Thrive Guide

Thalía Velásquez

About

Hello! I and the Founder and Lead Educator of LaVida Optimal Wellness Destination retreat center in Valle Escondido- Boquete, Panama… I love to share inspiring, research-based health tips and wellness techniques that can easily fit into people busy lifestyle and help them feel your best -- every single day.

In the early days of my career, I didn’t set out to be a “wellness expert” but life guided me here, and I listened to the call.

My passion for this topic developed unexpectedly when… we were faced with the horrible news that my late husband had cancer.

Since then, I’ve been committed to breaking the cycle of epidemic stress and disease through educating myself – and the world – on healthy, vibrant living.

I became certified as an Integrated Nutrition Health Coach and started teaching in 2012.

I recognized the importance of having dedicated space in which people can disconnect from the chaos of modern life to reconnect with the wisdom within... to re-learn how to deeply care for themselves through Nutrition, Mindfulness, Movement and Rest.

And thus LaVida Optimal Wellness Destination was born. My retreats are focused on the detoxification of the body and mind.

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This is your life, it is your journey. Connect with the person inside of you and fall i love.

Retreat Specialties

My retreats are a healing experience for all participants, they are designed for those who wish to keep their optimal weight, gain strenght, de-stress, feel younger and rejuvenated, or for those who simply feel the need to disconnect from the world and connect with themselves. We teach you how to manage stress, eat healthier, and stay active so that you can be in control of your body and mind.

Teaching Specialties

I am a guide to help you achieve our goals, I will give you the tools so that you can focuse to make the necesary changes to achieve that state of wellbeen that will give you peace and harmony so that you can heal.

What's your personal definition of what it means to thrive?

Thriving is what has kept me going all my life, I am conscious about my potentials and limitations, this makes me more creative because I can trust my capabilities and so difficulties become just oportunities to grow. In difficult times, I have been able to separate from myself and be an observer of my situation from up above without being there, to take complete consciousness in order to be in the here and now and accept my present. I have learned to enjoy the smallest details in life to not lose my capability to be amused and be happy. To be flexible and adapt when things change, to learn to move with the flow but staying strong in my roots. To ask for help when I am in need. To go with the flow, to not fight against the impossible, but to stay strong.

Who do you look up to ? Who has helped you the most along your teacher / retreat leader journey?

My mentor was Janet Lange, she was such an inspiring woman, I met her 15 years ago and she led me to believe in myself and helped me realize my love for healing.