Plant Medicine — Bufo Alvarius, Mushrooms, Rapeh, Sanaga
Earth Connection — hiking, barefoot grounding, fire ceremony, tending the land
Shadow & Inner Work — emotional processing, journaling, sharing circles
Sacred Brotherhood — drumming, chanting, music circles, community ritual
Temezcal Purification — sweat lodge ceremony, ancestral prayers, fire & water
Sound Therapy — healing frequency baths, singing bowls, gongs, live drum & percussion circle
The Vision
What is Potency?
Potency is a conscious fitness and movement practice that fuses primal strength, breath, flow, and nature to awaken personal power and sovereign choice. It is not about becoming stronger — it is about becoming intentional with your strength.
This retreat creates a safe and sacred space for all people to reconnect with their primal strength, emotional depth, and spiritual purpose. Over five transformative days, participants move through embodiment, awareness, deep healing, shadow work, and integration — emerging renewed and rooted.
I choose to move with presence.
I choose to breathe with awareness.
I choose strength guided by spirit.
I choose to make every moment a ceremony.
I walk the path of Potency.
Foundation
Six Pillars of the Retreat
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Embodiment
Physical training, Filipino Kali martial arts, kettlebell & macebell work, animal movements. The body as temple.
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Awareness
Breathwork, meditation, fire observation, Qi Gong. Developing the inner Observer who governs all experience.
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Healing
Plant medicine ceremonies, Temezcal sweat lodge, shadow work. Purification of body, mind, and spirit.
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Community
Music circles, drumming, chanting, shared rituals, emotional processing. Reconnecting with ancestral rhythms — together.
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Integration
Intuitive nutrition, grounding, creative expression, journaling. Carrying the fire forward into daily life.
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Sound Healing
Facilitator-led frequency baths using bowls, gongs, and tones. Participants join a live drum and percussion circle to find their own ancestral rhythm.
Sacred Medicines
The Medicines of the Journey
Each medicine serves a deliberate ceremonial purpose within the retreat — used in sequence, held within safe containers, and followed by deep integration practices. All sessions are led by experienced, certified facilitators with full medical screening prior.
Bufo Alvarius
Transcendence & death-rebirth experience. Dissolution of ego, opening to the infinite.
Mushrooms
Emotional opening, creative expression, connection to nature's intelligence and mycelial web of life.
Rapeh
Cleansing and clarity. Grounds the mind, sharpens the senses, prepares the vessel for deeper work.
Sanaga
Opens perception, enhances awareness of the body's subtle energy and signals from the earth.
Molecular Profiles
Bufo Alvarius
5-MeO-DMT · C₁₃H₁₈N₂O
Transcendence · Ego dissolution · Unity
Psilocybin
Mushrooms · C₁₂H₁₇N₂O₄P
Emotional opening · Creativity · Connection
Rapeh
Nicotiana rustica · Hapé blend
Grounding · Clarity · Sensory awakening
Sanaga
Bufotenin · C₁₂H₁₆N₂O
Perception · Subtle energy · Earth resonance
Sonic Medicine
Sound Therapy & Frequency Healing
Sound is one of the oldest medicines on earth. Every cell in the body resonates with frequency — and when those frequencies fall out of tune, dis-ease follows. Through intentional use of healing tones, instruments, and rhythm, participants are guided back into coherence with their own natural vibration.
The retreat integrates two distinct and complementary sound experiences.
The Sound Bath
Facilitator-Administered
Participants lie in stillness while healing frequencies wash over and through them — administered live by the retreat facilitator using singing bowls, gongs, tuning forks, and tonal instruments tuned to specific Hz frequencies. Each session is designed to:
Calm the nervous system and dissolve tension held in the body
Entrain brainwave states into theta — the gateway to deep healing
Support integration after plant medicine and breathwork sessions
Create a bridge between the physical and energetic layers of the self
The Drum & Percussion Circle
Participant-Led
The circle belongs to everyone. Each participant takes up a drum, rattle, or percussion instrument and contributes to a living, breathing communal rhythm. Barefoot on the earth, voices join the beat. This is primal remembering — tapping into the ancestral pulse that modern life has silenced:
Reconnect with the body's innate sense of rhythm and timing
Experience the power of collective resonance and synchronized energy
Release grief, tension, and stored emotion through rhythm and movement
Find the personal rhythm that reflects each person's inner frequency
Each day deepens into the next, building a rhythm of movement, stillness, ceremony, and integration.
