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Programs

Three paths. One decision: to begin.

Full program detail, day by day: what is included, what it costs, and how safety and integration are built into every stay.

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The Programs

Three paths. One decision: to begin.

Every program is fully all-inclusive: medical screening, treatment, private suite with an en-suite bathroom, freshly prepared meals, therapies, and integration support. No surprise costs, ever. You fly to Cancún; we take care of everything from there. As an Ibogaine retreat in the Riviera Maya built for eight guests at a time, everything here is personal.

5Days

Veterans and First Responders Package

Made specifically for veterans, first responders, and people with PTSD. One Ibogaine treatment · one Bufo session · one excursion · full medical screening and monitoring · psychology before and after

One Ibogaine treatment
One Bufo (5-MeO) session
One excursion
Full medical screening and monitoring
Psychology before and after

$6,500 All-inclusive Speak with us about this path

Your week, day by day

Day 1Arrive, settle into your private room: welcome meal and tour, psychology preparation and medical intake, a Mayan massage, and the temazcal in the evening.
Day 2Medical evaluation: blood work, EKG, and lab review, with breathwork and an ice bath, an excursion, and sound healing by the fire.
Day 3Your Ibogaine treatment: IV vitamins, with continuous monitoring and our medical team present throughout.
Day 4The grey day: your Bufo (5-MeO) session, a private cenote, an Epsom bath, a massage, and a fireside circle.
Day 5Final integration and a farewell meal, then departure, with Zoom follow-ups in Week 2 and Week 4.

A typical rhythm: every stay is shaped around the guest, and the medical team’s judgment always comes first.

6Days

The Foundation Program

Our core healing program, built around a single Ibogaine treatment and a Bufo (5-MeO) session, with full medical supervision before, during, and after.

One Ibogaine treatment
One Bufo (5-MeO) session
Full medical screening & 24-hour care
Psychologist session before, two after
Breathwork, yoga, massage & temazcal

$7,900 Regularly $8,900 All-inclusive Speak with us about this path

Your week, day by day

Day 1Arrive, settle into your private suite, welcome meal, Mayan massage, and the temazcal in the evening.
Day 2Medical evaluation and preparation: blood work, EKG, breathwork and ice bath, your psychology preparation session, and an excursion.
Day 3Your Ibogaine treatment, with our medical team beside you and continuous monitoring throughout.
Day 4The grey day: rest and recovery, an Epsom salt bath, massage, and a fireside circle.
Day 5Your Bufo ceremony, then a private cenote, an Epsom salt bath, and massage.
Day 6A final integration session and farewell meal, then departure, with Zoom follow-ups in Week 2 and Week 4.

A typical rhythm: every stay is shaped around the guest, and the medical team’s judgment always comes first.

8Days

The Deep Healing Program

For those carrying heavier or longer-standing struggles, the eight-day program adds a second Ibogaine treatment, with more time to rest and integrate between sessions, and, like the six-day program, it includes a Bufo (5-MeO) session.

Two Ibogaine treatments
One Bufo (5-MeO) session
Full medical screening & 24-hour care
Extended integration & recovery time

$9,500 Regularly $10,500 All-inclusive Speak with us about this path

Your week, day by day

Day 1Arrive, settle into your private suite, welcome meal, Mayan massage, and the temazcal in the evening.
Day 2Medical evaluation and preparation: blood work, EKG, breathwork and ice bath, your psychology preparation session, and an excursion.
Day 3Your first Ibogaine treatment, with our medical team beside you and continuous monitoring throughout.
Day 4The grey day: rest and recovery, an Epsom salt bath, massage, and a fireside circle.
Day 5Your second Ibogaine treatment, with the same full medical care and monitoring.
Day 6Your Bufo ceremony, then a private cenote, an Epsom salt bath, and massage.
Day 7An integration session, an excursion in the Riviera Maya, a flower bath, and a closing session with our psychologist.
Day 8A farewell meal, then departure, with Zoom follow-ups in Week 2 and Week 4.

A typical rhythm: every stay is shaped around the guest, and the medical team’s judgment always comes first.

The long shared dining table at New Life, set for a meal in the garden room — Shared meals, cooked fresh

A guest room inside the geodesic dome, morning light across the bed — Your private room in the dome

The temazcal, the sanctuary’s traditional sauna, its white dome and the fire pit where the stones are heated — The temazcal, our traditional sauna

Cost should never be the reason someone doesn’t get help. We offer discounts based on affordability and a limited number of sponsored places, tell us your situation honestly, and we will do everything we can. Not sure which path fits? Message us on WhatsApp or book a screening call below, we respond within 24 hours.

