The Pura Vida Experience
- Devin Russell
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min read
Join Malaika DosRemedios and Dave Kestenbaum for the third annual
"Pura Vida Experience" Retreat in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula Named by National Geographic as the most "bio-diverse place on the planet," the Osa Peninsula is a retreat destination unlike any other.

This trip Includes:
Daily yoga and meditation/Yoga Nidra on beautiful beaches and rainforest overlooks
8 nights of lodging
Fully catered, delicious meals (with 1-2 meals on your own)
2 days of guided hikes in the Corcovado National Park with an overnight at the Sirena biological station
Chocolate Farm tour
Beach time and hammock time
Tour and visit with friends at the Ngobe Indigenous territory
In country transportation including: boats, vans, and even a charter flight
Meetings and guest lectures with community leaders
Special New Years Day "New Year Nourishment- Restorative + Yoga Nidra" at Luna Lodge Yoga Shala
$300 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT IF DEPOSIT PAID BY MAY 1st, 2021
Shared Room Rate $2,600 USD
Single Room Rate $3,200 USD
(airfare not included)
$500 refundable deposit up to 90 days prior to trip. (+$20 booking fee)
Have questions? Email malaikados@gmail.com
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this retreat in the osa peninsula sounds like a deeply immersive experience. the combination of daily yoga in such a biodiverse setting, guided hikes in corcovado, and the cultural visit is thoughtfully curated. the inclusion of an overnight at sirena station is a unique detail that adds real depth to the adventure. the structure of the post makes the offerings very clear. AI Image Editor
Beautiful retreat. Side note for the LRY team: between studio classes, workshops, 200hr/300hr teacher trainings, Teacher Enhancement, summer intensives, and international retreats like Pura Vida, your offerings are deep but the navigation is dense. A sortable "Find Your Practice" landing page (filter by format — daily classes / workshop / training / retreat — by location, by time commitment) would convert way better. I help small wellness studios build that with a copyweb ai — Figma to working filter page in an evening. Looking forward to my first LRY class.
The Osa Peninsula is genuinely on another level — Sirena station overnight and the Ngobe community visit make this retreat way more than a typical beachfront yoga trip. I help with social for a small wellness travel page and we've started using an BananaAI image editor to clean up jungle and rainforest retreat shots (humidity wrecks every phone camera, especially around Corcovado). The Pura Vida atmosphere finally photographs the way it actually feels. Looking into the 2026 dates.
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