Are you longing for a place where you can fully let go, reconnect with your soul, and step into a version of yourself that feels free, aligned, and powerful? Imagine retreating to Costa Rica’s lush landscapes, surrounded by those who, like you, are ready to heal and reawaken to their truest potential. This is your invitation to embark on a journey of profound healing and transformation.
You are invited to spend 5 days with a collective of other soul achievers and seekers this coming March 2025 at the Spiritual Achiever Costa Rica Healing and Embodiment Retreat from March 28 - April 1, 2025.
The Healing Experience You've Been Looking For
Ready to go within?
It can be difficult to break patterns of external validation
It's time for your spiritual leadership retreat.
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May is an exceptional coach and leader: wise, encouraging, creative, intelligent, and patient, her leadership coaching group and online programs, as well as her weekly podcasts, have been instrumental to self-reflection and in turn my emotional and spiritual growth during the past 18 months. Her in-person retreat highlighted her talents and experience wherein we engaged in meditation, intention setting, akashic energy work, journaling, and much more (including fine dining). May has a gift of understanding her clients’ respective needs and goals and providing the appropriate tools and environment for self-attainment. I look forward to continuing my journey with May and would strongly encourage any person who seeks to grow, discover, and learn to do so.
— NAN, New York, nY
“I look forward to continuing my journey with May”
May has the incredible ability to help people discover what truly makes them happy, and ways to actively pursue those passions. I’m so grateful to have her in my life and would recommend to anyone looking for grounding and purpose!
— STACY
“I left feeling like I had a strong plan for the future.”
I'm multi-passionate, a yoga teacher and also a mom of 2 young girls. I've changed my career multiple times to pursue my passions and have studied both spirituality as well as business leadership. My speciality is taking driven, ambitious professionals to the next level by reconnecting them with their soul, their divine wisdom, and to their spirituality.
If there's a desire you want to bring to life or you just need time to reset your life, this intimate healing and embodiment retreat is for you.
Join me, a Columbia-certified leadership and mindset coach for the driven and spiritually curious, as I guide you on a journey of self-discover.
You will leave with not only a new sense of identity, but also tools and rituals for living with more perspective and clarity. Most importantly, you will start to shed the layers to be who you've always been.
I've been there too.
This isn’t just a “spend time in nature" ReTREAT. This is a RETREAT TO discover a greater sense of ease, purpose and surrender.
but guess what...
Imagine days filled with intention, yoga, meditation and ritual. We will create from within and embody our most truest selves.
introducing...
Spiritual Achiever® :
Costa Rica Healing & Embodiment Retreat
Step into an immersive experience where leadership meets renewal. Set powerful intentions in an Opening Circle Ceremony, connect with like-minded leaders, and gain clarity on your purpose in a Strategic Visioning Workshop—all while surrounded by the natural beauty of Costa Rica.
3:00 PM – Arrival & Check-In
5:00 PM – Opening Circle Ceremony: Set powerful intentions for your leadership journey
6:00 PM – Welcome Dinner
8:00 PM – Strategic Clarity & Visioning Workshop: Aligning leadership path with your deeper purpose
Discover the power of presence and energetic mastery as leadership tools. A forest therapy session will help you reconnect with intuition, while the embodiment practice enables you to integrate clarity and unlock deeper leadership flow.
7:30 AM – Morning Yoga & Breathwork
9:00 AM – Breakfast
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Forest Therapy Session: Connecting leadership with intuition through nature
12:30 PM – Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 PM – Embodiment Practice: A guided movement and breath experience to integrate clarity, release energetic blocks, and align leadership with flow
4:00 – 6:00 PM – Rest & Reflection (Optional journaling, nature walk, or spa time)
6:30 PM – Dinner
8:00 PM – Fireside Discussion: The Role of Energy in Leadership
What You'll Experience
ARRIVAL & EXPANSION
LEADING WITH PRESENCE & ENERGY
Day 1
Day two
Elevate your leadership presence by stepping fully into your most empowered, authentic self. A Cacao Ceremony & Reiki Healing will help clear energetic blocks, while a professional photo session captures your transformation in action.
7:30 AM – Morning Yoga
9:00 AM – Breakfast
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Cacao Ceremony & Reiki Healing: Clearing energetic blocks and elevating leadership essence
12:30 PM – Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 PM – Photo Session: Capturing your most authentic and embodied self
4:00 – 6:00 PM – Rest & Reflection
6:30 PM – Celebratory Dinner
8:00 PM – Closing Integration: Leading with Presence & Purpose
- Closing Circle
THE ALCHEMY OF LEADERSHIP & PRESENCE
DAY four
Great leaders cultivate patience, vision, and authenticity. Experience these principles firsthand with a half-day coffee farm tour, exploring sustainable leadership lessons, before diving into personal reflection and an evening session on conscious communication and influence.
