SOUL MEDICINE
Ceremonial Psilocybin Retreats,
Nayarit, Mexico
2024 DATES
2nd - 9th March
30th March - 6th April
“We can awaken within the depths of our souls one who is both magic and medicine.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Become who you are
Peel away the layers of conditioning & let go of what is no longer serving you.
Feel the healing embrace of a like-minded community, that will touch the core of your being.
Find stillness to listen inwards and reconnect to your essence.
Move your body in joy and express yourself free and wild.
Embody your true natural self.
Our Intention
SOUL MEDICINE is a ceremonial psilocybin retreat for deep healing and connection to oneself. During our week together we will take you on a multidimensional journey to heal, remember, explore, and grow into your most authentic self.
We are entering into a week-long ceremony that is held in deep reverence to ancestral traditions of the earth. Our safely held container offers a space for our guests to journey into the depths of our inner landscapes, to release any past traumas, pains, and blockages holding us back from living life fully.
Together we co-create a space to weave our souls with somatic movement, meditation, sound, and ritual for personal exploration and expansion. Holding and nourishing each other in a community of like-minded humans.
Our work brings together the worlds of shamanic ritualist work and modern somatic psychology and transpersonal philosophy to offer the most comprehensive tools for long-lasting change and healing.
We are a multidisciplinary team of highly trained medicine keepers, holistic well-being professionals and an incredible plant-based holistic nutrition team to make this a truly immersive, cleansing, supportive, and integrative experience.
We offer a comprehensive post-retreat integration program with skilled experts to guarantee ongoing support of our growing global community.
Our Program
Ancient earth-centered wisdom traditions, the 7 sacred directions, the 5 elements, and our state of interbeing with the nature of all things will guide our time together, forming a program for self-inquiry, deep exploration and reflection. Delicious highly nutritional soul food will be served in accordance with our daily schedule and be shared in family.
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
— Rumi
Why Psilocybin?
The ritualistic use of psilocybin mushrooms dates back 3500 to Mayan culture. K’aizalaj okox, otherwise known as teonanàcatl (psilocybin cubensis) to the Aztecs has been used in Mesoamerican cultures to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness for millenials. Those ancient traditions referred to psilocybin mushrooms as genius or divinatory mushrooms.
Psilocybin mushrooms exist across the whole world, making it a medicine of our collective memory and ancestral heritage, a medicine that belongs to all of us.
Abundant in its nature and interwoven cross-culturally, Psilocybin is one of the most promising natural and non-addictive compounds to support the healing process across multiple physical, emotional, mental and spiritually rooted health conditions. It is proven to be one of the safest and most effective Psychedelics (Entheogen) to work with, allowing us to deeply explore the connection between mind, body and spirit.
For more extensive resources of Psilocybin and Psychedelic assisted therapy please check out our library.
Why Kambo?
Kambo comes from a secretion found on the Giant monkey tree frog of the Amazon Jungle. Often called the vaccine of the forest, this excellent remedy has been used throughout the jungle for thousands of years as a powerful detox for the mind, body, and spirit. In recent years Kambo has found its reach to most of the known world and is slowly being recognized as one of the most potent holistic remedies on earth.
Kambo helps to clean out blockages and trauma we accumulate throughout life. Whether physical, mental, emotional, or energetic. These blockages can be the basis for many health ailments and are often at the root of what is preventing us from growing into our full potential as physical and spiritual beings.
For more extensive resources on Kambo please check out our library.
Space Holders
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Pia
Is a facilitator for ceremonial & embodied awakening experiences. She is a yoga & somatic movement teacher, and a student of non - dual Saiva Tantra and ancient shamanic healing rituals. Pia transmutes ancient practices and traditions into a modern-day language, bridging the gap for deeply transformative and nurturing transcultural experiences.
She is the founder of Our Future Is Ancient - an organization that is weaving a cross-cultural network, preserving ancient wisdom, to fuel individual & collective awakening through transformational experiences, ceremonial gatherings, and workshops. Those creations are here to break with the old linear paradigm and to allow us to expand our minds and explore alternative ways to healing & growth.
