Step into Clarity, Choice & Aliveness
Radical Honesty 8-Day Intensive with Marvin Schulz & Michael Alan Kolb
📍 Cascada Elysiana, Costa Rica
📅 Dec 6-14, 2025
⏰ Your arrival time at the lodge is on the 6th of December between 3.00-4.30PM
🇬🇧 Workshop is in English language (Trainers can support with German, Spanish and French)
Transform your life by telling the truth
Nestled in the heart of Costa Rica’s lush rainforest, Cascada Elysiana provides the perfect setting for an immersive 8-day Radical Honesty retreat. Surrounded by waterfalls, jungle trails, and natural pools, this intensive offers a space to dive deep into the work of Radical Honesty.
In a committed group, you’ll have the opportunity to step beyond familiar patterns, experiment with different ways of expressing yourself, and notice what happens when you let go of the effort to manage how you are perceived. Over these eight days, you can explore how direct expression impacts your sense of aliveness, presence, and connection with others.
As you engage more fully with your emotions and thoughts, you’ll experience yourself in a new and dynamic way, explore what it’s like to be fully engaged in interactions, and practice expressing yourself moment by moment—while feeling more at home in your body.
Is This Retreat for You?
This 8-day workshop might be a great fit if you:
✔ Want to spend less time in your head and more grounded in your experience
✔ Feel ready to turn down the volume on old stories that no longer serve you
✔ Would like to feel lighter, freer, and more engaged with life
✔ Want to experience more ease in your relationships
✔ Are looking for real, meaningful connections with others
✔ Want to regain clarity and focus for what truly matters
✔ Crave more creative space for new ideas and projects
✔ Are interested in recognizing and shifting old patterns of control
✔ Want to free yourself from the pressure of expectations and performance
If any of these resonate, this retreat offers the space to explore, express, and engage with life in a way that feels more real and self-directed. Note: This retreat is 100% alcohol and drug-free (including mircodosing
Why 8 Days?
A weekend workshop can be powerful, but lasting transformation requires time. The 8-day format allows you to drop deeper, address ingrained patterns, and experience what life feels like when you stop suppressing yourself and start choosing your life deliberately and consciously.
Participants often describe this as one of the most freeing and life-changing experiences they’ve ever had.
Want extra days in Costa Rica?
You can book extra nights before or after the retreat with Cascada Elysiana. Nearby attractions include surfing, rafting, whale watching, snorkeling, scuba, and much more. Contact Lorena for more info on WhatsApp: +506 8619 0439
Why Costa Rica?
Cascada Elysiana is more than just a retreat center—it’s a space for renewal and realignment. Imagine stepping out of a group session and into a jungle waterfall, feeling the clarity of being fully present. The remote setting offers a digital detox, deep immersion, and the perfect environment to break free from autopilot living.
Our Daily Rhythm & Detailed Schedule
We start each morning with the sounds of the jungle waking up around us. Before words take over, we step into movement and meditation, reconnecting with our bodies and sharpening our ability to notice what’s happening in the present moment.
A nourishing vegetarian breakfast follows, fueling us for the first Radical Honesty session of the day. This is where we practice speaking directly, expressing what we notice, and exploring the edges of honesty in real time. Midday brings a long lunch break—a chance to rest, digest, and integrate. Whether you choose to journal, wander through the rainforest, swim in a waterfall, or engage in quiet reflection, this is time to settle into yourself and the environment.
In the afternoon, we gather for the second Radical Honesty session, going deeper into personal patterns, relationships, and the ways we hold ourselves back.As the sun begins to set, we shift into Life Stories—each evening, two people will have the opportunity to tell the full, unfiltered story of their lives, witnessed by the group in deep presence. This is often one of the most powerful experiences of the retreat.
Dinner is a space to unwind, nourish, and simply enjoy being together. Afterward, we create an optional evening space shaped by the needs of the group. Whether it’s conscious connection practices, sharing rounds, deep rest, spontaneous music, or quiet stargazing, the night is open for what feels right. From 10PM, there is quiet time.
NOTE: Naked Work (offered at some workshops) will NOT be offered at this 8-Day Intensive.
