A Private Retreat for Serious Inner Work
This retreat is created for people who want to work with plant medicine in a safe, private, and professionally supported environment.
Held in a dedicated luxury ceremonial retreat center in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, the experience combines preparation before arrival, one carefully held ayahuasca ceremony, body care, rest, and integration guidance during and after the retreat.
The focus is not on the number of ceremonies, but on the quality of the entire process: privacy, safety, professional guidance, comfort, and space for integration.
Private eco-style accommodation, nourishing meals, and retreat transportation are included, so participants can arrive, settle in, and give their attention fully to the process.
Held in a dedicated luxury ceremonial retreat center in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, the experience combines preparation before arrival, one carefully held ayahuasca ceremony, body care, rest, and integration guidance during and after the retreat.
The focus is not on the number of ceremonies, but on the quality of the entire process: privacy, safety, professional guidance, comfort, and space for integration.
Private eco-style accommodation, nourishing meals, and retreat transportation are included, so participants can arrive, settle in, and give their attention fully to the process.
The Key Elements of the Experience
This retreat is built around a simple principle: the quality of the entire experience matters.
The ceremony is only one part of the process. What surrounds it — preparation, place, rest, body care, food, integration, and the way each participant is held — shapes how deeply the work can unfold and how meaningfully it can be brought back into life.
The ceremony is only one part of the process. What surrounds it — preparation, place, rest, body care, food, integration, and the way each participant is held — shapes how deeply the work can unfold and how meaningfully it can be brought back into life.
- Preparation before arrival helps you enter the retreat with clarity, intention, and respect for the medicine.
- The mountain setting in Valle de Bravo offers beauty, silence, gardens, and distance from daily pressure.
- The private group allows for personal attention, trust, and a coherent ceremonial space.
- One carefully held ayahuasca ceremony gives enough room for preparation, rest, and integration instead of trying to experience multiple ceremonies in a short time.
- Professional integration guidance supports you before, during, and after the retreat.
- Private eco-style accommodation gives each participant space for silence, rest, and personal reflection.
- Organic meals aligned with the ayahuasca diet support the body throughout the process.
- Temazcal, plant baths, and therapeutic massage support grounding, cleansing, body care, and restoration.
- Post-retreat integration guidance helps you bring the experience back into daily life with clarity and steadiness.
The Retreat Flow
July 10–13, 2026 | Valle de Bravo, Mexico
The retreat is intentionally spacious. Each day has a clear focus, with enough time for arrival, ceremony, rest, body care, integration, and quiet reflection.
The retreat is intentionally spacious. Each day has a clear focus, with enough time for arrival, ceremony, rest, body care, integration, and quiet reflection.
Day 1 | Arrival & Preparation
You arrive at the retreat center, settle into your private accommodation, and have time to ground.
Arrival • Private Accommodation • Lunch • Orientation • Traditional Temazcal / Sweat Lodge Ceremony • Dinner and Rest
Arrival • Private Accommodation • Lunch • Orientation • Traditional Temazcal / Sweat Lodge Ceremony • Dinner and Rest
Day 2 | Inner Work & Ceremony
This day is dedicated to preparation for the ceremony, with personal guidance, inner work, and time to enter the process more deeply.
Breakfast • Preparation Circle • 1:1 Sessions • Lunch • Individual Inner Work Time • Evening Plant Medicine Ceremony
Breakfast • Preparation Circle • 1:1 Sessions • Lunch • Individual Inner Work Time • Evening Plant Medicine Ceremony
Day 3 | Integration & Body Care
The day after ceremony is dedicated to rest, grounding, and integration. We move slowly, allowing the experience to settle through silence, sharing, and body awareness.
Breakfast • Rest • Personal Integration Time • Lunch • 1:1 Integration Sessions • Individual Massage • Dinner • Integration Circle • Celebration
Breakfast • Rest • Personal Integration Time • Lunch • 1:1 Integration Sessions • Individual Massage • Dinner • Integration Circle • Celebration
Day 4 | Departure
A soft closing morning with breakfast and farewells before departure.
Note: Recommended departure is the morning of Day 4 after breakfast. If necessary, participants may leave on the evening of Day 3, though we strongly recommend staying for the full integration night.
Note: Recommended departure is the morning of Day 4 after breakfast. If necessary, participants may leave on the evening of Day 3, though we strongly recommend staying for the full integration night.
