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Learning Calendar: Costa Rica

Herbal Medicine Making Apprenticeship

Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies , Costa Rica

We will dive deep into the process - from the harvest to processing and medicine making. We will also make jungle fresh preparations to care for ourselves while in living in Costa Rica’s primary rainforest, while enjoying the magic of the Caribbean and connecting with the nature within us.

Awaken: Permaculture and Yoga Retreat

Rancho Delicioso [email protected], Montezuma, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Spend a week with us in the jungle and learn to design a bountiful permaculture garden that supports all life.

With the era of consumerism, the world faces many challenges from loss of habitat, to environmental degradation and social disconnection. We believe it’s time to cultivate opportunities for positive change and learning.

Awaken: Surf Camp: Surfing, Permaculture and Yoga

Rancho Delicioso [email protected], Montezuma, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

ancho Delicioso is an extensive Costa Rica eco village, offering a week-long (7 days / 6 nights) retreat with three of our favorite things: Surfing, Permaculture, and Yoga!

Our location, on the Southern Nicoya Peninsula between the towns of Santa Teresa and Malpais, is perfect for surfing. There are dozens of great beaches within a short drive in almost every direction, and surfers from around the world come here for this reason.

Surfing is only part of the program. The rest of the time you’ll be taking courses to learn various organic farming techniques, sustainable building, permaculture design and principles, hanging our with our farm animals, and learning about farm life in general. Plus, we have other classes and activities for you such as aerial silk, archery, and raw chocolate-making.

Permaculture Design Certification – Finca Morpho

Finca Morpho 14km Sur de Bomba de Osa en la calla de Matapalo con puerton murado,, Puerto Jimenez, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

The two-week Permaculture Design Course (PDC) offers training in holistic problem-solving for all aspects of human settlement, both visible and invisible. Located beach front and near the Corcovado rainforest we will demonstrate, explain and train you to integrate whole systems design and pattern thinking into your social, economic, land, water,…

Mushroom Immersion

Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies , Costa Rica

A weeklong deep dive into Mycology, Mushroom Cultivation, Medicinal Mushrooms and more.

Natural Building Bamboo and Furniture Workshop

Bamboo School Turrubares, Costa Rica

Learn the natural building construction techniques using bamboo and how to create awesome furniture for every day use or advance in craftsmanship skills to take your bamboo work to the next level.

Introduction to Herbalism

Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies , Costa Rica

This introductory course to herbalism is a chance to begin or further your journey with plant medicine. We will make use of our Alchemy lab for medicine making and fermentation practicals, be in nature with several different classroom spaces and enjoy our beautiful yoga shala for daily yoga sessions and workshops. Be part of our community here at Punta Mona and learn from the living library of plants around us. Come join us on the plant path.

Awaken: Permaculture and Yoga Retreat

Rancho Delicioso [email protected], Montezuma, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Spend a week with us in the jungle and learn to design a bountiful permaculture garden that supports all life.

With the era of consumerism, the world faces many challenges from loss of habitat, to environmental degradation and social disconnection. We believe it’s time to cultivate opportunities for positive change and learning.

Inner Refuge — New Years 2020

Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies , Costa Rica

The New Year is an exciting time for us, and not just because of the amazing festivities.

It can be a chance to reflect and celebrate, and to call in new intentions for the year to come. Especially after the wild ups and downs of 2019, an energy shift feels like THE most powerful and meaningful thing we can do for the new year. So instead of going to the same party in the same place, we chose a nature preserve on the coast of Costa Rica as our destination to ring in 2020…


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