Iboga ceremony in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mountains, quiet, inward.
In an isolated spot in the mountains. Away from the coast, away from the islands, away from everything. Cooler air. Dense forest. No ocean horizon — just the quiet of being surrounded by trees and hills. This is a different kind of container than the beach. It's not about expansion. It's about going inward.
Why the mountains.
Mountains give you a vantage point. When your life feels like a problem you can't get above — a business you can't figure out, a pattern you can't break, a weight you can't name — altitude changes perspective. Not metaphorically. Your nervous system responds differently when it can see distance. Something about being above the noise lets the mind reorganize.
The forest around Chiang Mai does something else. Reconnection. Not the bumper-sticker kind — the animal kind. You're a living thing in the woods. The inputs are simple: air, light, temperature, sound. The body remembers what it's like to exist without performing.
If the ocean is about realizing you have room you haven't used, the mountains are about seeing clearly what's already there.
What the stay looks like.
You arrive and the pace drops immediately. The mountain air is cooler — it changes how you breathe, how you sleep. The preparation days are quieter here. Less to do, fewer distractions, nowhere to wander off to. The food is clean, the routine is simple, and by the time we sit down for ceremony the noise in your system has already started to drain.
The location works year-round, though the cool season — November through February — is when the mountains feel most alive. Green, misty mornings, cool nights. The kind of weather that makes you want to stay still.
Who comes here.
People dealing with overstimulation. Addiction — not necessarily to substances, though that too. Addiction to screens, to productivity, to the feeling of being needed. People whose nervous systems haven't had real silence in years.
Chiang Mai is for the person who needs to get away from everything, including the idea of being somewhere beautiful. The islands can feel like a vacation. This doesn't. There's nothing between you and the work here.
If you've been running on cortisol and caffeine, building something impressive while quietly falling apart, the mountains hold a different mirror than the coast. The water says there's more out there. The mountains say look at where you've been.
Includes medical screening, preparation, ceremony, and 90-day integration support. Exact cost depends on scope. Clear number on the first call.
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Common questions about Chiang Mai
Private individual ceremony in an isolated mountain setting. No groups, no resort infrastructure. A secluded spot surrounded by forest, with full preparation, ceremony, and the start of 90-day integration support.
Different environments serve different purposes. Koh Samui's ocean is expansive — good for people who feel stuck and need to open up. Chiang Mai's mountains are inward — better for overstimulation, addiction patterns, or things you need to see clearly. We figure out which one fits on the call.
Year-round, but the cool season from November through February is the most comfortable — cooler air, green landscape, misty mornings that support the inward nature of the work.
Yes. The isolation and removal of stimulation are part of the process. This location is well-suited for soft addictions — alcohol, cannabis, nicotine, screens, compulsive productivity. I don't work with active opiate or amphetamine dependence, which needs medical supervision first.
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