TRUE
An intimate journey to the true self
29 Nov - 5 Dec
Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
TRUE retreat
TRUE is a week-long immersive journey in search of a true self. Rooted in simplicity and depth, it invites a profound exploration of your authentic being - through honest self-inquiry, intimate human connection and immersion in nature. In an intimate circle of 8-12 seekers along with experts in healing and inner work we remember how to live in true alignment with your soul, embody your power and walk your authentic path with certainty, confidence and an open heart.
Come as you are. You are so welcome here.
We want to meet the real you.
Beyond the roles you play and masks you wear.
We want to feel what’s TRUE.
TRUE calling
(A message from Curator)
I dream of a world where we stop hiding, pretending, defending and proving. A world where we live in Truth.
I used to struggle with self-doubt, kept silent out of fear to be judged and misunderstood, was stuck and afraid to make decisions that could result in wasted time and lost opportunities.
I craved confidence and trust in myself, courage and certainty to follow my unique path free from pressure of time, expectations, comparisons.
Yet, i've reinvented my life multiple times always following my heart’s calling - moving countries and changing careers, using fear as my guide.
TRUE intention is to create a safe and deep transformative space to explore what really matters together, ask and listen, see each other for who we really are and in that openness connect with our true essence, so we can live a fulfilling life guided by our heart and highest dreams.
Eve, Curator and Host of TRUE Journey
Dive in. Surrender to the journey. Forget the known world.
Get ready to rewrite the story. Allow the magic to unfold.
Together we remember how to live in true alignment with your soul, embody your power and lead your life from the heart - with certainty, authenticity and unapologetic expression.
TRUE intention
(tools for transformation)
We learn how to ground, connect with intuition and take care of our body, mind and spirit to align with our true frequency:
Journaling and Meditation
Yoga, QiGong, Primal Flow and Kundalini Practice
Nutrition and Herbal Medicine
Nature Wisdom and Self-care Routine
Self-regulation & Inner Listening
We practice self-inquiry, energy healing and learn tools to embrace our vulnerabilities and connect with our most authentic expression:
Shadow Work & Inner Child Session
Authentic Expression Workshop
Shamanic Meditation and Right of Passage Ritual
Shadow Work & Authentic Expression
Emotional Release & Embodiment
We explore somatic practices, conscious body movement and ancestral rituals to release old patterns and rewire our believes:
Temazcal Ceremony
Breathwork Experience
Contact Improvisation and Movement
Kirtan and Sound Healing
Connections & Generational Healing
We learn how to heal our relationships and meet each other with an open heart, using any connection as a tool for transformation
Tantra: Harmonizing Feminine & Masculine
Authentic Relating Workshop
Systemic Healing Session (family constellation)
“The biggest joy in life is being seen for who you truly are”
A day at TRUE
6-8am: Practices of Meditation, Journaling, Self-love routine and Mindful Movement to wake up the body and set-up intentions for transformation
8.30-10am: Energy activation sessions to open up the consciousness for deeper work
10-11am: Farm to Table Brunch
11am-1pm: Immersive Self-inquiry Workshops to question old beliefs and create a new narrative for authentic living
1pm-4pm: Free time to rest, integrate, swim and explore
4pm-7pm: Embodiment Practices and Ceremonies to release blocks and integrate the knowledge
7pm-8pm: Farm to Table Dinner
8pm: Community Time and Fire Circles
TRUE seekers
(who it is for)
TRUE is an invitation to anyone who search for deeper meaning, personal growth and is called to live a life that feels really authentic. TRUE is for you if one of these statements sounds familiar:
Looking for a purpose-driven life — You long for a higher mission and self-realisation beyond financial stability.
Craving certainty and clarity — You want to trust yourself in making decisions free from doubt, overthinking and fear.
Tired to hold back your truth — You are ready to fully express yourself authentically with confidence and courage.
Longing authentic connection — You crave honest, meaningful relationships, vulnerability, and supportive community.
Feeling stuck or in transition — Reinventing yourself, burned out or going through change (career, relationship, social circle), as your current reality no longer fits.
Ready to expand your life — Your current identity feels too “small” to hold the life of your dreams, and you are ready to embody your gifts and “raise the bar”
Long-lasting Transformation
You don’t have to know all the answers - just bring your curiosity, presence and openness. Trust in the healing power of nature, human connection and your soul-wisdom to initiate a long-lasting transformation:
Clarity, certainty and courage to walk your authentic path
Accept yourself, release shame and guilt, transform self-sabotaging beliefs and fears
Clear energetic and emotional blocks on subconscious and trans-generational level
Understand your unique gifts and feel safe to embody your power with ease and joy
Feel strongly connected to your intuition, others and trust in the flow of life
TRUE is a space to remember who you are, rest, heal deeply, and return to the world with clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose.
