Body of Water:
Embodying the Elements
August 1-8, 2026
MASTATAL, COSTA RICA
Body of Water is a six day immersion into the Water element that lives within and without.
Water governs our emotions, our lymph, our sensuality, our intuition.
When we reconnect with it, we soften. We flow. We create. This retreat is an embodied reclamation of the feminine and the womb space through ritual, movement, nourishment, and connection to land.
Come restore your inner waters.
This retreat is for you if:
You feel a deep longing to reconnect with nature and remember yourself as part of the living world.
You are tired of understanding your healing and are ready to embody it.
You are curious about the Water element and want to explore how it moves through your relationships, emotional landscape, physical body, and sense of self.
You are craving time away to slow down, soften, and listen.
You want to experience plants, food, and land as living teachers.
You are drawn to embodied practices that help you move, breathe, and feel fully alive, rather than perform or push.
You desire a space where you can play, create, rest, and be held by community, by nature, and by the wild waters of Costa Rica.
You want to travel authentically and immerse yourself in a rich local culture and ecosystem off the beaten track.
“The Integra Collective in itself created a new collective of women that will be forever bonded from an amazing week long experience of joy, friendship, love and learning . I still get goosebumps thinking of how amazing the people were, the Farm, the women-led businesses we interacted with…. and all the naked swimming !! I love you guys !!
— Layne, 2022 Costa Rica Convergence Participant
Meet the Water element.
Mastatal, Costa Rica
Body of Water unfolds in the tiny jungle village of Mastatal, nestled in the shadow of La Cangreja National Park. Known for its biodiversity and rich local culture, Mastatal is a living example of regenerative ecotourism and rural Costa Rican life.
We’ll stay at Finca Siempre Verde — “the Farm that is Always Green” — a family-owned farm and eco-lodge rooted in more than 100 years of lineage. The structures are simple and beautiful, adjacent to the rainforest where you’ll pass by tropical flowers and hear the call of red macaws.
Meals are freshly prepared each day using local organic ingredients, much of it harvested locally from nearby farms.
Throughout the week, we’ll immerse ourselves in Mastatal’s rhythms and community, with excursions to a nearby private waterfall, La Iguana Chocolate Farm, and one of our facilitator’s indigenous-inspired herbal farms. These experiential explorations will connect us deeper to the Water element, our bodies, and each other.
This is not a resort experience.
It is a return to land.
Embodying Water
Experience a holistic and transformative journey as we strengthen, balance, and embody Water over six days of guided practices, teachings, and embodiment.
Lymphatic Bodywork
Water moves through us as lymph. In these gentle, educational sessions, you’ll learn lymphatic self-massage and partner practices to support lymphatic flow, detoxification, and nervous system regulation. These offerings are guided by Abbey Cmiel, Ayurvedic bodyworker and female reproductive specialist of Abbey Joy Healing.
Farm-to-Table Cooking & Herbal Medicine Making
Guided by an Indigenous Costa Rican herbalist, we’ll take plant walks, harvest medicine, and prepare nourishing meals together. Through hands-on cooking and medicine making, we deepen our relationship with the land—experiencing food and plants not just as nourishment, but as teachers, allies, and expressions of living water.
La Iguana Chocolate
A short walk from our lodging lies La Iguana Chocolate, a regenerative cacao farm-to-bar chocolatería rooted in land stewardship and craft. We’ll tour the farm, taste cacao in its many expressions, and paint the flavor notes, awakening creativity, sensuality, and pleasure—essential qualities of the Water element.
Waterfall Immersion
We’ll hike to a private waterfall in Mastatal, immersing our own bodies of water into the living waters of the land. Through guided ritual and free swim, we’ll invite release, renewal, and deep presence in these pristine waters emerging from a natural spring just upstream.
Retreat Schedule
Each day unfolds in a balance of structured practice, community immersion, rest, and integration. We’ll be early to bed and early to rise, letting the rhythms of the jungle guide our days.
