Meet Your Hosts!
JAVIERA
CO-HOST, FEMININE EMBODIMENT GUIDE.
& PROFESSIONAL FLOW ARTIST
A fire priestess, flow artist, space holder, medicine woman, teacher, & mother.
Javiera has many years of experience using education as a powerful tool to guide others into a healthier & joyful life.
Finding healing through a deeper connection to Pachamama, holistic practices, & authentic community relations. She finally discovered that we can only ascend as high as our roots are deep. Thus, she has experienced a profound connection between elemental femenine embodiment & women’s healing.
Javiera has learned to share these tools while creating safe spaces for people to also explore, heal, & grow. She manifested this retreat with the intension to continue learning while showing & reminding other women how these different medicines can help reclaim back our divine feminine energy & pleasure for life.
PATRICIA
CO-HOST, FIRE KEEPER,
ENERGY KEEPER & BODY WORK
Fire Keeper, Moon Dancer., Sacred Space Holder. Guardian of Life’s Thresholds. Born in the US to Colombo-Guatemalan roots & raised in Medellín, Colombia, she carries the wisdom of many worlds. Her path has always been woven with a deep curiosity for spirituality, gnostic teachings, & the cosmic language of astrology. From an early age, she immersed herself in the sacred texts of the Bible, Kabbalah, & Buddhism, seeking truth & connection across traditions.
In her journey through trauma & healing, she found refuge & belonging in the Red Road—walking the path of Native American teachings & sacred medicines.
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Patricia has over 20 years of experience as a Yoga, Pilates, Mobility, & Belly Dance teacher, & as a Vedic Thai Bodywork practitioner, she offers movement as medicine, helping others release the stories held in their bodies & unlock ancestral healing within their DNA. As a birth & death doula, & facilitator of rites of passage, she holds space for life’s sacred transitions—bringing reverence, love, & balance to every ceremony she touches.
Meet the Team!
KASHI
TANTRIC BREATHWORK
FACILITATOR
Kashi, an experienced international facilitator, channels teachings through embodied experience and responds with required medicine. Her activations create safe spaces for inner intimacy, alchemy, and union, evoking divinity through sensuality, eros, and unconditional love. She holds certifications in Kundalini Yoga, Reiki, and International School of Temple Arts and Energy of Breath School.
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Kashi, born in London, developed a passion for adventure, art, spirituality, and healing. After graduating from Leeds University in English and Philosophy, she embraced travel, ceremonies, and alternative communities. Immersed in mystic, tantric, and shamanic practices, Kashi specialized in yoga, bellydance, and erotic arts, performing globally in festivals and joining a circus troupe on horseback in Mexico.
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In 2021 Kashi moved to Costa Rica and founded Kundalini Rose as a platform for tantric arts, coaching and a modern approach to temple culture and sacred sexuality. Today she draws upon a range of devotional ceremonial practices and healing modalities to inspire workshops, in person immersions, pilgrimages and online trainings for women and men. She is the founder of AOI Costa Rica and a co-founder of Tantrahuasca - a revolutionary immersion combining Tantra and Ayahuasca as a pathway for healing, awakening and self realisation.
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LUCIA
AGUA MADRE
& SENSUAL EMBODIMENT
Mother, artist, dancer, doula, and holistic therapist.
Lucía Levy is a talented artist and holistic therapist, graduated from one of the most prestigious dance schools in Central America. After completing her training in contemporary dance, she continued her independent research in the field of dance and somatic therapy. Since 2014, she has deepened her practice in disciplines such as 5 Rhythms, somatic therapy, yoga, Thai massage, and other holistic techniques.
Lucía has shared her knowledge and passion through movement workshops in the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Thailand, India, and various parts of Central America. In 2018, she began a self-taught exploration of somatic techniques related to "sensual embodiment." Throughout her journey, she has facilitated workshops in Costa Rica, promoting empowerment, self-knowledge, and self-love among participants.
