"Jacqui" Jacqueline Ruiz has been leading retreats for many years. From mortician to mushrooms, Jacqui Transformational Coach and Corporate Leadership Facilitator combined her personal experience with her professional experience to create life-changing retreats. Her more than 15 years guiding people through emotionally challenging times along with her nurturing, safe, comforting and no-nonesense way is a perfect fit for the life-changing work she leads.
Details of this retreat
The Journey Home: Reconnect with Your Soul and Find Your True Purpose
If you’ve been feeling distant from yourself, searching for deeper meaning, or trying to align with your soul’s desire, The Journey Home is designed for you. This transformative work offers a powerful path to reconnect with your inner self, clear mental blocks, and discover the peace you’ve been longing for.
What's Included:
Psilocybin Journey and Integration
Two Full Psychedelic Macro Experiences
Experience two deeply transformative psychedelic journeys during your 4-night, 5-day retreat in Costa Rica's serene setting.
Microdosing Psilocybin
Over a period of 60 days, you’ll integrate microdosing to sustain and deepen the insights and peace gained from the macro experiences, allowing for lasting transformation.
12 Virtual Integration Coaching Sessions
Personalized coaching sessions to guide you through integrating your psilocybin experiences, supporting your ongoing growth and clarity.
3 On-Site Integration Sessions
During the retreat, engage in experiential exercises and integration sessions to ground the work you’re doing.
Private or Group Retreat in Costa Rica (4 nights, 5 days)
Includes lodging, all meals, and the perfect environment for your inner journey.
The Psilocybin Approach: Accumulative Affect
The layout of psilocybin use in this journey is designed for accumulative affect, helping you achieve a steady sense of inner peace that can last long after the psilocybin experiences themselves. For many, this state of peace is sustained for years, creating lasting transformation.
Who is This Journey Designed For?
Soul Seekers: Anyone who feels a deep longing for soul reconnection or soul expansion.
Those Facing Mental Health Challenges: People battling depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, OCD, or seeking trauma relief.
Personal Growth Enthusiasts: Individuals who desire emotional growth, self-understanding, and clarity.
Those Seeking Life Purpose: If you’re unsure how to access that "more" in life, this journey will help you find the path.
Facing Terminal Illness: For those navigating death and seeking emotional freedom and acceptance.
Anyone Looking for Change: If you feel that there’s more to life but don’t know how to reach it, this is the perfect space for you.
Expect Transformation
This experience is not just about healing—it's about transforming. Expect your life to be deeply changed as you reconnect with yourself and trust the guidance of your soul.
Reserve Your Spot
Ready to take the next step on your Journey Home? Schedule a 20-minute introduction and discovery session to learn more and see if this journey is right for you.
Schedule Your Interview Now: https://calendly.com/embracingyourlight/20-minute-introduction-and-discovery-session-eyl
"Follow Your Soul, It Knows the Way." – Anonymous
Schedule
Sample Daily itinerary:
Day 1:
Settle into your Accommodation | Connection
Opening Dinner Ceremony
Day 2:
Morning Movement
Intention Tea Ceremony
Psilocybin Ceremony
Integration Sessions
Day 3:Morning movement
Into-Me-You-See – A Workshop on Intimacy (You with You)
Reflection
Integration Session
Closing Acknowledgement Ceremony
We will assist with all transportation arrangements
Accommodation
We offer private and shared room accommodations. All come with nature and comfort in mind.
The Journey Home
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
Multiple Locations available throughout Costa Rica. Location is determined by the clients desire and intention; i.e.: beach experience, mountainous experience, solitude, adventure.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Day 1 - Dinner
Day 2: 3 Meals
Day 3: Breakfast
Includes Coffee/tea/water/juices
What's Included
Psilocybin Psychedelic Sessions, Integration Coaching, Meals, Lodging, Massage Therapy, Body Movement Therapy, breathwork sessions
Embracing Your Light is not just a healing space — it’s a return to yourself. From the very first interaction, I felt seen, respected, and genuinely supported. There is a level of care, professionalism, and integrity here that is rare, especially in this kind of work. The guidance offered through Embracing Your Light is grounded, intentional, and deeply human. Nothing feels rushed or forced; instead, there is space to move at your own pace while still being gently guided toward clarity, healing, and personal truth. This work helped me reconnect with my inner wisdom, open my heart, and trust myself again. If you’re seeking real transformation — not surface-level inspiration, but lasting change — Embracing Your Light offers a place that is both safe and profoundly powerful.
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Life-Changing
Jacqui has a rare gift. She sees straight through the noise and gently guides you back to what actually matters. Our work together helped me gain clarity related to my purpose, my patterns, and the choices I had been avoiding but needed to face. She is both compassionate and direct — never shaming, and never vague. I always felt supported, but also challenged in a way that helped me grow. I trusted her completely, which says a lot.
This wasn’t “feel-good coaching.” It was real, grounded transformation, and I’m living differently because of it. My entire life is different since working with Jacqui, in a way that feels like I am fully living now!
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A rare find!
What a wonderful human being!
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The Real Deal
I came to Embracing Your Light feeling cautious. I’ve explored personal growth spaces before and was honestly tired of big promises and vague language. I wasn’t looking to be “fixed” — I just wanted something real.
What I found instead was integrity, clarity, and a level of presence that immediately set this work apart. Nothing was pushed. There was no pressure to feel a certain way or have a particular experience. I felt respected as a whole human being, not treated like a project.
Over time, something subtle but powerful shifted. I gained perspective, softened toward myself, and began making decisions from a place of trust instead of fear. Embracing Your Light didn’t give me answers — it helped me remember my own. That, to me, is real healing.
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Wisdom, Integrity, Care.
Working with Jacqui was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. Right from the very beginning, I felt deeply held — emotionally, energetically, and practically. Her presence is calm, confident, and incredibly attuned.
She didn’t rush the process or impose meaning; instead, she created a container where my truth emerged naturally. The preparation, the ceremony itself, and the integration afterward were all thoughtful and intentional. I left feeling clearer, softer, and more connected to myself than I had in years.
If you’re looking for someone who combines wisdom, integrity, and genuine care, Jacqui is that person.
Select your options
This program offers flexible scheduling, allowing you to arrange the date of your retreat directly with the host.
Open Dates
Payments made through Retreat Guru do not include the cost of: plant medicine, psychedelics or similar products.