Arrive in Costa Rica and land gently. We’ve booked accommodation for our group at Vista Canyon Inn just outside of San José for a shared overnight pause before we journey together into the jungle.
SATURDAY / AUGUST 1st
Arrival
SUNDAY / AUGUST 2nd
Descent
We travel to Mastatal, settle into the forest, and open the circle as the jungle begins to hold us.
MONDAY / AUGUST 3rd
Meeting Water
We meet the Water element through an introductory class, then through meditation and our first hands-on practice: foot reflexology. The nervous system softens as the body begins to flow.
TUESDAY / AUGUST 4th
Meeting The Land
Guided by an indigenous wisdom keeper, we walk with the plants, harvest and cook a farm-to-table meal, and create eco-printed art. The land becomes teacher as we immerse ourselves in its living intelligence.
WEDNESDAY / AUGUST 5th
Where Water Moves
We immerse in a private waterfall and learn hands-on breast lymphatic care, tending the wild waters that move within and without.
THURSDAY / AUGUST 6th
Waters of the
Womb
We practice hands-on womb care, receive 1:1 sessions, and move through embodied restoration to tend to the deep feminine well.
Free morning block with time for optional 1:1 healing sessions.
FRIDAY / AUGUST 7th
Medicine of Integration
We craft herbal medicines from the land, visit La Iguana Chocolate Farm, and close our circle in ritual.
We depart Mastatal for San Jose as a group, carrying the wisdom of Water and our newfound community back home with us!
Flight timing recommendations listed further below and on application form.
SATURDAY / AUGUST 8th
Return
What Past Participants are Saying
“I’m always surprised by how powerful being witnessed can be for self and collective healing…regular immersion in feminine, nature-focused, heart-sharing spaces feels vital for self balance. I’m always grateful to broaden the way I can connect with nature, self, loved ones, and patients. Thank you Integra for this work you are doing to help us feel seen, included, integrated, and shining our brightest!”
-Sinead, 2024 Participant
“The learning of the elements was much more insightful and enriching than I thought it would be. I am coming away with not only a deeper understanding of myself but of other people and relationships. My deep feeling after this retreat is that truly, we all need to be celebrated for who we are, as we are all unique make-ups of the five elements. I feel that I’ve had true reflection and connection. I am grateful for the emotional release I have experienced, and I’m so grateful for the peace in my heart and my readiness to share some of this knowledge with others.
-Pam, 2024 Participant
“I see so much of the elements now in those people I love and interact with — my family, friends, and work partners. Having this understanding of the play of the elements in each of us supports these relationships. The lymphatic massage and womb adjustment was such a profound way for me to ground into my body. For me, it tapped me into my root chakra and earth element. I would describe this retreat as coming home to myself. Women need to be together in community more. It is a powerful feeling to be supported, allowing for all the feels, expression, emotion, and most importantly, to express our femininity.”
-Joan, 2025 Participant
Meet your Facilitators
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Meet your Facilitators *
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Abbey Cmiel
INTEGRA COLLECTIVE CO-FOUNDER
Abbey is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Herbalist, Artist, and Earth-tender. She is the founder of Abbey Joy Healing, a health practice that supports people in connecting with their bodies, emotions, and spirit to experience deep wellness. Abbey offers lymphatic body work, herbal and health assessments, and reproductive care. She is deeply passionate about tending to the female body, including the oft-neglected breast and womb spaces. Abbey sees it as her life mission to weave a web between all humans and their bodies, community, and the Earth so we can tend to our collective health.
An Aries Sun with a Cancer Moon and Rising, Abbey channels her fire energy into community organizing, teaching, and catalyzing systems change. Gratefully, her watery Cancerian energy brings a love of art, creativity in all forms, and a deep respect for emotions. Abbey loves to teach about the waters of the body, including hydration, the lymphatic system, and connection to the womb space. She currently lives in Sebastopol, CA and is available for in person and online health consultations.
