory, gluten-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar-free) - Yoga twice a day (7:00 flow and 4:00 pm restorative) - Access to the scheduled daily wellness activities - Use of the pools, grounds and trails - Welcome consultation with dosha (constitution) assessment - Daily Ayurvedic check-ins with the practitioner - Abhyanga (Vida Abhyanga Equilibrium), 90 min (x3) - Dosha-specific two-handed herbal oil therapies, 90 min (x3) - Sunrise yoga and sun salutations, 60 min (x6) - Pranayama and meditation at sunset, 30 min (x3) - Daily Jal Neti nasal cleanse practice - Ayurvedic wellness cooking classes, 45 min (x2)

What's not included

- International flights - Airport transfers (arranged by the hotel on request, at extra cost) - 13% Costa Rica tax (the prices shown exclude it) - Gratuities - Spa treatments and therapies outside the programme - Dinner at Mystique and food or drinks at La Diosa - Premium activities that carry a separate charge