Wisdom Rising: Women's Only Psilocybin & Perimenopause Immersion | May 16-23 2026

With Eve Simonsen, Dr. Amalia Gardner, L.Ac., Kimberly Ocana, Marian Paniagua and Hannelore Brandt

May 16 - 23, 2026

Date and Time Details: May 16-23, 2026

Location: Ananda Lodge Costa Rica

Address: 952F+X29 Provincia de Guanacaste, Santa Cruz, Costa Rica

Join us for an intimate 8 day healing experience in the sacred land of Costa Rica. | Limited to 8 women, this immersion offers:: Luxury Ocean-View Accommodations | 4 Sacred Medicine Ceremonies | Live Music Celebration | Sacred Psilocybin with Sound Therapy | Dreamcatcher Workshop | Microdose 101 for Everyday Health Workshop | Yoga, Breath and Wellness activities | Comprehensive Preparation, Onsite Support, and 3 Months Integration | Private Chef meals | Beach Excursion |

  • $4,795.00 – Private Ocean View King Stay

ARE YOU A WOMAN WHO…

Feels like you’re losing yourself in the tides of perimenopause?

The mood shifts, the sleepless nights, the thoughts that scatter before you can hold them — you’re not imagining it. Your body is changing, and you’re ready to understand what’s happening rather than fight it.

Longs for more than symptom management?

You’ve been offered antidepressants or HRT without the deeper conversation you need. You’re seeking an integrative approach that honors the whole of you — body, womb, nervous system, and spirit.

Senses something sacred is moving through this transition — if only you had the support to meet it?

You know this isn’t just biology. It’s a threshold. You’re curious about plant medicine as a catalyst for reconnection, and you’re ready to move through this passage with intention and community.

Wants to emerge from this time feeling resourced, not just relieved?

You’re not here to simply get through it. You want real tools — herbal allies, somatic practices, and earth wisdom — to carry forward. You want to know your body as a wise guide, not an adversary.

 

WHAT THIS JOURNEY DELIVERS

1 Confusion to Grounded Clarity

You arrive disoriented. You leave with a map.

The symptoms that felt random begin to make sense. You understand the hormonal and neurological shifts underway — not as malfunction, but as a body in intelligent transition. The TCM elements become your compass. You can read your own experience again, not as something broken, but as something wise and navigable.

 

2 Reconnection with your Body

Your body is not your adversary.

The herbs, the ceremony, the somatic and energy work — all of it returns you to alliance with your own organism. When your body speaks, you have language for what it’s saying. You stop waiting to be fixed and begin tending to what’s becoming.

 

3 Integration that Continues

You leave with practices, not just memories.

You carry home personalized herbal knowledge, daily practices calibrated to your constitution, and a framework for reading your symptoms as information. The eight women you journey with become your council — and we maintain that connection through integration calls and shared resources beyond the retreat.

 

THOUGHTFULLY HELD IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE

Women-Led, Women-Centered

Every facilitator on this retreat carries both professional training and lived understanding of the feminine journey. Eve, Amalia, and Kimberly have each walked paths of unraveling and rebuilding, and they bring that depth to the container they hold for you. This is professional expertise rooted in personal truth.

 

Where Science Meets Earth Wisdom

We meet at the intersection of science and spirit. You’ll receive teaching on the hormonal and neurological shifts of perimenopause alongside Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostics, Western herbalism, and sacred plant medicine. Both the biochemistry and the mystery are honored here.

 

Perimenopause-Specific, Precision Design

Every element of this eight-day journey — the herbal allies, the workshop teachings, the timing of ceremonies — is specifically chosen to support the physical, emotional, and spiritual shifts of perimenopause. This is not a general wellness retreat. It is a container designed for exactly where you are.

 

Intimate Sacred Container

We intentionally limit this retreat to eight women. This size allows for deep personal attention during ceremony, authentic connection within the circle, and space for your unique process to unfold. When you’re navigating perimenopause, you need to be truly seen.

