IMILOA PRESENTS
Soul is a fiercely feminine word. It carries within us, the magical capability to attune to our lives. When we speak of soul for this retreat, we are tapping into the deeper aspects of who we are–beyond the perceptions and beliefs we have absorbed throughout our lives. With this deeper excavation, we can then align who we are with what we do and show up fully present and authentic in our daily lives.
If this kind of journey speaks to you, if the universe is whispering, “Hey you! Yes, YOU, there is a more easeful way to live my ONE PRECIOUS LIFE”, your path towards a life of greater purpose, significance, belonging, freedom, balance, and joy is waiting for you here!
August 24 -29, 2025
About The Retreat
The SoulFULL Living Retreat is THE PLACE where women like you are seen, celebrated, and supported to develop more authentic connection to self and others, inspiring deep and lasting personal growth and relational change.
As working mothers and certified leadership, life and wellness coaches, we are passionate about equipping women with what they need to live their very best life. Especially when SoulFULL Living feels hard or out of reach.
So, what does it mean to live a SoulFULL Life?
A SoulFULL Human balances doing and being, masculine and feminine, giving and receiving, and work, rest and play.
A SoulFULL Woman empowers herself to live her truth, embraces imperfection, relishes passion, and invites serenity.
A SoulFULL Leader owns her purpose & strengths with confidence and inspires others to do the same.
A SoulFULL Mother nurtures herself unapologetically and raises her children securely.
A SoulFULL Daughter speaks her truth, knows her needs, and accepts her mom's imperfections.
A SoulFULL Partner gives and receives freely while honoring herself and others.
A SoulFULL Friend finds her people and dares to be known for who she is.
A SoulFULL Changemaker believes in her purpose and pursues her goals and aspirations with confidence, influence and service.
Would you like to know this woman? You already do!
Even if, in this moment, you might resonate more with some of these statements:
- I am on the verge of burnout.
- I feel guilty no matter what role I am playing.
- I say yes when I mean no.
- I resist help and assistance from others.
- I have to be perfect.
- I suffer from self-doubt and comparison.
- I have lost touch with my body and what it needs.
- I struggle to identify my purpose.
- I am uninspired and unfulfilled at work.
- I worry I am failing my children.
- I lack passion for my partner.
- I long to establish relationships that are genuine, secure, and satisfying.
We see you! We too are women who have navigated the same types of things you are. Who have felt many of the things you have and at times, still do. The challenges, drama, and suffering are real! We get it which is what inspired us to create this experience. For women like us. For women like you!
What You Will Discover
The 5-day immersive SoulFULL Living Retreat is both an experience and a community of like-minded women who support each other to:
KNOW our unique sources of purpose, significance and belonging.
HEAL patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving to manifest personal, professional and relational success.
SEE all parts of ourselves ~ Woman, Leader, Partner, Mom, Daughter, Sister, Friend ~ free from self-limiting beliefs that keep us stuck.
LOVE ourselves and others authentically through more conscious awareness of our needs and our boundaries.
What You Will Gain
Community
Gather with like-minded women who are ready to transform their connection to self and others.
Knowledge
Master mindsets, tools, and self-care habits that get activated at the retreat and sustained back home.
Relief
Find newfound peace and satisfying relational bonds.
Insight
Understand your unique sources of purpose, significance and belonging.
Love
Invite vulnerability and intimacy into the relationships that matter to you most, including the one with yourself!
Connection
Create better relationships with your family. Develop new or deeper friendships. Attract marvelous clients & easy-to-work-with partners and co-workers.
Sounds AH-MAZING. Right?
Our Carefully Crafted Journey
In community, here is the journey that awaits you!
Day 1 – June 9
COMMUNITY
Arrive at Imiloa via a chartered flight landing in the heart of the jungle. Discover the luxury of your accommodations and settle in with chef-prepared snacks and a dinner. Mingle with your community of open-hearted women who also desire connection and authenticity in their relationships. Relax and connect fireside together as details about the week ahead are revealed. Retire to your cozy bed in the jungle.
Day 2 – June 10
KNOW
Begin the journey by taking stock of all that has brought you to this retreat and set intentions for the week ahead. You will enter the SoulFULL Living journey by gaining more awareness about yourself and your relationships. Guided in gentle curiosity, you will be invited to get to know your acquired beliefs and patterns of behavior and how these connect to your deepest personal and relational needs. You will begin to reclaim your power and influence in relationships.
Day 3 – June 11
HEAL
Using the awareness awakened on Day Two, on Day Three you will learn how to begin healing your pain points; courageous work that helps reduce frustrating, repetitive, and burdening patterns that show up in our relationships to ourselves and others. You will explore and nurture your unique sense of purpose, significance, and belonging. You will leave this day with clarity, acceptance, and self-compassion.
