Ancestral Medicine
Individual Ceremonies
Ayahuasca, Huachuma, Bufo Alvarius and Kambo, in Playa del Carmen
Huachuma Oct. 9 & 10, Ayahuasca Oct.10 & 11, Bufo Alvarius Oct.12-13-14, Kambo Oct. 13-14
Led by a team of extensively trained facilitators and assistants and supervised by Frédéric Cherri.
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Welcome to a transformative journey of self-discovery and healing through the ancient wisdom of Ayahuasca, Huachuma, Bufo Alvarius, and Kambo. Our private single ceremonies are carefully curated and guided by experienced practitioners of each medicine, providing you with a safe and sacred space to explore your inner world. Unearth profound insights, unlock your true potential, and embark on a path to holistic well-being.
Fees
Exceptionally and for a limited time only, the fee for each ceremony has been heavily discounted to make these events affordable to our local community. The fee for each ceremony is now $USD 80 and includes preparation, ceremony and integration.
Our Offerings:
Huachuma (San Pedro cactus) Oct.9 & 10
Dates: Oct 9 & 10 — 9am-4pm
Arrival Time: 8am
Venue: Ozen Retreat Center, in Playa del Carmen
Contribution: $80 USD
Because it is a bit gentler than many of the other plant teachers, Huachuma has earned the nickname “The Grandfather” around the medicine community... (read more below)
Ayahuasca (Amazonian brew) Oct 10 & 11
Dates: Oct 10 & 11 — 9pm-4am
Arrival Time: 8pm
Venue: Ozen Retreat Center, in Playa del Carmen
Contribution: $80 USD
The Grandmother Ayahuasca is certainly to be respected as its strong spirit unfolds our minds and hearts to other realities and otherworldly experiences. It is a ..... (read more below)
Bufo Alvarius (Mexican Toad) Oct 12, 13 & 14
Dates: Oct 12, 13 & 14 — 2pm-6pm
Arrival Time: 1pm
Venue: Ozen Retreat Center, in Playa del Carmen
Contribution: $80 USD
Sapo (Bufo Alvarius) is the master of non-duality. It will show you what holds the cosmos. With practice it will also lead you to realise the mystical yet revealing link there is between the 'void' and it's purpose for our dayly-living. The experience of non-duality is counter-intuitively very practical as it allows us to live from the source, free from the hindrances of mundanity... (read more below)
Kambo (Amazonian tree frog) Oct 13 & 14
Dates: Oct 13 & 14 — 9am-12pm
Arrival Time: 8am
Venue: Ozen Retreat Center, in Playa del Carmen
Contribution: $80 USD
Kambocito, Kampu or Kambo has the propeties to reset your entire Immune system. It is very useful in our current times. It will also help you recode DNA. It works beautifully in preparation or as an adjuvent of other medicines. It's use is to be approached with respect, and trust in your Practitioner is paramount... We currently offer Kambo in almost all our retreats as it... (read more below)
Booking process
Use the buttons above to select your dates and lock your space in. Once you have paid for your ceremony, you will then automatically receive a 15-page INFO-PACK, an orientation document that will help you prepare, set your intentions, follow an appropriate diet and many other aspects of working with Ancestral Medicines.
Arrival & departure
Please, and as a courtesy to all, make sure to arrive on site on time for each ceremony (see details for each ceremony).
Venue, Accommodation and Meals
These retreats are hosted at an outstanding venue, set in the abundant jungle of the Riviera Maya in Playa del Carmen.
For all enquiries, contact Whatsapp at +52 998 354 2178 or email at f@spiritrivers.com
Our team
The Faculty on the journey, Frédéric Cherri
By nature, I’m not very fond of labels or titles. However, if I had to describe my path I would say that I’m mostly a practitioner of the shamanic arts, a therapist with 30yrs of clinical practice and tutoring in the field of cranial osteopathy, specialising in trauma, immune disorders and perinatal issues. I’ve also trained extensively for the last 25 years in the shamanic arts, and dedicated much of my time to living and studying with indigenous communities in many parts of the world.
I’m finally an entrepreneur, a retreat leader, a program teacher, a ceremonialist, a shamanic practitioner, an entheogen integration specialist and a personal coach. Years of study and practice on the path of workshop facilitation, field research and clinical & therapeutic work have led me to believe we can heal anything.
I’m also aware of being a bit of an ‘oddball’ in the realm of ancestral medicines, as I’ve trained (and keep training) in a variety of medicines and within different traditions. A medicine man or woman is usually a one-medicine specialist and trains in one sole tradition. I have answered the specific calls from some of these remarkable medicines and travelled wide and far to different jungles and mountains to work and study with varied first-people communities on this planet.
I believe there is a need for people like me to help bridge, protect and disseminate to a western audience the extraordinary wisdom of the first nations who share these medicines. Shamanic work and one of its mysterious and exciting aspects, the realm of plant or earth medicine, brings many answers to the unresolved issues of modern medicine or psychology. I have dedicated my life to supporting others’ journeys, growth, and transformation and am delighted to answer any questions via Zoom or WhatsApp chat. Schedule a free call here. Or leave me a message on WhatsApp at +52 998 354 2178
Support and assisting team
Exceptionally, and for each one of these individual ceremonies, we will have the pleasure to add to our assisting team a list of recently graduated practitioners, extensively trained in the art of preparation, delivery of the experience and integration, and for each one of these sacred medicines. They will all contribute to your experience and make sure you journey in the best and safest conditions.
Rogelio Kuntur Cristal
Ceremony Assistant, Nutrition Specialist
For over 20 years, Rogelio has worked in different areas and fields, always in service of love, healing and creativity, and active in supporting and creating transformational and evolutionary spaces.
Having refined his offering in one of his main passions: vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free nutrition, he also learned how to support people in their healing processes. He now finds himself serving within the ceremony space, practising compassion and presence, as well as deepening his understanding of the plant medicine realm.
Amy Lynn Allen
Facilitation support
Amy Lynn is a Shamanic doula, assisting Soulful transformation; the cycle of birth, death, and a guide to one’s own innate possibility, potential, awareness and wisdom. Focused on holistic healing, personal growth, and Spiritual transformation
She is dedicated to awakening the power of co-creative perception by inspiring a new collective vision and possibility, reconnecting with Earth, spirit and community .
Geovanna Arias
Operations & Management
Geovanna is a passionate advocate for natural and holistic healing, plant medicines as powerful tools in helping others work through trauma, depression, anxiety, and pain. She's joined many retreats with Frederic and gained hands-on experience with Huachuma, Ayahuasca, Bufo, Peyote and Kambo. Following her move to Mexico in 2022, she set out to continue helping others find healing and transformation with entheogens and as a way of inspiring growth and positivity in this world.
Ray Bueno
Logistics, Ceremony Assistant
Ray Bueno is a Marine combat veteran and marketing and logistics manager for SpiritRivers International. After struggling with PTSD and depression, he answered the call to a plant medicine retreat in Mexico with Frédéric. Since, he has been passionate about learning more about plant medicine and its potential to heal individuals and communities. He is an advocate for veterans and believes that plant medicines can be a powerful tool in helping veterans suffering from PTSD, chronic pain, and other conditions.