Breathwork, Music, and Ketamine, a Transformational Journey & Integration
- Saturday, January 31 · 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Acheron Psychiatry · 11 Broadway, Suite 930 · New York, NY
- Includes a prescriber evaluation and legal ketamine. No illicit psychedelic substances will be taken at this retreat.
About the Event
Elemental Psychedelic Immersion is not simply a workshop, but a recalibration of psyche and nervous system. The experience unfolds within a carefully curated container of safety, depth, and presence, allowing you to step out of habitual momentum. This carefully crafted and therapeutically held immersion is designed to help you reconnect with yourself through a breathwork and optional ketamine journey, intention setting, somatic awareness, tarot, group integration and a live soundscape.
Our breathwork & ketamine journey is deliberately created for depth, healing, and exploration of the mind-body connection. Through altered states with live music, breathwork, and optional ketamine, we will reset the nervous system from the inside out, deepening mind-body connection. Intention setting and integration will help you carry this experience long after our day ends.
Some participants choose to incorporate ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) as part of their journey. Others move entirely through breath, sound, meditation, and ritual. Both paths are fully supported and intentionally designed to open access to clarity, emotional fluidity, insight, and renewed inner direction.
The group is intentionally intimate, limited to 8–12 participants, creating a spacious, connected, and grounded atmosphere where each person can feel seen, supported, and at ease.
Light refreshments will be offered.
Why Join This Retreat?
This immersion is built for people who are ready for a meaningful shift. It is especially powerful if you want to:
- Gently reset your nervous system and reconnect with your inner compass
- Explore altered states of consciousness in a guided, safe environment
- Experience a therapeutically supported group journey with trained facilitators
- Access the combined potency of breathwork, sound, and clinical care
- Loosen entrenched maladaptive patterns
- Reconnect with creativity, meaning, purpose, and embodied presence
This is not an escape from your life, it is a reset for your life. No matter how you participate, the day is structured to help you loosen what feels stuck, open what feels closed, and return to yourself with more spaciousness, clarity, and grounded energy.
Important Notes About KAP Participation
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is an optional component of this immersion.
KAP uses low-dose ketamine in a therapeutic setting to gently shift consciousness, soften habitual defenses, and support deeper emotional insight. When paired with careful preparation, skilled guidance, breathwork, music, and intention-setting, many participants report increased clarity, self-compassion, and access to emotions or perspectives that feel difficult to reach in ordinary states of awareness.
If you choose to receive ketamine during the immersion:
- A medical screening is required. Screenings begin as soon as you register and must be completed by January 23.
- Our medical team will review your current medications, blood pressure, psychological stability, contraindications, and your intentions for the experience.
- This retreat is not appropriate for individuals with active psychosis, unstable medical conditions, or those seeking a recreational or non-therapeutic psychedelic experience.
If you do not receive ketamine, you will still experience the full retreat structure — including breathwork, somatic guidance, live music, intention setting, and group process.
Meet Your Facilitators
Alessandra Licul, LMHC — Psychotherapist & KAP Facilitator
Alessandra is a depth-oriented psychotherapist and one of Acheron’s primary Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy providers. She blends humanistic, psychodynamic, and psychedelic-informed approaches to help participants understand why their patterns arise, and how lasting change becomes possible.
During the immersion, Alessandra serves as an anchor and therapeutic guide, helping participants feel grounded, emotionally safe, and supported throughout the ketamine journey. She offers gentle reflection, somatic awareness, and integration support. Her presence brings clarity, compassion, and a rare ability to translate inner experiences into meaningful insight.
Tsao — Somatic Guide, Chinese Medicine Practitioner, MAPS-Trained Facilitator
Tsao weaves together somatic work, breathwork, Chinese medicine, herbalism, trauma-informed practice, and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
She specializes in helping people enter altered states gently and safely, using breath and bodywork to regulate the nervous system and prepare for insight.
Her approach blends science, intuition, ritual, and grounded care — making her an ideal guide for both newcomers and experienced journeyers.
Christine — Musician, Sound Healer, and Psychedelic Support Practitioner
Christine has spent more than a decade in the plant medicine world, merging her music background with her passion for healing.
She creates live soundscapes designed specifically to support inner exploration — shifting tones, rhythms, and textures to deepen your journey.
Her music is intuitive, emotional, and immersive. Many participants describe it as the moment the retreat “opens up.”
- Registration Fee: $150
- Medicine Fee: $300 out-of-pocket, or
- Two insurance-billable visits (prescriber evaluation + medicine session)
- Insurance: Acheron Psychiatry accepts Aetna and Cigna for the medicine component of this retreat
- Registration Deadline: January 16, 2026
- Group Size: Limited to 8–12 participants
After registering, you’ll receive instructions to complete your required medical screening (for those opting into ketamine).
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) work?
KAP combines low-dose ketamine with therapeutic support to help soften defenses, expand perspective, and deepen emotional insight. Ketamine gently shifts consciousness, creating a window where entrenched patterns become more flexible. With guidance from trained clinicians, participants often experience increased clarity, compassion for themselves, and access to underlying emotions that may be difficult to reach in day-to-day awareness.
Why is ketamine paired with breathwork, music, and intention?
Ketamine works best when the mind and body are already in a receptive state.
Breathwork calms the nervous system, focuses attention inward, and opens somatic pathways for release. Intention setting gives the mind direction, while music creates an immersive emotional landscape that supports deeper exploration. Together, these elements help the journey unfold with more coherence, safety, and meaning.
How does the sound journey support healing?
Live soundscapes influence physiology and emotion, helping participants move through different inner states with greater ease. Vibrations, rhythm, and melody can quiet the analytical mind, evoke imagery, soften resistance, and guide people into deeper relaxation or insight. Many participants describe the music as the “container” that holds the journey and makes it feel both safe and expansive.
What are the benefits of breathwork?
Breathwork helps regulate the autonomic nervous system, release stored tension, increase emotional openness, and shift consciousness without substances. For many, breathwork alone brings profound moments of clarity, release, or calm. It also prepares the mind and body to enter a ketamine journey with more grounding and intention.
Can I attend without taking ketamine?
Yes. This immersion is designed for people of all experience levels. Our facilitators offer grounding guidance, education, and step-by-step support so participants feel safe, informed, and held throughout the day.
Is this retreat appropriate for beginners?
Groups are intentionally small — 8 to 12 participants — to ensure warmth, spaciousness, and individual attention. People typically join with a mix of curiosity, openness, and a desire to reconnect with themselves.
What should I bring?
We recommend comfortable clothing, a journal, and anything that helps you feel grounded (small blanket, cozy socks, meaningful object). We provide mats, seating, and light refreshments.
Secure Your Spot & Register Today!
Register today and begin the reset your mind and nervous system have been asking for.
A member of our team will reach out to you shortly to schedule your medical screening.
