Iboga retreat inKoh Samui, Thailand
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On the south side of the island, tucked into the woods, away from the tourist strips and foot traffic. The ocean is a short walk. The tree line wraps around us on all sides. Private rooms, a dedicated space for the ceremony, all meals prepared on-site. No resort. No foot traffic. Just the work and the water.
Why the ocean.
Different landscapes do different things to the nervous system. The ocean is expansive. If you’re feeling stuck — boxed in by the life you built, not sure what direction to move — water opens something up. It’s not mystical language. It’s how the body responds to open space, to horizon, to the sound of waves at night. Your nervous system reads the environment before you do.
People who need Koh Samui tend to be the ones who’ve compressed their world. Everything optimized, everything controlled, and somewhere along the way the sense of possibility got squeezed out. The ocean reminds the body that there’s more room than you’ve been giving yourself.
This isn’t necessarily about addiction or trauma. It’s about expansion. About reconnecting with the feeling that your life has space in it for something you haven’t planned yet.
What the stay looks like.
You arrive a few days before the ceremony. That’s intentional. The preparation period isn’t filler — it’s how the body shifts out of its usual rhythm. The food changes. The pace changes. The inputs that normally keep you wound up are gone. By the time we sit down together, something has already started moving.
The location is remote enough that you won’t be interrupted. Close enough to the water that you can walk to the beach whenever you need to. Ling handles the food — clean, intentional, part of the preparation.
The Gulf side of the island is calmest between December and March. Clear skies, warm water, the right kind of stillness.
Who comes here.
People who need softness around hard work. If your life has been all structure and no breathing room, Koh Samui gives you the contrast you need before going in. The harder the life you’ve been living, the more the body needs this kind of environment before it will open.
Founders who haven’t taken a real break in years. People carrying something heavy who need to feel safe before they can set it down. People who don’t know what’s wrong but know something needs to shift.
Common questions about Koh Samui, Thailand.
Moon Soma offers private, one-on-one iboga ceremony on Koh Samui — not a group retreat. You stay in a secluded location on the south side of the island, surrounded by forest with the ocean nearby. The experience includes a multi-day preparation period, the ceremony itself, and the beginning of a 90-day integration process with Chris.
The Gulf side of Koh Samui is calmest between December and March, with clear skies and warm, still water. This is the ideal window for ceremony work on the island.
Plan for roughly a week. You arrive a few days before the ceremony for preparation — adjusting diet, slowing down, letting the body shift out of its normal rhythm. The ceremony itself takes a full day and night, followed by rest and initial integration before you travel home.
Iboga occupies a legal gray area in Thailand. Chris handles all logistics and ensures a safe, private container for the work. Legal specifics are discussed during your initial conversation.
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The first step is a conversation with Chris about whether this makes sense for you. If it does, we figure out next steps together. If it doesn't, he'll tell you.
