HELD
SÁMARA, COSTA RICA OCTOBER–DECEMBER 2026
Held
A Private Costa Rica Immersion
Six days. Five nights. One woman. Two practitioners. An experience created entirely around you.
What if you could step away from your life for six days… and not be the one responsible for figuring everything out?
No group to keep up with.
No packed retreat itinerary.
No pressure to spend every hour “working on yourself.”
Just a beautiful home overlooking the Pacific, two women devoted to creating a space where you can feel cared for and supported, and enough freedom to follow what you actually need once you're here.
Welcome to HELD.
Not a traditional retreat
Created for one woman at a time.
For six days, you'll stay with us in our home in Sámara and step into the life we're creating here. Between the two of us, we've spent decades immersed in energy work, Reiki, bodywork, coaching, meditation, wellness and the practices that help people reconnect with themselves.
But HELD isn't six days of treatments. And it isn't six days of trying to become a better version of yourself. It's much more human than that.
Think of it as spending six days in Costa Rica with the two best friends you didn't know you needed—who happen to have extensive training in healing, bodywork, energy and transformation.
However it unfolds
We'll have the deep conversations. We'll meditate together.
You'll receive private sessions with each of us. We'll introduce you to the places, people and experiences we're discovering in Sámara. And somewhere in the six days, all of this belongs too:
You get to decide how much you want to do, how deeply you want to go, and how much space you need.
Maybe you don't need another thing to work on. Maybe you've simply been carrying a lot.
You've been making the decisions.
Holding things together.
Showing up for other people.
Thinking ten steps ahead.
Planning the trip. Making the reservation. Finding the restaurant.
Checking whether everyone else is okay.
Even your vacations somehow require project management.
HELD is an invitation to put some of that down. For six days, you don't have to be the one holding everything. We'll hold some of it for you.
Before you ever board the plane
Your days, curated around you.
Before you arrive in Costa Rica, you'll meet privately with both of us over Zoom for your HELD Curation Call. We don't just want to know what activities you enjoy — we want to know how you're arriving.
From there, we'll begin thoughtfully curating your time in Sámara around you. You don't need to arrive with an itinerary — there may be things we plan before you land, things we decide over coffee that morning, and things we cancel because lying by the pool suddenly sounds infinitely better.
HELD isn't about handing you an itinerary. It's about taking away the pressure of having to create one.
Six days, held loosely
The rhythm of HELD.
A framework, not a schedule. Room for your body to soften, room for adventure, and room to change your mind.
Land, settle, exhale.
We'll help coordinate your shared shuttle or private transportation from Liberia International Airport. Then you arrive — we'll be waiting. Settle into your private room, explore the house, put your feet up.
That evening, a relaxed welcome dinner in Sámara. No workshop, no agenda — just three women getting to know one another.
Wake up slowly.
Coffee, tea, fresh fruit, something simple. An optional morning meditation, then your private treatment with Lana — shaped around what you've shared and what feels supportive once you're actually here. The rest of the day opens: swim, sleep, read, explore, or stay exactly where you are.
An intentionally open day.
A surf lesson. Salsa. A drumming circle. A local market. Or the pool, and absolutely nothing else. Your open days aren't empty space between treatments — they're part of HELD.
Your 90-minute Quantum Energetic Healing session with Victoria.
You don't need to prepare, or arrive with an answer. Come exactly as you are. Afterward, we intentionally leave room around you — to rest, journal, swim, talk, or simply be quiet, so whatever moved during your session gets somewhere to land.
Your final full day, open again.
Return to something you loved, or try something you haven't. As evening approaches, the three of us come together for your private HELD Closing Ceremony — what these days held, what shifted, what you're ready to carry home. Then one final dinner in Sámara.
One last slow morning.
Coffee, breakfast, probably some very long hugs. Then your driver or shuttle takes you toward Liberia and whatever comes next. You leave Costa Rica — but hopefully not the part of yourself you found here.
The women holding HELD
Not therapists on call. Not tour guides.
Two women sharing this experience with you — for the coffee conversations, the adventure days, the tears if they come, and the “I love you both, but I'm disappearing into the hammock for four hours.” Please do.
Victoria
QUANTUM ENERGETIC HEALER + TRANSFORMATIONAL COACH
More than 20 years spanning traditional medicine, holistic health, coaching, Reiki, energetic healing and personal transformation. Her work isn't about telling you who to become — it's about helping you hear yourself again. You'll receive a private 90-minute Quantum Energetic Healing session with Victoria, plus the conversation and integration that unfolds around it.
Lana
REIKI + LYMPHATIC BODYWORK + COACHING
Years of experience in healing, bodywork, Reiki, coaching and personal development. Your private session with Lana is shaped around what feels most supportive for you during your stay — and like Victoria, she isn't here simply for an appointment on your calendar.
The Sámara Edit
Not a tourist brochure. Our own list.
While we're living here, we're building a personally curated collection of the people, places and experiences we discover and genuinely love.
Some are free community experiences. Others carry a cost paid directly to the local provider — we never mark them up. We simply help you find what feels right for your version of Costa Rica.
Transparency, upfront
What's included.
Included
- 6 days / 5 nights in Sámara, in your private bedroom
- Full access to the pool, outdoor areas and shared living spaces
- Private pre-arrival HELD Curation Call with Victoria + Lana
- One private treatment with Lana
- One 90-minute Quantum Energetic Healing session with Victoria
- Optional morning meditation and grounding
- Personalized curation of your time in Sámara, plus our guidance and companionship throughout
- Welcome snacks and refreshments; coffee, tea, fresh fruit, oats and simple breakfast provisions
- Your private HELD Closing Ceremony
- Help arranging trusted transportation and local experiences
Not included
- Airfare
- Airport transportation
- Restaurant meals and alcohol
- Outside excursions and activities
- Outside practitioners
- Additional private treatments with either of us
Sámara is roughly a two-hour drive from Liberia International Airport. We'll help you choose between a shared shuttle or private driver — currently about $160 each way, paid directly to your provider. No markup, no fee to us.
Want to stay longer?
We had a feeling this might come up.
When availability allows, HELD guests may extend their stay for $250 per additional night — your private bedroom, access to the home and pool, and simple breakfast provisions. Additional treatments with Victoria or Lana can be added separately. Your formal HELD experience concludes on Day Six, which means extension days can be as gloriously unstructured as you'd like.
The founding HELD experience
Intentionally small. Not for artificial exclusivity — because this only works if it stays personal.
During our three months in Costa Rica, this first season welcomes one woman at a time. No groups. No overlapping guests. No sharing your experience with a room full of strangers.
- Reservation payment
- $1,000, once we've mutually decided HELD is the right fit
- Remaining balance
- $1,800, due 30 days before arrival
- Additional nights
- $250 / night, subject to availability
You're not booking a hotel room. You'll be coming into our home — sharing meals, experiences and conversations with us for six days. So before anyone reserves HELD, we meet.
Could HELD be yours?
Tell us a little about you.
There are no right answers. You don't need to impress us, and you don't need to explain your entire life story here — this is simply the beginning of the conversation. Once we receive it, Victoria and Lana will personally reach out to arrange your private Zoom.