Typical Schedule:
Please plan your travels in a way for you to be present at each session.
If you have any scheduling issues, please let us know in advance.
07:15 - Movement/Meditation
08:00 - Breakfast
09:00 - Morning session
12:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Evening session
17:00 - Life Stories
18:30 - Dinner
19:30 - Optional program
22:00 - Quiet time
Clarity Requires Presence – A Substance-Free Retreat
This 8-day Radical Honesty retreat is 100% free from alcohol, drugs, and mind-altering substances, including plant medicines and microdosing psychedelics. Not because we condemn them, but because they don’t align with the scope of work we do here.
Radical Honesty is about showing up fully present, with a clear mind and an open body, ready to experience yourself and others without escape or distraction. Substances alter perception, numb emotions, or create artificial states that take us away from the work we’re here to do.
This is a firm boundary: Anyone using substances during the retreat will be asked to leave immediately, without a refund. This ensures a safe and deeply authentic space for everyone.
What You’ll Experience
Drop the mask – Free yourself from the exhaustion of pretense.
Claim your choices – Take action based on your own conscious experience.
Reconnect with your body – Shift from overthinking into presence.
Let go of unfinished business – Free up energy stuck in past resentments.
Navigate conflict with clarity – Speak directly instead of tiptoeing around the truth.
Deepen your relationships – Build trust through honesty and transparency.
Experience more ease & flow – When you're no longer controlling everything, life opens up.
This is not about performing a new version of yourself—it’s about getting in touch with what’s already there, underneath the layers of conditioning. If you want a deep, challenging, and liberating experience—this is for you.
What’s Included
8 days of full immersion in Radical Honesty practice
Group sessions, hot seat work
Individual and partnered exercises to practice radical choice-making
Daily movement, breathwork & embodiment practices
7 nights accommodation in a beautiful eco-retreat center
Healthy, nourishing meals to support your process (
Time to explore waterfalls, jungle trails & nature
Note: Most dietary requirements can be met.
Meals are vegetarian. Animal protein can be added to lunch and dinner upon request.
Optional Digital Detox
If you feel drained from living in the city and using your screens, you can create your own Digital Detox experience by giving us your portable devices. We will keep them safe for you and you can make conscious decisions about if and when to use them.
Your Trainers
Marvin Schulz
Certified Radical Honesty Trainer, coach, and author, Marvin has led over 120 Radical Honesty workshops worldwide, guiding people to break free from self-imposed limitations and live with greater clarity and choice.
Michael Alan Kolb
Radical Honesty Trainer and co-leader of international intensives, Michael (Mak) brings deep experience in body-based work and transformation. His approach is experiential, engaging, and direct, helping participants move beyond habitual patterns into real aliveness.
What Past Participants Say
"I didn’t realize how much energy I was wasting on managing how others see me—until I let it go."
"This retreat changed my relationships, but more than that, it changed how I see my own power to choose."
"I finally experienced what it means to be present, instead of just thinking about being present."
Who Can Join?
No prior experience with Radical Honesty is required.
This retreat is open to anyone willing to explore honest communication and real connection.
At times, the work can be intense, as it invites you to face emotions and patterns directly. It’s helpful to have some inner stability and ways to navigate emotions, whether through body awareness, breath, or other personal practices that support you in staying present. If you're unsure whether this retreat is a good fit for you, feel free to reach out.
Ready to Join?
Space is limited to 16 participants to ensure an intimate experience.
📅 Dates:
Dec 6-14, 2025
We begin on the 6th of December at 5PM with a first orientation session.
We finish on the 14th of December with a closing session around 11AM.
Please make sure to be checked-in on the 6th of December by 4.30PM.
📍 Location:
Cascada Elysiana Retreat Center
San Juan de Dios, Costa Rica
💰 Price:
$2590 - Bunkhouse (1-8 ppl, no A/C)
$2890 - Modern option (shared room in house or cabina, 2-4 ppl, A/C)
$3190 - Private option (private room in house or cabina, A/C)
Note: Payment plans available upon request
🔗 Sign Up Here: REGISTRATION
Any questions? Reach out! We’d love to connect with you before the retreat.
mak@radicalhonesty.com