Beautiful mountain forest views at AmaTierra

In Costa Rica, there is a place where you can truly wash away stress and gain a new, healthy perspective on life. For countless people around the world, modern life is not conducive to relaxation due to its fast pace as well as countless factors that often make it difficult to just get through the day. At AmaTierra Retreat and Wellness Center in Costa Rica, you will find that disconnecting from stress is something that can be accomplished with the right vacation strategy.

The AmaTierra Retreat and Wellness Center is located in the mountains near Puriscal, not far from the prestigious University of Peace and only 50 minutes from the San Jose airport. This mountain hideaway encompasses eight acres of deep-green forest and lush vegetation that is also home to gentle wildlife. This former mango farm is a healing  habitat where colorful birds, exotic butterflies and gentle arboreal creatures thrive, and this is where an open-air yoga studio, an organic garden, an infinity-edge swimming pool, and ten comfortable casitas with private terraces are waiting for you.

Everything about AmaTierra is designed to maximize your holistic health experience. The ambiance begins with the accommodations, which are unlike any hotel rooms you may be familiar with. The ten casitas at AmaTierra are situated so that you can truly enjoy the serenity of your surroundings in complete privacy. Each casita suite features its own terrace, garden and outdoor seating area. Personal comforts such as a bathtub, television for DVDs, telephone, coffee and tea maker, and snacks are all included. As can be expected, single travelers, couples on their honeymoons and travelers on romantic getaways are frequent guests at this mountain retreat.

Enjoy your AmaTierra Casita

The holistic aspect of an AmaTierra vacation starts with providing you with a life-enhancing experience. Aside from the mountain forest serenity, you can enjoy gentle Hatha yoga sessions, organic nutrition, relaxation, guided meditation, massage therapy, and mind body sessions. Other therapies available to you include:

• Sound Therapy
• Exfoliation
• Herbal Medicine
• Beauty Treatments
• Aromatherapy
• Spiritual Equine Sessions (gentle horses guide you through awareness and self-discovery)

Though the wellness therapists at AmaTierra have a special spot in their hearts for those who are new to holistic experience, they also welcome guests and groups who are knowledgeable about yoga and wellness in general. To this effect, please read this heartfelt testimonial from Neva Ingalls, a yoga teacher from Maryland:

“Visiting AmaTierra was a magical and profoundly healing experience for me and the small group of yogis I brought for a yoga retreat in January of 2014. I have been leading yoga retreats in beautiful places on the planet since 1994, but I found AmaTierra to be uniquely supportive to the healing and spiritual focus of my yoga teachings. The outcome of this synchronicity was a magnified unfolding and blossoming in the personal experience of my students. The owners and hosts of AmaTierra, Jill and Bob Ruttenberg were warm and welcoming. We felt like family, understood and loved. The cuisine was nourishing to the heart and the body, as well as superbly prepared and presented. The staff was part of the family, obviously honored and respected. They beamed with happiness and were always willing to help.

 

The ground itself vibrated with healing energy and beauty in a tangible way. The healing work given by Jill and other visiting therapists was deep, restorative and truly transformational. I personally experienced a life changing breakthrough… Every aspect of AmaTierra supported healing… I will be back. Thank you, Bob, Jill and all of your staff. Thank you AmaTierra!”

The persons whom Ms. Ingalls expresses her gratitude to, Bob and Jill Ruttenberg, are the reason AmaTierra is one of the most special retreats in Costa Rica. Nine years ago the couple founded AmaTierra, their collective vision of a place where you can take time out from life to de-stress and heal yourself through natural means. Jill Ruttenberg is AmaTierra’s Wellness Director, and she has been a nutritionist and clinical herbalist and a student of holistic health practices for over 30 years. She earned her Master Herbalist Certification from the East-West School of Herbology in Santa Cruz, California. She is also a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild, and she uses nutritional counseling, traditional Chinese medicine assessment methods, herbal formulas, herbal tinctures, and supplements to help people manage their health issues through natural and dietary means. Jill also leads people through customized detoxification programs suited to the individual.

It is important that you become familiar with the philosophy of AmaTierra before you begin your wellness vacation. In essence, AmaTierra is a retreat that will treat you as a whole person by providing an oasis of tranquility and rejuvenation through yoga, meditation, mind/body awareness, healthful food, fresh spring water, herbal medicine, and bodywork. The goal is to allow you to relax and have fun in a friendly atmosphere, to let nature be your primary healer, and to put you in touch in with the local culture of rural Costa Rica.

Enjoy AmaTierra!

AmaTierra is also fully committed to sustainable community development and cultural ecotourism in Costa Rica. To this effect, the AmaTierra Foundation was created in 2007 to help empower residents of the Turrubares canton through a number of new opportunities and cooperative community programs. The Foundation helps support school children by buying uniforms each year, and promotes sustainable tourism and agriculture throughout the region. The idea is to keep improving the lives of the community so that you will return to a greener and lovelier Costa Rica.

AmaTierra has received the TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Award for Excellence for the last 3 years running. When you are ready to take a Costa Rica vacation that will be truly beneficial to your body and soul, be sure to book a trip to the AmaTierra Retreat and Wellness Center.