Overview
Discover upcoming Women’s Ayahuasca Retreats in Costa Rica.
Each retreat is held in a small, intentionally curated group. Apply for the date that feels right for you.
Dates and Overview
- November 29th – December 5th, 2026
Six nights with three ceremonies and a small group of people who arrived ready to do the work. Each day is held in intention with preparation, meals, rest, movement, and time in nature woven into a rhythm that allows you to move at your own pace.
What's included in your Costa Rica Women’s Ayahuasca Retreat
Everything around the work has been thought through so that you can focus only on the work itself. When you arrive, the rest is ours:
- 3 guided Ayahuasca ceremonies held by experienced female facilitators and healers
- 6 nights of private accommodation at our Esterillos retreat center with en-suite restrooms
- Dieta approved meals prepared fresh each day to support your body through the ceremonial work
- Women’s circle, a sacred space for sharing, sisterhood, and collective reflection
- Daily yoga, movement, breathwork, and somatic practices
- Sound healing sessions
- Temazcal ceremony
- Workshops and discussions on themes relevant to women: navigating the modern world, healing from societal conditioning, cultivating self-love and compassion
- One complimentary massage treatment
- A structured pre-retreat preparation program that begins the moment you are accepted
- A dedicated Guest Services team member walking with you from application through integration
- Thorough medical and psychological screening before you arrive
- Personalized guidance through the Ayahuasca dieta protocol
- Complimentary airport transfers from San José or Liberia
- Post-retreat integration support in the weeks that follow
- Lifelong access to the Behold Alumni community
The only things not included are international flights, personal purchases, and any optional excursions. Everything else is held by us.
Flow & Structure
Women’s Ayahuasca Retreat Retreat flow and daily structure.
Your week is shaped to honor both the depth of the ceremonial work and the unique container of the all-women’s space. Each day balances preparation, ceremony, sisterhood, and rest.
Arrival at the retreat center, settle into your room, and meet the other beautiful women along with our female facilitation team. The evening opens with a women’s circle, a chance to begin forming the connections that will carry the group through the week.
The morning is given to your gentle movement, prep practices, and a 1:1 session with a facilitator. Group workshops help ground the intentions you brought with you. The first Ayahuasca ceremony is held that evening in a fully supported, intimate, all-women’s space.
The morning is reserved for integration, sharing, and quiet reflection within the circle. The afternoon is yours for rest. The second Ayahuasca ceremony is held that evening.
A full day with no agenda beyond rest, reflection, and integration. Sound healing, nature walks, and optional group support are available. This is a day to let everything that has surfaced begin to settle.
The day opens with guided breathwork and continued integration, gently preparing the body and heart for the final ceremony. The third Ayahuasca ceremony is held that evening, bringing the ceremonial arc of your week to a close.
A final integration session and closing women’s circle bring the threads of the week together. Guests begin to prepare for the return home, carrying the sisterhood they have formed with them.
Breakfast together, then departure. Your caring Guest Services support continues in the weeks and months ahead.
Looking for a truly personalized and customized retreat experience?
We are happy to arrange a fully private retreat for you or your private group.
Retreat Location
The retreat setting in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica carries a really beautiful delicate energy, and our retreat center in Esterillos was constructed to embody this beauty, eco-consciously designed, surrounded by jungle and close to the Pacific, the space itself becomes part of the healing.
Our retreat center in Esterillos sits within that energy. Eco-consciously designed, surrounded by jungle, close to the Pacific where nature is an active part of the experience.
- A saltwater infinity pool for quiet reflection between sessions
- Farm-to-table meals grown from our own regenerative food forest
- Walking trails for the kind of integration that happens best in movement
- A dedicated ceremonial space that has held hundreds of guests through some of the most important moments of their lives
- Private, screen-free accommodation with en-suite restrooms
Safety & Screening
Safety is foundational to every Behold retreat.
Safety is the foundation everything else rests on. Every guest joining our Women’s Ayahuasca Retreat in Costa Rica completes a thorough medical and psychological screening before acceptance, and our team personally reviews every application.
We maintain one of the highest staff-to-guest ratios in the industry, giving you the highest 1:1 care and support (and love!). Our female-led facilitation team brings deep experience across ceremonial practice, trauma-informed support, and modern therapeutic approaches. Emergency protocols are in place throughout.
We only operate in areas where Ayahuasca is not scheduled as an illegal substance, so your focus can remain entirely on your experience.
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Integration & Aftercare
Transformation does not end when the retreat concludes.
What happens inside ceremony is a beginning, not an ending. The insights that surface need time and support to take root in daily life.
From the moment you book, a dedicated Guest Services team member walks this path with you. They are available before you arrive, present during your retreat, and reachable in the weeks that follow. Post-retreat integration support and access to our Alumni community mean you are never making sense of this alone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our Women’s Ayahuasca Retreat retreats in Costa Rica.
This retreat is designed specifically for women. The facilitation team is female-led, the group is exclusively women, and the program includes women’s circles, workshops on themes relevant to women’s lives, sound healing, and temazcal. The ceremonial container and group dynamic are shaped by and for women.
Three Ayahuasca ceremonies, six nights of private accommodation, all dieta approved meals, women’s circle, daily yoga and movement, sound healing, temazcal, workshops, a complimentary massage, a pre-retreat preparation program, medical screening, airport transfers, post-retreat integration support, and lifelong alumni access. The investment is $7,650 USD per person.
Three, held over consecutive evenings. Each is preceded by preparation and followed by integration. The rhythm gives the medicine time to settle between each ceremony.
Safety is the foundation everything else is built on. Every guest completes thorough medical and psychological screening before acceptance. Our female-led facilitation team is deeply experienced, our staff-to-guest ratio is among the highest in the industry, and emergency protocols are active throughout.
Groups welcome 7 to 11 vetted female guests. Small enough that every woman receives genuine 1:1 attention and the group forms the kind of trusting tight container that deep work requires.
No. Many women come to their first ceremony through Behold. Our preparation program, screening, and facilitation team are built to support first-timers with the care this work deserves.
Yes. Private accommodation with en-suite restrooms. A quiet, comfortable, screen-free space that is entirely your own throughout the week.
That uncertainty is welcome. Our complimentary Discovery Call exists for this reason. It is a grounded, no-pressure conversation to explore your intentions and determine together whether this retreat, and this timing, are right for you.
If something in you is calling, loud or quiet, we invite you to fill out an application. There is no obligation, just the beginning of a conversation. Every application is read personally by a member of our team, and the first step is always a chance to speak.
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