Ketamine/Yoga Wellness Retreat
With Michelle Swagler, PhD and Gota Cebrero, E-RYT 500
March 26 - 29, 2026
This retreat is created for individuals looking to expand self-awareness and deepen connection—to the inner healer, nature, and community. We are grateful to host this experience at the Elohee Retreat Center’s Thanksgiving House, fully immersed in beauty and nature. We create a small, intimate community of 7 participants and 3 facilitators. The retreat nurtures mind, body, and spirit, by including all meals and lodging, 2 Ketamine sessions, a spa service (massage or reiki), yoga, meditation, ceremony, hiking, individual support as needed, as well as preparation for the Ketamine journeys and integration of the experiences.
A highlight of this retreat is Gota’s calming presence and expertise as he guides participants on the beautiful path of yoga. By steeping in the nurturing and calming asanas woven through mindfulness, attendees will be invited into an embodied practice to support a state of physical and spiritual expansiveness. We will engage in poses held on the earth that help connect with mind, body, and breath. In this way, the flow of Prana can be restored to create balance and harmony. Gota’s yoga sessions are a beautiful part of preparing mind, body, and spirit to receive the medicine.
Cost/person: Double room, $1,900, Single room: $2,400
Additional cost: intake session with MD and the medicine, ~$350.
Participation is dependent upon meeting medical criteria.
Registration deadlines: January 31, 2026 (spa service included) / February 20, 2026 (final)
Schedule
THURSDAY
- 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Spa Services/Check-in/Meet with your Hosts/Trail Walking
- 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner
- 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM Opening Gathering (1st Floor Living Room)
- 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM Evening Meditation (3rd Floor Yoga Studio)
- 9:30 PM Free time/Bedtime
FRIDAY
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
- 9:15 AM – 11:15 AM Intention Setting (1st Floor Living Room)
- 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM Break
- 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Yoga (3rd Floor Yoga Studio)
- 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Break/Nesting (2nd Floor Living Room)
- 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM First Medicine Journey (2nd Floor Living Room)
- 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Journal, Rest, Snacks, Free time
- 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner
- 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Individual Meetings
- 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Fire Gathering and Letting Go Ritual (Patio)
- 9:30 PM Free time/Bedtime
SATURDAY
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
- 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Guided Trail Walk (meet in Foyer)
- 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Yoga (3rd Floor Yoga Studio)
- 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Break/Nesting
- 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Second Medicine Journey (2nd Floor Living Room)
- 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Journal, Rest, Snacks, Craft, and Free time
- 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner
- 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Fire Gathering and Candle Lighting Ritual (2nd Floor Living Room)
- 9:30 PM Free time/Bedtime
SUNDAY
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
- 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Closing Gathering (1st Floor Living Room)
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Check-out
For more information contact Michelle Swagler atdrmswagler@protonmail.com.
Leaders
Michelle is a psychologist who has a private practice in Athens, GA, where she offers individual and group Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Learn more about Michelle Swagler, PhD
Gota resides in the majestic mountains of Asheville North Carolina and has been sharing the beautiful path of yoga for over 20 years. He teaches mindful flow, restorative, and yin, weaving in pranayama and meditation.
Learn more about Gota Cebrero, E-RYT 500
