April Retreat | Ancestra — Psilocybin Immersion in Jamaica

6-Day Retreat

Fully immerse yourself in a professionally-held ceremonial container designed for depth and transformation.

3 Ceremonies

Tiered ceremony structure — microdose, low dose, and high dose — with full autonomy and agency around participation and dosage.

~12 Participants

We keep cohorts intentionally small to preserve safety, relational integrity, and individualized support.

Preparation + Integration

A complete program with guided preparation, live support calls, and structured post-retreat integration.

All Inclusive

Gourmet meals, accommodations, everything taken care of.

Land-Based

Reconnecting with nature on the Jamaican coast, held with humility and reciprocity for the land and culture.

This retreat is an invitation to remember how to walk in balance: with yourself, with the medicine, and with the Earth.

It is not about becoming someone new. It is about reconnecting to the power, wisdom, and clarity that already lives within you.

What participants often carry home

We make no promises about outcomes — each person's experience is their own. But here is what participants often describe in the weeks and months that follow.

A deeper connection to your body and nervous system

Not just as an insight, but as a lived, felt sense you can return to.

Greater clarity and self-trust

Many participants describe a quieting of the inner noise that had been obscuring what they already knew.

A grounded understanding of psilocybin and integration

Not a one-time experience, but an introduction to psilocybin as a teacher that can be engaged with over a lifetime.

A sense of belonging — to themselves and to the world

A feeling of leaving behind a life of exile and finally coming home.

Tools to continue the work long after the retreat ends

The retreat is just the beginning, not a conclusion. You leave with a practical framework for carrying what surfaced into your actual life.

"Above all, Ancestra invites you to move through the world differently: gently, consciously, and in right relationship."

"Working with Maria was truly one of the most magical and deeply impactful experiences of my life. From the moment I met her I felt safe, seen, and gently held in a way that allowed me to fully surrender to the journey. Her presence is grounded, intuitive, and incredibly compassionate. I experienced a level of healing and release that I hadn't been able to reach through other modalities. The experience wasn't just powerful in the moment — it has continued to unfold and integrate in meaningful ways months after. I am profoundly grateful for her heart and her light."

— Hillary | Retreat Participant

A peek into the retreat

We intentionally structure the week to support the neuroplastic window that opens during and after psilocybin journeys, using that time wisely to anchor insight into embodied change. Instead of chasing peak states, Ancestra supports you in cultivating positive, durable baseline traits. This process is at the same time ceremonial, relational, and educational.

Three psilocybin ceremonies, tiered in dose — microdose, low dose, full dose — with full participant autonomy around dosage and participation at every stage

Daily integration circles to process and ground what arises

Somatic practices and nervous system education

Reflection frameworks drawing from PCT, Liberation Psychology, and Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Daily movement, meditation, yoga, and breathwork

Live and curated ceremonial music throughout ceremonies

Collaborative workshops and teachings

Land-based learning and cultural education rooted in place and lineage

You are not passive here. You are participating in a living process of remembering.

The arc of the week

Here is what each day holds. The structure is intentional, preparing you for what follows. Nothing here is rushed.

Day 1

Arrival

You arrive and settle in. The day is restorative by design, with gentle breathwork, mindfulness, and meditation to help you land fully in your body and in this place. There is no agenda beyond presence. This is the beginning of slowing down.

Evening: Welcome gathering and orientation

Day 2

Land + Microdose

A 15-minute walk from the retreat center brings you to a bat cave with a natural cold spring pool beneath it, and the ocean just beyond. Today is for connection: with the land, with local culture and community, and with the medicine in a gentle, introductory microdose.

Full day: Land walk, cold spring, microdose ceremony, workshops

Day 3

First Journey

Morning begins with mindfulness yoga and intention-setting. Then a full-dose psilocybin ceremony, held by your facilitators with live ceremonial music. The afternoon and evening are yours to rest, move, and be with whatever has arisen.

Morning: Yoga + intention · Afternoon: Full ceremony

Day 4

Integration

Today is for harvesting what surfaced yesterday. Somatic work, movement, and facilitated workshops focus on the practical: how do you bring what you encountered back into your actual life?

Full day: Somatic work, movement, workshops, integration circle

Day 5

Second Journey

A second full-dose ceremony. For many participants, this is where the first journey's insights deepen, or where something entirely unexpected emerges. The container is the same; you are not.

Morning: Preparation · Afternoon: Full ceremony

Day 6

Closing

A half day. Breakfast together, a final sharing circle, and closing workshops to distill and name what you're taking with you. Not an abrupt ending, but a conscious one.

Morning only · Departure by 11am

Little Bay, Jamaica

The retreat center sits on the breathtaking Jamaican coast at Little Bay. Here, you can feel the ocean's rhythmic presence. The pace of life is slower. Fifteen minutes on foot brings you to a bat cave with a natural cold spring pool beneath it, fed by the earth and shaded by rock and jungle. These are not amenities. They are the living medicine of the land itself.

Accommodations are private or shared, all-inclusive, and set within the natural surroundings of the coast.

You will be held by both the community and the land.

The retreat is one part of a larger arc

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Integrate

Before You Arrive

The preparation period begins when you register. This is where we begin building the foundation of the work we will be doing together over the coming weeks.

Guided educational preparation module
Suggested readings and reflection prompts
Live group preparation calls with your cohort and facilitators
Access to a private group chat for community connection before you arrive

The length of your preparation period depends on when you register. Everyone receives the full preparation curriculum.

After You Leave

Integration is where the retreat unfolds into the rest of your life.

