About this Retreat
Kate is the creator of Sacred Heart Sonora, a plant medicine guide, and an integration specialist dedicated to the living medicine of Bufo Alvarius. She is currently completing a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy and holds a certification as an MFTT. Her work bridges modern psychology, shamanic wisdom, and psychedelic therapy, offering compassionate intake and integration support for clients on transformational journeys.
Since 2018, Kate has held ceremonial space in over 1,300 Bufo Alvarius ceremonies, cultivating deep expertise through direct experience. Her path has been shaped by years of personal practice and by training alongside respected pioneers of the medicine, including physicians and traditional carriers.
Kate is also a devoted advocate for Sonoran Desert Toad Conservation and the ethical collection of medicine. For the past four summers, she has led conservation efforts at Rancho Bufo Alvarius in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, helping to raise awareness and protect the sacred toad population. Her work has been featured in documentaries by VICE, Channel 4, and Strg_F.
Kate’s approach is rooted in reverence, service, and the belief that healing is most profound when guided by both heart and integrity.
Dr. Bernardo Porta Mañón
Experienced and versatile physician specializing in Geriatric Medicine, with nine years of comprehensive healthcare delivery across diverse patient populations. My practice is rooted in a holistic philosophy that integrates preventive care, chronic disease management, acute treatment, and mind-body-spirit therapies. In addition to traditional medical practice, I serve as a psychedelic therapist, supporting transformative healing processes through the responsible and therapeutic use of psychedelics, including certification in facilitating 5-MeO-DMT therapy. I am committed to fostering long-term health and well-being by addressing the whole person — body, mind, and spirit — and promoting the restoration of balance at all levels of being. Known for building meaningful, trust-based patient relationships and collaborating effectively within interdisciplinary teams, I bridge traditional and emerging approaches to healthcare with a consciousness-centered, heart-led commitment to healing.
Details of this retreat
Join us for a holistic retreat in the jungle just outside of Tulum, where you can slow down, reconnect, and recharge. Surrounded by nature, expereince two Bufo Alvarius ceremonies, chaman cuisine, and plenty of time to relax at a holistic center. It’s the perfect opportunity to step away from the busyness of life and focus on your own healing. This experience allows you to connect with your highest self in a beautiful safe space. This retreat priotizes integration, self-healing, and a safe approach to working with Bufo Alvarius.
What is Bufo and what is the experience like?
"The venom from Incillius Alvarius (formerly known as Bufo Alvarius) truly confers individuals the opportunity to dissolve completely all of our preconceived cosmovisions, ego perceptions, and illusions as we experience a merging into the oneness of all things. To feel infinity, a face-to-face encounter with Source. By self-realization of our divine nature and the true energetic nature of our living reality, we can truly unravel all our human expression to the point of achieving a full healing process; by complete analysis of our lives, lineage, and curing individuals on all levels: mind, body and soul. To experience the interconnectedness of all things that were, that are and that will be. To live a billion year process within ourself and to be freed from physical bound form for a period of 20 minutes Earth time. " - The Bufo Medicine Codex
If you would like to sign up for a ceremony or retreat, please visit us at www.sacredheartsonora.com and use the Wetravel links to book. We do not accept payments via retreat guru.
All reservations are pending the approval of a medical intake.
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