Book a one-on-one coaching session where Katie will help you progress with holistic wellness involving your mind, body, and spirit. One session will be available on each day of the trip.
Katie Wells
Katie Wells M.F.A. has directed Goddess Retreats for almost a decade. She has witnessed the transformative power of women joining together with honesty, love, and the intention for growth. In addition to her work with women, she is a MindBodySpirit Coach, dance artist, mother, part-time professor, and founder of Interweave Conscious Movement®.
With the joy of teaching movement and personal development skills for over 25 years, Katie guides an array of experiences that some say have changed their life. After earning a master’s degree in Dance from the University of Boulder, Katie has journeyed deeper into the healing magic of movement. She is a certified facilitator of Spiritual Embodiment, and Somatic EMDR therapy. Her performances and workshops have been presented in Mexico, and across Europe and the USA.
Katie's life's work is to open more love within ourselves and to the world. Her authentic and playful personality is a joy to be around. Visit her website at www.Interweave.Love.
Karen Grady
Karen Grady is a movement artist based in the Pacific Northwest and the founder of PIVOT Movement Studio, located in Bellevue, WA. At the retreat she will be offering specialties such as yoga, Gyrokinesis®, and breathwork. Karen holds space for an insightful, therapeutic, and playful experience to deeply unwind, and nourish your body and soul.
Feel your sacred wholeness and embrace all of the parts of yourself on this amazing 7-day retreat to the shores of Costa Rica! Experience life-enhancing femininity and supportive sisterhood as we begin to embrace all of the parts of ourselves through sacred dance, yoga, and self-love. Bathed in acceptance, we travel through group sessions pairing an archetypal goddess to each chakra. We explore the grounded goddess, the sensual goddess, the fierce goddess, the compassionate goddess, the creative goddess, the wise goddess, and the cosmic unity goddess. This effective curriculum has been developed and shared for eight years, offering a journey into embodied wholeness as we come home to ourselves with more love.
The Workshops
Chakras and goddesses are powerful ways into the body, psyche, and inner divinity. They assist us in honoring our strengths and accepting our imbalances as we transform them into empowerment. These sessions are skillfully held, weaving sacred dance, yoga, meditation, breathwork, sound healing, group sharing circles, journals, song, and self-love practices.
We welcome female-identified people of all colors and faiths who seek connection and growth.
Testimonials
“This was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in a retreat before...truly transformative.” — Angela McGoldrick, LPC
“I feel more connected to my body, my heart, my voice, my power, and my soul's path.” – Jasmine Foster
“Revolutionary self-empowerment!” – Tara Daystar
“I experienced such profound breakthroughs in my psyche, unlocked doors to my heart, and bathed in loving sisterhood. I feel cleansed and ready to continue my life’s work.” – Valhalla DePillo
“The Goddess Retreat attuned me to my divine nature...an inner sacredness I've never felt before.” – Catherine Atlass
“As an introvert, Katie approached group interactions in a safe and meaningful way that did not overwhelm me. I walked away from the retreat feeling powerful and comfortable in the weird uniqueness of my own skin, as well as in oneness with this strange and beautiful world.” – Rhiwena Slack
“Exceptional flow of synergistic, multi-faceted experiences that clarified and energized my pathway forward!” – Kathryn Ashera Rose
“Oh my GODDESS, I've never laughed and cried this much.” – River Thomas
“I'm surprised how bonded I feel after the first day, and I'm reminded how much I love to dance.” – Ivy Behrens
“Our society is filled with judgement, but at the Goddess Retreat it’s all open arms and hearts.” – Sarah Chrosniak
“I have developed a fresh outlook on my femininity, and on the female relationships in my life. The group sessions instilled a deeper meaning of self-acceptance and self-care.” – Alexis Dupras
“As a mama to a young child, I am so grateful I came to the Goddess Retreat for reconnection with myself through sacred movement, song, and empowering sisterhood. It was a stretch to prioritize myself, yet the renewal I felt from doing just that has been magical.” – Valerie Stanton
“I learned so much about myself at the Goddess Retreat! I was able to be vulnerable in ways I never have been before, and gained concrete skills in becoming a more radiant and kind version of myself.” – Angela Grace
“Coming to the Goddess Retreat from a place of physical challenge, I wasn’t certain how much I would be able to get out of it. What I received was tender compassion, loving support, and non-judgemental permission to just be where I was. The safety and love within the circle helped me to find pieces of myself again, to find a sense of hope for the next steps in my life.” – Margie Scott
“This retreat changed my life!” – Leah Pegram
Participant Interviews from the Fall Goddess Retreat
Feel the warm, universal embrace of Costa Rica as you step off of the plane and into your week-long wellness retreat. You'll be transferred to the Goddess Garden, an eco-resort in beautiful Cahuita. Watch as the gentle flow of the tide brings in positive energy from the ocean, inviting you to look inwards and transform yourself. After checking into the accommodation and taking a moment to marvel at Costa Rica's wonders. Then, after dinner, we'll have our first workshop, a session combining movement, meditation, reflection, and connection. We'll be turning our focus towards our Root chakras, connecting with Gaia and reclaiming the temple of the body. By arriving present in your body, grounding with the earth, and establishing comfort with the group, you will be led in a process of calming the nervous system as stress and tension fall away. A sound healing session will cap off the day, affording us time to wind down and prepare for rest.
