Ayahuasca Retreat for the LGBTQIA+ Community in Deventer

About this retreat

The Coming Home Center designed this three-day retreat near Deventer as a protected space for the LGBTQIA+ community: being surrounded by people who may carry similar themes and experiences often makes it easier to open up. The programme features two ayahuasca ceremonies on consecutive evenings, complemented by a rapé ceremony and a connected-breathing session. Facilitators Sanne and Bertrand describe themselves not as shamans but as experienced space-holders.

The venue is a private estate with a hexagonal ceremony hall with underfloor heating and a fireplace, a wild garden, a natural swimming pond and forest right next door. Guests stay in shared rooms for two to four people in the main house. Before the retreat there is a thorough intake with a questionnaire and video call, followed by an aftercare call – additional integration sessions can be booked on request. The kitchen is vegetarian, with vegan requests happily accommodated.

Organiser: Coming Home Center

Highlights

• ✦ Protected setting created specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community
• ✦ Two ayahuasca ceremonies plus rapé and connected breathwork
• ✦ Hexagonal ceremony hall with a fireplace, surrounded by nature
• ✦ Natural swimming pond, wild garden and forest walks right outside
• ✦ Thorough video-call intake and aftercare call included
• ✦ Highly rated facilitator duo with many years of experience

Programme

1. Day 1 (Friday): Arrival between 2:15 and 2:45 pm, opening circle with an introduction at 3 pm, rapé ceremony at 4:30 pm, then the first ayahuasca ceremony from 5:30 pm.
2. Day 2 (Saturday): Breakfast at 9 am, journaling and sharing circle in the morning, a connected-breathing session at noon, then lunch and free time – the second ayahuasca ceremony at 5:30 pm.
3. Day 3 (Sunday): Breakfast at 9 am, journaling and closing circle, shared lunch around noon followed by departure.

What's included

• ✓ 2 nights in a shared two- to four-person room
• ✓ 3 vegetarian meals daily, plus water, tea and coffee
• ✓ 2 ayahuasca ceremonies
• ✓ Rapé ceremony and breathwork session
• ✓ Thorough intake procedure and aftercare call
• ✓ Wi-Fi and parking