Ayahuasca & San Pedro Healing Retreat in Assen

About this retreat

At a roughly 400-year-old farmhouse near Assen, where deer wander through the garden, the Ancient Mother Healing Center brings two plant medicines together over four days: ayahuasca and huachuma, better known as San Pedro. The group is kept deliberately small – no more than eleven guests – supported by a close-knit team of four experienced guides. Host Margriet trained in the Shipibo tradition in Peru and has, by her own account, led more than 2,000 ceremonies.

The days follow a calm rhythm rather than a packed timetable: between the two evening ayahuasca ceremonies there is room for walks, journaling, meditation and breathwork. The retreat closes with a daytime huachuma ceremony of around twelve hours, which many describe as grounding and connecting. Guests sleep together in the ceremony hall on thick mattresses – intentionally without Wi-Fi or distractions. Anyone arriving by train is picked up free of charge from Assen station.

Organiser: Ancient Mother Healing Center

Highlights

• ✦ Three ceremonies in four days: two ayahuasca, one San Pedro (huachuma)
• ✦ Historic farmhouse in rural Drenthe with a spacious garden and sauna
• ✦ Small group of no more than eleven guests with four experienced guides
• ✦ Host trained in the Shipibo tradition in Peru with years of ceremony experience
• ✦ Daytime huachuma ceremony of around twelve hours as a grounding finale
• ✦ Free pickup from Assen station

Programme

1. Day 1 (Thursday): Arrival by 1 pm, tea and introductions in the garden, followed by the first ayahuasca ceremony with a light meal and rest afterwards.
2. Day 2: Slow morning with a walk, journaling or a chat by the fire, sharing circle – the second ayahuasca ceremony in the evening.
3. Day 3: Daytime huachuma (San Pedro) ceremony lasting around twelve hours, outdoors and in nature, as the integrating high point.
4. Day 4: Vegetarian breakfast, closing circle with integration guidance and farewell.

What's included

• ✓ 3 nights in the shared ceremony hall
• ✓ Vegetarian breakfast and dinner, plus water, tea and coffee
• ✓ 2 ayahuasca ceremonies and 1 huachuma (San Pedro) ceremony
• ✓ Meditation and breathwork sessions
• ✓ Guided nature hikes and daily sharing circles
• ✓ Pre- and post-retreat support from the team
• ✓ Pickup from Assen station, on-site transport, parking and luggage storage