Communion of the Soul | Intimate Ayahuasca Retreat | Uvita, Costa Rica | December 12-19, 2025
With Francesca Barone and Neils Nahm
December 12 - 18, 2025
During our retreats, we encourage vulnerability and compassion in a heart-based container where profound transformation is catalyzed by the powerful healing properties of Ayahuasca served by deeply gifted Shipibo Maestros from the Peruvian Amazon. We complement traditional indigenous plant medicine ceremonies with a trauma-informed, body-based therapeutic approach, and long-term ongoing integration support to help you flourish in the ever-unfolding possibilities of sustainable and lasting transformation.
This intimate and powerful plant medicine retreat is a special event, Communion of the Soul, co-hosted by Caitlyn Howe who will facilitate us on a journey of exploring the Artist’s way, poetry for trauma healing, ecstatic dance, altar building, and exploring the power of ritual and rite of passage. This special event will take place an hour north of the famous beaches of Uvita, Costa Rica in the abundant mountains of Southern Costa Rica. Our luxury retreat space is immersed in a secluded environment surrounded by lush jungle, expansive mountains, crystal clear rivers, and an abundance of wild nature. The sacred land will submerge you into a supportive place to explore the beauty of nature within and without, while you embark on your personal plant medicine journey with a family of world-renowned Shipibo Maestros and highly experienced facilitator support.
This all-inclusive event includes 3 Ayahuasca ceremonies, with Ayahuasca grown, harvested, and brewed by our family of Shipibo maestros in the Amazon jungle of Peru. Included in your private retreat cost will be daily yoga, breathwork, hikes in nature, sacred plant baths, embodiment circles, integration circles, community activities, and a highly experienced facilitation team there to support your process.
All of our meals are 100% organic, intentionally prepared with love to best support your well-being and deep medicine work. This luxury retreat center offers beautiful glamping-style luxury tents all equipped with shared bathrooms, hot showers, and breathtaking private views of the expansive land we’re on to leave you feeling comfortable in your own space but also connecting with living as a community.
We honor and acknowledge that each person’s relationship with plant medicine and healing journey is intimate and highly personal, with an array of different needs. Our approach to this work is to meet each guest where they are at in their process, honor their individuality, and provide a safe container of connection and healing.
About the Leaders
Francesca Barone
Francesca is a naturopathic medical practitioner, holistic nutritionist, and plant medicine facilitator. Growing up in the Midwest, she sparked a desire at a young age to be of service to the world around her as she witnessed a health and spiritual epidemic. She left home at a young age and began traveling the world gaining […]
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Neils’ spiritual practice is primarily informed by the decade he spent living in Peru. During this time, he worked extensively with indigenous shamanic traditions of the Shipibo, Mestizo, and Quechua cultures. He has created, directed, and facilitated many Ayahuasca retreats throughout Latin America and guided thousands of clients through their personal plant medicine journeys. Those […]
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