Day by Day

Program itineraries, day by day

An example rhythm for each program. Exact times flex with the medical team's guidance and how you are doing. Nobody is rushed.

Veterans and First Responders Package: 5 Days · $6,500, all-inclusive

Day 1 · Arrival and Welcome

Arrive at Cancún airport: private transportation to the sanctuary, about one hour away. Our team will meet you at the airport
Settle into your private suite and begin to relax
Welcome meal and sanctuary tour: a freshly prepared meal, get to know the facilities, and start to feel at home
Psychology preparation session: at the sanctuary, before any medicine, a private space with our psychologist to talk about your story, your intention, and what you carry with you, especially trauma and post-traumatic stress
Medical intake history
Mayan massage to release tension and relax
Evening: traditional temazcal, a steam bath with Mexican herbs
End your day away from your phone, resting in the tranquility of the sanctuary

Day 2 · Medical Evaluation and Preparation

Morning: medical evaluation: blood work, urinalysis, toxicology screening, and a vital signs check
Guided breathwork and ice bath: a conscious breathing session and an optional ice water immersion
Afternoon: excursion, explore the Riviera Maya: an experience surrounded by nature, your choice of the beach, a lagoon, or a cenote
Electrocardiogram (EKG) and lab results review
Treatment preparation talk: learn what to expect during the experience and get all your questions answered by our team
Evening: sound healing, bonfire, and intentions: a relaxation session through sound, then a quiet moment around the fire to reconnect with yourself and set your intentions

Day 3 · Ibogaine Treatment

Morning: your private suite is prepared for your treatment
Guided meditation and prayer to Mother Earth
IV vitamins
Late morning to evening: Ibogaine treatment in your private suite, in the presence of our experienced medical team, with continuous monitoring throughout the entire procedure
The experience can be long, with dreamlike sensations, and may last into the night. There is no schedule to keep: your only task is to trust and let go
Evening: continuous monitoring. Our nursing team will look after you as the effects of the medicine gradually wear off

Day 4 · Rest, Recovery, and Bufo

Morning: the grey day, rest and recovery. Sleep as much as you need, with medical check-ins, nourishing food, and time to regain your energy at your own pace
Bufo ceremony (5-MeO)
Afternoon: private cenote
Epsom salt bath
Massage, a moment to release tension and relax
Evening: fireside circle, a space to share and reflect around the bonfire

Day 5 · Integration and Return Home

Morning: final integration session: a space to explore what you learned during your experience and receive guidance to continue your integration process at home
Midday: farewell meal, a freshly prepared meal at the sanctuary before your departure
Farewell and private transportation back to Cancún airport
After you are home: two follow-up psychology appointments over Zoom, in Week 2 and Week 4, are part of your program

Six-Day Program · $7,900, all-inclusive

One Ibogaine treatment · one Bufo session · two excursions · full medical screening and monitoring · psychology before and after

Day 1 · Arrival and Welcome

Arrive at Cancún airport: private transportation to the sanctuary, about one hour away. Our team will meet you at the airport
Settle into your private suite and begin to relax
Welcome meal and sanctuary tour: a freshly prepared meal, get to know the facilities, and start to feel at home
Mayan massage to release tension and relax
Evening: traditional temazcal, a steam bath with Mexican herbs
End your day away from your phone, resting in the tranquility of the sanctuary

Day 2 · Medical Evaluation and Preparation

Morning: medical evaluation: blood work, urinalysis, toxicology screening, and a vital signs check
Guided breathwork and ice bath: a conscious breathing session and an optional ice water immersion
Psychology preparation session: at the sanctuary, before any medicine, a private space with our psychologist to talk about your story, your intention, and what you carry with you, especially trauma and post-traumatic stress
Medical intake history
Afternoon: excursion, explore the Riviera Maya: an experience surrounded by nature, your choice of the beach, a lagoon, or a cenote
Electrocardiogram (EKG) and lab results review
Treatment preparation talk: learn what to expect during the experience and get all your questions answered by our team
Evening: sound healing, bonfire, and intentions: a relaxation session through sound, then a quiet moment around the fire to reconnect with yourself and set your intentions

