Pura Vida is a manifestation of a personal and collective vision to create a place where people can find themselves, to re-discover their true essence.

We live in the times when spiritual awakening is the only option to share conscious living on this beautiful but troubled planet. In a journey of healing and personal transformation, we have been rewarded with seeing hundreds of people leaving our retreats radiant and full of joy. True joy arises when you know who you are, when you wake up from the illusions of the ego mind. To facilitate this joy is our mission. So people from different walks of life can renew themselves, and after the retreat, bring a new perspective into their lives, and perhaps help others to create more peace and love. This beautiful, magical place is to facilitate real re-creation. Our service is all about sharing with those who are ready to retreat and to be open to re-create their lives and to be inspired by Pure Life.

Our Approach

Nourish your body with a cleansing diet or juice fast, yoga, breath work, subtle body awareness, conscious dance practice, nature hikes, and lots of rest and relaxation.

Focus on your spiritual growth through meditation, self-inquiry, and mindfulness practices to re-discover who you truly are and to integrate it in the modern world.

Feed your mind with inspirational and educational classes, books and films, group and individual inquiry, and practices focused on transforming negative thought patterns.

Uncover thought and behavioral patterns that are not normally seen, most of them hidden in the subconscious mind. Through breathwork, counseling, emotional healing, and spiritual life coaching we transform unconscious negative beliefs and patterns of behavior by conscious meeting of often suppressed emotions and automatic reactions.

About Anjay

Anjay Skwira was the founder and Director of Pura Vida Wellness Retreat. He was a Spiritual Life Coach, Yoga and Meditation teacher, Holistic Breathwork™ Practitioner/Trainer and Aquatic Bodyworker with extensive training and certifications in Watsu, Waterdance, Healing Dance as well as Esalen, Thai, Swedish, Tantsu, Self-Healing, Movement Education, Anahatha Yoga. Integrative and Yin Yoga and Taoist Chi Gong.

In his twenties, Anjay had a near death experience that was his first spiritual awakening. Since then Anjay has been travelling extensively, has lived in India and Africa, and has spent a lot of time in meditation, silent retreats and embraced various spiritual practices. His main passion was to live an awakened life and to share it with others. He enjoyed in-depth study and practice of self-inquiry and meditation as a path of liberation. In his teaching and counselling he integrated over 35 years of experience in spiritual practices and leading healing retreats.

Anjay passed away after an illness in 2019 but his spirit lives on here in this beautiful place he created.