The facilitators, Tatiana Cabezas Espinoza and José Manuel Vargas, originally from Costa Rica, have been working with Ayahuasca (Yage) medicine for more than 8 years, They began their learning by the hand of a Peruvian shamana, Kuyay, then continued their journey in Colombia along with taitas like Jairo Zuluaga and Julio Chicunque. In addition to the Ayahuasca, they use Rapé, Amazon tobacco, herbs and incenses in their ceremonies to clean, open the spaces and energy of the environment and the participants. Each ceremony with sacred medicine is a deep encounter with ourselves, our being and our ancestors, a call to the present, to healing and awakening to the wonders and mysteries that the universe keeps. With their team of assistants: Michael Cabezas, Esteban Torres and Angel Torres, they are waiting to give you the key to open your heart and awareness to the present.

Juan David Alvarius is a spiritual healer and founder of Bufo Alvarius Costa Rica. After overcoming addiction and a near-death experience in 2008, he discovered the transformative power of ancestral “sacred medicines” like Bufo Alvarius (toad medicine), psilocybin mushrooms, and ayahuasca.

Alvarius began his spiritual journey working with energy healing, chakra openings, and detoxification to aid addicts and trauma survivors. Today, he facilitates retreats and ceremonies with these potent entheogenic substances in Costa Rica, helping people release blocked energies and experience profound healing and transformation.

His mission is to reintroduce the potential of these ancient “medicine plants” for achieving spiritual and physical wholeness. Alvarius sees himself as a conduit to assist people in liberating themselves and realizing their true nature.