View all 3 photosMi Kiva
Mi Kiva in Santa Bárbara, Costa Rica with public Yoga and Personal Growth listing details. Use this dossier to verify legal context, people, logistics, consent, emergency planning, and integration before contact.
Legal context in Costa Rica
Most careful visible legal context: traditional use. Verify current local rules before travel or contact.
How to contact
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Shamans & Facilitators
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Ruth Barbie
Ruth is the founder and host of Mi Kiva, a private family estate in Costa Rica that has evolved over three decades into a place for meaningful gathering, connection, and renewal. Raised between cultures and now based between Costa Rica and the U.S., she brings a deeply personal understanding of what it means to create spaces where people feel both at home and gently expanded. Her upbringing—surrounded by family, community, and an ever-changing flow of guests—shaped her belief that connection, nature, and shared experience are at the heart of a well-lived life. For the past 10 years, Ruth has been living and ra...
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Getting there
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Road & duration
June 25 - 30, 2026
What's included
Private rooms available, Shared rooms available, Vegan, Vegetarian +4 more
What's not included
Listed from $2,900.00. Ask about flights, insurance, private sessions, and extra transport.
Integration & Aftercare
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- Aftercare details are still being verified before public display.
- Ask for preparation, integration calls, referral boundaries, and what happens after difficult experiences.
Verified Matching Details
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- Group size
- Verified group size: 8
- Accommodation options
- Verified accommodation options: Private rooms and shared rooms available
- Accommodation options
- Verified accommodation options: Private rooms available; Shared rooms available
- Accommodation options
- Verified accommodation options: Private rooms available; Shared rooms available
- Center
- Verified center: Mi Kiva
- City
- Verified city: Santa Bárbara
- City
- Verified city: Santa Bárbara
- Country
- Verified country: Costa Rica
Listed Retreats & Ceremonies
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- Mother/Teenager Daughter 6-Day RetreatTraditional use
- Location
- Santa Bárbara, Costa Rica
- Dates
- June 25 - 30, 2026
- Price
- $2,900.00
- Group size
- 8 listed
- Reviews
- Not listed yet
- Meals
- 3
- Accommodation
- Private rooms available, Shared rooms available
- Transport
- Not listed yet