10 Best Ayahuasca Retreat in Spain 2023

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For deeper insights into what makes up a safe and quality plant medicine retreat, check out the results from our recent plant medicine retreats survey.

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1. If you’d like a holistic understanding of your opportunities to improve your quality of life, take this self-diagnostic.

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2. If this is your first time with Ayahuasca, this short quiz will help you assess your level of mental, emotional, and spiritual readiness for this powerful and sensitive work.

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3. If you’d like to understand more about the nature of psychedelic healing work, human potential, and who and what you really are, watch the video below.

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Like most things in life, there are a broad variety of Ayahuasca retreat options, and a number of factors that effect the safety, quality, and cost of an ayahuasca retreat:

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1. Safety First: Unfortunately, many small retreat centers are not in a position to make meaningful investments into screening and safety. Even if you're fine, someone else on retreat might not be, which can affect the overall experience. Our recommendation is to choose a retreat provider that does in-depth conversational, medical, and psychological screening to protect your safety and well-being.
2. Legality: Experienced practitioners who have dedicated their lives to plant medicine typically live in locations where the work is legal, so they don't have to live in a state of uncertainty about their work Our recommendation is to travel to legal locations where you can benefit from legitimate healers who operate above the radar, so you can truly relax on retreat.
3. Size of the group: It's common for retreats to have 20, 50, even 100 people in ceremony, which can be chaotic to say the least. In such large groups you are less likely to receive a sufficient level of attention from the facilitators. Our recommendation is to choose a retreat with an intimate group, in the range of 8-15 people.
4. Length of the retreat: Shorter retreats feel rushed, do not support the cultivation of meaningful relationships, and can limit what can be achieved in time available. We recommend you spend at least a week for an ayahuasca retreat to give your mind, body, heart, and soul the attention it deserves.
5. ‍‍Comfort: We recommend you choose a retreat where you are confident that you will be physically comfortable and have your own private bedroom to decompress and integrate, especially if this is your first time. Go for the full jungle mosquito immersion another time, your future self will thank you later.
6. Alignment: Select a retreat that feels aligned with your values and allows your own subjective experience to unfold naturally. There are many different worldviews out there and having a different worldview pushed on you through the retreat may not be in your highest healing interests. This is also particularly relevant for first-timers.
7. Holistic approach: Work with an organization that takes a holistic approach to working with plant medicine, and has options to support and guide your mental and emotional evolution alongside a retreat. If a provider implies that "medicine will solve all your problems", proceed with caution.
8. ‍Service: Select a retreat that you believe can meet your individual needs. Are you being treated as a human, or as participant #22 in their fourth retreat this month? Consider whether or not they've taken the time to get to know you and understand you, or it's more of a take it or leave it retreat center.
9. Booking process: Take the time to speak with the provider before finalizing your booking. If the provider does not have a screening process in place during the booking process anyone could be sitting next to you in ceremony. Some people are not in the right place to work with this powerful plant medicine, and it is the responsibility of the organizers to ensure that only people who can handle ayahuasca are accepted onto the retreat.
10. Expertise: Find an organization that emphasizes healing, and you believe has the breadth and depth of expertise to guide your transformation. Look for facilitators and healers who have a lightness of being and a sparkle in their eyes. Healing work is all about the transmutation of energy, so you are looking for people who have the energy you aspire to. If they aren't able to keep their energy right, that tells you quite a bit about either where they are at and their capabilities.
11. Reputation: At a minimum, Google the provider, you may be surprised by what you find. If there's not much information, that is also information. A reputable retreat center will have a professional online presence with testimonials from previous retreat attendees. This is essential for you to see that they are a legitimate organization who you can trust to contain this powerful experience.
12. Volunteers: Please support ethical plant medicine work by selecting an organization that pay their team. Unfortunately, it is common practice for retreat centers to cycle through young, eager, and worn out volunteers and/or not pay healers fairly. If the people supporting your retreat aren't living their best lives , they're not going to be able to lead you to yours. Don't be shy to ask this question directly when you speak to prospective centers.

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Those on the path of spiritual development are moving on from mindful yoga retreats and turning to journeying with Ayahuasca and other psychedelics (such as the widely recognized magic mushroom) for healing trauma, transcending limiting beliefs, and finding more joy, love and purpose in life. Psychedelic therapy is garnering much attention in the field of mental health - with studies showing 1-2 exposures of psilocybin mushrooms significantly decreasing long-term symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Ayahuasca has been used by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin for thousands of years for healing and spiritual growth. When brewed together, the ayahuasca vine and leaves of the chacruna plant (psychotria viridis) produce a powerful psychedelic experience for the user that promotes deep introspection and perspective shifts. 

