Kura Vida

01/12/2025

Amazing weekend! We had a great time learning level 1 at the spacious Chillasana Yoga Studio in Sámara 🥳 What a beautiful location 🙏

29/11/2025

Our last KCR workshop in Sámara for a while! 🌺❤️ The dream team 🥳✨

26/11/2025

✨ 3 days left! ✨ Join us for the next Kinetic Chain Release level 1 workshop in Sámara at Chillasana Yoga Studio this weekend, November 29 - 30 🪷

Learn how to bring your clients back to balanced alignment and add new effective skills to your toolbox, or begin your own bodywork business 👍

Digital materials, detailed course book and ongoing online mentoring if required post workshop are included. Break through your own blocks to help yourself and others or begin a totally new career.

We have two spaces left and final registrations close at 8pm tomorrow 🙏 If you’d like to jump in and join us on Saturday, click on the link below for more information 😊:
https://kcrcostarica.wordpress.com/upcoming-kinetic-chain-release-courses-2025-2/

*You do not need a massage diploma or previous bodywork experience to qualify as a fully insurable KCR practitioner and begin treating people immediately*

20/11/2025

🪷 1 week left! Come and join us for the next Kinetic Chain Release level 1 workshop in Sámara at Chillasana Yoga Studio next weekend, November 29 - 30 🪷

Learn how to bring your clients back to longlasting alignment and add new effective skills to your toolbox, or begin your own bodywork business ❤️

What is KCR? Explore the link below to learn more about this popular bodywork protocol:
https://www.kcracademy.com/what-is-kinetic-chain-release/

~ Digital materials, detailed course book and ongoing virtual mentoring post workshop if required are included. Break through your own blocks to help yourself and others or begin a totally new career. ~

We have a couple of spaces left, final registrations close next Thursday 😱 Click on the link below for more information!
https://kcrcostarica.wordpress.com/upcoming-kinetic-chain-release-courses-2025-2/

*You do not need a massage diploma or previous bodywork experience to qualify as a fully insurable KCR practitioner and begin treating people immediately*

12/11/2025

🤲 Would you like to learn the gold standard bodywork protocol quickly growing in popularity in the USA, UK and Canada? 🤲

Join KCR trainer Tessa Grinlinton and David Varela on our last Kinetic Chain Release workshop of the year (29 - 30 November) at Chillasana Yoga Studio in Sámara, Costa Rica 🙏

Kinetic Chain Release™️ (https://www.kcracademy.com/what-is-kinetic-chain-release/) is a gentle, highly effective bodywork protocol that has been steadily developed over 35 years and can often relieve a wide variety of issues in an average of 1-2 sessions with incredibly long lasting results!

By completing a sequence of gentle soft tissue techniques and releases in a specific order, the body is able to come back to balance.
Conditions it can help include but are not limited to: sciatica, lower back pain, neck and nerve pain, weak ankles, TMJ disorder, headaches, depression, concussion, ADHD, fertility and many more!

We have a couple of spaces left! Click on the link below or WhatsApp for more info 👇:

https://kcrcostarica.wordpress.com/upcoming-kinetic-chain-release-courses-2025-2/

WhatsApp: +506 6084 2552

• This is an entry level course so you don’t need previous massage experience and you will be fully insurable on successful completion of the course. Digital materials, detailed course book and ongoing virtual mentoring if required post workshop are included •

10/11/2025

¡Buenas días! Looking for a Sports/Remedial massage or deep realigning KCR bodywork treatment? David and I can help 😃

A bit of background: I am a Sports Massage therapist and Kinetic Chain Release teacher originally from New Zealand. I now live in this beautiful town we call Sámara 🌊

David is a born and bred Tico, trained in Kinetic Chain Release (a bodywork therapy that rebalances the musculoskeletal system and delivers rapid pain relief after 1-2 sessions.) 👐

We both work out of the Blue Iguana in Sámara beach and would love to help you resolve your aches and pains! Send us a WhatsApp (below) ~ Tessa

WhatsApp: +506 6084 2552

06/11/2025

🌿 Want to learn something to help alleviate your aches and pains by rebalancing the body or those of other people? 🤔🌿

Or would you like to add a valuable new therapy to your bodywork toolbox? 🙏

We are holding a final Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) workshop at the end of this month (Saturday 29th - Sunday the 30th of November) at the Chillasana Yoga Studio in downtown Sámara.

🌺Get in touch for more information about the workshop/what is KCR or if you’d like to book an appointment to experience what it’s all about 😊🌺 ~ Tessa

WhatsApp: +506 6084 2552

https://kcrcostarica.wordpress.com/upcoming-kinetic-chain-release-courses-2025-2/

29/10/2025

~ This may be the LAST KCR workshop we hold in Samara for a fair while..! so if you want to train in Kinetic Chain Release here in Costa Rica or have any questions, message me ASAP ~

• This week is the last chance to take advantage of the 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭, which will expire at midnight this Friday the 31st of October. Final registrations close three days (26th November) before the workshop start •

🌺 Join Tessa and David to learn the basics of Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) this November the 29th and 30th on our level 1 course, at the Chillasana Yoga Studio in Sámara! 🌺

Over an intensive weekend workshop you will learn the full 23 step protocol, to bring your clients, family members and friends back to balance and physical alignment. After the workshop ends you will be fully insurable and able to begin treating clients immediately.

Why learn KCR? It is a unique bodywork sequence that has been proven to bring the body back to a neutral state within 1-2 sessions, resolving many issues such as:

➡️ lower back pain/knee and hip pain
➡️ sciatica and nerve pain
➡️ headaches and migraines
➡️ old injuries/scar tissue from surgeries
➡️ plantar fasciitis
➡️ carpal tunnel syndrome
➡️ and many more!

