Join me for one of my upcoming dietas for 2026
If you've felt a pull toward deeper inner work — join me for a virtual 8-day journey held in the tradition of the Mamancunawa tobacco lineage I carry October 9-16, 2026.
This isn't a single ceremony or a psychedelic experience — we work with Amazonian, North American, and European trees and tobacco, plants that shape you slowly from the inside out. There's no single peak night. What happens instead is subtler and more enduring — a gradual deepening you build through sustained, direct relationship with the plant, not a one-time revelation.
The dieta includes daily 1:1 support, done from the comfort of home. Alongside the tree, we'll also be working in a traditional way with sacred tobacco through smoking mapachos and/or ambil (tobacco paste). Dreamwork is central to this lineage, so each day we'll work with your dreams together, including interpretation in the traditional way I was taught. The group is kept intentionally small so each dieter gets my dedicated attention.
Dietas are a great match for you if…
You value deep 1:1 mentoring. We’ll meet on Zoom every single day. So while you’re doing the inner work solo, you’re never actually alone in it
You have previous experience with meditation. A central practice to the process.
You have good self-discipline and are able to hold silence and structure between our daily meetings, since the process happens at home.
You’ve done prior inner work — for example, therapy, plant medicine, coaching, or retreats — and have cultivated self-awareness and reflection skills.
You have an existing love of nature and want to deepen that relationship. This is especially a great fit for those craving a direct experience of consciousness and aliveness in the natural world.
You feel a genuine, respectful pull toward an indigenous-rooted traditional process.
A few words from people who’ve
done this work with me…
““I have done a lot of therapy, meditation retreats, medicine work and wilderness quests. The dieta process with Marci felt like the best possible combination of all of these. Doing it remotely from home, I felt the structure that Marci created as well as the freedom to follow my own healing impulses. I had been worried that I might not remember my dreams well enough to be able to get the full benefit of the process but discovered that the tree helped them to be more vivid and memorable. Some of what happened was strong, some was subtle and it all felt rich and meaningful. One of the things that has most stayed with me is the experience that the tree that I was working with helped to fortify my skin from the inside, giving me more of a sense of my body being a solid homebase for me and allowing me to be more visible in the world. If you are willing to be in close relationship with all parts of yourself, take responsibility for your process and let Marci’s grounded steadiness and love deeply change you, this experience is not to be missed” ”
““The dieta was transformative for me in several ways. I was concerned about spending so many days in silence, but realized after a couple of days the importance of being indrawn during that entire time. That inner silence, along with the medicine, and working with my dreams, gave me some new perspectives on my life. I was able to witness certain patterns that had been with me for years, holding me back from moving forward in my personal development. A couple of these insights were revelatory to me. It was an amazing eight days which are having a permanent impact on me.
Marci is very kind, humorous, steady, and very skillful and insightful. I appreciate her support and her help in interpreting my dreams, and finding themes in them. I highly recommend the process.””
““I have recently completed my first Dieta and Marci was my fantastic guide. I am so grateful to her and the integrity she has cultivated from her commitment to her path and the lineage she carries.
Each step of the way was well crafted and I was cared for while finding my own way within the ancient framework and design of this profound and meaningful spiritual training.
I truly have benefited from engaging with my heart and continue to benefit. I hope you recognize that you are ready to make the effort to do so as well.””
What is a master plant dieta?
If you've walked the path of plant medicine, you know that the deepest teachings often come not from ceremony alone, but from relationship — sustained, patient, direct. The master plant dieta is one of the oldest methodologies for cultivating exactly that.
This is knowledge that was never meant to be written down. It was preserved the way it was always meant to be transmitted: person to person, plant to person, across generations of dedicated apprenticeship in the Amazon. It represents a fundamentally different epistemology than the one most of us were raised in — where wisdom is downloaded from books, lectures, and secondhand information. In the dieta, you become the student of direct experience. The tree and tobacco teach you what they teach you, in your body, in your dreams, in the quality of your attention, in ways no text could ever transmit. You don't learn about the medicine. You are worked by it.
For those who've sat with plant medicines before, the dieta offers something different from ceremony — not intensity, but intimacy. Not revelation in a single night, but the kind of transformation that only comes from time.
THE JOURNEY
Preparation
Your process begins before Day 1. You'll complete an intake form and meet with me 1:1 via Zoom, where we discuss your history and I perform an energetic diagnosis to determine which tree medicine is right for you. A few weeks later, a group orientation call walks you through everything you need to prepare — your space, your schedule, your diet — so you arrive ready.
The 8-Day Dieta
A bottle of your personally prepared medicine, sourced from a sacred tree, is shipped directly to you*. Each day includes:
A ceremony with the medicine, held with traditional songs and prayer
A 1:1 Zoom session with me to process what's arisen since we last spoke — including dream work and interpretation
Mentorship and guidance to help you move deeper and stay supported through the process
Integration
The dieta closes with a group integration call covering post-dieta requirements — what to carry forward and how. Within your first 30 days back, you'll also receive a private 60-minute 1:1 integration session with me to support you as the process continues to unfold.
*Participation is limited to individuals living in the continental United States.
Why work with me
Marci with Meastro Ernesto Garcia Torres after her final maestrea initiation.
My path to carrying this medicine was traditional and thorough. I completed a multi-year apprenticeship in the Mamancunawa lineage under Merav Artzi and Jason Gerchanik, culminating in my maestrea initiation with Ernesto Garcia Torres. This training included years of shadowing and assisting my teachers, serving dieta clients under their guidance, and leading tobacco ceremony before receiving permission to carry tobacco and tree diets on my own.
This is not new work for me — it's a formal continuation of it. I bring five years of prior experience serving plant medicines and 13 years of full-time client work into this role.
My approach rests on two foundations: one in trauma-informed practice (somatics and parts work), and one in transpersonal and shamanic training — traditional apprenticeship, time with indigenous elders, dreamwork, ancestral healing, past-life healing, ritual, and energetic hygiene. Together, they mean you're held both psychologically and spiritually through a process that asks a great deal of you.
Logistics
Marci with Merav Artzi receiving her final diploma with permission to lead tobacco ceremonies and dietas.
This is a virtual retreat — you'll move through the entire process from the comfort of your own home, meeting with me daily on Zoom for personalized, 1:1 mentoring and guidance. Space is intentionally capped to a small, intimate group, so you receive real, undivided attention throughout.
What's Included:
Review of your intake form
60-minute 1:1 Zoom intake session
Group orientation call (Zoom)
8-day process with daily 1:1 sessions with me
Group closing meeting with post-dieta guidelines
60-minute 1:1 Zoom integration session (within 30 days of closing)
Group Orientation Call: Tuesday, September 22nd at 10:30am ET
Retreat Dates: Friday, October 9th – Friday, October 16th
Investment: $1,500–$1,700 (sliding scale)
A $500 deposit secures your spot.
Want to complete a private 1:1 dieta in-person?
I am available to complete a limited number of in-person dietas for people who feel the call to travel to the greater Washington, DC area where I live. Contact me at the button below to discuss further.
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