We hold the space.
The medicine and the tradition do the rest.

OUR TEAM

ETÉREO is held by a multidisciplinary team of ceremonial facilitators, medical professionals, therapists, and support staff who work together to steward safe, intentional, and deeply held retreat experiences. Our team brings experience from ceremonial lineages, trauma-informed care, medical settings, and land-based facilitation, allowing us to support the full arc of the work with depth and responsibility.

Each member of our team is selected not only for their professional background, but for their capacity to hold presence, discernment, and care within high-responsibility ceremonial environments.

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Our Philosophy

The team at ETÉREO is made up of experienced space-holders, ceremonial facilitators, medical and therapeutic professionals, and support staff who work together to steward safe, intentional retreat environments. Each member of our team arrived on this path through their own lineage of study and practice, including ancestral traditions, trauma-informed care, somatic work, spiritual apprenticeship, and clinical experience.

What we share is a commitment to the integrity of the work itself. Healing is not something we impose or deliver. It is something we protect, support, and make space for while it unfolds. Our role is to listen, to remain present, and to tend the conditions that allow transformation to occur safely and organically.

This team came together slowly and with discernment, through years of shared ceremony, collaboration, and relationship. We value trust, timing, and alignment over speed or scale. We do not position ourselves above the community or the work. We are part of it, accountable to both the people we serve and the traditions we honor.

As our founder Fletcher often says, “We are here to hold space, not to fill it.”

Our philosophy reflects this orientation. We work from the edges rather than the center, staying attentive to physical safety, emotional regulation, and the subtle movements of the process itself. This kind of work requires steadiness, humility, and restraint. The deepest wisdom does not come from us alone.

It emerges through the container we hold together.

  • Paije Alexandra West | ETÉREO Baja Founder and CEO, psychedelic doula, iboga provider, bwiti initaite

    Paije West

    ETÉREO Founder
    Bwiti Initiate

  • Fletcher Burdick | ETÉREO Baja Founder, Q'ero initiated, iboga provider

    Fletcher Burdick

    ETÉREO Co-Founder
    Q’ero Initiate

  • Amanda Szopinski | PharmD Integrative Medical Provider at ETEREO Baja

    Amanda Szopinski

    PharmD
    Medical Consultant

  • Violet Sarosi | Medicine Person at ETEREO Baja

    Violet Sarosi

    LCSW, IFS Trauma Therapist
    Medicine Provider

  • Bri McCurdy | Ceremony Assistant at ETEREO Baja

    Bri McCurdy

    Assistant & Hospitality
    Ceremonial Apprentice

  • Milton Samuel | Ceremonial Apprentice at ETEREO Baja

    Milton Samuel

    Ceremonial Apprentice
    General Support

  • Chef Paul Barbosa

    Retreat Chef + Nourishment
    Fermentation & Extraction

  • BCS Bomberos

    Local Firefighters
    First Responders

  • Auggie "Yote"

    Ceremonial Assistant
    Guardian of the Physical

  • Chris Brewer | Ceremony Apprentice at ETEREO Baja

    Chris Brewer

    Ceremonial Apprentice
    Ceremony Support

  • Christina Brewer | Ceremonial Helper at ETEREO Baja

    Christina Brewer

    Ceremonial Assistant
    Hospitality & Support

  • Kristin Nuttal | Massage Therapist at ETEREO Baja

    Kristin Nuttall

    Massage Therapist
    Craniosacral + Doula

  • Christina Faidas | IFS Therapist at ETEREO Baja

    Christina Faidas

    IFS Therapist
    Preparation & Integration

  • Rachel Rose

    Somatic Experiencing
    Breathwork Facilitator

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EXPERIENCE, CARE,

RESPONSIBILITY

Working with powerful ceremonial medicines and intensive retreat formats requires discernment, preparation, and humility. ETÉREO’s team is committed to ongoing learning, collaboration, and reflection as part of holding this work responsibly.

From medical screening and on-site care to ceremonial facilitation and post-retreat integration, our team operates within clearly defined ethical and safety frameworks. We believe trust is built through transparency, consistency, and care, and we approach each retreat with the seriousness this work deserves.

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