“No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.”
― Gabor Maté
8-Days & 7 nights in Costa Rica...
Situated on the Southwestern part of Costa Rica, this retreat provides a safe container for your life-changing journey. Guided by plant medicine experts and facilitators, we offer an intense curated program of Amazonian plant medicine ceremonies, shamanic practices, and intimate coaching therapy sessions for deep healing.
“The emptiness that we feel is the result of those rejected (and therefore suppressed) parts of ourselves. Your soul wants only one thing, and that is to make you whole again.” -Teal Swan
Meet your retreat host...
Jackie has worked with thousands of clients from all over the world and from all walks of life in her coaching sessions and group retreats. She has identified the core challenges that prevent her clients from embodying their true and authentic essence, in order to heal their wounds and align with their purpose and mission.
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Her retreats are designed to speak directly to your heart. They're designed to speak to the deepest part of your being which will allow you to walk away remembering who you are, how divine you are, and how powerful you truly are.
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Jackie will be hosting and teaching this retreat alongside Guest Experts and facilitators.
8 Days & 7 Nights
Coming into Wholeness
Ayahuasca Healing Retreat
This 8-day ayahuasca & peyote retreat offers an immersion in deep plant-spirit healing. Two (grandmother) ayahuasca ceremonies, 1 sweat-lodge ceremony with (grandfather) peyote and daytime healing practices are complemented with breathwork classes, and powerful methods of self-awareness designed to support you as you integrate your healing work.
During this powerful and life transformational week, we will be working with trained healers who provide deep levels of healing through multiple ayahuasca ceremonies, a sweat lodge with peyote ceremony, healing songs, a cacao ceremony and sacred music ceremonies.
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Coming to our ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica, you will be surrounded by the healing energies, forces, elements and spirits of the jungle. You will be guided by conscious wisdom keepers of these transformational medicines and wrapped with love and support by your facilitators.
Our retreat center for the week is situated in a co-creating community known as Florestral, that is made up of an international group of permanent residents who share communal land. It has its own community council and maintains the development of the land and its projects.
The sacred plant of grandmother ayahuasca is grown on the land and tended to by intentional community members and medicine teachers. You will be given a tour of the land and be introduced to the plant of grandmother ayahuasca in her raw form. Situated on the land are 11 cabins, a beautiful fire temple, a sweat lodge, a unique sacred sound studio, and access to beautiful creeks and trails.
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Meet your medicine teacher for ceremony...
Meet founder and medicine facilitator at Florestra, Vismay Amrit.
Vismay was born in Israel and left the conventional path at a young age to pursue a higher state of existence. He lived and studied in India before meeting the great plant teacher ayahuasca and moving to Brazil to go deep into the medicine world. After years of study, the call arrived to share the knowledge and healing with the world. Vismay has now been facilitating plant medicine ceremonies for the past 25 years.
During his time in India, Vismay stayed at the Haidakhan Ashram where he received the vision and promise of the exact location in Florestral, which is located on a beautiful hilltop overlooking the Diamante falls (the tallest waterfall in the country).
Vismay will be facilitating both our ayahuasca and peyote ceremonies alongside a team of professionally trained staff.
Our sacred home for the week
Florestral sits on sacred land of beauty and healing and speaks to those who are ready and willing to listen.
Located in the Southern Pacific mountainous zone of Costa Rica, the retreat center sits on an elongated-bowl-shaped valley below the steep Tinamaste Ridge and the gorgeous Diamante-waterfall shimmering in the distance.
This stretch of land offers privacy since there is no traffic noise or neighbors nearby. It is accessible both to the city of San Isidro, with all amenities, necessary supplies, medical care etc. only a 25-minute drive away and as well as the beautiful Pacific coastline with stunning beaches only 40-minutes away.
Florestral is a conscious eco-sustainable community, with a focus on intentional and harmonious life within nature. The retreat center was built upon 1,5 hectares of communal land. It includes a Fire Temple space for group work,11 guest cabins, toilets/shower quarters, a large dining and kitchen area, and a sweat lodge.
