Breathwork & Kambo: A powerful combination for healing and renewal
At our upcoming Breath & Power Retreat, we are offering an optional Kambo medicine experience alongside somatic breathwork.
For many people, the idea of working with natural medicines like Kambo can feel unfamiliar or even intimidating. And yet, when held in a safe, professional, and intentional space, Kambo offers a profound way to cleanse, reset, and realign — both physically and energetically. Paired with somatic breathwork, it becomes a journey of release and deep integration.
What is Kambo?
Kambo is a natural secretion from the giant monkey frog, traditionally used by Amazonian tribes for purification, stamina, and resilience. Far from being a psychedelic, it is a cleansing medicine that works on the body and immune system.
What’s exciting is that even leading medical institutions, such as Charité in Berlin, are beginning to research and explore natural medicines like Kambo for their therapeutic potential. This growing interest helps bridge ancient wisdom and modern science — showing that there is more to these practices than meets the eye.
How Kambo supports the body naturally
During a session, Kambo activates a natural purging process that helps the body let go of what no longer serves it. Participants often report feeling clearer, lighter, and deeply renewed afterwards. Kambo is known to:
Cleanse the lymphatic system of toxins and waste
Support the liver, gallbladder, and kidneys in detoxification
Clear the digestive tract of mucus, parasites, and residue
Open the lungs and sinuses, releasing buildup
Boost the immune system and reduce inflammation
And most importantly: we only work with highly skilled and certified practitioners to ensure the process is safe, respectful, and supportive.
Why pair Breathwork with Kambo?
Kambo helps the body release what it has been holding physically and energetically. Breathwork then takes that opening even deeper and is guiding you to release suppressed emotions, regulate your nervous system, and integrate the shifts.
Together, they create a unique synergy: While Kambo clears the body on a cellular level, Breathwork clears the mind and heart, helping you embody the transformation.
How does it work?
As a pre-ritual you drink around 1.5 to 2 liters of water while the Kambo is prepared for application. Kambo is administered typically through small burn marks on the skin - just enough for the medicine to enter the lymphatic system. This process is necessary to create an open gate for the Kambo to be absorbed into the body. Once applied, the bioactive peptides in Kambo begin to circulate through your body. This creates a short, natural detox response: your heart rate increases, you may feel warm, and the body may release through sweating, purging, or flushing out what it no longer needs.
The effects are usually intense but brief, often lasting only 15–20 minutes. Afterwards, most people feel a deep sense of clarity, lightness, and renewal. And throughout the entire process, you are fully supported by skilled and certified practitioners, ensuring that the ritual is safe, intentional, and deeply healing.
Sustainability and respect for the medicine
We honor the sacred origins of Kambo by working only with practitioners who source it in a sustainable and respectful way. The frogs are never harmed in the process, as they are carefully released back into their natural habitat after the secretion is collected. This ensures the medicine is offered with integrity, care for the environment, and deep respect for the traditions it comes from.
Why autumn is the perfect time for cleansing body and mind
There is a reason behind why we often choose this seasion for our retreats: fall naturally invites us to slow down, reflect, and prepare for the inward season ahead. After the expansiveness of summer, autumn becomes the moment to release what we no longer need physically, emotionally, and energetically. Just as the trees let go of their leaves, our bodies and minds benefit from shedding old layers, resetting the immune system, and cultivating clarity before winter. A deep cleanse at this time of year creates the space to enter the darker months with more vitality, resilience, and presence.
An Invitation
Rather than pushing yourself into something foreign or extreme, working with natural medicines like Kambo is about creating a safe space for the body and spirit to return to balance. With skilled guidance and intentional breathwork integration, it can be one of the most powerful gifts you give yourself. It surely doesn’t happen often that we can find open-hearted people that carry the medicine with such integrity and on top combine this with a well curated somatic breathwork and emotional resilience workshop in the most epic nature Farmhouse Villa near Berlin.
At the Breath & Power Retreat October 2025, this experience is always optional - but for those who feel called, it can be a truly life-changing part of the journey.
If you are ready to experience a transformational ignition of your true energy, your courage, your voice, and your heart, you find all infos about the retreat here:
