Atmosphere

Features

Atmosphere and feature ratings above are based on Best Retreats research (October 2026). They will be updated if Earth’s Song submits its own information.

Earth’s Song: An In-Depth Review of a Bodywork and Plant Medicine Practice near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Earth’s Song is the brand of a bodyworker who gives only her first name, Tiara, based in the Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo area of Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast, in Limón province. Its website offers massage, Reiki, craniosacral work, “Somatic Support + Womb Care” with “optional Plant Medicine,” personalized retreats and virtual “plant medicine integration and psychedelic mushroom support.” It is not an ayahuasca center: no medicine is named. By the operator’s own account, the land of the Earth’s Song Eco Sanctuary, where the lodging in our earlier profile was located, “was unexpectedly sold in early 2025,” and the site now asks supporters for a “$200,000+” gift toward a new sanctuary in exchange for lifetime casita use and optional partial repayment, without naming a legal entity or land title. No prices, screening, safety policy, credentials or independent reviews are published. Costa Rica’s health ministry warned in January 2025 that ritual healing with ayahuasca is not authorized. We found no incidents.

🎯 At a Glance

• Locations: The Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo area of Talamanca, Limón, on the Caribbean coast; no address is published, and the original sanctuary land was sold in early 2025.
• Approach: Massage and somatic bodywork, womb care with optional unnamed plant medicine, rituals, personalized meditations, short personalized retreats and online integration support.
• Suitable For: People seeking massage or bodywork. Anyone considering plant medicine should get the medicine, the facilitator, screening and emergency plans in writing first.
• Costs: Not published. Our earlier profile listed rooms from $68 a night, the whole sanctuary at $240 a night, an 18-day “Peace Pathway” at $1,400 and an 8-day version at $650; those prices predate the 2025 land sale and remain unverified.
• Overall Assessment: A small bodywork practice with warm client testimonials, offset by unnamed “optional plant medicine” with no screening or safety policy, an operator known by first name only with no stated credentials or entity, and an unregistered six-figure fundraising appeal. Directory evaluation: C-.

💬 What Guests Are Saying

The positive picture. Testimonials on the operator’s site praise intuitive, skilled touch, feeling safe and cared for, and relief of tension and back pain; none mentions plant medicine or lodging.

The negative feedback. None found.

Who is writing the reviews. No independent reviews exist; the testimonials are self-published. The operator reports more than 50 guests from 10 countries in its first year, 2024. If you have worked with Earth’s Song, we encourage you to share your experience through our submission form.

🚩 Incident Report

We searched review platforms and English and Spanish-language news for reports involving Earth’s Song and its operator.

• Deaths and serious injuries: None found.
• Sexual misconduct: No allegations found.
• Theft and fraud: No complaints found.
• Legal action: No police or regulatory action found. An October 2026 police case involves Earthwaking Village in Pérez Zeledón, an unrelated group, as Infobae reported.

The operator’s surname is not published, which limits any search. Our earlier profile also found no theft, sexual misconduct or crime.

If you have experienced or witnessed an incident with this practice, please report it confidentially.

🔍 Critical Notes

Not an ayahuasca retreat. Our earlier profile was titled as an ayahuasca retreat. The operator never names ayahuasca; it offers unnamed “optional Plant Medicine” with womb care and online support for psychedelic mushroom experiences. Who supplies or administers any medicine is not stated.

The fundraising appeal. The operator’s investment page seeks “$200,000+” for land, legal setup, casitas, solar power and water, saying the gift “won’t yield shares or equity” but offering lifetime casita use and “optional partial repayment (up to $50,000) within 10 years.” No legal entity, nonprofit registration, land title or budget is disclosed.

Who runs it. Only the first name Tiara is published, with no credentials or Costa Rican company registration (cédula jurídica).

Costa Rica’s legal picture. In January 2025 the Ministry of Health warned that ayahuasca contains controlled DMT and that ritual healing with it is “una práctica no autorizada,” as CRHoy reported. Commentators describe psilocybin’s status as a legal gray area.

Corrections to our earlier profile. Earth’s Song has a website and a named operator, and it is active, with Puerto Viejo bookings into 2027. Our earlier profile described a jungle sanctuary with a main house and loft, a two-bedroom balcony building, eight memory foam ceremony mats, an eight-guest limit, housekeeping every three days, an in-house spa with detoxes and steams, referrals to local plant medicine facilitators, an “Optimal Wellness Basket” at $180, a weekly massage package at $160, yoga, waterfall hikes and wildlife watching. We found no current source for those details, which likely describe the property sold in early 2025, and they remain unverified. Our $580 sidebar figure matches a different Puerto Viejo operator’s price and has no source for Earth’s Song.

🆘 Screening & Mental Health Risks

No medical questionnaire, contraindication policy, medical staff or emergency protocol is published. Puerto Viejo has no major hospital, and the nearest larger medical facilities are in Limón, about 90 minutes by car, according to Expat Exchange. Anyone offered a plant medicine should ask exactly what it is, who prepares it and how interactions with medications are screened. Never stop a psychiatric medication to qualify for a ceremony without your prescriber’s guidance.

🧪 Brew Substance

No medicine is named. The site mentions only “plant medicine” and “psychedelic mushroom support.”

📍 Location, Setting & Style

• Setting: The humid Caribbean rainforest and beach coast around Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo, next to the Gandoca-Manzanillo wildlife refuge.
• Rooms: No current lodging is described since the 2025 land sale.
• Style: A one-to-one wellness practice built around massage, somatic work and personalized stays, with no traditional ceremony lineage claimed.

Practical guidance: No transfers or meals are described; ask what food, lodging and transport any retreat includes.

Should You Book?

For massage or bodywork, it may suit. For plant medicine, not without strong safeguards: ask what the medicine is, who administers it, how you are screened and what happens in an emergency. Do not send money toward the sanctuary appeal without seeing the legal entity, land title and written terms. Read our guide to verifying retreat facilitators.

The Team & Story

Tiara describes herself as a “Transformation Mentor and Bodyworker” and “Intuitive Transformation Guide and Touch Therapist,” offering deep tissue, Thai, Swedish, craniosacral and fascia work. She travels for part of the year, with sessions in Cleveland and Mexico City in 2026. We did not independently verify anyone’s training.

Prep & Integration Tips

Before you go: Disclose every medication and condition in writing and plan any change with your own doctor. After you return: Arrange support from a qualified therapist at home. Our guide on how to research ayahuasca incidents can help you check any center.

Pros & Cons

Book Your Ceremony

Sessions are booked through the operator’s website. Before paying, confirm what is offered, by whom and on what terms, in writing. Best Retreats does not take bookings; learn more about our mission.

Last reviewed October 2026.

This article is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a qualified medical professional.