ENTHEOS RETREATS
Past Transformations
IBOGA CLIENT STORIES
THE MEDICINE
Why we prefer to work with Iboga?
Iboga is a sacred plant medicine from the rainforests of Central West Africa, used for millennia by the Bwiti people of Gabon as a sacrament of initiation and healing. Its primary psychoactive alkaloid, Ibogaine, has been studied for decades as a profound interrupter of addiction, a deep trauma processor, and a catalyser of neurological renewal. It is unlike any other substance on Earth.
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Anonymous Participant
What brought you to Entheos?
Before the retreat, I had been living in a state of chronic tension for a long time. I couldn’t truly relax, and it felt like my nervous system was stuck at a deeper level that CBT and mindfulness couldn’t fully reach or heal.
What was your experience of the retreat itself?
It was the best experience I’ve had among all plant medicine journeys. Iboga is a profound teacher. It guided me gently but directly into many of my wounds, helping me uncover and face them in a way I hadn’t been able to before.
What has changed since?
Since the retreat, I’ve cut off all toxic relationships. I also find it much easier to turn inward and observe myself more clearly.
Was there a moment that stood out to you?
There were too many to count. It felt like my entire nervous system was deeply reorganised through the experience.
How would you describe Entheos to someone considering it?
I would say that everyone’s experience is different, but the specific content of what you see or feel isn’t the most important part. Don’t get attached to the details. What really matters is stepping back and seeing how those experiences are being generated. Iboga helps you see things at a more meta level, and that’s where the real value is. Otherwise, it’s easy to just reinforce your existing patterns and attachments. - MM
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Anonymous Participant
What brought you to Entheos?
What were you struggling with or searching for before the retreat?
I came to entheos as the penultimate moment of a 3 month vision quest, to treat substance and behavioural addiction. After attending rehab and an extended Vipassana meditation retreat, the entheos team were ready to hold the space I so deeply needed, to sit with the medicine for two ceremonies.
What was your experience of the retreat itself?
How did you feel during the process — the preparation, the ceremony, the support you received?
The support prior to the retreat was grounded, and deeply tailored to my needs. 1-1 video sessions, advice on nutrition and supplementation. The team covered all angles.
What has changed since?
How has your life, mindset, relationships, or sense of self shifted since the retreat?
I successfully moved on from the substance and behavioural addictions of which I was suffering from. The relationship with myself, my colleagues at work, and my family, have all improved. The insights from the medicine have stayed with me every day since, and served as a teacher and great source of guidance in my recovery and life.
Was there a moment that stood out to you?
A breakthrough, a realisation, or something you will never forget.
Both retreats I attended contained countless moments of realisation and bits I will never forget. The realisation that we are all one, we are all loved, and that together, through connection, we can all achieve whatever we set out intention to - that’s what has stayed with me the most.
How would you describe Entheos to someone considering it?
In your own words — what would you say to someone standing where you once stood?
If you feel called, and are ready, for a deeply transformative experience, then this is it. Be open, and on the other side of the fear comes great courage and strength.
Is there anything else you’d like to share?
Anything we haven’t asked that feels important to you.
The personal and caring nature of the retreat team and facilitators is what made the experience so special. I will be back for future retreats. These people are some of the best. They changed my life for the better. -TS
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Anonymous Participant
What brought you to Entheos?
What were you struggling with or searching for before the retreat?
I was struggling with addiction and strong self judgement.
What was your experience of the retreat itself?
How did you feel during the process — the preparation, the ceremony, the support you received?
Everything was perfect. I was really afraid of the medicine but the team really supported me and held me well before, during and after the ceremony.
What has changed since?
How has your life, mindset, relationships, or sense of self shifted since the retreat?
Everything! I quit the addiction, stopped to judge myself, found my purpose and potential, everything went so much better in all aspects of my life!
Was there a moment that stood out to you?
A breakthrough, a realisation, or something you will never forget.
I felt really connected to the source and realized that the addiction was disconnecting me from the source. I also could let go of my pain about my parents who chose to live in a harmful way and realized everyone chooses their path and that I can't be sorry for everyone, just send love and compassion and accept them as they are.
How would you describe Entheos to someone considering it?
In your own words — what would you say to someone standing where you once stood?
I highly recommend to go for it. you'll be held very powerfully and with full love and care!
Is there anything else you’d like to share?
Anything we haven’t asked that feels important to you.
The combination of the Iboga medicine and the team is very powerful, I think this can be a life changing experience to anyone and can shift lives in so many ways. It's very unique and one of a kind experience that have big implications on one's life. -IB
THE PEOPLE
Meet Our Team
Every retreat is held by a small, deeply experienced team who bring decades of combined practice across medicine work, trauma healing, addiction, somatic therapy, and spiritual guidance. We work with you as whole human beings — not as patients or problems to be solved.
MAX
FOUNDER
FOUNDER · TRAUMA THERAPIST · SOMATIC TEACHER · IBOGA GUIDE
"The medicine shows you everything you already know but have been afraid to see."
Max is the founder of Entheos Retreats and the visionary at the heart of everything we do. He is a trauma resolution therapist and coach, somatic movement teacher, and a longtime psychedelic guide with deep roots in both the Amazon and in modern clinical therapeutic models.
Having spent many years training in the Amazon and apprenticing within indigenous plant medicine traditions, Max brings a rare combination of ceremonial wisdom and therapeutic precision to his work. His years of dedicated experience working specifically with Iboga and Ibogaine have shaped the core philosophy of Entheos — one that honours the full depth of what these medicines can offer when held with integrity, skill, and genuine human care.
DAVID
ADDICTION SPECIALIST
ADDICTION SPECIALIST · ADHD THERAPIST · PLANT MEDICINE GUIDE
"Real healing from addiction begins when we stop treating the substance and start meeting the person."
David is a specialist in addiction and ADHD, working with both teenagers and adults as well as with parents navigating the challenges of raising children with ADHD. His approach recognises what clinical work often misses — that addiction and attention dysregulation are frequently two expressions of the same underlying pain.
With over a decade of personal and professional experience with psychedelics and several years of dedicated plant medicine work, David brings both intellectual depth and lived understanding to the retreat space. He is particularly gifted at holding the complexity of addiction with unflinching compassion — meeting clients not in their diagnosis, but in their full humanity.
MARBELLA
CO-FOUNDER
CO-FOUNDER · WOMEN'S COACH · ENERGY HEALER · TANTRA & RELATIONSHIP GUIDE
"The feminine path to healing moves through feeling — not fixing."
Marbella is a founding member of Entheos Retreats and one of its most beloved presences. As a women's coach, energy healer, and guide in tantra and sacred relationship, she brings a quality of warmth and embodied wisdom that creates profound safety, particularly for women doing the deep work that medicine retreats invite.
Her years of experience with plant medicine are woven through everything she offers a deep reverence for what becomes possible when we soften into ourselves. Outside the retreat space, Marbella is an artist and musician, and dedicates much of her heart to fostering and caring for animals. Her presence in the team is a living reminder that healing is not only a therapeutic process — it is, at its core, an act of love.
Begin Your Journey
ALL ENQUIRIES ARE HELD IN COMPLETE CONFIDENCE
LOCATION
Chiang Mai, Thailand
WORLDWIDE
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We accept only a small number of participants each year. Each retreat is deeply personal and demands our full attention and energy. If you are considering this work, we invite you to reach out and begin a conversation. The medicine will know if the time is right.