A Living Foods Life-Style
Depending on which retreat you book, and your individual needs and goals, the food you get to enjoy at Anatta might look slightly different. However, all guests can expect to savour some of the highest quality and freshest tree-ripened tropical fruits in the world, raw living salads as well as grounding and simple plant-based dinners.
All of our foods are sourced as local, seasonal and organic (and beyond organic!) as possible! Whether the fruit comes straight from the 7 hectare fruit forest over the road, from local sellers nearby, or the weekly farmers market, you can expect to enjoy very high quality whole foods, infused with the power of tropical Costa Rica!
The approach to food is simplicity, for the body enters the healing state not through what we can add, but through what we take away. Less is more when it comes to healing food, not necessarily in quantity but in its complexity. We will also explore the Earth Element according to the Chinese, who say that it is not only food what nourishes our body, but everything we consume: relationships, media, technology, water, air and more.
This process of reducing not only allows the physical body to heal, but unlocks the inner fire to come alive. We begin to feel more. Sensitivity heightens. We naturally begin to connect and listen to our bodies. This is not always a comfortable process, but we are here with you every step of the way to learn how to harness the power of this fire, so that you can release what is not yours, and invite in what is waiting for you.
Occasionally, we’ll share fruits within the community, allowing you to experience the joy of eating together. At other times, you’ll enjoy your meals in the peace of solitude, offering you space to reflect and connect with your inner self.
Our goal is to teach you to eat mindfully, appreciating the simplicity of nature’s offerings, while ensuring you feel fully nourished and satisfied. Through this process, we will guide you in simplifying your approach to food, allowing you to purify your body and soul.
Our Water
Here at Anatta, we are blessed by some of the purest waters you can find.. whether from the sky itself, the creeks that flow down from the mountains, a fresh spring on the land or our well, pure water is certainly something we have in abundance almost all year round.
Having access to pure and ALIVE drinking water is an essential part of any healing journey that is often overlooked. No matter how pure the source of the water, if it has sat still or been bottled for more than a short period, the water becomes more and more difficult to be absorbed at the cellular level by the body. The water loses its aliveness and structure, and therefore becomes less and less hydrating, and can even become dehydrating and work against our healing process.
Therefore drinking water that is structured and alive, prayed over and blessed, becomes an incredible ally in any healing journey. Most imbalances in the body can be related to dehydration. At Anatta, whether you’re drinking fresh rainwater, water out of the creek, or water from our special Japanese medically graded water ioniser (Kangen Water), you will hydrate your body at the cellular level. This factor alone has been reported again and again to help reverse chronic illnesses. Change your water, change your life is what they say. Here at Anatta, you have the opportunity to experience this, as well as eating living and healing foods, that further contribute to your rehydration.
Moreover, not only will you drink this water but also bathe in it too. All of the water on our land is fed by either rainwater or well water, untreated. No more chlorine, no more chemicals. Return to water how nature intended it to be!
