# Rythmia

> Rythmia is a private, all-inclusive plant-medicine retreat near Tamarindo, Costa Rica, built around a seven-night program that combines four optional ayahuasca ceremonies with medical screening, classes, yoga, breathwork, meals, spa treatments and post-stay integration. Its product is unusually legible for a category often sold through informal networks: one place, one week, one bundled price. That packaging attracts customers who want structure and comfort, but the company’s self-reported outcome claims and licensing language have also faced scrutiny from journalists and Costa Rican authorities.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- **Founders:** Gerard (Gerry) Powell (Founder and CEO), Dr. Jeff McNairy (Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer)
- **Team size:** 42 employees in the supplied company dataset; LinkedIn lists a 51-200 employee range and 25 visible employees.
- **Products:** The Rythmia Way, RLife App, Thought-Leader Weeks, Roots Restaurant, Rythmia Medical Clinic
- **Notable:** Opened the Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Guanacaste in 2016., Built a single flagship program delivered every week of the year., Reports serving more than 22,499 guests since opening.

## Products & services

- **The Rythmia Way** — A seven-night all-inclusive program combining four optional ayahuasca ceremonies, medical evaluations, lodging, 21 meals, yoga, meditation, breathwork, personal-development classes, massage, hydrocolonic treatments and beach trips.
- **RLife App** — A guest-only preparation and integration product with a four-week pre-arrival module, a 13-week post-stay curriculum, live sessions, classes and lifetime resource access; optional one-to-one coaching costs extra.
- **Thought-Leader Weeks** — Weekly variants of the core retreat featuring scheduled guest teachers and speakers alongside the standard Rythmia Way program.
- **Roots Restaurant** — The on-site restaurant serving 21 plant-forward, farm-to-table meals during a standard week.
- **Rythmia Medical Clinic** — The on-site intake and monitoring operation staffed, according to the company, by licensed doctors and registered nurses.
- **Scholarship Program** — A limited, case-by-case sponsorship program for applicants who cannot afford the full retreat price.

## Achievements

- Opened the Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Guanacaste in 2016.
- Built a single flagship program delivered every week of the year.
- Reports serving more than 22,499 guests since opening.
- Reports more than 2,800 five-star Tripadvisor reviews.
- Launched the RLife preparation and 90-day integration app in 2024.
- Appointed Kelly Slater to its board of directors in 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Rythmia’s published 2026 calendar listed weekly core programs plus guest-speaker weeks including César Millán, Michael Bernard Beckwith and Dr. Jeff McNairy.
- **2026-01** — The company marked roughly a decade of operations and promoted a 98.07% self-reported ‘miracle’ rate based on its own guest surveys.
- **2025-03** — Costa Rican reporting described an unresolved administrative dispute over the authorization and sanitary registration governing ayahuasca use; a government legal opinion found grave procedural defects in the attempted annulment.
- **2024-01** — Rythmia launched RLife, extending guest preparation and integration through a mobile app and 13-week curriculum.
- **2021-08** — Kelly Slater joined the company’s board of directors.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rythmia.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rythmia-life-advancement
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Rythmialac
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Rythmia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rythmia_/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rythmia
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rythmialac

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Last updated: 2026-08-22