‘V.E.T. Tulum, Mexico’
Veterans Entheogen Transformation
Ancestral medicines Retreat for Veterans
This retreat is an opportunity for veterans to take back control of their physical and mental well-being through the ancient wisdom of Earth Medicine. It will provide various paths from PTSD, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and medication addictions towards greater personal development in both professional and private lives. It promises a life changing experience that leads where they need it most – unlocking radical healing and personal growth!
Tulum, Mexico — 24-29 October 2023
6-day/6 nights Retreat for Growth, Transformation & Healing with Ayahuasca, San Pedro, Bufo Alvarius and more
Led by International Facilitator and Trauma Specialist Frédéric Cherri.
The Healing Journey of the Veteran
Message from the Founder
“This retreat is very dear to my heart. I have been working with trauma for the last 30yrs in a variety of different clinical settings. I have faced first-hand the mental, emotional and physical limitations due to the profound effects of trauma.
Healing trauma used to take time, a lot of time. However, my 20yr foray into the realm of shamanic and ancestral medicines, my long studies with varied curanderos of the Amazon forests and the results that I witness in our most common retreats allow me to say, with profound humilty and reverence to the medicines themselves, that working with Ancestral medicine offers off-the-chart results.
You may be at a loss with mental, emotional or psychological issues in our life. You may feel confused, and no longer with a clear path to living your life in harmony with your loved ones, or working a job you love.
We have already entered a new era where true healing and wisdom is available to us all. Most of us also see that the old structures society and our lives are built on are no longer sustainable. But what now? How can we truly heal? Then, how can we impact the world? How can we dream the world into being?
This is a deeply transforming retreat. We will help you not only prepare for the experience but also integrate it so that you can go back home with useful tools to be applied in your daily life. The clear intention of these ancient teachers help us heal and create harmony, joy and community in our lives. Join me in this unique retreat. I’m looking forward to meeting you” – Frédéric
Details, Dates, Fees, & Venue
A unique 6-day/6-nights experience for Veterans only
A glorious retreat center nested in magnificent nature and a unique opportunity to grow, heal and transform with the Earth medicines of Ayahuasca, San Pedro cactus, Bufo Alvarius, Kambo and more.
This is a unique retreat for veterans and war-scared people, carefully crafted with a variety of ancestral medicines and shamanic processes, presented and served by an entheogen, trauma and shamanic practices expert, extensively trained in the art form of preparing, serving and integrating the experience of Ancestral Medicines. This event will allow for a deeper understanding of how these teaching medicines work, their healing powers and how they pollinate one another.
Each ceremony will be first prepared carefully then, followed by integration sessions allowing you to make the most of the experience. All in a traditional approach, in nature settings and the comfort of a stunning retreat centre.
This 6-day retreat, for first-timers and adepts alike, will offer a great introduction to the magic of sacred medicines with a total of 7 ceremonies complemented with fundamental shamanic processes.
Fees
The fee for this retreat is $1950 per person.
See what is included here
Lock your place by paying your deposit ($500) here
P.S. You will also find exquisitely gifted Practitioners of Yoga, Meditation and Masssage whilst on the retreat. To be arranged through SpiritRivers and paid on site or online.
Registration Process
To confirm your place on this program you only need to select your dates and pay your deposit here. You will then autmoatically receive a 25 pages INFO-PACK, a guiding document to help you with preparation, what to bring, diet and many other aspects of working with Ancestral Medicines.
Arrival/Departure
Please check our itinerary and by courtesy for all, make sure to arrive on site on the first day well before the start of our program. Departures are on the evening of our last day.
Finally, we manage, sometimes, to secure remarkable live musicians for our ceremonies however, we can not guarantee their presence on all our retreats.
What’s included
- 2 San Pedro ceremonies (Day & Night)
- 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
- 2 Bufo Alvarius ceremonies
- 1 Kambo Cleanse ceremony
- Rapéh - Shamanic snuff
- Shamanic processes
- Animal Totem work
- Ancestral lineage clearing
- Ancestral medicine explained
- Earth Mandala
- Drum Journeys
- Navigation of entheogen space
- Preparation & Integration
- Tools to extend integration
- 6-Night shared accomodation (2 people per room)
- Vegan delicious meals
What’s not included
Airfares, tansportation to-fro the airport the venue.
The Earth Medicines we will work with
San Pedro (Peruvian cactus)
Ayahuasca (Amazonian brew)
Bufo Alvarius (Mexican Toad)
Kambo (Amazonian tree frog)
Rapé (Rapéh) Sacred Tobacco snuff
Rapé brings you into a state of acute attention and awareness. The mind becomes calmer, negativity clears and emotional tensions are released. Participants often feel more grounded during the experience, allowing them to clear up confusions...
Your retreat: Day-by Day
For this 6-day retreat please note to arrive on site around 2pm on the 1st Day to allow us to start on time.
The energy of every retreat is unique and changes can be made in accordance with how the energy is moving. The retreat offers a series of ceremonies spread over six (6) days, departures will be for the end of our last day.
Any questions, please contact us! in English, French or Spanish
Day 1
4pm : Arrival
5pm : Opening Ceremony & Préparation
7pm : Dinner
Day 2
7am : Teas, Fruit waters
9am: Huachuma Ceremony
4pm : Snack
7pm: Dinner
Day 3
7am: Teas, Fruit waters
8am : Kambo Ceremony
10am: Integration
11am : Light lunch
1-8pm: Rest
9pm-3am : Ayahuasca Ceremony
Day 4
11am : Teas, Fruit Waters
12-4pm : Bufo Alvarius Ceremony
5pm: Integration
7pm : Dinner
Day 5
8am : Breakfast
9am: Integration
11am : Light Lunch
1-8pm Rest
9pm-3am : Ayahuasca Ceremony
Day 6
11am : Brunch
12-5pm : Shamanic workshop : Ancestral Medicine, ancestral lineage clearing, Drum journey, Totem Animals, Earth Mandala and more.
7pm: Dinner
Day 7
8am: Light Breakfast
10-12 : Bufo Alvarius
5pm: Rest
8pm-4am : Huachuma (night) or Ayahuasca
4am : Snacks
Day 8
11am: Brunch
12am: Integration
2pm: Closing Ceremony - Departures
This retreat is all-inclusive, ceremonies, accommodation and vegan meals. Airfares, transportation to-and from the retreat centre are not included. The retreat centre offers a wide choice of rooms in double-occupancy.
6-Day(6-Night) retreat: 4-11 May 2023
The fee for this retret retreat is $1950 per person.
You can lock your space into this retreat by paying a deposit of $500 USD or by Zelle into our account (use the Zelle account: f@fredcherri.com — check your spelling) or by using the button below. The balance is to be paid 1 month prior to the start of the retreat by fund transfer or Zelle.
Payment options: Cash on site or online below by Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diner’s Club and EnRoute).
Contact Us with any question by email in English, French or Spanish.
Our retreat Centre
Our retreat Center is a fabulous centre in the mexican jungle and completely private. It is located 90mins from the International airport of Cancun (CUN) and 20mins away from the famed village of Tulum.
How to get there:
From Cancun airpot you have a raft of options to reach te centre:
You can take a taxi from Cancun airport for around $80 US. There is a taxi stand outside the airport on the main road which is usually cheaper than booking a taxi inside the airport.
You can also take a combination of bus or shared vans which is a bit more complicated but not imossible.
You have in the airport a Bus station that will take you to our spot for about $30
A few picture of our Venue:
Who we are — The team
Your guide 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
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.