7-Night Kambo Retreat in Valle de Bravo, Mexico

Up to 2 in group

8 Days Package (7 nights)

Retreat Highlights

The traditional three-session Kambo protocol in one week
One-on-one sessions with Luke, IAKP-trained since 2016
A hyperbaric oxygen session before each Kambo session
Rest days with the steam dome, garden meals and the land
An integration session with Alexa
A conversation and health intake before you book
One or two guests at a time

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Luke

Alexa

Luke DeStefano

Luke DeStefano, IHP2 Co-founder, Ceremony Facilitator, Meditation & Breathwork Guide, Qi Gong Adept Luke is an Integrative Health Practitioner, plant medicine retreat facilitator, and ceremony guide, with over 20 years of experience in creating safe spaces for personal and collective healing. His service in the healing arts is guided by a passion for empowering individuals to discover the innate wisdom and untapped potential of their own body, mind, and spirit. In addition to his dedication to health and wellness, Luke serves as a psychedelic preparation and integration guide, ceremonial musician, Kambo facilitator, massage therapist, and breathwork guide. He is also an initiate of the Dharma Mountain lineage of Mahayana Buddhism. His passion for the sacred arts has led him to immersive studies in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Laos, Nepal, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Areas of Expertise - Ceremony Facilitation & Musicianship - Holistic Health & Wellness - Meditation, Breathwork, QI Gong & Buddhist Studies - Music & Sound Healing Credentials - Over 20 years experience in ceremony facilitation & apprentieship - Initiate of the Dharma Mountain lineage of South Vietnamese Buddhism - Breathwork Facilitator training (Wim Hoff) -

Alexa Iya Soro

Alexa Iya Soro, MA Holistic Counselor CAGS Expressive ARTS therapy Medicine Facilitator & Psychotherapist With a skilled therapeutic and heart-centered approach, Alexa empowers you with tools and practices essential for your continued growth and self-discovery through her work with ancestral medicine, talk therapy, somatic and mindfulness practices, Alexa utilizes Depth Psychology, Internal Family Systems, Relational/Cultural Therapy, and Yin Yoga Therapy, incorporating sacred medicine work and techniques such as nervous system entrainment, neuroscience-psychoeducation, and the appropriate implementation of mythology, ritual, and ancestral connection. Alexa holds a Master's degree in Holistic Counseling & Eco-Expressive Arts and a Bachelor's degree in Humanistic Psychology from Brown University. For over 10 years, Alexa has been on the path of ritual healing, grief processing, and plant medicine, studying under world class teachers from both indigenous and western approaches. Areas of Expertise -Psychedelic Integration & Ceremony Preparation -Grief Companionship -Ceremony & Ritual Facilitation Credentials - 5-MeO-DMT facilitation training, Tandava - Brown University - BA Psychology - Naropa - Buddhist Applications of Therapy - Salve Regina University - Masters Holistic Counseling - Internal Family Systems Certified - Ancestral Healing Facilitator Training with Daniel Foor - 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training - Cacao Facilitation Training

Details of this retreat

The traditional three-session Kambo protocol, held over one unhurried week at La Fuente, our adobe homestead above Valle de Bravo. Luke trained as a practitioner with the International Association of Kambo Practitioners (IAKP) in 2016 and has spent twenty years in the healing arts. Every session is one-on-one.

Kambo is taken in the morning on an empty stomach. Before each session you have a hyperbaric oxygen session, and afterward fruit, tea and rest. The work itself is physical, fast and over in about twenty minutes; within an hour most people feel like themselves again, often clearer and lighter.

The days in between are for recovering well: the hand-built steam dome, garden meals, the hammock and the land. Alexa, who holds an MA in Holistic Counseling, meets with you once during the week to help you make sense of what came up.

Kambo isn't right for everyone. It has real contraindications, including pregnancy, serious heart conditions, recent stroke, severe mental illness and current chemotherapy, so a conversation and a health intake come before any booking is confirmed. Kambo is not psychedelic, and it is not a medical treatment.

The medicine is sourced ethically from the Matsés people of Brazil, and the frogs are never harmed.

Valle de Bravo is about two and a half hours by road from Mexico City. We can arrange a private car from the airport or your hotel.

Schedule

Session days:
7:30 Hyperbaric oxygen session, on an empty stomach
9:00 Kambo with Luke (about 20 minutes of active work)
10:00 Rest, fruit and tea
12:30 Light lunch
Afternoon: the steam dome, the garden, a nap
19:00 Dinner
Rest days: a slow breakfast, the land, the steam dome, and your session with Alexa

Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Sacred Counsel

Directions

La Fuente is in the hills just outside Valle de Bravo, about two and a half hours by road from Mexico City airport. We send the exact location once you book, and can arrange a private car from the airport or your hotel in the city.

Accommodation

Guests stay in the garden bungalow: a bedroom with a large bed, a sitting room and a private bathroom, with windows onto the land. Two people traveling together share the bungalow. Linens and towels are provided.

One guest

Venue & Amenities

A/C in Rooms

Free Wifi

Spa

Sauna

Pool

Towels

Free Parking

Kitchen

Tour Assistance

Hot Tub

Coffee/Tea

Cafe

Restaurant

Fitness Center

Yoga Studio

Housekeeping

Bicycles For Rent

La Fuente is Luke and Alexa's adobe homestead in the hills above Valle de Bravo, a lake town two and a half hours from Mexico City. It's a working home, not a resort: a house and a guest bungalow on a wide lawn, a vegetable and herb garden, a pergola for morning movement, a hand-built steam dome, a cold plunge, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber with infrared panels, and hammocks under the trees. We host one or two guests at a time, so it stays quiet.

Meals

Menu Types

Vegan

Vegetarian

Pescetarian

Ayurvedic

Includes Meat

Organic

Gluten Free

Dairy Free

Nut Free

Three meals a day, cooked at the house with produce from the garden and the Valle de Bravo market, plus tea and coffee all day. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free are easy; tell us what you need when you book.