Imagine...
Looking around our final Evening Circle, you see your peace, power and sense of purpose reflected in all present. You reflect on how freer and more conscious you've become in the last 8 days.
You can't remember when you've felt so authentically clear and empowered to manifest life's possibilities, and, your full worthiness to receive them.
As you speak, you realize you are expressing and experiencing yourself in a way that you have always desired but never fully embodied. Until now.
Your Heart fills with appreciation as you recall the kindness and generosity of all whom you've encountered, your beautiful living quarters, and the numerous transformational experiences.
You delight at the diversity of foods you've eaten, the explorations through sacred medicine, ceremonies and places visited, the laughter and love.
RESET: A New Self in a New Life
Most of all, though, you are astonished at how you've profoundly bridged yourself into a New Self in a New Life.
Entrenched, egoic barriers and stuck patterns have collapsed and dissolved. The ancient medicine, ceremonies, wisdom and powerful telluric energy of Mexico have liberated you.
Fully aware of the cost of remaining stuck, you surrendered to the unknown at such profound levels, surprising even yourself. Now you feel able to create and live life as your New, Truer Self, filled with greater manifesting power, and anchored in a New Life.
YOU HAVE ARRIVED
Why Join Us, and Why Tulum?
These past few years have been a time of tremendous stress and disconnection. Many have experienced a pervasive sense of hopelessness and overwhelm. Additionally, the volatile, exponentially-accelerating, evolutionary energies of the Shift in Consciousness (although exhilarating) are challenging many.
Many conventional and spiritual strategies and practices that worked before are simply no longer working, or they are not working fast enough to keep us grounded, stable, and successfully navigating and creating the New.
The thing is, the future is not predetermined: it is created moment-by-moment through our choices, thoughts, feelings and actions. Outdated patterns painfully hold us back.
This Retreat has been created out of the awareness that although so many have tried everything they know to release their outdated patterns, they are still grappling with stuckness, lack of passion and inspiration, anxiety, hopelessness, lack and other unhelpful states.
To live a new Life, you must become it and feel as if it's already happened, first. This is impossible if the past draws you back: you need to embody and vibrationally radiate a New You in order to manifest and live a New Life.
Through powerful groupwork, the use of plant medicine (psilocybin mushrooms), meditation, temazcal, breathwork, cacao, sound healing and other sacred practices, you will be guided to free yourself into a New You and New Life.
Also, in this sacred land the Mayans built visionary structures with astronomical precision and imbued them with shamanic energy and cosmology. They are gateways to higher consciousness. Here we connect with the unseen forces and medicine that permeate them, and allow them to shift us.
As you connect into this accelerated container of transformation, you will reset and liberate yourself step into your power and cross the bridge feeling stuck into a New You and New Life.
And the Benefits you walk away with....
As you surrender into your Ancestral Medicine journey, you have the opportunity to be rebirthed beyond limitation and:
- heal and experience greater wholeness from the inside-out
- restore a powerful sense of Purpose, Agency, Freedom
- collapse fear, trauma and resistance so you seamlessly co-create the New and capably navigate change
- dissolve layers of stuck energy and outdated patterns and feel freer, more alive, certain, stable, joyful
- reset, clear the decks and awaken latent DNA to magnetize your highest joy & potential
- move into a New Self and thus .... a New Life
- learn to guide yourself with your unique Inner GPS
- deeply connect to yourself, others, the Earth and Source
- experience deeper worthiness and confidence
- have the tools to live fully, freely, abundantly, passionately
- know you can finally take charge of your Life in freedom and purpose in these exhilarating times
This journey is a sacred rite of passage, and your time and financial investment include 1-mth of Preparation and 2-mths of Mentoring Integration to support your full transformation.
YOUR 3-PHASE JOURNEY
The Preparation - 4 Weeks Before
Before we meet in Tulum, you will be guided to prepare yourself for the transformational experience ahead. You will be supported to connect deeply with your roots, grounding yourself in its wisdom. Also, to further develop clear intentions about your True/Future Self and what you want to co-create, as well as to start gently microdosing the mushroom medicine. You will be supported to surrender to the powerful energies that are guiding you towards healing, deeper freedom and your Soul's purpose for these times.
