Heal · Stage 2 of the Arc
Heal, 7 days. 3 ayahuasca ceremonies. One return to wholeness
Stage 2 of the 3-stage Arc of Transformation. A full program of preparation, retreat and integration, built around a 7 Day Immersion in Baja, Mexico, 3 ayahuasca ceremonies, held as ceremony by ministers and facilitators.
The Path to Wholeness
What Heal is, actually
Heal is the second stage of Ceremonia's three-stage Arc, the long middle, where the protective patterns that kept you functioning are met, named, and finally released. Awaken (Stage 1) opens the door. Heal carries you through it. Manifest (Stage 3) anchors what you bring back.
The work is built around 3 ayahuasca ceremonies inside a 7 Day Immersion in Baja, Mexico, set within a full program that holds you on either side: 1 month of preparation, a 7-day retreat, and 1 month of integration, with an optional two-month extension (Awaken at Home). Ayahuasca, in this lineage, is treated as a sacrament, a living teacher rather than a substance. The ceremonies are held by ordained ministers and trained facilitators who have walked this path themselves.
What we work with is the residue: the shame that runs underneath self-talk, the guilt that quietly steers decisions, the fear that has long since stopped announcing itself. The medicine, the music, and the careful container give those layers a chance to soften. What you meet underneath them is the part the ayahuasca traditions call your Innate Power, and an Enlightened Vision of the life that becomes available when the residue is no longer in the way.
Why ayahuasca
Why this stage calls for this medicine
Ayahuasca is the medicine of the deep middle, the stage where you stop circling the wound and meet it. The brew opens a four-to-six-hour window of vivid, relational, somatic experience that other sacraments do not match for trauma and shadow work.
The Amazonian lineages have refined this work over centuries. The plant is treated as a living teacher with its own intelligence. Inside ceremony, that intelligence collaborates with the music (icaros and contemporary), the careful space, and the parts of you that are finally allowed to be witnessed.
This is why Heal uses ayahuasca specifically. Awaken, Stage 1 of the Arc, uses a different sacrament for a different threshold. Heal works at the layer where ancestral patterning, ritual, and relational repair belong together.
Who holds the space
Ministers and facilitators, not a clinic
Heal ceremonies are held by ordained ministers and a team of facilitators trained in trauma-aware ceremonial holding. Many have walked Ayahuasca traditions for years before joining the team. They sit close enough to be present and far enough that the medicine has room to do its own teaching. The container is religious-spiritual, a sacrament, not a treatment, and the people holding it have been chosen for the depth of their own work, not for an accreditation number.
Ordained minister
Holds the ceremonial container and the sacrament itself. Ministers carry the lineage relationship with the medicine.
Ceremony facilitator
Trained in trauma-aware ceremonial work, somatic presence, and IFS-informed holding. Facilitators sit near participants through the ceremony and through the integration arc on either side.
Guest practitioners
Some retreats include visiting practitioners, somatic therapists, breathwork guides, integration specialists. They are invited for the depth they bring, not as a clinical staffing layer.
The Arc
Three stages. One journey
Heal sits in the middle. Awaken opens the door; Manifest carries what was learned forward. Each stage holds a different question.
Shadow
Stage 1, Awaken. Meet what you have been protecting against.
Witness
Stage 2, Heal. Sit with the parts long enough to release them.
Integration
Stage 3, Manifest. Translate the shift into a life that holds.
The shape of the program
7 days. 3 ceremonies. One full program
- Program length
- Full program
- Immersion
- 7 Day Immersion
- Ceremonies
- 3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies
- Location
- Baja, Mexico
- Held by
- Ministers + facilitators
- Stage in the Arc
- Stage 2 of 3
Full program: 1 month of preparation, a 7-day retreat, and 1 month of integration, with an optional two-month extension (Awaken at Home). The immersion is the pivot in the middle.
Seven days on land in Baja, Mexico. Preparation calls precede the trip; integration circles follow.
