6-Day Ayahuasca Retreat with 2-month Training Programme
With Melissa Layton and Mo Haque
October 1 - 6, 2026
In a world that often feels fast-paced, fractured, and disconnected, this retreat offers something rare: a safe, structured space for deep healing, transformation, and integration.
At its core, this work is about bridging two worlds – the ancient traditions of the Amazon and the modern challenges of Western life. Through thoughtful preparation, carefully held ceremonies, and dedicated integration support, you’ll be guided to bring the insights of plant medicine into your everyday reality in a grounded, sustainable way.
This is not about escape. It’s about meeting yourself fully, in an environment that supports you to grow, heal, and realign with what matters most.
Set in the stillness of rural Portugal, our 5-day plant medicine retreat is embedded in an eight-week journey. You won’t just participate in ceremonies – you’ll be supported before, during, and after with the tools and guidance needed to make sense of it all, so the changes take root.
Most retreats begin and end with the ceremonies. Ours starts a month before and continues a month after, because true transformation unfolds over time. Plant medicine can open profound doors, but without preparation and integration, insights often fade into memory. What makes this retreat different is how we help you prepare your system beforehand and how we walk with you afterwards to make sure the changes land.
We include:
Weekly live preparation and integration sessions with grounding practices and group connection
Somatic tools for nervous system regulation and emotional processing
Trauma-informed facilitation that honours the full spectrum of human experience
Clear frameworks to help you make meaning and apply insights in everyday life
Microdosing tinctures for gentle support with your integration
About the Leaders
Melissa Layton
Born and raised in London, Melissa is a certified life coach, lawyer, healer and retreat facilitator, experienced in cultivating and curating retreats and workshops to facilitate personal healing and transformation. Her own journey has been heavily influenced by the teachings of Ayahuasca, which inspired her to combine this sacred medicine with integrative coaching to create […]
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Mo is a Jungian coach, author, and TEDx speaker, also initiated by the Shipibo tradition. He specialises in integration, guiding participants to translate their experiences into grounded psychological and spiritual growth. Drawing on a range of somatic tools and Jungian depth psychology, Mo equips individuals with practical tools to become masters of their own healing, […]
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