Day 3 · Ibogaine Treatment

Morning: your private suite is prepared for your treatment
Guided meditation and prayer to Mother Earth
IV vitamins
Late morning to evening: Ibogaine treatment in your private suite, in the presence of our experienced medical team, with continuous monitoring throughout the entire procedure
The experience can be long, with dreamlike sensations, and may last into the night. There is no schedule to keep: your only task is to trust and let go
Evening: continuous monitoring. Our nursing team will look after you as the effects of the medicine gradually wear off

Day 4 · Rest and Recovery

Morning: the grey day, rest and recovery. Sleep as much as you need, with medical check-ins, nourishing food, and time to regain your energy at your own pace
Epsom salt bath
Massage, a moment to release tension and relax
Evening: fireside circle, a space to share and reflect around the bonfire

Day 5 · Bufo Ceremony

Morning: Bufo ceremony (5-MeO), guided by our team in a safe and supported space, to deepen the work begun with Ibogaine
Afternoon: excursion, a private cenote, an experience surrounded by nature, away from the crowds
Epsom salt bath
Massage, a moment to release tension and relax

Day 6 · Integration and Return Home

Morning: final integration session: a space to explore what you learned during your experience and receive guidance to continue your integration process at home
Midday: farewell meal, a freshly prepared meal at the sanctuary before your departure
Farewell and private transportation back to Cancún airport
After you are home: two follow-up psychology appointments over Zoom, in Week 2 and Week 4, are part of your program

Eight-Day Program · $9,500, all-inclusive

Two Ibogaine treatments · one Bufo session · three excursions · full medical screening and monitoring · psychology before and after · the deepest reset we offer

Day 1 · Arrival and Welcome

Arrive at Cancún airport: private transportation to the sanctuary, about one hour away. Our team will meet you at the airport
Settle into your private suite and begin to relax
Welcome meal and sanctuary tour: a freshly prepared meal, get to know the facilities, and start to feel at home
Mayan massage to release tension and relax
Evening: traditional temazcal, a steam bath with Mexican herbs
End your day away from your phone, resting in the tranquility of the sanctuary

Day 2 · Medical Evaluation and Preparation

Morning: medical evaluation: blood work, urinalysis, toxicology screening, and a vital signs check
Guided breathwork and ice bath: a conscious breathing session and an optional ice water immersion
Psychology preparation session: at the sanctuary, before any medicine, a private space with our psychologist to talk about your story, your intention, and what you carry with you, especially trauma and post-traumatic stress
Medical intake history
Afternoon: excursion, explore the Riviera Maya: an experience surrounded by nature, your choice of the beach, a lagoon, or a cenote
Electrocardiogram (EKG) and lab results review
Treatment preparation talk: learn what to expect during the experience and get all your questions answered by our team
Evening: sound healing, bonfire, and intentions: a relaxation session through sound, then a quiet moment around the fire to reconnect with yourself and set your intentions

Day 3 · Ibogaine Treatment

Morning: your private suite is prepared for your treatment
Guided meditation and prayer to Mother Earth
IV vitamins
Late morning to evening: Ibogaine treatment in your private suite, in the presence of our experienced medical team, with continuous monitoring throughout the entire procedure
The experience can be long, with dreamlike sensations, and may last into the night. There is no schedule to keep: your only task is to trust and let go
Evening: continuous monitoring. Our nursing team will look after you as the effects of the medicine gradually wear off

Day 4 · Rest and Recovery

Morning: the grey day, rest and recovery. Sleep as much as you need, with medical check-ins, nourishing food, and time to regain your energy at your own pace
Epsom salt bath
Massage, a moment to release tension and relax
Evening: fireside circle, a space to share and reflect around the bonfire

Day 5 · Second Ibogaine Treatment

Morning: your private suite is prepared for your treatment
Guided meditation and prayer to Mother Earth
IV vitamins
Late morning to evening: Ibogaine treatment in your private suite, in the presence of our experienced medical team, with continuous monitoring throughout the entire procedure
The experience can be long, with dreamlike sensations, and may last into the night. There is no schedule to keep: your only task is to trust and let go
Evening: continuous monitoring. Our nursing team will look after you as the effects of the medicine gradually wear off

Day 6 · Bufo Ceremony

Morning: Bufo ceremony (5-MeO), guided by our team in a safe and supported space, to deepen the work begun with Ibogaine
Afternoon: excursion, a private cenote, an experience surrounded by nature, away from the crowds
Epsom salt bath
Massage, a moment to release tension and relax

