Awaken the blueprint
8 -Day Iboga Retreat in Mexico
Embark on an 8-Day Iboga Retreat for Deep Transformation and Renewal, Guided by Expert Bwiti-Initiated Facilitators.
September 21st - 28th | October 3rd - 10th
Option for 3 day experience (1 ceremony for a tune up)
or 8 day experience (2 ceremonies for a deep dive)
This is a space for truth. For real change. For deep remembering.
Iboga is known as the most powerful plant medicine for a reason. This medicine gets right to the root. The root of addiction—not just to substances, but to patterns, to thoughts, to the beliefs that shape how we live and limit who we think we are. Self-doubt, unworthiness, fear... Iboga brings it all to the surface. It reveals so that it can heal. And when it is revealed, you are given the option to choose something new. Something true. Right there and then. This is deep re-programming at it’s finest.
This 8-day journey is held in the sacred mountains of Central Mexico—an energetically potent place that supports real transformation with NO EMF/5G interference, sacred sites that are still ritually used, and copper lined mountains that amplify and uplift prayers and intentions. Together, we’ll move through profound ceremonies rooted in the Bwiti tradition, the original stewards of this sacred medicine. You’ll experience spiritual baths, fire and water rituals, discovery days, and integration spaces that help you land what you’ve been shown—so it lives in your life, not just your memory.
We call it Awaken The Blueprint because that’s what Iboga does. It helps you remember who you are beneath the noise. Beneath the programming. It shows you the life force that’s always been inside you, and the path your soul came here to walk. Bring your questions, your deepest longings and desires, and you will receive your answers.
This is not a place where you can spiritually bypass and go back to life as it was. This is a full-bodied, spirit-led return to truth—with people who care deeply, who will walk with you every step of the way.
We know that true healing cannot be done in isolation. It takes a village, it take a family, and that is exactly what you will receive here.
what is iboga?
For centuries, the root and bark of Iboga have been used in sacred ceremony, guiding seekers beyond the veils of illusion and into direct communion with source. This master plant does not merely heal—it reveals. It dissolves the barriers of trauma, anxiety, depression, and disconnection, illuminating the path back to clarity, truth, and inner freedom. Iboga helps you uncover YOU.
The scientific name of Iboga is Tabernanthe iboga and it is an evergreen rainforest shrub native to Central Africa, revered as the "tree of life" in this region. Traditionally, its root and bark have been used by indigenous peoples in rituals and ceremonies for their psychoactive effects and spiritual significance, facilitating deep healing and communion with source energy.
this is mind medicine
To sit with Iboga is to make a profound commitment to your evolution, knowing that your transformation ripples outward into the world. Iboga helps in many ways but one of them being a major mind purge. It’s like getting a spring cleaning for the mind so that you can see, feel, hear, and experience life clearly. We all want to know who we are, and what we are here to do. With clarity, expert facilitation, and community, you will receive deep inner clarity to create from that place.
With expert facilitators who have held space for over 1,500 ceremonies, you will be met with wisdom, care, and a container strong enough to hold your deepest becoming and answers to many of the questions you seek.
This medicine helps with addiction of all kinds, including drugs, alcohol, mind patterns, self-worth, and other addictive behaviors that create harm.
Now, more than ever, the world needs awake and anchored souls. Are you ready to answer the call?
what’s included
2 Iboga Ceremonies following traditional Bwiti practices
Breathwork + Regulation Tools
7 Nights Accommodation
Expert Facilitation
Spiritual Shower & Rituals
Organic Nourishment
Massage & Gentle Activities
Discovery Days & Integration Circles
Access to Soul Reflections Online Community for
Preparation + Integration Support
preparation + Integration
Preparation
To ensure you're fully prepared, Soul Reflections offers a free online preparation community for retreat guests. Here, you'll find our Preparation Workbook, a community feed with valuable insights on Iboga and Ibogaine, and a space to connect with others on the same journey. Preparation is the key to maximizing your medicine experience—approaching it with intention allows for a smoother, deeper journey. You’ll also have a medical review Zoom call and a preparation Zoom call to guide you every step of the way.
Integration
Integration is essential to applying the insights from your medicine journey to your daily life. With a year-long Root to Realization membership, we’ll deduct the membership cost from your retreat fee. This community offers monthly Fire Talks, monthly themes, and weekly intentions to guide your integration journey. You’ll also receive a comprehensive Integration Playbook and access to continued education. It’s designed to keep you grounded, supported, and aligned as you navigate this transformative path.
