The Embodied Woman
Mastery Retreat
November 1 - 6, 2026 in Nosara, Costa Rica
There comes a point when life still looks full from the outside, yet something no longer feels quite right.
You've built a life. You've taken on responsibility. You've cared deeply for the people around you.
From the outside, very little may have changed.
Yet something inside you has.
The Embodied Woman is an invitation to step away from the pace of everyday life and spend six days giving your full attention to what has been quietly asking for it.
Women don't leave with someone else's answers.
They leave relating to their lives differently.
What Changes
“The work is not becoming someone new.
The work is remembering who you are beneath everything that taught you otherwise.”
I've noticed that the biggest changes are rarely dramatic.
A woman who has questioned herself for years makes a decision without asking five other people what they think.
Someone who has spent her life rushing discovers she no longer feels the same urgency.
A difficult relationship becomes clearer. Sometimes it grows stronger. Sometimes it comes to an end.
The things that once consumed so much energy begin to loosen their grip.
Life doesn't suddenly become easy.
But many women find themselves meeting it with far less struggle.
Who Is This Retreat For?
This retreat is for the woman who has spent years building a meaningful life.
She's capable. Thoughtful. People rely on her.
She has already done a great deal of inner work. She has questioned old patterns, faced difficult truths, and experienced moments when she knew exactly what was right for her.
The challenge isn't that she doesn't know herself.
It's that everyday life has a way of pulling her away from that knowing.
Responsibilities accumulate. The pace of life takes over. Slowly, almost without noticing, she begins making decisions from habit instead of from the place she trusts most.
She doesn't need someone to tell her who she is.
She needs enough space to begin living from it again.
An intimate gathering
of 8 women...
ONE: Honest Self Inquiry
This retreat isn't about finding someone else's answers.
It's about creating the conditions to ask yourself better questions and staying with them long enough for something real to emerge..
TWO: The Wisdom of the Body
Much of what shapes our lives isn't held in thought alone. Throughout the retreat, we'll work with the body as an important source of information, helping you notice patterns, responses, and ways of being that are often missed when we rely only on the mind.
FOUR: Thoughtful Integration
A retreat can open a door, but lasting change happens in everyday life. That's why the work continues beyond these six days, with integration sessions and ongoing support to help what you've experienced become part of how you live.
THREE: Living From What You Know
Many women already know far more than they give themselves credit for. The challenge is rarely a lack of insight. It's learning to make decisions from what they already know, rather than constantly looking outside themselves for reassurance.
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.
Note: Because this experience includes ceremonial medicine, a personal conversation is required before registration to ensure the retreat is the right fit.
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...
You've done a great deal of work on yourself, yet something still feels unresolved.
You find yourself looking outside yourself for reassurance more often than you'd like.
You've reached a point where the way you've been living no longer feels quite right, even if you can't explain why.
You rarely make time to step away from the responsibilities of everyday life.
You're ready to look honestly at what's true, even if the answers aren't what you expected.
You're less interested in another method and more interested in a different relationship with yourself.
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.