Prices & What’s Included

Overview Monthly Stays
Dates and Reservations
– scroll down to the 2 month stay category, past the retreat listings
Extra, Optional Costs – information on the extras at Gaia
Logistics & Further Info – things to be aware of
Travel & Visas – info on what is needed to enter Ecuador

All housing, food and activities are included except medicine ceremonies, which are optional for an extra $150 fee each ceremony (discounted from $185). We want to give you the option to participate in as many, or as few, ceremonies as you would like during your stay.

We guarantee that you can participate in at least one ceremony per 12 day retreat, and if you want more it depends on room. Usually there is room, but we only guarantee one ceremony per 12 day retreat.

We are open to all who are on a spiritual path and understand that not everyone will be interested in participating in lot of medicine ceremonies during their stay. That is why we are not charging for ceremonies up front. It’s important to us that our guests have the flexibility to decide when to participate in a ceremony and how often.

No need to decide in advance, you can choose which ceremonies you would like to participate in and pay for during your stay!

Housing choices (2 month minimum):

  • dormitory (shared bath) $1175/month
  • shared room, 2 people, bunk beds or couples double bed (shared bath) $1375/month (per person)
  • private single room (shared bath) $1675/month
  • double occupancy apartment (queen bed) $3150/month per couple (equals $1575 per person)
  • single occupancy apartment (queen bed) $2175/month
  • double occupancy 1 bedroom house (queen bed) $6150/month
  • single occupancy 1 bedroom house (queen bed) $3075/month

Pay for two months in advance when making a reservation, further months can be confirmed and paid for during your stay.

Note: We are making our pricing as low as possible, but we cannot offer stays at Gaia Sagrada for free or work exchange rates in the 2 month residency program. We make very little at our offered prices. To us, this is more about creating community!

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Monthly Stays at Gaia Sagrada include:

  • yoga and meditation classes during retreats
  • activities 2-3 times per week during retreats (hikes, dances, art, workshops, and more)
  • three healthy and delicious vegetarian meals per day during retreats (vegan and gluten free options available)
  • between retreats (5 day breaks) you have access to the main kitchen to make your own meals (only between retreats, cannot make your own meals during retreats, although there is always a community kitchen where snacks and leftovers are kept)
  • housing, dorm, shared room, private room, or apartment (couples only for apartments)
  • 2 regular loads of laundry per month. If you need more it’s $5 per load
  • We clean your towels and sheets, just hand in your used ones every week or so and we will give you new ones to make your bed. We do not enter your room to clean, but give you everything needed if you want to occasionally sweep or clean your room. Privacy is honored!
  • hot tubs
  • wifi
  • access to 55 acres of beautiful country mountains, and hundreds of miles of country roads to walk on in the magical Andes Mountains around us!
  • family sharing circle after any ceremony that you do
  • fireside hangouts just about every night!
  • musical instruments in meeting hall (we have a drum set, guitars, bass, keyboards, mics!)
  • library
  • gardens galore
  • Ayahuasca, San Pedro and Sweat Lodge ceremonies for an extra fee of $150 per ceremony
  • 7 hours per week of karma yoga to be done (30 hours per month), or pay $10 per hour not worked, our listed prices are based on 1 hour per day karma yoga

Meals and activity schedules will differ during the breaks between retreats, please see our Further Information page for details.

Please see our Extra Costs page for information on what is not included in our Monthly Stays pricing.

Karma Yoga

Karma Yoga is one of the four spiritual paths in Hinduism, one based on the “yoga of action.” To a karma yogi, right work done well is a form of prayer.

We ask each guest to do 7 hours of Karma Yoga per week during their stay (basically 1 our per day). The work is simple and easy: gardening, sweeping, meal prep, washing dishes, watering plants, and other easy tasks around the center. It’s also a chance to get to see the inside workings of Gaia Sagrada. Get involved in the community and have fun together! None of the work is difficult or physically demanding. Laughter and connection are always at the heart of our Karma Yoga tasks!

If you would like to skip the Karma Yoga option, you can pay $280 more per month per person when completing your reservation.  Prices listed here include participation in Karma Yoga.

Karma yoga can be worked in chunks of time as well, if you don’t want to work 1 hour every day. If you want to get them all in 1-3 days, we will see if there is a place we can schedule you for more hours at a time.

Cleaning Your Own Room

We ask that you treat your accommodation here at Gaia as you would your own home and keep it clean and tidy.  We provide all cleaning supplies but do not provide housekeeping for the monthly stay program. Time spent cleaning your own room is not included in your Karma Yoga hours.