The Couples Journey · March 2027 · Samaná
Meet each other again,
for the first time.
A sacred medicine journey for two — healing what each of you carries, and finding your way back to each other. Ten couples. Private rooms in the jungle above the ocean.
March 14–24, 2027 · 4, 7 or 11 days · from $1,797 per couple · 3½ hours from NYC
The Invitation
Love doesn’t fade.
It gets buried.
Under the calendars and the kids and the businesses. Under the thousand small ways two people learn to protect themselves — from each other.
Nothing is wrong. Something is waiting.
The spark isn’t gone. It’s under everything that hasn’t been healed and hasn’t been said. This journey is about healing it — each of you, in ceremony — and then reconnecting, together, in a place built for exactly this work.
The Work
Heal. Reconnect. Carry it home.
01
Healing
Heal what each of you carries
In sacred medicine ceremony, held by our resident Maestro, each of you goes inward on your own ground first — meeting the old wounds, patterns, and armor you've been bringing into the relationship, so you can stop carrying them into it.
02
Reconnection
Find your way back to each other
After ceremony, hearts are softer and more honest. That's when Revan and Azaya guide the two of you through the couples work — truth-telling, repair, forgiveness, and heart-opening practices of presence and connection that remind you why you chose each other.
03
Integration
What you carry home
Dani Brooks leads group integration throughout the journey, weaving what opens in ceremony into how you live and love. And Revan and Azaya meet with the two of you privately before you arrive and again within 30 days after you're home — so what opens here has somewhere to live.
Why Sacred Medicine
Why couples come to this work
Most couples who come to us have already read the books, done the weekends, and had the talk — many times. What they were missing wasn’t information. It was a way underneath it.
It reaches under the conversation
Sacred medicine offers a way beneath the defenses that talking alone rarely moves — the protections two people build around each other without ever deciding to.
Each of you heals your own ground
The work starts with you, not your partner. What surfaces in ceremony is met as your own — so it stops being projected onto the person across from you.
Then you meet again, open
The days after ceremony are tender and honest. That openness is where the couples work happens — and where reconnection stops being an idea and becomes something you feel.
The Journey
A week that reads like a love story
Shown for the 7-day. The 4-day distills it; the 11-day lets every chapter breathe.
Day 1
Arrival
Your private room, the jungle, the ocean below. A shared meal, the other couples, and an opening circle where each couple names what they came here for.
Day 2
Your own ground
Guided work on what each of you brings — your patterns, your history, your longing. In the evening, the first sacred medicine ceremony.
Days 3–5
Healing, then reconnection
Ceremonies paced with rest between. By day, the couples work — bringing what each of you met in ceremony into the space between you, and having the conversations you've been circling for years somewhere safe enough to have them.
Day 6
Coming home to each other
A full day of couples integration — the agreements, rituals, and ways of speaking to each other you'll actually keep.
Day 7
Return
A closing circle, a last long meal together, and the ride back to the airport as a different couple than the one who arrived.
And Between the Work
The most beautiful place you’ll ever fall for each other again
Sunrise from your balcony. Swims at the waterfall. Long dinners by lantern light. Days with nowhere to be but next to each other.
Held by a Couple
We don’t teach this from a textbook
Revan & Azaya Vega · Co-Founders of ZÁRIA
Twenty years of building businesses, a family, and a marriage together — and then, on January 1, 2023, walking away from suburban Arizona to steward this land.
We’ve done this work on ourselves, with each other, for years. We know what it costs to stay armored with the person you love most — and what it gives back when you stop. That’s why we meet with every couple privately: once before the retreat, and again within 30 days after you’re home.
Tomás “Shamas” García
Resident Maestro
Trained for years with the Shipibo of the Peruvian Amazon — and lives on this land full-time. He holds every ceremony.
Danielle “Dani” Brooks
Integration Guide
Author of The Revelation Integration Method, 6,000+ client hours. Leads group integration throughout the journey, alongside the ceremonial work.
Everything, Once You Land
What’s included
Not included: flights and travel insurance.
Ten Rooms · Ten Couples
Choose your room, choose your length
All prices per couple, all-inclusive. Early-bird pricing until February 12.
Jungle Balcony
A private room opening onto a balcony in the jungle canopy. Five available.
Jungle Loft
A private loft room — more space, more height, more quiet between ceremonies. Five available.
The 4-Day
March 21–24, 2027
2 ceremonies · 3 nights
A focused reset for the two of you — two ceremonies and the essential couples work, over a long weekend.
Reserve with a $597 deposit
The 7-Day
March 14–20, 2027
4 ceremonies · 6 nights
The full arc. Four ceremonies, guided couples sessions between them, and a day of integration together before you fly home.
Reserve with a $997 deposit
The 11-Day
March 14–24, 2027
6 ceremonies · 10 nights
The complete immersion — the 7-day and the 4-day as one continuous stay. Six ceremonies, and time for the work to go all the way down.
Reserve with a $1,497 deposit
By application only. Nothing is charged until after your screening call. The balance is paid in cash when you arrive.
This is for you if…
- ✦You love each other — and you can feel how much more there is.
- ✦You're both choosing this. Nobody is being talked into it.
- ✦You're ready to do your own work, not fix your partner.
This isn’t the right fit for…
- —Couples in active crisis or considering separation — please talk with us first.
- —Any relationship where there are safety concerns.
- —Anyone coming only because a partner insisted.
Questions
Before you apply
Is this a couples retreat or a medicine retreat?+
Both, and that's the point. It's a sacred medicine retreat designed for couples: ceremony for each of your own inner work, and guided couples work between the ceremonies to bring what you find back into your relationship.
Is this couples therapy?+
No. It's ceremonial and relational work held by an experienced team. It isn't a substitute for clinical care, and if you're in active crisis we'd ask you to talk with us before applying.
Do we both need to apply?+
One of you submits the application for the couple. Both of you join the screening call, and each partner is screened individually — medications and health history included — before we confirm your place.
What happens in ceremony?+
We walk through everything in detail on your screening call: what the ceremonies involve, how they're held, and how to prepare. Every guest is personally screened, and facilitators are present and awake throughout every ceremony.
Do we need experience?+
No. Couples come at every stage — first-timers and those with years of practice. Readiness and honesty on the screening call matter far more than experience.
Why only ten couples?+
Because small is what makes deep work safe, and it's what lets our team know every couple personally. Every couple has a private room, and there are ten rooms. That's the whole circle.
How does payment work?+
Prices are per couple, all-inclusive once you land. You reserve with a deposit — by Zelle with no fee, or by credit card with a 5% processing fee — after your screening call. The balance is paid in cash when you arrive. Early-bird pricing holds until February 12.
March 14–24, 2027
Ten rooms. Ten couples.
One March.
When the rooms are gone, the circle is closed.
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