The opening notes of Alex Ebert’s haunting song “Truth” begin to play, and you already know this docuseries isn’t going to be like anything else you’ve watched before. The Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros frontman, who has spent his career writing music that feels ripped from the marrow of human experience, loaned the song to Plant Medicine: A Journey of Healing, Awakening, and the Miracle Within, and the choice is perfect. Because what this six-episode docuseries is, at its core, is a search for exactly that. Truth.
Plant Medicine is the first docuseries of its kind. It offers an unprecedented, unfiltered look inside Rythmia Life Advancement Center, located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, which is the world’s first and only medically licensed ayahuasca retreat.
In the series, we witness seven strangers, each at their own breaking points, carrying the full weight of their lives. A disabled Gulf War vet. A rehabilitated bank robber. A gay, Muslim, social media influencer known as the Eyebrow King. An actor in the midst of a crisis. A model who spent years at war with her own body. An actress and writer grieving with the loss of her mother. A mother searching for meaning. They are all radically different, but each carries wounds they’ve spent years learning to live around rather than, finally, break through.
What the cameras capture over the course of one immersive week is something television has never quite managed to show before, which is the raw, unguarded terrain of real human transformation with ayahuasca, coupled with a fully-packed program of personal development.
Directed by Stash Slionski and executive produced by Earl Koskie and Johnny Messner, the series follows each participant before they arrive, through the ceremonies themselves—guided by master healers within Rythmia’s rigorously safe, medically supervised framework—and then checks back in months later to show who they’ve become on the other side. And if their “miracles,” Rythmia-speak for permanently life-changing revelation, have lasted.
The before, during, and after three-act arc is what makes Plant Medicine feel less like a docuseries and more like having a first-hand look at what it’s like to see someone be reborn in real time.
Rythmia, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in January 2026, has welcomed more than 22,000 guests, 98% of which self-report a miracle, through its doors since founder Gerard Armond Powell opened it in 2016. Powell, himself a man who had everything the world says should make you happy, and nearly lost everything that actually matters, built Rythmia as a place where the medicine he credits with saving his life could be offered safely, comfortably and with documented results.
The Rythmia Way, which is highlighted in the Plant Medicine series, combines ayahuasca ceremonies with breathwork, yoga, metaphysical classes, and nutrient-rich farm to table food. Their unique convergence of ancient wisdom and modern science is what has attracted thousands of guests, and a star-studded Board of Directors, which include Kelly Slater, Cesar Millan, and Ron White (to name a few).
Plant Medicine is full of moments where you forget you’re watching strangers, and begin to see yourself mirrored in tiny moments that connect you to your heart, and your own humanity. The veteran’s story will bring you to tears. The bank robber will make you question every assumption you’ve ever carried about who “deserves” healing. The Eyebrow King, which is one of the series’ most surprising emotional journeys, will make you laugh, then hold your breath, then reach for your phone to find out if you can still get a spot at Rythmia.
You can get a spot, of course, but you’ll need to book soon. Truth is waiting for you.
Plant Medicine: A Journey of Healing, Awakening, and the Miracle Within is now streaming on Gaia. Learn more about Rythmia Life Advancement Center at rythmia.com.
