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Join us for an intimate wellness experience with Shipibo master healer Orfelinda Sanancino Cauper from Pullcalpa, Peru. Orfelinda and our trauma-informed team will lead an all-inclusive 8 day/7 night experience with the Peruvian medicine of Ayahuasca.
Focused on safety, intimacy, and the knowledge of somatic trauma wellness, Ananda introduces you to the new paradigm of plant medicine care.
In a culture that is fast-paced, high intensity, and focused on outcomes, disconnection from self is becoming rampant. At Ananda Lodge we believe in the power of the sacred pause and reconnecting with nature, and self, as potent medicines lost in much of today’s society.
At Ananda Lodge your safety and care is our utmost priority. With a 2:1 ratio of healers and facilitators to guests, we believe that each person deserves to be seen, acknowledged, and to receive the highest level of care. Limiting our retreat to only 8 participants not only allows for the highest level of trauma-informed care, but also for our master healers to spend time getting to know you and supporting your work.
Each member of the Ananda Lodge CARE team is trained in somatic, trauma-informed plant medicine facilitation, ensuring your ability to go deep with the medicine in a safe environment. Our philosophy is that of a comprehensive approach in which we empower our guests before, during, and after the retreat with tools and resources that reunite them to their inner wellness intelligence.
At Ananda our sanctuary is purposefully designed to provide guests with the ideal setting to embark on deep, soul-level healing journeys.
With thoughtful intention to every detail, we aim to create a nurturing space to safely go deep with the medicine. Our trauma-informed process focuses on education, tools, and resources that empower you to access the inner intelligence of the body combined with the wellness benefits of the medicine. At Ananda we believe in your sovereignty and being an ally throughout your wellness journey.
Choosing the right retreat center is an important step in the wellness process that should not be overlooked. At Ananda Lodge we work with some of the most respected and powerful healers (Onanyas) from the Shipibo tribe in the Peruvian Amazon. The medicine we work with is of the highest quality and is never mixed with anything other than the vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, and chacruna leaves, Psychotria viridis.
Nowadays ayahuasca ceremonies can vary greatly, and are becoming much more readily available in countries outside of South America. However, more and more unsafe practices are taking place. At Ananda Lodge we aim to be a bridge, where not only sacred medicine practices are honored and upheld, but the indigenous healers we work with are cared for, uplifted, and supported through Ayni, or sacred reciprocity efforts.
Oni, in Shipibo, is the name for the Ayahuasca brew. At Ananda Lodge Retreats, we operate with the highest level of integrity when serving medicine. Ayahuasca medicine that is brewed for our retreats is done with sacred reverence and prayer to provide deep wellness for those who consume it.
Following many years of intense diets in the jungle, Shipibo healers are known to be some of the most highly skilled energetic surgeons. Through the singing of their icaros, or sacred wellness songs, the curendera(o) channels their connection with the medicine and plant and animal spirits to heal traumatic imprints and energetic blockages. Through their singing, they guide the medicine to extract illness, repair the spirit, and harmonize the energy body.
While ayahuasca by itself can be considered deeply wellness, it is the skill and level of mastery of the curandera(o) that profoundly impacts the depth of wellness.
The Shipibo-Conibo are indigenous people who originate from the Peruvian Amazon. Formerly two groups, Shipibo and Conibo, they eventually merged to become one tribe known as some of the most powerful healers in the world. They are the third-largest indigenous group in the Peruvian Amazon, comprising 36,000 people across more than 150 communities.
The Shipibo Tribe is deeply rooted in their spiritual beliefs of wellness with plants and their reverence for plant and animal spirits. and gain their wellness powers and wisdom directly from the plants. Evident through their icaros, or wellness songs, and traditional textiles, or kenes, the Shipibo believe in the concept of an all-encompassing reality of oneness. The kene plays a crucial role in bringing these concepts into tangible, physical form often evident in the visuals experienced by the pasajeros.
Through their work with energy, they can cure a wide range of ailments, from physical to psycho-spiritual. The Shipibo follow a very specific progression of wellness work with pasajeros that ensures the utmost safety, protection, and deepest access to removing trauma burdens and emotional imprints.
