ALCHEMY

The Embodied Truth of Leadership

March 12-17, 2025

Alchemy is the art of transformation through relationship and time.
Not bypass. Not catharsis. Not transcendence.

At its core, alchemy asks one uncompromising question:

Can you stay present long enough for something to truly change?

Who Alchemy Is For

Alchemy is for people who have already crossed a threshold
and are now asking a different question:

How do I live what I know—consistently, relationally, and embodied?

This is not about becoming someone new.
It’s about owning who you already are.

This experience is for you if:

• You’ve already done deep personal work
  (medicine, therapy, somatics, spiritual practice, loss, rupture, initiation)

• You are no longer seeking catharsis or constant breakthrough

• You feel a quiet readiness to step into embodied leadership

• You can be in silence without dissociating or performing

• You are curious about aliveness, not intensity

• You value maturity, humor, and grounded presence

• You are willing to be in community without fixing, saving, or collapsing

• You sense that leadership now asks responsibility, not expansion

What This Is Not

Alchemy is designed as an immersive, relational experience for those already grounded in their own process.
To support clarity and alignment, it’s important to name what this experience is not intended to be.

• This is not a healing retreat focused on resolving acute issues or processing unresolved trauma

• This is not a training or certification program

• This is not a therapeutic container or substitute for clinical care

• This is not an entry-level experience for those new to deep inner work

• This is not structured around peak experiences or constant activation

Alchemy is oriented toward integration, presence, and embodied leadership — not intervention or instruction.

This retreat requires mental and physical health

Costs:

1499$ Early bird until January 10th 2026

Normal price 1600$

650$ non-refundable deposit due upon registration

No accommodation is in the price included

Arrival and travel costs need to be organized by participant

Retreat does not include full board except food according to schedule.

What to bring:

Comfortable cloths

Bug spray

Journal

Towel for refreshment

Cloths for changing

Schedule:

Day 1: Breath/ nervous system landing, bonding as community  12:00 -4:30 pm

Day 2: Sacred silence /journaling, Kambo ceremony , Lunch, nourishment and somatic group sessions 8:30 am -4:00 pm, snacks

Day 3: Sacred silence /journaling, Medicine day 1: Bobinsana and psilocybin ceremony, Painting as an integration tool, group dinner 8:30 am -open end  

Day 4: Integration with Breath immersion and somatic work/group work 12:00 -4 pm, snacks

Day 5: Sacred Silence/journaling, Medicine day 2: psilocybin ceremony, group dinner 8:30 am - open end

Day 6: Circle integration, writing, reflectional exercises, retreat closing 12:00 -4:00 pm

Schedule can change according to group needs

For registration please reach out by mail to schedule a call.

We can’t wait to have you

With love,

Natalie & Ash

Ashley (Ash) Ludman

Ashley is a breathwork teacher, somatic practitioner, and facilitator with over two decades of experience guiding individuals and groups through embodied inquiry, nervous system regulation, and integrative healing. Her work is grounded, relational, and rooted in lived experience rather than ideology.

Ash is the founder of The Body of Breath, an online and in-person practice space devoted to breathwork, embodiment, and conscious living. She is also the Global Outreach Coordinator for the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA) and has been training breathwork facilitators internationally since 2012.

Her approach emphasizes responsibility, integration, and accessibility—supporting people in learning how to live what they know rather than chasing peak experiences. Ash’s work is informed by years of study in breathwork, bodywork, trauma-informed practice, and psychedelic integration, as well as her background in movement and therapeutic touch.

At the heart of her teaching is a commitment to presence, ethical facilitation, and the cultivation of sustainable, embodied leadership—both in personal practice and in community.

Natalie Arachnani

“I am a dancer, a woman, deeply human. I cherish touch and connection at all levels. Dancing with the wind, swimming in water, raw with fire—I am wild yet sensitive, known as Cat’s Eye, embodying softness and fluidity”

Natalie is an explorer of human essence. She is a somatic teacher, a certified somatic educator for women and a certified trauma therapist.

Natalie got initiated in sacred medicines and is also a certified breathwork facilitator.

She teaches women about menstruation cycle wisdom, misogyny and sick imprints of patriarchal spirituality.

She is an activist of discovering the meaning of being human, drops down words and trusts in the wisdom of body language.

She graduated with well-known teachers and is dedicated to shame and shadow work.

Her approach is letting the body, the soma talk, in connection with other beings, tantric elements, nakedness and conscious relating.

Natalie is a keeper for sacred medicines for many years, dedicated to create safe spaces. She facilitates retreats internationally.