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Heal

Heal, 7 days. 3 ayahuasca ceremonies. One return to wholeness

A full program of preparation, retreat and integration, built around a 7 Day Immersion in Baja, Mexico, 3 ayahuasca ceremonies, held as ceremony by experienced ceremony leads and trained facilitators.

From

$6,995

Lodging and meals are included. The price depends on your room.

Length
7 days, 6 nights
Ceremonies
3 ayahuasca ceremonies
Where
Pescadero, Baja California Sur
Group size
Up to 20 participants
Dates
Ask about the next dates on a connection call.

Rooms

  • Hobbit Hut, no bath$6,995
  • Glamping tent, no bath$7,495
  • Cabana, no bath$7,745
  • Cabana with ensuite bath$8,495
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The Path to Wholeness

What Heal is, actually

Heal is where the protective patterns that kept you functioning are met, named, and finally released.

The work is built around 3 ayahuasca ceremonies inside a 7 Day Immersion in Baja, Mexico, set within a full program that holds you on either side: 1 month of preparation, a 7-day retreat, and 1 month of integration, with an optional two-month extension (Awaken at Home). Ayahuasca, in this lineage, is treated as a plant medicine and a living teacher rather than a substance. The ceremonies are held by experienced ceremony leads and trained facilitators who have walked this path themselves.

What we work with is the residue: the shame that runs underneath self-talk, the guilt that quietly steers decisions, the fear that has long since stopped announcing itself. The medicine, the music, and the careful container give those layers a chance to soften. What you meet underneath them is the part the ayahuasca traditions call your Innate Power, and an Enlightened Vision of the life that becomes available when the residue is no longer in the way.

The shape of the program

7 days. 3 ceremonies. One full program

  • Full program

    Full program: 1 month of preparation, a 7-day retreat, and 1 month of integration, with an optional two-month extension (Awaken at Home). The immersion is the pivot in the middle.

  • 7 Day Immersion

    Seven days on land in Baja, Mexico. Preparation calls precede the trip; integration circles follow.

  • 3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies

    Three ceremonies inside the seven-day immersion. The pacing lets each ceremony land before the next.

  • Baja, Mexico

    A retreat property on the Baja peninsula. Quiet, coastal, set apart from daily life.

The steps

Five steps

  1. Step 1

    Apply

    A short written application gives us a first read on what you are bringing to the work.

  2. Step 2

    Connection call

    A real conversation with a member of the team, about medical fit, current state, and whether Heal is the right next step at all.

  3. Step 3

    Preparation

    Once accepted, you enter the preparation phase: dieta guidance, reading, calls with your facilitator, and the slow turning of attention inward.

  4. Step 4

    Immersion

    Seven days in Baja. Three ceremonies. Held as ceremony by ceremony leads and facilitators.

  5. Step 5

    Integration

    A month of structured integration circles, journaling prompts, and 1:1 support. This is where we work to make the shift durable; it is our practice, not a tested protocol.

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Qualification + application

How to know if Heal is your next step

Heal is not for everyone, and not for every season. The right time is usually after Awaken, when the door has been opened and the residue has begun to surface. We screen for medical fit (certain medications and conditions interact with ayahuasca and require either a taper, a delay, or another path), and we look for readiness: the willingness to sit with what shows up rather than steer it.

Why ayahuasca

Why this medicine

Ayahuasca is the medicine of the deep middle, the stage where you stop circling the wound and meet it. The brew opens a four-to-six-hour window of vivid, relational, somatic experience that other medicines do not match for trauma and shadow work.

The Amazonian lineages have refined this work over centuries. The plant is treated as a living teacher with its own intelligence. Inside ceremony, that intelligence collaborates with the music (icaros and contemporary), the careful space, and the parts of you that are finally allowed to be witnessed.

This is why Heal uses ayahuasca specifically. Awaken uses a different medicine for a different threshold. Heal works at the layer where ancestral patterning, ritual, and relational repair belong together.

Read more on ayahuasca as a plant medicine→

Who holds the space

Ceremony leads and facilitators, not a clinic

Heal ceremonies are held by experienced ceremony leads and a group of facilitators trained in trauma-aware ceremonial holding. Many have walked Ayahuasca traditions for years before joining the team. They sit close enough to be present and far enough that the medicine has room to do its own teaching. The container is spiritual, not a treatment, and the people holding it have been chosen for the depth of their own work, not for an accreditation number.

  • Ceremony lead

    Holds the ceremonial container and the medicine itself. They carry the lineage relationship with the medicine.

  • Ceremony facilitator

    Trained in trauma-aware ceremonial work, somatic presence, and IFS-informed holding. Facilitators sit near participants through the ceremony and through the integration arc on either side.

  • Guest practitioners

    Some retreats include visiting practitioners, somatic therapists, breathwork guides, integration specialists. They are invited for the depth they bring, not as a clinical staffing layer.

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How this work is held

Held as ceremony in Baja

Heal takes place in Baja California, Mexico, held as ceremony. It is not a clinical or medical container, and we do not present it as one.

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Ready to begin?

If what you read here names something you have been carrying, explore what draws you to this work.

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Ceremony leads + facilitators

Ceremony leads hold the ceremonial container. Trauma-aware facilitators sit with participants through the arc.

Frequently asked

Questions people actually ask

  • What is the structure of the program?
    Heal is a full program built around a 7 Day Immersion in Baja, Mexico: 1 month of preparation, a 7-day retreat, and 1 month of integration, with an optional two-month extension (Awaken at Home). Inside the immersion you participate in 3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies. The time on either side of the immersion is dedicated preparation and integration, preparation calls, dieta guidance, integration circles, and 1:1 work with your facilitator.
  • Why ayahuasca specifically?
    Ayahuasca opens a longer, more relational, more somatic window, typically four to six hours, and the Amazonian lineages have refined trauma and shadow work in this container over generations. Awaken uses a different medicine for a different threshold. Heal uses ayahuasca because the layer of work it addresses belongs to this medicine.
  • Who facilitates the ceremonies?
    Ceremonies are held by experienced ceremony leads together with trauma-aware facilitators. Many of the facilitators have walked Ayahuasca traditions for years before joining the team. Some retreats also include visiting practitioners, somatic therapists, breathwork guides, integration specialists, invited for the depth they bring rather than as a clinical staffing layer.
  • Where is Heal held?
    Heal takes place on a retreat property in Baja, Mexico. The land is quiet and coastal, set apart from daily life. You arrive together as a cohort and stay through the full seven-day immersion.
  • Is this a clinical program?
    Heal takes place in Baja California, Mexico, held as ceremony. The container is ceremonial, not clinical.
  • What about my medications?
    Several common medications interact with ayahuasca, particularly SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, and certain other classes. SSRIs, SNRIs, tramadol and St John's Wort are not compatible with ayahuasca. Never stop or change a medication without your prescriber; we'll go through your medications during screening. Some conditions and medications make Heal the wrong fit for now; when this work is not the right next step, we will say so.
  • How do I know if I am ready for Heal?
    Most participants come to Heal after Awaken, or after other meaningful work that has already begun to surface what they are carrying. The readiness signal is willingness, willingness to sit with what arises rather than steer it. The application and the connection call are designed to help us read that together.
  • What does integration look like after the retreat?
    A month of structured integration (with an optional two-month extension through Awaken at Home): weekly small-group circles led by a facilitator, 1:1 sessions, journaling prompts, and the alumni community. The integration arc is how we work to translate the shift from felt experience into a life that holds; it is our own practice, and no trial has tested whether it lengthens benefits.