Sitting by the pool above the jungle in Costa Rica
High on Life

Yoga · Surf · Women's retreats

Where women come alive again

Your teacher

Hi, I'm Lise

At eighteen I looked at the life laid out ahead of me, the studies, the safe job, the retirement at sixty, and realised none of it excited me. It had been written for me and I had never questioned it. So I left.

Yoga is what made the rest possible. Before the mat I was running almost entirely on push and do, rarely arriving anywhere. Yoga taught me how to come home to myself, and teaching it is how I hand that back to other women.

I'm a certified Hatha and Vinyasa teacher and a holistic movement guide. I live on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, where I teach weekly, work with women one to one, and run retreats a few times a year.

Lise

Two women watching the sunset from the pool

The next one

A week that changes everything

Six nights in a private villa above Uvita, jungle on one side and ocean on the other. Surf, yoga, dharma circle, ceremony, and long meals at a long table with a small group of women asking the same questions you are.

  • WhereUvita, Costa Rica
  • WhenNovember 2026
  • WhoFourteen women
  • IncludesVilla, all meals, surf, ceremony, transport
See the retreat

Exact dates, rooms and pricing go to the waitlist before they go anywhere else.

Between the retreats

Practise with me

You do not have to fly anywhere to work with me. Most weeks I am on a mat somewhere on the Pacific coast, or on a screen with someone on the other side of the world.

Wednesdays, 9:30am

Hatha Reset

A weekly class at Invictus in Uvita. Slow, precise, and built to undo what the week has done to your shoulders and hips. All levels, drop in whenever you are in town.

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One to one

Private sessions

Yours alone, in person on the coast or online. We build the practice around your body and what you are actually working through, rather than a class you have to keep up with.

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From anywhere

Online classes

Practise with me from wherever you are. Hatha and Vinyasa, live, in a small enough group that I can still see you and adjust what I am asking of you.

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Words from women

Her profound authenticity softens and deepens something in us, so we can feel safe to open up and release. She's a joy therapist. She heals you. Trust me.
Veronica
I did not expect to have such a life-changing experience beyond yoga and surfing. It brought out a version of me I thought I did not have, and made me learn to love myself more.
Chloe
Lise helped me find my spark back after one of the darkest times of my life. Today I feel more free, confident, and worthy of all the good things in life.
Anna
This retreat broke me open in ways that made me reconsider my life. What kind of life do I want to live, and how can I be more intentional?
Arielle

Letters

Stay close

Now and then I write from the coast. What I am practising, what I am reading, what is opening up, and where the next retreat is going. No noise, no selling at you.

    No mass emails and nothing shared with anyone. I write personally, and you can leave the list whenever you like.

    You're on the list. I will write to you soon.

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