Journey Through Living Traditions | 10 Days of Ayahuasca & Human Connection in Colombia
Journey Through Living Traditions | 10 Days of Ayahuasca & Human Connection in Colombia
Catalonia, Spain
Up to 12 in group
January 21 - 30, 2027
Retreat Highlights
- The Retreat Experience
- At Casa Oraya, life itself becomes the experience.
- We spend four days living simply: listening to the birds, sharing meals made with love, reconnecting with nature, and allowing plant medicine to gently guide us back to ourselves.
- More than a retreat, it is a home where presence, authenticity, and human connection come first.
- ✓ Safe and carefully held container
- ✓ Authentic human connection
- ✓ Nervous system reset
- ✓ Integration support
- ✓ Time in nature
- ✓ Deep reconnection with yourself
- Honouring each person's individual journey while creating a safe, intimate and deeply connected experience together.
- This is not a place to become someone else. It is a place to remember who you are.
- This journey is also a deeply personal invitation from Virginie, founder of Casa Oraya.
- As a medicine woman and guide, Virginie will accompany you throughout this entire experience in Colombia, creating a safe, intimate and heartfelt space where everyone can feel seen, supported and truly welcomed.
- Over the years, she has carefully cultivated relationships with the people, communities and traditions that make this journey so unique. Every encounter, every ceremony and every experience has been chosen with intention and co-created from the heart.
- Rather than simply organising a retreat, Virginie lovingly weaves together a human experience where ancestral wisdom, presence and authentic connection come alive.
- Alongside traditional healer Mauricio and all the beautiful people involved in bringing this journey to life, she will share her own wisdom, her presence and her way of gently guiding people back to themselves.
- This is not a trip to consume experiences or collect ceremonies. It is an invitation to slow down, to be deeply present and to reconnect with what truly matters.
- Throughout these eight days, you will be held by a circle of people who genuinely care, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the beauty, simplicity and living traditions of Colombia.
- At Casa Oraya, we believe that some of the most profound transformations happen not by becoming someone else, but by remembering who we already are.
- Practical Information
- Languages:
- The retreat is held in English, French, Spanish and Russian.
- Getting here:
- Detailed arrival information will be shared after booking. We can also help connect participants travelling at similar times and advise on the easiest routes to Casa Oraya.
- Daily rhythm:
- Our days gently alternate between moments of rest, time in nature, nourishing meals, sharing circles, integration practices and ceremonies, allowing enough space to slow down and truly reconnect.
- Extra nights:
- Whenever possible, extra nights after the retreat can be arranged upon request for those who wish to arrive earlier or integrate their experience more gradually before returning home.
- What happens after booking?
- We organise a preparation call.
- We share all practical arrival information.
- We remain available for any questions.
- You arrive feeling supported and prepared.
About this Retreat
The Story That Brought Me Here
About Virginie
For the past several years, Virginie has been creating and facilitating immersive experiences centered around nature, human connection, movement, and inner exploration.
Through her travels and retreats in Colombia, she has built deep relationships with local families, healers, and communities in the Putumayo region, allowing her to offer experiences rooted in authenticity, trust, and cultural exchange.
Her approach is gentle, intuitive, and grounded in creating safe and meaningful spaces where people can reconnect with themselves, with others, and with the living world around them.
Passionate about conscious travel and embodied practices, Virginie weaves together moments of immersion in nature, movement, cacao traditions, community sharing, and personal reflection.
More than guiding a trip, she invites participants into a human adventure — one based on presence, simplicity, respect, and genuine connection with the culture and lands of Southern Colombia.
Mauricio is a healer from Colombia whose work is both unique and deeply intentional.
His medicine is prepared over the course of a full month, allowing time to harmonize each stage of the process and create a foundation of trust for a peaceful inner journey.
The preparation is crafted without DMT. Through his work as an alchemist, Mauricio activates the medicine in a way that supports the awakening of the body’s own natural DMT, allowing each experience to unfold organically and in alignment with the individual.
Details of this retreat
There are places we visit.
And there are places that ask us to become quiet enough to meet them.
This journey takes us to **El Encano, in the mountains of southern Colombia**, beside the waters of **Laguna de la Cocha**.
Our home for these days lies away from the village, surrounded by water, mountains and vegetation. We reach it by boat.
As the shore disappears behind us, something begins to change.
The noise becomes distant.
The rhythm slows.
And for several days, there is very little between us and the essential things: water, earth, fire, food, weather, other human beings and our own inner world.
This is the spirit of this retreat.
A retreat shaped by the place
We are welcomed into the home of a local Inga family living beside the lagoon.
This is not a resort created for retreats.
It is a living place.
A family home surrounded by land, plants, animals, water and the changing moods of the mountain landscape.
We come here as guests.
For Casa Oraya, this distinction matters.