What's Included & Cost
Cost of the Sacred Medicine Ayahuasca Retreat
Retreat: $3,600 - $4,200 USD (depending on shared or private accommodations)
Payment terms:
Complete our application: Fill out our application form and submit it. Your application will be reviewed by the retreat host as well as the medical team and facilitators at Florestral. If your application is approved, you will receive notice via email with an invoice to pay either the deposit (70% of the retreat price), or payment in full.
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*This retreat is limited to a small group of people, so once you receive the invoice to pay, this does not hold your spot. You must submit payment in order to secure your spot.
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What's included:
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2 Grandmother Ayahuasca ceremonies
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1 Grandfather Peyote sweat lodge ceremony
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1 Cacao ceremony (heart medicine) with ecstatic dance
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1 Sacred song ceremony at the Fire Temple
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1 healing sound group session in the Sound Sphere (using innovative spatial technology)
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1 Sound Bath ceremony
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1 Breathwork ceremony
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A high ratio of healers to guests – 4 healers per Ayahuasca ceremony (2 female, 2 male)
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Accommodations in comfortable cabins, all with running water, toilet, sink, chair, and hammock
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Regular group integration sessions and practices to support your process
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A skilled team of facilitators to guide you in processing and integrating your experiences
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A series of cleansing practices before ceremony to clear the most dense energies
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Individual consultations with the facilitators
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A jungle tour to see medicinal plants in their natural environment
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Delicious Vegan Costa Rican meals, suitable for working with medicinal plants
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All Ayahuasca retreats are facilitated in English, and chanting with music is in multiple languages
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Integration support team assistance before, during, and after the retreat week
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Love and soul tribe connections
What's NOT included:
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Airfare (international and national)
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Airport transportation to/from center (we can help to arrange, but the costs to the taxi & shuttles is a separate cost, paid directly to the taxi company)
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Travel insurance
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Visa costs
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Personal expenses (such as meals and drinks outside of center)
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* We recommend flying into San Jose International Airport one night before, to ensure you arrive at the center on-time, the day of the retreat.
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Schedule
Here is the schedule for the 8-day Ayahuasca retreat. Two Ayahuasca ceremonies and 1 Peyote ceremony are complemented throughout the retreat with a wide variety of daily healing practices, group meetings, and one-on-one sessions.
Schedule
Saturday:
12:00pm Arrive at the retreat center
1:00pm Lunch & meet and greet
2:00pm Orientation Meeting
6:00pm Dinner
Sunday:
7:30am Rise with the sun (Yoga, Breathwork or Meditation)
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Group Check-in
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Group Consultation
6:30pm Pre-Ceremony Hape, Meditation & Cleansing Rituals
8:00pm 1st Ayahuasca Ceremony
Monday:
Silence/Introspection until 9:00am
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Private Consultations with Healers and Facilitators
1:00pm Lunch
2:30pm Group integration session with Healers and Facilitators
4:30pm Sound Immersion
6:00pm Dinner
Tuesday:
7:30am Rise with the sun (Yoga, Breathwork or Meditation)
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Time for Relaxation & Introspection
1:00pm Lunch
3:00pm Group Meeting
6:30pm Pre-Ceremony Hape, Meditation & Cleansing Rituals
8:00pm 2nd Ayahuasca Ceremony
Wednesday:
Silence/Introspection until 9:00am
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Private Consultations with Healers and Facilitators
1:00pm Lunch
2:30pm Group integration session with Healers and Facilitators
4:30pm Ayahuasca tour on the grounds / greenhouses
6:00pm Dinner
8:00pm Cacao ceremony & ecstatic dance
Thursday:
7:30am Rise with the sun (Yoga, Breathwork or Meditation)
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Time for Relaxation & Introspection
1:00pm Lunch
3:00pm Group Meeting
6:30pm Pre-Ceremony Hape, Meditation & Cleansing Rituals
8:00pm Peyote ceremony in sweat lodge
Friday:
7:30am Rise with the sun (Yoga, Breathwork or Meditation)
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Group meeting
1:00pm Lunch
3:00pm Group Meeting
6:30pm Sound Immersion
8:00pm Ceremony closing
Saturday:
8:00am Packup
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am On-going shuttles and taxis departing center and headed to San Jose International Airport