The effects are freeing, relieving and can lead to long-lasting (beneficial) change 👍

Send me a WhatsApp on: +506 6084 2552 for more information or click on the link below! Tessa 🙏

https://kcrcostarica.wordpress.com/upcoming-kinetic-chain-release-courses-2025-2/

06/10/2025

🌺 We are BACK for our final workshop of the year!! 🥳🌺

> Learn the basics of Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) this November the 29th and 30th on our level 1 course, at the Chillasana Yoga Studio in Sámara.

> Over an intensive 2 days you will learn the full 23 step protocol, to bring your clients, family members and friends back to balance and physical alignment.

> Why learn KCR? It is a unique bodywork sequence that has been proven to bring the body back to a neutral state within 1-2 sessions, resolving many issues such as:

➡️ lower back pain/knee and hip pain
➡️ sciatica and nerve pain
➡️ headaches and migraines
➡️ old injuries/scar tissue from surgeries
➡️ plantar fasciitis
➡️ carpal tunnel syndrome
➡️ and many more!

The effects are freeing, relieving and can lead to long-lasting (beneficial) change 🙏

Send me a WhatsApp on: 6084 2552 for more information or click on the link below! Tessa 😊

2025 KCR Costa Rica Workshops Presents: KCR Workshop Level 1 November 29 – 30, 2025 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (2 Days: Saturday and Sunday)14 hours total We have a great workshop opportunity co…

28/04/2025

Want to try a rebalancing Kinetic Chain Release session, restorative Remedial/Sports Massage or detoxifying Lymphatic Drainage Treatment? I can help 🙂👋

I’m Tessa, an Advanced Therapeutic Massage Therapist and KCR practitioner/instructor with 17 years of experience and I specialize in helping people with a whole range of muscle and soft tissue issues: from bad backs, sciatica, sports injuries, scar tissue from old injuries and more!

Based at the Blue Iguana, location on the road to Nosara or home visits 🙏 For my available times and rates, send me a WhatsApp:⁨ +506 6084 2552⁩.



¿Quieres probar una sesión de Liberación de Cadenas Cinéticas, un Masaje Deportivo Reparador o un Tratamiento de Drenaje Linfático desintoxicante? ¡Puedo ayudarte! 🙂👋

Soy Tessa, Masajista Terapéutica Avanzada y practicante/instructora de KCR con 17 años de experiencia. Me especializo en ayudar a personas con una amplia gama de problemas musculares y de tejidos blandos: desde dolor de espalda, ciática, lesiones deportivas, cicatrices de lesiones antiguas ¡y más!

Ubicado en Blue Iguana, ubicado en la carretera a Nosara, o con visitas a domicilio. 🙏 Para consultar mis horarios y tarifas, escríbeme por WhatsApp: +506 6084 2552.

08/04/2025

🌺 Would you like to learn the gold standard bodywork protocol quickly growing in popularity in the USA, UK and Canada? 🌺

Join KCR trainers Tessa Grinlinton and Kim Maxwell on the next Kinetic Chain Release workshop to learn KCR Level 1 on the 26 - 27 April (our final collaboration of the season!) at Chillasana Yoga Studio in Sámara, Costa Rica 🙏

Kinetic Chain Release™️ is a gentle, highly effective bodywork protocol that has been steadily developed over 35 years and can often relieve a wide variety of issues in an average of 1-2 sessions with incredibly long lasting results!

By completing a sequence of gentle soft tissue techniques and releases in a specific order, the body is able to come back to balance.
Conditions it can help include but are not limited to: sciatica, lower back pain, neck and nerve pain, weak ankles, TMJ disorder, headaches, depression, concussion, ADHD, fertility and many more!

Early bird prices still available, we have limited spaces left! Click on the link below for more info 👇:

https://intuitiveheartwellness.com/pages/kcr-level-1-workshop

• This is an entry level course so you don’t need previous massage experience and you will be fully insurable on successful completion of the course. Digital materials, detailed course book and ongoing mentoring post workshop are included •

25/03/2025

We are back for another Kinetic Chain Release Workshop Collab 🙌
This will be the last one that we are offering this season!🌴

You can learn this modality with your trainers Kim Maxwell and Tessa Varela over two days on our upcoming KCR level 1 weekend course on the 26th & 27th of April 🙏

KCR is the gold standard bodywork protocol quickly growing in popularity in the US, UK and Canada achieving a 99% effectiveness ranking in the international Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes database (FOTO).

🪷 Join us for an enlightening and enjoyable two days at the spacious Chillasana Yoga Studio in central Sámara, above Musmanni bakery. 🪷

🌿Kinetic Chain Release™️ is a gentle, highly effective bodywork protocol that has been steadily developed over 35 years and can relieve a wide variety of issues, often with incredibly long lasting results!

Through a series of gentle soft tissue techniques and releases completed in a specific order, the body can come back to balance.
Conditions it can help are vast and include but are not limited to: sciatica, lower back pain, neck pain, inflammation, weak ankles, TMJ disorder, headaches, depression, concussion, ADHD and fertility 🌿

KCR 1 is an entry level course so you don’t need previous massage experience and you will be fully insurable on successful completion of the course. Digital materials, detailed course book and ongoing mentoring post workshop are included 👍

We have early bird prices available now, click on the link below for more info 😊:

https://intuitiveheartwellness.com/pages/kcr-level-1-workshop