Private Eco-Style Accommodation
Participants stay in beautifully designed eco-style houses created with natural materials, soft organic forms, and earthy colors that blend harmoniously with the surrounding landscape.
Surrounded by flowering gardens, each house offers a private, comfortable, and grounding space for rest, silence, personal reflection, and integration throughout the retreat.
Each private house includes:
For couples or family members attending together, double accommodation is also available.
Surrounded by flowering gardens, each house offers a private, comfortable, and grounding space for rest, silence, personal reflection, and integration throughout the retreat.
Each private house includes:
- One King-size or two individual beds
- Private bathroom and shower
- Wooden furniture
- Heater
For couples or family members attending together, double accommodation is also available.
Retreat Details and What’s Included
July 10–13, 2026 | Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Maximum 12 participants.
Registration is open until July 1, 2026.
Participation is confirmed through an application and screening process.
Included in Your Retreat
- 3 nights / 4 days in a luxury retreat setting in Mexico
- One online preparation session before the retreat, with a second session if needed
- Preparatory ayahuasca diet guidance
- One carefully held ayahuasca ceremony
- Experienced ceremonial guidance by Julian Davila and Alice Amber
- In-person integration guidance during the retreat
- Two online integration sessions after you return home
- Comfortable single accommodation
- Nourishing organic meals aligned with the ayahuasca diet
- Private and intimate group setting
- Plant and flower baths during the retreat
- One traditional Temazcal / Sweat Lodge Ceremony
- One individual relaxing therapeutic massage
- Round-trip group transportation between Mexico City and Valle de Bravo
$2900
USD
What's Not Included
- International or domestic flights
- Personal travel insurance
- Extra personal expenses
Because this retreat involves plant medicine work, participation is confirmed only after an application and screening process.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat may be a good fit if you are seeking:
- A private, carefully held plant medicine retreat
- A serious inner process with preparation and integration
- A luxury setting with comfort, privacy, and natural beauty
- A smaller group field with personal attention
- One deeply supported ceremony rather than multiple ceremonies in a short time
- A retreat suitable for both first-time and experienced participants
Important Questions
Plant medicine work is powerful, however it is not suitable for everyone at every moment of life. That's why participation is confirmed through an application process. This helps us understand whether the retreat is appropriate for each person and supports the intention and coherence of the group field.
This retreat is offered as a ceremonial and personal growth experience. It does not replace medical, psychological, or psychiatric care.
This retreat is offered as a ceremonial and personal growth experience. It does not replace medical, psychological, or psychiatric care.
1. Apply through WhatsApp
Click the “Apply to the Retreat” button to open a direct WhatsApp chat with Julian Davila.
2. Application & Orientation Call
We arrange a 45-60 minute online call with Julian and Alice. During this meeting, we review your intention, health background, medications, emotional condition, previous experience, and questions about the retreat.
3. Approval for Participation
Participation is confirmed only after the application process, to make sure the retreat is appropriate for you and for the group field.
4. Registration & Payment
Once approved, you receive payment details. Your place is confirmed once the full payment or deposit has been completed.
5. Preparation Begins
After registration, we begin your preparation process with diet guidance, practical orientation, and your 1:1 preparation sessions before the retreat.
Click the “Apply to the Retreat” button to open a direct WhatsApp chat with Julian Davila.
2. Application & Orientation Call
We arrange a 45-60 minute online call with Julian and Alice. During this meeting, we review your intention, health background, medications, emotional condition, previous experience, and questions about the retreat.
3. Approval for Participation
Participation is confirmed only after the application process, to make sure the retreat is appropriate for you and for the group field.
4. Registration & Payment
Once approved, you receive payment details. Your place is confirmed once the full payment or deposit has been completed.
5. Preparation Begins
After registration, we begin your preparation process with diet guidance, practical orientation, and your 1:1 preparation sessions before the retreat.
- To reserve your place, a 45% non-refundable deposit is required.
- The remaining balance is refundable only if cancellation is requested 45 days or more before the retreat start date.
- Cancellations made less than 45 days before the retreat are non-refundable.
Please note that some medical conditions and medications may be incompatible with ayahuasca, especially because it contains MAOI-active compounds that can interact with antidepressants, stimulants, some psychiatric medications, blood pressure medications, and other substances affecting serotonin, the heart, or the nervous system.
