Ceremonies & Medicine
How to Prepare for an Ayahuasca Retreat: The Dieta and Beyond
The retreat begins the moment you decide. What the traditional dieta asks, how to ready your mind and heart, and what to bring to the jungle.
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Everything we've written on ceremonies & medicine, from the jungle outside Puerto Morelos.
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How to become a bufo facilitator
Nico sat the training himself. What bufo facilitator training actually involves, who it is for, and how to tell a real one from a certificate.
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Couples at Lunita: reconnecting without the noise
A couples retreat at Lunita is not therapy, and it is not a vacation. It is time, in a quiet place, to remember each other without the noise of normal life. For couples who want to reconnect, the jun…
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What 'small group' really means here
When retreat centers say small group, they often mean forty people. We mean a handful. Lunita keeps groups genuinely small, and that single choice changes everything about how a week here feels.
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Mazatec mushrooms: the tradition behind the medicine
Psilocybin mushrooms have been used in the Mazatec highlands of Oaxaca for generations, in quiet night ceremonies known as veladas. Before the medicine became famous, it was, and still is, a sacred t…
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Coming alone: what a solo retreat feels like
Most people who come to Lunita alone arrive a little nervous and leave glad they did. A solo retreat is not lonely here. The group is small, the days hold you, and being on your own turns out to be t…
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A cacao and temazcal day, and how they fit
Some of the most loved days at Lunita pair two gentle ceremonies: cacao in the morning to open the heart, and temazcal later to release and renew. Neither is psychedelic, and together they make a com…
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Couples Retreat in the Riviera Maya: Best Months and How to Plan
A couples retreat at Lunita is private and shaped around the two of you. What it includes, and when in the year to come.
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Is Lunita right for you? An honest answer
Lunita is not for everyone, and we would rather tell you that honestly than sell you a week that does not fit. This is for the person weighing whether to come. Here is who tends to thrive here, and w…
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The cenotes of the Ruta de los Cenotes
Lunita sits on the Ruta de los Cenotes, the road of sacred sinkholes that threads through the Yucatan jungle. These cenotes are pools of clear, cool freshwater the Maya consider sacred, and they are…
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Kambo: what it is, and the honest safety picture
Kambo is a traditional Amazonian practice using the secretion of a tree frog, applied to small points on the skin. It is not psychedelic. It is intense and physical, and the safety conversation is th…
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Ayahuasca Retreat Near Cancun, 40 Minutes From the Airport
An ayahuasca retreat near Cancun, but a world away from the party towns. Lunita sits in the jungle at Puerto Morelos, on the Ruta de los Cenotes, about 40 minutes from the airport.
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Why we never cut a tree, and planted 5,000
When we built Lunita, we did not clear the jungle to make room for it. We built around the trees, and over the years we planted 5,000 more. Today the center is 5,000 square meters of built space held…
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Ayahuasca Retreat Near Cancun, 40 Minutes From the Airport
An ayahuasca retreat near Cancun, but a world away from the party towns. Lunita sits in the jungle at Puerto Morelos, on the Ruta de los Cenotes, about 40 minutes from the airport.
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How to prepare for a plant-medicine retreat
The week before a plant-medicine retreat matters as much as the ceremony itself. Preparation is mostly about simplifying: lighter food, less noise, an honest intention, and a conversation with your d…
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Ayahuasca vs psilocybin: how the journeys differ
Ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms are two very different doors into the same kind of inner work. Ayahuasca is a long, purging, visionary night led by a brew. Psilocybin is gentler to shape. Here is…
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Temazcal explained: the Maya sweat lodge
A temazcal is a traditional Mesoamerican sweat lodge, a low dome where heated volcanic stones and water make thick, cleansing steam. It is one of the oldest ceremonies in this part of the world, and…
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What a Bufo (5-MeO-DMT) Ceremony in Mexico Is Actually Like
A bufo ceremony is a short, very intense session with 5-MeO-DMT, a compound found in the secretion of the Sonoran Desert toad and also made synthetically. It lasts only minutes, yet people often desc…
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The Aluxes and the permission ceremony
Before Lunita welcomed a single guest, we asked the land for permission. On May 1, 2021, we held a ceremony with a kahtal alux to greet the Aluxes, the small guardian spirits the Maya say watch over…
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