Oyasin Expansion Retreat
October 29 - Nov 3, Portugal
5-week transformation journey for entrepreneurs, leaders and executives
Are you motivated to embrace deep inner healing?
Are you ready to experience clarity, happiness, and peak performance without stress?
Are you in need of a breakthrough?
Oyasin Expansion is a 5-week personal transformation journey (including a 6-day high-end retreat) for leaders, entrepreneurs and executives, combining plant medicine, ancient self-knowledge with the latest innovations in personal development.
Our guides are the best facilitators, shamans and coaches in their respective fields, and we take an innovative approach towards personal development, tapping into a variety of methods.
Even though plant medicine is an important element of our retreats, it's more than 'just' a plant medicine retreat: it's a journey of self-love, designed to create lasting transformation.
Learn more about the retreat below and tune into whether this is the next step you’ve been looking for on your journey as a leader.
Why we created this retreat
What inspired us to host this retreat
Oyasin Expansion is our 'signature' retreat: for the past 3 years we have hosted this retreat, continuously evolving with our own evolution of healing wisdom.
We will share those medicines (sacred plant medicines and holistic healing practices) that we deeply honour, and that have personally changed our lives.
The main medicine we serve, is love. We create a container with so much love and safety, that the participants feel empowered to dive deep, and transform.
Portugal is a strong healing vortex, and the forest and the river are the perfect setting for transformation.
All of our retreats are designed specifically to break through the armour of the entrepreneurs, who might over-identify with their professional selves, and might have focused more attention on their performance and success, than their happiness, health, and wellbeing. Our approach takes into account the resistance that this armour brings, and gently but firmly invites openness and acceptance.
Retreat Highlights
- Highly personalized pre- and post-retreat coaching by experts
- Psychological screening to guarantee your safety and the right fit with the medicine
- Sacred Medicine Ceremony - Medicine day ceremony guided by Mo & Lina
- Sacred Medicine Ceremony - Cactus day and night ceremony guided by Peruvian medicine man
- Sacred Medicine Ceremony - Cacao day ceremony guided by Mo
- Psychological screening
- One-on-one pre-retreat coaching session to get clarity on ceremony intentions & dive into body, mind, and soul
- Guidance with dieta and purification process
- A group preparation coaching session to connect with the group
- Various sacred shamanic Rituals
- 6-day high-end retreat in stunning family-owned eco retreat center in the forest close to Lisbon
- Intimate group of 14 people maximum, guided by 3 facilitators (highly personal)
- Two group integration coaching sessions post-retreat
- Ice bath with guided meditation and breathwork
- Wim Hof breathwork
- Meditation and yoga
- Somatic practices
- Conscious relating
- Sharing circles
- Voice liberation
- Gifting Ritual
- Mindfulness and solo time in nature
- Top notch accomodation in eco-retreat center fully remote in nature
- Delicious vegetarian organic meals prepared by chefs, with veggies and herbs from the garden
Retreat Elements
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Who is this for?
Leaders & Pioneers
Leaders and pioneers whose decisions influence many people, who have the responsibility and ability to lead and pave the way for the future, yet who might have temporarily have lost inspiration themselves.
Executives
Executives who want to expand their power beyond the boardroom; to become a better leader, and a better human, and work from an inner purpose, and attain the new archetype of success.
Entrepreneurs
Successful and ‘recovering’ entrepreneurs who have spent most of their lives building and growing their businesses, and who might have neglected the deepest part of themselves.
Sacred Medicine, Cacao & more
Preparation
Our retreats are profound transformation processes that start with a thorough preparation. Beyond a health screening, there's 1-on-1 coaching to make sure you're fully prepared, diet guidance, as well as group preparation.
Moreover we also get introduced to the techniques of freediving.
Sacred medicine
The sacred medicine or 'maestros' (teachers) from the mountains in Oaxaca, the birthplace of Maria Sabina, invite us to explore deep truths, and release trauma and tension. We work with bodywork and emotional release techniques: in order to heal the nervous system, and restoring it back to its most harmonious state.