Pia will be guiding embodied, somatic-based practices to allow for a deep reconnection to our body-mind, that will remind us of the depth of intuitive wisdom we carry within. She will be sharing ancient and new practices of rituals, song and prayer to activate and integrate Soul awareness and connection.
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Alberto
Alberto set off on a journey to the Andean mountains of South America in search of healing for himself, and the ancestral suffering that had followed his family legacy for generations. It was there that he was first exposed to the world of plant medicine, ritual and ceremonial healing. So deeply moved and inspired by the healing and insights he had received he embarked on a journey of deep exploration into the world of ritual healing and Shamanism. With many trips to the Amazon Jungle and Andean Mountains of Ecuador, Peru he immersed himself into the local culture aligning with many indigenous teachers and mentors.
Alberto is a carrier of the sacred Chanupa, vision quester and fire keeper for The Fuego Sagrado De Itzachilatlan and has fully committed his life to a path of service.
A transformational life coach, Kambo Practitioner with the I.A.K.P, Usui Ryoho Reiki Master and a certified Tantra Yoga instructor.
Through a harmonious fusion of ritual, song and prayer, Alberto creates a transformative vessel for those seeking healing and inner truth.
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Maria
Maria is a dynamic wellness practitioner with a varied background in various avenues of well-being. With an undergraduate degree in psychology, her focus has been on holistic methods of healing which led her to become certified as a Master Nutrition Therapist, Hypnotherapist, and Master Reiki Practitioner in addition to her many years working as a facilitator of plant medicine ceremonies.
Currently working on her certification as a sex, love, and relationship coach Maria continues to be driven to help her clients integrate and embody wellness from the spiritual and ethereal levels through to physiological health by combining all areas of her extensive education in healing mind, body, and spirit.
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Alejandro
Alejandro attentive learner of life, apprentice of American ancestral traditions, consultant in holistic nutrition, Vision Quester of the Red Path. He is a plant-based chef who started his journey learning food preparation in his family with indigenous roots in Paraguay. Later on he trained in various restaurants, realizing that the food was overcharged with stress, tension, and hurry. What was missing in the process of food creation, was intention, attention, and care to provide people with high vibrational food.
Ale has been trained as an expert in Hygienist Nutrition after attending and learning in Espacio Depurativo in Argentina and the Holistic Institute in Spain. He has been facilitating healing retreats focused on the preparation of food and workshops about conscious cooking, gut health, and various therapies that support the healing journey including Reiki, Pranic Healing, Massage and Aromatherapy.
As an expert in nutrition Ale’s mission is to support individuals and families with the aim to deconstruct the false beliefs around food and health, in order to reorganize their connection towards the nourishment of food.
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Marciano
Marciano will be leading our opening and closing Temazcal Ceremonies.
Marciano learned about the temazcal ceremony more than 20 years ago and later started working with fire for 15 years. He has been the custodian of the center of practical studies for a culture of peace (ZUBUYA Nayarit), plastic artist, bio-constructor, musician, teacher, and member of the council of the sacred fire itzachilatlan wirikuta. He started leading temazcal ceremonies ten years ago in different centers, hotels, and yoga retreats, and every Saturday he runs home ceremonies for the family and community of San Pancho and its surroundings, sharing the medicine of Rapé and chanting.
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Nura
Nura has been serving women and men all over the world since 2016, weaving together an array of skills to create unique healing experiences that open the heart, lighten the spirit and refresh the body.
She began her spiritual journey in 2013 when she organically embarked on a pilgrimage that took her to remote wilderness all over the world. During the last 10 years she has lived in remote communities in Turkey, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Colorado, New Mexico & California where she learned ancient traditions, cultures, and healing modalities. She continues to learn from teachers all over the world while also being in an immersive experience with her mother, Nazek Abdullatif from whom she learns to do everything with love. These are the foundations from which all of her offers stand on - lineages of women and elders all over the world who shared with her the essence of life and well-being
Her greatest teacher is Mother Earth, the humans she serves and the elements.
