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March 27 - April 1, 2026 | Costa Rica
In 6 Days, Release the Generational Trauma Your Family Has Carried for Decades - And Become the One Who Finally Breaks the Chain
A sacred plant medicine immersion for adult children of narcissistic, wounded, or emotionally absent parents who are ready to stop understanding their trauma and start releasing it.
You've Done the Work. So Why Do You Still Feel Stuck?
You’ve read the books. You’ve done the therapy – maybe years of it. You can explain the family dynamics perfectly. You know what narcissism is. You understand enmeshment, triangulation, parentification. You could write a dissertation on your mother’s attachment wounds.
And yet… One text from her still sends you spiraling. One holiday visit still wrecks you for weeks. One criticism, real or imagined, still plays on repeat in your head at 2am.
You still feel guilty for existing. You still apologize for things that aren’t your fault. You still hear her voice in your head, criticizing everything you do.
You understand the pattern. But you’re still living in it.
Here’s what no one told you: Understanding isn’t healing. You can know exactly what happened to you and still carry it in your body. You can name the dysfunction and still repeat it. You can see the wound clearly and still let it run your life.
Because the trauma isn’t stored in your mind.
It’s stored in your nervous system. And no amount of talking, reading, or analyzing will release it.
You need something deeper.
The Pattern Doesn't Stop With You - Unless You Stop It
Here’s the part that keeps you up at night: You’re terrified you’re becoming her.
You catch yourself snapping at your kids the way she snapped at you. You hear her words coming out of your mouth. You feel the same rage, the same control, the same cold withdrawal, and it horrifies you.
Or maybe you’ve gone the other direction. You’re so scared of being like her that you’ve become a people-pleaser. A doormat. Someone who can’t set a boundary without drowning in guilt.
Either way, the pattern is still running.
And here’s the brutal truth: Trauma that isn’t transformed is transmitted. The shame you carry? Your kids feel it. The guilt? They inherit it. The voice in your head that says you’re not enough? They’re developing their own version.
Not because you’re a bad parent. But because unhealed pain doesn’t stay contained. It leaks. It spreads. It passes down. You’ve already spent 20, 30, 40 years carrying what your mother put in you.
How many more years do you have?
And more importantly, how many generations have to carry this before someone finally says “enough”?
What if that someone is you?
Imagine Waking Up Without the Weight
Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine waking up tomorrow and the first thought isn’t self-criticism.
Imagine getting a text from your mother and feeling… nothing. Not rage. Not guilt. Not anxiety. Just peace.
Imagine setting a boundary and feeling proud instead of terrified.
Imagine looking in the mirror and actually liking the person looking back.
Imagine going through an entire holiday season without needing a week to recover.
Imagine your kids growing up without the invisible weight you’ve been carrying.
Imagine being free.
Not “working on it” free. Not “managing it” free.
Actually free.
Free from the shame that was never yours.
Free from the guilt that was installed in you before you could speak.
Free from the voice in your head that sounds like her.
Free to be yourself – fully, unapologetically, without performing or shrinking or apologizing for your existence.
This isn’t fantasy.
This is what’s possible when you stop trying to think your way out of trauma, and finally let your body release what it’s been holding.
This is what happens at Breaking the Cycle and Embracing Your Sacred Return.
Why 6 Days Can Do What 10 Years of Therapy Couldn't
Let me be direct: Talk therapy is valuable. I’m not against it. But talk therapy has a limitation: it works with the conscious mind.
And trauma doesn’t live in your conscious mind. It lives in your body. Your nervous system. Your cellular memory. You can talk about the wound for decades. But the wound isn’t listening. Plant medicine is different.
Plant medicine doesn’t talk TO your trauma. It talks WITH it. It bypasses the thinking mind – the part that analyzes, rationalizes, protects – and goes directly to where the wound actually lives.
In ceremony, people access memories their conscious mind had locked away. They feel emotions their body had been storing for decades. They see patterns they couldn’t see from inside them. And they release.
Not intellectually. Somatically.
They shake. They cry. They scream. They laugh. They move the energy that’s been stuck for 20, 30, 40 years. And they come out different. Not because they “learned something.” Because they let go of something.
That’s what’s possible in 6 days. But only in the right container.
This Isn't a Generic Plant Medicine Retreat. This Is Designed for YOUR Wound.
There are hundreds of plant medicine retreats in Costa Rica.
Most of them are beautiful. Many are safe. Some are even transformational.
But almost none of them are designed for what you’re carrying.
The Sacred Return is different.
This retreat was built specifically for adult children of narcissistic, wounded, or emotionally unavailable parents.
Every element – the prep work, the ceremonies, the integration, the community – is designed around the parent wound.