Sacred Cactus Ceremony
Our sacred cactus ceremonies are guided by Peruvian guides, and lead us to clarity, harmony, and self-connection.
Mayan Cacao & Breathwork
The Mayan cacao ceremony - held with the permission of a family of curanderas in Guatemala.
Our ceremonies are profound journeys into the heart, and combined with breathwork the journeys expands our conciousness beyond limitations.
Nature rituals
Nature time helps us to integrate and prepare for powerful experiences.
We honour mother earth, and the water of the cenotes with blessings.
We also spend time just enjoying nature, to reflect, play, and be inspired.
Integration
Integration is a vital part of the transformation process. Throughout the retreat, we have plenty of opportunity to integrate our insights, in sharing circles and 1-on-1 sessions. After the retreat we gather online for group integration sessions.
Does this sound familiar to you?
Ready for purpose
You’re ready to live a life of purpose bigger than yourself, to do something great for the world, yet you struggle to define what that purpose is.
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Overthinking
Repetitive thoughts that you’re unable to ‘turn off’, as well as comparison to others, doubting your abilities, regretting your choices.
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Burned out
Feeling restless, frustrated, tension in the body, low energy, struggling to prioritize, feeling that you’re never quite ‘done’, decreased performance or motivation.
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Disconnected
Feeling disconnected from yourself and others, relationships feel challenging or strained, wanting to improve relationships, but not sure how.
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In need of peace
Frustration over inability to control things, unable to maintain a peaceful state of mind, longing to reduce complexity and have a 'break through', feeling that something is missing, yet unable to define what it is.
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Unhealthy patterns
A tendency of relying on alcohol, drugs, technology, wealth creation, porn, or food to ‘release’ and to feel alive. Keep falling back in old patterns, making those choices that we know are not good for us.
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Limiting
beliefs
Feelings of pride, anger, desire keep interfering with your flow, fear of losing everything you’ve built, judging yourself and others, a scarcity mindset.
This retreat is for you if
- You're ready for a breakthrough
- You want overcome unhealthy patterns, habits, and improve your relationships
- Your wellbeing is your highest priority
- You have the calling to work with plant medicine
- You're willing to commit to your full transformation
Benefits
Amongst the commonly mentioned benefits of
Oyasin Expansion are:
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Sense of purpose
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Clarity on life direction
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Peace of mind
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Increased inner freedom
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Feelings of gratitude
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Connection and improved relationships
What our clients say
I came to the retreat to deal with crippling fear, that was affecting my relationships, my work and my life.
From the bottom of my heart, this retreat has given me the most profound, magical and healing experience of my life.
27 years of healing, in a few weeks. For that, I am forever grateful!
Claudia C.
27, Head of people, UK
Without a doubt, this was one of the most profound experiences of my life.
I wanted to overcome the fear that was blocking me from living fully.
Oyasin made me face what I was avoiding and why I was struggling, and it brought me the feeling of peace, confidence, and a new approach to life.
I'm deeply grateful to the guides and how they carry this retreat with such love and support.
To Mo to hold the space with such powerful strength, wisdom and trust, and most importantly: for guiding me into trusting myself, to accept myself and to be one with myself!
To Cristiano who brought the wisdom of the plants with such loving care. To Miguel who guided us with his beautiful music, protecting and holding us.
I strongly recommend this magical experience to everyone, to find the path to your true self, to find peace and break through patterns.
Linn T.
35, entrepreneur, Sweden
Oyasin Retreats
Each of us deserves a life filled with purpose, joy, genuine leadership, and nurturing relationships. While there are no shortcuts, we firmly believe that with the correct guidance, focus, and committed integration, an extraordinary transformation is within reach. We've borne witness to profoundly deep breakthroughs that inspire us daily and continually reaffirm our faith in this transformative process.
Our retreats are specifically designed to reach out to entrepreneurs, who often find themselves entwined too closely with their professional identities, thereby prioritizing their performance and success over their health, happiness, and wellbeing. Our approach involves a gentle yet firm nudging towards openness and acceptance, helping break down any existing barriers to self-growth.
