Casa Oraya
began with an encounter.
Casa Oraya began around an encounter with plant medicine and a desire to create spaces where it could be approached with respect, discernment, attention and responsibility.
Over time, the project grew into something broader: a way of slowing down, entering into relationship with the body, the living world, other people and place — and giving experience time to find its place in everyday life.
Medicine
An experience may open a perception, an emotion, a memory, a sensation or a new way of seeing.
What happens is also shaped by relationship — to the body, to others, to place, to the living world, and to those who accompany the experience.
Relationship
What is lived during a retreat may continue to unfold afterwards, through time, discernment, everyday life and the choices that follow.
Integration
The frame matters.
An experience is also shaped by the conditions around it. Preparation, small groups, consent, individual attention and integration are part of how Casa Oraya holds the space.
Questions, doubt and hesitation are part of discernment — they do not need to be overcome.
At Casa Oraya, accompaniment begins with presence and listening.
We pay attention without deciding what an experience should mean for someone else.
Support takes shape in response to what each person expresses and needs, with space for autonomy, questions and their own rhythm.
When useful, we may share reflections or elements of our own experience — always with the same intention: to accompany without taking the place of the person living the experience.
A way of accompanying
A bridge built through relationships
Each place keeps its own voice
Casa Oraya pays attention to the places that hold each experience — their light, materials, landscape, rhythm and simplicity.
A place does not create change by itself. But it can support rest, attention, slowing down and the feeling of being received. Each retreat is therefore allowed to remain rooted in its own environment, rather than being made to resemble another.
Different roots, shared encounters.
Casa Oraya is shaped by encounters with people, families and places whose histories, knowledge and practices remain their own. We do not try to merge these different worlds into a single tradition, nor to borrow an identity that is not ours. What matters is the relationship itself — the time spent together, the listening, the exchange, and the respect for the context each person comes from.
These encounters can change the way we look at our own lives. Spending time with people who relate differently to land, family, work, community or the passing of time can open new questions, without turning their way of living into an ideal or a model to copy. The value lies in meeting what is different without needing to absorb it.
Casa Oraya grows through these relationships, while each person, place and practice keeps its own voice. What is shared is not a single culture or belief system, but the possibility of meeting one another with attention, curiosity and respect.
A question before you decide?
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Casa Oraya offers small-group retreats and journeys in Spain and Colombia.
Some are centred around plant medicine work held within a careful and intimate framework, while others are built more around presence, nature, relationship and integration.Each retreat has its own form, but they all share the same intention: to create space for listening, slowing down, reconnecting and giving experience a place in life.
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A retreat is not something to choose quickly.
It can help to feel whether the place, the rhythm, the people and the approach resonate with where you are in your life.If you are drawn to a more intimate setting, small groups, careful preparation and a slower, more grounded way of approaching experience, Casa Oraya may be a good fit. If needed, you can always reach out before deciding.
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Casa Oraya is shaped by a particular way of holding experience: with presence, discernment, intimacy and respect for each person’s rhythm.
We value small groups, careful attention, preparation, integration and the relationship between people, place and experience. We do not approach retreats as something to consume quickly, but as something to be lived, listened to and integrated over time.
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Before a retreat, there is space to ask questions, understand the framework and make sure the retreat is approached with clarity and care.
Depending on the retreat, this may include practical information, preparation guidance, a health questionnaire and sometimes an exchange beforehand. Preparation is not separate from the retreat itself — it is already part of the experience.
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What is lived during a retreat does not end when the retreat finishes.
Casa Oraya gives importance to integration — the way an experience is understood, digested and lived afterwards.Depending on the retreat, this can take the form of guidance, reflections, suggested practices or individual support. The intention is not to interpret experience for someone else, but to help them stay in relationship with what continues to unfold.
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Yes.
If you have questions, doubts or simply need to feel whether a retreat is right for you, you are welcome to get in touch.Sometimes a simple conversation helps bring more clarity than reading alone. You can write through the contact page or by email, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.