5-Day Iboga Retreat (Deep Reset / Addiction & Shadow Work Arc) Costa Rica & Portugal

🌿 5-Day Iboga Deep Reset Retreat

Theme: Nervous System Reset • Addiction Interruption • Identity Rebuild

This structure assumes serious screening, medical awareness, and experienced facilitation.

🪶 DAY 1 — Arrival & Stabilisation (Landing the System)

Purpose: calm the nervous system + assess readiness

Arrival in silence-friendly natural setting
Welcome orientation (rules, safety, expectations)
Full intake screening (physical + psychological history)
Heart-focused check (blood pressure, risk flags, etc.)
Light grounding meal (no stimulants, no heavy food)
Gentle somatic grounding:
breathwork (slow, down-regulating)
walking in nature
Early sleep (nervous system begins downshift)

Theme: “You are entering a reset field”

🌊 DAY 2 — Preparation & Detox Layer

Purpose: clear body load + prepare psyche

Light fasting or restricted diet protocol (depending on model)
Morning movement (yoga / shaking / somatic release)
Emotional mapping session:
addiction patterns / trauma loops / life structure
Optional Rapé-style grounding (if part of your system)
Deep rest periods throughout the day
No overstimulation (no phones, minimal talking)

Theme: “Emptying the noise”

🌑 DAY 3 — Iboga Ceremony (Core Experience)

Purpose: deep inner confrontation + psychological reset

Full ceremonial preparation:
intention setting (simple, non-mental overload)
body relaxation + grounding protocol
Iboga administration (supervised, structured setting)
Long-duration inner journey (hours of deep processing)
Continuous monitoring (heart rhythm awareness critical)
Minimal external stimulation, safe observation presence
Night into early morning experience window

Theme: “The truth encounter”

🌅 DAY 4 — Recovery & Nervous System Re-Entry

Purpose: stabilize body + integrate raw experience

Extended sleep + rest cycle
Hydration + gentle nutrient restoration
No pressure to speak early
Light somatic integration:
grounding touch therapy or breathwork
nature contact (barefoot walking, water immersion)
Optional group circle late afternoon:
only if participant is stable enough

Theme: “Returning to the body”

🌱 DAY 5 — Integration & Life Rebuilding

Purpose: turn experience into real-world structure

Structured integration session:
what changed internally
what patterns collapsed
what must change externally
Practical life mapping:
addiction triggers / relationship dynamics / habits
Personalized integration plan (post-retreat roadmap)
Closing ceremony (simple, grounded, non-overstimulating)
Departure preparation + aftercare instructions

Theme: “Re-entering life differently”

⚠️ Core Safety Structure (important if you build this brand)

A credible iboga retreat always includes:

medical screening before acceptance
heart risk exclusion criteria
trained facilitators present during ceremony
emergency protocol access plan
strict substance interaction rules (no mixing protocols)
post-ceremony monitoring period
🧠 What this retreat actually is (honest framing)

This is not:

a recreational psychedelic experience
a “spiritual festival”
a multi-medicine stacking journey

This is closer to:

a neuro-psychological reset process with deep introspective trauma work

Core intention
addiction interruption / life reset
trauma digestion
identity deconstruction
long-form inner rewiring

Day 1 — Arrival + Stabilisation
Grounding in nature, silence, low stimulation
Intake + emotional/psychological screening
Heart & physical safety checks (especially cardiovascular risk screening)
Light somatic practices (breathwork, walking, water immersion)
Setting intentions (very grounded, not mystical exaggeration)

Theme: “Arriving in truth”

Day 2 — Preparation + Body Clearing
Fasting / light dietary protocol (depending on facilitator model)
Somatic release work (movement, shaking, breathwork)
Psychological preparation: what is being faced, patterns, dependencies
Deep rest, early night

Theme: “Emptying the system”

Day 3 — Main Iboga Experience (Ceremonial Night)
Fully supervised ceremonial container
Medical monitoring (heart rhythm awareness is critical)
Extended introspective journey (often long-duration experience)
Minimal stimulation environment, safety observation throughout

Theme: “The confrontation”

Day 4 — Recovery + Integration Descent
Physical recovery (sleep, hydration, grounding foods)
No pressure for sharing early
Gentle somatic integration (voice, breath, nature contact)
Optional sharing circle in evening

Theme: “Re-entering the body”

Day 5 — Integration + Life Reorientation
Structured integration coaching
Mapping insights into real-life behavior changes
Addiction relapse prevention planning (if relevant)
Closing ritual (simple, grounded—not overstimulated)

Theme: “Rebuilding direction”

Important truth about Iboga retreats:

This is not a “festival medicine.”
It is closer to a clinical psychological reset process and should never be treated casually.