10 Best Ayahuasca Retreat in Spain

There are limited places in the world where you can find a safe, legal, and life-changing ayahuasca center. As ayahuasca tourism becomes exceedingly popular around the world, many who are unable to travel to the Amazonian Rainforest in Costa Rica or to the Sacred Valley in Iquitos, Peru are looking for more accessible options. 

Most centers can be found in Central and South America where ayahuasca originates, but there are options a little closer to home for those on the other side of the world.  In Europe, you will find ayahuasca centers in both Spain and Portugal, where DMT (the psychoactive component in ayahuasca) is decriminalized or in a legal “grey area”. 

If you are ready for one of the most unforgettable trips of your lifetime, check out our list of centers in Spain to help you choose the perfect ayahuasca experience. 

For more information on how to choose your ayahuasca retreat check out our COMPLETE EUROPEAN GUIDE. and for the most in depth information on plant medicine you can register for our FREE WEBINAR.

1. Behold Retreats Ayahuasca Retreat in Spain 

Elevate your consciousness. If you’re looking for an intimate, bespoke ayahuasca retreat in Spain, Behold Retreats might be your ideal company to work with. With locations around the world and a small team of carefully selected healers, facilitators and coaches, you will feel especially taken care of on your spiritual journey.

You can expect to experience your ayahuasca retreat in Spain on one of the beautiful Balearic islands of Ibiza or Mallorca. You will enjoy a luxury villa experience immersed in natural surroundings, with plenty of opportunities to watch the sunset in your infinity pool overlooking the ocean, to relax and read or journal in the sun, to attend a calming yoga class before enjoying a fresh local vegetarian meal, and to take a walk into the mountains to connect with mother nature. 

Your facilitators have years of experience with ayahuasca, psilocybin, san pedro, and Bufo Alvarius (5-MeO-DMT), as well as other healing modalities such as meditation, yoga, breathwork, Tai Chi, energy healing, and massage.

Behold offers a 7- week life accelerator program to help you prepare for the retreat and integrate the experience into your daily life afterwards. Their support is unparalleled compared to other retreat centers and is really worth considering if you’re looking for deep healing and transformative journey. 

2. Behold Retreats Private Ayahuasca Retreat in Spain 

In addition to small, intimate group retreats, Behold Retreat offers private healing retreats for individuals or groups, a perfect opportunity to experience the deep healing and transformative magic of plant medicine with family, friends or colleagues. 

Private retreats can be held in your ideal location of choice and tailored to suit your every need and desire. The expert healers and facilitators will guide your ayahuasca ceremony and provide additional healing modalities such as yoga, meditation, breathwork, body work, art therapy, flower baths, ethno-botanical walks, and more. If you're interested in adding a san pedro ceremony at the end of your ayahuasca retreat in Spain to ground and integrate the experience, that is also a possibility.

Join their 7-week life accelerator coaching program with either private or group coaching to maximize the outcome of your journey and sustain long-lasting changes in your life. The program was designed to help retreat participants prepare for their plant medicine retreat and to integrate the teachings and insights afterwards. 

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3. Om-Mij 

Located 100km from both the Alicante and Valencia airport, in “Be Free” retreat centers, you will find this sunny and nature immersed ayahuasca retreat center. The ayahuasca ceremonies will be performed with a therapeutic yet traditional approach with accompanying live music. 

For those who wish to deepen their healing experience, they offer Kambo ceremonies and rapé which help with the cleansing process. They offer vegan/vegetarian dishes during their three and five day retreats, with two or three ayahuasca ceremonies respectively. 

The center lies on a 10,000 m2 piece of land that offers a large relaxation area, yoga studio, art exhibitions, barbecue and stone oven, a large swimming pool, and a large house with three floors. 

And nothing says fresh local food more than enjoying their vegetable garden and 5000m2 orange garden. Fresh OJ is to be expected. 

4. Union in Arutam 

Union In Arutam retreat center can be found in the beautiful Canary Island Tenerife, where they have been conducting ayahuasca ceremonies for more than twelve years. The retreats and ceremonies are held in very quiet locations deep into nature. 

If you’re interested in experiencing not only mama ayahuasca but other medicinal plants and master plants such as San Pedro, this retreat center offers special diets, fasts, and programs using a variety of sacred plants. Their retreats are a minimum of 10 days, operating under traditional Shamanism with amazonian healers.

This center does a thorough job at ensuring their retreat participants are ready to head on this intensive ayahuasca experience by providing an assessment of their situation beforehand during a preliminary interview. 

Their founder Arutam Ruymán, born in Tenerife, began teaching medicine at the age of 22, opening up his own school and clinic. He began facilitating ayahuasca ceremonies and travelled to the jungle over many years to learn from the Shuar Amazonian Shamanism tradition. 

