First off, the only review on here is five stars and is written by business owners shilling itself. Look closely and you'll see. Anyway, here's my experience with Origen Sagrada (otherwise known as Camino Al Sol in Colombia and formerly in USA). "Helper" girls were incompetent and unsupportive. Paid very little attention. Several people from the weekend retreat did not get their massages or healing ceremonies, which were promised during at least one of ceremonies. Danielle and the musicians are total sweethearts, but for as long as those girls are there I will not consider this a good group. They need to fire them ASAP. For the sake of context, I got my period the day after the second ceremony. I originally signed up for the weeklong retreat, which included four ceremony days and one break day. The helper girls took me to the office and told me to stay there. I talked for awhile with the girls because I was upset that I was no longer allowed to participate in the ceremonies due to my period. After all, I didn't pay $300 extra to hear about the medicine of the period and why (TMI) I should get a big plant and save the blood from my menstrual cup and dump it into the plant. Yeah that was their advice. The girls later left and told me that they would be back soon, along with doing some bodywork to help cleanse my body and help get the negative energies out. They didn't do either one and left me alone in the office for hours. I know that I definitely was in there for at least four hours by myself because I was checking my tablet and trying to find stuff to do. Eventually, I felt the medicine coming back and the period acted as my purge in a way. I kept feeling the toxic energies being released through my body and they were getting stuck in the room. There was nothing to protect me from them (e.g., Palo Santo or mapacho smoke), which they normally have in the main house. They did not allow me to even step foot back in the main house and brought all of my stuff back for me. They STILL forgot my freakin' memory foam pillow and blanket! You know how smoke gets trapped in a room if you don't open the window? That's exactly how it felt with the negative energies being released from my body and becoming trapped in the office. It was so toxic and I was screaming for help while I was completely left alone and trying to fight off the negative energies. The group advises staying away from the puke during the ceremonies because of said negative energies, and it was no different from what I was experiencing. Eventually, it got so toxic that I could just not bear it anymore. The girls were outside and one of them was on her phone (eugh ????). I told them that the negative energies were stuck in there and I needed to get away from the office as soon as possible. Once again, I was told to go back in there and that I wasn't allowed to go anywhere else until they were ready for me. I also asked to use the bathroom several times and they did not allow me to because it was back in the main home. It turns out that there was a public bathroom just down the road that they could've brought me to if they weren't as dumb as bricks. My entire period lasted only six(!) hours and I was told that I could still not participate in the ceremonies for three days, which ever so happened to be after the end of my retreat. I did not hear a single word about this on their website and part of me thinks that they were making it up so that they could be lazy and not do their job. The girls finally brought me to the bathroom when Danielle came along to check in on us. That was a few more hours later. I strongly believe that the girls did this to be mean to me and waited until Danielle came along because then she would not know what was happening between me and the girls for hours before. They clearly knew that the public bathroom was already there and I did not. They were not doing their job. Danielle was understanding about it and drove me home early that night, but the experience there was so negative and unsupportive to the point that I will not be coming again. To all of the facilitators at Origen Sagrada: I appreciate your quaint little sexist traditions, but it's time to evolve. If women are supposedly so powerful during their period, then how come they should be kept in isolation and forced to deal with the medicine still going through their body all on their own? I was experiencing full-blown visions and they did not check on me once nor did they provide the bodywork that they promised. I was screaming and in extreme spiritual and physical pain. Abandoning someone like that does not make any sense and is motivated by ignorance, laziness, and/or just being plain old mean. In spite of everything that happened yesterday, I still found my silver lining and it really helped me realize that sexism is still alive and well today. That doesn't mean that you should go to this group, though. Yesterday was a terribly negative experience and I could've lived without it. It was not healing whatsoever and was very glad that I got out. Some of you might remember me from the retreat(s) and view this with denial since I had a good time DURING the ceremonies and made a lot of amazing friends. For those who don't quite remember, I was the girl with the stuffed dolphin. Yes, the second night was incredible, but I also learned the hard way that the ceremony facilitators and traditions that matter just as much as the medicine itself. I could've had the exact same healing experience at another group, if not better. After all, they skipped a ton of the rituals this time and a lot of the newcomers were having a bad time too. I think they were trying to raise money for the people in Mocoa and fit as many participants in as possible. When there's too much people, the energies clash together and it's hard for the participants to get the support that they need. I felt so bad for a lot of the newcomers who said they will never be doing it again. The facilitators gave me guidance at the first retreat, but this one was just a money grab and I imagine it's not going to get any better. Heck, even the way that the medicine was treated this time was ridiculous. It was stored in the back closet to cool, which I have to say is pretty disrespectful to the spirits. This was my second retreat with Origen Sagrada (AKA Camino Al Sol), and I know that I will not be going back again. Did I mention that the ceremonies were even larger this time and the majority of the food was nowhere close to appropriate for the dieta?