Tula Vida

03/08/2024

Minne is loving his new role as model and welcomer at his new home, Tula Vida Ranch. Here he is showing off the Horse Manor with a view 😁. It is called the horse manor after Giraffe Manor in Kenya - Google that and you will see why!

27/07/2024

This is where we enjoy morning coffee. Most beautiful place in the world.

25/07/2024

The horses join in with the humans here. Sharing spaces, encounters - this is why we created Tula Vida Ranch. The stuff we do on retreat is awesome but these moments in between, unplanned, unprompted, are often some of the most special. There are not many places you can live with horses but here you really can!

20/07/2024

Rob is organizing some amazing trips - including us as a stop off!

If you are thinking about a vacation in Costa Rica, I recommend spending time with local people in off-the-beaten-path locations. Avoid the tourist trails and see the real Costa Rica! Drop me a line, and I can help you book your once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

19/07/2024

Minne loves a good sunset as much as us He is as beautiful as the view so the two together are poster worthy we think!

13/07/2024

Look at this picture & imagine this connection. It’s hard to explain in words what we do but this feeling is some of it.
Hard to believe this horse was starving in a field just 2 years ago, now he brings joy to so many. Thanks herd.

02/07/2024

Horses heading up a lush green hill just to greet you. Imagine that feeling! You can’t explain it in words…

22/06/2024

This guy lives in our tree! Always magic around in Costa Rica. Happy Saturday - sending iguana hangout vibes your way.

21/06/2024

So many things to love about this image: the Tula Vida Ranch sunsets (magical), the rays lighting up the golden orange horse (beautiful), the memory of the person who bought us this thoughtful, powerful gift (), and all that it represents about connection, nature, horses, beauty and the preciousness of moments.

17/06/2024

Check out these moment by moment frames and see the dance of building a relationship both a horse.

Through adjusting her own presence, nervous system and tuning in to Gitana, Nancy could have a conversation non-verbally through a “sense and respond” approach. Both are sending out signals of safety and positive connection, and responding to any wariness or reaction in the other.

As you can see it culminates in close connection, then “grazing together” (although Gitana did most of the grazing!), as Nancy is welcomed into the horse herd.

This is a simple exercise but moving and powerful to be part of. Both beings feel seen, heard, felt and understood. Both nervous systems get regulated. Everyone feels better and enjoys the interaction.

This is what connection really is - less doing, more being!

10/06/2024

Hot springs and the fruit market - just some of the delights in the area you get to experience on our retreats!

04/06/2024

Experiences with Minne - this gentle giant - touch people to the core.

Our retreat last week was at the next level! More to follow….

03/06/2024

Watch the sun set every night with colours like these. It really is better than a movie, with the soundtrack of frogs and cicadas, and the vast expanse of beauty that we are part of.
It’s one of the main reasons we love our Tula Vida Ranch location, a ritual of pausing to be amazed and delighted every night at 6pm!

Did you know the sun rises and sets at the same time all year in Costa Rica( varying by about 30 mins only) and we don’t have daylight saving? Another reason it feels familiar & peaceful - the body gets into a habit of its circadian rhythm all year long.

02/06/2024

The Tapirs are out and about at Tula Vida.
Always exciting to see signs of them. We found some 💩 by the water so she had a drink and maybe a swim there too 😝

They don’t seem scared of us at all - so a great chance of a sighting if you want to see one outside of the zoo. They are very rare and endangered so we feel honored they visit us here.

29/05/2024

Beauty says Good Morning!
This horse changed our lives. Both Sally and Eric had their first horse experience with Beauty…and now it’s what we do full time.

People ask us what she’s like and we can’t (or have learned not to) say as she can be different with everyone, clearly she has different lessons for everyone, depending on what you need. Look at this face, what do you see?
She’s a huge hearted, wise, brave, quiet, loud, confident, shy, friendly, feisty, soft and strong mare!

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Have you met Beauty yet?

21/05/2024

Just a guy and his horse hanging out.
And yet such a touching moment filled with connection, peace, love and trust.

And as you see the other photos, it’s compelling to be around - the other horses and dogs gather and join in.

And Fish faces amuse everyone!

Just another beautiful Monday doing what we do with horses, nature and experience.

13/05/2024

Look deep into the eyes of a horse & what do you see? Many have written poems and stories about it. Try it and see.

Meanwhile Beauty is looking for you all - the circle is ready and waiting….!!

Come on down in July for our Meet the Herd retreat and find out what it’s all about.

13/05/2024

What a simply delightful place to spend the week…

03/05/2024

Touching a horse like this is a powerfully calming experience.
Warm, soft, strong - powerfully peaceful. It’s like absorbing some of this state into yourself.

If you have tried it, you know.
If you haven’t, we recommend it.

02/05/2024

Sunset gatherings at their finest. What a dining spot this is.

30/04/2024

Experience all this and more for yourself!

Just get yourself here and let nature and all these beautiful experiences do the rest…to go home refreshed and re-energized and ready for the second half of the year.

Visit www.tulavida.com/retreats to book this reset for yourself.

A recent client said:

“Peace like never before. Like stepping back in time, everything feels simpler and more manageable again - I don’t want to leave but I’m more ready to dive back in to the crazy of home!” D.D.

29/04/2024

Are you on your Monday morning commute…?
Join Fish, Luna and Frack on theirs - an adventure in the Mula (Fish’s favorite way to travel)!

Our ranch is all about accesible nature, so when your feet are tired we have wheels too!