The Awakened Heart - Self Development & Yoga Retreat, Costa Rica
With Esther Hamar - Main Teacher/Host
December 5 - 12, 2026
You are worthy of love and peace. This year has been hard on many, and our retreat has been designed specifically for you to come out of suffering and step back into self love. We welcome you to a retreat based upon the heart, how to raise your vibration, and welcome rest, healing, and liberation from pain. Regardless of your background, beliefs, or identity, all are welcome here. Your wellbeing is our mission, our goal, and our passion to help you come back into the heart coherence and alignment. This is the time in the world where we need our self love, forgiveness, and a deeper understanding of our humanity. Regardless of where you are in your life’s journey, our retreat is a place of truth, love, and tools to realign you back into the heart.
We welcome you to join us for a transformational 7-day all-inclusive retreat at the breathtaking & award winning Anamaya Resort in Montezuma, Costa Rica. Nestled in lush tropical nature overlooking the ocean, this retreat is a sanctuary for the body, mind, and soul — a place to reconnect with your heart, awaken your spirit, and return to your true essence.
This retreat integrates daily Yoga, organic anti-inflammatory health food, relaxation, Guided Meditations, heart coherence workshops, chakra healing techniques to balance your energy and mind, relaxation, watercolor painting for any level ( no prior experience needed), nature excursions to inspire, and much more. The perfect Retreat for any individual searching how to guide your life from a place of love, instead of fear.
At the core of our journey is Heart Consciousness—where you will gain a higher view of your life, your purpose, and your destiny in harmony with nature.
Alongside this, you will explore Chakra Healing, a powerful pathway that connects your energy body with your subconscious mind. Through this work, you will:
– Learn heart coherence
– Transform emotional blockages- self sabotage
– Learn how to heal and enhance your energy
– Align more deeply with your inner guidance and self trust to embody your worth
– Expand higher consciousness and Intuitive abilities
Together, these teachings offer both profound spiritual insight and practical tools for everyday life. Whether you are a healer wishing to deepen your practice in helping others or someone seeking personal growth and renewal, this retreat will support you in stepping into greater wholeness and freedom.
You will return home with:
-Calm, peace, and health
-A renewed sense of clarity and self-understanding, trust, and forgiveness
-Tools to navigate emotions and subconscious thought patterns
-Techniques on how to transmute and transform your energy into higher vibrations and out of suffering
-A deeper connection to your heart’s wisdom and authentic self
-Self love & heart coherence
This is more than a retreat—it is a transformational journey out of suffering, and back into the true power of self love.
About the Leader
Esther Hamar – Main Teacher/Host
Esther's work is inspired by the heart and higher wisdom, to share techniques which support the development of the human being into its highest protentional. Having walked her own path of inner transformation, Esther has spent the past 11 years teaching higher consciousness workshops, helping 1000's of clients in energy healing and soul coaching, guiding […]
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