Healing Center & Spa
“Best Spa in the Americas”
The Most Luxurious Healing Center & Spa in Costa Rica
Vida Mía Healing Center & Spa
Vida Mia has much to offer with its stunning views from every angle of its 800 square meter structure atop a quartz mountain. The expensive views overlook the deep valley and mountain region and extend to the Pacific Ocean, Nicoya Gulf, and Peninsula. Vida Mia was carefully designed with ancient Feng Shui principles balancing energies throughout the construction of the building to optimize, health, wealth, charisma, love, sex, and luck.
Spa Philosophy
Vida Mia is a world-class destination spa perched on a high vibrational crystal mountain that was created to serve all healing modalities that begin in nature. With our innovative and organic remedies fused with the wisdom of ancient therapies and the metaphysical powers of the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire, we have connected health, beauty, relaxation, and healing. We focus on genuine treatments and hands-on experiences to connect, nurture, protect, and heal the mind-body health systems.
The Facilities
Vida Mia has much to offer with its stunning views from every angle of its 800 square meter structure atop a quartz crystal mountain. The views open through the deep valley and mountain region, with volcanic views that extend to the Pacific Ocean, Nicoya Gulf, and Península. Vida Mia was carefully designed with ancient Feng Shui principles balancing energies throughout the construction of the building to optimize, health, wealth, charisma, love, sex, and luck.
The Gratitude Lounge is a resting place with big lush couches to enjoy resting, reading, or sipping tea.
The Gratitude Lounge Café and Tea Bar presents a robust natural menu of snacks, smoothies, light lunches, and of course sunset platters with Organic and Biodynamic Wines.
The Meditation Deck right below the 'Monkey Tree" is a wonderful place to reflect, chant, pray, or be one with nature.
The Quiet Pool is for resting, sunbathing, and enjoying the gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean while waiting for your next healing treatment. There are poolside lounges and hanging pool chairs where food and drink can be served.
Therapy Rooms
The second level holds the changing rooms, an air-conditioned fitness facility, a covered Jacuzzi, and a cold-water cascade plus an outdoor covered resting den.
All treatment rooms are named for indigenous healing crystals on the upper level and have open-air, or large windowed rooms to connect the guests with the natural surroundings, to bring the outside into their treatments, and to connect them to the healing elements.
BAI is the Vichy treatment room - tiered Costa Rican marble slabs with water jets to massage and clear the body's energy with our crystal-infused waters.
NEVE is a multipurpose treatment room with an outdoor glass shower for wraps, scrubs, massages, and therapeutic oil treatments.
AMARAJA is a spacious and luxurious massage room with an outdoor balcony facing the Pacific Ocean where one can relish in the expansive view while receiving a vast array of healing treatments.
RATANA has an outdoor balcony facing the Pacific Ocean. This heavenly and spacious massage room provides guests with a beautiful view and is a space where you can receive many of our healing treatments.
MINA is a precious gem of a facial room, cozy and quaint with a view of the feng shui river and lush foliage.
ALLIRA is an expansive and inspiring Couples Suite with a king-size hanging bed, private outdoor shower for two, a double Hydrotherapy and Chromotherapy bath along with sitting tea lounge. The view is ever present with the 25-foot wall size window that opens to the fresh air for a romantic getaway of connecting and healing.
AYURVEDA is a room dedicated to our herbalists and medical advisors,
Functional Nutritionists and Ayurvedic Doctors to diagnose, prescribe, and heal imbalances. Featuring a handmade wooden massage table for traditional Ayurvedic treatments.
YOGA AND MEDITATION TEMPLE, below the meditation deck. This is a special area for private yoga, meditation, and small-group sound therapy.
Open daily: 9 am to 8 pm
Reservations
To guarantee your treatment schedule request, please make your reservation well in advance. If you are not a hotel guest, a major credit card is required to guarantee your scheduled time.
Cancellation Policy
Treatment times are reserved especially for you. We kindly request that any cancellations or changes to your treatment time be made at least four hours in advance for single appointments and 24 hours in advance for three or more appointments.
Quiet Atmosphere
To maintain the healing vibration of the spa, we ask you to silence your cell phones and electronic devices upon arrival.
Arrival
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment so you can decompress and make full use of the spa facilities. Regretfully, untimely arrivals may be subject to reduced treatment time to remain on schedule for subsequent guests.
Valuables
For your convenience, lockers are available to store your personal belongings. We cannot be responsible for lost or stolen items.
Gratuity
Our staff works with true passion to help you achieve your highest vibration. While gratuity is optional and at your discretion, it is kindly appreciated and accepted.
For Your Safety
Guests with medical conditions are advised to consult their doctors prior to booking any spa services. Kindly inform your spa technician of any existing medical conditions by completing a Guest Check-In form prior to receiving your treatments. Vida Mia reserves the right to discontinue service for any reason to ensure the safety of all parties.
Minimum Age Requirements
Spa services can be enjoyed by men and women with a minimum age of 16 years, in case of receiving any kind of treatment from our menu, parents must fill out the authoritative parental consent sheet.
Spa Etiquette
Smoking is strictly prohibited in all areas of the spa.
Any inappropriate behavior of an aggressive, violent, or sexual nature, will give reason to evict clients from our spa facilities.
Altos del Monte, Atenas, Costa Rica
Costa Rica +506 2106 3900
USA / Canada +1 833 760 4242
WhatsApp +506 8739 0083
sales@theretreatcostarica.com
vidamia@theretreatcostarica.com
All spa treatments prices do not include Costa Rican taxes and gratuity.
Dr. Shaveta Jasra
With a mission to awaken the soul by promoting holistic and alternative healing, Dr. Shaveta Jasra has joined the wellness team at The Retreat Costa Rica’s luxurious healing center and spa, Vida Mia Spa. Her methodology, which complements The Retreat’s own philosophy, combines diet management, yoga and chakra healing along with mental health counseling for self-discovery and self-reflection.
Jasra is a physician consultant who has worked as an emergency medical officer in orthopedics, gynecology, medicine and surgery in Punjab, India, as well as supervising post operative cases and cardiac patients in Pune, India. She has served as a lifestyle expert with a spinology clinic and worked as a consulting ayurveda physician for Jiva Ayurveda Clinic.
Additionally she founded the lifestyle improvement firm Evolve Get Inspired to aid people in healing from lifestyle disorder using diet planning, herbal ayurvedic plant based medicine, yoga and mental health wellness through counselling sessions on emotional wellbeing.
“Due to their fast paced and often stressful lives, people sometimes suffer with many physical and mental health conditions and are looking for solutions. I recognized this when I entered into the health industry. Using a variety of techniques I guide them to follow an inward path for true healing.”
She has a bachelor‘s degree in Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery and is internationally certified in ayurvedic diet and nutrition from Arogyam Institute. She holds a second degree in reiki healing.