Soltara Reviews

This brings such a smile to our faces to read! What an incredibly heartfelt and beautiful journey, thank you so much for sharing these kind words and potent insights. We are honored to have been able to support you and that you felt so cared for during your time with us.

It is such a joy to witness the reconnection and community that unfolds within every retreat group, as so many brave souls step into, hold, and witness each other through this journey together. Wishing you many blessings as you continue to integrate, and please know you always have a home and community here!

Cory, we’re truly sorry that your retreat experience felt defined by this situation.

Ceremony in a group setting can be powerful, beautiful, and at times challenging. Vocal expression, such as crying, purging, or periodic moaning, is not uncommon in Ayahuasca work. That said, we take the impact on the broader group seriously.

During your retreat, our facilitation team did intervene. The guest in question was spoken to multiple times and asked to bring his process inward when his volume rose. He was receptive each time. Based on the assessment of our facilitators and Shipibo Maestros, his expressions did not reach the threshold that would require removal from the maloca. That level of escalation is reserved for situations involving clear safety concerns or ongoing disruption that cannot be regulated with facilitator guidance.

These decisions are made carefully and case-by-case in real time. Our responsibility is to balance the needs of every guest in the room while maintaining a safe ceremonial container. The majority of guests from that retreat week shared positive feedback about their experience, which we also hold alongside your concerns as part of the full picture.

We understand that for you, the experience was disruptive and disappointing. Our facilitation team supported you in processing this throughout the ceremonies and retreat. We also recognize that what feels tolerable to one guest may feel overwhelming to another. This does not invalidate your experience. We take every guests' process seriously, and in cases like this, it reflects the complexity of group ceremonial work.

We engaged with you privately at length, both during and after your retreat, including offering a live conversation with our Director of Intake & Integration to further explore your concerns, and ongoing integration support to process what came up for you. While we were not able to reach a resolution that satisfied you, we stand by the care, discernment, and professionalism of our team.

For those considering working with us: our ceremonies are held in the Shipibo tradition, in a group setting, and emotional expression can be part of the healing process. We maintain clear safety and escalation protocols, and our facilitators are trained to intervene when needed, and in an appropriate way.

Cory, we genuinely wish you well in your continued path forward, and remain open to providing the ongoing support we've offered, should that feel aligned for you.

-The Soltara Team