Costa Rica Rider's Retreat
with Wendy Murdoch
Transform your Riding,
Relax your Mind, and Rejuvenate your Body
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Costa Rica Rider's Retreat
Transform your Riding,
Imagine time away to devote to your riding with daily lessons, trail rides through tropical forests, along rivers, and across beaches, morning yoga to calm your body and mind, and Feldenkrais sessions to discover new ways of moving and riding with ease.
All while enjoying the beauty of Costa Rica, with it's clear blue water, natural sandy beaches, brilliant green jungles, and luxury accommodations at the villa.
Through this experience Wendy Murdoch will be your personal coach, taking your riding to a new level by breaking through unconscious restrictions and changing old habits and patterns in your riding.
Take a break from the busy hustle of daily life and join us at Equisol Holistic Equestrian Retreat Center in Nosara, Costa Rica.
Spend the entire week focused on what you love and allow this immersive experience to transform your riding as you relax, reflect, and rejuvenate your body in a tropical paradise with delicious healthy food and daily yoga – not to mention meeting some amazing people and horses!
All while enjoying the beauty of Costa Rica, with it's clear blue water, natural sandy beaches, brilliant green jungles, and luxury accommodations at the villa.
Through this experience Wendy Murdoch will be your personal coach, taking your riding to a new level by breaking through unconscious restrictions and changing old habits and patterns in your riding.
Take a break from the busy hustle of daily life and join us at Equisol Holistic Equestrian Retreat Center in Nosara, Costa Rica.
Spend the entire week focused on what you love and allow this immersive experience to transform your riding as you relax, reflect, and rejuvenate your body in a tropical paradise with delicious healthy food and daily yoga – not to mention meeting some amazing people and horses!
Imagine being able to immerse yourself in your riding education, not only transforming your riding, but also developing your ability to help others, so that you could notice exactly where a rider’s weight was going, why they were losing their stirrup, what was causing their horse to throw his head up in the canter transition, or why the leg yield to the left always fell apart a few steps in…
What if you could not only see what a rider needed to change, but knew how to create it for them?
How to help others find that “aha” moment?
I want to invite you to a special event. A small group, private training and retreat in Costa Rica where you will work personally with Wendy to take your riding to the next level. If you are an instructor, this trip will forever change how you teach - increasing your confidence and your ability to get big results from your students.
What if you could not only see what a rider needed to change, but knew how to create it for them?
How to help others find that “aha” moment?
I want to invite you to a special event. A small group, private training and retreat in Costa Rica where you will work personally with Wendy to take your riding to the next level. If you are an instructor, this trip will forever change how you teach - increasing your confidence and your ability to get big results from your students.
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Wendy Murdoch will be your teacher in this event, pulling from her 30 plus years as a riding instructor, having taught clinics around the world and worked with thousands of riders.
Wendy take a different approach to teaching riding, by using novelty, props, and unique exercises to keep students curious and lessons fun.
She caters her work to each student, with their own limitations, old habits, and style of learning, and helps each person get the information and the feeling they need to create a real difference in their riding.
Join us June 27-July 2! Come learn with us in Costa Rica!
Stay in luxury accommodations, enjoy fresh, delicious food, and take in the beautiful Costa Rican scenery while improving your riding, as well as your eye and skill as a teacher.
This is an ALL-INCLUSIVE retreat - your accommodations, food and shuttle service to and from the airport are all included.
Start each morning with a calming yoga session, and enjoy prepared three course meals, evening wine, a complimentary massage - all included!
Wendy take a different approach to teaching riding, by using novelty, props, and unique exercises to keep students curious and lessons fun.
She caters her work to each student, with their own limitations, old habits, and style of learning, and helps each person get the information and the feeling they need to create a real difference in their riding.
Join us June 27-July 2! Come learn with us in Costa Rica!
Stay in luxury accommodations, enjoy fresh, delicious food, and take in the beautiful Costa Rican scenery while improving your riding, as well as your eye and skill as a teacher.
This is an ALL-INCLUSIVE retreat - your accommodations, food and shuttle service to and from the airport are all included.
Start each morning with a calming yoga session, and enjoy prepared three course meals, evening wine, a complimentary massage - all included!
The Facility
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Equisol provides luxury accommodations during your retreat, with a beautiful 150-acre ranch in the hills of Nosara. The villas have breathtaking views of the ocean, sunset, river and jungle below.