You won’t be in ceremony next to someone working on their business strategy or their fear of public speaking. You’ll be surrounded by people who GET IT.
People who know what it’s like to grieve a parent who’s still alive.
People who understand why “just set boundaries” or going “no contact” is laughable when your whole nervous system was wired against it.
People who don’t need you to explain why this is hard.
And you’ll be guided by someone who lived it.
You won't have to prove your story.
You won't have to defend yourself.
You won't be judged.
I Didn't Learn This From Books. I Lived It.
My name is Dorcy Pruter. I was the scapegoat. I was 18 when I left home – moved across the country, cut off contact with my mother for nearly three years. I wasn’t speaking to my father either.
People thought I was dramatic. Difficult. Running away from my problems. The truth? I was suffocating. The role I’d been given – the problem child, the difficult one, the one who caused all the chaos – was killing me.
Because I knew what no one would admit: I wasn’t causing the chaos. I was naming it. And that made me dangerous to a family that needed silence to survive.
I spent years thinking something was fundamentally wrong with me. Carrying shame that I now know was never mine.
It took me a long time to heal. Longer than it should have.
I did the therapy. Read the books. Tried everything.
What finally shifted everything was plant medicine.
In ceremony, I saw my mother clearly for the first time – not as a monster, but as a wounded person who wounded others. I felt the chain of pain that went back generations. And I made a decision in my body, not just my mind:
This ends with me.
That was over 20 years ago. Since then, I’ve dedicated my life to helping others break the same chain. I’ve worked with thousands of families through the Conscious Co-Parenting Institute. I’ve developed The D.O.R.C.Y. Method™. I’ve trained professionals. I’ve reunited alienated parents with their children. And I’ve guided hundreds of people through their own sacred return – to themselves, to their truth, to their freedom.
I’m not asking you to trust a theory. I’m asking you to trust someone who’s walked the path you’re on, and found the way through.
Everything You Need to Break the Chain - In One Immersive Week
The 6-Day Sacred Return Immersion
Value: $15,000
The complete retreat experience: opening ceremony, multiple plant medicine ceremonies, daily integration circles, closing ritual. You’ll be guided by Dorcy and a team of experienced facilitators who understand trauma-informed care – and who understand alienation.
Pre-Retreat Preparation Protocol
Value: $997
Your transformation begins before you arrive. 30 days of preparation including: Medical screening and intake, 1:1 prep call focused on YOUR specific situation, dietary guidelines and physical preparation, intention-setting exercises, nervous system regulation practices, processing exercises to prepare you for ceremony
Private Charter Flight
Value: $1,500
No buses. No long drives after an international flight. You'll fly by private charter from San José directly to the retreat campus. Arrive rested and ready.
Luxury Accommodations
Value: $3,000 - $7,000 (based on selection)
6 nights in Costa Rica's most beautiful healing sanctuary. Choose from river domes, jungle bungalows, private suites, or exclusive villas.
Gourmet Plant-Based Cuisine
Value: $1,800
Every meal prepared by a private chef - nourishing your body for ceremony and integration.
Daily Somatic Integration
Value: $1,500
The medicine is just the beginning. Each day includes: Morning breathwork and movement, integration circles, embodiment practices to anchor what's releasing, rest and reflection time.
The Integration Vault
Value: $497
90 days of post-retreat support: Audio meditations for continued healing, journaling prompts for integration, somatic practices you can do at home, resources for when old patterns resurface.
2 Post-Retreat Integration Calls
Value: $500
At 2 weeks and 6 weeks post-retreat, you'll join a live group call with Dorcy. These calls are where breakthroughs become permanent shifts.
6 Months Sovereign Soul Collective Access
Value: $600
Ongoing community and monthly calls with Dorcy. You're not alone after the retreat ends.
Emergency Integration Support
Value: $1,000
Private Community Access to Our Team for Retreat attendees.
This is for you if...
- You grew up with a narcissistic, emotionally unavailable, or wounded parent — and you're still carrying the weight
- You've done years of therapy and inner work, but something still feels stuck in your body
- You understand the pattern intellectually, but you can't seem to break free of it emotionally
- You're terrified of repeating the cycle with your own children
- You feel called to plant medicine — not as escapism, but as genuine healing
- You're ready to stop managing your trauma and start releasing it
- You want to be held in a container designed specifically for YOUR wound
- You're ready to become the Cycle Breaker — the one who ends the pattern for your entire lineage
This is NOT for you if...
- You're looking for a vacation or a "wellness retreat" — this is deep work
- You're not willing to do the preparation (diet, intake, intention-setting)
- You have certain medical conditions that contraindicate plant medicine (we screen carefully)
- You're currently in active crisis or psychosis (this is not crisis intervention)
- You want to bypass the hard emotions — plant medicine requires you to feel everything
- You're not ready to take responsibility for your own healing
DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
Hear What Past Participants Have to Say...
