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**No more availability for 2025, see you in 2026!
Hello I'm Ana, I grew up in the cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica, and have lived here my whole life. I am a multifaceted artist and a holistic therapist with a passion for creation and healing.
As an artist I started working with clay creating pottery as a very young girl. I now dedicate my life to pottery, intuitive paintings of dreams, mosaics, and healing art workshops.
As for my medicinal work, I am a moon mother doula, who focuses on guidance for healing the feminine soul and body with medicinal herbs, spiritual healing, reiki, kinesiology and massages. My inspiration for my work comes from my three daughters, the nature that surrounds me and gratitude for the life that my ancestors have given me.
I live alone with my two dogs and a cat and rent two guest rooms that make my house very animated, lots of fun cooking, sharing the beautiful sunsets on the balcony, and creating art together.
Can't wait to meet you!
Please no couples. Singles only, as there is only availability for one person at a time.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Culture
Sustainability
Pets
Self development
Farming
Plant care
Music
Art & design
Photography
Languages
Gardening
Drawing & painting
Writing
Hitchhiking
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Fitness
Mountain
Dancing
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be able to learn from my work as well as be inspired to find your own path and passion in life by letting yourself explore and grow as a person while working with art and nature with someone who truly loves what she does.
As well as practicing Spanish, English and French.
Help
The volunteer work exchange will be a minimum of 2 weeks.
I am seeking for somebody that can help improve the visibility of my business online. Professional experience with social media and marketing required. I need assistance with my website, Instagram and TikTok for upcoming projects and events. I would love to accommodate someone with marketing skills to help with publicity of my upcoming events.
Help with my art projects is always welcome. Helping with pottery, painting, ceramics.. To be clear; I am not teaching, I like people with experience and ideas to join. And help with practical tasks such as kneading the clay, cleaning, painting.
As well in my garden of medicinal plants; planting, collecting and composting. And some help would be required in and around the house; maintenance with my garden and trails in the property, remodeling creatively parts of my studio and the house, creating sculptures for decorating the trails in the property.
I look for volunteers that genuinely are interested in a cultural experiences and are wanting to help in any way that is needed at the time. This is not a place for cheap accommodation and food but a place of sharing, learning and growing together.
Currently my focus will be on the garden: Making and improving the trails and helping to clean the house and assist in preparing the rooms when there are guests during the Summer season.
Languages
Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
English: Intermediate
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I would love to learn more french and exchange for spanish!
Accommodation
You will have your own private room and will likely be sharing with two beautiful dogs. Entrance to your room from the outside of the house. The bathroom is shared with rest of the house.
The three basic meals will be included: breakfast, lunch and dinner. However it is also highly encouraged for the volunteers to collaborate in the preparation of the meals and bring their own ingredients they wish to use, so we can create a meal together!
Meals are provided in a sharing way (cooking together, providing food). There are also many restaurants near by.
What else ...
In the area you have many reserves to explore, hanging bridges, canopy tours, bird watching, coffee tours, public (charge free) trails in forests, beautiful scenic lookouts for enjoying the sunset over the ocean. It´s a small town, with walking distance to almost everything, there is a public bus that takes you from town to some of the reserves. Our house is a 15-20m walk from town.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
I have a big parking space where a campervan would easily fit, however larger buses/motorhomes would probably struggle a bit.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Kiki
Chiky
Alaka
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Yo la recomiendo para ayudarte en tu proyecto.
We had lots of fun starting to build La Diosa in the garden, mixing cement and making lots of paper mache :) I also helped with painting some signs and making breakfast for the guests.
Overall, this was the perfect first… read more
Siempre estaba disponible y muy atenta a ayudarme a dar forma a mis ideas.
Yo la super recomiendo para apoyar su proyecto.
gracias amiguita por todo su exelente trabajo para mi.
un abrazo y aca te espero en el futuro.
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Yo la recomiendo para ayudarte en tu proyecto.
We had lots of fun starting to build La Diosa in the garden, mixing cement and making lots of paper mache :) I also helped with painting some signs and making breakfast for the guests.
Overall, this was the perfect first… read more
Siempre estaba disponible y muy atenta a ayudarme a dar forma a mis ideas.
Yo la super recomiendo para apoyar su proyecto.
gracias amiguita por todo su exelente trabajo para mi.
un abrazo y aca te espero en el futuro.
YO la recomiendo .
Realmente la recomiendo.
agradezco enormemente su apoyo a mi proyecto
Bego es una persona muy creativa y toma la iniciativa de ayudar.
En lo personal la disfrute muucho su apoyo y compañia.
gracias tambien por la comida tan deliciosa que nos cocino.
GRACIAS
Trabajamos en un montón de cosas, carteles , colar barro, sembrar romero , retirar tierra del hormiguero, cosechar cúrcuma , pintar y rediseñar unas sillas, cocinar , ir al mercadillo de artesanía en Santa Elena a vender la artesania que… read more
Marie es muy amable y trabajadora , yo disfrute mucho su estancia.
Recomiendo a Marie para apoyar a otras personas ella es una chica muy simpatica, trabajadora y divertida.
gracias gracias gracias
Ana
I helped her with art projects, making breakfast, and differents projects in the garden and the house . We also did sports together in the evenings.
Ana is a sharing woman, with a special talent for pancakes and empanadas.
I felt at home during these two weeks, the house is super… read more
Ana made my time in Costa Rica completely unforgettable and the time at her place with her land, spirits, energies and animals was life changing
There's not one thing about this experience that I would change and I would do it all over again a million… read more
yo la recomiendo y estoy feliz de haberla tenido apoyando mi proyecto .
Tayla es la mejor!!
It was a great cultural exchange. We cooked local foods together, i learned to make tortillas and empanadas and I had the best mango pancakes in my life.
The sloth came to our garden and stayed for 2 days, there were a lot of birds in our garden. And she has the nicest dad who was gardening around- they are… read more
