Costa Rica Ayahuasca Retreat
FINDING THE RIGHT HEALING ENVIORNMENT
Costa Rica Ayahuasca Retreat: Your Path to Healing and Transformation
In the pursuit of holistic wellness and mental health, many are turning to profound, transformative experiences to find alignment and purpose. A Costa Rica ayahuasca retreat offers the ideal opportunity for deep healing, spiritual growth, and reconnection with yourself and the natural world.
With its vibrant rainforests, serene beaches, and the tranquil embrace of the pura vida lifestyle, Costa Rica provides an unmatched setting for an ayahuasca journey. The lush landscapes and harmonious energy of the environment create the perfect space for reflection, renewal, and connection to the sacred plant medicine.
Why Choose a Costa Rica Ayahuasca Retreat?
Costa Rica has become a premier destination for plant medicine retreats, offering an experience that is deeply connected to the earth. The natural surroundings amplify the power of ayahuasca, helping participants align with its energy.
Imagine sitting in ceremony, surrounded by the hum of cicadas, the calls of tropical birds, and the rustling of jungle leaves. These sounds become part of the transformative process, grounding you in the present moment and enhancing your journey with ayahuasca.
Attending a retreat in Costa Rica also allows you to step away from daily routines and immerse yourself in a peaceful environment that fosters introspection and healing. This distance from everyday stress is essential for achieving the full benefits of ayahuasca ceremonies.
New Life Rising: Leading Costa Rica Ayahuasca Retreats Since 2014
For over a decade, New Life Rising has been at the forefront of Costa Rica ayahuasca retreats, guiding thousands of participants through transformative healing experiences. Our retreats are thoughtfully crafted to ensure a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment for all.
Our experienced facilitators honor the traditional practices of ayahuasca, offering guidance that respects its sacred origins. Through carefully designed ceremonies, participants are empowered to navigate their unique journeys with confidence and trust.
At New Life Rising, we believe in fostering personal transformation and collective healing. By joining our community, you’ll embark on a journey that helps release emotional burdens, gain clarity, and reconnect with your truest self.
Is a Costa Rica Ayahuasca Retreat Right for You?
Ayahuasca is a powerful plant medicine that demands respect and readiness. It’s for those willing to confront their inner truths, embrace vulnerability, and face challenges head-on. While the process can be intense, it ultimately leads to clarity, understanding, and profound renewal.
Participants often report emotional breakthroughs, powerful insights, and a deepened appreciation for life. By integrating these experiences, you can uncover new levels of self-love, reconnect with your purpose, and achieve lasting growth.
The Healing Environment at New Life Rising
At New Life Rising, we provide an immersive healing experience that supports every aspect of your journey. Beyond the ayahuasca ceremonies, our retreats include complementary practices such as:
Yoga to enhance physical and emotional balance.
Nature immersion to deepen your connection to the earth.
Nutrition tailored to prepare your body for the medicine.
Massage therapy to promote relaxation and integration.
Our intimate group settings create a strong sense of community, allowing participants to share experiences and grow together. With over a decade of expertise, our traditionally trained ayahuasqueros guide ceremonies with care and precision, blending sacred songs and instruments to deepen the healing process.
Take the First Step Toward Transformation
A Costa Rica ayahuasca retreat is more than a journey—it’s an opportunity to reclaim your life and align with your highest purpose. At New Life Rising, we are honored to guide you through this life-changing experience in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Are you ready to begin your path to healing? Join us at New Life Rising and discover the transformative power of ayahuasca. Contact us today to learn more about our retreats and take the first step toward your renewed self.
New Life Rising's Launch in 2026 - Ayahuasca Retreat USA
New Life Rising, one of the top-rated ayahuasca retreats in the world, is set to bring our 5-star retreat program to Texas, United States at the beginning of Spring 2026. With over a decade of experience in Costa Rica, we have built our program on the pillars of safety, intimacy, tradition, and integration. This expansion aims to make ayahuasca more accessible domestically, eliminating the need for international travel while maintaining the highest legal and ethical standards. New Life Rising’s U.S. retreats will offer a unique opportunity to experience ayahuasca in a traditional and authentic way without traveling abroad to Costa Rica or Peru.
In the United States, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) has provided legal frameworks that protects the right of sincere religious practitioners to use ayahuasca as a sacrament. Under RFRA, certain organizations have been granted exemptions to work with ayahuasca in alignment with their spiritual practice. This evolving legal landscape reflects a growing recognition of plant medicine’s role in healing and spiritual development, and provides a pathway for retreats like New Life Rising to operate with integrity, safety, and respect for both the law and tradition.
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A SAFE, INTIMATE & TRAUMA-INFORMED HEALING EXPERIENCE
This is deep work, done right with experienced facilitators, small groups, and real support.
New Life Rising is honored to be recognized as one of the top-rated ayahuasca retreats in the world. After hosting transformative retreats in Costa Rica for over a decade, we are now bringing our ayahuasca retreat to the United States to share this medicine with those seeking profound healing and growth.
