Wellness Travel & Retreats

Beyond the Beach Blanket: Discovering Mexico's Soulful Retreats

Beyond the Beach Blanket: Discovering Mexico's Soulful Retreats

Published on April 29, 2025

Explore the rise of wellness tourism and discover how Mexico offers transformative spiritual and healing retreats beyond the typical beach vacation.

Part 2: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Wellness in Mexico

Part 2: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Wellness in Mexico

Published on May 1, 2025

Delve into the historical roots of Mexican wellness, from ancient Aztec and Maya healing practices to the modern fusion of traditional wisdom and contemporary modalities.

History of psychedelic ceremonies in Mexico

Part 1: Psychoactive Plants in Pre-Columbian Mexico

Part 1: Psychoactive Plants in Pre-Columbian Mexico

Published on February 1, 2024

Explore the deep history and sophisticated use of sacred psychoactive plants like peyote and psilocybin mushrooms in ancient Mesoamerican cultures like the Aztec and Maya.

Part 2: Conquest, Suppression, and Syncretism in Colonial Mexico

Part 2: Conquest, Suppression, and Syncretism in Colonial Mexico

Published on October 11, 2024

How Spanish colonization violently suppressed indigenous psychoactive plant use, the role of the Inquisition, and how practices survived through syncretism.

Part 3. Whispers from Oaxaca: The West 'Discovers' Sacred Mushrooms

Part 3. Whispers from Oaxaca: The West 'Discovers' Sacred Mushrooms

Published on December 4, 2024

How R. Gordon Wasson's 1957 LIFE article revealed Mazatec mushroom ceremonies with María Sabina to the West, sparking the psychedelic era but harming the community.

Part 4. Opening the Doors: Early Western Science and Counterculture

Part 4. Opening the Doors: Early Western Science and Counterculture

Published on January 5, 2025

Explore the initial wave of Western psychedelic research (Hofmann, Osmond), Huxley's influence, the rise of Leary and the counterculture, and the subsequent legal crackdown.

Part 5. The Renaissance: Modern Science Revisits Psychedelics

Part 5. The Renaissance: Modern Science Revisits Psychedelics

Published on February 11, 2025

Discover the 'psychedelic renaissance'—the return of rigorous scientific research into psilocybin and MDMA for treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction.

Part 6. Mexico Today: Tradition, Tourism, and Tribulations

Part 6. Mexico Today: Tradition, Tourism, and Tribulations

Published on April 30, 2025

Explore the current landscape of psychedelic use in Mexico: enduring indigenous traditions, threats from mining and tourism, ethical debates, and complex legal realities.