Join us to experience a traditional 10-day ayahuasca retreat in the Brazilian Amazon. The ceremonies will be expertly guided by Waxy Yawanawa and her family, and complemented by a 1:1 and group integration program.
Bringing the Amazon rainforest to the Atlantic coast for an epic New Year retreat. Join us to experience the profound healing power of the sacred Amazonian plant medicines from the hands of the Yawanawa elders from the Brazilian Amazon.
Each retreat is built around ceremonies with sacred plant medicines, led exclusively by indigenous elders from long-standing Amazonian lineages (Siona, Cofán, Yawanawá, Huni Kuin and more) who personally plant and prepare the medicines they serve. Retreats run as weekend, week-long, or month-long formats and are paired with a structured integration program before and after the ceremonies.
Every ceremony is led by an indigenous elder with 30+ years of experience in their tradition (not a facilitator trained by a third party). Taozen's team also includes doctors, psychologists, coaches, and therapists who support participants alongside the elders. See the full team, including which tribe and lineage each ceremony leader comes from, on the Team page.
Every participant goes through a structured screening process before being accepted onto a retreat. It starts with a 30–60 minute Clarity Call, where we get to know you and answer your questions. From there, you'll complete an in-depth health screening that's reviewed by a doctor on our team, so any medical or psychiatric considerations are properly assessed. Once you're accepted, you go through 1:1 preparation ahead of the retreat, so you arrive knowing what to expect rather than walking in misinformed.
We offer three specialist integration tracks: Dreamwork & Embodied Imagination® (Jungian-based work with dreams and vision symbolism), AC-accredited Life Coaching (mindfulness, accountability, habit formation), and Psychotherapy with a Medical Doctor/Psychiatrist (CBT, parts work, art therapy). Every retreat includes a personalised 1:1 and group integration program as standard. See Integration Programs for details.
Taozen's community spans 50+ nationalities and includes people attending their first ceremony as well as returning members. There's no single type of person who belongs here. What we've found matters more than experience level or personality is genuine intention - because this work asks something of you, and it isn't a casual retreat or a holiday. That's exactly why we propose the Clarity Call and health screenings as a starting point in our conversation, to establish a real, individual conversation about whether this is the right fit for you right now. If it is not, we have no issue saying no if it's needed - no hard feelings.
Yes. Private and custom retreats are tailored to your group's size, timeline, and intentions, working with the same indigenous elders and integration team as our scheduled retreats. The best way to start is a Clarity Call, where we can talk through what you're looking for and design something around it.
We offer a free Clarity Call to talk through fit before committing to anything. It's a space for you to ask any questions and for us to get to know you better.
