Attention fellow nurses, 

The Healing the Healer Retreat is ideal for nurses who love to travel, need some time to nourish themselves and want to take the opportunity to obtain CEUs while traveling! 

If you are feeling burned out, in need of some rest and you are looking to combine a retreat experience while obtaining continuing education credits, this Healing the Healer retreat is the optimal revitalizing retreat you need!  During this 7 night "Healing the Healer" nurse retreat you will be surrounded by lush jungles in the mountains of Uvita, in the southern pacific zone of Costa Rica.  You will have a fully integrated experience combining continued education, adventures and plenty of rest and relaxation.

-Slow down with daily meditation and movement practices

-Nourish at a sauna, cold plunge lounge

-Embrace nature through various local activities including waterfall hikes, a whale watching tour, a visit to the Whale Tail National Marine Park beach and optional Surf Lessons

-Explore the small Costal towns in the southern pacific of Costa Rica

-Advance your career with five days of continuing education three-hour classes focused on burnout in the nursing profession

This course is taught by Nurses Feed Their Young and provides integrated learning techniques to implement back at home! This course is approved by multiple state boards of nursing and has the added benefit of potentially being reimbursable by your employer.

Nurses Feed Their Young is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Florida State Board of Nursing. Florida Board of Nursing Provider Number: 50-42784. This course is approved for 15 contact hours.  

Lisa Spano, BSN RN originally from Minnesota first came to Costa Rica for intense healing as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) for Hennepin County in Minnesota. Lisa's passion for helping lead to burnout, depression and she spent years immersed in nature refilling her cup and discovering surfing.  Currently, she is based in Costa Rica, works remotely for a research company, co-owns a local surf shop with her husband, they have a son, and she hosts Nurses Retreats with the ultimate goal to give back to her fellow nurses and promote healing in the demanding profession of Nursing. She enjoys surfing and being physically active and spending time with her family.

Teresa Sanderson RN, CCM will be teaching the CE course. Teresa is a serial nurse entrepreneur, champion for nurses, speaker, and marketing expert. She is the founder of Business & Marketing Made Easy For Nurse Entrepreneurs and coaches nurse entrepreneurs to: Get Visible. Attract Your Audience. Grow Your Authority & Income.

Teresa is also a speaker, podcast host and founder of the Nurses Feed Their Young® Movement and Thriving Nurse Network, an online peer support community for nurses. She is passionate about creating a better future for the nursing profession and dedicated to transforming nursing culture from one where nurses eat their young to one where Nurses Feed Their Young®.

Everyone arrives to the retreat center (we will organize your pick up from the airport)

Everyone will eat dinner, we will do introductions and get settled

6:00am - Coffee/Tea 

7:00am-7:30am - Meditation 

7:30am-8:30am  - Morning Movement 

8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast 

10:00am-12:00pm  - Flo Waterfalls (Optional Clay Ceremony)

12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch

2:00pm-5:00pm - Continued Education: The Foundation of Healing

5:00pm-5:30 - Meditation (optional)

5:30pm-6:30pm - Dinner 

 6:00am - Coffee/Tea 

7:00am-7:30am - Meditation

7:30am-8:30am  - Morning Movement 

8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast 

10:00am-12:00pm  - Outing and Spa 

12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch

2:00pm-5:00pm - Continued Education:  Healing Through Connection 

5:00pm-5:30 - Meditation (optional)

5:30pm-6:30pm - Dinner 

 6:00am - Coffee/Tea 

7:00am-7:30am - Meditation

7:30am-8:30am  - Morning Movement 

8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast 

10:00am-12:00pm  - Cacao Ceremony or Surf Lesson

12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch

2:00pm-5:00pm - Continued Education:  Food as Fuel for the Caregiver 

5:00pm-5:30 - Meditation (optional)

5:30pm-6:30pm - Dinner 

 7:00am-2:00pm - Excursion - Whale Watching 

2:00pm-5:00pm - Continued Education  The Power of Sleep & Restorative Healing 

5:00pm-5:30 - Meditation (optional) 

5:30pm-6:30pm - Dinner 

 6:00am - Coffee/Tea 

7:00am-7:30am - Meditation  

7:30am-8:30am  - Morning Movement 

8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast 

10:00am-12:00pm  - Whales Tail Beach 

12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch

2:00pm-5:00pm - Continued Education

5:00pm-5:30 - Meditation (optional)

5:30pm-6:30pm - Dinner 

 6:00am - Coffee/Tea 

7:00am-7:30am - Meditation 

7:30am-8:30am  - Morning Movement 

8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast 

10:00am-12:00pm  - Waterfall/Freet time/ optional community service project

12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch

2:00pm-5:00pm - Continued Education:  Integrating Healing Practices into Daily Life 

5:00pm-5:30 - Meditation (optional)

5:30pm-6:30pm - Dinner 

7:00pm - Final circle

Transport arranged for you to get to the airport. We say our goodbyes