Iboga Retreats in Costa Rica

with Expert Medical Screening and Support

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Welcome to your journey to connect more deeply to your soul and thus, all of creation

This life is precious, and you seek to explore your highest potential with the time you have, be at ease in your own skin, and love fully with both courage and vulnerability.

Join us in the intention to live fully in the present moment—while tending the earth for future generations.

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Meet the sacred Iboga medicine, from the root of the world, Central West Africa, held by the Missoko Bwiti tradition over eons.

You may sense that the earth can offer greater healing than you’ve encountered before—for the mind, body, and spirit.

Like Ayahuasca, San Pedro (Huachuma), Peyote, and Psilocybin mushrooms, it is a sacred visionary plant medicine, yet Iboga is an utterly unique spirit.

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The SoulCentro team serves Iboga in a traditional Bwiti way with the highest possible medical standard of care with the blessing of Bwiti elders, drawing on a decade of experience with hundreds of ceremonies and an excellent safety record.

Our intention is to create a safe sanctuary to pursue healing, exploration, creativity, personal empowerment, joy, and soul connection. We begin our relationship with guests long before they arrive, supporting informed consent. We strive to hold the highest standards and best practices for medical, spiritual, physical, and psychological safety. Our work is trauma-informed within an authentic Bwiti container.

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Retreats are offered at a peaceful, private center near Paquera in the southern area of the Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica, in the indigenous territory of the Chorotega. Enjoy the lush tropical environment, fresh air, quietude, sunny days, gulf ocean views, and local pristine beaches. Wildlife abounds and enchants daily. Be serenaded by a virtual symphony of birds.

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Exquisite Hospitality is Our Intention.

Private guest suites feature air conditioning, queen-sized beds, private full bathrooms, and fresh, hotel-quality fine linens. Bathrooms are stocked with locally made, organic, essential oil-infused toiletries. Housekeepers attend to the space daily. Certified, seasoned massage therapists are present for optional bodywork & spa treatments. Our creative arts integration station offers a variety of supplies to express the totality of the medicine experience.

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BENEFITS OF THE MEDICINE

Addiction Recovery

A reach for addiction is fundamentally a reach for “medicine” in the sense of seeking relief, and people need better medicine. Eventually, the method of relief becomes toxic slavery. We must remember that addiction is essentially rooted
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TRAUMA HEALING

When enduring trauma, one may be unable to remain fully conscious and present during moments of extreme pain. Western psychology refers to this as disassociation, which the Bwiti understand as the soul essentially “ejecting”
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HOLISTIC WELLNESS

Do you have an inner knowing that there is another frontier of wellness to experience? We are here not only to survive but to thrive. Many people come to this medicine with questions related to holistic wellness. A traditional function of
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VISIONARY CREATIVITY

Visionary creativity is crucial at this time, more than ever in human history. Human culture must come into harmony and synergy with nature if we are to survive as a species. Likewise, we must come into harmony with our own inner
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The Bwiti tradition supports people to heal themselves from within. In the Missoko Bwiti tradition, connecting with one’s soul is central to all healing.

We see that the soul of each person has the answers to their most sacred questions—and these answers can be discovered with the support of the Iboga medicine. It is our sacred duty at SoulCentro to support that connection between the guest and the medicine. When honored, the soul serves as the clear compass for authentic happiness and visionary creativity.

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AFRICA

Journey to the root of the medicine and the root of the Bwiti tradition. Join all-night ceremonies deep in the forest, celebrating life with thunderous drumming, dancing, singing, and sacred fire. Experience initiation, for the deepest study of ourselves and life itself. Annually we support guests to visit our teachers and community in Gabon. Open to past retreat guests by application.

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Reciprocity and sustainability are foundational commitments for SoulCentro.

Supporting medicine sustainability is how we practice reciprocity with the spirit of Iboga, ensuring that its gifts will bless future generations for the lifetime of the Earth.

Reciprocity is not only the sacred law of nature, it is a JOY. We are here in this life to celebrate giving and receiving. What exactly is indigenous reciprocity? It is far more than just writing a check. It begins with mutual respect and authentic relationship, though which we come to understand each other’s way of knowing, spiritual and cultural gifts, and needs.

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