Attune · Immerse · Anchor
San Pedro (Huachuma)
The Illuminator shows you what is true. Twelve weeks make sure you live it.
April 9-16, 2027 · Ten guests maximum · Playa Grande, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
You can see where you want to go. The way there is less clear.
Your mind is busy. You overthink, overdo, and overprocess, and something still stays stuck. You may have talked it through for years, in therapy or with people you trust, and something is still missing. You do not quite feel your own essence, the fire of your own light.
San Pedro (Huachuma) calls people who are ready to quiet the noise, see what is true, and take action.
You may recognize yourself here
- Your mind rarely rests, and thinking it through no longer moves you forward.
- You know what you want, and you cannot yet see the path to it.
- You have had a breakthrough before, in ceremony or elsewhere, and watched it fade.
- You know better, and you are tired of not doing better.
- Grief, sadness, anger, guilt, or resentment are waiting to be felt.
- Your days leave little room for rest, play, or presence.
- You want to be held safely, in daylight, close to the land.
- You are ready to reclaim your boundaries, speak your truth, and hold yourself accountable.
The reason to choose San Pedro is a pull toward this medicine. Not certain this is your medicine? Your alignment call is where we decide together.
San Pedro (Huachuma), the Illuminator.
San Pedro (Huachuma) is a sacred cactus of the Andes, a plant that grows upright toward the sun and is fueled by light. The medicine is often described as a gentle heart opener. Both can be true, and neither is the whole story. San Pedro is a master teacher of truth, illuminating what is out of balance or out of alignment with truth, love, and integrity, so you can see clearly and feel who you are at your core.
The medicine meets you at your pace, your capacity, and your intention. Some moments are gentle and some are stern, and both serve the work. Ceremony runs about eight hours, and the effects of the medicine can last twelve hours or more.
A teacher of truth. A path back to your own power.
What the medicine teaches
- Truth: feeling it, seeing it, and knowing when something is true and when it is not
- Ownership of your choices, words, thoughts, and actions
- Healthy boundaries, spoken clearly and with compassion
- The power of choice, down to every thought
- Forgiveness of yourself and others
- Meeting the younger parts of yourself with understanding
- Where you give your power away, and how to call it back
- Having your own back: trusting yourself and finding safety within
What the medicine asks of you
Reciprocity. The medicine gives as much as you give. San Pedro asks for presence, honesty, and responsibility: to root down, own what you see, and let yourself feel it. The path also asks for the physical capacity for three long ceremony days on a fast, and for your commitment to all twelve weeks. If you do not have the time, space, or capacity for your part of the work right now, the timing may not be right yet. The twelve weeks are where you give it.
Held in the light of day.
Each ceremony begins at 8:30am on a day of fasting, outdoors with the land, with a fruit offering at 1:00pm and a full day of integration after.
Ceremony One
The first opening. Building trust with the medicine and letting the body settle into the land.
Ceremony Two
A deeper day with the medicine, with the safety of the first ceremony already in your body.
Ceremony Three
The closing ceremony, gathering what has been illuminated and carrying it toward home.
Around the ceremonies: fruit offerings, breathwork, gentle yoga, art therapy, time for rest, healing or one-to-one support, beach sunsets, a private chef, and your own ocean-view suite.
“I feel more alive, joyful, grateful and full of love than I have in my entire life.”
Kim · San Pedro immersion guestAttune. Immerse. Anchor. Every part has a purpose.
Preparation names the change you came for and sharpens the intention. The retreat opens the door. Anchor builds what you saw into how you decide, speak, and live. Your guardians and your cohort hold you through all of it.
Preparation
- A 45-minute intake call
- 2 personal guardian calls
- 4 weekly cohort sessions
- Preparation guidebooks
- Microdose ally
The retreat
- 8 days, 7 nights in Playa Grande
- 3 daytime San Pedro ceremonies
- All-inclusive
Follow-through
- 3 individual tracking calls
- 6 cohort sessions, twice a month
- Integration guidebooks
- Microdose ally
Cohort sessions
Live online with your guardians and your cohort. Weekly in Attune, 60 to 75 minutes. Twice a month in Anchor, 75 to 90 minutes. Session times are confirmed at registration. A summary and resources are shared with the group after every session.
Personal calls
One-to-one video calls with your primary guardian, booked at times that suit you. A 45-minute intake call and two 30-minute personal calls in Attune; three 30-minute tracking calls in Anchor.
Microdose ally
Psilocybin, ordered from our partner once your registration is confirmed, following the Fadiman protocol: one day on, two days off. The microdose pauses 5 to 7 days before the retreat and resumes after your first Anchor session, as your guardian guides.
Between sessions
Pod pair-ups, a WhatsApp community, daily routines and goals, and resource materials to work with at your own pace.
“This amount of people allowed actual community to be built between all of us.”
First cohort guestPreparation. Setting the compass.
Attune builds the foundation. We focus on readiness in body and mind, presence in daily life, and honing the intention for the work ahead. Safety is built individually and as a community, through one-to-one and group connection, with the support of your microdose ally.
Directing the Compass
✦ Microdose begins
The Lens of Observation
The Body-Mind Connection
Anchoring Your Intentions
✦ Microdose pauses before the retreat
Included in Attune
- A 45-minute intake call
- 2 personal guardian calls
- 4 weekly cohort sessions, live online
- Preparation guidebooks
- Psilocybin microdose ally
- Daily routines and personal goals
The outcome
A compass set. You arrive in Costa Rica grounded, connected to your circle, and clear on the direction you are headed.
Eight days, held in rhythm.
