The Art of Slowing Down: Wellness Mornings at LADE

There is rest, and then there is Los Altos de Eros.

A particular kind of quiet lives up in the hills of Guanacaste. A silence and stillness that fill your body with a sense of home. Light moves through the trees. Birds begin calling from somewhere in the canopy. You wake without an alarm and realize that, for once, nothing needs your attention right away.

At Los Altos de Eros, an adults-only boutique hotel and spa near Tamarindo, a morning can hold as much or as little as you like. A nourishing breakfast, movement with a view, a walk through the jungle, and time to linger over coffee can all be part of the same unhurried start. 

The beauty of a Costa Rica wellness vacation is having the time and space to choose what feels good today.

Love at First Bite: A Fresh Costa Rican Breakfast

Start with a fresh, healthy, and locally inspired breakfast. Stay awhile. Take in the colors, the flavors, and the taste of Costa Rica as the air wraps around you and the whole day lies ahead without agenda. Give yourself time to enjoy a meal without thinking about the next appointment. Freshly prepared breakfast is included with your stay at Los Altos de Eros, so the day’s first decision can be a pleasant one: another sip, another bite, another few minutes at the table. 

A healthy breakfast feels different when it doesn’t feel forced and aligns with your environment. Notice the sweetness of the fruit, the freshness of local ingredients, the sound of conversation drifting in and out without hurriness. Maybe it’s all in beautiful silence. A calm long forgotten.

Move with the Morning

If movement helps you feel like yourself, the open-air fitness center at Los Altos de Eros makes it easy to keep your routine, with forest views and fresh air accompanying every movement. Settle in with the treadmill, stationary bike, or weights while the view stretches across the tropical forest toward the Pacific. Give your workout your full attention, then take a breath and look up between sets. Stillness all around. 

Some mornings call for a strong start. Others call for a gentle stretch and a shorter session. Both belong here. The point is to enjoy moving your body, without rush or a schedule. It’s time to give back to yourself. 

From there, take a walk through the jungle. Follow a trail beneath the trees and let the place set your pace. Leaves shift overhead. A bird call catches your attention. You stop to watch a butterfly cross the path because there is no reason to hurry past it. Along the 5 km hiking route at Los Altos de Eros, the tropical forest of Guanacaste reveals itself in birdsong, fluttering butterflies, and the occasional monkey moving through the canopy.

By the time you return, your thoughts have softened, and your senses have come alive. You settle into a chair, let the morning linger, and sip on a perfect cup of coffee. That’s it… and it’s perfect. 

Find Your Rhythm with Morning Yoga 

On another day, let yoga be your morning movement. In LADE’s onsite open-air yoga shala, fresh air and the sounds of nature become part of the class. Follow your breath, ease into a pose, open space in your body, and feel the small pleasure of your only goal of the moment: to inhale and exhale.

You do not need to arrive with a set intention. Come to stretch after travel, reconnect with a familiar routine, or simply try a slower way to begin the day. As you step off the mat, carry that same easy pace into the afternoon.

Take the Long Way to the Pool

After a workout, a jungle walk, or yoga, the infinity pool is an inviting next stop. Slink into the water and let any ounce of remaining chaos slip off your shoulders. Swim, float, or rest at the edge overlooking the green canopy and melt into the silence. 

There is something wonderfully simple about a pool and no schedule. That email? Not now. A ping of a text? Later. Stay until you feel ready to get out; if that takes longer than expected, you are probably doing it right.

For an even quieter pause, spend time in the infrared sauna. Let the gentle heat invite you to be still for a while, then step back into the fresh air and take the rest of the morning at your own pace. 

Stay for One More Cup

Not ready to let go of the stillness yet? Take your coffee to the jungle canopy net at Los Altos de Eros, suspended above the tropical forest. Suspended above the forest, it is the kind of spot that makes “just a few minutes” turn into much longer. Settle in, listen to the life moving through the trees, and watch the light change. You could bring a book, but you might get so lost in the moment that you forget to open it. 

This is what a restorative morning at Los Altos de Eros can look like: breakfast enjoyed slowly, movement that feels good (not obligated), water and warmth, then coffee above the canopy. You can fit it all into one morning or savor each experience over several days. There is no perfect order and no need to do everything. That is the real beauty: a morning that belongs entirely to you.

Ready for mornings you can feel yourself settling into? Slow down at Los Altos de Eros and make room for a little more rest, presence, and Costa Rica in your day.