Guests take the medicine, which is administered as both Iboga Root Bark and its Total Alkaloid (TA) extraction. It is important to have both forms of the medicine available. Some people have a higher tolerance and it can get difficult to get enough root bark powder in them to send them deep and get what they need. Therefore we have the TA on hand so everyone has the opportunity to get what they came for.

We talk about Life and other important teachings that come from the Bwiti tradition.  These teachings are a very important part of the process. Just the tradition alone delivered in the proper way can be life changing. These lessons help us to simplify our life and focus on what is important. The oral tradition is the study of Life itself and what is means to be a human here on earth. After about an hour or so, Iboga is given to each person who is participating in the ceremony. For most people, it takes about an hour until they begin to ‘feel the medicine’. Once someone is feeling the Iboga, they are escorted to a mattress in the ceremony area where they will spend the rest of the night.

During ceremony, different spiritual cleansing will be done and guests will have the opportunity to go inside, resolve any conflict within themselves and get to the truth of what needs to change in their life.

Our staff is present throughout the ceremony to help people with their needs, some water to drink, more iboga if needed, help getting to and from the nearby bathroom, purging (vomiting), or offering direction as needed. We create a very safe environment for you so you can focus on your experience.

When the time is right, we will begin the process of guiding you into yourself. This process has been used by the Bwiti for many generations. By guiding you, you can get the answers to any questions you may have about your life. You may be able to see and converse with your own spirit (your soul / higher self). Many people are able to ‘travel’ spiritually throughout the world. It is also possible to make contact with deceased family and friends using this process. During this guided journey we will also ‘open’ your third eye (spiritual vision) using special herbs and barks prepared by the Pygmies.

The remainder of the night is spent journeying in the ceremony area, until sunrise, when guests are taken back to their respective rooms.

Day four is an important time to reconnect with nature. Iboga leaves us open and sensitive to the energies around us. This is the time to allow nature to fill the spaces that are opened up. And the purest form of intelligent wisdom and true resonance can only come from the Earth.

The day is spent outdoors, at one of our favorite beach spots or at the hot springs. Guests are able to connect to the profoundly healing energy of plants, trees — and most importantly, the ocean, the ultimate cleanser of what does not serve us.

Following the beach or hot springs, guests are given a Spiritual Shower, which is held in traditional Bwiti ceremony. Because Iboga has dislodged deeply stuck emotions, beliefs, traumas and patterns, the purpose of the Spiritual Shower is to fully release those things. In the space created by their absence, guests can invite their deepest dreams and wishes into being. The spiritual shower is done at a local river.

Each person must bring a change of clothes to this ceremony (which they must be comfortable leaving behind). The physical shedding of old clothing is symbolic of the spiritual shedding of old patterns and traumas.

The Spiritual Shower is an ancient African ceremony. We work with plants and nature’s water spirits to call in positive, self-serving patterns and release negative, self-sabotaging patterns. The depths to which we can release negativity in this ceremony are limitless — we are even able to access and shed negativity from our ancestral lineage. It is all able to be washed away, cleansed and renewed.

In the evening, we gather as a group and enjoy the benefits the medicine. Wisdom about taking our new found gifts and taking the lessons we have learned to create the life we want. By this point everyone is realizing the gifts of the medicine and what they have released from the experience. 2 deep full dose experiences with the medicine is profound and for many it is enough iboga to last them a lifetime.

Everything offered during our 8-day retreats is optional; if guests do not feel comfortable participating in certain scheduled activities, they may opt out. It’s all about empowered choice, and the choice to partake is always up to the individual.

on-site activities: bird & and animal watching, plenty of space for yoga, hiking trails and walks to the river that runs behind the Iboga Wellness property.