Whats included?
2 Psilocybin Mushroom Ceremonies
1 Psilocybin Sacred Beach Ceremony
2 Temazcal Ceremonies
1 Kambo Ceremony
Cacao Ceremony & Ecstatic Dance
Somatic & Integration Workshops
Meditation & Movement
Beautiful shared or private accommodation in a stunning jungle eco-healing center
Local plant-based food by a wonderful holistic nutrition chef
All herbs + medicines we offer throughout
1 & 1 Consultation before the first ceremony
24/7 Support, Integration expertise + Community
Preparation Package
2 follow-up Integration Circles
Airport shuttle
Our Jungle Abode
Setting is an important part of the healing experience. Our retreats are held in a family run eco-healing center outside of San Pancho, Nayarit. A safe and protected vortex for one to release and let go of old patterns of thinking and old habits that no longer serve us. Surrounded by the healing embrace of Mother Nature.
Food as Medicine
Real food is the ultimate medicine. When prepared with the proper intention, it possesses a potent formula to create a delightful sensation in the belly and bring about radiance. Our carefully created menu of deeply nourishing soul food is an integral part of your journey at Soul Medicine.
Accommodation Options
We will be staying in eco-friendly build, beautiful jungle cabins surrounded by the jungle and complete privacy, with a 15-minute walk to a secluded sacred beach. All cabins have private bathrooms with king/queen-sized beds and some single beds. All accommodation is shared.
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Sofa Bed
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Single Bed
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Queen Bed
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King Bed
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Private Glamping
8 DAYS RETREAT
Payment plans are available for all options
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4x Sofa Bed available in two beautiful and spacious jungle cabins. Shared with up to 5 others depending on bookings. Since we try to keep cabins separated by gender 2 spots for each gender available. The deposit is $600 and payment plans are available.
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6x Single Bed in beautiful and spacious jungle cabin. Shared with up to 5 others. We do our best to keep cabins separated by gender. The deposit is $600 and payment plans are available.
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2x Queensize Bed available in two beautiful and spacious jungle cabins. Shared with up to 3 others. The deposit is $600 and payment plans are available.
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2x Kingsize Bed available in two different gorgeous jungle cabins. Cabin shared with up to 3 others. The deposit is $600 and payment plans are available.
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1x Private Glamping Tent for up to two people available with private shower & electricity. The deposit is $600 and payment plans are available.
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For each retreat, we try and make a few spots available at discounted community rates for anyone facing financial hardships or in need of extra support.
Please reach out to hello@ourfutureisancient.com for more information or visit the tap reciprocity to fill in an application
Important Information
Our retreats are an intimate, highly curated, and safe container of a maximum of 14 participants. Our facilitators are at the location the entire duration of the retreat, providing the maximum attention to our guests.
The closest airport is Puerto Vallarta (1,5hrs) from our final destination. If you can arrive a day early and spend the night in Puerto Vallarta or in San Pancho (the closest town to the retreat) we recommend it to ground and adjust.
Shuttles are at 2:30 pm from Puerto Vallarta airport. People staying in San Pancho prior to the retreat can be picked up at the main entrance of town by the shuttle. Arrival at the retreat is at 4pm. The shuttle on the last day of the retreat leaves at 1pm.
Please read our full terms of service below
Our Approach
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Gathering in ceremony is an integral part of the human experience. The ceremony is our way to remember that we are part of a larger circle, interconnected and whole together. We will be sharing space with sacred healing plants including Psilocybin Mushrooms, Kambo, Cacao, Rapé, Sananga and Chilcuague.
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Prayer is our way to connect inward and establish a connection to the divine. Stepping into our power as creator beings and creating magnetism and communion with the great mystery.