Day 1 - Arrival
5:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Night tea
Day 2 - Ceremony Day
9:00 am Breakfast + Go Over Iboga Questions
2:00 pm Lunch
3:00 pm Medicine Navigation Talk, Spiritual showers
6:00 pm Medical Check In
8:00 pm Ceremony (approximately)
*Hand in cell phones/devices just before ceremony
Day 3 - Discovery Day
*No cell phone or devices on this day & night
10:00 am Water / Coconut water
1:00 pm Broth + fruits (you may have lunch if you feel ready)
5:00 pm Light Dinner
6:00 pm Night Tea
the itinerary
Day 4 - Integration Day
7:30 am Breakfast + nature time
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Integration Circle
5:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Night Tea
Day 5 - Ceremony Day
9:00 am Breakfast
10:00 am Go over Iboga Questions
1:00 pm Lunch + Intention time
6:00 pm Medical Check In
8:00 pm Ceremony (approximately)
*Hand in cell phones/devices just before ceremony
Day 6 - Discovery Day
*No cell phone/devices on this day & night
10:00 am Water / Coconut water
1:00 pm Broth + fruit (you may have lunch if you feel ready)
5:00 pm Light Dinner + tea
Day 7 - Integration Day
9:00 am Breakfast
12:00 pm Lunch + scheduled massages
1:30 pm Integration Circle
4:00 pm Spiritual Shower
5:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Night Tea
Day 8 - Departure
9:00 am Breakfast
10:00am Departure
Meet the Team
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Patrick Fishley
Bwiti name: Dibadi
Patrick Fishley, co-founder of Soul Reflections, brings over 30 years of experience in nursing, specializing in intensive care and plant medicine. He is a certified Recovery Psycho-Spiritual Integration Coach and a Nganga (Healer, Seer) in the Bwiti tradition. Patrick's deep expertise in holistic healing and his commitment to guiding others through Iboga/Ibogaine journeys make him a pivotal figure in the global community of seekers and practitioners.
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Michele Fishley
Bwiti name: Yakéta
Michele Fishley, co-founder of Soul Reflections, has 16 years of experience as an acute care nurse, with a focus on medical/surgical and emergency care. As a certified coach and recognized Nganga in the Bwiti tradition, Michele has led numerous retreats as a Medical Director. Her compassionate leadership and extensive knowledge in Iboga/Ibogaine preparation and integration provide a nurturing environment for those seeking profound transformation and healing.
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Marisa Franco
Bwiti name: Okumé
Marisa Franco is a dedicated medicine carrier, facilitator, and artist who guides individuals back to their body and soul, empowering them to live authentically into their unique purpose. With a foundation in Bwiti initiation and global Earth-based traditions, she helps clients untether themselves from limiting beliefs and embrace their role as conscious co-creators. Through re-wiring techniques, quantum work, and somatic practices, Marisa leads transformative journeys toward clarity, joy, and harmony.
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Katie La Roe
Bwiti name: Osambí
Katie is a seasoned trauma specialist focusing on mental health, embodiment, and soul retrieval. As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional II and Psychedelic Preparation/Integration Specialist, she guides individuals through the healing power of plant medicine. With over 20 years of experience in expanded consciousness, Katie emphasizes the transformative effects of breathwork, meditation, and holistic practices for well-being and personal growth.
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Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony has spent over 16 years working with entheogenic plant medicines from the Amazon to Africa. He was initiated into the Bwiti tradition in 2017, and has a loving relationship with Iboga from 30+ journeys with this sacred root. His practices with breath, silence, and an ancient Reiki lineage from the Himalayas allow Marc to hold space for guests with kindness, compassion, and truth. Marc is also a veteran of the armed forces, and understands trauma, and how to heal the mind. His mantra is ‘No Mind, No Problem’, perfect partner for Iboga.
Our Lineage Holders & Spiritual Guides
We honor and give deepest gratitude to our elders and teachers in Gabon, the sacred guardians of the Bwiti tradition and the ancestral knowledge of Iboga. Their wisdom, guidance, and unwavering commitment to the sacred ways have been the foundation of our path and practice. With humility and reverence, we acknowledge the generations of oral tradition, ritual mastery, and spiritual integrity they continue to embody and pass on.
These teachers are not only carriers of ancient knowledge but living bridges between the spirit world and our earthly lives. They have dedicated their lives to the healing and awakening of humanity, holding space with precision, love, and an unshakable connection to the spirit of the medicine. Their teachings, rooted in nature, truth, and direct experience, have shaped our understanding and deepened our responsibility to serve with purity and respect.
It is through their blessing and ongoing mentorship that we are able to walk this path, share this medicine, and support others in their journey of transformation. We walk with their voices in our hearts, and their prayers in our work.
Maman Nono : Macodi (Mundzhi)
Matriarch and Spiritual Mother
Maman Nono Macodi is a deeply respected matriarch and spiritual mother within the Bwiti tradition of Gabon. A guardian of ancestral wisdom and sacred ceremony, she carries the lineage of her people with grace, strength, and an unwavering devotion to truth. As a healer, teacher, and initiator, Maman Nono holds space with a rare combination of fierce compassion, deep intuition, and direct connection to spirit.
For decades, she has served her community and the wider world as a vessel of profound spiritual guidance. Her presence is medicine in itself—rooted in the forest, aligned with the ancestors, and committed to the awakening of all beings. She has midwifed countless souls through rites of passage, healing journeys, and spiritual rebirths, embodying the essence of divine feminine wisdom.