2 x Preparatory Group Calls via Zoom before arrival.
The Experience - 8 Days
On your sacred journey of liberation, you will be assisted to discover deep truths that lie within you and to unravel the knots that have sabotaged and held you back despite all your efforts. You will be supported to rediscover innate power and embrace your full potential. You will be guided by the wisdom of those who came before you and your Facilitators. As you heal yourself, you heal your lineage and the world around you. You connect deeply into yourself, Nature, the Cosmos and your Future.
The Integration - 2mths Follow-up
True, lasting transformation lies not only in our shared experiences in Tulum, but in the follow-up. It's the most important phase where you experience the realization of what transpired, and progressively embody the insights and healing received. By choosing to nurture your transformation with care on your return, you honor the sacred gift of healing that the Journey has offered you, and you learn how to sustain yourself as your New Self.
4 x Group Integration Sessions post-Retreat via Zoom.
Your Sanctuary for 7 Nights
Prana Boutique Hotel
*Note: We reserve the right to make adjustments to the accommodation venue due to changing conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Any changes that are made will be comparable to what is described below and will be communicated as quickly as possible.
In Hindu Teachings, Prana translates as "Life-Breath, Life Principle or Life Force": the Prana Boutique Hotel will be you life-giving Sanctuary over the next 7 nights. As you step into this intimate boutique hotel with its oasis atmosphere, you take a moment to breathe in the beauty. The lush gardens envelop you in tranquil ambiance, and its hammocks, a pool, a rooftop and intimate spots many ways in which to relax, yet you'll be just minutes from Centro.
The elegance, free-spiritedness and lightness of your surrounds and your beautifu lroom invite you to completely unplug from your old life and old self, and to anchor into a new connection with your body, mind, and spirit. Here, it's all about releasing your past and elevating and grounding your New Self and Life.
At Nido, you will enjoy an exquisite breakfast every morning. Additionally, they serve lunches and dinners of Mexican and Mediterranean delicacies. The nameof the restaurantcomes from the garden that is a home for many species of birds that sing during the day. In fact, Prana Boutique Hotel has a family of Toucans that return every few months to lay a new nest.
Prana Boutique Hotel also supports you to relax and nurture yourself all the more with its spa, wellness and massage packages to harmonize your body, mind, emotions and soul.
As you soak in the tranquil atmosphere, you'll feel yourself with nature and cosmic, alchemical rhythms, ensuring that you integrate all our processes and ceremonies in deep peace and nourishment.
Prana Boutique Hotel is your sanctuary in the heart of Tulum, ready to help you birth your New Self in a New Life.
Why the Ancient Medicine, Psilocybin?
Introduction to Psilocybin
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychoactive/ psychedelic compound found in more than 200 species of fungi worldwide (commonly referred to as 'magic mushrooms').
Mushrooms have been used for their hallucinogenic properties for thousands of years. A mural in Northern Australia, dated to 10,000 BCE, features mushrooms and psychedelic imagery.
The Aztecs and Mayans referred to them as 'Teonanácatl' (flesh of the gods). Psilocybin was commonly used in ceremony for divination, healing, pain relief, and celebration. Similar use of hallucinogenic mushrooms is seen in Ancient Greece (including by Socrates, Plato and Aristotle), Siberia, and Ancient Egypt.
In modern times, we have been experiencing a psychedelic renaissance for addressing physical diseases, anxiety, addiction, depression, addiction, and PTSD due to the failures of our existing frameworks.
However, psilocybin (and other psychedelics) is also a conduit for dramatic, accelerated personal transformation, growth, and healing. By bypassing our fear-based, entrenched egoic defenses, it liberates us to stop fighting battles of the past and dissolves trauma and maladaptive strategies.
We see how our current behaviour is based on survival-based, defense mechanisms, and that the cost of staying with these outdated approaches, especially now, is just too high.
In combining all that we will do to together with the aid of this powerful, ancient medicine, we will each powerfully open to feeling interconnected to nature, ourselves, one another and the Universe. We will reframe root causes and problems and experience the world, our lives, relationships and purpose in new ways ... and bring freedom and empowerment back into our lives.