Rituals guide us through life, providing meaning as we make sense of the world around us, as well as the world within.
We will create sacred space together as a family, remembering what it is to be human upon this earth, connected to the vastness within and without.
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It is in community that we are seen and heard fully, where we learn from those around us and exchange stories that connect us to people and places. Our gatherings are curated to nourish this innate need for belonging and honest acceptance so that we can remember what it is to be supported and empowered by those around us. We want to revive the power that is held in these deeply ancestral, indigenous relationships with life, creating containers that inspire real connection and lifelong friendships.
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Reconnecting to the language of the body helps us expand our capacity for self-healing and flow in our lives. We believe in the power of movement and stillness. Following our body wisdom, we will guide you through a journey of expansivity, oneness, and acceptance. Our approach is intuitive, weaving different styles of yoga and intuitive movement including tantra, vinyasa, yin, restorative and kundalini. We embrace a deeply embodied practice, which is not about forcing the body into any shape but tapping into our innate needs and sensations.
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Sound, vision, taste, touch, voice, breath, and movement will thread our time together in a connected community. We will journey through the body and this human existence, into deep presence beyond time and space. We are creating a safe container to feel, explore, process and express authentically - where all the senses are celebrated and deep transformation can take place.
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Reflection and integration are needed while we are moving through a profound process and sharing our experiences, opening up a space of deep connection and trust. This magnitude of healing broadens insight and strengthens the community, which is also why we are including an additional 2 virtual integration circles after the retreat has ended, with ongoing community support. The work begins when we step away from paradise and begin to truly embody the wisdom nature has empowered us with. If you feel called to deepen your integration journey we have trusted experts that share our mission. Find our more here.
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“My week at Soul Medicine was one of the most transformational times of my life. I feel lighter, more expressive and more receptive to love. Through some combination of the people or alchemy that occurs in the jungle in San Pancho, my mental and emotional states are simply changed. Everyone who organized or partnered with the retreat is the real deal. I knew none of these people beforehand, but feel like I left San Pancho with a new family. ”
Jeff Pratt
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"This Soul Medicine retreat was definitely a powerful and transformative journey which took me to the unknown shoreside of my inner self. It felt like embodying a new flesh, taming new sensations, embracing new forms on a constant discovery or rediscovery of scents and visions as if the world was unveiling itself for the first time before my eyes. It felt like my inner child dialogue was finally able to establish and reconnect with the most anchored sensations within my body, a new breath that gives courage and strength. The jungle played a huge role in that part, being a constant source of inspiration and infinite consolation. Such a strong and powerful fauna and flora that envelops, protects, caresses, heals. The unknown suddenly became very familiar. The people attending to this adventure rapidly evolved into family members sharing fragments of life that collide, understand each other, melt, rise, enrich each other. A shared fragility, a familiar perfume that embalms and elates us, subtly clearing a secure path towards a new form of autonomy. A metamorphosis full of promises, tears, laughs, smiles and an utter rage for life that will remain etched in my heart and flesh for eternity.”
Elisa Henny
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"What has started as a trip to basically keep a promise I made a while ago, turned into the deepest healing experience I have had in my life. Fun fact: although I had expected demons from my past to pop up, it very much caught me by surprise. It was more revealing and thus more painful and beautiful at the same time than I could have imagined, being outside my comfort-zone for most of the time. Transformation comes at a price, a price I would gladly pay over and over again, since the outcome is nothing short of amazing! The amount of love and hard work Roni and Pia put into the facilitating of this retreat is unbelievable, I felt safe and taken good care of in every moment. All ceremonies were beautifully designed and facilitated, they offered so many activities it was almost too much - which only shows how deeply they devoted themselves to the idea of offering every participant the best experience possible. The whole team consisted of beautiful souls, whom I send love and gratitude.”
