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Win a Week for Two at Farm of Life in Costa Rica T
wo lucky winners will enjoy a week- long stay at a much-loved boutique health retreat in Costa Rica, sponsored by Natural Awakenings and Farm of Life (Finca de Vida).
Secluded high in the cooling moun-
tains above Dominical, with views of the Pacific Ocean, Farm of Life offers yoga
classes, health counseling, educational retreats, a wide variety of area activities, and a delicious raw food menu, featuring fresh produce from their permaculture garden. The property features spring-fed pools, an organic farm, a mountainside yoga deck with sunset views of the Pacific Ocean, an inviting common house, and delightful hilltop cottages and cabins. The sweepstakes prize includes shared accommodations for two, round-trip ground transportation to San José, nightly dinners and use of the communal kitchen and the farm’s fruits and vegetables to prepare your own breakfast and lunches. Winners will also enjoy health coaching, yoga sessions, two waterfall hikes, a beach excursion, a permaculture farm tour and a tour of Manuel Antonio National Park. The best part is simply relaxing in this very special mountain retreat with like-minded international guests while learning how to create a healthier lifestyle. Owners Jody and Brian Calvi have a well-deserved reputation for attentive, loving service and skillful health counseling, devoted to helping guests explore the inner world of personal health while enjoying the peaceful, healing and inspirational natural surroundings.
To enter the sweepstakes, visit NaturalAwakeningsMag/contests/farmoflife. To learn more about Farm of Life, visit
FarmOfLifecr.com and by Googling TripAdvisor Farm of Life. See ad, page 38.
Green and Sustainable Interior Design Studio
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alerie Betz, owner of StudioVB Interior Design, believes in the same principles of “healthy living, healthy planet” as the readers of Natural Awakenings magazine. StudioVB, owned and operated by a creative husband and wife team located in midtown Harrisburg, provides discerning clients with environmentally con- scious design services.
Their philosophy is simply to design consciously and make every effort to design spaces that have the lowest impact on our environment, resources and health. StudioVB can help home- owners do this via the use of organic, nontoxic and sustainable materials, energy and resource conservation and natural and eco-friendly furnishings and fabrics: new, vintage and repurposed.
Logan and Valerie Betz With design ideas, tips, expertise and a full range of design services, Betz says,
“Our goal is to improve our clients’ lives by improving the spaces in which they live!” The design studio not only helps homeowners create sustainable interiors, but spaces that are functional, comfortable and beautiful, as well. The studio was also featured in an article in the January 5 edition of the Harrisburg Patriot News.
Location: 218 Verbeke St., Harrisburg (by appointment only). For more info call 717-884- 8243, email
Info@studiovbdesign.com or visit
StudioVBDesign.com. See ad, page 14.
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