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Connecta Life: An In-Depth Review for Ayahuasca Retreats in Montseny, Catalonia, Spain

Connecta Life is a Catalonia-based retreat organizer founded by Stéphane Lavergé that runs four-day French and English-language retreats with three ayahuasca ceremonies at a private house in Montseny Natural Park, about an hour from Barcelona, for up to 16 guests at €850, per its BookRetreats organizer page. It publishes a screening interview and an SSRI warning, and BookRetreats shows 5.00 from 23 reviews. Against that, it names no medical staff, emergency plan, lineage, website or legal entity, offers bufo (5-MeO-DMT), kambo and other medicines as add-ons, withholds the address until booking, and its listings disagree on deposits and refunds.

🎯 At a Glance

• Locations: A private house in Montseny Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain, with pickup at Cardedeu train station; the address is sent after booking.
• Approach: Three evening ceremonies with live music and daily integration circles; French retreats offer bufo, kambo and yopo upgrades, and one program adds San Pedro and a mushroom microdosing ceremony.
• Suitable For: French or English speakers wanting a short, music-led retreat near Barcelona. Not suitable for people taking antidepressants or with heart or psychiatric conditions.
• Costs: €850 for four days or €600 for three, shared room, with the balance paid on arrival; BookRetreats deposits are US$129 or US$293 depending on the listing, and refund terms range from 30-day tiers to full refunds until the day before.
• Overall Assessment: Affordable retreats with some screening and integration, offset by no medical cover while stacking medicines, an opaque operator, conflicting terms and an all-five-star review pool. Directory evaluation: C-.

💬 What Guests Are Saying

BookRetreats shows 5.00 from 23 reviews, all five stars and posted between March and May 2026, including two near-identical reviews under one name; guests praise the safe atmosphere, the music and the integration support. No other reviews were found, and none of 3 stars or lower. If you have attended, we encourage you to share your experience through our submission form.

🚩 Incident Report

We searched review platforms and English, Spanish and French-language news for reports involving Connecta Life, Stéphane Lavergé, Florin Heres and the other named facilitators.

• Deaths and serious injuries: None found.
• Sexual misconduct: No allegations found.
• Theft and fraud: None found.
• Legal action: None found.

The team has little independent online presence, so this absence offers limited assurance.

If you have experienced or witnessed an incident with this center, please report it confidentially.

🔍 Critical Notes

Who runs it. Stéphane Lavergé describes himself as a former software engineer who began with plant medicine in 2012, trained and facilitated at Escuela Floresiendo and has guided more than 400 participants, per his teacher profile (unverified); he names no lineage. English retreats are led by Florin Heres, who cites more than 60 ceremonies. The team also lists Ritshi Zenati, founder of Holistika Center, whose “Master Facilitator Florin” may be the same Florin (unverified). No website, company or tax number appears.

Screening and medical support. A confidential medical and psychological screening and a preparation interview are described, and the French listing warns that SSRIs and SNRIs are incompatible, but no medical staff, full contraindication list or emergency protocol is published. Ayahuasca contains MAOIs, and combining MAOIs with 5-MeO-DMT is widely cautioned against, yet bufo is sold as an upgrade.

Listings. Deposits, refund terms, prices, room types and group size differ between listings, and Retreat Guru program addresses carry repeated “copy” suffixes.

Status. Operating, with a November 2026 retreat fully booked and dates listed through July 2027.

Legal context. Ayahuasca itself is not scheduled in Spain and most cases end in dismissal, but police still raid retreats under public-health offences, per El Salto.

🆘 Screening & Mental Health Risks

Ask whether bufo or kambo would be given on the same days as ayahuasca and how long the gap is. ICEERS notes that ayahuasca’s MAOI component makes it dangerous with SSRIs and other serotonergic drugs and that it is contraindicated for people prone to psychosis. Never stop a psychiatric medication to qualify for a ceremony without your prescriber’s guidance.

🧪 Brew Substance

Ayahuasca served by the facilitators; its source is not published. Ayahuasca combines the Banisteriopsis caapi vine with a DMT-containing leaf such as chacruna, as Erowid explains.

📍 Location, Setting & Style

• Setting: Mediterranean mountain forest in a protected natural park.
• Rooms: Shared rooms in a private house with a ceremony hall, garden and terrace.
• Style: Western-led, psycho-spiritual ceremony with live music and coaching.

Practical guidance: Fly to Barcelona (BCN) or Girona (GRO) and take the train to Cardedeu for the group pickup.

Should You Book?

Possibly, with care. Ask in writing for the house’s address, the full contraindication list, who on site is trained in first aid, the emergency plan and nearest hospital, the spacing of any add-on medicines, which deposit and refund terms apply, and the legal entity you are paying. Read our guide to verifying retreat facilitators.

The Team & Story

Connecta Life presents itself as a psycho-spiritual retreat center welcoming mainly French-speaking guests. We did not independently verify anyone’s training.

Prep & Integration Tips

Before you go: Disclose every medication and condition in writing, plan any change with your own doctor, and consider declining add-on medicines. After you return: Use the integration support offered and arrange help from a qualified therapist at home. Our guide on how to research ayahuasca incidents can help you check any center.

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Last reviewed November 2026.

This article is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a qualified medical professional.