A Shared Journey Into Connection, Clarity & Healing
Overview & Summary
Hi, this is Fern and Maxim 🙂 We’re really happy you’re here and feeling into this experience.
This retreat is a deeply personal, guided journey for couples.
Everything we offer is fully customized to you: your intentions, your relationship dynamic, your emotional landscape, your experience level, and what feels aligned for both of you.
We only host one couple at a time.
This is not a group retreat. Not a psychedelic tourism experience. Not something you just “try out.”
This is a safe, intentional, and supported space to explore yourselves, your connection, your patterns, your emotions, and the deeper layers of your relationship.
We combine preparation, integration, cacao, breathwork, sound healing, and supportive practices into a grounded, carefully guided experience, always centered around safety, presence, and respect.
This work can be powerful. It can be emotional. It can be deeply revealing.
Many couples experience this work as profoundly meaningful, clarifying, emotionally powerful, and deeply supportive for their connection.


What This Experience Is (And Isn’t)
This experience is:
- a guided, supported shared journey
- intentional, slow, and personalized
- rooted in safety, preparation, and integration
- about truth, connection, clarity, and real transformation
This experience is not:
- a recreational or party experience
- something rushed or surface-level
- a group ceremony with strangers
- about escaping your relationship – but about meeting it more honestly
Who This Is For
This retreat is for couples who:
- feel called to explore psilocybin in a safe and supported environment
- are curious about consciousness, healing, and relational growth
- desire deeper intimacy, honesty, and understanding
- want to reconnect emotionally and energetically
- are moving through a transition or challenging chapter together
- want to release patterns, fears, or emotional walls
- want guidance and support – not just an experience, also integration
This Retreat Is An Invitation To
- meet yourselves honestly and deeply
- access insights beyond the thinking mind
- release emotional weight and old relationship patterns
- reconnect with love, openness, and presence
- explore consciousness together in a grounded and supported way
This Retreat Is A Space To
- feel safe and held throughout your entire journey
- explore without pressure, expectation, or overwhelm
- move at your own pace, guided but not pushed
- integrate your experience into your relationship and real life
What You’ll Experience
Every retreat is personalized.
Your experience may include:
- plant-medicine-related preparation and integration support, where appropriate
- cacao ceremonies for heart opening
- somatic movement and body awareness
- couples breathwork and nervous system regulation
- sound healing and music journeys
- guided reflection and integration sessions
- journaling, nature time, and personalized support
We carefully guide the entire process: before, during, and after the ceremony.
The Ceremony Experience
A Carefully Held Inner Journey
The deeper journey takes place in a lush, private shala just steps from the beach, surrounded by the soothing sound of ocean waves and the vibrant energy of the jungle.
These experiences are designed with care to support personal insight, emotional reflection, presence, and integration, using grounding practices such as meditative breathwork, somatic movement, sound frequencies, and medicine music.
Every element of the experience is designed to support you: physically, emotionally, energetically, and relationally.
What Makes This Retreat Special
Let’s be honest: there are many psychedelic retreats out there. But this one is different.
This is not a group ceremony. This is not a one-time experience without support.
This is a deeply personal, guided, and integrated shared journey.
You are not just participating in a ceremony – you are entering a carefully held space, designed around your relationship, your readiness, and your intentions together.
We combine experience, intuition, and responsibility to guide you safely.