During the application process, we review health background, medications, emotional condition, previous experience, and intention. Some cases may require longer preparation, additional dietary guidance, postponement, or a private individual program instead of a group retreat.
During the application process, we review health background, medications, emotional condition, previous experience, and intention. Some cases may require longer preparation, additional dietary guidance, postponement, or a private individual program instead of a group retreat.
Participants are asked to begin the preparation diet at least 10 days before the retreat.
After registration, you will receive detailed diet guidance, practical orientation, and your preparation session before arrival. The earlier you begin preparing your body, mind, and intention, the more grounded and supported your retreat process can be.
After registration, you will receive detailed diet guidance, practical orientation, and your preparation session before arrival. The earlier you begin preparing your body, mind, and intention, the more grounded and supported your retreat process can be.
Your Guides
The retreat is held by Julian Davila and Alice Amber, experienced plant medicine curanderos whose work bridges ancestral medicine, Shipibo-Conibo and Mesoamerican ceremonial traditions, transformational work, energy practices, and grounded integration.
- Julian Cruz Davila | Jointi CoshiMazaCoatl Plant Medicine Curandero | MexicoJulian Cruz Davila, also known by his Shipibo-Conibo name Jointi Coshi, is a lineage-based plant medicine curandero, Holistic Transformational Master Coach, and Mentor trained through ACA and ICTA.
He began his relationship with ayahuasca and the Shipibo-Conibo tradition at the age of 22. His work has been shaped by more than 13 years of direct experience, including eight years devoted to apprenticeship, personal process, and traditional learning before beginning to guide others in ceremony.
Julian studied directly with the Arévalo / Agustín Fernández / López families in the Peruvian Amazon, where Don Mateo Arévalo Maynas, Doña Adelia Agustín Fernández, and Efraín López became his main teachers. - Alice AmberMazaCoatl Plant Medicine Curandera | MexicoAlice Amber is a Holistic Transformational Mentor, Trainer, Akasha Senior Master Initiator, Biologist, Naturopath, Herbalist, and Plant Medicine Guide based in Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
She has worked with medicinal plants for decades, combining her scientific background in biology, ethology, herbalism, human physiology, and the nervous system with many years of direct ceremonial experience.
Her plant medicine path has taken her to Peru, where she studied and dieted with traditional maestros to deepen her relationship with the plants and strengthen her capacity to support others in ceremonial work.
Within plant medicine retreats, Alice guides participants through preparation, ceremony, integration, and the grounded process of translating inner experience into meaningful change and balance in everyday life.
Guest Relations & Retreat Liaison
- Bettina Tobin LittellGuest Relations & Retreat Liaison | USA-MexicoBettina Tobin is a plant medicine and shamanic practitioner with personal experience in ceremonial and retreat spaces.
Bettina is the bridge in between participants and the retreat team. She supports the first steps of the retreat process, helping participants feel oriented, welcomed, and connected with the team before arrival.
Her background includes communication, meditation, yoga, Akasha work, plant medicine apprenticeship, and years of experience supporting personal transformation processes.
MazaCoatl
Mission and Vision
Mission and Vision
MazaCoatl is a ceremonial space held by Julian Davila and Alice Amber.
Our mission is to support the awakening of awareness on our planet through ancestral medicine, plant intelligence, and responsible transformational work.
We offer individual work, private retreats, personalized plant medicine programs, integration guidance, and ceremonies held with preparation, care, and respect. Our approach brings together Shipibo-Conibo and Mesoamerican traditions, transformational coaching, energy work, body-based practices, and grounded integration.
Our vision is to restore the relationship between human beings and the living intelligence of nature, building a bridge between ancient wisdom and the needs of modern life.
If this retreat feels aligned, we invite you to begin the application process.
We offer individual work, private retreats, personalized plant medicine programs, integration guidance, and ceremonies held with preparation, care, and respect. Our approach brings together Shipibo-Conibo and Mesoamerican traditions, transformational coaching, energy work, body-based practices, and grounded integration.
Our vision is to restore the relationship between human beings and the living intelligence of nature, building a bridge between ancient wisdom and the needs of modern life.
If this retreat feels aligned, we invite you to begin the application process.
Participant Feedback
MazaCoatl has received people from around the world for plant medicine, integration, and transformational work in Mexico. Here are a few reflections shared by previous participants.
