Huachuma (San Pedro Cactus)

Huachuma, or San Pedro, is seen as the Grandfather medicine of the Andes. His active alkaloid is Mescaline, which is NOT a tryptamine. It’s in the same family as Cacao and MDMA, with similar heart opening benefits, with it’s own unique subtle energy. In large doses can be psychedelic & visionairy, tho those aren’t it’s primary affects. The effects can last anywhere from 8-16 hours depending on dosage. You will have the choice of how much medicine you’d like to drink.

The main effects of huachuma are heart-opening, deepened state of awareness, profound connection to Nature and deep communion with Spirit. He offers us a deep focus, stillness of the mind, focus. He opens us up to our Prayer, what we want to create in this life, our purpose, our patterns, and how we can become a better person! The most magical effects are that of Clarity of Vision, and revealing our Truest Self and how to embody that.

There will be 2 opportunities for us to journey with Grandpa Huachuma, each of which will have a different flow. The 1st journey will be during the day (10am-10pm,) in which we will be hiking to sacred sites. The 2nd journey will be an all night “FirePrayer”, we will be around our Sacred Fire singing/praying from 6pm-6am. Each ceremony is further described in the paragraphs below.

Both ceremonies, medicine will be served by Jah with

1st Huachuma Journey ~ Huachuma Hike ~ 10am – 10pm

We will begin drinking the first cup and open the ceremony in our temple Jaguar Hall. We will open the space with prayers, intentions and songs, followed by a short movement exercise to bring awareness to our bodies and energy flow. We will then begin our hike, which has 3 pit-stops along the way. There is about 2hrs total of hiking, and we will hang out in each pitstop for about 1-3hrs each.

Our first pitstop is Grandfather Rock, an ancient Mayan altar with 1000s of years history being used as a sacred site for prayers, offerings and connection to the Spirit Realm. We will connect with the Earth, leave offerings, pray, sing Earth songs, and make a flower mandala together.
Then we hike up to the 2nd altar.

Our second pitstop is deep in the forest at an ancient Mayan water altar. In this space we will sing water songs, have a special water blessing ritual, honor the divine feminine, and drink our second cup of medicine. Then we will hike up to our third altar.

Our third pitstop, Base Camp, will be at the top of the mountain with a spectacular view of the lake and open skies. Here we will connect with the air element, sing air songs, make prayers, and chill out and meditate in silence. We will also serve the sacred medicine of Rapeh, which will bring grounding and clarity. We will sing songs from the Brazilian Amazon to help move the force of the medicine. After about an hour, we will then head back down the mountain and return to MYF!

There will be a short period of freeflow, with fruits available, option to swim in the lake, connect with the family, or be in your own space. This will be for about an hour.
Our final destination will be our Sacred Fire where we will anchor in our prayers, sing more songs, and connect with the fire element. There will be loads of offerings available throughout the night for you to pray for your life, your family, your business and continue to anchor in your intentions!

The ceremony will then close, soup will be available, sauna will be hot, and fire will stay open for prayers, and more songs!

2nd Huachuma Journey ~ FirePrayer ~ 6pm – 6am

This is our grand finale, and final medicine ceremony of the retreat. We will be all night around our Sacred Fire, praying, singing, dancing, and connecting with the elements. The medicine will give us plenty of energy to stay up all night, and WOW, the sunrise will be the most magical moment of our lives!

The night is divided into 4 rounds from sunset-sunrise. Each round will be based on an element. We start with Earth connecting to our bodies and the physical world. Then move into water to connect with our emotions, the gift of life, and the divine feminine. Then moving into the air element where we connect to our Mind, our vision, our meditation and our vastness. Then we move into Fire to welcome the rising sun. This is when we connect with our Spirit, our purpose and our passions and celebrate the sweet life we live.

Throughout the night there will be certain songs to connect with each element, lots of space for others to share songs, fun guided activities, places of silence and stillness, sound healing, and more. An abundance of offerings are available throughout the night to make lots of prayers and give thanks! We will end at sunrise with fruit, snacks, soup and a glorious lake swim and dock party!

Additional Offerings Throughout the Medicine Retreat:

Integration Circles: These circles will be offered multiple times throughout the retreat. This is a time where each person gets to share about their process, their experience within the medicine, any challenges or breakthroughs, and how these lessons can be integrated and embodied moving forward. The best part about a retreat like this is the added integration time and support. This gives more time to embody the teachings and lessons before returning out into the world again!

Meditation & Yoga: This is a beautiful way to bring the medicine fully into our bodies and minds so that we can use the medicine outside of ceremony. The real teachings the medicine gives us is how to live a better daily life, without the need for medicine. Meditation and Yoga is the perfect daily practice that can help us maintain stillness, reflect on our journey, expand our overall awareness and bring more presence. It’s also a beautiful ways to get our bodies feeling good between long ceremonies.

Sacred Sauna: in our sauna we practice silence, singing and praying. A perfect way to practice songs and get into a natural trance state. It’s also a beautiful way to sweat out any toxins and release any lingering energy from the ceremonies. Leave feeling reborn, refreshed and revitalized!

Sound Healing: sound is frequency, and by utilizing a variety of sacred instruments, these vibrations can heal us on a cellular level. It’s a great, relaxing way to integrate the medicine experiences, and get really good rest. In this sober state, we are able to receive visions, reflections, insights, downloads and healing that will assist us in the deep medicine work we will be doing! We will have 1x 2hr sound ceremony, as well as we will have multiple instruments and sound journeys infused into our medicine spaces. Hawk is our master sound healing with over 500hrs of training, and 1000s of hours of practices. He has 4 gongs, 7 crystal tones singing bowls, 10 tibetan bowls, 8 flutes, handpan, rav drum, chimes, and some fun surprises!

About The Facillitators:

Jahendo, Sunny, and Hawk are best friends and have been holding space in 100s of ceremonies together for the last 3 years. Their deep friendship and love for each other vibrates out into any healing space they’re in.

About Hawk:
Hawk de la Roca is a ceremonialist, multi-instrumentalist and curious explorer of consciousness, frequency and the healing arts.

He loves to weave together mystical soundscapes that invoke deep relaxation and opens portals to altered states of consciousness and Soul Activation.
Hawk has lots of experience holding a safe space for people to open their hearts and heal, using sound as a tool to guide them. He creates an atmosphere where everyone can feel free to let go and experience the power of their inner voice to call in their purpose, dreams and magic!

Hawk began working ceremonially with plant medicines in 2014 and has studied with indigenous curanderos in the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Rainforests of Peru and Ecuador. Hawk is also an experienced yoga teacher, song carrier and transformational retreat leader.

Here’s What People are saying about our ceremonies!

I’ve sat in ceremony with Jah for 4 Changa and 5 Huachuma ceremonies. He always brings a light hearted fun energy that makes you feel safe as well as a serious mentor like energy that really encourages you to do the work and stay present not just have a good time. I’m thankful for this balance he brings because he reminds me to stay present when I get a bit too high or to lighten up when I feel like the darkness is consuming me in a certain moment. Jah honors the traditions of his teachers nobly and I would highly recommend to anyone whole heartedly to sit with Jah in a held space. He is an amazing inspiring human who I’ve come to love like a brother. Namaste

– Jonah from USA
(musician, yoga teacher, permaculturist)