Jungle Juice Cleanse & Detox Retreat in Costa Rica

The retreat takes place at Raw Refuge, a jungle property in the Puerto Viejo area of Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. The experience is structured around a seven-day cleanse: two days easing in, three full days on fresh juices, and two days easing out. You'll start each day with coconut water and a guided 'polarity meditation' developed by Alam from his years of Vipassana practice. Mornings move into embodied movement—lymphatic release exercises, Qi Gong, yoga, or calisthenics—tailored to your needs.

The middle days are purely liquid: three to six litres of cold-pressed juices made with a top-of-the-range Nama J2 juicer, including jungle green juices, golden pineapple, watermelon, sugarcane, and apple-cucumber blends. Before and after the juice days, you'll enjoy fruit and salad creations, often made together with Alam. Evenings might include a healing sound journey with a local artist, a community herbal steam sauna, or simply watching the stars.

Alam is your main guide, a shiatsu and acupressure therapist with deep experience in fasting and raw living foods. He draws on Traditional Chinese Medicine's Five Element theory to understand imbalances and offers specialized acupressure sessions to support your detox. He's also connected to a local community of raw foodists and healing practitioners—like Symone, who leads an active form of meditation called Regression—who may weave into the week.

The setting is key: you're in a quiet valley with fruit forests, a river for swimming, and the Caribbean Sea a short drive away. Excursions can include hikes through Cahuita National Park, fruit farm tours, and waterfall trips. The retreat is intentionally simple to help your nervous system reset—less stimulation, more nature, more rest.

What's included

- 6 nights accommodation in a private cabin - 3 daily meals (juices, fruits, salads) - Daily meditation classes - Daily embodied movement classes (yoga, lymphatic release, Qi Gong, calisthenics) - Introductory session to Chinese 5 Element Acupressure Therapy - Specialized community workshops - Healing Sound Journey with local artist - Nature excursions around the Caribbean - Tour of local fruit forests - Herbal Steam Sauna at local community - Group excursions/activities - All transportation during the retreat - Pre and post retreat support from the team - Wifi connection

What's not included

- Flights - Travel to and from the retreat space and airport - Further Acupressure Treatments - Personal expenses