7 day Ayahuasca Retreat Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica

Retreat Highlights

• Our retreats are very small and personal, with a maximum of 6 participants.
• Guests will leave with a profound sense of peace and greater connection to themselves and those around them.
• The small group setting feels very much like a being welcomed into a loving family.
• The bonds of friendship made on the retreat are a powerful part of the healing journey.
• Located on the edge of one of Costa Rica's national parks, there is an abundance of wildlife on your doorstep including nesting Green Macaws, toucans, monkeys.
• Before each ceremony we give each person a traditional floral bath
• A closing cacao circle with organic and locally produced cacao
• Trauma informed integration circles after each ceremony
• Soplas (tabacco) cleanses
• Icaros and ceremonial songs and music
• Daily walks in nature
• Beach time at some of the best beaches in the world

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Neil

Fiona

Neil Kirwan

Sowa Soma was founded by Neil and Fiona, a husband and wife team who have been working with medicinal plants for over a decade, in Europe and Costa Rica. In 2021, they relocated to Costa Rica's Caribbean coast to deepen their connection with Ayahuasca and to offer ceremonial work in its verdant jungle. During Neil's time in the medicine world, he has sat in many circles both indigenous and non indigenous to the Amazon. He has come to know and learn from lineages within the Shipibo-Konibo and Huni Kuin tribes. As part of his continuation to learn with plants, Neil has carried out a number of master plant dietas including Noya Rao, Mugwort, White Sage, Chuchuwasi, Rose, Dandelion, Bobinsana, Passionflower, Cacao and Cannabis. Neil follows the path of Noya Rao and is currently dieting Noya Rao under the Mahua Shipibo Konibo lineage. The plant dietas are an anchor for the work they do and support them and their space in many ways. Neil offers pre and post ceremonial support, integration coaching, 121 and small group ayahuasca ceremonies, retreats, group social dietas and private isolation diets in his home in Costa Rica.

Fiona Kirwan

Sowa Soma was founded by Fiona and Neil, a husband and wife team who have been working with medicinal plants for over a decade, holding retreats in Europe and Costa Rica. In 2021, they decided to take their family and work and relocate to Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, to further deepen their connection to Ayahuasca and the jungle. During Fiona's time in the medicine world, she has sat in many circles both indigenous and non indigenous to the Amazon. She has come to know and learn from lineages within the Shipibo-Konibo and Huni Kuin tribes and continues to learn with plants through master plant dietas, these include White Sage, Rose, Cacao, Passionflower and Mugwort. Fiona is particularly passionate about supporting woman in ceremony, helping to create as much of a safe environment as possible. This work extends to helping women to integrate plants into their daily lives to tune into and fully embrace their menstruation cycles. In addition to plant medicine facilitation, Fiona offers preparation and integration coaching and menstruation mentoring and supports couples and individuals with conscious conception, birth, postpartum and beyond.

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