Workshop led by Certified Trainers, Lindsay St. Antoine and Tony Shawcross.
Radical Honesty in Relationships: A 7-Day Retreat
Join us for a 7-day relationship retreat in idyllic Cascada Elysiana in Costa Rica, where you will be surrounded by the sounds of nature. Our eco retreat center has its own private waterfall and many others close by.
Each day starts with a delicious, healthy vegetarian breakfast and optional group yoga, followed by eye-opening workshops and personal coaching that will leave you with a whole new level of connection, authenticity, and intimacy.
Singles are welcome in this retreat which focuses on romantic relationships, getting clear on what we want, and how to stop sabotaging ourselves in cultivating the romantic relationships we want.
Price ranges from $1,700 to $2,900 depending on accommodations. All options include 3 meals/day and workshop sessions.
When?
Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 6:00pm - Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 1:00pm
Where?
Cascada Elysiana, San José Province, Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
Investment?
The price includes accommodation, all retreat fees and three deliciously catered meals for 7 days of the retreat and varies between $1700 and $2900 depending on your choice of lodging. See lodging options below. Price does not include transport to and from the retreat center.
This workshop has seven days of exercises aimed at improving your ability to:
Recognize patterns of self-sabotage and disconnect that leave you in emotional or physical isolation.
Foster interdependence (as distinct from co-dependence and independence)
Appreciate and accept yourself and others for who you are, rather than who you think you / they SHOULD be
Heal the past and get over current hurts and struggles so you stop bringing them forward into future relationships.
Foster a growth mindset for yourself and within your romantic relationship(s)
Learn the delicate dance of contact and withdrawal by simply and clearly stating what is going on with you right now
This retreat is aimed at helping romantic partners redesign their relationships to focus on supporting each other in being their best selves, as defined by you.
If you are single, our goal is to give you the space to get clear on what you want in a relationship and heal any past wounds that may be holding you back.
Our aim is to help you re-contextualize your relationships around supporting one another in being who/how you want to be in a way that acknowledges and embraces the aspects of yourself that are not in alignment with that vision.
Our Daily Rhythm and Agenda
Day 1: November 10, 6 - 8:30pm
Participants will arrive over the weekend or on Monday and be prepared to begin the workshop at 6pm. Dinner will be provided.
Days 2 - 6: November 11 - 15, 10am - 7pm
All day workshop centered around group and partner exercises.
3 meals/day provided, and breaks throughout the day.
Optional daily yoga at 7:30am.
Day 7: November 16, 10am - 12pm
Final day; only breakfast and lunch will be provided (unless you have arranged to stay longer).
Participants will close out the workshop and depart the eco resort.
This workshop may be an emotionally intense experience. We will spend a lot of our time focusing on remaining present in our bodies and present to our individual experiences; we will also spend time expressing and processing emotions, including sadness, resentment, and appreciation.
The eco resort, Cascada Elysiana, is seated in the valley of San Juan de Dios in Costa Rica, near Dominical. The closest airport is San Jose, 3 hours away. We recommend taking a taxi from the airport to the eco resort.
Schedule
8am Optional Yoga and Meditation
9am Breakfast
10am-11:30am Morning Workshop Session
11:30am Short break for lunch
12pm-5pm Afternoon Session
5pm Dinner
5:30pm-7:00pm Evening Session
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Directions
The easiest way to get to Cascada Elysiana is by flying into San Jose's airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), and taking a taxi to the retreat center, which is generally $100-150.
The retreat center is 3.5 hours from the airport, so we suggest trying to share a taxi with other workshop members if you can -- if you consent to it, we will create a google spreadsheet list of the workshop members' information so you can coordinate a shared taxi with someone.
We can provide you contact information of a trusted taxi company, or you can find your own transportation. Renting a car is not recommended as parking is limited. For potential group excursions, we will provide transportation offsite.
Extracurricular Activities
Exploration of a nearby reforestation project
Hiking through the spectacular rainforest
Visits to the private 190ft (58m) waterfall
Trips to local beaches and surfer towns
Excursions to nearby waterfalls and swimming holes
About Cascada Elysiana
Cascada Elysiana is a beautiful Eco-Lodge with breathtaking jungle views, hiking trails, and private access to an amazing waterfall. The lodge is secluded and fully immersed in surrounding nature. There is hardly a better place for a Radical Honesty workshop anywhere.