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“Mayan culture was very mycophilic, and they revered mushroom stones for divination, for spirituality, and also to be able to predict incoming armies and how to strategize against them.” Paul Stamets, Fantastic Fungi.
At Ananda Lodge, we hold the integration journey with the same reverence and sacredness as we have towards the plants and the ceremony itself.
Integration is a sacred endeavor to be honored with time, commitment, compassion, and grace. In the process of integration, we grow a deeper relationship with ourselves and a deeper understanding of our true essence.
Post retreat we offer 3 levels of tiered integration, embodiment, and transformation programs to deepen weave together the wisdom from the sacred plants.
Our Ripple Effect wellness Packages place a strong emphasis on the Somatic process, the intricate relationship between the body and mind, and empowering pasajeros to reunite with the innate intelligence of the body.
At Ananda Lodge we don’t believe in offering one-off integration sessions. Instead we believe in building relationships and threads of continuity that support your ongoing wellness and CARE.
If you are looking for integration support with a Plant Medicine Specialist, choose from a package below:
3 Session Package: $450
5 Session Package: $650 (14% savings)
7 Session Package: $850 (20% savings)
Discounts given if bought at time of retreat registration
A guided journey of somatic exploration, embodiment, and empowerment. For those wanting to harness the keys of nervous system regulation, this program is designed for you.
Work 1:1 with a Somatic Specialist on a journey of empowerment where you will learn how to tap into your innate somatic wisdom, release patterns of trauma and walk away with increased capacity, resiliency, and overall vitality.
PRICE: $1250
Payment plans available
Discounts given if bought at time of retreat registration
Our flagship offering, this program offers you a guided 6 month journey to wholistic wellness and whole-being transformation.
In this program we will uncover old ways of being, energy patterns, and traumatic imprints that are keeping you from your most vital self. In this program we uniquely explore the interplay between the ancient wisdom of the energy body, with the Native American medicine wheel, and how to use plants, foods, and herbs as catalysts for wellness and transformation.
A complete approach to whole system transformation, this program empowers you to unlock the keys to personal regeneration, self liberation, and alignment with your innate soul purpose.
PRICE: $3495
Payment plans available
Discounts given if bought at time of retreat registration
Trauma-informed care is not a ‘check the box’ process. At Ananda trauma-informed is a way of being and is woven into our entire Continuity of CARE process.
At Ananda Lodge Retreats, we believe in providing a level of care that is unprecedented in the plant medicine retreat business. Our process emphasizes intimacy, preparation through education and somatic resourcing, onsite individual and group processing, and post retreat integration for a wholistic and comprehensive approach to your care.
We view compassion as the cornerstone of wellness. Compassion for self and others allows us to see beyond separateness and to forgive ourselves and fellow human beings
We acknowledge that trauma-imprints are universal, with us each carrying wounds, visible or invisible. We acknowledge the power of being witnessed and the wellness capacity available to us all.
With reverence, we bow to Mother Earth and to the plants that provide wellness. In reverence, we bow to ourselves for the innate healers that we are, and to the Divine for the guidance on our journey.
We believe somatic embodiment creates a roadmap for lasting integration and wellness. When we walk the path with wisdom, we are able to heal for the generations before, and those after us.
Starting with a thorough intake process, our goal is to begin learning about you, your background, and how we can best support your journey. Following the intake process, you will receive an individual 75-minute somatic preparation session. This session will help you define a clear intention and how to leverage your unique resources to go deeper with the medicine.
Throughout your stay, you will have access to 1:1 sessions with an assigned trauma-informed CARE member who will be with you throughout. These sessions are optional, and designed to provide additional support as you process feelings/sensations/insights from your experiences.
We understand that continued care post-retreat is critical in your journey of plant medicine work. Following your departure, it is our pleasure to continue supporting your unique path of integration.
As part of our continuity of CARE experience, you will receive two additional 1:1 integration sessions with a trauma-informed somatic integration specialist, invitations to our monthly community gatherings, and access to our Ripple Effect wellness Packages.
