A PRIVATE MEDICINE & ART RETREAT
The Bufo
Art Journey
Experience the medicine.
Integrate through art.
Return home with a living reminder of your transformation.
7 DAYS · 6 NIGHTS · PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO · LIMITED TO 5
WHY THIS RETREAT IS DIFFERENT
The medicine opens the door.
Few are given a way through it.
Many people have profound experiences with the medicine — and then return to their lives with no way to hold what happened to them. The insight fades. The words never quite arrive. Life resumes, and the experience quietly slips out of reach.
This retreat was created to offer a different path — a creative one. Painting becomes a language beyond words, a way to give shape to what cannot be explained.
No artistic experience is required. The goal isn't to make beautiful art. The goal is to express what cannot be explained.
THE JOURNEY
Seven days. One transformation.
DAY ONE
Arrival
Opening circle & intention setting
DAY TWO
Temazcal Spa Experience
Traditional sweat lodge ceremony
DAY THREE
Bufo Alvarius Ceremony
Rest · Silence · Support
DAY FOUR
Yoga & Art
Movement, integration & painting
DAY FIVE
Breathwork & Art
Deep breath, deep integration, painting
DAY SIX
Kundalini, Cacao, Dance & Art
Awakening energy, sacred cacao, ecstatic dance, painting
DAY SEVEN
Closing Circle
Goodbyes · Take your artwork home
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
Everything held, so you can let go.
01
Sacred Bufo
Ceremony
Therapeutic Integration
Healthy Meals
02
Daily Yoga
Guided Creative Sessions
Beautiful Sanctuary
03
Breathwork
All Art Materials
Small Group —
Max 5 People
MEET YOUR FACILITATORS
Held by steady, reverent hands.
Liset Alcalde
VISIONARY ARTIST.
Liset guides participants in expressing their inner journey through intuitive painting. Her role is not to teach artistic technique, but to help people give form to what words cannot express.
Mariposa Alcalde
THERAPEUTIC FACILITATOR
Mariposa supports the emotional integration process through therapeutic guidance, reflection, and compassionate presence.
Shaman Peter
MEDICINE FACILITATOR
Peter holds the Bufo Alvarius ceremony with experience, respect, and deep reverence for the medicine and the participant's journey.
YOUR ARTWORK
A memory you can take home
After profound experiences, memories can fade with time. Words dissolve. Details blur.
By translating the experience into art, you create a deeply personal visual reminder — something you can return to and hold for the rest of your life.
This isn't about creating something beautiful.
It's about creating something true.
IS THIS RETREAT FOR YOU?
This retreat is for people
who feel called to
- Explore themselves deeply
- Express emotions creatively
- Connect with nature
- Integrate a medicine experience
- Slow down
- Create something meaningful
No painting experience is necessary.
THE INVESTMENT
$3,500 USD
per participant · payment plans available
6 nights accommodation
Medicine ceremony
Breathwork
Art materials
Airport transportation (optional)
Meals
Yoga
Therapeutic integration
Painting sessions
Your journey doesn't end
with the ceremony.
It begins with integration.
Only five participants are accepted for each retreat, to create a deeply personal and supportive experience.
The Bufo Art Journey
EXPERIENCE. INTEGRATE. REMEMBER.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
To schedule a discovery call, reach out directly.
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