Light and Love Spiritual Center
Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
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💬 Guests Say
- Healing Ceremonies: Quora (2022) notes Nils Patrick’s rituals, deeply transformative.
- Supportive Environment: A retreat platform (2022) praises staff, feeling safe.
- Cultural Immersion: Guests value Shipibo traditions, per retreat platform reviews.
🚩 Incident Report
After a thorough investigation across multiple platforms—including Reddit (r/Ayahuasca), Quora, Tripadvisor, Google, Facebook groups (“Psychedelic Healing,” “Ayahuasca Experiences”), news outlets, retreat forums, and ICEERS reports—no verified incidents of theft, sexual misconduct, or crime directly linked to Light and Love Spiritual Center were identified.
- Theft: No reports on Reddit, Quora, Tripadvisor, or Google mention stolen items at Light and Love Spiritual Center.
- Sexual Misconduct: No allegations against the center’s staff were found in online discussions or ICEERS resources.
- Crime: No police reports or violent incidents tied to the center were found in Google News, Dominican Republic media, or retreat forums.
Light and Love Spiritual Center maintains a clean online reputation, with positive feedback on Quora and a retreat platform emphasizing safety and authenticity. Their focus on experienced healers like Nils Patrick, who has led over 300 ceremonies, aligns with their incident-free record, though the lack of recent reviews raises questions about current activity.
🔍 Critical Notes
Light and Love Spiritual Center in Las Terrenas, Samaná, offers a transformative ayahuasca retreat, lauded on Best Retreats and Quora for Nils Patrick’s healing ceremonies, supportive environment, and rich Shipibo traditions enhanced by music therapy. Nils’s expertise in ancestral medicine and psychotherapy adds depth, but the absence of any dates, an official website, and recent reviews (last in 2022) raises concerns about whether the center is still active or has shifted to private operations. Verify current status, facilitator involvement, and safety protocols directly, given the Dominican Republic’s unclear ayahuasca regulations and the retreat’s focus on intensive healing for mental health issues.
Bethany Dalton-Kash has a Masters Degree in Integral Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, and a certificate in women’s studies from Portland State University. She has done post graduate work in Jungian psychology, shamanic studies, and she has an advanced training certificate from the Hakomi Institute. Bethany has studied healing under Joseph Martinez at the Spiritual Healing Center in San Francisco, and she filled in doing healings at the center while Joseph was out of town. Bethany worked at the Holos Institute with clients under stress. Bethany Dalton is a consciousness and meditation teacher in Light Studies.