Why this retreat is the one:
Private & Personalized
Only you as a couple. No group dynamics.
Your preparation, environment, pace, and integration are all tailored to your relationship.
Safety First
We take screening, preparation, and support seriously.
We carefully assess if this experience is right for you and guide you responsibly.
Your well-being is always the priority.
Guided, Not Left Alone
We are present throughout the journey.
This is not something you go through by yourselves – you are supported, held, and guided.
Integration-Focused
The ceremony is only part of the journey.
We help you understand, process, and integrate what comes up, so the experience actually creates lasting change.
A Grounded Approach to Plant Medicine
This is not about escaping reality.
This is about meeting it more honestly.
We work in a way that is respectful, intentional, and grounded: Combining traditional wisdom with modern understanding.
Our approach is held with deep reverence for the wisdom of plant-medicine traditions, the land of Costa Rica, and the communities who have stewarded sacred practices for generations. Inspired by the lineage of María Sabina and the wisdom and traditions of the Bribri Indigenous Community and Mayan cacao guardians.
The materials we use, such as the cacao, are ethically and sustainably sourced locally near Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, honoring both the land and the communities who steward these medicines.
How We Approach Safety and Support
We know this kind of work requires deep trust.
That’s why we take screening, preparation, presence, and responsibility seriously at every step.
- We screen carefully before accepting anyone into the retreat
- We discuss your health, background, and intentions openly
- We provide clear preparation guidelines before you arrive
- We are present and attentive throughout the experience
- We offer integration support so you are not left alone afterward
- We have established protocols and access to local medical support if ever needed
With more than 10 years of personal and facilitation experience in this field, we have supported many people through deep inner journeys, always with care, presence, and respect.
You are never pushed. You are never left alone. You are always supported.
What You’ll Leave With (Benefits)
Many couples have shared that they experienced:
- tools to integrate and continue growing together
- deeper emotional connection
- more honesty and openness with each other
- emotional release and inner lightness
- new perspectives on yourselves and your relationship patterns
- stronger connection and deepened love for each other
For Couples: A Shared Journey
This is more than a retreat.
It is a love story you step into together; a sacred pause from the world where your relationship becomes the center, the medicine, and the path.
Created with devotion in the heart of Playa Chiquita on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, this experience is an invitation to soften, open, play, and remember why you chose each other—while discovering new layers you’ve yet to meet.
Our Approach: Where Science, Spirit & Love Meet
We are Fern & Maxim, partners in life, in love, and in this work.
With over two decades of combined experience in somatic healing, breathwork, ceremony, and relational coaching, we weave together ancient wisdom and modern therapeutic practices into a journey that is both grounded and deeply expansive.
But more than anything: we bring our lived experience as a couple.
We’ve walked this path. We’ve met each other in the depths, in the joy, in the unknown.
And it is through these sacred medicines that our own love has deepened, softened, and expanded.
This is the energy we hold you in; not just as facilitators, but as open-hearted guides walking beside you.
Why Couples Choose This Experience
Guided by Love
We hold this space as a couple who truly loves this work, and each other. There is a warmth, safety, and authenticity here that allows you to fully relax into your experience.
A Feminine, Intuitive Flow
This journey is not rigid or formulaic. It is attuned, organic, and responsive, honoring your unique dynamic as a couple.
Intimate & Personalized
This is not a group retreat or a busy resort. It is a private, immersive experience where you can drop into your own rhythm.
Beyond the Ceremony
With pre-retreat preparation and post-retreat integration support, we help you anchor the insights into your real life.
A Different Kind of Journey
This is not about fixing your relationship (though it can be).
It’s about celebrating it, expanding it, and meeting it in a new way.
It’s for couples who feel the beauty of what they already have and know there is even more available.
More connection. More truth. More play. More depth. More love.
If you feel that quiet yes in your heart, we invite you into this space with us.
To slow down. To open. To remember. And to rise in love, together.
This Retreat Keeps Giving
Before the retreat, we connect with you and prepare you carefully.
During your stay, we guide and support you through the full experience.
After the retreat, we stay connected to support your integration.
This is not just a moment – it’s a process that continues to unfold.
Real Moments


Sample Day Flow
Morning:
- free time, grounding, intention setting, preparation
Midday until Evening:
- ceremony (guided, supported, safe space)
Evening:
- reflection, grounding, nourishment
Next day:
- integration, relax, time in nature
Accommodation
Private jungle bungalow near the Caribbean coast:
- peaceful, intimate, safe space
- surrounded by nature
- close to the ocean
Food
- light meals aligned with preparation guidelines
- optional meal support
- local options available
What’s Included
- private accommodation
- personalized retreat program
- plant-medicine-related preparation, ceremony support where appropriate, and integration guidance
- preparation and integration support
- cacao, breathwork, sound healing
What’s Not Included
- flights
- travel insurance
- additional meals and optional services
Location
Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica A natural, peaceful environment that supports deep inner work and healing.


Video Testimonial
Investment
This is a deeply supported and carefully held experience, fully tailored to your relationship, readiness, and intention.
Most couples join for 5–7 days to allow for preparation, the journey itself, and integration, with flexibility to adjust based on your needs.
Experiences typically start from $4,900 per couple, depending on duration, preparation, integration, and additional experiences.
Many of our guests choose to extend their stay or add additional experiences once we begin designing their retreat together.
How It Works
- You send us a message
- We connect and make sure this is the right fit
- We design your personalized retreat
- You arrive and we guide your journey
Final Invitation
If you feel the call to go deeper together… If something in your relationship is ready to be seen, softened, healed, and understood… Trust that feeling.
This isn’t a vacation. It’s a shared journey into truth, connection, healing, and transformation.
Many couples have shared afterward that the experience felt life-changing, eye-opening, and deeply valuable for their relationship.
Do you wish that for yourselves?
It takes courage to say yes to something like this. And something in both of you already knows.
Let’s walk this path together.
Important Note
This retreat is not medical treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatric care, addiction treatment, or a substitute for professional healthcare. Some content on this page discusses psilocybin, plant medicine, altered states, and integration for informational, educational, and contextual purposes. Availability of any plant-medicine-related element is not guaranteed and is subject to individual suitability, health screening, legal review, local regulations, facilitator availability, and our discretion.
We do not make medical claims, treatment claims, or guaranteed-outcome claims. We reserve the right to decline, postpone, modify, or refuse any request if we believe the experience may not be appropriate, safe, or legally suitable.
All retreat guests are required to complete our intake process and carry comprehensive travel insurance for the full duration of their travel and retreat participation.
Questions You Might Have
Is this safe?
We take safety, screening, preparation, and support very seriously. Every participant is carefully assessed before confirmation, and the experience is guided with presence, care, and responsibility.
What if we feel overwhelmed during the ceremony?
You are supported the entire time. We are there with you, guiding you through anything that arises.
Do we need experience with psilocybin?
We guide both beginners and experienced participants. You don’t need prior experience.
How do you ensure safety during the experience?
We use careful screening, preparation, clear guidance, and attentive support throughout the process. We also have established protocols and access to local medical assistance if ever needed.
Will we be alone during the ceremony?
This is a guided experience; you are never left alone. We are always there for you.
How do we prepare?
We provide clear preparation guidelines and support you before your retreat begins.
What happens after the retreat?
We offer integration support so your experience continues to unfold and become part of your relationship and daily life.

