The Embodied Woman
Mastery Retreat
November 1 - 6, 2026 in Nosara, Costa Rica
There comes a point when life no longer feels quite the way it once did.
You've built a life that matters. You've taken on responsibility. You've cared deeply for the people around you.
Nothing may have changed that anyone else would notice.
Yet you're no longer meeting your life in quite the same way.
The Embodied Woman is six days away from the pace of everyday life, not to escape it, but to return to it differently.
Women don't leave with someone else's answers.
They leave trusting their own experience more than when they arrived.
What Women Tell Me
By the end of the retreat, women often tell me their lives feel completely different.
Sometimes that's because something in their life has changed. They've made a decision, had a conversation they'd been postponing, or found the courage to move in a different direction.
Just as often, they return to the same life.
Only now there's more space in it.
More space before reacting.
More space before saying yes.
More space to hear themselves before everyone else's expectations.
It's remarkable how often the first thing women say is simply,
"I can breathe again."
“The work is not becoming someone new.
The work is remembering who you are beneath everything that taught you otherwise.”
Who Is This Retreat For?
Most of the women who come have already done a great deal of work on themselves.
They've questioned old patterns, had difficult conversations, and experienced moments when they knew exactly what felt right for them.
The challenge isn't a lack of insight.
It's that everyday life has a way of gathering speed.
Responsibilities accumulate. The people they love need them. Work asks more of them. Decisions keep coming. Before long, they find themselves responding to the pace of life rather than to what they know is true.
One of the things I've noticed over the years is that women begin letting the pace of their lives make too many of their decisions.
Not because they've chosen to.
Because it happens so gradually they hardly notice it.
This retreat is an opportunity to step out of that pace for a few days.
Long enough to remember what it feels like when your decisions come from somewhere else.
An intimate gathering
of 8 women...
ONE: Making Space
Most women arrive carrying more than they realise.
Not only responsibilities, but the pace they've been living at. The first few days aren't about solving anything. They're about allowing your nervous system enough room to settle that you can begin noticing yourself again.
TWO: The Wisdom of the Body
Not everything shaping our lives lives in thought.
Throughout the retreat we'll work with the body as an important source of information. Often it notices tension, certainty, hesitation, and truth long before the mind has found language for them.
Learning to pay attention to those signals changes the way many women begin moving through their lives.
FOUR: Going Home
This is actually where I think the retreat becomes most interesting.
You leave.
You walk back into your own life.
The people are the same.
Your work is the same.
Your family is the same.
But something about the way you meet them has changed.
That's why our work continues after the retreat, with integration sessions and ongoing support. Not to recreate the retreat, but to help you keep living from what began there.
THREE: Living From What You Know
One of the things I've noticed over the years is that the pace of our lives quietly begins making too many of our decisions.
We respond before we've really had time to listen. We say yes because life keeps moving. We postpone conversations because there's always something more urgent.
For many women, this is where something begins to shift.
Daily Overview
Our days are intentionally spacious. While there is meaningful structure and guidance throughout the retreat, there is also time to rest, reflect, connect, and simply be. We have found that some of the most important moments happen in the spaces between the scheduled activities.
Day 1: Arrival
Theme: Slowing Down
Most women arrive carrying more than they realize. Work, family, relationships, and responsibility have a way of filling every corner of life until there is very little room left simply to notice how you're doing.
The first day is an opportunity to step out of that pace. There is nothing to accomplish here and no one to take care of. We'll settle into the retreat, connect as a group, and begin creating the conditions for the days ahead.
Day 2: Heart Journey
Theme: Hearing Yourself More Clearly
At the heart of the retreat is a full-day ceremonial heart journey.
With decades of combined experience supporting individuals through meaningful life transitions, Brea and Myranda guide this experience with care, presence, and deep respect for each woman's individual process. Participants are thoughtfully prepared beforehand and supported throughout the journey.
When the usual pace of life falls away, many women begin noticing what has been waiting for their attention. This day isn't about becoming someone different. It's an opportunity to stay with your own experience long enough for something important to become clearer.
Day 3: What You're Carrying
Theme: Returning to Yourself
By the third day, the conversations often become more honest.
Together we'll explore the roles, responsibilities, expectations, and patterns you've been carrying, and whether they still belong in the life you're living now. Some may no longer fit. Others may simply ask for a different relationship.
The work isn't to force change. It's to notice what you've been carrying and decide, with honesty, what still feels true.