Tim Schulte
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"The Soul medicine retreat was the best thing I have ever done for myself. I am full of gratitude thinking back about the time with my soul medicine family. Waking up to the sounds of the jungle, spending the day with beautiful souls and getting to know the power of plant medicine in a safe and unique environment did change my life for the better (spiritually and personally). I am thankful for Pia and Roni who have put so much love into creating this retreat, thankful for Mar for sharing her knowledge and her home, for Alberto and his power to work with fire, for Shane and his positive energy."
Jessica Sidon
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“Believe me from the deepest of my heart, put this one on your top list, it is my best investment ever. This Soul Medicine retreat is the highest one on earth. I have done many, many spiritual classes, yoga practices and meditations, and here I have lived the most powerful experience of my entire life. I have connected with my soul essence, my color, my perfume, with the energies of creation and the power of love in every cell of my body. Every activity was perfect and very well managed - The place, the food, and the team are awesome. It is very safe. I have so much gratitude for all the support and love that I received. All my Gratitude to Pia, Veronica, Mar, Alberto, Shane, Marciano and Aura. A'ho.”
Sylvain Payette
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“I felt so deeply held and seen, whether that was through silent space holding or deep conversation dives. If you’re looking to remember how loved and special you are on this Earth, I cannot recommend Soul Medicine enough. Thank you for sharing the abundance of love you have and may it continue to radiate through future retreats.”
Dillan Watts
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“Soul Medicine was a truly an experience for the soul. Everything was held with deep intention and genuine love and care. I felt safe and at ease with the facilitators and made connections that I cherish. Through this experience I witnessed and experienced transformations, healing and deep inquiry in many forms.”
Linda Hsu
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"I knew right away that this retreat was going to be unique and a very deep dive into one’s true nature. The group of facilitators, each having varied talents unto themselves, when brought all together created a safe container, like a womb for us, the participants, to rebirth ourselves. I arrived contracted, anxious, and fearful, and left connected to my own life force and that of all beings and the planet itself. We trusted to share our dark and vulnerable places, we opened our hearts to strangers and became family. I am so grateful to each and every one who was there, staff, facilitators, participants, the medicines, and the spirit guides. The ceremony, the respect for all elements of our planet that support us. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the fire that feeds our soul, the earth that feeds our body. Every aspect of my being was nourished."
Susan Norton
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“The week I spent at Soul Medicine sparked a beautiful transformation within, opening my heart and mind to the deep emotional and spiritual healing and awakening I’d been searching for. Surrounded by compassion, support, laughter, safety and wisdom while holding space for my vulnerability and healing, allowing me to trust myself and others in a capacity I have never known. I walked away from the jungle with memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. This beautiful community and family will always be in my heart.”
Rhiannon Deschenes
Booking
Reserve your spot
If you are unsure about your suitability for our retreats or you would like to schedule a discovery call with one of our team members first you can book a call here.
We understand that taking a leap of faith and signing up for a retreat like this can feel scary. We would love to support you in whichever way we can.
Do you need financial assistance?
Payment plans are available through our booking system. For individual agreements please reach out to us hello@ourfutureisancient.com
Mexican citizen? Please check out our reciprocity program.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Your retreat fee includes a $600 non-refundable part of your deposit which covers application processing and administrative fees. In case of any questions, please reach out to hello@ourfutureisancient.com Our office team will be of assistance.
Should you wish to cancel your participation on the retreat dates that you booked, we offer the following options:
Cancel 60 days or more in advance – 75% refund or balance is credited for transfer to another retreat within one calendar year minus the non-refundable deposit.
Cancel 30 days in advance— 50% refund or balance is credited for transfer to another retreat within one calendar year minus the non-refundable deposit.
Cancel 21 - 14 days or before the retreat, You will receive a 25% refund or the balance is credited for transfer to another retreat within one calendar year minus the non-refundable deposit.
No refund will be issued for cancellation within 14 days before the start of the retreat.
We recommend all participants have travel insurance before joining us, to protect their retreat from unseen circumstances.
Resources
Learn more about the plant medicines involved in our gathering and browse our recommended reading and listening list.
Questions?
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