Paije Alexandra West
Paije Alexandra West
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Paije Alexandra West is a Bwiti-initiated ceremonial guide, retreat facilitator, and founder of ETÉREO—an experiential retreat project based in Baja California Sur, Mexico. With over a decade of experience supporting thousands through sacred medicine work, she is known for her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded, and therapeutically supported approach to plant medicine.
Paije’s path with iboga began over ten years ago in clinical Ibogaine settings, where she supported guests navigating detox and psycho-spiritual healing. During this time, she also served 5-MeO-DMT in ceremonial contexts to support integration and spiritual processing for those emerging from Ibogaine treatment. The sudden loss of her brother to a fentanyl overdose deepened her relationship with the medicine and ultimately led her to ceremonial iboga. In 2021, she traveled to Gabon, Africa, where she underwent traditional Bwiti Rites of Passage and was formally initiated into the Missoko Bwiti lineage.
She has trained extensively in trauma and somatic healing, including certification through the Trauma & Somatics Practitioner Course, Internal Family Systems (IFS) workshops, the Center for Optimal Living’s psychedelic care training for substance use issues, and peer support with the Zendo Project. Drawing from her foundation as a full-spectrum birth and postpartum doula, Paije integrates the doula model of care into all her work—prioritizing presence, education, non-interference, and emotional advocacy.
Her Iboga retreats are known for their depth, safety, and beauty, held in luxury settings with full medical screening, licensed therapists, and a high-touch, trauma-informed approach. She collaborates closely with her husband and a skilled support team to create deeply personal and reverent containers for transformation.
Paije brings a grounded presence, intuitive strength, and a deep respect for the mystery that lives within the medicine. She considers herself a lifelong student of both tradition and self-inquiry, committed to honoring the root while supporting others in their return to truth.
Paije’s path with iboga began over ten years ago in clinical Ibogaine settings, where she supported guests navigating detox and psycho-spiritual healing. During this time, she also served 5-MeO-DMT in ceremonial contexts to support integration and spiritual processing for those emerging from Ibogaine treatment. The sudden loss of her brother to a fentanyl overdose deepened her relationship with the medicine and ultimately led her to ceremonial iboga. In 2021, she traveled to Gabon, Africa, where she underwent traditional Bwiti Rites of Passage and was formally initiated into the Missoko Bwiti lineage.
She has trained extensively in trauma and somatic healing, including certification through the Trauma & Somatics Practitioner Course, Internal Family Systems (IFS) workshops, the Center for Optimal Living’s psychedelic care training for substance use issues, and peer support with the Zendo Project. Drawing from her foundation as a full-spectrum birth and postpartum doula, Paije integrates the doula model of care into all her work—prioritizing presence, education, non-interference, and emotional advocacy.
Her Iboga retreats are known for their depth, safety, and beauty, held in luxury settings with full medical screening, licensed therapists, and a high-touch, trauma-informed approach. She collaborates closely with her husband and a skilled support team to create deeply personal and reverent containers for transformation.
Paije brings a grounded presence, intuitive strength, and a deep respect for the mystery that lives within the medicine. She considers herself a lifelong student of both tradition and self-inquiry, committed to honoring the root while supporting others in their return to truth.