 

Potent 5am Ceremony

While others offer evening-only ceremonies, we harness the optimal brain wave states for healing that occur at dawn. You’ll journey with psilocybin as the sun rises, followed by a meticulously crafted 2-hour sound healing experience designed to harmonize each energy center. This unique combination of sunrise medicine work with vibrational healing creates an extraordinarily powerful healing container found nowhere else.

 

Root to Crown: A Complete Map

Over eight transformative days, we move systematically through the chakra system, working with the TCM five elements and their corresponding perimenopause symptoms. You leave with a complete framework for understanding what your body is communicating — and how to respond.

 

Three Unique Psilocybin Journeys

  • Ceremony 1: Gentle introduction to build nervous system readiness

  • Ceremony 2: The revolutionary 5AM sunrise journey with sound healing

  • Ceremony 3: “Lemon Tek” technique with live medicine musicians for deep community healing

 

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN YOUR INVESTMENT

 

Sacred Ceremonies:

  • 1 heart-opening cacao ceremony
  • 3 uniquely designed psilocybin journeys
  • Exclusive 5AM sunrise ceremony with 2-hour sound healing

Somatics, Breath & Perimenopause Workshops:

  • Two breathwork sessions by certified breathwork facilitator
  • The Art of Weaving: A Dreamcatcher workshop
  • Daily energy center restoration practices
  • Workshops on perimenopause-specific herbalism
  • Protocols to work with your body, not against it
  • Microdosing for everyday wellness

Luxury Accommodations:

  • Ocean-view king bedroom suite
  • All gourmet meals by private chef

Comprehensive Support:

  • Extensive pre and post retreat support
  • Individual dosage consultations
  • Guided somatic exploration
  • Group & individual onsite integration

 

Early Hummingbird Special

Save 10% when you register by April 1

Premium Room Bonus

First 4 guests receive upgraded 2nd floor ocean-view suites

Payment Plans Available

Secure your registration with 25% deposit and a monthly payment plan leading up to the retreat

About the Guides

Eve Simonsen

Microdosing Guide · Certified Psilocybin Facilitator · Independent Researcher Eve is a Brooklyn-based guide whose work lives at the meeting place of spirit and science. For over six years, she has supported individuals in working with altered states of consciousness as tools for reconnection, recalibration, and meaningful life transitions. She is especially attuned to women […]

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Dr. Amalia Gardner, L.Ac.

Doctor of Chinese Medicine · Clinical Herbalist · Women's Health Educator Amalia is devoted to supporting women through the sacred transition of perimenopause and menopause — what Classical Chinese Medicine calls the Second Spring. With a deep foundation in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western herbalism, and mind-body practices, she helps women understand the physiological, emotional, and […]

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Kimberly Ocana

Kimberly is the co-founder of Ananda Lodge Costa Rica and a certified somatic trauma-informed medicine facilitator and integration guide. As an empathic medicine woman, Kimberly brings over 20 years of personal coaching and five years of sacred medicine work. Having moved through the depths of corporate burnout herself, she turned to ancient healing traditions for […]

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Marian Paniagua

Earth Ceremonialist | Women’s Guide Marian Paniagua is native from Brasilito beach, Costa Rica. Started her personal yoga practice in 2002. Marian is a certified Reiki practitioner under the Usui Shiki Ryoho lineage. She leads Cacao Ceremonies, she was initiated in the Mayan tradition of Guatemala and in her offerings she supports her work by […]

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Hannelore Brandt

Certified Breathwork Facilitator | Professional Belly Dancer   Hannelore is a certified breathwork facilitator and professional belly dancer dedicated to embodied healing and personal transformation. In her work she offers breathwork, meditation, and somatic movement practices that support deep body awareness, emotional balance, and overall wellbeing.   Her work is rooted in lived experience and […]

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