Our retreats are exclusive not just due to their beautiful locations and luxurious accommodations, but because we choose to run only a limited number per year. This approach enables us to shift away from a 'mass production' model and allows us to invest our time and energy into ensuring the quality and impact of each individual journey.
The entire process, spanning over multiple weeks, is meticulously planned. It begins with pre-retreat preparation coaching, which involves both individual and group sessions designed to prepare you mentally and emotionally for the retreat. This is followed by a 6-day immersive retreat experience.
But the journey doesn't end with the conclusion of the retreat. To ensure that the healing and transformation experienced during the retreat are not fleeting, we place significant emphasis on post-retreat integration coaching. This important phase helps participants carry the wisdom and insights gleaned during the retreat into their daily lives. It provides tools and support to adapt to a renewed way of living, integrating the profound changes into relationships, personal practices, and professional lives. We assist you in bringing the retreat's tranquility, wisdom, and transformation back home, ensuring the changes permeate your work and family life, and are not left behind at the retreat's doors.
Our Oyasin Expansion Retreat is capped at 12 to 14 participants, ensuring an intimate setting that promotes deep healing and transformation. It allows for personalized attention during the preparation, the retreat itself, and during the post-retreat integration phase. With a group size large enough to encourage diverse interaction yet small enough to maintain intimacy, we benefit from the collective energy of the group. Our team of 3 seasoned guides plus the additional shamans and healers, helps create a safe and loving environment, fostering profound personal growth.
Oyasin Expansion Process
Reading, Watching,
Researching
1. Orientation
This is the time to dive into the retreat program content, watch the videos, get to know the team, read the frequently asked questions. With the provided login details you can ponder the experiences and testimonials of our previous participants, and do your own research. We want you to be well informed, and empowered to make the decision to apply. Check which retreat locations and dates are available and aligned with your schedule.
Motivation, Medical & Psychological screening
2. Application
Tell us a bit about yourself, about your motivation in joining the retreat, and about your big dream: what you hope to achieve by joining. This is also the time to share any previous plant medicine experiences, as well your mental and physical health history. With your safety as our highest priority, your application is reviewed by medical professionals . Once your application is approved, you’ll be added to our Telegram group, and receive an invite to start the preparation.
Individual & Group Coaching, Intentions, Diet
3. Preparation
Our preparation is thorough. Spread out over a few weeks, we dive into body, mind and soul through individual and group coaching. We work with meditation, regression, and other coaching techniques. The aim is to arrive at your intention for the ceremony. We guide you through the detox diet step by step. By the time you arrive at the retreat, you’ll feel safe, confident, and ready. Some of our participants joke that they no longer need the retreat after the preparation, because they ‘feel so good already’.
Sacred medicine, Holistic,
Full immersion
4. Retreat
This is the time to participate in your personal transformation 6-day retreat, in exotic locations in Mexico or Portugal.
We work with 2 or 3 medicines in every retreat, guided by the best shamans, guides and coaches.
The retreat is a complete reset, and transformational for body, mind and soul.
Coaching, Solidifying Transformation
5. Integration
Integration is one the most important parts of the process. Once you return home, you’ll make all your newly gained insights part of your daily life. To assist you with successful integration, we provide two group integration coaching sessions with our experts. Additionally, you can choose to start the one-on-one coaching program.
Community, Events,
Collective Learning
6. Co-creation
Being an Oyasin alumni, you’ll be part of our community of leaders across the globe. We’ll continue to share, learn and evolve together, through events, courses and knowledge sharing. Experiencing the retreat together is bonding for the group. We’ve seen deep friendships as well as business partnerships being formed amongst alumni, often with a focus on their newly found life purpose.
Accomodation
We have the options of shared accomodation, a private room, or the master suite
Exclusive Experience
Our retreats are exclusive not only in the sense of beautiful locations and accommodation but rather because we choose to run only a limited number of highly specialized retreats per year. This antidote to the mass approach enables us to dedicate most of our time to ensure the quality and impact of our journeys.
