The Sacred Pause Retreat

Sol Sanctuary, Costa Rica

Sunday 2nd - Saturday 8th March 2025 - Only 2 spaces left!

The sacred pause is a divinely inspired invitation to nourish your soul and connect to your bliss. This retreat is a living experience of embracing self-care by reclaiming time for yourself to slow down, dive deep into your heart’s desires and rebirth. 2025 is the year of the snake. The snake wisdom brings you an opportunity to shed the old layers that no longer serve you and step into your authentic self. By shedding the layers, you begin to slowly emerge and move forward towards creating a life you love. This can look like baby steps or big bold moves. Maybe by just saying yes to this retreat, it’s a big move to say yes to taking time for yourself. It’s not always easy to put yourself first, especially if you’ve been a caretaker, healer or people pleaser.

“What if by truly slowing down and going within you could discover pathways that lead to a more blissful, peaceful and joy-filled state everyday?”

Do you find yourself giving all of your energy and time to others?
Do you put yourself last and struggle with gifting yourself time for self-care?
Perhaps, you are wanting to expand and grow. You know there is more out there to life, yet do you feel challenged to take time out to be still and go within?
Are you seeking a sisterhood of like-minded, kindred spirited women who you can resonate with?
Do you seek easy, practical guidance, connection and ways to support your mental, emotional and physical needs whilst opening up to more expansion and spiritual growth?

Introducing the Sacred Pause Retreat

Regardless of where you are on your journey, this retreat will call your heart and soul to a sacred yes! Yes to you! This retreat can be what you desire when you tune into the energy of Costa Rica’s PURA VIDA-pure vibration of simplicity and getting clear on what connects YOU to YOUR bliss. The ambiance is simple beauty, connection to the animal spirit soul medicine, sun, sand and ocean beach healing vibes. You will get what you put out in this retreat. You can simply rest and recharge. Or you can dive deep and rebirth. The beauty is that it is your choice! Sacred Choice!

The Offering

Here are a few of the ways which we will support you during your time with us

Daily meditations, activations and sister circles – including tuning into the energy and sounds of the jungle, the Costa Rican waters with guided visualisations, hypnotic journeys and sound meditations
Physical – sunrise yin yoga, swimming or relaxing at our private pool or nearby beach, exploring the nearby jungle trails and free flow dancing and movement
Creation – Curating personal essential oil blends, nature art, journaling/creative writing, creating a group oracle card deck, harnessing sound as a tool to use at home
Energy management – creating and managing loving boundaries, learning new energetic practices for yourself, your family, home and your work or business
Animal and nature connection - tuning into the frequency of the animals, plants and trees of jungle and sea and deepening into commune, bringing those qualities into your everyday life.
Sacred journeys – weaving the sound healing vibrations of the golden chalice, drum and voice for healing and empowerment alongside regression and other hypnotic sessions
Sisterhood – creating meaningful and lasting connections with other resonant women

Go home feeling more connected with self and the world around, more grounded, aligned, alive, uplifted, refreshed and so much more. Anchor in the soul magic of Costa Rica's PURAVIDA bliss vibes, heart opened, expanded and nourished. Of course, the only guarantee that you will go home feeling nourished and connected to your BLISS is to allow yourself to receive this magic, in the big aha moments and the gentle grace of the small daily rhythms in the magic of this retreat.

The sacred pause invites you to take home a piece of heaven on earth if you choose; allowing you to increase your connection to yourself, mother earth's medicine, animal realm, spirit realm and expand your perspective with an open heart; embracing the adaptability of being in the jungle. Allowing you to tune in to the divine universal whispers with ease and grace! By taking time to pause from your everyday life, you tap into the power of quiet time, the healing waves of the ocean and sound frequencies of the jungle's powerful animal kingdom. The howler monkeys may bring you deeper insights on your spiritual and/or healing journey as they remind you to adapt to the rhythm of nature, honouring your own natural rhythms to slow down and gift yourself a sacred journey.

What is included?

7 days and 6 nights in eco-Luxury in Bali Style Bungalows: Our retreat offers an exclusive stay in private or semi-private eco-luxe Bali style bungalows. Nestled in nature, these accommodations provide the perfect blend of creature comforts and tranquility, offering a private haven for introspection and rejuvenation. Each bungalow includes a private back porch with seating and hammocks, private bathrooms and air-conditionin, with each bungalow themed as a local Costa Rican animal
Culinary Delights by a Private Chef: Indulge in a gastronomic journey
with delicious, healthy, and fresh meals expertly crafted by our private chef. Every bite is a celebration of nourishment, supporting your well-being from the inside out
Heart-led programme with 2 sessions per day, excursions and allocated free time for you to choose how to spend your own sacred pause
Beachside Bliss at Playa Grande: A mere 10-minute walk brings you to
the breathtaking Playa Grande, where the rhythmic waves and golden sands create an idyllic setting for relaxation or invigorating beachside yoga and meditation sessions.
Private Pool Oasis: Enjoy moments of serenity by your private pool,
surrounded by the symphony of nature. Whether it's a refreshing morning dip or a leisurely afternoon lounging, the pool provides a rejuvenating escape.