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Bailey McNeill
INTEGRA COLLECTIVE CO-FOUNDER
Director of The Produce Box and passionate advocate for community-centered food systems, Bailey McNeill is dedicated to building sustainable, local food networks that support the Earth and nourish communities. A forever student of regenerative agriculture and herbalism, she brings hands-on experience from working on farms and gardens across the world, infusing her leadership with practical knowledge and a grounded perspective.
Bailey’s fiery passion and dynamic leadership have made her a natural facilitator of group courses and community events, as well as an effective Integrative Health Coach with a focus on women’s nutrition. Her self-awareness and understanding of the elements have allowed her to harness her strong fire energy as both a driving force and a gift, while learning to balance it with Earth and Water focused practices for greater emotional, physical, and energetic harmony.
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Kealy Rudersorf
FOUNDER, KIS BOTANICALS
Kealy Rudersdorf is the co-founder of KIS Botanicals, which she runs alongside her husband, Solin García Sánchez, in the Costa Rican jungle, where they homestead, teach, and parent. Their life is deeply rooted in the rhythms of nature—tending the land, making medicine, running nature-based courses and building community.
Kealy is a spiritual ecologist, awakening mentor, quantum healer, akashic reader, community herbalist, and consciousness educator, and her fiercest passion is guiding others to connect with Mother Earth, their soul, and the Divine for deep healing and collective evolution.
Since her first awakening in 2009 while she was working as an engineer, Kealy has studied permaculture, herbalism, energy medicine and shamanistic techniques. She brings a unique blend of practical skills, grounded wisdom, mystical tools, and intuition into everything she creates and teaches.
Rooted in her connection to Spirit, the ancestors, and the elements, Kealy guides others through immersive, earth-based experiences that awaken the senses, shed old layers, and reconnect people to their truth. Her classes are embodied, heart-led, and designed to help others remember who they are and why they’re here.
Kealy offers one-on-one Awakening Mentorship sessions, monthly guided meditations, and a variety of courses—both in person and online—to support others on their healing and spiritual journeys.
In the year of the Fire Horse, we are calling upon the wisdom of Water to ground and nourish us.
Water is the element of the feminine, of flow, intuition, receptivity, and surrender. While fire brings movement, intensity, and transformation, water teaches us how to soften, listen, and remain deeply rooted in ourselves as the world accelerates around us.
As life becomes louder and more demanding, many women feel the call to return to the deep inner well: the place where clarity, creativity, and true nourishment arise. When we tend that well, we are able to pour our gifts into the world from a place of fullness rather than depletion.
Again and again on retreat, women share that the hands-on bodywork practices — especially those that reconnect us with the womb and breast spaces — are among the most profound experiences of the journey. These practices invite us to come home to the body, release what has been held, and restore the natural flow of energy and vitality within.
We are all connected by the water that animates every living being. When we tend to our own Inner waters, the healing ripples outward into the collective.
Why Water? Why Now?
Why Water? Why Now?
Registration + Accommodation
Next Steps:
Apply for Body of Water using the form linked throughout this web page. If it is your first introduction to our community, we may set up a video call to ensure this retreat is the right fit!
Reserve your spot by submitting your payment. Payment plans are available. All reservations include a $600 non-refundable deposit.
Book your travel to and from San Jose.
Arrival: We recommend you book a flight arriving on Saturday, August 1st to allow you plenty of time to arrive in-country. Group transportation will depart for Mastatal at 11am on Sunday, August 2nd.
Departure: Group transportation option will depart Mastatal at 7am and plan arrive in San Jose by 10am on Saturday, August 8th. While we cannot guarantee timing due to road closures, rain, traffic, etc, we recommend you book a flight out at 1pm or later if you plan to take this group transportation option. If you need to look into alternative transportation options at different times, let us know and we can support you.
What Is Included in Your Registration:
Lodging at Vista Canyon Inn on Saturday, August 1st. Retreat prices differ based on shared vs. private lodging.