7:30 AM – Morning Yoga
9:00 AM – Breakfast
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM – Half-Day Coffee Farm Tour + Lunch: A sensory experience in patience, craft, and sustainability in leadership
2:00 – 5:00 PM – Rest & Integration (Optional 1:1 coaching or self-reflection)
6:30 PM – Dinner
8:00 PM – Leadership Circle: Authentic Influence & Conscious Communication
EMBODIED LEADERSHIP & AUTHENTIC INFLUENCE
DAY Three
LET'S BREAK it DOWN
With new clarity and alignment, you’ll leave feeling recharged and empowered to integrate these leadership insights into your life and career.
7:30 AM – Breakfast
9:30 AM – Departure to SJO Airport
THE RETURN
DAY five
Release Emotional Blocks and Gain Clarity: Use reiki and chakra balancing to release old energy, leaving space for fresh clarity and peace.
How does this sound?
Reconnect with Your Life’s Purpose: Workshops and group sessions guide you to realign with what truly matters, allowing you to leave with renewed vision and intention.
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What you'll discover
Feel Supported in Your Healing Journey: Each day builds on the last, with practices like meditation, embodiment exercises, and one-on-one sessions for personalized insights.
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How It Works
Each day of the 5 day, 4 night retreat is designed to take you deeper. Imagine starting your mornings with a yoga practice overlooking the mountains, engaging in sessions that help you release and renew, and closing each day with the grounding energy of the Costa Rican landscape. This experience is about embracing your whole self—mind, body, and soul.
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
Daily healthy and delicious foods prepared by local chefs, yoga to move your body, and time for meditation and relaxation.
daily self-care
We will activate a reconnection to your deepest knowing and soul-level awareness, allowing you to become fully whole within your authenticity and reminding you of who you are.
energy healing
“Great retreat and great coaching. Well organized, thoughtful, and highly restorative. May gently guides self reflection and growth that makes the process deeply rewarding/fruitful and sustainable. May’s coaching has helped me in health, wellness, and business.
Highly recommended as a guide/coach/mentor.
JOHN improved his health, wellness and business:
“I am so grateful to May for an absolutely beautiful, spacious, and transformative retreat. Many shifts inside and out are already happening-thanks to the restorative nature of this retreat, the opportunity to try something new, and the space to explore my own beliefs and be in community with a wonderful group of people.
BONNIE FOUND INNER TRANSFORMATION
real results
Your life is about to take a new direction...
So let's get started!
“May offers the perfect blend of spiritual and practical life and career advice.”
She understands where I am coming from and knows the right approach to help me reverse my negative thoughts. She has not only helped me progress in my career, but she also got me into the right mindset to break free of burnout, anxiety and bad vibes. She changed the way I think, feel and interact with others on a daily basis, at work and in my personal life. My favorite compliment over the past few months has been when people voice how calm and collected I am, when previously I was known to be frantic and a worrier. I truly believe in the magic that is May and recommend her to my friends who are looking for a positive change in their life.
cathy broke free of burnout, anxiety and bad vibes
It's always the right time for inner work.
“Phenomenal, mystical, meaningful"
My reading with May was precise and direct, straight to the source of my essence and heart. Having a reading with her was like being spotted by a dear friend through a crowd of strangers. She knew what I was dealing with on a soul level, created a compassionate space, and was able to guide me to my next level of evolution in half an hour. Phenomenal, mystical, meaningful.
shellie was guided to her next step of her evolution
“She has set me off on a path to self-love, and my world is starting to open up as I lead with love and align my values and my work."
I recently saw May in person for some energy work and we went deeper than I have ever gone. She helped me tap into and open up some deep pain that I had blocked off and guided me through the acceptance of that pain — it was such a cathartic experience. This experience has taught me the limitations of the thinking mind and the intuitive knowledge we have in our bodies. She has set me on a path to self-love, and my world is starting to open up as I lead with love and align my values and my work.
SARAH SAW her world open up
You can create a life beyond your wildest dreams. Your Best Year is a live, virtual retreat experience where we will cover the art of attracting, intuitive development, body freedom and a clear action plan for this next year. The 1:1 session will help you pivot and rebirth your life, business or career.
Sign up today and you'll have access to Your Best Year, a live virtual retreat AND a 1:1 pre- or post-retreat coaching session with May.
additional experiences
YOUR BEST YEAR +
1:1 session with May
Bonus!
“today is a good day to have a good day.”
— ME, YESTERDAY
Physical Health Benefits: Research has shown that attending wellness retreats with immersive activities, healthy diets, and stress-relieving practices can significantly improve physical health markers, such as weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels, even maintaining these effects weeks after the retreat ends; suggesting retreats offer not only immediate relief but also sustained wellness benefits over time (Global Wellness Institute).
