Participants in Third Wave’s psychedelic Coaching Certification Program gathered for a 5-day retreat at Brave Earth, an intentional community and regenerative center for permaculture and medicine ceremonies in Costa Rica. The retreat was crafted as learning opportunity for the coaches to explore different ways to facilitate psychedelic and psychedelic-adjacent experiences. Programming included educational workshops, breathwork, movement, hiking through the jungle, a trip to the hot springs, a traditional temezcal ceremony, and culminated with a group psilocybin ceremony. 

My role was to handle all the logistical nitty gritty both before and during the retreat so that the facilitators could focus on being present with the participants. I managed the run-of-show along Third Wave CEO/founder Paul Austin, liaised with the Brave Earth team on lodging, meals and the flow of on-site activities, and oversaw transportation, program scheduling and any production needs.