Day 7 · Integration and the Riviera Maya

Morning: integration session: a space to explore what you learned during your experience and receive guidance to continue your integration process at home
Afternoon: excursion, enjoy the Riviera Maya: a day to reconnect with nature and enjoy the beauty of the Riviera Maya
Massage, a moment to release tension and relax
Flower bath, a traditional ritual with flowers and herbs to close your process with lightness
Closing session with our psychologist: a private space to close your process, reflect on your experience, and prepare to return home

Day 8 · Farewell and Return Home

Midday: farewell meal, a freshly prepared meal at the sanctuary before your departure
Farewell and private transportation back to Cancún airport
After you are home: two follow-up psychology appointments over Zoom, in Week 2 and Week 4, are part of your program

Every guest is medically screened before acceptance, and we turn people away when treatment would not be safe. Programs are all-inclusive at the sanctuary. Your flight to Cancún is the only thing not covered. With your permission, we keep your referring organization updated during and after your stay.

New Life Riviera Maya · Akumal, Mexico · Jake Dahl, Co-founder · 1-801-907-0885 (WhatsApp)

A member of the New Life care team in her uniform, smiling in the sanctuary garden — The people who will know your name, our care team lives this work, on site, full-time.

Medical Safety

Your safety comes before everything.

Ibogaine is powerful medicine, and we treat it that way. Every guest is thoroughly screened before treatment. Your well-being is supported by an experienced medical team, with personalized care and attention throughout your journey. A full-time surgeon and two full-time nurses care for a maximum of eight guests at a time.

“We turn people away when treatment isn’t safe. Your life matters more than your booking.”

Full-time surgeon

Full-time nurses

Guests, at most

EKGA full picture of your heart’s electrical health
Heart evaluationTreatment only proceeds when the heart is ready
Blood testsLiver, kidneys, and overall readiness
ToxicologySo the team knows exactly what they’re working with
Blood pressure & vitalsChecked before, during, and after treatment

Screening begins on your very first call. If anything in your results says treatment would be unsafe, we will tell you plainly, and help you think about what to do instead.

The Experience

Healing is more than the treatment day.

The medicine opens a door. What happens in the days around it (how you’re held, how you rest, how you make sense of it all) is what helps the change last. At the center of it are two words: trust and surrender, trusting the process and the people holding you, and letting go so the medicine can do its work.

Yoga mats laid out on the green lawn between the garden rooms and the pool at New Life

Held, Every Day

Days built around your recovery

Your stay weaves together rest and gentle practice: guided breathwork and yoga to settle the nervous system, massages and mineral baths to help the body let go, and the temazcal, a traditional sweat ceremony for release and renewal. Between sessions there is the pool, the garden, shared meals, and quiet.

Breathwork
Yoga
Massages
Mineral baths
Temazcal

A fresh meal at New Life, shared at the long table

Integration

You won’t make sense of it alone

Before your ceremony, you’ll sit down with our psychologist to prepare: your history, your hopes, your fears. Afterwards, two more sessions help you weave what you’ve seen into the life you’re going home to. And with your permission, we keep the people who referred you updated during and after your stay, so your support continues at home.

1 session before
2 sessions after
Family & referrer updates, with permission

Outdoor stone soaking tubs at New Life, filled with water and scattered with rose petals — Mineral baths

One of the guest domes at New Life, set among the trees — Temazcal

The open-air massage pavilion at New Life, white curtains in dappled sunlight — Massage

The yoga lawn at New Life , green grass between the garden rooms and the pool — Yoga on the lawn

The dining room at New Life, tables set for a shared meal — Shared meals

A table laden with fresh fruit at New Life, ready for guests — Fresh, nourishing food

Where the Medicine Works

What brings people to Ibogaine

People don’t come to Akumal for a novelty. They come because something specific has them by the throat: a dependence that won’t loosen, a trauma that won’t quiet, a mind that won’t rest. Below is where the published research and our daily work meet. We’ll be honest about both: Ibogaine research is young, much of it is observational, and no honest clinic promises outcomes. What the evidence does show is a medicine unlike any other, and a real reason for hope.

Opioids · Alcohol · Stimulants

Addiction Interruption

This is Ibogaine’s home ground. Conventional detox manages withdrawal; Ibogaine appears to interrupt it. In study after study, people dependent on opioids reported withdrawal symptoms falling away within hours to days of a single treatment, and, alongside that quieting of the body, a loosening of craving that gave them something many had never had: a genuine window in which to choose differently.

