Emotional Healing and Recovery programme with life coaching at The Retreat Costa Rica, Atenas

Emotional Healing and Recovery is designed for adults carrying grief, trauma, anxiety, burnout or the weight of a big life change. It combines two private sessions with a life coach with bodywork, Reiki, breathwork, sound healing and a crystal-infused scrub, so that talking things through goes hand in hand with releasing tension physically. The setting, the food and the daily yoga give the work a calm, steady backdrop.

After a 30-minute welcome consultation you have two 60-minute emotional healing counselling sessions with a life coach. Alongside them come six spa therapies chosen for emotional release: a 60-minute Heaven on Earth massage, a 30-minute deep pranayama session, 60 minutes of sound energy healing, a 60-minute Self-Love crystal-infused scrub, a 60-minute heart-opening deep tissue massage and a 60-minute Reiki session. A 45-minute wellness cooking class is also included, together with three meals a day, twice-daily yoga, the daily activities and use of the pools and trails.

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 5 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 - 30-minute welcome consultation - Emotional healing counselling with a life coach, 60 min (x2) - Heaven on Earth massage, 60 min (x1) - Deep pranayama, 30 min (x1) - Sound energy healing, 60 min (x1) - Self-Love crystal-infused scrub, 60 min (x1) - Heart-opening deep tissue massage, 60 min (x1) - Reiki, 60 min (x1) - Wellness cooking class, 45 min (x1)

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