4 Days Ayahuasca by Mahanse Retreats

Fransie brings a deep, lived understanding of sacred plants and many years of experience holding and guiding ayahuasca retreats. Over the years, he has accompanied hundreds of people through intense inner processes and has studied closely with elders and teachers from different regions of the Amazon. This long-term dedication has shaped a way of guiding that is grounded, attentive, and rooted in direct experience rather than theory. Within the retreat, Fransie serves as the main ceremony guide, guardian of the yagé, and voice medicine. He leads each ceremony with clarity and care, holding the space with steadiness, patience, and a strong sense of responsibility. His presence is calm and focused, allowing participants to feel supported while remaining fully engaged with their own process. He understands how to respond under a wide range of circumstances and knows when to intervene and when to give space, always prioritizing safety and respecting the process of every participant to not interrupt them. Fransie is also a musician and songwriter, and his relationship with sound, breath, and rhythm is an integral part of his work. During the retreat, he guides breathwork sessions and explains each stage of the process in a clear and structured way, helping participants understand what may arise and how to navigate it with greater awareness. His way of communicating is direct and caring, combining structure with warmth and presence. He has experience facilitating different plant medicines, including yagé, tobacco, and kambó, always supported by the Mahanse team. During ceremonies, he may offer energetic cleansings using his tools, tobacco, and sahumerios, adapting each intervention to the individual and the moment, without imposing interpretations or promises, knowing that everyone must get their own answers. Born in Spain to a Spanish father and a Dutch mother, Fransie moves fluently between cultures and languages, guiding in both Spanish and English. He plays several instruments and brings a broad, embodied understanding of music, breath, and ceremonial space. He also dedicates time to studying mental health, addiction, and the ways in which disciplined work with plants and traditional diets can support long-term change, always emphasizing responsibility, preparation, and integration. Fransie has completed several plant dietas and continues to return regularly to the Amazon to deepen his learning and maintain a living connection with the roots of this work. What once touched him deeply is now shared with humility and commitment as an invitation for others to look honestly at their habits, patterns, and ways of living, and to take responsibility for creating a more coherent and conscious life, for the next generations to come to find a better place. His strength lies not in grand gestures, but in consistency, integrity, and the ability to hold demanding spaces with clarity and heart, while walking the path himself.

Marcelo brings to the retreat a warm, joyful, and deeply human presence. His energy naturally expresses itself through movement, dance, and body-based practices, creating spaces where participants can release rigidity, reconnect with sensation, and step out of excessive mental activity. During the retreat, he guides movement sessions and meditations that invite exploration of expanded inner states, always respecting each person’s rhythm and personal process. He has many years of experience facilitating ceremonies and accompanying people through intense and varied processes. This experience allows him to respond with calm, clarity, and discernment in different situations. Within the ceremonial space, he supports the work as a guardian of the yagé and facilitates rapé when appropriate, holding the space with attention, respect, and responsibility. Throughout his path, Marcelo has explored and trained in different forms of accompaniment, including conscious bodywork, massage therapy, inner child work, Akashic records, and the Theta Healing approach. These tools are not presentedas supportive resources that, will help you release tension, open understanding, and accompany emotional processes. His individual sessions and energetic cleansing work are experienced as deep and careful, always adapted to the person and the moment they are living. He brings deep cleanse during the ceremonies and in his optional 1:1 sessions during the retreat. Marcelo is originally from Brazil and lived for several years in London before settling in the area of Mataró Beach. Thanks to this background, he speaks fluently in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, allowing for clear and natural communication with participants from different places. Those who share space with him often highlight his clean, loving, and approachable presence. Marcelo connects easily with people, creates trust, and contributes to making the retreat feel like a safe and welcoming environment, where each person can feel at home while remaining fully responsible for their own process.

Raúl González has been walking a conscious spiritual path since 2013, working as an energy healer and facilitator across different practices. His work is rooted in ancestral wisdom, the vibration of sound, and the power of conscious, respectful touch. These elements come together as ways of supporting balance, clarity, and a deeper connection with the body and inner experience. During the retreats, Raúl plays a key role in holding and protecting the ceremonial space. He serves as guardian of the fire and the room, facilitates sahumerios and rapé when appropriate, and remains present throughout the night. His presence is steady and grounded, often described as strong and unwavering so they call him the Buffalo. He stays attentive until the last person has settled, capable of holding complex or intense situations with calm, confidence, and care. Before ceremonies, Raúl offers sound baths that help participants arrive more fully into the space and their bodies. During the retreat, he also makes his one-to-one sessions available, offering individualized support for those who feel called to receive it. In his therapeutic work, Raúl combines three complementary approaches. He begins with deep tissue massage, helping release physical tension and areas of accumulated stress. This is followed by Reiki-based energetic work, aimed at supporting balance across the body and emotional field. Sessions often close with sound healing, using vibration as a way to accompany relaxation and internal harmony. These methods are offered as supportive tools, always respecting the person’s own process and limits. Originally from Madrid, Raúl lived in London for twelve years, an experience that shaped both his personal path and his way of relating to people from different backgrounds. He speaks Spanish and English fluently, allowing him to accompany participants with clarity and ease. Raúl’s strength does not come from force, but from presence. He brings reliability, attentiveness, and a quiet confidence to the retreat, contributing to an environment where people can feel safe, supported, and free to move through their experience at their own pace.