Ten days in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Seven ceremonies — three ayahuasca, three mushroom, one San Pedro — in the lineage of ancestral medicine. Held by Víctor Alexéev — a former Romanian minister who once carried political power, and now carries the medicine.
"The first time I drank the medicine, I understood that the politics I once practiced was a smaller scale of the same work — to listen to what wants to come through, and not get in the way."
Víctor Alexéev served as a minister in the Romanian government before stepping out of public life in 2017. What followed was not a retirement, but an apprenticeship — first with Shipibo curanderas in the upper Amazon, then with Andean Wachuma keepers above 3,000 metres.
He speaks four languages, has trained over 1,200 facilitators across Russia, Romania, Israel and the United States, and has held more than 9,000 ceremonies in the eight years since the work began. His framework — known as S2S — is taught in Bucharest, Tel Aviv, Berlin and New York.
The sacred brew of the upper Amazon, prepared for centuries by curanderos to dissolve the boundary between the seen and the unseen. Held in long, song-led ceremonies under the guidance of trained facilitators.
The grandfather cactus of the Andes, working through the heart rather than the visions. A single sun-side, day-long ceremony that anchors what the night-medicines reveal — gentler, more embodied, more durable.
Three intimate veladas across the ten days — a precise, often gentler intelligence that meets the work begun by ayahuasca. Held in candlelight, in silence, with one facilitator per six guests.
Quito → river journey → maloca. Medical screening, intention setting, restoration after the journey.
ThresholdOpening ceremony in the maloca. Long, sung, held — meeting the medicine for the first time.
Ayahuasca · NightMorning silent walk. Group circle in four languages. Plant baths prepared by the curanderas.
Integration · DaySmaller, candlelit ceremony in the Mazatec tradition — six guests per facilitator. A gentler, more intimate intelligence to deepen the work begun by ayahuasca.
Psilocybe · EveningThe single sun-side ceremony. A walk in the medicine, slow and grounded. Most participants describe it as the day the body remembers.
San Pedro · DayDeepening. The medicine recognises you. Specific work with what surfaced in the previous nights.
Ayahuasca · NightA more familiar room now. The mushroom intelligence meets the work the ayahuasca has set in motion. Held in candlelight and song.
Psilocybe · EveningOften the most luminous. The work that began in fire returns as quiet recognition.
Ayahuasca · NightThe closing ceremony. Group integration. Personal sit with Víctor. Re-entry plan in your native language: РУ, RO, or EN.
Psilocybe · ClosingRiver → Quito → home. The work continues for twelve months: monthly group calls, integration coach, alumni access.
Re-entry"I came in fluent in four languages and left understanding silence. The integration in Russian, two months later, was what made it stick."
"Most retreats are run by people who studied. This is run by someone who lived two lives — and now lives a third on behalf of the rest of us."
"Am venit pentru ayahuasca. Am plecat înțelegând că Wachuma a fost medicina care mi-a vorbit. Nimeni nu mi-a impus o cale — m-au lăsat să o aleg pe a mea."
"The container is held with rare precision. Medical, traditional, and psychological in equal measure. I've sent six clients here. Every one came back changed."
Each cohort is intentionally small — two groups of thirty, one departure per month. Applications are reviewed in the order they arrive. We will respond within 72 hours, in your language.