5. Sacruna 

About a 1.5 hour drive from Barcelona you will find the 2000m2 ayahuasca center Sacruna, who promises to devote the maximum amount of time, attention and care to their guests. Group sizes are up to a maximum of 16 people and preparation services are offered to all participants. They go above and beyond to offer psychological coaching and integration. 

The organic menu on offer has been carefully curated by a nutritionist in accordance with the traditional shamanic diet. Additional plant medicine ceremonies include Kambo and Rapé for deep cleansing and healing to complement your ayahuasca journey. In between ceremonies you can expect to enjoy meditation, yoga, sound healing, and shamanic breathwork. 

Sacruna boasts renowned master-healers, Shipibo shamans from the Peruvian Amazon with more than 20 years of experience with plant medicine. Their lead shaman Roberto Matios comes from the Shipibo Conibo Tribe and has been healing people for over 40 years.

6. APL Shamanic Journeys 

APL Journeys is an international retreat center offering traditional Amazonian ceremonies facilitated by shamans from the Loreto region of Peru and Ecuador, as well as Red Cross Certified facilitators with your safety in mind. You can feel great about contributing to local communities in Peru, as 15% of the proceeds from your retreat will be donated to there. 

Retreats are six days long and include three ayahuasca ceremonies, or eight days long with four ayahuasca ceremonies. You will also engage in a three-hour discussion before you embark on your journey to ensure that you are prepared and ready to go. After the ceremonies, you will be able to join a morning discussion to reflect and share your experiences with the rest of the group. 

Additional healing modalities include medicinal flowers baths, breathwork, liquid mapacho, rape and sananga sessions, and Kambo sessions which are meant to strengthen the immune system. Private accommodation and massage therapy is available on their eight day retreats. 

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7. We Are Avalon Love

About 1.5 hours away from Barcelona, in the heart of the picturesque Alt Emporda you will embark on your six day ayahuasca retreat in a modernist 1913 building full of stories. Feel comfortable in their high-end accommodations and take some time to rest and relax by their outdoor hammock area and swimming pool. 

You will have ample opportunity to connect with Mother Nature, in their 650.000m2 gardens surrounded by two natural lakes and a river. If you’re looking for a retreat with many activities and healing modalities, Avalon is a great choice. 

During the retreat you will have four ayahuasca ceremonies, four rapé ceremonies, 4 integration workshops, meditation sessions, yoga classes, a healing massage, shamanic breathwork session, a feminine and masculine circle, and much more.  Unique to this retreat is their options to experience kambo sessions, cocora plant liver cleanses, temazcal sessions, or a peyote retreat. 

The founder Alejandro Carbó provides guidance and integration on retreat, along with their team of experienced facilitators, healers, and shamans. Their lead shaman Eric van den Hove has more than 10 years of training in Colombia by different masters from the indigenous tribes Cofán, Siona and Muisca. Their facilitators are trained in a variety of healing modalities and are highly experienced in psychology, guidance and integration. 

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8. Healing Tree Ayahuasca 

Travel to the beautiful Canary Island Tenerife for this 2-7 day ayahuasca retreat. Originally founded as a traditional shamanic center from Cusco, Peru since 2010, Healing Tree Ayahuasca offers authentic, safe, and affordable ayahuasca and san pedro retreats. 

Accommodations are humble and similar for everyone on the retreat. The ceremonies will be guided by a peruvian shaman under the Shipibo tradition. There will be at least two additional facilitators with a maximum of 12 participants. Traditional Icaros (the songs used by the curanderos) will be sung during the ceremony to aid in healing and activating the ancient wisdom in the sacred plant. 

During the 6 day retreat there will be 4 ayahuasca ceremonies, guided meditation, yoga, group discussions, and individual time to speak with the shaman. In between activities you will have time to reflect, journal, and meditate in nature to integrate your experience. 

9. Amoraleza

Founded in 2006, this family-run retreat center near Málaga combines all the best aspects of a yoga retreat with an ayahuasca journey. Embark on your sacred plant medicine journey in this Brazilian shamanic ayahuasca experience (Santo Daime is the most common tradition in Brazil) The religious ceremonies include rapé, sanaga, and live music.

Retreats run from May to September and are three days long, which is great for a first timer before committing to a week-long retreat. You can choose to stay in either a Morrocan yurt, a bamboo cabin, a Mongolian yurt, or a bell tent. 

Enjoy personalized nutrition, detox and juice fasts on their retreats to help promote cleansing and deeper healing with mother ayahuasca. While the retreat is shorter than most, you can feel supported knowing that you will have a sharing circle before the ceremony and an integration circle to end off the weekend.

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Still need some help choosing a retreat?

We would be honored to guide you in choosing the best retreat for your needs. Behold Retreats coordinates expertly guided retreats with Ayahuasca, Psilocybin, and 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo Alvarius) with highly experienced facilitators. Reach out to us to set up a complimentary discovery call and we can point you in the right direction.

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