Km. 154, Autopista Torreón - Jiménez, entre las poblaciones de Escalón, Chihuahua y Ceballos, Durango, México.
Up to 15 in group
February 21 - 23, 2025
About this Retreat
Dr. Gerardo Sandoval Isaac, OB/GYN
AKA "Dr. Gerry", is a true pioneer of Toad Medicine and a licensed OB/GYN surgeon practicing in Mexico. He has worked with sacred medicines for over twenty years and specializes in Toad Medicine and Peyote Ceremonies. Dr. Gerry is a shaman and medicine man that has traveled the world sharing sacred medicines with others, including Mike Tyson, celebrities, and politicians. He is passionate about environmental issues surrounding the toad. He stands firmly behind the ethical sourcing of sacred toad medicine. In 2018, he purchased Rancho Bufo Alvarius in Sonora to ethically harvest Toad Medicine. He has written three books on toad medicine, including The God Molecule and The Bufo Medicine Codex and has appeared in VICE's Hamilton's Pharmacopeia and High Society, as well as documentaries from Channel 4 and Strg_f. Dr. Gerry was also the first guest on Mike Tyson's HotBoxin' Podcast.
Kate is the creator of Sacred Heart Sonora and a plant medicine guide specializing in the living medicine Bufo Alvarius. She is a MFTT obtaining a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy and provides intake and integration services for clients. She believes in pairing talk therapy with medicine and is interested in intersection of psychology, shamanism, and psychedelics. Kate has worked with Bufo Alvarius since 2018, has held space in over 1,300 ceremonies, and completed her training with the medicine over the course of many years with her partner who is a medical doctor and pioneer of Bufo Alvarius with over 20 years of experience.
Kate is an advocate of Sonoran Desert Toad Conservation and the ethical collection of medicine. She has spent the last four summers promoting conservation efforts at Rancho Bufo Alvarius in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora. She has appeared in documentaries by VICE, Channel 4, and Strg_f.
Details of this retreat
Sacred Heart Sonora invites you to Zona de Silencio in Durango, Mexico for stargazing, traditional temazcal, and a sacred peyote ceremony with Dr. Gerry. This is a 3 Day and 2 Night Retreat with hostel and camping options.
The retreat is being held at Complejo Ecoturístico Zona del Silencio located in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve. The Silent Zone is a special area where radios and electronics sometimes do not work due to strong local magnetic fields. Within an unspecified area within the Zone, radio signals fail to travel through the air, creating a type of dark zone. It is geographically located just north of the Tropic of Cancer and shares the same latitude south of the 30th parallel as the Egyptian pyramids, the sacred cities of Tibet, and the Bermuda Triangle. UFO sightings have been reported in the area citing strange lights, floating orbs, and flying saucers. The Zona de Silencio is also known for meteorite activity and word class stargazing.