TRUE magic
(once-in-a-lifetime)
TRUE is a carefully designed container, where we give space and time for truth to unfold. Collectively we create a unique “once-in-a-lifetime” experience of profound transformation on all levels - body-mind-spirit, thought-emotion-action, self-another-whole.
Personalized Journey - we have an alignment interview before arrival to understand your aspirations and limitations to tailor the journey to your personal needs.
Intimacy and Depth - a small curated circle of 8-12 people, to ensure intimacy and trust. We meet each other in vulnerable presence and build deep long-lasting connections.
Experienced Facilitators - a trusted team of devoted professionals with years of experience in psychotherapy, neuroscience, somatic and energy healing, mindfulness and spirituality.
Immersive Dimension — where art and nature come together to create a dream-like reality that awakens curiosity, your unique gifts and innate creative power.
Details and Care - a cozy secluded sanctuary, nourishing meals, devoted team, experts in healing and inner work, and desire to create experiences that leave you in awe with a lot of love.
Integration and Legacy - a practical take-away guide to bring the wisdom into your daily life. Exclusive offers for those who choose deeper coaching and therapy with TRUE facilitators.
TRUE Guides
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Alixe van Ogtrop
Inner Child Healing & Right of Passage Ritual
Alixe’s own PTSD experience guided her on a path of deep inner work, shamanism and understanding of trauma and anxiety. As a psychotherapist, mentor and retreat organizer, she guides her clients to a life of deep purpose and authenticity, focusing on somatic healing and neuroscience tools to rewire belief systems.
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Cristina Kalyani
Shamanic Meditation, Sound Healing and Yoga
Practicing yoga since over 30 years, Cristina is a life-devotee on path of self-discovery, certified in psychotherapy and published author. She worked with celebrities, facilitated at international festivals and run private retreats sharing her expertise in quantum healing hypnotherapy, breath work, sound-healing, meditation, massage, reiki, akashic readings and shamanism.
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Franca Garimani
Nutrition & Self-Care Wisdom and Yoga
Having healed herself from chronic diseases with fruits and detox, Franca shares nature wisdom, healing power of grounding and simplified lifestyle. She runs programs and retreats on holistic nutrition and regenerative detoxification, and is experienced in yoga, meditation, Bach flower therapy, reiki, supporting women on fertility and during pregnancy
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Nicolo Berzi
Systemic Healing & Family Constellations
With over 15 years of experience, as psychotherapist, author and certified relationship counselor, Nicolo focuses on facilitating Family Constellations for groups and individuals. He runs spiritual retreats and is a student and practitioner of the tantric Shivaism of Kashmir, Red Shamanic Path, graduate of the Eckhart Tolle School of Awakening.
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Anne-Marie Van Herck
Authentic Connections & Inner Leadership
Anne-Marie’s experience during Vipassana meditation guided her to study Intuitive Development and receive a Master in Psycho-energetics. Published author, she developed a program running in schools and is working with adults and children to deepen intuitive awareness and inner leadership. Her method helps to balance head, heart and gut centers, cultivating authenticity, self-trust and emotional harmony.
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Darren Austin Hall
Authentic Expression & Voice Activation
Darren is a sound healer, song channeler, founder of the Source Resonance Academy, author, recorded musician, poet and ecstatic dance DJ/facilitator. Trained in yoga and meditation, martial arts, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, tantra and shamanic practices, shaking medicine & creative transformation therapy, he shares his wisdom through retreats, workshops and coaching programs. Beyond this, Darren facilitates in the fields of conscious masculinity, sacred sexuality and heart-led living.
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Susanne Spirig
Breathwork Release Guide
Leaving behind a corporate career, Susanne found her passion as a fashion designer, owning a brand in sustainable clothing for wellness. Her innate energetic sensitivity, synesthesia (ex. perception of sound on skin) and ability to hold space, led her on a path of becoming a breath work facilitator, which she sees as the best tool each person can use to regulate the nervous system and attune with intuition.
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Apolline Chantereau
Healing with Horses
With over 20 years of working with horses, and as yoga and meditation teacher, Apolline offers guided healing sessions for groups and individuals with 3 horses she rescued. These sessions help to release anxiety, energetic and physical blockages, bringing clarity on life direction and connection with intuition.
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Evgenia Berestneva
Curator, Host & Experience Design
With background in psychology and 10+ years of experience in sphere of personal development and youth leadership, Eve reinvented herself as a painter and immersive experience designer, where she blends art, spirituality and inner work. TRUE has being inspired by her personal life-quest for authenticity, freedom and truth, and desire to live in a world where people have courage to pursue their authentic purpose-driven path of higher calling.