Good morning! Rise to an amazing view with the sunlight glinting off of the waves and start with a morning movement and meditation session. Savor a nourishing meal before our morning workshop where we will work with our Sacral chakras, invoking the goddess Oshun. Oshun governs the waters and sensuality, so we will hold this class on the beach and center the end of our workshop around sacred sensuality and flow. Enjoy some free time after lunch, indulging in the peace around you. After dinner, we'll continue our work on the Sacral chakras and center our evening around Oshun.
Today is all about the Self and how it relates to the greater world that surrounds you. Our post-breakfast morning workshop will hone in on our Solar Plexus chakras and learn how to uphold our boundaries. After lunch, you'll have a bit of free time before our evening workshop to continue working on our Solar Plexus.
Cahuita comes to life as the sun shines down upon the retreat. Fuel your body and spirit with breakfast before our morning workshop, where we transition to our Heart chakras. This workshop will incorporate sacred dance of moving from the heart as well as a guided self-soothing meditation in candle light, calling in Kwan Yin, the goddess of compassion. Discover a sense of deep self-love and self-compassion before we bring that compassion outwards and feel the same level of care for our surroundings and the divine universe that we inhabit.
After lunch, we continue our work with the Heart chakra as we use the form of Authentic Movement to open our hearts as a loving witness. This workshop will also double as a sharing circle, allowing you to turn your compassion into words as you share your thoughts and feelings with the group.
After dinner, explore or rest with some free time.
The schedule for today is slightly different. For the majority of the day, we'll have free time so that you can absorb the lessons of the retreat and give yourself the care you need. Use this time to integrate all that we have discovered and experienced. You're free to explore the nearby town or the local tourist attractions as you journey through introspection. You're free to go wherever you're called. In the afternoon, we will hone in on the Throat chakra and the goddess Saraswati, discover more of our authentic selves with playful games and journaling.
Under the night sky, we'll begin to activate our third eyes, deepening into intuition and gaining an understanding of our souls' paths. We will go on a shamanic journey to meet Hecate, the goddess of wisdom, as she helps us to cut away what no longer serves us and lights our way with new clarity. We will also participate in blindfolded dancing to go deep within our inner vision.
It's the final full day of our Costa Rican wellness retreat, and we're going to begin with a morning movemeent and meditation session. Through meditative relaxation and deep poses, you'll feel a strong connection between your mind and body, furthering the work we've already done. Lunch, free time, and dinner will then lead us to an evening goddess celebration. Invoking the all-powerful goddess Shakti, we will expand into cosmic unity, feeling one with everything and enjoying a sensation of absolute harmony. The joy of this retreat peaks with a festive evening Goddess Party as we celebrate the progress we've made as sisters. We dress up, eat cake, laugh, play, and step into our goddess selves!
We've finally reached the conclusion of our Costa Rican escape. With your journey through the chakras complete, it's time to head home with hearts full. Allow gratitude to course through you as you say goodbye to your newly-found sisters and the amazing vistas of Cahuita. With that, you'll be transferred to the airport to fly home. Safe travels, and thanks so much for joining us!