Spiritual Retreats
Is a Temazcal Safe for Beginners? An Honest Guide
Is a temazcal safe for beginners? Usually yes, when guided well. Who should be cautious, contraindications, what a safe setting looks like, and how to prepare.
78 posts · The Journal
Spiritual Retreats.
Everything we've written on spiritual retreats, from the jungle outside Puerto Morelos. Page 1 of 3.
Spiritual Retreats
What Is a Bufo Ceremony? What It Is and What Happens
A bufo ceremony is a guided 5-MeO-DMT ritual that lasts 15 to 45 minutes. Learn what it feels like, safety, preparation, and how we hold it at Lunita.
Spiritual Retreats
Temazcal Ceremony Etiquette in Mexico: A Respectful Guide
Temazcal etiquette in Mexico: what to wear and bring, how to behave before, during, and after, photography rules, and the cultural respect that matters most.
Spiritual Retreats
Ayahuasca Retreat in Mexico: Sacred Plant Medicine at Lunita
An ayahuasca retreat in Mexico's Riviera Maya at Lunita, open-air ceremony, expert facilitation, screening, and integration, 40 min from Cancún.
Spiritual Retreats
Wellness Retreat Mexico: Yoga, Plant Medicine & Jungle Healing at Lunita
A wellness retreat in Mexico that goes deep: yoga, temazcal, gentle plant medicine, a private cenote, and sound healing in the Puerto Morelos jungle at Lunita.
Spiritual Retreats
Temazcal Ceremony: What It Is, What to Expect, and How to Prepare
A Mesoamerican steam ceremony in a stone-heated dome, structured in four 'doors.' What it is, what to expect, how to prepare, and who shouldn't attend.
Spiritual Retreats
Is Ayahuasca Legal in Mexico? An Honest Answer
Is ayahuasca legal in Mexico? It's a tolerated grey area: the brew isn't prohibited, DMT is scheduled, and ceremonial use has run without prosecution.
Spiritual Retreats
What Defines a Spiritual Retreat in Mexico: The Essence of Lunita
What defines a spiritual retreat in Mexico? A 3 to 7 day withdrawal in nature combining ecology and living ceremony. The essence of Lunita in Puerto Morelos.
Spiritual Retreats
Mexico Plant Medicine Retreat vs. a US Psilocybin Retreat
An honest comparison: legal US psilocybin programs (Oregon, Colorado) vs Mexico's multi-medicine ceremonial retreats, cost, setting, and which fits you.
Spiritual Retreats
Kambo Ceremony in Mexico: What to Expect, How to Prepare, and After
What a kambo ceremony in Mexico really involves: the process, how to prepare, the days after, and the safety facts that matter most. Held with screening at Lunita.
Spiritual Retreats
What Is a Women's Retreat in Mexico? A Sacred Sisterhood in the Mayan Jungle
What is a women's retreat in Mexico? A gathering where women rest, reflect, and reconnect in sacred sisterhood and the Mayan jungle.
Spiritual Retreats
Temazcal Retreat in Mexico: What to Expect
A temazcal retreat in Mexico holds the sweat-lodge ceremony inside a wider healing container. What it really is, what to expect, and how to choose one well.
Spiritual Retreats
Ayahuasca and Healing: How the Sacred Vine Transforms Lives
How ayahuasca supports healing, trauma, depression (incl. a randomized controlled trial), and spiritual growth, and why integration decides the outcome.
Spiritual Retreats
Bufo Alvarius Ceremony in Mexico: A Sacred Experience at Lunita
Experience a bufo (5-MeO-DMT) ceremony in Mexico's Riviera Maya at Lunita, screened, facilitated, and integrated in the jungle near Cancún.
Spiritual Retreats
Sacred Mushroom Ceremonies in Mexico: What to Know
Sacred mushroom ceremonies in Mexico at Lunita: the teonanácatl tradition, the legal grey area, how Lunita holds them, and how to prepare. With screening.
Spiritual Retreats
What Is Ayahuasca? The Sacred Vine of the Amazon, Explained
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian plant medicine (B. caapi + DMT) used in ceremony for healing. What it is, what it feels like, safety, and how Lunita holds it.
Spiritual Retreats
The History of Sacred Mushrooms Across Cultures
Sacred mushroom history across cultures: teonanácatl and the Aztec/Mixtec codices, global echoes from Tassili to Eleusis, and the modern psychedelic renaissance.
Spiritual Retreats
María Sabina: The Mazatec Healer Who Shared the Sacred Mushroom
María Sabina, the Mazatec curandera whose veladas introduced the world to sacred mushrooms, her life, the 1957 Life article, and the lesson in cultural respect.
Spiritual Retreats
Peyote and Healing: The Therapeutic Potential of Mescaline
What's really known about peyote and mescaline for healing: the thin-but-real evidence (incl. a 2005 study), what people report, safety, and honest caveats.
Spiritual Retreats
Peyote Ceremonies in Mexico: The Tradition, the Law, and the Ethics
Peyote ceremonies in Mexico explained: the Wixárika tradition, the legal reality, why an Indigenous-led model is the respectful one, and how Lunita hosts it.
Spiritual Retreats
Peyote Through the Ages: The Wixárika Tradition
The history of peyote through the Wixárika (Huichol) people: Hikuri the sacred cactus, the Wirikuta pilgrimage, the mara'akame, and peyote in Huichol art.
Spiritual Retreats
The Healing Power of Psilocybin: What the Science Shows
What research really shows about psilocybin for healing: landmark depression trials (Davis 2021, Griffiths 2016), how it works, the honest caveats, and safety.
Spiritual Retreats
What Are Psilocybin Mushrooms? A Guide to Sacred Fungi
Psilocybin mushrooms ('teonanácatl') contain psilocybin and psilocin. What they are, how they work, their effects, the legal grey area, and the science.
Spiritual Retreats
What Is Peyote? The Sacred Cactus of the Desert
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a mescaline-containing cactus sacred to the Wixárika. What it is, how mescaline works, its legal and ecological reality, and more.
Spiritual Retreats
What Is a Temazcal Ceremony, Really? Meaning, Symbolism, and Respect
What a temazcal really is, beyond 'sweat lodge': the womb symbolism, the Mesoamerican roots, why it's a ceremony, and what it feels like to go through one.
Spiritual Retreats
Riviera Maya Spiritual Retreat: What Fits You
A Riviera Maya spiritual retreat, what fits you. Why the land supports a shift your nervous system feels before your mind can explain why.
Spiritual Retreats
Choosing a Spiritual Retreat in Mexico
Choosing a spiritual retreat in Mexico, clarify your intention, then evaluate by fit: offerings, facilitators, setting, and the values behind it.
Spiritual Retreats
Temazcal in the Riviera Maya: What to Expect
A temazcal in the Riviera Maya blends Mesoamerican ritual with Mayan cosmology and jungle setting. What to expect, how to prepare for the heat, and how to choose.
Spiritual Retreats
New Year Women's Healing Retreat in Mexico: Renewal, Rebirth, Remembering
A new year women's healing retreat in Mexico, for renewal, rebirth, and remembering who you are. The new year isn't asking you to become more. Return to yourself.
Spiritual Retreats
Ancestral Ritual Experience at Lunita Jungle Retreat
The Ancestral Ritual Experience at Lunita, a living practice of cleansing, intention, and elemental connection, reconnecting you with nature and lineage.
Come sit with us in person
Reading about the jungle is one thing. Come sit in it. Book the call that fits, or send us a note.
Retreat leaders:Hosting a retreat →
For you:A personal retreat →
For companies:A team retreat →
Not sure?Contact us →