The entire process includes the pre-retreat coaching, psychological screening, the 6-day retreat, and the post-retreat integration coaching.
Our retreats are open to approximately 12 participants, because we believe that deep healing and transformation happens in intimate settings, with focused one-on-one support during the preparation and integration.
We work with highly experienced guides for a group of 12 people, to create the safest, and most loving environment for you. This number is the 'sweet spot' for sacred cactus ceremonies: to have a large enough group to sit around the fire with collective healing energy, and small enough to be intimate.
Our team
Peruvian guides
SACRED CACTUS
For the past three years we've had the honour to work with the sacred cactus from the Andes.
Our guides have worked with the sacred cactus for approximately 20 years.
They guide with deep wisdom, as well as compassion and love.
They share their own songs, received through the medicine.
They have guided at multiple Oyasin retreats in Portugal.
We are very grateful to welcome them once again to our Oyasin Expansion Retreat.
Mo
FOUNDER OYASIN
MEDICINE GUIDE & MENTOR
Originally from The Netherlands, Mo has tapped into 20 years of experience in the personal development, medicine and spirituality to develop Oyasin.
A student of medicine, she is living her life purpose by running Oyasin; guiding leaders from across the world to deep healing and transformation through group and private retreats, ceremonies, as well as 1-on-1 mentorship.
Previously being a serial entrepreneur herself, having run companies in India, South Africa, Netherlands, and Portugal, as well as holding various Director roles in consultancy, she understands the world of entrepreneurs and leaders very well.
As a medicine guide she been initiated in serving the medicine of cacao in the Mayan tradition. She also serves a sacred medicine. She's honoured to support indigenous healers from various lineages; she walks the path alongside them while simultaneously being the bridge between them and the Western world. She walks the path of the sacred medicne with the mara'akames in Mexico.
Many leaders have expressed that they seek refuge in Mo for her ability to guide profound breakthroughs and transformation through her heart-opening and powerful energy, ability to intuitively 'see' things that are hidden, and deep devotion to and love for guiding.
Her main medicine is love: guiding her clients through their deepest healing processes through helping them with opening their own hearts, while forming a bond and connection that lasts.
Lina
SOUND HEALER, EMOTIONAL RELEASE PRACTICIONER & MEDICINE GUIDE
Originally from Morocco, Lina specializes in the embodied experiences of yoga, sacred sound & touch.
Lina specializes in guiding Emotional Release processes in groups or with individuals. She is particularly skilled at helping people to release anger, and stuck emotions.
She has hosted retreats for the past six years, and together with Mo she guides sacred mushroom and cacao journeys.
As a musician, she guides ecstatic kirtans, song circles and sound journeys as a form of self-discovery and empowerment rooted in many traditions including Bhakti Yoga and shamanism.
Many come to Lina for guidance as her truthful, devoted, and highly intuitive energy make people feel safe and seen.
Retreat Program
Oct 29th - Nov 3rd
Day 1
Opening & Cacao
13.00 Arrival & check-in
Opening Cacao & Water Ceremony
Holistic healing practices
Day 2
Sacred Medicine
Yoga & meditation
Breathwork
Creative Quest with Medicine
Fire & Jam
Day 3
Ancestral embodiment
Yoga & Meditation
Living Altar Ceremony
Holistic Healing Practices
Day 4
Sacred Cactus Ceremony
Yoga & Meditation
Nature solo time
Sacred Cactus Ceremony
Day 5
Integration & Rest
Nature time
Music & rest
Group integration
Day 6
Closing Ceremony
Yoga & Meditation
Closing Cacao Ceremony
Departure (1pm)
Location
Our retreat centers are eco-sustainable, community-based, soul retreat centers, surrounded by nature and complete silence, created with the aim of expanding health and proposing purposeful transformational moments.
Our Oyasin Expansion Retreat takes place in a beautiful eco-retreat center in a forest, completely secluded in nature, next to a river.