Mental Health Benefits: Studies confirm that retreats focusing on relaxation, mindfulness, and personal growth lead to notable reductions in stress and anxiety while enhancing overall mental clarity and emotional resilience. A study by the University of California found that mindfulness-based retreats reduced stress-related symptoms and improved cognitive function, offering lasting mental health support
Enhanced Psychological Well-being: Research has shown that retreats often enhance psychological well-being, with participants reporting reductions in stress and anxiety (National Institute of Health).
Enhanced Wellbeing and Life Satisfaction: Retreats create a structured environment for reflection and growth, which can bring about transformative changes in self-perception, purpose, and satisfaction. Participants commonly report feelings of renewal, better coping mechanisms, and a positive shift in life perspective after their retreat experiences.
By the end of the spiritual achiever RETREAT, you will have...
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She has an incredible gift that can help you to see your true path but also how and why you are not fully living it presently. May gave me practical tips that I can do daily in order to reconnect and fully be present in my life as is.
— HELEN
“She has an incredible gift that can help you see your true path”
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I'm May, your new lets-do-this friend.
My speciality is taking driven, ambitious seekers to the next level by reconnecting them with their soul, their divine wisdom, and to their spirituality.
hey there!
But this didn't happen by accident.
I realized the power of retreats, when I was having my first baby, changing careers, feeling overwhelmed by the demands at work and home - and knew that I needed something to change.
I realized the power of retreats when I wanted to step into the most authentic version of myself, knowing I couldn't do it without living the experience fully.
This retreat was created from listening to my own internal truth and guidance. The one that told me to surrender while I was in meditation at a yoga retreat. The one that told me to create retreats for those in transition when I was looking out into the clouds on a flight criss-crossing the country each week for my work.
The one that told me to create the retreat I wanted to experience for myself when I felt the pull of life asking me to step up and be seen in the world.
It was at Vida Mountain in Costa Rica where I experienced another full-circle moment. I received a sacred reconnection to a visualization I had 8 years ago before the birth of my first daughter, which led me to birth the Spiritual Achiever® movement.
A sudden, profound understanding again that no thoughts go unanswered.
If you're still reading, now it's your turn. It's time to sign up.
This retreat is one of a kind because...
it is built upon the energy of you.
Your energy affects everything. Your healing, your embodiment and your ability to accept life as it is. You also have a deep well of creative energy inside of you and I will guide you through energetic practices to come back to your own truth, lead from your soul, and move forward with a greater sense of purpose.
we create an experience of transformation
Transformation happens when we begin to understand how the world operates in relation to ourselves. Thoughts, beliefs, patterns and assumptions will be tested to see if they hold true. What remains is the transformation that is ready to take shape. You, as you, continuing to operate in the energy of love.
I will provide you the tools, support and guidance to map out the most important aspects of your life. Ultimately, however, your commitment to changing your life will take you to your next level. When you apply the teachings to your life, that's when the magic happens.
This retreat includes everything I used to create an executable vision.
Bring in abundance of any kind into your life.
Create a sense of natural ease and internal strength.
Open yourself to all infinite possibilities.
Unlock your connection to your divine wisdom.
Create wellness rituals that allow you to thrive physically.
Embed energy techniques to heal your body.
Release old patterns and identities that no longer serve you.
If you've decided that this is the moment where you:
JOIN NOW >
Let's Do This!
SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
When and where is the retreat?
The retreat will be held on March 28 - April 1, 2025 in Costa Rica. You will fly into San Jose (SJO), Costa Rica airport on the 28st and depart on the 1st.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included?
A transformative healing and embodiment experience, Accommodations, Daily Yoga, All Meals, Trips/Excursions, and transport to and from San Jose (SJO) Airport.
What time do I need to arrive/depart?
Please arrive by 1 PM on 3/28/2025 at SJO airport and depart after 1 PM Costa Rica time on 4/1/2025 (we will depart for the airport after breakfast).
How many people will be attending?
There will be approximately 8 participants.
What if I am interested in 1:1 coaching?
Email support@mayempson.com find out more about 1:1 coaching.
When do I receive the Your Best Year program?
You will get immediate access to Your Best Year digital program - and how to access the live virtual retreat held on December 14th.
What do I need to pack?
We will be moving our bodies so feel free to pack comfortable clothes and shoes for walking and yoga. Bathing suits for swimming. We will send out a packing list prior to the trip.
What is your cancellation policy?
Should you choose to cancel your participation in the Retreat prior to November 25, 2024 you can receive a refund of the total amount paid to minus the non-refundable deposit of one monthly payment.
Still on the Fence?
let's do this
I completely understand. Every dollar invested is an important one! Let's connect and figure out what your goals are and what kinds of support is the best fit for you.