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Your Ancient Medicine Journey
Your Ancient Medicine journey is shaped by both setting and set (your mindset). Thus, it will take place in a safe, peaceful and nurturing environment, where you will be accompanied by Dr Carolina and her experienced, compassionate, responsible team. There will be a very deep ceremony and on ingesting, it will take approximately 30-45 minutes to take effect, peak at 1-2 hours, and then last another 2-4 hours.
Your psilocybin is pure and comes directly from Oaxaca, cultivated by the guardians of Maria Sabina's lineage and legacy (Maria Sabina pictured). Maria Sabina was a Mazatec healer who introduced psilocybin mushrooms to Western culture in the mid-20th century. Her use of them for spiritual and healing purposes caught the attention of Western researchers, leading to the discovery of psilocybin, the psychedelic movement, and exponential interest in the therapeutic potential of these substances.
Your mindset is guided by your own intentions, and you are supported to surrender into the moment, explore vast realms of consciousness and the deepest parts of yourself.
Should fears, traumas, and limiting beliefs arise, you'll be guided to stay open and curious, and supported to unravel and release the layers of conditioning that have kept you stuck, confused and trapped.
Journeying deeper, you may find yourself merged with what some call 'the Heart of the Divine', a state of profound oneness and interconnectednes with all of creation.
The Cuisine
During our time together, you will have the opportunity to try Mexican food, as well as a host of other flavours and styles, with care taken also for those who are vegetarian or who have food sensitivities.
With its rich blend of indigenous, European, and African influences, Mexican food is a true reflection of the country's cultural heritage and history. One of the most beloved aspects of Mexican food is its bold and complex flavors. Additionally, the diversity of ingredients used in Mexican cuisine is impressive, ranging from avocado and lime to corn and beans. The combination of these ingredients creates a perfect balance of sweet, salty, and spicy flavors.
Mexican cuisine also includes a variety of vegetarian and vegan options. From the bold flavors to the variety of dishes and cultural significance, we will be eating very well and in-step with our Ancient Medicine Journey.
ITINERARY
*Note: We reserve the right to make adjustments to the Itinerary due to changing conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Any changes that are made will be comparable to what is listed and will be communicated as quickly as possible.
DAY ONE
Welcome to Tulum!
On arriving at Prana Boutique Hotel, you are greeted by Fatima and your beautiful Mexican hosts, and find yourself completely enchanted by your surroundings. After settling in, you might choose to rest or have a refreshing swim.
Later, we'll come together in our first Circle and open into sacred space, thanking all the elements of the Journey that have come together for this moment and for the transformation that is about to unfold, offering up our Intentions for our Journey.
We will follow this with a beautiful, on-site Welcome Dinner at Nido and afterwards settle in for the night, your comfortable bed calling your name, and perhaps even revelatory dreams of what's to come.
Welcome Dinner is included.
DAY TWO
Mindful Morning, Temazcal + Cenote Purification
Today, we will have our first Mindful Morning:
- Various of meditation, breathwork, chakra balancing, manifestation exercises, journalling + Check-ins
- Delicious Breakfast at Nido
- Free Time
All the way throughout our Journey, our Mindful Mornings, along with our groupwork and your Free Time, support you to transform into a New Self with a New Life.
In the afternoon, we will experience a traditional Temazcal (sweat lodge), a ritual which originated with pre-hispanic indigenous peoples.
The Temazcal represents the womb of Mother Earth. Enveloped in copal, you will release toxins, negative emotions, and entrenched blockages, opening the gateway for you to connect with your Inner self and the Divine. You will ceremoniously leave fear and your old life and personality in the dust.
After Temazcal, we will purify ourselves in a Cenote, plus enjoy seasonal fruits and detox tea.
Breakfast & Dinner included.
Evening Circle (optional).
DAY THREE
First Sacred Psilocybin Ceremony + Sound Healing
Mindful Morning - as above
Free Time - time to yourself to rest, reflect, hang out and talk, read, journal, dream, swim, connect with your likeminded friends. Perhaps a visit into Centro nearby for some exploring, souvenir-shopping and lunch. Ultimately, your Free Time is about holistically integrating the various experiences you will have during the Retreat.