Rather than creating an environment disconnected from its surroundings, we want to spend these days in relationship with the place that receives us — learning its rhythm, eating simply, walking, observing and allowing the landscape itself to become part of the experience.
There are few distractions here.
No city noise.
No need to rush somewhere else.
The lagoon becomes a horizon we return to again and again.
Five ceremonies with Mauricio
At the heart of our time together will be **five yagé ceremonies accompanied by Mauricio**, who joins us from Putumayo.
Working with the medicine over several ceremonies allows the experience to unfold gradually.
One ceremony does not necessarily explain another.
Each may reveal a different layer.
There can be moments of intensity and moments of extraordinary simplicity. Memories may appear. The body may speak. Emotions may move. Images, sensations or questions may emerge.
And sometimes very little seems to happen.
We make space for all of it.
There is nothing you are expected to see, understand or accomplish.
Rather than searching for a particular experience, we slowly learn how to listen to the experience that is actually taking place.
The days between ceremonies
The space between ceremonies is intentional.
Mornings begin quietly, with meditation and time to return to the body.
The rest of the day may unfold through walking, resting, sharing meals, observing the landscape, writing or drawing.
Those who wish will also be able to explore **painting with natural pigments and nature journaling** — not as an art class or something that needs to be beautiful, but as another way of noticing.
A colour.
A plant.
A texture.
A dream remembered from the night before.
Something seen during ceremony that cannot yet be explained in words.
We may visit the surrounding natural reserve, spend time learning about local plants, enter the waters of the lagoon when conditions allow, or simply remain at the house.
There is no need to transform every moment into an activity.
Some afternoons may be spent doing almost nothing.
That, too, is part of the retreat.
Living together
For several days, we live as a small group.
We eat together.
Travel by boat together.
Move through ceremonies together.
And slowly begin to know one another beyond the usual social introductions.
At the same time, togetherness does not mean constant interaction.
Silence is respected here.
There is space to withdraw, walk alone, sit beside the water or simply observe what is moving internally.
Casa Oraya deliberately keeps the group small because this allows the retreat to remain human.
We can notice one another.
We can accompany someone when support is needed.
And we can preserve the intimacy that this kind of work requires.
Preparation and integration
The journey begins before Colombia.
Every participant has an individual conversation with us before being accepted into the retreat.
We speak about physical and emotional health, medications, previous experiences with plant medicine, personal circumstances, intentions and anything that may be important for us to understand before travelling together.
You will also receive preparation guidance before arrival.
During the retreat, we create spaces to reflect upon what is being experienced — through the body, emotions, personal history, dreams, memories and symbolism — without reducing the journey to one single interpretation.
Some things become clear immediately.
Others continue unfolding long after we leave Colombia.
Integration therefore does not mean finding an explanation for everything.
Sometimes it simply means learning how to stay close to what has been touched.
A journey, not an escape
This retreat is also a journey into another way of inhabiting time.
We arrive by boat.
We wake beside the lagoon.
We notice the weather.
We learn the paths.
We share the same table.
We enter ceremony.
We return.
We sleep.
And we begin again.
Away from many of the structures that normally organise our lives, simple things become visible again.
How we relate to silence.
How we react when there is nothing to distract us.
What our body has been carrying.
What we miss.
What we no longer need.
What feels alive.
Colombia is not a backdrop
We do not come to Colombia merely because it is beautiful or exotic.
And we do not want to romanticise the people or cultures who receive us.
We come as visitors.
With curiosity, gratitude and respect.
The medicine, the territory and the relationships that make this gathering possible existed long before Casa Oraya arrived.
Our responsibility is not to claim them.
It is to enter carefully.
To listen.
To learn.
To respect the home that receives us.
And to leave something good behind us.
Returning
Eventually, the boat takes us back across the lagoon.
But the retreat does not really end there.
We return to our families, relationships, work, cities and ordinary responsibilities.
And perhaps that is where the deeper part of the journey begins.
Not in how extraordinary our experience in Colombia was.
But in what remains when life becomes ordinary again.
What do we listen to differently?
What do we care for differently?
What have we understood about the way we are living?
What deserves more space?
What can become simpler?
El Encano offers us something increasingly rare:
time without constant interruption.
A landscape large enough to become quiet inside.
A small group.
A few essential practices.
The medicine.
And several days in which there is nowhere else we need to be.
An invitation not to escape life,
but to come closer to it.
To inhabit life.
And there are places that ask us to become quiet enough to meet them.
This journey takes us to **El Encano, in the mountains of southern Colombia**, beside the waters of **Laguna de la Cocha**.
Our home for these days lies away from the village, surrounded by water, mountains and vegetation. We reach it by boat.
As the shore disappears behind us, something begins to change.
The noise becomes distant.
The rhythm slows.
