Trauma-Informed Shipibo Ayahuasca Immersion, Ananda Lodge

This is an eight-day, seven-night Shipibo ayahuasca retreat at Ananda Lodge in Playa Grande, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is a trauma-informed ayahuasca immersion for people who want to work with the plant medicine inside a small, carefully held container. Ananda keeps its retreats intimate, with a maximum of ten guests.

What to Expect

The week centres on ayahuasca ceremonies held with master healers in the Shipibo tradition. Ceremonies include sacred icaros, the healing songs of the lineage, and traditional practices such as the vomitivo and floral baths. Guests also have individual consultations with the healers.

Care runs through the whole retreat rather than sitting only around the ceremonies. It begins with a thorough intake process and somatic preparation sessions before you arrive. During the week, on-site navigation sessions help you make sense of what comes up. Afterwards, months of integration support follow you home.

Between ceremonies, Ananda offers tools for settling and understanding the experience: somatic workshops, art therapy, guided breathwork and integration guidebooks, with Ananda's medicine guides alongside you.

The Setting

Ananda is a boutique eco-luxury lodge above Playa Grande on Costa Rica's Guanacaste coast. The lodge's retreats include ocean-view accommodation, gourmet meals prepared by a private chef, and an excursion to Playa Grande beach. The team handles accommodation, nourishment and logistics so guests can stay with their own process.

Before You Go

Ananda begins every journey with a conversation. A discovery call is how the team helps you decide whether this retreat is the right one, and it is also where the intake process starts. The same trauma-informed approach shapes the lodge's other programmes, including retreats for first responders and women-only circles, and this immersion is built on the same care and ceremonial integrity.

Ananda prices each retreat individually, according to its length, medicine and inclusions, and offers payment plans on every retreat. Because the group is small, places are limited.