From the early evening, you will have your first psilocybin breakthrough experience, a transformative journey that will take you on a profound exploration of your psyche and spiritual consciousness. One in which your usual defenses and ego boundaries will be dissolved that you may connect to higher consciousness as you let go with the support of your Facilitators.
You may feel a sense of unity with all living things, a deep appreciation for the interconnectedness of the universe, and a newfound perspective on their life and purpose. You may experience profound releases, insights and realizations that bring clarity and healing to unresolved emotional or psychological issues, and to where you've been stuck, confused.
This journey can be both challenging and rewarding, and you may confront aspects of yourself that you have been avoiding or suppressing. However, you are fully supported with the guidance of a trained facilitator and proper preparation and integration so that you can surrender to the energy for your personal growth and spiritual evolution.
We will end and seal our Ceremony with a beautiful Sound Healing.
Breakfast & Lunch included.
DAY FOUR
Mindful Morning and Tulum Ruins
Mindful Morning - as above
Integration Together after the Psilocybin Ceremony - check-ins, breathing and feeling into what has opened, come to light, reconnected, activated, transformed.
Free Time - as above
In the afternoon, you have the option of joining us at Tulum Ruins.
On an ancestral plant medicine retreat, the Tulum Ruins amplify your intentions and spiritual experiences, and they allow you to connect with the energy of the land and the spirits that reside here.
Tulum - an ancient Mayan city of tremendous beauty perched atop a cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea - is one such place. The Maya, who revered sacred plants for their healing and spiritual properties, believed Tulum was a sacred portal to the spiritual world where they could directly communicate with their gods and ancestors.
As we explore, you may absorb and feel awe and deep reverence for the ancient wisdom that permeates the stone walls. Perhaps you will even sense the presence of the Mayan shamans who once walked here, practicing their rituals and ceremonies in reverence and pursuit of higher consciousness.
Breakfast, Lunch at Tulum Ruins & Dinner included.
Evening Circle (optional).
DAY FIVE
Exploration + Meditation in a Private Cenote
Mindful Morning - as above
Free Time - as above
After Lunch - Cenote Experience
Deep within the Yucatan lie sacred portals that transcend time and culture - the cenotes. These natural wonders were revered by the Maya as gateways to the underworld (Xibalba) and the Divine, and they are the respected compliment to our Ancient Medicine journey in Mexico.
As we walk, wade, and swim in the purest of water, navigating the cenote's chambers with the only the light of our flashlights, we immerse ourselves in the sacred energy of this space. The quiet beauty of a private cenote, with its crystal-clear waters and lush greenery, transports us to a place of profound peace and reflection, supporting our Ancient Medicine Journey.
Through meditation, we will connect with our personal source and the spirit of the Underworld and open ourselves up to a deeper understanding of our own consciousness and the interconnectedness of all life.
Breakfast, Snacks at Cenote & Dinner included.
Evening Circle (optional).
DAY SIX
Second Psilocybin Ceremony + Cacao + Sound Healing
Mindful Morning
Free time until the late afternoon / early evening
Second Psilocybin Ceremony - This evening you further liberate yourself as you deepen into your healing and transformation. You are called to again explore the depths of your being, and to receive the wisdom it has to offer.
Knowing more now of what to expect and holding your intentions close, you are even more able to embrace the unknown with trust and deeper surrender, knowing that you are supported by your Facilitators.You are invited to connect more deeply with your inner truth, further release what no longer serves you, and be reborn into a new, expanded version of yourself.
We will end and seal all with a Heart-opening Cacao Ceremony + Sound Healing to honor the journeys we are making and all of life. We pay our respects to the wisdom of the Maya and surrender our old selves, claiming the New.
Breakfast & Lunch included.
DAY SEVEN
Final Ceremony + Farewell Dinner
Mindful Morning - as above
Integration Circle - as above, and including
- Setting and anchoring your new Intentions as part of your return home
- Receiving more details of our 2-month Integration Plan going forward
You can then enjoy free time to integrate further and lunch as you please.