Iggy is a Certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner specialized in Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Care. Passionate about empowering others on their path to wholeness, her work focuses on the reparative power of connection to support individual’s Inner wellness Wisdom.
Her transformational Journey transitioned from a corporate career into immersing herself within her own wellness and the Medicine Path, studying with Shipibo Maestros, undergoing extended Dietas, and diving into the Mystic Traditions across different lineages and practices.
Informed by her personal quest for Complex Trauma Recovery she has extensive training in different Integrative, Somatic and Trauma Resolution Modalities, as well as a wide expertise weaving this knowledge into Plant Medicine Care through years of working as a Lead Facilitator in Ayahuasca Retreats and providing Preparation and Integration Support.
Born in Chile and raised a nomad, Iggy is based in the Island of Mallorca where she enjoys her time integrating the love she has for Nature, Music, Yoga, Astrology and Somatic Trauma-Informed Care.
As an empathic medicine woman, Kimberly draws upon her studies within holistic health coaching, yoga, and nervous system harmonization. Experiencing the depths of corporate burnout, she turned to ancient wellness traditions and plant medicine for soul reconnection and transformation.
Since leaving corporate, Kimberly has dedicated her life to being of service to the plants through her studies in the Shipibo-Konibo lineage and through founding Ananda Lodge. She’s a trauma-informed plant medicine coach and integration specialist, certified sound wellness therapist, and a clinical herbalist in training. Kimberly cares deeply about holding a safe space for others so that they may process trauma and re-access the wellness wisdom within.
Guided by indigenous wisdom, she learned to listen to nature’s whispers and harness its wellness energies. Now, Kimberly shares her gifts, guiding others on their paths of self-discovery, wellness, and empowerment.
Shannon Davies is a Certified Hakomi Somatic Coach and Plant Medicine Integration Provider who divides her time between Kauai, Hawaii, and Costa Rica. She is a lead CARE team member at Ananda Lodge wellness Center, specializing in Somatic Trauma Coaching and Plant Medicine Preparation and Integration. Shannon is committed to creating a safe and supportive environment for wellness and self-discovery.
With over 25 years of experience working with Ayahuasca, she emphasizes safety and ethics in plant medicine retreats and ceremonies. She employs a holistic approach and a comprehensive understanding of trauma through the body-mind connection. Her approach empowers individuals to reconnect with their inner wisdom, address profound wounds, and renegotiate trauma imprints.
Shannon is unwavering in her commitment to creating safe, integral, trauma-informed alliances with individuals on their wellness journeys. She enjoys exploring the intersection where science meets the sacred, weaving the wisdom of earth medicine traditions with contemporary modalities into her work. She feels a deep calling to support people on their wellness journeys, empowering them to rediscover their wholeness, reclaim their infinite worth, and reconnect with the wisdom and magic of their souls’ original purpose.
PRE-RETREAT
*Intake and Primary Preparation Session*
*Somatic Preparation and Intention Session*
*Online Group Orientation*
DAY 1 (ARRIVAL)
2:30 PM Airport Shuttle pick up from Liberia Airport
4:00 PM Arrive at Ananda
4:30 PM Welcome refreshments
5:00 PM *Group welcome, orientation, and grounding*
6:30 PM Dinner with Healers
DAY 2 (CEREMONY 1)
7:00 AM Vomitivo
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM *Meet the Healers*
11:00 AM *Ayahuasca Review*
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM FREE TIME
4:00 PM *Floral Bath*
5:30 PM Embodied Meditation
6:30 PM *Ceremony 1*
DAY 3 (CEREMONY 2)
8:00 AM Meditation and movement
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM FREE TIME or Individual CARE session
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM FREE TIME or Individual CARE session
4:00 PM *Floral Bath*
5:30 PM Embodied Meditation
6:30 PM *Ceremony 2*
DAY 4 (INTEGRATION)
8:00 AM Meditation and movement
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM *Group Share*
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Healer Consultations
5:00 PM Yin Yoga
6:00 PM Dinner
DAY 5 (CEREMONY 3)
7:30 AM Beach
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM *Group Somatic Session*
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Healer Consultations
4:30 PM *Floral Bath*
5:30 PM Embodied Meditation
6:30 PM Ceremony 3
DAY 6 (INTEGRATION)
8:00 AM Meditation and movement
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM *Group Share*
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM FREE TIME or Individual CARE session
4:00 PM Q&A with Healers
5:30 PM Beach Sunset
6:30 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Fire (weather depending)
DAY 7 (INTEGRATION)
8:00 AM Meditation and movement
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM *Group Post Retreat Care*
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM FREE TIME or Individual CARE session
4:00 PM *Shipibo Market*
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Group Sound wellness Journey
DAY 8 (DEPARTURE)
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM *Group Closing Circle*
11:00 AM Depart
POST-RETREAT
2 Individual Integration Sessions
Group Integration Call
Monthly Medicine Community Forums
*Indicates required activities*
A sacred medicine retreat is an immersive experience that incorporates the ceremonial use of sacred plants or substances for wellness, spiritual exploration, and personal growth.