Day 4: Living From What You Know
Theme: Trusting Your Own Experience
Many women have experienced moments when they knew exactly what felt right for them.
The challenge is rarely that those moments never existed. It's that everyday life has a way of pulling us away from them.
This day is devoted to exploring what changes when you begin making decisions from what you already know instead of continually looking outside yourself for reassurance.
Day 5: Bringing It Into Life
Theme: Ordinary Life
The conversations we've had throughout the week begin meeting the realities of everyday life.
We'll explore what it looks like to bring what you've experienced into your relationships, your work, your family, and the ordinary moments that shape your days. Lasting change rarely comes from one profound experience. It grows through the choices we make once we're home.
Day 6: Returning
Theme: Living What You've Remembered
The retreat may be coming to an end, but your life is waiting for you.
Before leaving, we'll spend time exploring how what you've experienced can find its place in everyday life. Your support continues through post-retreat integration sessions and three weeks of private guidance, giving you space to continue the conversation as you settle back into your own life.
Meet the Team
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Brea Segger
FOUNDER & CO-FACILITATOR
For more than twenty years, Brea has worked with people navigating some of the most important moments of their lives.Before dedicating herself fully to this work, her career was in international business development and mergers and acquisitions. She later became the Directing Partner of Canada's leading holistic medicine and sustainable living institutes, where she spent more than a decade working alongside practitioners from a wide range of disciplines.
Today, Brea mentors leaders, entrepreneurs, & creators seeking a different way of relating to themselves and their lives. Through private mentorship, retreats, and somatic work, she helps people recognize the patterns they've been living from and begin making decisions with greater certainty, honesty, and ease.
Much of Brea's work is difficult to explain and better experienced. It's why most of the people who find her do so through the recommendation of someone who has already worked with her.
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Myranda Simpson
CO-FACILITATOR
Myranda's path to healing began not in a classroom, but in the crucible of her own life. Shaped by adversity from an early age, she learned young that she would have to forge her own way — and that conviction became the foundation of everything. In her mid-twenties, she turned fully toward the path of self-discovery, spending years traveling the world and studying alongside some of its most respected teachers in breathwork, body awareness, yoga, trauma release, plant medicine, and shamanic healing. What she gathered along the way wasn't a collection of modalities — it was a living, embodied understanding of how emotion and energy take root in the physical body, and what it truly takes to set them free.Today, Myranda is a master of the relationship between the physical and emotional bodies — a teacher, guide, and mentor whose gift lies in helping others see themselves with radical clarity and compassion. Her work creates the conditions for deep, unhurried transformation: the kind that doesn't just shift thinking, but rewires the felt sense of who you are. Those who work with her leave not with borrowed wisdom, but with a renewed trust in their own power to heal, create, and live from a place of true sovereignty. Learn more about Myranda here.
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Todd Howard
CO-FACILITATOR
At 27, Todd Howard founded what would become Canada's most recognized college of holistic medicine — a vision that took root from sheer conviction and grew into a landmark institution. He served as president for fifteen years before stepping away in 2021, leaving behind a legacy that continues to shape the landscape of integrative health education across the country.Today, Todd lives and practices in Costa Rica, where his life is a seamless weave of ancient wisdom and modern purpose. An acupuncturist, Qi Gong practitioner, martial artist, and traditional archery instructor, he is also the founder of Anchor Point — a men's retreat experience grounded in presence, brotherhood, and transformation. Through his pioneering work in Archery Therapy and his Salish Wolf Podcast, Todd guides others toward their own path of passion, purpose, and healing.
In 2025, Todd embarked on one of his most meaningful journeys yet — traveling the globe alongside his daughter Ela, a photographer, to document the living legacy of primitive archery. Together they sought out and sat with 14 of the world's most celebrated primitive bowyers, interviewing masters and carving bows across cultures and continents. Their forthcoming coffee table book, Quiver: the Art of Life through Bowcraft, is set for release in Fall 2026. Learn more about Todd here.
Retreat Details
Location
Nosara, Costa Rica
Dates
November 1–6, 2026
Group Size
Limited to eight women. Keeping the group small allows time for individual support, meaningful conversation, and the flexibility to meet each woman where she is.