Elevated Yoga Shala Experience: Surrounded by nature, the yoga shala space allows you to elevate your experience while connecting with the energy of the environment in the jungle treetops and visitations if you are lucky enough to hear the howler monkeys.
Enjoy gentle yin yoga, yoga Nidra, sound journeys, energy healing and regression sessions.
Day trip included for all. Bathe in the magical hot springs fed by the natural thermal water of the Rincon Volcano. Soak in the healing qualities of the mud and relax deeply.
Enchanting Local Excursions: Immerse yourself in the wonders of Costa Rica by exploring the local add on excursions: Tamarindo night market, taking part in a river cruise, indulging in a chocolate-making experience. Each excursion is a gateway to cultural richness and natural beauty.
Nature's Embrace: Be enveloped by the lush nature of Costa Rica in the Guanacaste rainforest, home to incredible wildlife. From vibrant flora to exotic fauna, the surroundings provide a constant reminder of the interconnectedness of all living things.
Preparation and follow up group online video calls to support easeful connection, practical planning and integration of transformation into everyday life.

Airfare and transfers not included but we can support you in making recommendations.

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Your Investment & Options

Bonuses

For anyone who signs up and pays in full before 12th December, we are offering an online 1-2-1 session with either Lynda, Nathalie or Christine, valued at £111 to work on something close to your heart.
For anyone who refers a friend and they sign up, they will receive 2 online Sacred Pause tickets to use before the retreat.
For everyone, we are also providing 2 retreat group online gatherings in advance of the retreat and one afterwards. These will both offer practical and emotional support whilst providing an opportunity for the energy of the group to connect. All of this helps us to arrive feeling so wonderfully held and nourished and integrate the shifts from the retreat into day to day life.

Your Sacred Earlybird Investment - prices from £2555

£2555 Twin shared room, bungalow villa with shared bathroom - 2 places left
£2777 Own room single bed in a shared bungalow villa with shared bathroom - SOLD OUT

3 Part Payment plan

To help make this as accessible as possible for those who feel the call, we are offering payment plan options. All you have to do to secure your place, is to pay a deposit of £555. Further payment details can be found on the link below.

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Optional Extras

Do you want to extend your trip and have extra time to relax? No problem. We've already thought of this. If you'd like to arrive on 1st or extend until 9th, you are welcome to do so for an extra £155 per night for meals and accomodation. You can book this through the same link as the deposit one above.

Besides the magical day excursion that is included, we have a couple of slots for free time to make your own, offering you a wide range of experiences to suit your taste.. You are welcome to book in a massage within the Sol Sanctuary, take a trip to the nearby Tamarindo night market, enjoy a snorkeling or surfing lesson. Or perhaps to simply laze by the pool or sea. Costa Rica is known for its coffee and chocolate. Perhaps you'd like to try out a chocolate making experience working with the local cacao bean.

Curious and would like to find out more?

Join us for a mini online retreat on Sunday 15th December at 2pm EST / 7pm GMT

We are offering a monthly gathering honouring the Sacred Pause. Each month will have a different intention offering new insights and support.

Why join us?

To feel the energy of the intention of the Sacred Pause and how we weave together as a trifecta of healing and transformation.
To experience and learn easy, practical guidance and ways to support your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual needs
To benefit from beautiful connection opportunities with a sisterhood from around the world.

The Offering

We will tune into the energy of the group and curate journeys including meditation, hypnosis, sacred sound, regression, calling in messages from the Universe and anchoring in the power of words, alongside grounding with essential oils and crystals.

Over this full moon we will focus on healthy communication, creativity and deeper connection in order to harness the energy of the Gemini full moon; allowing for a deep dive and embrace positive changes. This is an invitation to take time for yourself, to move beyond any limitations or old patterns and receive ancestral healing.

This journey will tap into your innate ability to heal and into the potency of the full moon to enhance clarity through contrast and develop a deeper connection to your intuition as well as your inner strength.

A few words from a participant in a previous session

"I didn’t want the call to end! It felt like we had all had such a wonderful time together and your joint gifts of words, sound, feeling and healing cast a golden glow over all of us that you want to linger in forever. I’m sure we will all carry that with us. I know I will." Jo, UK

Your heart will know if the Sacred Pause retreat 2025 is for you.

You are welcome to book using the link below. Of course you'd be welcome to invite along any fellow sisters or friends who you feel this could benefit. Women supporting women is at the heart of what is important to us. This month, we are also spreading the love by offering you a free place to gift to a friend when you book on.

Check out the link below for more information or to book your place.

BOOK YOUR ONLINE TICKET

MEET YOUR HOSTS

Lynda Gillingham

I’m a compassionate, intuitive and highly experienced coach and complementary therapist who can help you discover the deeply buried version of yourself you know to be true.

I’m Lynda Gillingham, and I predominantly help women (although I also work with men) to feel a deep sense of connection, empowerment and transformation in their lives. I’ve been called a Soul Midwife for the living!

Whether your children have flown the nest, you are experiencing corporate burnout, or you have an inexplicable and overwhelming desire to re-evaluate your life or find your true purpose, I can help.