In the evening, we will have our final Evening Circle Ceremony and enjoy a Farewell Dinner together as we thank and say good-bye to each other, Mexico and the transformational magic with which we have been gifted.
Breakfast & Dinner included.
DAY EIGHT
Departure and/or Bonus 3-day Integration
This is our final morning together. A time to give thanks once again for all transformations and all that's been shed, learned, recalibrated since our first night together. A time, with your Open Heart and more Liberated Self, to turn your gaze home and carry forward all that we've become.
Perhaps your travels will take you other than home as you continue in Mexico or another country.
For others of you, your special integration time with Fatima in nearby Xpu Ha beginning with an excursion to Chichen-Itza, starts soon.
Wherever your Journey next takes you, you are appreciated and loved for who you are, who you've become and all you will share in these next days.
See you soon in our 2-Month Integration!
Breakfast included.
Bonus Stay x 3 Nights
You have experienced 8 unforgettable days transforming yourself and your Life and may not be ready to go home just yet. You don't have to.
You can spend an extra 3 nights at nearby Xpu Ha, just north of Tulum, at the stunning Catalonia Royal Tulum Beach & Spa Resort, further integrating, being, relaxing, breathing into the New, visiting the sacred site of Chichen-Itza, and having more Meditations plus Private One-on-One Mentoring with Fatima before you leave.
Fatima will be staying at the Catalonia Royal Tulum Beach & Spa Resort afterwards and wanted to extend an offer to those who wanted some extra, more one-on-one time with her in Mexico, and to gift themselves supportive, luxurious integration and healing time before leaving for home.
Set right on the Caribbean amidst lush jungle and exquisite sunsets, the Catalonia Royal Tulum Beach & Spa Resort is the perfect place to relax, unwind, integrate. You will have your own private room. Unlimited meals, snacks and drinks are available from its elegant restaurants, serving both Mexican and international cuisine. We can enjoy evening entertainment and even a nightclub where we can dance our transformations into our minds, hearts, feelings.
Your room is in the 'Privileged Deluxe' category, which grants a number of extra benefits, including discounts on massages and other treatments at the Alegría Spa, as well as other areas throughout, a la carte special menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner offers at exclusive restaurant, along with late check-out (subject to availability).
It is a stunning place from which you continue your Journey with Fatima, and to simply RELAX, INTEGRATE, BREATHE.
Bonus Day One
Our extra 3 days together start when we drive to the majestic Chichén Itzá, one of the greatest centres of the ancient Maya-Toltec civilization and one of the world’s New Seven Greatest Wonders.
The Maya imbued this place with their profound insights into the harmonious relationship amongst astronomy, mathematics, the cosmos, humanity and nature.
As you marvel at Kulkulkan Pyramid, dedicated to the Mayan god Kukulkan (Quetzalcoatl), you are transported by the Mayan shamanic vision. Its Nine Levels represent Nine Levels of Consciousness that date back 16.4-billion years, and the prophetic message of the New Era unfolding before us all now, and that the Ancestral Medicine Journey further accelerated you into.
As you walk through the various ruins of Chichen Itza, you can feel the powerful energy that lingers within these sacred spaces, allowing you to tap into the Divine within yourself, and to open your heart to the interconnectedness of all life.
The wisdom and energy of Chichen-Itza assists you to deepen your understanding of your own journey of growth, healing, and transformation.
Afterward, we will enjoy a 'locals lunch' in nearby Piste.
Following lunch, we will make our way back to our luxurious Hotel and you are free to enjoy the rest your day at your own leisure. The stunning Catalonia Royal Tulum Beach & Spa Resort is beautifully integrated in its natural surroundings of native jungle trees, local plants, mangroves and cenotes. Your reservation includes any of the 4 pools, tennis, kayaking, an indoor theatre, snorkelling and more.... if you'd like to partake.
It's completely up to you and what you feel like...
In the evening we will join each other again for an unforgettable dinner, perhaps hitting the dancefloor to embody our transformations all the more.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.
Bonus Days Two & Three
These days are YOUR DAYS! You can do whatever your heart desires.