Meet Our Facilitators
Taylor Toepke
Gifted Medicine Woman and Co-Facilitator
Taylor brings the perspective of someone who grew up within prolonged family disconnection and emotional rupture, and who has spent years engaged in deep ceremonial and integrative healing work.
Her path includes working closely with Dorcy to unwind trauma patterns, reclaim agency, and translate insight into embodied, day‑to‑day life. This lived experience allows her to attune deeply to participants who are navigating grief, confusion, or identity disruption rooted in family dynamics.
Taylor’s presence in the container reflects grounded empathy, nervous‑system awareness, and calm attunement. Her role is centered on participant care, emotional regulation, and integration support before, during, and after ceremony.
Dorcy Pruter
Intuitive Shaman, Modern Day Medicine Woman/Head Facilitator
Dorcy is the founder of the Church of Soul Illumination and the lead facilitator of this work. For over a decade, her professional focus has been on trauma, identity repair, family systems, and high-conflict relational healing, supporting parents, adult children, and professionals navigating profound family rupture and recovery.
Her work bridges structured psychological insight, nervous-system awareness, and ceremonial practice. Dorcy is known for her emphasis on preparation, containment, and long-term integration rather than peak experiences or spiritual bypassing. She does not approach ceremony as an isolated intervention, but as part of a broader healing arc that requires responsibility, maturity, and real-world application.
Dorcy’s facilitation style is clear, grounded, and relationally attuned. She holds firm boundaries, prioritizes participant safety, and centers agency and consent at every stage of the process. This work is an extension of her long-standing commitment to helping individuals repair internal and relational fractures, rather than escape them.
Rob Pruter
Gifted Medicine Man and Co-Facilitator
Rob brings lived experience, steadiness, and relational maturity to the ceremonial container. He was raised in a family system marked by deep dysfunction and chronic relational rupture, and later found himself navigating profound breakdowns in his own family relationships.
Through years of intentional healing work, Rob restored trust and connection with his children and undertook the deeper, often overlooked work of repairing the co‑parenting relationship itself. In the final chapter of his former partner’s life, he showed up with presence, compassion, and responsibility, supporting both her and their children with care and integrity as she transitioned.
Rob’s facilitation is grounded, non-performative, and relationally attuned. His role centers on safety, containment, and modeling what repaired attachment, accountability, and emotional presence look like in real life - not theory.Choose Your Container
Every accommodation includes the identical Sacred Return experience. The only difference is where you rest. Click through the galleries to experience the beauty of these unique spaces.
Bali Suites
Perched at the top of the mountain in a Bali Village, three Bali Suites offer a refined blend of comfort and culture. Just steps from a shared infinity plunge pool, each suite opens to sweeping views of the rainforest and the Pacific Ocean. All Bali Suites are single occupancy!
SOLD OUT
- Bali Suites 1 & 2: 1 King bed each
- Bali Master: 1 King bed
- Approx. 100 sq. ft.
- Ocean or garden views
- Shared infinity plunge pool
- Air conditioning
Jogolo House
At the far edge of the property, perched dramatically on the cliffside, rests Jogolo — a 170-year-old home from the Java Islands. Rich in history and artistry, this one-of-a-kind sanctuary features intricate hand-carved architecture, a writer’s desk for reflection, and an open-air Balinese shower. Jogolo offers both soul and comfort, surrounded by the beauty of the rainforest and ocean. The Jogolo House is ideal for couples or close friends, as it offers access to the entire villa. Two people max!
SOLD OUT
- 1 King bed
- 480 sq. ft.
- Ocean & rainforest views
- Wraparound sun deck
- Private cold plunge pool
- No AC | Fans + open-air design for natural ventilation
Potoo House
An architectural treasure imported from Bali, the 180-year-old Potoo House spans two levels of open-air jungle luxury. Upstairs, a King bed and cozy twin invite restful nights with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and rainforest canopy. Downstairs, enjoy your own plunge pool and a private space ideal for spa treatments or quiet reflection. The Potoo House is best for couples or close friends as you get access to the whole villa. Two people max!
- 1 King bed + 1 Twin bed
- 300 sq. ft.
- Ocean & rainforest views
- Wraparound sun deck
- Private cold plunge pool
- No AC | Fans + open-air design for natural ventilation
- Investment: $19,000 | Payment plan: $9,500/month × 2
Geodesic River Domes
Nestled along the edge of a private river, these six Geodesic River Domes draw inspiration from sacred geometry. Each dome offers a unique blend of modern comfort and natural immersion, where the gentle rhythm of flowing water harmonizes with the vibrant sounds of the rainforest. All domes are double occupancy!