In exploring ayahuasca offerings across the U.S., one thing stood out: most events are condensed into a single weekend, often squeezing two or even three ceremonies into just a couple of nights! Then, before there’s even time to process, participants are sent back home, expected to jump straight into work on Monday. This model leaves little room for reflection, integration, or genuine support.
That is not how ayahuasca was ever meant to be experienced, nor is it the structure that brings the greatest healing or benefit. It was shocking to see the prevalence of these weekend retreats, and while we understand the temptation to squeeze in a ceremony without disrupting the flow of daily life, cutting corners ultimately does a disservice to your healing process.
With ayahuasca, more does not always equal better, whether in the number of ceremonies or the dosing itself. What matters most is preparation, intention, tradition, time, commitment, and integration. Most important is being held in a safe, ethical container by experienced guides who can lovingly support you through the transformative journey.
Recognizing the need for deeper & supportive healing opportunities, we've decided to bring our signature 6 and 8-day ayahuasca retreats to the United States. These immersions are more than a retreat, it's an experience in reflection, healing, and community.
Join us at New Life Rising Ayahuasca Retreat Costa Rica for traditional ayahuasca ceremonies. It's an opportunity to deeply connect with yourself and heal in a serene environment.
SAFETY
PHYSICAL & ENERGETIC
Safety extends beyond the scope of medical considerations. It includes a protected ceremonial space and energetic safeguarding.
Your safety is our highest priority. From our comprehensive screening protocols to the meticulous preparation of the ceremonial container, you are protected every step of the way. We keep emergency medical equipment on site and our staff are trained in emergency response protocols. Using a trauma-informed approach, we create a protected energetic space and have the knowledge and experience to support even the most difficult experiences.
TRADITION
PERUVIAN MESTIZO TRADTIONS
Trained in the ancient Mestizo healing practices, we bring authenticity along with a balance of masculine and feminine to our space.
We honor a spiritual lineage of highly respected shamans, including our teacher Don Ron Wheelock, and his teachers before him: Don Agustin Rivas Vasquez and Don Jose Coral Mori, who also mentored Pablo Amaringo and Eduardo Luna, the authors of 'Ayahuasca Visions'. Through master plant dietas, Jeanae and Matt have gained powerful spirit allies and work in harmony, expertly weaving a playful balance of masculine and feminine energies.
INTIMACY
12 GUESTS - ONE SHARED PATH
The people you share this experience with will forge lifetime bonds and will impact your experience as much as the medicine itself.
Keeping the groups intimate ensures that we are able to provide everyone with individualized attention and create an atmosphere that feels like family. We also keep our groups small to ensure that we can manage the energetic container of each ceremony. Our retreats have a minimum of 4 facilitators: Our Ayahuasqueros Matthew and Jeanae, who lead the ceremony, along with 2 additional helpers: one female to assist the women and a male to assist the men.
INTEGRATION
MAKING THE HEALING LAST
Respectful, intimate group sharing circles begin the process of integration, and the support continues once you return home.
Our share circles are a place where each guest’s experience is honored and held with respect. We listen in supportive silence, and allow each guest to put words to their experiences, to feel their emotions, and to receive the loving support of their community. However, we know the work doesn't stop there, so we offer two follow-up integration calls, ensuring you have the guidance and connection needed as you navigate bringing your experience into everyday life.
OUR MISSION & VALUES
SINCE 2014
Sharing the magic of this medicine is a great honor and a great responsibility. Ayahuasca has been the catalyst for every great transformation in our lives, and we are committed to guiding others on their journey to healing. We accept people from all walks of life in a non-judgmental environment.
As individuals who have had trauma experiences, we understand the importance of having a safe space that encourages vulnerability for authentic self-reflection and discovery. Healing can be painful, and we are here to support our guests so that they feel seen and held throughout the process.
For more than a decade, we have committed ourselves to this path, and we respect the Peruvian Mestizo traditions that have been handed down from our teacher and his teacher before him. As part of that tradition, we complete master plant dietas that give us the tools necessary to create a protected sacred ceremonial space.
We hope to help you find a renewed sense of peace and joy in your life as you embark on a beautiful journey to uncover your full potential.
What Our Guests Say
"Such a beautiful experience. Matt and Jenae are incredible leaders, they made me feel safe, inspired, and cared for. Watching Matt in ceremony was like watching a new art form that I’ve never seen. The facility was so so so nice. The food was incredible. A perfect retreat. Would love to come back and drink with them again."
Lacey Claire Rogers, Actress & Model
SMALL GROUPS
BECOME FAMILY
Limited to just 14 participants, our retreat provides an intimate setting where genuine connections flourish and enduring bonds are created. By celebrating our vulnerabilities and fostering genuine connections, we embrace the full spectrum of our human experience and together we support each other on the path of healing.
We have carefully tailored our retreat to provide a memorable and therapeutic experience for all our guests. For more than a decade we have been adjusting our ayahuasca Costa Rica program for the most healing benefit.
Our highest priority is making you feel supported, safe, secure, and comfortable throughout the Ayahuasca experience. Explore over 300 review testimonials and videos from past Ayahuasca retreat participants.
Join our next ayahuasca costa rica retreat to have an experience that will change your life!