Three ceremony nights inside the seven-day immersion. The pacing lets each ceremony land before the next.
A retreat property on the Baja peninsula. Quiet, coastal, set apart from daily life.
Ordained ministers carry the sacrament. Trauma-aware facilitators sit with participants through the arc.
Awaken opens. Heal carries. Manifest lands. Heal is the long middle.
Qualification + application
How to know if Heal is your next step
Heal is not for everyone, and not for every season. The right time is usually after Awaken, when the door has been opened and the residue has begun to surface. We screen for medical fit (certain medications and conditions interact with ayahuasca and require either a taper, a delay, or another path), and we look for readiness: the willingness to sit with what shows up rather than steer it.
Apply
A short written application gives us a first read on what you are bringing to the work and where you are in the Arc.
Connection call
A real conversation with a member of the team, about medical fit, current state, and whether Heal is the right next step at all.
Preparation
Once accepted, you enter the preparation phase: dieta guidance, reading, calls with your facilitator, and the slow turning of attention inward.
Immersion
Seven days in Baja. Three ceremonies. Held as ceremony by ministers and facilitators.
Integration
A month of structured integration circles, journaling prompts, and 1:1 support. This is where we work to make the shift durable; it is our practice, not a tested protocol.
How this work is held
Held as ceremony in Baja
Heal takes place in Baja California, Mexico, held as ceremony. It is not a clinical or medical container, and we do not present it as one.
Frequently asked
Questions people actually ask
What is the structure of the program?
Heal is a full program built around a 7 Day Immersion in Baja, Mexico: 1 month of preparation, a 7-day retreat, and 1 month of integration, with an optional two-month extension (Awaken at Home). Inside the immersion you participate in 3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies. The time on either side of the immersion is dedicated preparation and integration, preparation calls, dieta guidance, integration circles, and 1:1 work with your facilitator.Why ayahuasca specifically?
Ayahuasca opens a longer, more relational, more somatic window, typically four to six hours, and the Amazonian lineages have refined trauma and shadow work in this container over generations. Awaken, Stage 1 of our Arc, uses a different sacrament for a different threshold. Heal uses ayahuasca because the layer of work it addresses belongs to this medicine.Who facilitates the ceremonies?
Ceremonies are held by ordained ministers together with trauma-aware facilitators. Many of the facilitators have walked Ayahuasca traditions for years before joining the team. Some retreats also include visiting practitioners, somatic therapists, breathwork guides, integration specialists, invited for the depth they bring rather than as a clinical staffing layer.Where is Heal held?
Heal takes place on a retreat property in Baja, Mexico. The land is quiet and coastal, set apart from daily life. You arrive together as a cohort and stay through the full seven-day immersion.Is this a clinical program?
Heal takes place in Baja California, Mexico, held as ceremony. The container is ceremonial, not clinical.What about my medications?
Several common medications interact with ayahuasca, particularly SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, and certain other classes. SSRIs, SNRIs, tramadol and St John's Wort are not compatible with ayahuasca. Never stop or change a medication without your prescriber; we'll go through your medications during screening. Some conditions and medications make Heal the wrong fit for now; when this work is not the right next step, we will say so.How do I know if I am ready for Heal?
Most participants come to Heal after Awaken, or after other meaningful work that has already begun to surface what they are carrying. The readiness signal is willingness, willingness to sit with what arises rather than steer it. The application and the connection call are designed to help us read that together.What does integration look like after the retreat?
A month of structured integration (with an optional two-month extension through Awaken at Home): weekly small-group circles led by a facilitator, 1:1 sessions, journaling prompts, and the alumni community. The integration arc is how we work to translate the shift from felt experience into a life that holds; it is our own practice, and no trial has tested whether it lengthens benefits.
Begin
Walk Stage 2 of the Arc, when ready
Heal is the long middle. If what you read here names something you have been carrying, checking your readiness is the right next step. If you are earlier in the Arc, start with Awaken.