Four Rivers Healing Retreat - Costa Rica

Food

Feast on delicious meals created from organic foods grown on-site and locally sourced and prepared just for us. 

At this Retreat we provide food that follows these four guidelines:

• No Sugar
• No Flour
• 3 Meals a day (no snacks)
• Weighed & Measured Food

You will fill out a food preferences sheet of what types of foods you eat and AmaTierra will do their best to provide amazing food that you will love. They do fully comply with food allergy guidelines so please don't forget to mention those on your preference sheet, if that applies to you.

Lodging

Lodging for this all inclusive retreat is provided by AmaTierra Retreat and Wellness Center.

"At AmaTierra, we cater to the whole person – body, mind and spirit – providing an oasis of tranquility and rejuvenation through yoga, meditation, mindfulness, healthy foods, fresh spring water, herbal medicine and bodywork in Costa Rica. We aren’t just a business, we are family. When you book with us, you can be sure that your experience will be full of love, security, understanding, and joy every step of the way in Costa Rica."

AmaTierra provides an amazing tropical oasis for us to relax and open our hearts to the healing that we seek. Check out more information about the accomodations that AmaTierra provides.

*There are lots of stairs from the Casitas to the Lodge, but physical restrictions can be accomodated. 

Teachers and Facilitators

Meet Everett Considine

Meditation Teacher • Internal Family Systems Practitioner • Spiritual Guide • Author

For over three decades, Everett Considine has devoted his life to personal growth—both for himself and for those he serves. His background spans technology, business, spirituality, and psychology, giving him a unique ability to bridge the practical and the profound. With more than 30 years of dedicated meditation and mindfulness practice, Everett discovered that Internal Family Systems (IFS) was the missing piece in helping people address the deeper emotional patterns that many forms of personal growth can unintentionally bypass.

Over the last 12 years, Everett has worked extensively with IFS—witnessing transformative breakthroughs in his own life and in the lives of his clients and students. He has taught meditation and mindfulness for over 30 years and has spent the past decade teaching IFS classes and offering private one-on-one sessions. Thousands of Bright Lifers have benefited from his coaching, finding a peaceful and sustainable rhythm in their healing and personal development journeys.

At the Four Rivers Healing Retreat in Costa Rica, Everett brings a heart-centered presence and a systems-thinking mind—helping participants untangle complex inner dynamics, reconnect with their authentic selves, and move toward wholeness with clarity and compassion.

Current Offerings

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) Sessions – One-on-one guidance for emotional healing, self-discovery, and integration
• Meditation & Mindfulness Teaching – Over 30 years of experience leading practices that cultivate awareness, compassion, and inner peace
• The Peaceful Eating Way – An online course with a mindful approach to food and body connection, designed to end cycles of stress and self-criticism
• Spiritual Mentorship – Personalized support for navigating spiritual growth and life transitions
• Shamanic Healing Practices – Certified Cross-Cultural Shamanic Practitioner (3-year program) offering nature-based and ceremonial healing
• Workshops & Classes – Teaching IFS principles, mindfulness, and tools for long-term transformation

Everett’s approach is grounded in both compassion and clarity. As a heart-centered systems thinker, he has a gift for breaking down complex ideas into simple, actionable steps—empowering others to understand themselves deeply and live with more ease, presence, and freedom.

Meet Sam Garcia Jr. 

Shamanic Practitioner • Ceremonialist • Spiritual Mentor • Teacher

For nearly two decades, Sam Garcia Jr. has walked the healing path with integrity, heart, and devotion—serving as a guide for those seeking to reconnect with their soul’s wisdom and live in harmony with Spirit. As a seasoned Shamanic Practitioner, he offers deep, transformative work through Sacred Heart Readings, Soul Retrievals, Spiritual Mentorship, and blessings for homes, businesses, and land.

Sam is a gifted Ceremonialist, holding Rites of Passage to honor life’s thresholds—from adolescence to adulthood to elderhood—ensuring each transition is witnessed, meaningful, and rooted in spiritual presence. His teachings invite individuals and groups into direct relationship with the unseen world, their own inner knowing, and nature-based practices for healing and empowerment.

At the heart of Sam’s work is a profound daily practice of prayer and meditation. Guided by Great Spirit and the Guardians, he creates sacred spaces where people can feel safe, seen, and supported.

Heather Cole Gatto (Sukrutha) Through teaching classes, workshops, and retreats integrating shamanism, yoga, and art since 2002, Heather has grown into the person she always longed to be.  During this time she has also been serving clients with a private one-on-one practice as a healer and mentor.  In the last year, the tools of Internal Family Systems (IFS) have greatly enhanced her sessions. Her work was deepened even more when she became a mother to her daughter Satya.  Over the last 23 years, her daily meditation practice has cultivated a depth of prayer that is the foundation of all her offerings.

Heather utilizes her ability to see, hear, and feel spirit in order to help others receive the guidance, healing, direction, love, and clarity that they seek. It is her sacred intention to offer herself as a holy hollow vessel, one that brings about help and healing for the highest good and for the greatest joy and upliftment of all.

Her nature is devotional and her calling is to serve with love.

Additional areas of expertise:

• Professional artist (22 years)
• Yoga instructor (17 years)
• Certified cross-cultural shamanic practitioner, utilizing tools, such as psychic consultation, soul retrieval and house blessing (15 years)
• Teaching and guidance from:
  • Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) (16 years)
  • Everett Considine and the Center For Self Leadership; IFS (2 years)
  • Char Sundust, Shamanic Practitioner (16 years)
  • West Virginia University, BA degree (4 years)
  • Worldwide travel (12 years)
  • Brook and Lee Atwell Yoga teacher apprenticeship (2 years)
  • Chuck Iffland sculpting apprenticeship (3 years)