A gentle, heart-opening journey with Huachuma - the ancient medicine of connection, clarity, and compassion. Two days, one night, in the hills of Northern Thailand.
The Heart Knows What the Mind Cannot Yet See
Some medicines work with the depths. Huachuma works with the heart. Known for thousands of years across the Andean tradition as a medicine of connection, Huachuma gently opens the door between who you are and who you're becoming, not through intensity, but through softness, clarity, and presence.
The Open Heart Ceremony is a 2 day, 1 night immersion designed for those seeking a gentler, heart-centred experience with plant medicine. Whether this is your first time sitting with sacred medicine or you've worked with Grandmother Vine and are drawn to something different, this retreat offers a unique and accessible path inward.
Unlike the deep inner excavation of longer retreats, this ceremony focuses on opening, opening the heart, softening the walls, and reconnecting with the parts of yourself that have been waiting to be felt.
Huachuma has been used for over 3,000 years in the Andean healing tradition. Where Grandmother Vine often takes you inward and downward, into shadow, memory, and the subconscious - Huachuma tends to move outward and upward. It opens the heart space, dissolves barriers to connection, and brings a gentle clarity that many describe as seeing the world as if for the first time.
Participants often report a deep sense of love, gratitude, and interconnection, not just with themselves, but with the natural world around them. This is why so much of the ceremony takes place outdoors, immersed in nature. The medicine and the landscape work together.
While Grandmother Vine ceremonies typically take place at night and involve deep internal journeying, Huachuma ceremonies are held during the day. The experience is gentler, more embodied, and deeply connected to the senses. You remain present, grounded, and aware - able to walk, talk, and engage with the beauty around you.
This makes the Open Heart Ceremony an ideal entry point for those new to plant medicine, or a powerful complement for those who've already done deeper work and are seeking integration through the heart.
All meals are nutritious, plant-forward, and prepared with intention to support your ceremony experience.
The Open Heart Ceremony meets you where you are. Whether you're taking your first step into plant medicine work or returning to explore a different path, this retreat was designed for the heart-ready:
You're drawn to plant medicine but want to start gently. Huachuma offers a heart-centred introduction without the intensity of longer retreats.
You feel disconnected, from yourself, from others, from meaning. You're ready to soften the walls and let something genuine back in.
You've experienced Grandmother Vine and want to explore the other side, the upward, expansive, heart-opening path that Huachuma offers.
You have limited time but unlimited intention. This 2 day format delivers a complete, meaningful experience without requiring a week, long commitment.
Times are approximate and may be adapted to support the overall experience and the group's needs.
We recommend a light dietary preparation for 24–48 hours before your ceremony, reducing caffeine, alcohol, and heavy foods. Detailed preparation guidelines will be shared once your place is confirmed. This is a gentle process, and our team will support you every step of the way.
The Open Heart Ceremony takes place at our private retreat venue in the foothills of Chiang Mai, surrounded by jungle and mountain views. During your stay, you have complimentary access to all retreat amenities, the salt water pool, steam room, and garden spaces.
Every element of the environment has been considered to support your experience: from the food we prepare to the spaces we hold ceremony in. This is a place designed to help you arrive, soften, and open.
Facilitator's Note
"Huachuma is the medicine I recommend for people who think they're not ready for plant medicine. It doesn't break you open, it invites you open. The heart doesn't need force. It needs permission."
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"Huachuma doesn't take you somewhere else, it brings you home to yourself. Gently, clearly, with the heart wide open."
If you feel the pull toward something gentler, more connected, more heart-centred, this ceremony was created for exactly that moment. Take the next step.
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Every journey through our programme follows a natural arc, from preparation to ceremony to integration. The Open Heart Ceremony is Step 3: the heart-opening ceremony itself, a standalone experience that can also serve as a powerful complement to deeper work.
If you're drawn to more extended work with plant medicine, explore our Grandmother Vine or Sacred Union retreats, multi-day journeys with deeper ceremony and full integration support.
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