Since doing deep inner work is known to be challenging, it’s important to be in an environment that combines the highest comfort as well as nature, that allows you to sleep well, and that offers plenty of privacy.
Our specialty menus are made by a team of chefs and are packed with nutritious, fresh and flavorful recipes to choose from.
Donation to
Oyasin Foundation
Oyasin Expansion Retreat donates EUR 75 of your contribution to Oyasin Foundation: our non-profit that supports indigenous tribes, their medicines, and nature.
Our project of choice is Nd'ia Xí'nde, a gallery that exhibits art inspired by the sacred plants.
The featured artworks are made by two talented brothers named René and Ascensión Alvaro Martinez.
We fell in love with this project that teaches children to express themselves through art and to connect to and remember the essence of their culture.
The Mexican Mazateco culture is the global heart of the mushrooms - the niños santos ('sacred children').
More than medicine, from what we've experienced their culture is incredibly inclusive, with respect for other humans as much as for nature. It's harmonious. The fact that people easily live beyond 100 years is testimony to this.
We enjoyed making art with the children very much, and we are honoured to be able to support this cause.
Your investment
For each retreat, we offer the following three packages below.
Our intention is to have every entrepreneur, leader and visionary to experience the medicine and the transformation process, that's why we love to work with a 'pay it forward' approach.
Before you book, please read the terms and conditions including the refund policy.
Shared (friends & couples)
EUR 2,500
I would love to participate in this transformation process together with my partner, or friend.
Private
EUR 3,300
I'd love to participate in this life-changing water journey, and prefer to have my privacy.
Executive
EUR 4,400
I'm financially comfortable, and I support the community. My contribution is allowing more participants to come. I'd love to stay in the master suite.
What's included?
Before (preparation)
3 to 4 weeks
- Screening (psychological & physical)
- 1-on-1 Mentorship session (EUR 200)
- Group Mentorship Session (EUR 120)
Retreat
5 days
- Cacao & Water ceremony by expert guides
- Medicine Ceremony by expert guides
- Sacred Cactus Ceremony by Peruvian guides
- Daily Yoga & meditation
- Breathwork
- Various shamanic rituals
- Love Ceremony
- Sacred fire
- Conscious relating
- Guidance by expert facilitators
- 5 days in eco-retreat center
- Delicious food by chefs
After (integration)
3 to 4 weeks
- 2 Group Mentorship Sessions (EUR 240)
- Alumni WhatsApp group with guidance
- Enter Oyasin Community
- Oyasin Foundation Donation (EUR 75)
Optional:
- Start 1-on-1 Mentorship (3 sessions)
Mentorship
1:1 integration sessions
Our clients often ask for 1:1 mentorship for integration.
We will start right after the retreat, with your heart and mind fully open.
The sessions are a combination of therapeutic and shamanic / spiritual guidance, aimed to guide your transformation back home, They are intuitive, bringing clarity, and activating heart-based leadership.
The sessions happen online, for 1h - 1.15h.
EUR 599 (3 sessions)
Additional info Portugal
What to bring
Comfortable loose-fitting clothes, natural fabric. Days are generally comfortably warm, so best to bring cool clothes of light fabric and colours, long pants of thin fabric, shirt with long sleeves of thin fabric. Evenings can be cool, hence we recommend to bring a sweater, jacket, and ponchos for the night. Also bring yoga clothes, your swimming costume, water bottle, notebook, and any objects (stones, scarfs, oils) that bring you comfort. Bring sunscreen, a sun hat.
How to get there
Please book your flight to arrive at Lisbon Airport From Lisbon, it's a 2.5-hour drive by car. We can connect you to the other participants so you can arrange carpooling options. You'll find all logistics info in the Telegram group.
Additional stay
We always recommend to spend a day or two in the area close to the retreat (as the retreat center is generally fully booked) prior to and after the retreat, to connect with yourself, with nature, and to get into the right headspace.
Oyasin Expansion Retreat
Oct 29th - Nov 3rd, Portugal