This retreat was created specifically for beginners. However, it’s essential to consider your own readiness and intentions for participating in a sacred medicine retreat.
Safety is a top priority during ceremonies, and experienced facilitators take precautions to ensure the well-being of all participants. This includes screening participants for medical conditions or contraindications, providing pre- and post-ceremony support, maintaining a safe and sacred space and having trained staff on hand to assist.
Certain medical conditions, medications, or mental health conditions may be contraindicated with the use of sacred medicines. It’s essential to disclose all relevant medical history or medications to the retreat facilitators before participating.
Ceremonies involve ingesting the sacred medicine in a ritualistic setting under the guidance of experienced facilitators. Participants may experience a wide range of physical, emotional, and spiritual effects, including heightened sensory perception, introspection, emotional release, and spiritual insights.
Determining the correct mushroom dosage for a sacred ceremony is a nuanced process that requires careful consideration of various factors. We take an individualized approach, considering factors such as body weight, tolerance, previous experiences with psychedelics, and personal intentions for the ceremony. Our experienced facilitators have undergone extensive training and have years of experience working with sacred medicines.
We embrace the synergy of sacred plants and substances to create transformative and integrative experiences for our participants. Cacao has been used for centuries in ceremonial contexts for its heart-opening and mood-enhancing properties. When combined with sacred mushrooms, cacao can enhance and complement the psycho-spiritual effects of the mushrooms, creating a synergistic and expansive experience. The heart-opening properties of cacao can help to soften the edges of the mushroom experience, fostering a sense of safety, love, and trust that allows participants to surrender more deeply into the journey.
By offering ceremonies at different times of the day, we provide participants with the opportunity to experience the medicine in varying contexts and energetic frequencies. Evening ceremonies provide an opportunity for deep processing and integration as you sleep during the night. Morning ceremonies provide an opportunity to take advantage of optimal, natural brainwave patterns and chemicals, while offering conscious integration of the journey. The spacing of evening and morning ceremonies also allows participants time for rest and reflection between experiences.
Yes. Our Ananda Lodge CARE team is here to support you with 1:1 preparation and integration sessions before and after your onsite experience. Contact us to learn more.
Ananda Lodge is a boutique wellness center aimed at creating a ripple effect of wellness through the reconnection of self and extending outward to all of humanity and to the planet. Our mission is to provide intimately curated wellness experiences that regenerate your being, and pay respect to sacred medicine traditions. We honor this through the lens of integrity, reverence for the wellness plants, and the medicine keepers that carry these sacred rituals and traditions.
At Ananda Lodge, eco-sustainability meets luxury, featuring local artisanal design elements and natural wood and earth tones. Spanning over 3300 square meters, our property offers a secluded hideaway just 6 minutes from some of the best surfing in the country.
Stepping onto the property, immediately you feel an overwhelming sense of calm and peace. Removed from the noises of daily life, Ananda Lodge sits perched on the mountain with a picturesque view of the jungle and the Pacific Ocean. The sound of birds and monkeys fill the air, and as you settle in, a remembering of coming home, back to nature, can be felt throughout the body.
Ananda Lodge Costa Rica is a small family-owned wellness center created to provide a sanctuary for reprieve and personal restoration.
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