Join us for a deeply felt experience:
SACRED MEDICINE IMMERSION
AT CENTRO NIERIKA
An Invitation into Ceremony, Nature, and the Intelligence of the Body
Join us for a deeply felt experience:
An Invitation into Ceremony, Nature, and the Intelligence of the Body
This path is one of reverence, healing, and subtle awakening—shaped by what the individual soul is ready for. In this work, the Indigenous Plant Medicine is not just a plant, but a teacher. A grandmother. A mirror. A deep and cosmic guide.
You are invited to arrive exactly as you are. Nothing needs to be fixed—yet much to be remembered. From gentle insights to profound transformation, the experience meets you where you are willing to meet yourself.
Everything begins with a yes to the unknown.
2 Indigenous Plant Medicine Ceremonies
A sacred invitation into deep listening, healing, and remembrance. Each ceremony is guided by expert facilitators and held with care and integrity.
2 Sweat Lodge Sessions
A traditional purification ritual designed to help release what no longer serves, ground the body, and prepare for the Plant Medicine experience.
Nature Hikes to Waterfalls & Ruins
We’ll immerse ourselves in the lush surroundings of Nierika—visiting sacred waterfalls, walking the ‘3 Crosses’ trail, and exploring the powerful lands of Timicla, known as 'Sun Dance Land.'
3 Preparation + 3 Integration Group Calls (via Zoom)
Connect with fellow participants before and after the immersion. The pre-journey calls support clearing, intention setting, and nervous system regulation. Integration calls help you embody the medicine and stay connected to the path.
Accommodations + 3 Daily Organic Meals
Enjoy private on-site accommodations and nourishing meals prepared from fresh, organic, local ingredients. Meals are diet-conscious and crafted to support the work.
Gestalt/Group Psychodynamic Counsel & Art Therapy
We incorporate guided group processing and expressive arts to help integrate insights and emotions, and to support deeper personal transformation.
Located in a natural paradise in the Sierra mountains of central Mexico, Centro Nierika is a sanctuary for personal growth, healing arts, and intercultural medicine.
Nierika’s mission bridges traditional indigenous medicine with contemporary psychotherapy, offering therapeutic experiences rooted in both scientific rigor and ancestral wisdom.
As a non-profit Civil Association, Nierika is dedicated to:
Their ethos is clear: ancestral knowledge and modern science are not at odds—they are companions in service to collective healing.
your facilitators
dr. anja loizaga-velder
Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder received a master’s degree in psychology (Dipl.-Psych.) from Koblenz-Landau University, Germany and a doctorate in medical psychology (Dr.sc.hum.) from Heidelberg University, Germany.
Anja is a psychotherapist specializing in humanist and transpersonal psychology, the study of consciousness, music therapy and ethno-psychotherapy. As part of her scientific work she wrote her master’s thesis and her doctoral thesis on the use of Ayahuasca for the treatment of addictions and has published several articles in international academic journals and book chapters on topics of traditional medicine and mental health. She is Co-founder of Nierika and director of psychotherapy. In addition, she is a professor and researcher in the postgraduate course in Medical and Health Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
armando loizaga
Armando received a B.S. from CCDCR University of Minnesota-Hazelden Foundation Certified Chemical Dependency Specialist. He has worked in the field of treatment and prevention of substance abuse in Mexico since 1991.
Armando was director and coordinator of various clinical treatment programs for addictions and has also collaborated with traditional medicine associations in the study of cross-cultural treatments.
He is currently president of the Institute of Intercultural Medicine of Nierika AC, focusing his work on the advancement of multidisciplinary clinical research protocols to assess the therapeutic potential of psychedelic plants used in ritual contexts, the preservation of indigenous psychedelic culture and drug policy reforms.
THE PERFECT SETTING FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK
Nierika is nestled in a lush subtropical valley at 5,577′ elevation—just a couple of hours from Mexico City.
The center offers:
STRAIGHT FROM THE LAND
Meals at Nierika are prepared with love and intention, using ingredients from on-site permaculture gardens and local farmers. The kitchen honors dietary needs and traditional cleansing protocols.
You’ll enjoy:
“How do I know if I’m ready for this work?”
The answer often lives in how you prepare. In the weeks before the journey, we invite you to gently clear the mental, emotional, and energetic noise. Slow down. Reflect. Nourish your body and spirit.
Tie up loose ends. Make space for what’s to come. Come to ceremony already attuned to the deeper current moving through your life.
If this journey calls to you, we invite you to schedule a free consultation with Seve. This is not a mass experience—it’s a personal one, and we want to ensure the container is right for you.
come back to nature. come back to yourself.
Your guide:
Seve Mangrum is a guide devoted to truth, presence, and wholeness.
He’s walked the path of loss and rebirth—through the heartbreak of relationship endings, the death of his father, and the undoing of old identities. What’s emerged is not a teacher looking to be followed, but a man committed to walking with others.
For over a decade, Seve worked at the intersection of wellness, movement, and mindset. But in time, he saw the cracks: the performance of healing, the fragmentation of body, mind, and spirit.
Now, his work is about integration. His language is movement, presence, and real-time reflection. He helps others shed the layers that aren’t theirs and return to the parts of themselves that have been waiting patiently underneath.
This immersion is not about fixing yourself. It’s about remembering. Seve will meet you with clarity, humor, and depth. And you’ll be met by a man who’s done—and is doing—the work.