The Bufo Art Journey โ€” Experience. Integrate. Remember.
Bufo Alvarius toad, sacred medicine of the ceremony

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 ยท 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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.

Traditional Mexican temazcal sweat lodge

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 ยท Silence ยท 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 ยท Take your artwork home

WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE

Everything held, so you can let go.

01

Sacred Bufo Ceremony

02

Daily Yoga

03

Breathwork

04

Therapeutic Integration

05

Guided Creative Sessions

06

All Art Materials

07

Healthy Meals

08

Beautiful Sanctuary

09

Small Group โ€” Max 5 People

MEET YOUR FACILITATORS

Held by steady, reverent hands.

Portrait of Liset Alcalde

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.

Portrait of Mariposa Alcalde

Mariposa Alcalde

THERAPEUTIC FACILITATOR

Mariposa supports the emotional integration process through therapeutic guidance, reflection, and compassionate presence.

Portrait of Shaman Peter

Shaman Peter

MEDICINE FACILITATOR

Peter holds the Bufo Alvarius ceremony with experience, respect, and deep reverence for the medicine and the participant's journey.

Finished intuitive painting resting in natural light

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 โ€” 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
  • Integrate a medicine experience
  • Express emotions creatively
  • Slow down
  • Connect with nature
  • Create something meaningful

No painting experience is necessary.

THE INVESTMENT

$3,500 USD

per participant · payment plans available

6 nights accommodation

Meals

Medicine ceremony

Yoga

Breathwork

Therapeutic integration

Art materials

Painting sessions

Airport transportation (optional)

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Turquoise Caribbean water of the Riviera Maya, Mexico

Your journey doesn't end
with the ceremony.

It begins with integration.

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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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Toad photograph by Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.