The property features stables, an uncovered arena, a roundpen, pastures for the horses, endless riding trails, waterfalls, basketball & tennis courts and an outdoor yoga space. Equisol arranges all of the accommodations for retreat participants as well as transportation to/from the Liberia or Nosara airports and daily transportation around Nosara. The villa has wifi throughout and cleaning and laundry service is provided daily. |
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EQUISOL'S HOLISTIC HORSEMANSHIP PHILOSOPHY
For Life and In the Saddle
- Live (and ride) in the present moment! Become a witness to your mind/emotions
- Live soulfully – Be kind, generous, loving, patient, honest and compassionate with yourself, others and your horse (observe the yamas and niyamas)
- Embrace a holistic view of horsemanship, the environment and your community
- Focus more on how you are living your life, not what you do or have
- Be healthy and get organized – Get rid of clutter and be goal oriented
- Find your balance – find ways to balance work, play, relaxation and exercise
- Be flexible – change is inevitable so look for the open door that is created with every door that closes
- Meditate and practice yoga
- RIDE! And sometimes just BE with horses and nature
- Listen to your intuition and your horse – he/she is trying to tell you something very important but you have to figure out the message
- Tread lightly on this planet – recycle, reuse, minimize and respect the environment (e.g., don't disturb wildlife or take souvenirs from the wild such as shells)
Sample Schedule
Day 1 Arrive! / Take a dip in the pool / Welcome dinner!
Day 2 Yoga / Discussion and Unmounted Work/ Riding Sessions/ Pool Time
Day 3 Yoga / Discussion and Unmounted Work/ Riding Sessions/ Massage
Day 4 Yoga / Riding Sessions/ Trail Riding in the Jungle
Day 5 Yoga / Discussion and Unmounted Work/ Riding Sessions/ Massage
Day 6 Yoga / Enjoy Breakfast and Pack for the Ride Home
Day 2 Yoga / Discussion and Unmounted Work/ Riding Sessions/ Pool Time
Day 3 Yoga / Discussion and Unmounted Work/ Riding Sessions/ Massage
Day 4 Yoga / Riding Sessions/ Trail Riding in the Jungle
Day 5 Yoga / Discussion and Unmounted Work/ Riding Sessions/ Massage
Day 6 Yoga / Enjoy Breakfast and Pack for the Ride Home
Accommodations and Pricing
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We stay in a private villa, with breathtaking views of the Ocean and Mountains. You will enjoy the privacy of a home, but with the luxury of a hotel.
There are both private and shared rooms available.
This will be a small group, so space is very limited.
Remember this event is ALL-INCLUSIVE! Your food, shuttle from the airport, morning yoga, and massage are all included!
Shared rooms are available for $5000 and Private rooms available for $5500.
There are both private and shared rooms available.
This will be a small group, so space is very limited.
Remember this event is ALL-INCLUSIVE! Your food, shuttle from the airport, morning yoga, and massage are all included!
Shared rooms are available for $5000 and Private rooms available for $5500.
About Nosara, Costa Rica
About Nosara
Nosara is a magical place that is best known as a mecca for yoga and surfing enthusiasts that are drawn to the area because of its natural beauty and environmentally conscious community. Nosara is on the Nicoya Peninsula in the State of Guanacaste. This area is known for gorgeous sunsets, consistent waves for surfing and warm water, howler monkeys, mass nestings of olive ridley sea turtles (arribadas) and so much more. There are many reserves in the area, so wildlife is still abundant and development on the beach is very limited. There are no big resorts or chain restaurants. It is the perfect place to reconnect with nature, horses and a slower pace of life.
Getting Here
Nosara is located on the Nicoya Peninsula on the northwest Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We recommend flying into the Liberia airport (LIR) which is about a three hour drive to Nosara. Transportation to and from the Liberia airport is included for all retreats. If you choose to fly into the San Jose airport (SJO), we recommend taking a short commuter flight here via Nature Air.
Nosara is a small town with limited paved roads. The town can be characterized as having two main beach communities (Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada) and the main town of Nosara which is a little more inland.
Our guests stay at The Finca, a 150-acre ranch with two villas, a jungle lodge and stables and pastures below. The Finca is about a ten minute drive to Playa Pelada and a twenty minute drive to Playa Guiones. When guests stay at the Finca, the horses come with us and stay down the hill from the villas.
Nosara is a magical place that is best known as a mecca for yoga and surfing enthusiasts that are drawn to the area because of its natural beauty and environmentally conscious community. Nosara is on the Nicoya Peninsula in the State of Guanacaste. This area is known for gorgeous sunsets, consistent waves for surfing and warm water, howler monkeys, mass nestings of olive ridley sea turtles (arribadas) and so much more. There are many reserves in the area, so wildlife is still abundant and development on the beach is very limited. There are no big resorts or chain restaurants. It is the perfect place to reconnect with nature, horses and a slower pace of life.
Getting Here
Nosara is located on the Nicoya Peninsula on the northwest Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We recommend flying into the Liberia airport (LIR) which is about a three hour drive to Nosara. Transportation to and from the Liberia airport is included for all retreats. If you choose to fly into the San Jose airport (SJO), we recommend taking a short commuter flight here via Nature Air.
Nosara is a small town with limited paved roads. The town can be characterized as having two main beach communities (Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada) and the main town of Nosara which is a little more inland.
Our guests stay at The Finca, a 150-acre ranch with two villas, a jungle lodge and stables and pastures below. The Finca is about a ten minute drive to Playa Pelada and a twenty minute drive to Playa Guiones. When guests stay at the Finca, the horses come with us and stay down the hill from the villas.