Lodging at Finca Siempre Verde from August 2nd - August 8th. Retreat prices differ based on shared vs. private lodging.
Roundtrip group transportation between Mastatal and Costa Rica on August 2nd (arrival) and August 8th (departure)
Three meals a day lovingly prepared by the team at Finca Siempre Verde using farm-fresh ingredients, starting with dinner on August 2nd and ending with breakfast on August 8th
All excursions and activities
All class materials
What Is Not Included in Your Registration:
Transportation to Vista Canyon Inn on August 1st
Meals before we arrive Mastatal or after we depart: Lunch and Dinner on August 1st, nor Breakfast or Lunch on August 2nd
Flights to and from San Jose
Lodging the night of August 8th or after
Travel insurance (we highly recommend booking travel insurance to protect your trip)
1:1 healing sessions with Abbey or Kealy (optional block on Wednesday; limited spots)
FAQs
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We will be arranging group transportation from Vista Canyon Inn to Mastatal, departing on Sunday, August 8th at 11am.
If you will not be arriving in country the day before and anticipate an arrival to SJO later than 9am on Sunday, August 2nd, you will responsible for arranging your own transportation to Mastatal.
Please reach out if you anticipate arriving later than 9am Sunday, August 2nd. If you run into flight delays, please keep your facilitators updated. While we can direct you to alternative transportation options, we are unable to refund or fund transportation to Mastatal if you are not present when the group van departs on August 2nd.
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Once you fill out the application form, you will gain access to the checkout site. All registrations require a $600 non-refundable deposit to reserve your spot.
We offer payment plans to break up your remaining payments into monthly installments.
If you cancel before July 1, your deposit is non-refundable, but the remainder will be returned.
If you cancel within 1 month (July 1 or later), your tuition will not be refunded. (We recommend purchasing travel insurance for your flight.)
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Finca Siempre Verde will be cooking us three meals a day, except for the day we all participate in our farm-to-table cooking workshop for lunch.
They utilize local, organic, ultra-fresh ingredients — most of them grown right onsite at the farm. Most meals include an abundance of eggs, rice, beans, tortillas, local fruits and veggies and other seasonal delights!
Gluten free and vegetarian diets are asily accommodated.
Please note any dietary restrictions on the application form so that we can accommodate your needs.
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We’ll be moving a lot of energy during this retreat, so we encourage you to REST during our downtime!
Reading, journaling, gentle stretching, and conversing with your new friends are all wonderful integration activities.
We will be early to bed and early to rise to make the most of our beautiful location.
We ask that you let us know if you plan to go off-property at any time during the retreat.
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Please let your facilitators know if you have any emotional, physical, or mental health needs arise during your time at the course—we are here to support you!
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Mastatal does not have reliable cell service. You may want to check if your own provider offers an international plan. It is sometimes available for $5-10 extra. But, before you pay, make sure they partner with Kolbi as other Costa Rican providers are not reliable in the area.
There is wifi at the main house at Siempre Verde. We ask that you use this before or after class and not during meal times. If you want to communicate with loved ones during the course, Whatsapp works well. Building community and staying present to each other and nature is a big part of the course.
If you need constant connection with the internet, this will not be the place for you. We encourage you to take this opportunity to disconnect as much as possible and enjoy the moment!
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We will be sending out a more detailed packing list to registrants as we near the course!
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The nearest medical clinic is 45 minutes away. Jenny and Marcos, the owners of Finca Siempre Verde, are trained in Wilderness First Aid and regularly update their training.
Please bring all necessary medications and basic first aid supplies. We recommend looking into travel health insurance, such as INS (Costa Rican based company), or as. a supplement to your own health insurance plan.
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You can contact the Integra team at hello@integracollective.org. Please reach out, we’re happy to hear from you!
APPLY NOW FOR BODY OF WATER
August 2-8, 2026
Mastatal, Costa Rica
Hosted by The Integra Collective
and Kis Botanicals
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