🌵1 Day Private Huachuma (San Pedro) Ceremony with overnight stay at The Lighthouse

Retreat Highlights

• 🌵 1 Huachuma Ceremony
• 🌵 All meals (vegetarian or vegan)
• 🌵 1 Overnight stay
• 🌵 Should you need it; we offer a 45 minute 1-on-1 online integration or guidance session after the retreat
• Preparing for Your Journey
• Before the ceremony, we take time to fully prepare you—offering guidance, tools, and insight to help you navigate the Huachuma experience with confidence and clarity. Your well-being is central to everything we do, and we aim to ensure you feel safe, supported, and informed every step of the way.
• Ceremony Flow
• We begin each ceremony by giving thanks to the spirit of the plant and honoring the path that has brought us together. You’ll have the opportunity to share your intentions, if you feel called to, in a respectful and supportive space.
• After drinking the Huachuma brew, you’ll be invited to rest on your mattress and let the medicine gently unfold its effects. Each ceremony is held in an atmosphere of safety, with one experienced facilitator for every three participants—ensuring attentive care throughout your journey.
• A Non-Shamanic Approach, Rooted in Respect
• While we deeply honor traditional shamanic practices of South America, our approach is different. We do not claim to replicate shamanic ceremonies, as we believe that sacred traditions should be upheld only by authentic, indigenous shamans—who are rare and often misrepresented in the West. Instead, our focus is on creating a loving, distraction-free environment that allows the medicine and your inner wisdom to guide the process.
• Sound, Silence, and Nature
• Your journey will be supported by a gentle balance of live music, carefully curated recorded music, moments of silence, and connection with the natural surroundings. At times, we may take quiet walks around the beautiful grounds of The Lighthouse, allowing you to feel the deep presence of nature—the earth beneath you, the sky above, and the stillness within.
• Ceremonies typically last between 8 to 12 hours, depending on the individual experience.
• Integration & Grounding
• After the ceremony, there will be ample time for grounding, nourishment, rest, and sharing. We provide a supportive space to reflect on your insights and begin integrating what you’ve experienced. You’ll also have time to connect with others—or simply to meet the new version of yourself in quiet peace.

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Isher

Chuma

Marijke

Isher

Hi, this is Isher. I'm particularly interested in working with people who have a history of depression, addiction or people who are just looking take hold of their lives again. Anyone who's interested in exploring their inner urge to expand their consciousness without the fear of being judged will always have my full attention and loving respect. After living 30 years of my life living with recurring depression, a feeling of not belonging and a general sense of not knowing who i am or why i'm here, i decided it was time to do some serious work on myself and. I started meditating and it certainly helped with being able to witness myself and my behavioral patterns and moods. But why was i having these patterns and moods? What was underneath them? I came across a man called Dr Gabor Mate (An expert in trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development) around 8 years. This lead me to the use of plant medicines. First with Ayahuasca (which showed my the roots cause of my behavior patterns as well as helping me shed my mental and spiritual pollution that i felt society had installed in me. Then with San Pedro/Huachuma which i feel made me complete again and gave me my clear focus, mental strength and a purpose in life. I decided to focus mainly on working with San Pedro as i have so much respect for the gentle and patient nature of the medicine. I don't claim to be a shaman like in the South America traditional sense. I totally respect the shamanic ways and have work and journeyed with Shamans, but I feel this tradition is a sacred one that is so often exploited and by westerners. Shamanic ceremonies should only be conducted by genuine shamans of which they are few a far between in my experience. I also feel that experiencing your journey with loving support and with as little distractions or interference as possible gives the participants the deepest and most transformational experience. I'm descried as being a gentle giant and a big open heart. I offer plenty experience working with medicines as well as safety and protection. I'm originally from the UK but now living in Portugal where we have the perfect location to truly work with this medicine at it's best. I strongly believe in everyone's individual reality, and that everything is just how it's supposed to be. I feel that we should try our best to embrace our fears and emotions, not run away or drown in to them and we should always show gratitude to the human experience. Life and awareness truly is a blessing. Blessing on your travels Isher

Chuma

Chuma is the 2nd gentle giant (next to Isher) at The Lighthouse. Chuma is a master teacher in joy and authenticity. He will be in and around the house, so please be aware if you're allergic or afraid of dogs.

Marijke

Hi, my name is Marijke. I guess you could say I started my healing journey back in 2005 when after experiencing a burn out cause by then career, many bouts of depression and a heavy relationship with cannabis, I decided there must be something else, this can't be it! I enrolled on a 2 year course at a school of living art in The Netherlands. It was here that really started to take a deep look inside myself. Later, I heard someone talk about a life changing experience with a plant medicine called Ayahuasca. I was intrigued and felt a strong calling to try for myself. I combined the sessions with psycho therapy initially and I'm glad I did so as I could really open up to my therapist as well as help me keep my feet on the floor. I eventually became a facilitator at the same centre in which I took my first Ayahuasca session and then became a ceremony leader for 5 years. I also met Isher here and we struck up a strong friendship. I later worked as a facilitator at another centre in The Netherlands, this working with different shamans from Peru. Now I'm working with Huachuma at The Lighthouse. All in all I've guided hundreds of participants through their plant medicine journeys. On a personal level, plant medicines have helped me see different perspectives, have a healthier acceptance of myself and therefore others. I'm kinder to myself and my shadow side. I realise that the world didn't change but the way I look at it now makes it easier to live in. I feel like I've received healing on many different levels. I like to keep it real, I'm down to earth and have a strong protecting energy. I love to see people regain their inner power and strength. I know that it's a big decision to embark on a medicine journeys and that you should research strong as to whether or not this is right for you but I also know that if you do feel strongly about doing it and that you're well prepared and physically healthy enough, you could receive some real benefit from them.

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