May 6 - 13, 2006
When you visit the “pura vida”
of Costa Rica you immediately have a sense of slow
down, relax, enjoy. Between the mountains, forests,
and sea, a balance of walks, quiet moments, incredible
food, and the beautiful ambience at the locations
where we stay, it will be your time. This is your
time to reconnect and rejuvenate your spirit. Your
time to be pampered. Your time to feel good and enjoy
life.
This
women’s only Costa Rica Walking Connection Travel
Experience is more than just a vacation....
... We’ll
provide a place to be at ease;
... A place to reduce stress;
... A place where you can appreciate the moment and
bring life into balance.
We have planned
your days, so you don’t have to. Each comes
with many options to fit your personal tastes. Fill
your days with awe inspiring guided nature walks,
gentle stretching sessions, and unstructured free
time to swim under the waterfalls, pamper yourself
in the spa, or simply relax and enjoy the nature of
Costa Rica.
You will return
home a new person; rejuvenated and peaceful, with
new friends and a new appreciation for the beauty
of nature, local culture, and life itself.
Your Walking
Connection host, Mary Palenica*, helped conceive and
develop this special trip. While on tour with the
Walking Connection in Costa Rica in 2004, Mary had
a strong sense of what the Costa Rican atmosphere
could do to recharge and invigorate guests without
the rush of life at home.
Mary has traveled
the world extensively. As she toured the nature of
this magnificent Central American country, she found
that Costa Rica left a special and lasting impression
on her. And now, she has agreed to share it with a
few special guests who will join her on this special
Walking Connection Travel Experience.
"This place
is a different place we all know
Though it is different for you and for me.
This place is
a place that no matter where you are, where life leads
you,
or how far you stray, it is the place that you return
to find peace
to still those restless thoughts and anxious heart.
This place is
a place of vast horizons
A sky so large that it arcs and dances far out of
reach bringing light and warmth by day and displaying
a cask of diamonds by night.
This place is
a place of mountains
So old and wise - they are the wrinkles upon the face
of our patient and forgiving earth.
Between these
folds flow bright rivers, bringing life where ever
they go
and joining us all by each drop that falls from the
sky.
In this place
you feel neither small,
nor trapped nor inconsequential, you are able to simply
Be,
for whoever you are and whatever you bring.
This place is
a place that makes your heart sing,
where you open your eyes so wide to breathe it all
in.
Where you wake with a smile, kissed by the morning
light,
and where you fall asleep soundly, bound in its heavenly
cloak of night.
This place?
This place is My Place...
And you shall know yours when you get there."
Milena Smith 1999 at Poas
Lodge
It’s
your turn. Come join Mary and the Walking Connection
to rejuvenate and discover your special place in Costa
Rica. Just look what’s waiting for you…
*Mary Palenica has her Masters Degree
in education and counseling and has been a pediatric
dental hygienist for 35 years. By following her personal
interests in health, nutrition and psychology She
has also been a fitness instructor for 16 years and
a certified yoga instructor for 10. She has traveled
extensively, most often with the Walking Connection.
Her travels have taken her to Ireland, England, Scotland,
Canada including Heli-hiking, Scandinavia, Baltic
Region, Kenya, Tanzania, New Zealand, China and of
course Costa Rica.
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