That window is not the finish line. It is the beginning, which is why every New Life program wraps treatment in preparation, medical care, and psychologist-led integration. The medicine opens the door. We help you walk through it, and keep walking.

The evidence: In a 12-month observational study, withdrawal scores fell by more than half within three days, and half of participants reported no opioid use at one month (Brown & Alper, 2018). In the largest monitored case series, 191 people, Ibogaine diminished withdrawal and craving with no serious adverse events at the doses studied (Mash et al., 2018).

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Trauma & PTSD

When the Past Won’t Let Go

Ask the people who arrive here what they’re carrying, and underneath the addiction there is very often a wound: combat, loss, violence, the things seen that can’t be unseen. Ibogaine’s dreamlike state is frequently described as a life review: memories surfacing not to torment, but to be seen clearly, sometimes for the first time, and set down.

The most rigorous study yet was conducted in veterans carrying both trauma and brain injury, and its symptom results were striking. We cite it carefully, as research, not as a promise about any individual. What we can say plainly: trauma is welcome here, it is expected here, and nobody will ask you to leave yours at the door.

The evidence: Stanford researchers reported average reductions of 88% in PTSD symptoms one month after magnesium-Ibogaine therapy in 30 special operations veterans, an observational study, without a placebo group (Cherian, Williams et al., 2024).

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Traumatic Brain Injury · Emerging Research

The Injured Brain

For veterans especially, addiction and trauma often arrive with a third companion: traumatic brain injury from blast exposure and impact. Headaches, fog, broken sleep, a temper on a hair trigger, and very few treatments that touch any of it. This is the newest and most hopeful frontier of Ibogaine research, and it began, fittingly, with the veterans themselves seeking help.

Honesty matters here: New Life is not a TBI clinic, and we do not claim to treat brain injury. What we know is that the Stanford team designed its study around veterans with TBI and measured improvements not just in mood but in disability and cognition, and that veterans and first responders, including those carrying head injuries, are prioritized at our door. Whether Ibogaine is safe for a particular brain is exactly what screening is for.

The evidence: In the Stanford study, average disability ratings moved from mild-to-moderate disability to no disability at one month, alongside gains in concentration and memory, early, observational findings the authors themselves say need controlled trials (Nature Medicine, 2024).

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Neuroplasticity · A Fresh Start

The Window After

Why does one treatment echo for weeks? Part of the answer is noribogaine, the compound Ibogaine becomes in the body, which remains active long after the ceremony ends. Another part, from laboratory research, is growth: Ibogaine has been shown to raise levels of GDNF, a protein that nourishes and repairs dopamine neurons, the very circuitry addiction wears down, and to promote the growth-factor signaling associated with neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to form new patterns.

People reach for simple words to describe what follows: the noise stops. Cravings quiet, sleep returns, and there is room, sometimes for the first time in years, to build a different life. That window is precious and it is temporary, which is why integration isn’t an add-on here. It’s the point.

The evidence: In preclinical research, Ibogaine increased GDNF expression in the brain’s reward center, and blocking GDNF blocked its anti-addiction effects, animal research, early but mechanistically important (He et al., 2005).

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88%

Average reduction in PTSD symptoms at one month in Stanford’s veteran study. Observational, no placebo group.

50%

Of participants in a 12-month study reported no opioid use in the month after treatment. Observational follow-up.

191

People treated in the largest medically monitored case series, with diminished withdrawal and craving. Open-label, not a trial.

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Veterans & First Responders

You carried it for everyone else. Let us carry this part.

Many of the people who find their way to New Life have worn a uniform (military, fire, police, EMS) and carried things home that no one should have to carry alone. Veterans and first responders are prioritized here, and sponsored places are set aside for those who’ve served.

If cost is the wall standing between you and help, talk to us anyway. Sponsorships exist precisely for this.

Talk to us confidentially

An open-air cenote with clear turquoise water ringed by jungle — Turquoise-Water Cenotes

The first step is just a conversation.

No pressure, no obligation, and nothing you say leaves the room. Tell us what you’re carrying, or what someone you love is carrying, and we’ll walk you through exactly what screening involves and whether New Life is right for you.

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Confidential screening call, or message us on WhatsApp, whichever is easier. We respond within 24 hours.