We understand that many come to Iboga in search of a medicine, and that is a beautiful thing. However, there is so much more to this plant than that single lens. For those ready to explore beyond healing, we have created various programs that allow you to meet Iboga in entirely new and unexpected ways, each one designed to reveal a deeper dimension of what this extraordinary plant is truly capable of.
At Root and Wisdom, we challenge the traditional retreat model, which often narrowly focuses on “healing” and trauma. This perspective, while well-intentioned, reflects a neocolonialist lens that diminishes the profound purpose of plant sacraments like Iboga. In the Bwete tradition of Gabon, Iboga is used not merely as a tool for healing but as a sacred gateway to the spiritual realm and a bridge the brings us together in community.
This understanding prompted us to ask: “Is this work truly only about healing and trauma?”
Consider this deeply: healing implies a lack of wholeness or a need to return to some ideal state. When someone says, “I need to heal,” they are unconsciously declaring, “I am not whole.” This mindset, though common, creates a disempowering foundation for engaging with master plant teachers.
Instead, we invite you to approach your time with Iboga as a journey of remembering your inherent wholeness. This shift transforms the same work into an empowering process done from a place of completeness rather than lack.
This is where your journey begins—and for many, where it naturally concludes. During this foundational retreat, Iboga is carefully administered in guided ceremonies to reconnect you with your intrinsic wholeness. Through its visionary gifts, you will uncover and release limiting beliefs that have shaped your reality.
Many participants leave feeling grounded, centered, and liberated, with a profound sense of clarity and empowerment. Your nervous system will reset, and your brain will operate optimally due to Iboga’s scientifically proven benefits.
What You’ll Receive
There’s no additional sign-up or commitment for this level—its transformative benefits naturally unfold during your time with us. For those seeking deeper exploration, the next level, Liberating from the Mind, awaits.
This second tier deepens your transformational journey, guiding you beyond the limitations of the mind and into profound freedom. Building on The End of Healing, this level introduces the initiation dose of Iboga, a high concentration that fully saturates the brain and nervous system, reaching the limbic level where our deepest conditioning lives.
We do not offer doses this large during your first experience with us, ensuring a gentle yet transformative introduction to the plant. In Level 2 however, we work with these larger amounts alongside specific spiritual practices that invite the plant to linger longer, significantly extending the duration and depth of the experience compared to Level 1.
Through this, you will come to see the mind for what it truly is and what it is not, discovering the witness, the inner self that exists beyond thought and identity, and feeling the full transformational power of Iboga.
This immersive experience requires intentional preparation, integration, and physical readiness.
Prerequisites:
The Initiation Dose:
Administered under expert guidance, this high-level dose of Iboga allows you to step into the role of the observer—the witness within. You’ll access the subconscious mind, transcend mental conditioning, and experience profound freedom.
The Journey
This phase includes:
Integration Support
This program is for those ready to take their inner work to the next level. For those seeking even deeper truths, the final tier, Self-Realization: The State of “I Am”, awaits.
The third tier invites you beyond the boundaries of thought, time and conditioned identity, into the direct recognition of your true self. Not as an intellectual understanding, but as a profound inner realization, an awakening into the state of pure “I Am,” where all notions of separation and duality fall away and awareness rests simply in itself.
In this program, we work with Iboga for one session before introducing Tepezcohuite, an extraordinary plant teacher used by the Mayan people in their divinatory practices. Alongside this, you will work one-on-one with Troy to study the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, bringing those teachings directly into lived experience through the plant.
Across spiritual traditions, this awakening is known as Self-Realization, the direct knowing of the Atman, the eternal unchanging presence that has always existed beneath the surface of the mind. Here the seeker dissolves and what remains is simple being, whole, complete and self-luminous.
This phase includes:
Facilitated by Joaly and guided by Troy’s understanding of the Yoga Sutras, this journey takes you to the core of your being, offering a transformative experience akin to Samadhi.
Preparation and Integration
A Unique Offering
This level is reserved for those ready to step into the deepest realms of self-discovery. Self-realization is the culmination of your journey, offering a life lived beyond suffering, rooted in truth, and aligned with your highest purpose.
Dream Walking represents the pinnacle of our work and is offered only to those who have completed the first three levels of the journey. Developed by Troy, this advanced program is designed for individuals who have cultivated the discipline, awareness, and inner stability required to move beyond conventional states of consciousness.
At the heart of Dream Walking is the practice known as “sleep fasting”—a deliberate and immersive process that leverages the stimulatory properties of Iboga to extend wakefulness beyond ordinary limits. As time unfolds, the familiar structures that organize daily life—routine, distraction, desire, and control—gradually fall away. What remains is a singular, unavoidable truth: the body and mind’s profound need for sleep.
In this state, all secondary concerns dissolve. Personal narratives, attachments, and mental strategies lose their relevance, replaced by a raw and immediate encounter with awareness itself. The participant is guided to the threshold between waking and dreaming, where consciousness becomes fluid and the boundary between inner and outer worlds softens.
Dream Walking is the pinnacle of our offerings, reserved for those who have completed the first three levels. Developed by Troy, this program introduces the practice of “sleep fasting,” using the stimulatory effects of Iboga to remain awake for extended periods. This intense process brings participants to a state where sleep becomes the sole priority, stripping away all other concerns and attachments.
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Prerequisites:
Dream Walking is not for the faint of heart. It is designed for those committed to advanced self-discovery and psychological transformation.
Progression at Your Own Pace
Our programs are designed to meet you where you are. Whether you find everything you need in The End of Healing or feel called to explore the deeper dimensions of liberation, self-realization, and Dream Walking, the path unfolds at your pace. We are here to support you every step of the way.