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Matteo Nunziata
Co-Host & Co-Creator of Immersive Experience
Matteo is a life-long entrepreneur in the technology and real estate, running a founder’s club and coaching purpose-driven entrepreneurs to create ventures with a positive impact in the world. His personal journey of self inquiry, expansion and ego transcendence brings him as a co-host of TRUE with a desire to encourage authentic heart-led leadership.
“Who we truly are is our love and how we express it in the world. To me, what is true is the vibration i’m in while in alignment…. expressing my love in the world, authentically.”
— Matteo Nunziata, TRUE Co-Host
TRUE offer
(what is included)
Six nights and seven days at secluded sanctuary - Villa Tanit. An incredible luxury private estate at The ARK with an ocean view, surrounded by lush jungle
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Daily farm to table meals, snacks and drinks to nourish your body for a deep transformation. Sensorial food experiences curated by a private chef
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An alignment session before arrival to tailor the experience to your personal needs
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Artistically designed immersive journey, blending art, rituals and personal exploration practices, guided by leading experts with time for integration and connection
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Deeper private 1:1 healing sessions with our guides and teachers available as add ons
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Transport to/from the airport
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Practical integration guide and exclusive offers for a deeper work with facilitators after the experience
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TRUE Welcome package to support your journey
STARTING PRICE - $2900 / per person (all inclusive except flights)
TRUE home - Villa Tanit
(Nov 29 - Dec 5)
Perched on a lush hilltop in Santa Teresa, this stunning villa offers sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding jungle. With elegant interiors, four spacious suites, a tropical garden, and a pool overlooking the sunset, it’s the perfect setting for deep rest and reconnection. Surrounded by fruit trees and just minutes from world-class surf, this retreat space blends luxury, comfort, and nature in perfect harmony.
Private Suite with Kingsize Bed, Private Bathroom
Single accommodation - $3600
Second person - $3200
Private Suite with Kingsize Bed, Shared Bathroom
Single accommodation - $3400
Second person - $2900
Triple Shared Room with Kingsize Bed + Two Single Beds, Private Bathroom
Price per person - $3200
Second person double bed - $2900
Twin Shared Room with Two Single Beds, Shared Bathroom
Price per person - $2900
FAQs
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If you have further questions please email: retreats@theark.world
If you are feeling ready to join us, please leave your contact details in a short application form.
We will reach out to you for a private intention setting call as we want to make sure that TRUE is the right space for you, prepare you for the retreat, choose best accommodation option and answer any questions. After the call we will follow up with the full invoice package, all logistical details and preparations. We ask you to pay a deposit (or in full) within a week after receiving the invoice.
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The only requirement is to be willing to look deep inside, being witnessed and serve as a mirror for transformation. We walk you through the journey gently and softly regardless whether you are an experienced practitioner or curious beginner.
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The most comfortable and quick way to get to The ARK is to arrive at Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose and take a local flight to Cobano Airport. We organize a private pick-up from and to the Cobano Airport.
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We expect a diverse group between genders and ages of 8-12 participants. We recommend taking a space for yourself for a deep journey within. However the experience can be shared with a partner and create a deeper level of trust, alignment and authentic connection. Retreat is open for anyone 18+, but if you arrive with younger kids we can help you sort out a separate accommodation.
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It’s low to mid 80s Fahrenheit (27-30°C) during the day, and can get more fresh after sunset or early mornings. You are welcome to bring a sweater, comfortable light pants for evenings that can protect you from insects as well. While November marks the transition into the dry season, some rainfall is still possible. We will provide you with a full packing guide upon your confirmation of participation.
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Yes, you are very welcome to arrive earlier and stay longer, and we are happy to arrange a separate accommodation for these days as well as recommend activities, places and restaurants in the area.
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Yes, we will have a plant-based menu, which can be adapted to any additional requirements and restrictions. We prioritize physical wellbeing during the retreat, so our meals are structured in a way to be a nurturing support for your body - to have optimal amounts of energy and nutrients, while maintaining lightness and presence. Abundant brunch and early dinner are supported with juices, fruits and healthy snacks during the day.
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We recommend arriving earlier or leaving later in order to enjoy additional touristic experiences or healing therapies. However, we will have free time between sessions in the agenda where personal healing practices can be arranged during the retreat.
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To ensure safety of the container and depth of the experience for all the participants, every detail of the journey matters. Thereby, we kindly encourage you to apply only if you are able to attend complete 7 days of the retreat, including Opening and Closing Ceremonies.