Day 1
Arrival & Grounding
Opening circle, breathwork sequence, gentle bodyweight flow, fire-lighting ritual, Rapeh ceremony for cleansing, and silent fire meditation. Each participant sets their intention — and returns to it each day as understanding deepens.
Day 2
Embodiment & Awareness
Sunrise barefoot grounding walk, Kali stick training (8 strikes, 6 blocks, masculine & feminine triangles), strength work, workshop on intuitive eating, evening sound bath — facilitator-administered healing frequencies — followed by the group drum & percussion circle with barefoot dancing to ancestral rhythms.
Day 3
Deep Healing
Breathwork, Kambo purification ceremony, rest & journaling, sharing circle, meditative nature walk, Temezcal sweat lodge ceremony with songs and prayers. Purification through fire and water.
Day 4
Shadow & Creative Expression
Kali flow (sticks as extensions of the self), strength training, Bufo Alvarius ceremony, integration journaling, creative expression through painting and drumming, shadow work circle — facing fears authentically.
Day 5
Integration & Community
Sunrise breathwork, fire ceremony — each participant speaks their vision into the flames and releases what no longer serves. Final Kali flow, closing circle with integration commitments, and a shared farewell feast.
"Every moment is sacred. Every movement is a ceremony."
— Potency Brand Mantra
Grounded in Nature
Returning to the Earth
The retreat takes place in a private natural setting — near forest, river, or mountain. Every practice is designed to restore the body's forgotten relationship with the earth: barefoot on soil, hands in fire, skin under sky.
Participants hike, tend fires, eat electric foods grown by the earth, and let the rhythm of nature become their own again. The medicine is everywhere — in the plants, in the soil, in the breath, in the circle.
Nalleli — Local Guide
Your Guide on the Land
Nalleli
Every landscape has a voice — and Nalleli knows how to listen. As our local guide, she leads participants through the living terrain of this sacred land, sharing its stories, its medicine plants, and the trails that wind through it. Her knowledge of the earth beneath our feet transforms every hike into a ceremony of its own.
Sacred Partnership
The Couples Retreat
Some of the most profound healing happens between two people willing to be truly seen. This retreat is designed for couples ready to dissolve the distance, rekindle what has always been there, and remember each other — not just as partners, but as mirrors of the divine.
Reconnection. Desire. Expansion. Together.
Sacred Touch
Receive couples massage together, then learn the art of touch — a guided workshop in how to hold, heal, and awaken each other through intentional hands.
Bufo Ceremony
Dissolve your egos together. The Bufo medicine opens a space beyond identity where two people meet as pure consciousness — expanding love far past its ordinary limits.
Microdose Hike
Walk the living earth together on a microdose mushroom journey — senses heightened, presence deepened, the natural world amplifying everything beautiful between you.
Meditation & Eye Gazing
Sit in stillness and hold each other's gaze. Eye gazing is one of the oldest practices of intimacy — a doorway to seeing and being seen in the deepest possible way.
Dance Like No One Is Watching
An ecstatic dance session made for two. A private space where you move with each other, express desire, love, and joy without inhibition — the body as the language of the heart.
Romantic Dinner
A candlelit feast prepared with intention. Clean, electric foods that nourish the body — shared slowly, with presence, conversation, and the sacred act of feeding each other.
Couples Breathwork
Breathe together, heal together. Synchronized breathwork opens the nervous system, dissolves walls built over time, and creates a shared altered state — a reset for the relationship.
Medicine Journey Workshop
Learn how to hold space for each other during medicine experiences — how to navigate what arises, support without fixing, and integrate the journey as a couple with depth and grace.
"The greatest medicine two people can offer each other is the courage to be seen."