Venue & Amenities
Set atop a ridge in the valley of San Juan de Dios in Costa Rica, Cascada Elysiana (or Elysian Falls) is a Natural Wonderland, featuring one of Costa Rica's most beautiful waterfalls, accessible only to us and our neighbors at Finca El Encanto, an organic water buffalo ranch across the river.
Our orchards and hiking trails are a reforestation project 30 years in-the-making, exquisitely designed by Eugene Mitchell, who sought to rehabilitate the land surrounding these majestic falls.
Accommodation
Shared rooms, private rooms in shared homes, private glamping tents, and private cabins available.
Shared bed in shared room, couple: $1,700
Bed in shared room, single: $1,800
Private room in shared house, couple: $2,000
Private room in shared house, single: $2,300
Private glamping tent, couple: $2,000
Private glamping tent, single: $2,300
Private cabin, couple: $2,500
Private cabin, single: $2,900
Meals
Cascada Elysiana has incredible chefs that make delicious vegetarian meals. The meals are often made with food harvested from the land, including bananas, papayas, mangos, and eggs from the chickens!
What's Included:
3 daily delicious and nutritious vegetarian meals
Daily yoga classes
Accommodation at Cascada Elysiana
Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
Wifi connection
Pre and post retreat support from the hosts
Group excursions/activities
7 days of intense workshop exercises and activities
Transportation during the retreat
What's Not Included:
Flights costs
Travel insurance
Airport transfer
Transportation to retreat center
Who is leading the workshop?
Certified Trainer: Tony Shawcross
Radical Honesty has given me greater access to understanding my body, my subconscious mind, and my internal biases and filters than I ever had before.
As long as I can remember, I've had a passion for unbridled, authentic conversations and collaborative creative expression, and am grateful for how Radical Honesty has contributed to my work in film, music and writing.
Tony has been working closely with Brad Blanton and Radical Honesty since 2014. As a video producer, editor and writer, Tony has helped produce the Radical Honesty online workshops and videos, editing and compiling hundreds of hours of footage in ways that give him a unique level of familiarity with the work of Radical Honesty.
Tony leads a monthly meetup in Denver and has co-led many weekend workshops and introductions. In his coaching work, Tony specializes in couples, relationship and family coaching. You can see Tony’s Radical Parenting podcast in the Resources section of this site, also available online on major podcast outlets and on his local FM Radio Station, Denver Open Media.
Certified Trainer: Lindsay St. Antoine
I partner with folks who are ready and aspiring to get free and intimate through self revealing, who are eager to emerge as their bold, authentic selves and create a life of exhilarating self expression and deep realness.
I have a great capacity for being with and fully witnessing people in their shame, embarrassment, anger or darker emotions, and ushering in whatever naturally arises for them in those spaces.
Lindsay St. Antoine has been a certified Radical Honesty Trainer since 2017. She is dedicated to supporting those who are working to build honest, authentic, relationships and communities, and is especially interested in working with folks in the Queer community and couples in “alternative” relationships. She is passionate about empowering people to stick with themselves (and each other) in vulnerable and often uncomfortable spaces and coaching them through fully experiencing their whole experience, so that they may come to know themselves, and share themselves fully with others.
About the Venue: Cascada Elysiana
Mountain Hiking
The trails carved through our orchards and forests are quite beautiful. Most of them, such as our cacao orchard, are overgrown, giving them a primeval feel. This doesn't make for good cacao production, but does create a unique setting and the fruit that we're unable to use is great for the troop of White-Faced Monkeys that lives in the area.
Waterfalls & Pools
Cascada Elysiana Waterfall is simply stunning. She's temperamental, at times rushing and powerful, at times lazy and misty, depending on the rainfall filling the aqueducts that feed her. Whatever her mood, the setting is wonderful, seemingly artist-designed.
Relax & Meditate
We've designed Cascada Elysiana to be as tranquil and relaxing as possible. We don't allow automobiles (other than service vehicles) in the interior of the finca. All guest vehicles are parked at the entrance and the hike to the campground is about 6-8 minutes, enough to block almost all sounds from the road. Deeper into the finca, near the waterfall, you will never see a light nor hear a sound that isn't nature-made.