Since 2020, Lucía has directed a space in the Southern Caribbean dedicated to dance and cultural and artistic encounters. In this space, she offers private sessions of pole dance, somatic dance therapy, and other holistic therapies. Additionally, she produces events in collaboration with other facilitators and artists, both local and international, who reside in or visit Puerto Viejo.
KEMBLY
BELLY DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Born and raised in Costa Rica, with more than 12 years of Belly dance experience.
At 17 years old, she rediscovered herself through Bellydance, finding a sense of worthiness, reclaiming her femininity without the influence of masculine energy.
Kembly trained at Expresarte academy in Costa Rica under the guidance of Ericka Zayas-Bazan and studied different styles such as American, Lebanese, and Egyptian Bellydance, classic Egyptian, American Tribal Fusion, Tribal Fusion.
In addition to Bellydance, she has explored other dance forms such as Egyptian folklore, Lebanese folklore, Afro-Guinean, Dancehall, Salsa, Cumbia, and Samba, continuously learning and growing as a dancer.
Embracing a fusion and wellness focus, she integrates these dances into her practice, connecting with women who share a belief in the power of sacred movement to reclaim our feminine essence.
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Through workshops, women's circles, and individual therapies, she has delved deeper into the sacred feminine, healing and self empowerment. she has experienced physical and emotional benefits, including reduced pain during menstruation and enhanced muscle memory during childbirth.
Her coaching aims to help others tap into the sacred movements and ancient wisdom of Bellydance, unlocking the magic within themselves.
SORIAN
DAILY YOGA FACILITATOR
Sorian Leal, born in Venezuela living in Costa Rica since 2011.
Her journey on this path of transformation began over 10 years ago, when she discovered in yoga much more than just poses; founding a gateway to her spiritual growth and an inner awakening that has shaped her path to this day.
She is an innate teacher, eternal student and movement practitioner; which has made her multifaceted, allowing her life, and teaching to embrace various aspects of contemporary dance, parkour, yoga wisdom, conscious breathing, circus arts and human motion sciences.
Her calling for teaching stems from her great passion for learning. A graduate of Ashtanga Yoga Satya (2016) 500RYT and Sacred Self School (2021) 475RYT. However, she continues to nourish herself with studies related to wellness, holistic health, and the expansion of consciousness.
She is currently taking her third advanced yoga teacher program of 2,5 years and also studying evolutionary astrology. From this passion arises her project "El Aquador" where she shares about the moon, the stars and their influence on our internal processes along with other creations that promote the practice of self-observation and the connection with the universe we are part of.
"My purpose is simple yet profound: to share experiences and practical resources that serve as a guide for those seeking their own path of self-awareness and spiritual awakening amidst the rush of modern times. Through love and devotion, I aspire to inspire others to live a more harmonious, coherent, and fulfilling life."
BERENICE
AFRODANCE
& TWERK MOVEMENT THERAPY
Born and raised in the North Caribbean side of Costa Rica. Berenice developed a relationship with movement and dance started she was a kid, very intuitively, in the middle of nature, where she used to be playing, dancing and exploring. Over the years, gymnastics, ballet, contemporary dance, aerial dance, urban dance, and yoga have been a part of her healing journey and life.
In 2021, she completed her training as a Humanistic Dance Therapist following the call to find her path in being in service to others.
She has found great joy in the medicine of movement.
Currently, she loves working with women, connecting with enjoyment, sensuality, self-esteem, and of course, exploring one's own movement flow, combining different techniques, in a safe and loving space.
Welcome to the sisterhood of Dance Raiz.
ANTONELLA
PHOTOGRAPHER
& CONTENT CREATOR
Antonella is a creative guru from NYC with Uruguayan roots.
She was professionally trained in art in all genres ever since she was a child. She has done photography for the past 16 years, specializing in portraits, editorials, travel, and behind-the-scenes. She got into video 10 years ago.
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Antonella will join to capture the journey we will take together and embody our divine femininity. She is essentially a light keeper, capturing the true essence of one's aura. She will be offering special individual goddess photoshoots in the jungle and/or beach of Costa Rica for additional charge.
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