Reviews & Stories
200+ alumni voices. One truth.
Real, unedited stories from people who completed a Ceremonia retreat, many on video. Browse, filter, and watch.
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Numbers that hold the room.
Every stat below is grounded in real Senja submissions and alumni interviews. Nothing inflated.
- 200+
video testimonials
Uploaded directly by alumni, never re-recorded by us.
- 5★
average rating
Across verified Senja submissions.
- 89%
would recommend
Net promoter response from post-retreat surveys.
- 400+
alumni interviewed
Long-form integration conversations on file.
Featured story
Sit with one for a minute.
Two longer arcs from alumni who came in carrying something heavy and left with the tools to keep walking.
Alumni, Co-Founder, Vocable AI
Founder · Boulder, Colorado
“I left feeling clearer, softer, and more in love with my life.”
I had the privilege to meet Austin and Chuchu through Mindvalley. The care and intentionality of Ceremonia made this the most grounded retreat I've experienced, every detail held with attention. I came in scattered and left feeling like myself again, only steadier.
Outcome — Renewed clarity in personal and creative direction; sustained integration practice 6+ months later.
Alumni, Hospital & Hospice Chaplain
Chaplain · Baja, Mexico
“I don't use the word transformative lightly. Ceremonia earned it.”
I've spent a lifetime doing the work, therapy, spiritual direction, grief rituals, somatic healing, years as a hospital and hospice chaplain. The container was the most attentive I have known. The medicine met me where I was, and the team made it safe to stay there.
Outcome — Deeper baseline of grief metabolism; renewed capacity to hold others' pain without absorbing it.
By outcome
What did people come for? What did they leave with?
Browse stories by the shape of the change, not the substance, not the location. The work shows up wherever it's needed.
Trauma resolution
Stories from people who arrived carrying long-held wounds and left with the body's permission to set some of the weight down.
Browse storiesAddiction & compulsion
Alumni who came in stuck in a pattern they couldn't think their way out of, and found the doorway underneath the urge.
Browse storiesDepression & burnout
Voices from those who came in flat, sometimes for years, and left with color back in the room.
Browse storiesSpiritual breakthrough
Alumni who weren't broken, just ready for the next layer of the journey, and crossed it in ceremony.
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What the press has said.
Independent coverage and external recognition. Different lens, same observation: Ceremonia takes the work seriously.
Forbes
“A retreat container that treats psychedelic-assisted work with the seriousness of a clinical setting and the heart of a ceremony.”
TEDx
“Austin Mao's TEDx talk surfaced what the conversation was missing: the integration phase is where the medicine actually lands.”
Mindvalley
“The most carefully designed retreat container we've sent our community to.”
How we hold the wall
What you see here is what they said.
We do not write testimonials. We do not edit them. We collect them through Senja, verify the alumnus attended, and publish them as-is.
All testimonials are real Senja submissions
Every quote and video on this wall was uploaded by the alumnus through our Senja portal, never written or rewritten by a marketing team.
Videos are uploaded by alumni themselves
Faces, voices, words, and rooms are theirs. We don't re-shoot, lip-sync, or splice. What's awkward stays awkward; what's tender stays tender.
We never edit content
No copy-polish, no quote-trimming, no AI rewrites. If a sentence runs long or a thought wanders, that's the human you're meeting.
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