And for several days, there is very little between us and the essential things: water, earth, fire, food, weather, other human beings and our own inner world.
This is the spirit of this retreat.
A retreat shaped by the place
We are welcomed into the home of a local Inga family living beside the lagoon.
This is not a resort created for retreats.
It is a living place.
A family home surrounded by land, plants, animals, water and the changing moods of the mountain landscape.
We come here as guests.
For Casa Oraya, this distinction matters.
Rather than creating an environment disconnected from its surroundings, we want to spend these days in relationship with the place that receives us — learning its rhythm, eating simply, walking, observing and allowing the landscape itself to become part of the experience.
There are few distractions here.
No city noise.
No need to rush somewhere else.
The lagoon becomes a horizon we return to again and again.
Five ceremonies with Mauricio
At the heart of our time together will be **five yagé ceremonies accompanied by Mauricio**, who joins us from Putumayo.
Working with the medicine over several ceremonies allows the experience to unfold gradually.
One ceremony does not necessarily explain another.
Each may reveal a different layer.
There can be moments of intensity and moments of extraordinary simplicity. Memories may appear. The body may speak. Emotions may move. Images, sensations or questions may emerge.
And sometimes very little seems to happen.
We make space for all of it.
There is nothing you are expected to see, understand or accomplish.
Rather than searching for a particular experience, we slowly learn how to listen to the experience that is actually taking place.
The days between ceremonies
The space between ceremonies is intentional.
Mornings begin quietly, with meditation and time to return to the body.
The rest of the day may unfold through walking, resting, sharing meals, observing the landscape, writing or drawing.
Those who wish will also be able to explore **painting with natural pigments and nature journaling** — not as an art class or something that needs to be beautiful, but as another way of noticing.
A colour.
A plant.
A texture.
A dream remembered from the night before.
Something seen during ceremony that cannot yet be explained in words.
We may visit the surrounding natural reserve, spend time learning about local plants, enter the waters of the lagoon when conditions allow, or simply remain at the house.
There is no need to transform every moment into an activity.
Some afternoons may be spent doing almost nothing.
That, too, is part of the retreat.
Living together
For several days, we live as a small group.
We eat together.
Travel by boat together.
Move through ceremonies together.
And slowly begin to know one another beyond the usual social introductions.
At the same time, togetherness does not mean constant interaction.
Silence is respected here.
There is space to withdraw, walk alone, sit beside the water or simply observe what is moving internally.
Casa Oraya deliberately keeps the group small because this allows the retreat to remain human.
We can notice one another.
We can accompany someone when support is needed.
And we can preserve the intimacy that this kind of work requires.
Preparation and integration
The journey begins before Colombia.
Every participant has an individual conversation with us before being accepted into the retreat.
We speak about physical and emotional health, medications, previous experiences with plant medicine, personal circumstances, intentions and anything that may be important for us to understand before travelling together.
You will also receive preparation guidance before arrival.
During the retreat, we create spaces to reflect upon what is being experienced — through the body, emotions, personal history, dreams, memories and symbolism — without reducing the journey to one single interpretation.
Some things become clear immediately.
Others continue unfolding long after we leave Colombia.
Integration therefore does not mean finding an explanation for everything.
Sometimes it simply means learning how to stay close to what has been touched.
A journey, not an escape
This retreat is also a journey into another way of inhabiting time.
We arrive by boat.
We wake beside the lagoon.
We notice the weather.
We learn the paths.
We share the same table.
We enter ceremony.
We return.
We sleep.
And we begin again.
Away from many of the structures that normally organise our lives, simple things become visible again.
How we relate to silence.
How we react when there is nothing to distract us.
What our body has been carrying.
What we miss.
What we no longer need.
What feels alive.
Colombia is not a backdrop
We do not come to Colombia merely because it is beautiful or exotic.
And we do not want to romanticise the people or cultures who receive us.
We come as visitors.
With curiosity, gratitude and respect.
The medicine, the territory and the relationships that make this gathering possible existed long before Casa Oraya arrived.
Our responsibility is not to claim them.
It is to enter carefully.
To listen.
To learn.
To respect the home that receives us.
And to leave something good behind us.
Returning
Eventually, the boat takes us back across the lagoon.
But the retreat does not really end there.
We return to our families, relationships, work, cities and ordinary responsibilities.
And perhaps that is where the deeper part of the journey begins.
Not in how extraordinary our experience in Colombia was.
But in what remains when life becomes ordinary again.
What do we listen to differently?
What do we care for differently?
What have we understood about the way we are living?
What deserves more space?
What can become simpler?
El Encano offers us something increasingly rare:
time without constant interruption.
A landscape large enough to become quiet inside.
A small group.
A few essential practices.
The medicine.
And several days in which there is nowhere else we need to be.
An invitation not to escape life,
but to come closer to it.
