Earth Medicine Retreat
2026
Welcome to the 2026 Compost Collective Earth Medicine Retreat.
If you are looking for life-changing transformation, magic, a renewed or new faith in the universe, greater self-acceptance and love, deeper connection with the earth and cosmos, and/or the answers you hold within, you’ve come to the right place.
They say that you can do the amount of work in one earth medicine session that would take 10 years in talk therapy, and where better to do that than at the source?
Join us for 5 very special days in the Sierra Mazateca with La Jefecita Panchita: powerful curandera (shaman), teacher, and Mazatec elder. This will be a cultural experience as much as a spiritual one; you will travel inward as you explore a new external reality.
October 31-November 5, 2026
An Experience Unlike Any Other
A Place-Based Experience
Huautla de Jimenez is a predominantly indigenous town in the Sierra Mazateca of Northern Oaxaca. The land itself has a healing gift, and the medicine that grows there embodies this gift. The interconnectedness of the ecosystem, including its people, hold potent medicine for deep spiritual and physical healing.
Huautla is the birthplace of renowned curandera Maria Sabina. The mountains that raised and nurtured her medicine still stand tall and offer their gifts for those who walk upon them with reverence and respect.
A People-Based Experience
La Jefecita Panchita is a powerful curandera (shaman), teacher, mother, and abuelita. Family is of utmost importance to the Mazatecs, with four generations living under one roof. Their medicine is in their laughter as much as it is in their ceremonies.
La Jefecita works out of her home where she has so generously invited us. We will be enjoying traditional meals cooked by her family in her home.
A Lineage-Based Experience
Huautla de Jimenez is not a town that caters to tourism. Our time there will be deeply cultural and include attendance to Dia de Los Muertos celebrations, an Earth Medicine ceremony held by La Jefecita, a morning pilgrimage to the sacred site El Cerro, a hot house ritual call Temazcal, and more. These rituals are all sacred to the Mazatecs and have been practiced since time immemorial.
Who is this for?
This retreat is for you if…
You are looking to expand your consciousness and deepen your spiritual connection.
You would like to further open your heart and reveal your true essence.
You feel stuck and are in need of answers to help you move forward.
You are questioning your path or what it is you are here to do.
You are searching for greater meaning and/or purpose in your life.
You hold on to energies and/or mindsets that you can feel aren’t serving you and you are ready to be free of them.
You want to strengthen your trust in the mysteries of the universe.
You feel heavy, stagnant, anxious, and/or you carry the weight of the world.
You are looking for a beautiful, connective experience in the mountains of Oaxaca.
You are ready to learn how to enter into relationship with the medicine with respect, through linage, and with a curandera.
You are looking for an Earth medicine experience that directly benefits an indigenous elder and community.
What’s Included?
Included in the price is
one Mazatec Velda and medicine (sacred mushroom ceremony)
lodging
all meals (mostly made by La Jefecita’s family and one meal at a restaurant near the waterfall)
a temazcal ritual
***Transportation not included (plane ticket and bus tickets to/from either Mexico City or Oaxaca City.)
FAQs
Which airport do I fly into?
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Either Mexico City (CDMX) or Oaxaca City (OAX).
How do I get to Huautla from the airport?
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From CDMX, you’ll take the overnight bus from TAPO. From OAX, you’ll take a daytime shuttle with either Autotransportes Cañada Trujano (recommended) or Transportes Maria Sabina.
More info on transportation will be sent with your welcome packet.
What should I bring?
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It is generally quite cold in Huautla this time of year and it rains often, which makes it the perfect time for the medicine. Layers and rain gear are recommended.
A recommended packing list will be sent with your welcome packet.
What is the process for registration?
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Because of the nature of this retreat, we will go through a brief screening process to ensure that the timing is right for you. You will fill out a pre-registration form and have a phone call with Jenn before you are able to fully register and pay.
Shared room $2250
Private room $2375
Both options include ceremony with La Jefecita Panchita and medicine, breakfast/lunch/dinner, lodging, temazcal, trip to El Cerro, waterfall trip, Dia de los Muertos celebration, and integration session.
If cost is your only barrier, please reach out and we can try to make something work!
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October 31-November 5, 2026