- 2 King beds
- 480 sq. ft. of living space
- Private jungle deck
- Open-air shower with rainforest views
- Air conditioning
- Investment: $7,997 | Payment plan: $3,998.50/month × 2
Jungle Bungalows
Tucked along the jungle pathway leading to a private waterfall, these six Jungle Bungalows offer the perfect balance of comfort and nature. Bali-inspired interiors showcase natural finishes and thoughtful details, while the spacious bathrooms feature rainforest-view showers and a soaking tub for deep relaxation. All bungalows are double occupancy!
- 2 Twin beds
- 430 sq. ft. of living space
- Private jungle deck
- Soaking tub with rainforest views
- Air conditioning
- Investment: $9,497 | Payment plan: $4,748.50/month × 2
How to Join Us in Costa Rica
The Sacred Return is not open enrollment. Because of the depth of this work, and the intimacy of our container, we carefully select every participant. Here’s how it works:
Step 1: Choose a Time to Connect
Select a time for an initial connection call. This opens the door to the application process and ensures we can properly support you.
Step 2: Complete the Application
After choosing your time, you’ll complete a brief application sharing your journey, what you’re ready to release, and why you feel called to this retreat.
Step 3: Connect
We’ll meet for your scheduled call to answer questions, confirm alignment, and walk through logistics together.
Step 4: Secure Your Spot
If accepted, you’ll choose your accommodation and complete your registration. A deposit holds your place; payment plans are available.
Step 5: Prepare & Arrive
Thirty days before the retreat, you’ll begin the Preparation Protocol. March 27, 2026: Your Sacred Return begins.
Book Your Sacred Return Application Call Today!
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Common Questions… Answered
Yes – when done properly. Safety is our highest priority. Every applicant goes through medical screening. Certain medications and conditions are contraindicated, and we take this seriously. Our facilitators are experienced in trauma-informed care, and we have medical support available. The preparation protocol exists specifically to ensure you’re ready. That said, plant medicine is powerful. We don’t take this lightly, and neither should you.
We work with psilocybin in traditional ceremony. This is a sacred practice with thousands of years of history. We approach it with deep reverence, proper preparation, and thorough integration.
Certain medications, particularly SSRIs, MAOIs, and some others, are contraindicated with plant medicine and require a careful tapering process under medical supervision. This must be done BEFORE the retreat and in consultation with your prescribing physician. We’ll discuss this during your application call. In some cases, it may mean this particular retreat isn’t the right timing. Your safety comes first.
Good. That means you’re taking this seriously. Fear is normal. It’s actually a sign that you know this is real, not a spa weekend. The fear usually isn’t about the medicine itself; it’s about what you might have to feel. And that’s exactly why you’re coming. You’ve been avoiding those feelings your whole life. This is where you finally face them – held, supported, and safe.
Plant medicine ceremonies are conducted legally in Costa Rica within our spiritual and ceremonial context. All activities comply with local regulations.
Yes. The Potoo House villa accommodates 2 guests, and double-occupancy rooms can be shared with someone you know (if you both apply and are accepted). However, each person must complete their own application and be accepted individually.
Integration is everything. You’ll receive the Integration Vault (90 days of resources), two live integration calls with Dorcy and your cohort, and 6 months of our Sovereign Soul Collective membership. You won’t be abandoned after your transformation. We’ll be with you as you anchor it into your daily life.
If you’re asking this question, you’re probably ready. The people who aren’t ready don’t even consider applying. They scroll past. The fact that you’re still reading means something in you knows this is your time. Trust that.
Deposits are non-refundable but are transferable to a future retreat within 12 months. Full payment refunds (minus deposit) are available until 60 days before the retreat. Within 60 days, no refunds are available, but you may transfer your spot to another participant.
The Chain Ends With You
You’ve spent your whole life carrying something that was never yours.
Shame your mother put in you before you could speak.
Guilt that was installed so deep you thought it was your personality.
A voice in your head that sounds like her – criticizing, judging, never satisfied.
You didn’t choose this. But you CAN choose to end it.
You can be the one.
The one who finally breaks the chain.
The one who heals instead of passes down.
The one your children thank. The one your grandchildren never have to recover from.
The one who looks in the mirror and sees someone free.
This is your Sacred Return.
Not someday. Not when you’re “ready enough.”
Now.
March 27 – April 1, 2026 | Costa Rica | 30 Spots | Only 20 Remaining
You were never the role. You were the light that survived inside it. Now it's time to let that light lead you home.
Dorcy Pruter
HOST | GUIDE | FAMILY SCAPEGOAT