How do I do that? By tuning in and working intuitively with you to support your needs. Drawing from my experience in career and transformational life coaching, hypnotherapy, regression therapy, between lives spiritual regression, energy management, inner child healing, reiki, sound healing, spiritual aromatherapy and akashic records reading, I weave in the best modalities to give you the best results. I simply love gathering women together for collective healing and transformation as well as offering personalised services for individuals. My retreats offer a beautiful blend of all of the above..

Much like a butterfly opening its wings in transformation, I will help you to shift your current reality, emerge majestically into the world and live a joyous, empowered and fully connected life.

Christine Bizier

I am a bliss architect life coach, mentor and intuitive energy practitioner.

I help women build a life they love by creating simple bliss blueprints!

I am also a soulful intuitive yoga teacher, Reiki teacher and Hot stone relaxation teacher.

In 2003 I started my journey studying hot stone relaxation massage in Toronto and never looked back! I am constantly adding new modalities and tools to my spiritual toolbox. I believe in miracles, and I have been so blessed to witness many of my own! My life’s desire is to help others discover their bliss–transcending fear and limiting beliefs, stepping forward into their infinite possibilities of living a life full of joy, love & grace. Abundance is all around us, and when we can genuinely relax, we allow the door to another reality to open – the true magical universe of life.

I provide a wide array of services to help you on your journey to bliss; these include life coaching, Oracle card readings, Red light therapy, energetic facelift, yoga and energy movement medicine, access consciousness bars, and puravida bliss. I also provide custom general sessions that allow newcomers to experience various services to find what works best for them on their journey to joy. If you are looking to erase decades of limiting beliefs, awaken to the abundance all around us and create the life you were meant to live, then you are ready to receive the bars access consciousness.

Nathalie Gagnon

Nathalie Gagnon, Wisdom Weaver and Mindset Coach brings together the magic of the forest and master healing practices. Her calling is to combine multiple modalities of healing to empower you to slow down and connect to the wisdom of your body so that you can lead an even more abundant life. Nathalie effortlessly weaves Neurolinguistic Programming, EFT tapping, restorative yin, family constellation, crystal healing and aromatherapy in all of her offerings. Nathalie holds high level sacred spaces in her sought after Mentoring Sessions, Workshops and Masterminds.

A foundation of her work is communication mastery, with her more than 20 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist, which is evident in how she leads her offerings. She believes that communication is at the core of your ability to transform limiting thoughts and patterns into consciously choosing clarity, abundance and elevated vitality. If you are ready to be present and feel grounded in all aspects of your life, join Nathalie on your journey to reconnect to your authentic self.

Are you ready to live the life you have always dreamed of?

And Guest Facilitator

Hattie Northeast

Hattie is an intuitive Animal Communicator and Reiki Master whose soul purpose is to serve our wonderful Animal Kingdom. Attuned to Egyptian Sekhem healing and Karuna Reiki, Hattie is able to offer a deep level of healing to all species (humans included!) helping us to reach clarity on a heartfelt level. She is wildly in tune with the animal world and serves as a bridge between animals and humans. With her teaching and empathy, she helps others to connect with the message from their animal friends. All of this helping humanity to resonate more harmoniously by giving voice to what we may otherwise not be aware of. In retreats, she facilitates both healing, growth and empowerment by helping you to connect more closely with your radiant spirit and the world around you. ‘I am beyond grateful to share this ancient skill, connecting us to our animals and realigning us humans back to our roots and natural world.’

Here's what recent retreat guests had to say

"Working with Lynda has literally been life changing for me in so many ways. Her attention to detail, complete focus in the moment and listening skills provide a safe and supportive space, whether it be a one-day workshop, 1-2-1 work or on retreat - I have experienced them all.

Words cannot adequately express the difference Lynda has made to my life. She has been part of a journey of self-discovery, self-care and self-love. She is there every step of the way, ready to step in if required, while slowly and methodically removing and/or reframing the baggage of many lifetimes!".

Caroline, UK

Here's what a recent retreat guest had to say

"I have received some of my most transformative healing sessions from Lynda now these past months. Retreats, sound healing, inner child work, past life regression work. Her pure being and presence brings healing to any room she enters.

Lynda has an incredibly intuitive sense for what is really going on in the deepest of our souls and she creates such a safe space to open up and release or receive whatever gifts we carry inside of us that is ready to be seen".

Gro, Norway

Join us for this Journey of The Sacred Pause

We are so excited to offer this soul led retreat in this unique jungle paradise by the sea.

Bathe in the healing warm Costa Rican waters, be held and soothed by the waters of the sea and hot springs. Take time to simply be, to connect and to explore. To remember the radiance, bliss and joy of who you are. An opportunity to soak up breathtaking sunrises and sunsets and take sanctuary amongst the wildlife. Are you ready to connect more deeply with your nature and explore this dreamy location with other heart-led sisters?

If you are ready to take the leap and book your place, your deposit can be paid via the link below. This will secure your place and then further payment instructions will be emailed to you. We'd also be delighted to arrange a free discovery call for anyone with questions.

With love, Lynda, Nathalie & Christine

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