Our approach
At Ancient Mother, we offer guided plant medicine retreats with Ayahuasca and Huachuma (San Pedro). We provide a carefully held and supportive setting, with personal screening and preparation before the retreat, experienced guidance during the ceremonies, and attention to integration afterwards.
We don’t believe there is one particular experience you should have or a predetermined outcome a retreat should lead to. Plant medicine experiences can be beautiful, challenging, confusing, profound or surprisingly ordinary.
Our role is not to tell you what your experience means, but to create the conditions in which you can explore it for yourself.
What matters to us
Every experience is different
No two ceremonies are the same, just as no two people are the same. We don’t promise healing, transformation or a breakthrough. We meet you where you are and support you through whatever the experience brings.
Preparation and integration matter
The retreat itself is only part of the process. Before you arrive, we carefully screen your health, medication and personal circumstances and help you prepare for the experience. Afterwards, we offer guidance on integrating what happened, or sometimes what didn’t happen, into everyday life.
The ceremonies
Our ceremonies combine experienced guidance, music, personal attention and a carefully held setting. We stay close when support is needed and give you space when it isn’t. Rather than directing the experience, we aim to provide the support and attention that allow you to go through it in your own way.
