THE WELL at Hacienda AltaGracia Visiting Masters
Immerse yourself in holistic wellness led by best-in-class healers, world-renowned thought leaders and industry experts.
Please reach out to our itinerary designers for information on future Visiting Masters programs (email alg.itinerarydesigner@aubergeresorts.com).
Previous Masters
George Hammond-Hagan
George’s classes can be summarized in three words: Gentle, Expansive, Transformative. His mission is to harness the transformative power of sound, breathwork, and holistic wellbeing practices to help individuals achieve profound and lasting positive shifts in their lives.
Djamila Pianca
Djamila Pianca has been deeply connected with spiritual life since birth. Her diverse practice includes contemporary dance and yoga, earning her instructor certification in 2012, along with certifications in Reiki and Thai Massage.
Ernesto Fallas
Ernesto Fallas has over 15 years of fitness experience as a personal trainer, and has dedicated his entire life to finding balance through the three essential well-being pillars of mind, body and soul. Passionate about nutrition, Ernesto teaches his communities the philosophy that food is medicine and uses local ingredients and easy recipes to help support his clients.
Valerie Oula
As a meditation and yogic movement instructor, Reiki master teacher and energy medicine practitioner, Valerie shares her passion for vibrational medicine through integrative energy healing sessions, classes, workshops, events and training worldwide. She is the author of “A Little Bit of Reiki” and “Rest Rituals" from Sterling Publishing.
Anisha Chavez
A native Costa Rican, Anisha studied body therapy in Costa Rica and traditional medicine in Mexico. She is affiliated with women's medicine circles in both Costa Rica and abroad and is passionated about connecting bodies, minds and hearts.
Chela Rie
Chela is a certified yoga instructor, bodyworker and evolutive astrologer who has been dedicated to the healing arts since 2001. She has dedicated herself to a deep journey of personal transformation, supporting clients in their journey to find beauty, a joyful life, embody freedom and cultivate love.
Mia Rigden
Mia Rigden is a board certified nutritionist, trained chef, and the author of The Well Journal (2020) and Foodwise, a comprehensive, encouraging guide to healthy eating. Through her immersive work, she aims to help people understand their bodies, demystify wellness trends and learn to love nutrient-dense foods, so they can improve their health.
Christi Love
Through respect, acceptance and gratitude the body-mind later restores itself and achieves deep states of gratitude and self-love. Christi is also a dedicated Pilates Practitioner and Senior Polestar Pilates Educator with a background in Feldenkrais, GYROTONIC and somatic healing.
Taryn Toomey
Founder of the cult movement method, The Class, Taryn Toomey visits the Hacienda for a class offering that transcends the physical, delving into the soul's depths. Join Taryn for a grounded exploration of self, guided by compassion and elevated by the transformative power of music.
Peter Lanuza
Dr. Peter Lanuza is an Oriental Medicine Specialist from Central America. His experience includes many years working as a holistic medicine practitioner within Luxury Spas. With more than 13 years of experience, Peter combines acupuncture with reiki techniques to help calm physical chronic pains and balance energy.
Manjit Devgun
Growing up singing kirtan and practicing meditation, Manjit learned the discipline of self-awareness and mind-body connection. Manjit has channeled her learnings into a unique coaching method of integrative self-hypnosis, breathwork, energy healing and mindfulness techniques.
Rous Green
'Rous' Green's path of spirituality began as a child, when she inherited the tribal wisdom, healing gifts and medicine of her ancestors. As part of THE WELL at Chileno Bay team, Rous uses her background of holistic courses and retreats to work with guests on both the physical and energetic level.
Rashia Bell
Rashia Bell is an energetic designer and crystal healer as well as founder of The Cristalline. Her work is rooted in intuitive connectivity and has spanned from one-on-one personal healing and intuitive coaching to energy harmonizing space clearings and designing energetically balanced environments.
Alejandro Lázaro
Alejandro Lázaro combines the practices of shamanic facials and modern astrology, alchemizing groups and individuals in accessing forgotten somatic connections and soul identities. He incorporates sound healing and guided breath in his facial practice, as well as leads classes on face massage and astrology.
Rebecca Gordon
Rebecca Gordon is a celebrated astrologer, renowned author, presenter and founder of the near 20 year running Rebecca Gordon Astrology School. She has been gifted with the ability to translate cosmic symbols into everyday wisdom that is as transcendent as it is practical and actionable.
Yamuna & Priscilla
Yamuna has spent the last 25 years studying forms of healing techniques from all around the world. Collectively, Yamuna and Priscilla's work spans from Chakra Balancing and Reiki to Aura Readings and Energetic Massages.
Manjit Devgun
Manjit is an expert in the discipline of self-awareness and mind-body connection and has channeled these learnings into her unique coaching method of integrative self-hypnosis, breath work, energy healing and mindfulness techniques.
Nicole Berrie
Nicole presents a guide to food-combining and intuitive eating for a healthier, more balanced way of living.
Lia Bartha
The creator of B the Method, Lia shares her complete and comprehensive full-body workout focuses on the inner core; the method is as strengthening and challenging as it is restorative and meditative.
Laurent Baldeon & Asher Lafond
Traveling wellness enthusiasts and yoga practitioners Laurent Baldeon & Asher Lafond offer a variety of specialized movement and meditation classes including aerial yoga, coffee meditation and vinyasa flow.
Lauren Ferioli
Weaving together modalities of healing, acquired through study and experimentation over more than two decades, Lauren’s ultimate goal with clients is to offer freedom from pain and limitations and an expansion into a life of ease and enjoyment.
Luca Alessi
Luca brings an expertise as well as advanced certifications in Lymphatic Drainage, Deep Tissue techniques and Neuromuscular therapy.
Valentina Alessi
Striving to make yoga accessible and useful for all, Valentina’s yoga classes weave together precise alignment and a meditative, powerful focus.
Darren Austin Hall
Darren is a globally acclaimed Sound Healer, Sacred Musician, Spiritual Teacher and Sage.
Daniela Monge Rojas
Daniela Monge Rojas is a Costa Rican macramé artist; she is drawn to this work as a therapeutic way to untie the knots of her heart and loves sharing the art of knots with others.
George H. Lewis
A spiritual and esoteric, George has trained with spiritual leaders in the Middle East and Asia and has a deep knowledge of Astrology, Tarot, and Palmistry.