What's Included
Before You Arrive
One preparation session with Brea & Myranda
During the Retreat
A full-day Somatic Heart Journey
Daily workshops and guided group sessions
Private 1:1 somatic sessions with Brea & Myranda
Individual guidance from Brea & Myranda throughout the week
Traditional longbow archery with Todd Howard, using the bow as a practice of attention, breath, and presence
Acupuncture sessions to support nervous system regulation
Workshops and conversations shaped by the women in the group and what feels most important during the week
Accommodation & Meals
Six days and five nights in a private boutique retreat space in Nosara, Costa Rica
Fresh, nourishing meals prepared by our incredible chef for all dietary preferences
Returning Home
Two post-retreat integration sessions with Brea & Myranda
Three weeks of private 1:1 integration support
Room & Pricing Options
Casa Melina sits just outside Nosara, surrounded by jungle, mountain views, and the everyday rhythm of Costa Rica.
We chose this space because it supports the kind of week we've created. There is room to slow down, rest between sessions, share meals together, and spend time outdoors. Like the retreat itself, nothing here feels rushed.
Below you'll find the room options and investment details.
Private Room w/ King Bed & Ensuite Bathroom.
Spacious private room with a king bed and ensuite bathroom overlooking the surrounding jungle. A quiet space to rest, reflect, and have time to yourself throughout the week.
Includes all meals, workshops, accommodation, and retreat activities.
$4,950/USD
See our FAQ’s below for payment options.
Shared Room (1 Queen& 1 Double Bed) & Ensuite Bathroom.
Shared room with one queen bed and one double bed, along with a private ensuite bathroom. Come with a friend or we'll thoughtfully pair you with another woman attending the retreat.
Includes all meals, workshops, accommodation, and retreat activities.
$3,950/USD
See our FAQ’s below for payment options.
Tucked into the hills of Nosara, just moments from the Pacific Ocean, our retreat space is where the jungle breathes and time slows down. Two pools, yoga shala, beautifully appointed rooms, and stunning private bathrooms create a sanctuary where nature and luxury feel like the same thing.
This is your place to exhale.
This Retreat Is For You If...
The answers that once guided your life no longer seem to fit.
You can't remember the last time there was enough space to hear yourself think.
You're tired of making important decisions while moving from one responsibility to the next.
You can feel something has changed, even if you haven't found the words for it yet.
The pace of your life has quietly begun making too many of your decisions.
You're ready to step away for a few days—not to escape your life, but to return to it differently.
Your Questions, Answered
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The easiest way to reach Nosara is to fly into Liberia International Airport (LIR), which is approximately 2.5–3 hours from the retreat venue.
From Liberia, we recommend Terra Tours or Nosara Happy Cab, both of which offer reliable private and shared shuttle services to Nosara.
If your flights align, you may also choose to take a short domestic flight from either Liberia (LIR) or San José (SJO) directly into Nosara. We recommend checking Sansa Airlines or Green Airways for schedules and availability.
Please know that arriving into Nosara is always and adventure - hence the "‘Pura Vida” phrase used here daily.
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Your retreat includes accommodations, all meals, workshops, group experiences, private support throughout the retreat, post-retreat integration sessions, and three weeks of private integration support following the retreat.
Travel and transportation are not included.
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A non-refundable deposit of $2,500 USD is required to reserve your space. The remaining balance is due 45 days prior to the retreat.
Flexible payment plans are available. Please reach out if you'd like to discuss options.
Payments may be made by Visa, Mastercard, ACH transfer (US), or wire transfer.
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We’re happy to accommodate dietary needs and preferences whenever possible.
Once registered, you'll receive a dietary information form where you can let us know about any allergies, sensitivities, restrictions, or food preferences. Our intention is for every guest to feel well nourished and cared for throughout their time at the retreat.
If you have specific questions or concerns before registering, please don't hesitate to reach out.
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Nosara is warm year-round, so we recommend packing lightweight, comfortable clothing that allows you to move, relax, and feel at ease. Think simple, casual, and easy.
During the rainy season, a light rain jacket can be helpful, but in general, you'll likely spend most of your time in breathable clothing, bare foot (or sandals), swimsuits, and comfortable layers.
If you forget something at home, don't worry. Nosara has shops where you can purchase most essentials.
Our best advice? Pack the basics, keep it simple, and come ready to settle into a slower pace.m description
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One of the most important parts of this experience is integration. In addition to your time together in Costa Rica, you'll receive post-retreat integration support, 2 follow-up sessions, and three weeks of private guidance to help bring what you've discovered into your everyday life.