Three ceremonies, each followed by a full day of integration. A steady rhythm of opening, resting, and weaving the experience back into the body.
Arrival
2:30pm · Pickup, Liberia Airport
4:30pm · Welcome refreshments
5:00pm · Group welcome
6:00pm · Dinner
Ceremony One
Day of fasting
8:30am · Ceremony One
1:00pm · Fruit offering
5:30pm · Ceremony close
6:30pm · Dinner
Integration & Breath
10:00am · Group integration
1:30pm · Rest, healing or 1:1
3:30pm · Breathwork
5:00pm · Gentle yoga
6:00pm · Dinner
Ceremony Two
Day of fasting
8:30am · Ceremony Two
1:00pm · Fruit offering
5:30pm · Ceremony close
6:30pm · Dinner
Integration
10:00am · Group integration
1:30pm · Rest, healing or 1:1
3:00pm · Art therapy
4:45pm · Beach sunset
6:00pm · Dinner
Ceremony Three
Day of fasting
8:30am · Ceremony Three
1:00pm · Fruit offering
5:30pm · Ceremony close
6:30pm · Dinner
Celebration
7:30am · Morning beach
10:00am · Group integration
2:00pm · Breathwork
4:45pm · Beach sunset
6:00pm · Dinner celebration
Departure
8:30am · Breakfast
9:30am · Closing circle
11:00am · Departure
Schedule is a guide and may shift with the needs of the group.
Anchor: eight weeks of follow-through.
Anchor is the emergence of the new self, and empowerment for the way forward. We take what the medicine illuminated and build it into how you decide, speak, and live, with the microdose ally offering structure and clarity. Community deepens through group sessions, pod pair-ups, and three individual tracking calls that help each guest walk the path of empowerment and build their own resource toolkit.
Begins after the retreat · Twice a month, live online
The Integration Pathway
✦ Microdose resumes after this session
Listening and Pattern Re-Programming
Moving Through Contractions, Authentic Power and Acceptance as Freedom
Personal Integrity and Discernment
Truth, Purpose and Aligning Actions
Celebration
Included in Anchor
- 3 individual tracking calls
- 6 cohort sessions, live online
- Integration guidebooks
- Psilocybin microdose ally
- Pod pair-ups and WhatsApp community
Tools you will build
- Commitments you name, keep, and track
- Daily micro habits
- Healthy, compassionate communication
- Good boundaries for healthy relationships
- Your own personal resource toolkit
You name what needs to change to live in joy, clarity, and abundance, and you begin to change it.
Your guardians, across all twelve weeks.
Dana and Jason are your Empowered Path guardians, from intake to your final call. They know your story, your intentions, and how you meet pressure, so nothing surfaces without context and care. At the retreat, Chase holds the ceremonies and Hanne leads breathwork.
Dana Mistretta
Dana brings twenty-seven years in wellness, eight of them devoted to sacred plant medicine. In 2018 she moved to Peru to apprentice with Huachuma alongside other plant teachers.
Co-founder of the Sanctuary of Consciousness, she walks the Beauty Way guided by her Indigenous teachers, with vulnerability, embodiment, and warm presence.
Jason Ocaña
A retired firefighter paramedic, Jason spent years on the front line learning how trauma lives in the body and what steadiness makes possible.
He co-founded Ananda Lodge with Kimberly and brings calm strength to ceremony, with deep experience in group medicine work and one-to-one microdose protocols.
Chase Moore
A Tennessee native trained by master teacher Bernhard Karshagen, Chase has worked exclusively with San Pedro for over a decade and completed extensive traditional diets.
He carries the Huachuma lineage and holds the ceremonies with kindness, humility, and a steady, attuned presence.
Hanne
A professional dancer certified in breathwork, Hanne guides breath, meditation, and somatic movement as a fully embodied path to healing.
She leads the breathwork of the retreat, helping guests move what the mind alone cannot.
Limited spaces, held with intention.
What is included
- All-inclusive eight-day stay
- Intake call
- Attune preparation and Anchor integration
- Preparation and integration guidebooks
- Roundtrip group shuttle from Liberia Airport (departs 2:30pm on arrival day, returns 11:00am on departure day)
- Art therapy
- Two breathwork sessions
- Onsite group and individual integration
Not included
- Plant medicine fee, $150, paid onsite
- Microdose medicine from our partner, about $100 plus shipping for 30 capsules
- Private transport for flights outside the shuttle times
- Onsite add-on services, optional
The full twelve weeks: intake, Attune, the all-inclusive eight-day retreat, and Anchor. Ten guests maximum, with two places held for partial scholarships of up to 30% off.
Attune begins March 9 · Retreat April 9 to 16
Six steps to begin.
Apply
Share your story, the change you want, and your intentions.
Alignment call
A conversation with Kimberly to explore fit, and which medicine is calling you.
Enroll
Accepted applicants receive an invitation to reserve one of ten places with a 50% deposit.
Intake
A call with an Empowered Path guardian, including health and safety screening.
Registration confirmed
You receive microdose ordering steps, your session dates and Zoom links, and a link to book your first guardian call.
Begin Attune
Preparation opens with your guardians and your cohort.
Part of The Empowered Path, our twelve-week program across three medicines.
The Empowered Path · San Pedro (Huachuma)
Attune · Immerse · Anchor · Playa Grande, Costa Rica
- April 9-16, 2027 · Ten guests maximum · Registration closes March 26, 2027
- $6,111 · two places held for partial scholarships
Or reach us at info@anandalodgecr.com · WhatsApp +506 6211 3733 · US +1 239 398 8847
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