Private One-one-One Time with Fatima: you will have the opportunity to schedule an hour with Fatima to ask her questions to finetune your journey all the more.
Meditations in Fatima's Room: we will workshop times for Group Meditation so you can further deepen your experiences, if you'd like to join.
Make the most of your day swimming or lounging by one of the gorgeous pools, reading, journalling, connecting. Canoe, snorkel. Sample the fine foods available. Order in room service and stay in your robe all day. It's all here JUST FOR YOU, however you wish to spend your extra Integration time in Mexico.
We can meet for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, or not. You decide.
We'll have our last dinner together enjoying each other and our incredible surroundings. Picture it… spending some time talking with each other about all we've experienced together, enjoying the magnificent sunset, recapping our favorite moments, feasting on a perfect meal, and all around us is MEXICO, the Caribbean, and their alchemical beauty.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.
Bonus Day Four
This is the day we depart. You will be returning home (or onto other travels) a more aware, wise, enlightened, integrated and authentic version of you. You will be equipped with that which you need to move forward in your life, and ready to dive into another 2 months together in Integration. Ready to live your full potential as your New Self in a New Life.
Breakfast included.
INCLUSIONS & EXCLUSIONS
What's Included:
- Private One-on-One Mentoring + Meditation Circles with Fatima as we enjoy our last days in Mexico in Integration together
- Guided adventure to Chichen-Itza on Day 1
- Single occupancy hotel accommodations at 'Privilege Deluxe Level'
- All Meals, including amenities
- Transfer from Prana Boutique Hotel to Catalonia Tulum Beach and Spa in Xhu Pe
What's Not Included:
- International airline ticket home
- Transfer to airport or other hotels
- Souvenir shopping, personal phone calls, tips for your room maid
- Personal, medical or trip cancellation insurance
About Fatima Bacot
Mentor, Trainer, Speaker • Facilitator of Lightworker Expeditions
You are invited...
Personal Invitation: “I invite you to join me and others on this liberating, spiritually deepening and life-changing Ancient Medicine Retreat that is designed to have a powerful impact on your Life and Soul. You will join other likeminded people in alchemical, mystical Mexico. You will experience some of the most powerful places on the planet: Chichen-Itza, Coba, Tulum, and enter interdimensional portals and Mayan underworlds through powerful cenotes. You will learn about Mayan spirituality, as well as partake in Mexico's ancient medicines, participate in power-ceremonies, meet the locals, shop colourful markets, indulge in beautiful Mexico cuisine....and feel sabotaging old patterns dissolve and your Heart and Consciousness open with all this timely, spectacular Retreat offers. There is no place that can compare with the uniqueness of Mexico. I hope you will say ‘Yes’ to Liberation and to your Soul’s Desire.”
I have come from a background where both parents were severely traumatized as children, and during my own childhood and within my extended family there was alcohol and drug abuse, violence against women, sexual abuse, depression, suicidal tendencies and more. I developed eating disorders, OCD tendencies, depression, suicidal ideation and other trauma responses.
My journey to heal and liberate myself started 40 years ago and includes many, many modalities, tremendous determination, numerous 'dark nights of the Soul' and a desire to assist others to assist themselves.
As such, I have been teaching people for the past three decades as an Inspirational Speaker, Spiritual Teacher, Mentor, Seminar Presenter and Blogger. What I teach is a syncretic blend of Eastern and Western spirituality; the leading-edge sciences of epigenetics, quantum physics, psychoneuroimmunology and heart coherence; New Thought; astrology and indigenous prophecy; and numerous, diverse spiritual and personal development therapies, including most recently, psilocybin, as an extremely powerful manner in which to more quickly bypass our patterns and access deeper truths and higher consciousness
I have consulted to and trained 1000’s of individuals in private, in groups and in the workplace throughout Australia, the United States and Mexico, and online globally.
Through Lightworker Expeditions, journeys are focussed upon evolution and personal and planetary transformation. They are intended to take participants to the world’s most powerful sites for their own freedom and for the co-creation of a synchronized, thriving planetary consciousness.
If we are in alignment, I would love for you to spend 8 days with me in Mexico to liberate yourself from the past and into a New Self in a New Life.