Every ceremony, session, and journey at Potency is held by people who have walked the path themselves. These are not just practitioners — they are living examples of what it means to return to wholeness.
Anthony & Nalleli
Rediscovering the Medicine Within
Lead Facilitator
Anthony Gaba-Delacroix
USNT Minister of Sacred Medicine
Anthony walks the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern healing. As a minister of sacred medicine under the Universal Shamans of a New Tomorrow, he brings deep ceremonial knowledge, physical discipline, and compassionate counseling to every space he holds.
His work is rooted in the belief that the body, breath, and plant medicine are not separate paths — they are one integrated journey back to the self.
Roles & Credentials
Sacred Medicine MinisterUSNT OrdainedPhysical TrainerCounselorKali Practitioner
Co-Facilitator & Guide
Nalleli Olivares Verdugo
Psychedelic Therapy Assistant & Earth Guide
Nalleli brings a rare combination of clinical grounding and earth-based wisdom to the Potency space. As a psychedelic therapy assistant and founder of Myo Consciencia — a psilocybin and adaptogenic practice — she offers a safe, knowledgeable, and deeply caring presence in every ceremonial container.
She knows the land intimately and leads participants through the living terrain as both guide and teacher — where every trail becomes a mirror, and every step a practice in presence.
Together, Anthony and Nalleli create a container that is both structurally safe and spiritually alive — where participants are held with the full weight of their experience, and guided with skill, heart, and lived wisdom.
Investment
Pricing Guide
Every offering is priced with accessibility and integrity in mind. Potency believes healing should be within reach — and the value of each experience extends far beyond the session itself.
Ceremonies & Medicine
Bufo — Private
$500
One-on-one session with full facilitation, preparation, and integration support.
Bufo — Group
$300 / person
Groups of up to 3. Shared ceremony, individual journeys.
Bufo Retreat
$2,000
Full immersive retreat experience inclusive of all ceremonies and facilitation.
Mushroom Experience
$500
Guided psilocybin journey with preparation, ceremony, and integration.
Couples Retreat
$4,000
Complete couples experience — medicine, ceremony, massage, dance, and dinner for two.
Post-Journey Integration
$150 / session
One-on-one integration counseling. Discounted packages available — inquire for details.
Movement & Wellness
Physical Training
$50 / mo
In-person. 4 weekly sessions per month — Kali, strength, primal movement, and breathwork.
Online Training
$100 / mo
Unlimited virtual sessions. Train from anywhere, anytime. Full program access.
Sound Healing
$200
Private sound bath session using singing bowls, gongs, tuning forks, and tonal instruments.
Guided Hiking
$40 / person
Led by local guide Nalleli. Per hike, per person. Earth as teacher.
Reiki
$50 / session
Energy healing session. Restoring flow, clearing blockages, returning the body to balance.
Massage
$50 / hr
Therapeutic and relaxation massage. Held with intention and presence.
Breathwork
Donation Based
The breath belongs to everyone. Breathwork sessions are offered on a donation basis so that no one is ever turned away from the practice of coming home to themselves.
All pricing is subject to change. Payment plans and packages may be available upon request. Reach out to discuss what works for you — no one should be kept from their healing because of cost.
Work With Us
Book Your Experience
Whether you are ready for a transformative five-day journey, seeking personal one-on-one guidance, or looking to deepen your relationship through a sacred couples experience — Potency meets you where you are.
One on One
Private Training
A fully personalized session designed around your body, your goals, and your current chapter of life. Private training with Potency blends primal movement, breathwork, Kali stick training, strength, and intentional practice into one focused experience.
Five days of deep immersion in nature — movement, medicine, ceremony, sound, and brotherhood. This is a full rites-of-passage experience that will meet you at your edge and guide you beyond it. Space is intentionally limited to ensure each participant receives full presence and care.
An intimate multi-day experience for two — designed to dissolve distance, rekindle desire, and expand love beyond its ordinary boundaries through ceremony, movement, and medicine.
All plant medicine participants undergo a health screening prior to their session. Please mention any medical history, medications, or concerns when reaching out.
Every moment is sacred. Every movement is a ceremony.