To inhabit life.
Schedule
Full Program
Check in at 2:00 PM
Check out at 2:00 PM
Our days flow gently, following the rhythm of nature rather than a strict schedule.
Over four days, we will share three ayahuasca ceremonies, including two daytime ceremonies, allowing the forest, the light, and the natural world to become part of the experience.
Plant baths, consciousness workshops, individual guidance, and group integration circles will support and deepen the journey.
In between, we simply live: we share nourishing vegetarian and gluten-free meals, listen to the birds, breathe, rest, contemplate, and reconnect with the beauty of being fully present.
Every element of the retreat is designed to help you slow down, return to yourself, and feel at home within your own life again.
Arrival & Opening the Space
You will arrive on Thursday afternoon and be welcomed into Casa Oraya as you would be welcomed into a home.
Fresh fruit, dried fruit, and herbal tea will be waiting for you as you settle in and begin to slow down.
We will take time to connect individually during a one-on-one arrival session before gathering together as a group.
I will introduce the intention of the retreat, the journey ahead, and the optional plant allies available to gently support the process.
In the late afternoon or evening, we will share our first ayahuasca ceremony and begin our journey together.
The Rhythm of Our Days
Our days are simple and intentional.
For those who wish, mornings may begin with a plant purge or other supportive plant medicines.
During the retreat, we will share three ayahuasca ceremonies, including two daytime ceremonies, allowing nature itself to become part of the experience.
Between ceremonies, we explore different workshops inspired by my own path in medicine.
Sometimes we work with the inner child, sometimes with flowers, sometimes through the body, movement, or self-massage practices.
We also gather for sharing circles throughout the retreat, because integration happens together, through authentic human connection.
On Sunday, we close our journey with a cacao ceremony, a final sharing circle, and a gentle transition back into everyday life.
The retreat may end, but the integration continues.
We stay connected through a group space if the group wishes, and one week later, I reconnect individually with each participant for a personal integration session.
Check in at 2:00 PM
Check out at 2:00 PM
Our days flow gently, following the rhythm of nature rather than a strict schedule.
Over four days, we will share three ayahuasca ceremonies, including two daytime ceremonies, allowing the forest, the light, and the natural world to become part of the experience.
Plant baths, consciousness workshops, individual guidance, and group integration circles will support and deepen the journey.
In between, we simply live: we share nourishing vegetarian and gluten-free meals, listen to the birds, breathe, rest, contemplate, and reconnect with the beauty of being fully present.
Every element of the retreat is designed to help you slow down, return to yourself, and feel at home within your own life again.
Arrival & Opening the Space
You will arrive on Thursday afternoon and be welcomed into Casa Oraya as you would be welcomed into a home.
Fresh fruit, dried fruit, and herbal tea will be waiting for you as you settle in and begin to slow down.
We will take time to connect individually during a one-on-one arrival session before gathering together as a group.
I will introduce the intention of the retreat, the journey ahead, and the optional plant allies available to gently support the process.
In the late afternoon or evening, we will share our first ayahuasca ceremony and begin our journey together.
The Rhythm of Our Days
Our days are simple and intentional.
For those who wish, mornings may begin with a plant purge or other supportive plant medicines.
During the retreat, we will share three ayahuasca ceremonies, including two daytime ceremonies, allowing nature itself to become part of the experience.
Between ceremonies, we explore different workshops inspired by my own path in medicine.
Sometimes we work with the inner child, sometimes with flowers, sometimes through the body, movement, or self-massage practices.
We also gather for sharing circles throughout the retreat, because integration happens together, through authentic human connection.
On Sunday, we close our journey with a cacao ceremony, a final sharing circle, and a gentle transition back into everyday life.
The retreat may end, but the integration continues.
We stay connected through a group space if the group wishes, and one week later, I reconnect individually with each participant for a personal integration session.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Casa Oraya, Catalonia, Spain
Directions
By train from Barcelona 1h00. We will pick you up. You can also come by car directly. we will provide you the road map to get there.
Accommodation
Shared room
Program Price
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
BARCELONA, SPAIN. Our retreats take place in carefully chosen natural settings that support a deep and grounded inner journey. Each space is selected for its calm, beauty, and harmony, creating a safe and open atmosphere. Surrounded by nature, participants are invited to rest, reflect, and reconnect, allowing their process to unfold with ease and trust. Honouring each person's individual journey while creating a safe, intimate and deeply connected experience together.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
We will have fruits salad served along the day. When we will be back from the Temple we will enjoy a good food with local and fresh products prepared with love by our profesional cook.
What's Included
- 3 Ayahuasca ceremonies during the day. Sharing circle everyday, somatic movements individual interview, vegetarian food, meditation and breathing exercises, personal guidance, massage (optional), accommodation.
What's Not Included
- Flights and drive till the venue.
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