.transcensionBeyond limits; Within reach

Sierra mountains and desert at Damara, Pescadero

.transcension · Pescadero · Baja California Sur

.transcension

✦Beyond limits; Within reach✦

.transcension at Damara

.transcension — the process of surpassing normal limits — is held at Damara, nestled in the fertile ground of a 27-acre regenerative farm in Pescadero, Mexico — one hour from Los Cabos International Airport. Damara is a conscious family living community: a village for mutual growth and transformation, and a gathering place for practice, inspiration and deep connection.

Upcoming gathering

October 16–21, 2026

.transcension is a rotating offering, returning every few months with a deep intention to build lasting community. Each gathering grows from the last — familiar faces returning, new kindred spirits arriving, and a shared intention deepening each time.

Rooted in the foundational spirit of Damara — family, community, connection to the land, and connection to the self — this is an invitation to slow down, live close to the earth, and remember what it feels like to truly belong.

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Aerial view of the Damara farm and gardens

The design of you

Human Design at .transcension

At .transcension, we understand true healing starts with knowing who you are, not just what you've been through.

That's why our team has chosen to bring the Human Design "experiment" into our sacred plant medicine retreats. Human Design is a system for understanding how each person is uniquely built: how you make decisions, how your energy moves, and how you connect with others. Held alongside ceremony, it gives each guest a clear, personal map back to themselves.

Our team brings together a wide range of Human Design types and profiles, so the people holding space reflect the diversity of the people walking through our doors. With our own Human Design app, we can understand each person more deeply before they arrive and as they join the collective. That lets us build every retreat on a healthy community foundation, where each person is seen, met, and supported in the way they are designed to receive.

The medicines served at .transcension offer profound healing. Human Design deepens what they open. When you understand your own design, your connection to yourself expands profoundly, and the insights from ceremony have somewhere to land and grow long after you return home.

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The work we share

The medicines

There is a reason .transcension works with both of these medicines: Iboga is the rough grind, and Bufo is the polish. Together, they meet the whole of you.

01 / The sacred wood

Iboga

Iboga acts as the rough grind. It takes you down into the depths of the subconscious, bringing what has long been hidden into the light where it can finally be seen, felt and released. At the same time, it works on the physical body — a deep detox that cleans out on a cellular level, clearing and resetting from the inside out.

Rooted in the Bwiti tradition of Gabon, Africa, Iboga and its active compound, ibogaine, are also drawing growing scientific interest. Early research points to ibogaine's remarkable effect on neuroplasticity — the brain's ability to reorganize and form new neural connections, loosening old patterns and opening the door to new ones. Some researchers are exploring whether it may support neurogenesis — the growth of new neurons — though that remains unproven in humans and the science is still developing. What participants often describe is something like a controlled near-dream state: a long, honest conversation with the self, held safely in ceremony.

At this gathering, there is an option to step into one or two Iboga ceremonies. We strongly suggest two as a starting journey when appropriate: the first can open the conversation, and the second can offer more room to listen and deepen. What is right for you is always guided by your intake, medical screening and the care of the team — never a requirement.

02 / The polish

Bufo Alvarius

After the grind, Bufo likes to come in as the polish — the shine, the glow. Where Iboga does the deep clearing, Bufo offers a moment in which the usual sense of self softens and something more spacious can shine through. It is the luminosity that follows the hard, honest work.

Bufo Alvarius medicine is sourced from the secretions of the Sonoran Desert toad and contains 5-MeO-DMT, one of nature's most potent serotonergic compounds. Where Iboga is a long conversation, Bufo is a sudden opening — the experience is brief by comparison, often measured in minutes rather than hours, and can feel like a complete dissolution of the ordinary sense of self, followed by a return suffused with clarity and warmth. Early clinical research into 5-MeO-DMT is exploring its potential effects on wellbeing, depression and anxiety, and its capacity to temporarily quiet the brain's default-mode network — the machinery of rumination and ego. The science is young, but the direction of the findings mirrors what people have long reported in ceremony.

Bufo is not required. However, through our experience over the years, we have come to recognize it as a valuable next step after Iboga. Talk with the team and together you can see whether it feels like a good fit for you — the choice is always yours, guided by your intake, medical screening and the care of the team.

These descriptions are educational, not medical advice. Iboga can affect heart rhythm; participation in either medicine is subject to individual screening and suitability.

Spaces to rest & restore

Choose your lodging

Teepees

Grounded and cozy, our teepees offer a simple and intimate space immersed in nature. Ideal for guests who appreciate a more connected, earth-centered experience while still enjoying comfort and care.

Treehouses

Elevated among the landscape, our treehouses offer a sense of openness and perspective. These spaces invite lightness, inspiration, and a gentle sense of retreat above it all.

Chozas

Offer the most spacious and private accommodations on the property. Designed for deeper rest and integration, they provide a calm and nurturing environment for longer stays or those seeking extra comfort.

On-site amenities

✦Yoga shala for movement and meditation
✦Traditional temazcal for ceremony and renewal
✦Massage and treatment rooms
✦Pool and open-air gathering spaces
✦Nourishing vegan and vegetarian meals

Held by

Your facilitators

Robyn

Projector 2/4

Ancestral healing practitioner, Iboga and Bufo medicine provider, and integration coach rooted in the Bwiti Missoko tradition, trained as a Cowrie Shell Diviner under Elder Malidoma Somé. As a 2/4 Projector, she doesn't push. She sees. She waits to be invited, then guides with a presence people feel in their bodies. Through her own journey back to herself with Iboga and Bufo, and through ceremony with hundreds of people, she guides from the bones, not from theory.

Cameron

Reflector 3/5

Cameron's craft lives at the meeting point of technology and human connection. A career in information technology has taught him how to be supportive, patient and deeply attentive to the needs of others — qualities he now brings into the circle. As a 3/5 Reflector, a design carried by only about one percent of humanity, he moves through the world sampling and mirroring the energies around him, so that everyone can see themselves truly reflected in his aura — a rare gift, and an enormous asset to the team.

Japa

Manifestor 4/6

A dedicated spiritual practitioner on a medicine path for over 30 years, Japa is a yoga teacher, practitioner and leader in the Kundalini world who has released several albums of devotional chanting (mantra) music as well as her own inspiring and uplifting original songs. As a 4/6 Manifestor, through her music, words, presence and years of experience in meditation, personal practice and her own deep work through medicine ceremonies, she brings an offering of great peace, calm, wisdom, humor and grace to every situation.

Bobby

Generator 3/5

Robert brings together a background in clinical medicine and a deep devotion to the Bwiti tradition. His career has included work in a specialized stroke and cardiac center, and for the past two years he has lived in Gabon, Africa. He is married to a Mabundi Bwiti woman, and his Bwiti name, Ngonde, means "the moon." What he brings to the medicine space is reverence for the lineage and dedication to honouring it. As a 3/5 Generator, he has steady, lasting energy and trusts his gut — what he knows comes from lived experience, and guests have a calm, grounded presence in the ceremony space.

Investment

A sliding scale, held open for you

We offer .transcension on a sliding scale, so that cost is never the thing that stands between you and this work. Choose the place on the scale that honors your circumstances — no questions, no judgment.

For full pricing details, complete the application form or send us an email — we'll share everything openly and help you find the fit that feels right.

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