Three live integration sessions over four weeks
Continued facilitator and group support
Additional educational materials to support the transition back into your life
Optional extended integration support available as well as 1:1 coaching

"We believe integration is itself a sacred ceremony."

How we hold our relationship with this land

We work on Jamaican land, in partnership with Jamaican communities, within a country shaped by its own history, culture, and unique relationship to plant medicine. The setting is not scenery; it is context that entails responsibility, reciprocity, and stewardship.

Our retreats include education on the cultural context of sitting with medicine on this land. We collaborate with local Jamaican staff and professionals. As a nonprofit, we center BIPOC and lineage-informed facilitators, provide paid apprenticeships for historically marginalized practitioners-in-training, offer scholarships to those who could not otherwise access this work, and actively work to rebalance the inequities that have shaped the psychedelic space.

We are not here to extract from this land or its traditions. We are here to be in relationship with them and those who have carried them forward.

"This is not extraction. This is right relationship."

The people who will hold this with you

Your retreat is guided by facilitators who bring both rigorous training and genuine personal relationship with this work. You will meet them before you arrive.

Mária Osero, LNMF

Lead Facilitator

State-licensed psychedelic facilitator
PhD student in Clinical Psychology — liberation psychology & psychedelic-assisted therapy
Trauma-informed, somatic & person-centered practice

Mária's work lives at the intersection of clinical precision and ancestral reverence, bridging the gap between Eastern, Western, and Indigenous ways of knowing.

Rooted in her diasporic lineage and shaped by years working in mental and medical healthcare, she creates trauma-informed spaces that honor both the intelligence of the medicine and the innate wisdom of the body. She is especially committed to cultivating containers that feel safe, inclusive, and affirming for members of diverse or historically marginalized communities.

Grounded in somatic and person-centered practice, Mária approaches facilitation as both personal healing and collective liberation, ensuring that each journey is held with integrity, cultural humility, and deep reciprocity.

Ethan Babbage, NBC-HWC

Wellness Coach & Facilitator

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach
6+ years supporting hundreds of participants in plant medicine spaces
Trained in IFS, herbalism & somatic healing

After four years of training within a contemporary Mahayana contemplative lineage, Ethan's work is deeply informed by his commitment to the Bodhisattva path — a dedication to awakening in service of collective liberation.

He has completed additional training in herbalism, Internal Family Systems, and somatic healing, weaving these modalities into a grounded, compassionate approach. At the heart of Ethan's work is a devotion to restoring right relationship between people and themselves, one another, and the living Earth.

Sharon Whitefawn, MA

Holistic Counselor & Integration Guide

MA in Counseling Psychology · 30+ years in transformational healing
Certified in Meditation & Psychotherapy, addiction counseling & Reiki
Trauma-informed yoga instructor & ordained interfaith minister

Sharon's approach weaves together psychology, physiology, neuroscience, and spirituality, creating innovative and embodied pathways for lasting change.

In recent years, she has focused her work on expanded states of consciousness and therapeutic integration, supporting individuals in navigating profound experiences with clarity, safety, and compassion.

She is proud to identify as a grandmother, an elder, and a teacher to many. At the heart of Sharon's work is a commitment to healing in sacred reciprocity between self, community, and the living Earth.

This retreat is not for everyone

It is for those who:

Want to build an intentional, respectful relationship with psilocybin as a living teacher, not consume it as a product

Value both the rigor of science and the depth of spirituality

Are seeking a container rooted in ethics, professionalism, and genuine reverence

Are ready to take responsibility for their own healing instead of outsourcing it

Long to reconnect with ancestry, culture, and the Earth in a real and grounded way

Are willing to listen inward as deeply as they listen outward

"This is not a place to collect a psychedelic experience as a souvenir. It is a place to remember how to relate."

Upcoming Retreats

Cohorts are kept small by design. Once full, we do not add participants.

Little Bay, Jamaica

April 23–28, 2025

Land-Based Psilocybin Immersion · 6 days · ~12 participants · All inclusive · Full preparation + integration arc

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Little Bay, Jamaica

July 21–26, 2025

Land-Based Psilocybin Immersion · 6 days · ~12 participants · All inclusive · Full preparation + integration arc

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From people who've made this journey

"Working with Maria was truly one of the most magical and deeply impactful experiences of my life. From the moment I met her I felt safe, seen, and gently held in a way that allowed me to fully surrender to the journey. I experienced a level of healing and release that I hadn't been able to reach through other modalities."

— Hillary | Retreat Participant

"I am forever thankful for everything Maria has done for me. She was able to meet me where I was at mentally and spiritually and was able to open doors for me I didn't think were possible. She helped me find the adventurer in me that had been lost for so long."

— Christian | Retreat Participant

"I was very grateful to have Sharon Whitefawn as a facilitator recently. Clearly, she has the qualifications, training, vision, and experience to provide an energetic container during journeys and for integration."

— Tara Sterling | Retreat Participant

"I learned how to love myself first… Sharon helped me emotionally & spiritually… I learned to become more aware of triggers, and working with her helped me learn to reach out."

— Sheree T. | Retreat Participant

"Sharon takes you under her wing and teaches you things to make you more balanced, centered and grounded. She makes you see things in a different way & be more present."

— Dawn C. | Retreat Participant

"When my life was upended by a chronic illness, I at first felt really lost navigating new themes like ableism and exclusion, accessibility, deep grief. Working with Maria helped me to metabolize a lot of these experiences and find my way through it."

— Nicole | Retreat Participant

Ancestra: A Psilocybin Immersion in Coastal Jamaica

What participants often carry home

A peek into the retreat

The arc of the week

Little Bay, Jamaica