Salitral, San José Province, Santa Ana, Costa Rica
Up to 2 in group
Open Dates
About this Retreat
Gabriel is a Costa Rica native and began his work with Sacred and Indigenous medicines after a series of powerful spiritual experiences with entheogenics in his youth.
He has traveled extensively in Mexico and South America training with the best medicine guides in the field. He is also a certified Kambó practitioner having trained at the IAKP(International Association of Kambó Practitioners) in Colombia.
Gabriel and his team are fully committed to this work and have a deeply intuitive connection to the medicines. Our ceremonies are performed with care, respect and love, putting our full attention on each person's specific needs.
Details of this retreat
CEREMONY PURPOSE
This ceremony has been designed to use the therapeutic and psychedelic qualities of psilocybin mushrooms in a harmonious way. As a result you will gently enter into a space where you can access your highest self as a source of truth and inspiration directly from the heart. This is a marvelous opportunity to reconnect to your life's purpose and free yourself from energies that have been hampering your way.
THE MUSHROOMS
The type of mushrooms, dosage and combination with other psychoactive herbs generates a very powerful healing experience lasting from 4 to 5 hours. The strain of mushrooms used is Penis Envy, the strongest strain of Psilocybin Cubensis available. See the attached image for a more detailed description of the specific variety we use.
The mushrooms are cultivated in the Pacific region of Costa Rica by a very conscious group of Mushroom Entrepreneurs. Their mushrooms are the result of a passion and love for Psilocybin along with very ethical practices and a deep knowledge of their cultivation in order to maximize the healing and psychedelic qualities.
The dosage you will receive depends on your experience but is usually anywhere from one to two grams.
This strain generates a very visceral and powerful trip that is felt deeply in the body as a strong current of pure energy and connection to earth. You will also experience a sense of being wonderfully present in the moment that results in a lovely sense of relaxation and intuitive flow from the heart. This dynamic is experienced for around three to three and a half hours. Once you begin to come down, a second stage begins where you will enter a beautiful and intoxicating psychedelic dimensión. Having grounded yourself in the body and present moment in the previous phase, the ability to enjoy and feel safe within the psychedelic high will be assured. For this second stage, the amazing psychedelic qualities of the Penis Envy mushroom are activated using a small dose of other psychoactive herbs.
THE SETTING
This is a daylight ceremony and there is no overnight stay. The first part of the journey is body and feeling centered so you are moderately active. You can sit, walk or lie down. The second part is deeply internal so there is a comfortable private bedroom for enjoyment of the experience.
The setting is a small cabin in the mountains of Western San José. There is a comfortable veranda with view, the bedroom along with bathroom/shower.
This is very much a “hands off” ceremony, so your guide will be present but will not engage socially during the experience.
The ceremony is informal yet held with total love and respect for the participant and spiritual quality of the mushrooms as a source of insight and healing.
PREPARATION AND INTEGRATION
Preparation and integration depend entirely on your previous experience with Mushrooms. You will have as many one on one phone sessions as needed to address this essential aspect of the retreat