Maman Nono is a bridge between worlds: the visible and invisible, the ancient and the now. Her teachings, prayers, and songs continue to ripple through every life she touches, grounding us in tradition while pointing us toward liberation.
It is an honour beyond words to walk alongside her and carry forward her teachings with reverence.
Papa Sosthéne Ngoma : Maghanga Ma Bango
Teacher and Spiritual Father
Papa Sosthéne is a revered spiritual father and elder in the Bwiti tradition of Gabon. A masterful teacher and artisan, he embodies the living wisdom of his ancestors through ceremony, storytelling, and the sacred art of creation. As a keeper of deep traditional knowledge, his life is a testament to discipline, devotion, and spiritual mastery.
With decades of experience in guiding initiates and holding ceremonial space, Papa Sosthéne’s presence is both grounding and expansive. His teachings are rooted in clarity, humility, and direct experience—offered not only through words, but through the quiet power of example. As a skilled craftsman, his hands shape sacred tools and ritual objects imbued with prayer, precision, and ancestral energy.
He is a bridge between the ancient and the present, a protector of tradition, and a living archive of Bwiti cosmology and spiritual practice. Those who have the honour of learning from him carry forward not only his wisdom but the depth of lineage he so faithfully preserves.
Papa Sosthéne’s guidance continues to shape the paths of many with gentleness, strength, and a steadfast commitment to the truth.
Maman Fermine Issoughi : Yaghula
Spiritual Teacher and Wisdom Keeper – Gabon
Maman Yagula is a cherished spiritual teacher and wisdom keeper in the Bwiti tradition of Gabon. With profound devotion to the sacred path, she carries the ancestral teachings of her lineage with quiet strength, clarity, and deep feminine knowing. Her presence is a living prayer—rooted in the forest, guided by spirit, and dedicated to truth.
Through many years of service and spiritual discipline, Maman Yagula has become a beacon of light for those seeking healing, vision, and deeper connection. Her teachings are subtle yet powerful, often transmitted through story, ritual, and silence. She holds a deep understanding of the unseen world and the natural rhythms of life, and she walks with the ancestors as her constant companions.
Maman Yagula’s guidance flows like water—gentle yet transformative. As a guardian of sacred knowledge and spiritual integrity, she has helped shape and guide the journeys of many, offering a path of remembrance, reverence, and return to self.
Her wisdom is a gift to all who have the blessing of learning from her, and her legacy continues to ripple through every heart she touches.
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This retreat is for those who are truly ready to meet themselves. If you’re feeling stuck in old patterns, struggling with addictive tendencies (thoughts, behaviors, substances), or longing to remember who you are beneath the noise—this is for you. You don’t need to have experience with plant medicine, just a sincere willingness to show up fully and with respect.
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Iboga is a powerful master plant teacher from Central West Africa, traditionally used by the Bwiti people for spiritual healing, initiation, and truth-seeking. it’s a deep, introspective medicine that shows you the root of things: where patterns began, why they continue, and how to shift them. It’s known for its ability to clear addictive patterns and reset the nervous system, body, and mind. This is a full-body spiritual experience, not a recreational one.
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Yes—when held in the right hands, with proper preparation and integration, Iboga is deeply healing and safe. We work with experienced facilitators who are trained in both Bwiti traditions and modern safety protocols with decades of nursing and medical experience. All participants go through a thorough screening process to make sure this medicine is right for them, including a required EKG and health intake.
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Yes. Preparation is part of the journey. We’ll guide you through a pre-retreat protocol that includes diet and lifestyle shifts, medication shifts, and intention-setting. You’ll also have access to a prep call with one of our facilitators to support your process before arrival.
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Integration is key. This isn’t just about what you experience during the 8 days—it’s about how you bring those insights into your life. We offer post-retreat integration calls, community support, and tools to help you anchor what you’ve learned into your relationships, work, and daily rituals.
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Yes. Because of how Iboga interacts with the heart and nervous system, certain medical conditions and medications (especially antidepressants, SSRIs, or antipsychotics) are contraindicated. All participants must complete a health screening, submit an EKG, and be approved by our medical team before attending.
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In the sacred mountains of Central Mexico. The exact location is shared after registration to honor the privacy and integrity of the land. The retreat space is serene, surrounded by nature, and held with deep respect for the spirit of the place.
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8 days / 7 nights in beautiful accommodations
2 Iboga ceremonies (plus rituals and spiritual baths)
Integration circles and 1:1 guidance
All meals (nourishing, local, and mostly plant-based)
Pre-retreat support and post-retreat integration
Deep care, community, and connection
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Book a discovery call and if it feels aligned, we’ll guide you through next steps, including medical screening and preparation.
book a discovery call
in partnership and under the wing of SOul Reflections Iboga
A portion of proceeds will go to the elders and stewards of this medicine in Gabon. Supporting their life-ways, the medicine and what is needed to keep this spiritual lineage alive.