Day 4 – June 12
SEE
Empowered by the transformative work of the past few days, a beach outing is your backdrop for a playful focus on self-care and self-acceptance. Re-envision a version of yourself that is powerful, connected, authentic, and increasingly free from the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that do not serve you or your relationships. Practice bringing your whole self to your relationships. Speak with strength, clarity, and honesty as you define a new way of showing up for yourself and others. You will begin mastering mindsets, tools, and self-care habits that invite ease and serenity.
Day 5 – June 13
LOVE
You’ll spend this final full day completely attuned as your authentic self, relishing in your unique gifts of body, mind and spirit. A morning excursion honors your playful side with a fun-filled adventure. An afternoon activity helps you discover new ways to love and be loved. By now, you will have noticed that the slight shifts in how you show up for yourself and others are more congruent with your intentions and your needs. An evening gathering with your newfound community celebrates the incredible journey made in the course of just five days.
Day 6 – June 14
CONNECTION
This part of your SoulFULL Living journey ends by paying tribute to the deeper connections you’ve made to both self and others. Recognize the life-changing growth of each and everyone present, and appreciate the evolution of your heart-centered connections that will continue to serve you long after our retreat concludes.
Your SoulFULL Life is ready to welcome you, and so are we!
Renee & Aleia
Note: The SoulFULL Living Retreat is designed for all women. Our community welcomes older adolescents and young adults who desire to connect with their peers and elders while embarking on their own personal growth journey. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Your Hosts
Renée Dineen
Renée is an ICF PCC accredited executive and life coach, seasoned group facilitator and leadership consultant. Today she runs her own global practice out of California with an important focus on women and leadership. She believes that the new era of women’s leadership calls us to step more fully into our role as changemakers—requiring greater attention to self-care, a willingness to heal what calls to be healed, and the courage to name and pursue our truest aspirations. Only then can women achieve the freedom, discernment and choiceful balance needed to fully step into their unique purpose and work in this world.
Renée is a woman on a mission for healing. What drives her above all is the opportunity to reduce human and organizational suffering and equip people to live with more purpose, grace, and joy. She has published dozens of self-help and leadership articles which have been featured in publications such as Fortune, Financial Times & Elephant Journal. Her new book titled The Art and Truth of Transformation for Women was released in 2021 and is a #1 best seller on Amazon.
In 2015, she founded the Modern Goddess Retreat: An Intimate Experience for Mothers & Daughters. The retreat is hosted multiple times a year in the California wine country. Taking all they have learned and experienced personally, Renée and her team have designed this new retreat to be hosted for the first time at Imiloa for women of all ages who share a desire to live a SoulFULL life!
Renée earned her Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and is part of the coaching faculty at two highly renowned universities—Stanford in the US and IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is also a TedX Speaker, a Hoffman Institute Graduate and seasoned teacher of the Enneagram.
Renée has been married for almost 20 years and has two teenagers. Together as a family, they have turned their passion for travel, 50 countries and counting, into a true family ritual!
Aleia Amend
Aleia has dedicated her entire adult life to working with women. She has been an executive in the beauty industry for 25 years using that platform to holistically guide women to seeing and believing their truth with acceptance of self through the lens of their soul.
Along with helping women disrupt their relationship to contrived standards of beauty, she has a tremendous passion for empowering women to choose themselves through the art of self care. Whether it’s a yoga class, ballroom dancing, a journal practice, creating a nourishing meal or natural healing through essential oils, Aleia’s empathic connection and support for women is felt before you even meet her!
As the creator of Soul Truth Wellness, an entrepreneur and the founder of Sol Sisters Nutritious Kitchen, Aleia brings self care full circle with her wellness clients walking them gently down the path of mindful awareness around patterns and behaviors that are not in service of our soul’s journey and help to facilitate truth and courage that nourish our bodies and bring our lives the greatest sense of joy.
As a trained professional dancer, certified essential oil consultant and certified yoga and Pilates teacher, Aleia brings her integral and unique gifts to the retreat through holistic wellness activities and a distinctive session created to unearth our soul’s truth to empower a courageous and truthful journey in this life.
Testimonials
The depth of heart and mastery that Renee and Aleia bring to this experience is awe-inspiring.
My relationships will not be the same afterwards. This experience has the potential to shift and make more peaceful, joyous and mutually enriching, every relationship I have with the women in my circle of life.
Thanks to Renee’s outstanding ability, the outcome for me is that she cracked my life as an adult. I will be grateful to her for my entire life.
There was a perfect amount of intensity and levity. I came away with stronger relationships, a sense of relief, a better understanding of my pathway forward, fond memories, new friends and new intentions. I think all women should do this work. It would do wonders for our families as society in large.
I still feel the very positive vibes of the week we spent together. The impact it has had on me, both in my private and my professional life, is tremendous. I feel much more ‘in balance’ (heart, body & mind), to live life again to the fullest. I am more grateful for the life I have lived and the people I have loved so far. Many thanks for all your valuable insights and feedback.
Ready to transform your relationships as women, and with women?
