A structured, science-informed plant medicine retreat for high-performers ready to do the real work — not just talk about it.
You've tried the therapy. The protocols. The time off that didn't quite land.
There's a reason: insight alone doesn't rewire the nervous system. That requires a different kind of work.
Buena Vida's retreats combine sacred plant medicine with structured preparation and clinically-informed integration — in a safe, legal environment designed to help your system actually shift, not just cope.
Structured intake, intention-setting, and nervous system priming before you arrive — so the experience can go deeper.
Guided psilocybin work in a small group container with experienced facilitators. Safe, legal, and held with clinical care and ceremonial depth.
The work doesn't end when you leave. Structured support helps you translate what surfaced into lasting behavioral change.
Most people who come here are performing well by every external measure. They're leaders, builders, caregivers. They've done the work to understand themselves.
But something underneath hasn't shifted — and it's been that way for a while. Our retreats are designed for exactly that moment. Seven years, over 2,000 participants.
Applications now open for May and June retreats. Cohorts are small by design.
Our participants include executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, athletes, and veterans — people accustomed to high performance who are ready for a different kind of edge.
Immersive retreats in California and Mexico. Small cohorts. Experienced facilitators. Full support from preparation through integration — including clinical screening, preparation calls, ceremony, and post-retreat integration sessions.
Applications open — May & June
We tell you that upfront because the people who come have already done the research. They know the difference between a peak experience and a program designed for lasting change.
Comparable clinical psilocybin programs cost $15,000–$25,000. This is structured facilitation at a fraction of that cost.
It's not recreational. It's not optimization hacking.
Buena Vida is for people who are ready to do the kind of work that changes how they operate — in their relationships, their leadership, and themselves.