Ticket Pricing
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Premium Private Cabin
$4,800
PER PERSON
Our VIP Mountain Cabin is located at the top of the property featuring gorgeous views of the forest-covered mountains. This cabin is spacious and secluded for extra privacy.
Private Cabin
$3,950
PER PERSON
Our 1BR private cabins feature 1 queen bed and private ensuite bathroom. Two of the cabins are located close to the river so you can hear the soothing sounds of the water flowing by. The third cabin has a beautiful garden view and extra privacy.
Semi-Private Cabin
$3,550
PER PERSON
The 2BR cabins are the most spacious cabins, complete with 2 separate/private bedrooms. They have a spacious shared living room space, large deck and a shared bathroom. Perfect for 2 guests who want a private bedroom, but the community of a shared living room.
Shared Cabin
$3,250
PER PERSON
The 1BR shared cabins feature a spacious bedroom with 2 queen beds and shared ensuite bathroom. They come with a furnished deck, a writer’s desk and coffee station. Perfect for friends or 2 guests who want to have their own private bed but share a bedroom.
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE
What's Included
- 6 days and 5 nights luxury accommodations
- Private ground transportation to and from the airport
- Delicious gourmet plant-based meals
- Immersion into nature–meditative walks, hot baths, waterfalls, fire and nature experiences
- Meditation & Mindful Movement–breathwork and dance
- Cultural immersion into the beautiful energy of Costa Rica
A completely private campus; available to your retreat group only. Access to a private waterfall, nature paths, incredible flora and fauna, and an ocean view infinity pool. Also included is a dedicated team of 20+ local professionals to coordinate everything for your enjoyment, from touch down to take off.
Private transportation from the International airport to our campus; a private driver and transportation to our campus in Imiloa Mountain.
What’s Not Included
Flights to SJO
THE VENUE
Nestled within 100 acres of regenerated forest, our secluded campus offers a harmonious blend of native species and pine trees. Meandering trails and paths wind through the verdant landscape, inviting exploration and discovery. Beautiful gardens and native flowers dot the landscapes around the property.
You will also have direct access to a river providing exclusive access for those seeking moments of solitude by its tranquil banks. For nature enthusiasts, our haven is a sanctuary of biodiversity, boasting over 20 different species of hummingbirds and the potential to encounter an array of wildlife including coatis, agoutis, deer, wild pigs, kinkajous, and more.
Beyond our borders, there are miles of hiking paths through forest and mountain landscapes, and we can arrange guided hikes to two nearby waterfalls.
Accommodations
16 gorgeously appointed rooms in 12 cabins dotted along the hillside with en suite baths. Cabins are hand-crafted from our regenerated cyprus forests . Comfortably sleeping unto 20 guests total with many guests in private cabins. Comfortable queen sized beds with 850 thread count sheets. Outdoor decks with gorgeous views to the gardens, forests and mountains at 5,000 ft in elevation.
1 Bedroom VIP Cabin
Our VIP mountain cabin is located at the top of the property featuring gorgeous views of the forest covered mountains. This cabin is spacious and secluded for extra privacy. It features 1 king sized bed a private deck, a fireplace for cozy nights as well as a soaking tub with beautiful views.
AMENITIES
1 King bed
Private ensuite bathroom w. soaking tub
Private furnished deck
Fireplace
Gorgeous mountain views
1 Bedroom Private Cabin
Our 1BR private cabins feature 1 queen bed and private ensuite bathroom. Two of the cabins are located close to the river so you can hear the soothing sounds of the water flowing by. The third cabin has a beautiful garden view and extra privacy. These cabins are perfect for solo guests who want privacy.
AMENITIES
Queen size bed
Private ensuite bathroom
Private furnished deck
Writers desk
Forest or garden views
2 Bedroom Semi-Private Cabins
The 2BR cabins are the most spacious cabins, complete with 2 separate/private bedrooms each featuring a queen sized bed. They have a spacious shared living room space, large deck with beautiful forest/garden/mountain views and a shared bathroom. These cabins are perfect for 2 guests who want a private bedroom but the community of a shared living room.
AMENITIES
Private bedroom with queen sized bed
Spacious living room
Shared bathroom
Large furnished deck
Writers desk
Forest, garden or mountain views
1 Bedroom Shared Cabins
The 1BR shared cabins feature a spacious bedroom with 2 queen beds and shared ensuite bathroom. They come with a furnished deck with forest/garden views, a writers desk and coffee station. These cabins are perfect for friends or 2 guests who want to have their own private bed but share a bedroom.
AMENITIES
2 Queen sized beds
Shared ensuite bathroom
Furnished deck
Writers desk
Forest or garden views
GOURMET PLANT BASED CUISINE
At Imiloa, we take pride in being a conscious comfort food campus. That means we serve healthy, locally-sourced, gourmet vegan meals that are as artistically plated, scientifically nourishing and delightfully crafted for all of our retreat guests.
