Richard Aceves
A seated circle of participants facing Richard Aceves in a dimly lit room

Move/Learn/Reconnect

No plant medicine — movement, breath, and intensity

Some Changes Don't Come From Talking About It.

Five days of movement, breath, and controlled intensity — built to change your relationship with your own nervous system, not just your mood for a week.

Despite the name, there is no plant medicine involved. The work is movement, breath, controlled intensity, and intentional reflection.

$30 is credited toward your service if you move forward.

You’ll be taken to Movement Ayahuasca to review dates and reserve your spot.

Next retreat

Movement Ayahuasca — Sandpoint, Idaho

Oct 5–9, 2026 · Lake Pend Oreille, Sandpoint, Idaho

Five days and four nights at a luxury waterfront home on Lakeshore Drive with direct access to Lake Pend Oreille — a guided reset of movement, breathwork, and self-discovery.

  • Five days, four nights, one profound reset
  • A private waterfront property with direct lake access
  • Daily movement, breathwork, and active meditation
  • Space for both privacy and shared community time

Starting at $3,148 (shared) · Private $3,972–$4,930

You’ll be taken to Movement Ayahuasca to review dates and reserve your spot.

Waterfront retreat house on Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho

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People come to Movement Ayahuasca for many reasons.

"In our modern world, we’ve come to understand that movement is not just exercise; it is a powerful language of the body. When paired with intentional breathing and controlled intensity, movement becomes a tool to manipulate the nervous system, lower inflammation, release chronic discomfort, and even rewrite the patterns of our emotional trauma."
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Your options.

In-person, 5 days

Movement Ayahuasca Retreat

Five days and four nights of movement, breathwork, and active meditation — no plant medicine involved. You move, breathe, and work through intensity with guidance, and you leave with a different relationship to your body.

Starting at $3,148 · Private $3,972–$4,930

Newport Beach

In Person

I’m based in Newport Beach and offer personalized in-person coaching services, including one-on-one personal training tailored to your unique needs and goals, The Body Doesn't Lie Assessment to identify imbalances and create a clear path forward, and private workshops designed to elevate your team or business with actionable tools and strategies.

In-person $750 · Online $1,000 · In-person training from $200

Online

Online Services

I offer personalized online coaching services designed to help you level up from anywhere, including a remote Body Doesn't Lie Assessment to pinpoint movement imbalances and create a custom plan, and The Body Doesn't Lie Experience for ongoing support, guidance, and accountability.

In-person $750 · Online $1,000 · Starting at $1,000/mo

Live on Zoom

SWAMI Breathwork

A live guided SWAMI session that blends breath, muscle tension, and nervous-system awareness so you learn to create and release tension on purpose instead of bracing, pushing through, or shutting down.

Priced at registration

Start with the pain

If your back is the reason you're here.

Phase 1 is the place to start while you are still hurting. The full course carries you through all three phases with two calls to confirm the problem is resolved.

Find safety — start here if you’re in pain now

Fixing Back Pain: Phase 1

The foundational phase of the system: calm your nervous system, reduce pain, and start rebuilding trust in your body. The opening exercises are gentle enough to do lying down or seated, so you do not need to be pain-free to begin.

$79 · Self-paced video program

The complete three-phase system

Fixing Back Pain For Good

Fix chronic back pain by restoring the muscles your body stopped using. Built for lower back pain, sciatica, disc herniations, muscle spasms, SI joint pain, and chronic stiffness — especially when physio, chiropractic, injections, or surgery haven’t fully solved it.

$299 · Self-paced video course + 2 calls with Richard

Why clients trust this work.

Built on Real Coaching, Not a Retreat Template

Every session is structured around the same mechanism I use in 1:1 coaching: create tension deliberately, then release it — so your nervous system learns the difference between bracing and safety, instead of just getting a week of feel-good movement.

Controlled Intensity, Not Forced Vulnerability

You won’t be pushed into an emotional breakdown for the sake of a “breakthrough.” The work uses breath and physical intensity to surface what’s already there — what you do with it afterward is yours to decide.

You Leave With a Practice, Not Just a Memory

The goal isn’t a five-day high. Every session teaches a specific breath-and-movement pattern you can run on your own afterward, the same way SWAMI or the Fixing Back Pain phases do.

I always found it overwhelming to spot imbalances and give the right homework. This material gave me the confidence to go and truly help my clients.

Coach

Remy Bousquet

Coach · Assessments

Confidence spotting imbalances

This course has taught me how to approach the body as an ecosystem rather than fragmented parts, which is one of the most common themes of today's fitness industry. It's broken down to the point that non-personal trainers or coaches would even understand and put immediately into practice.

Coach

John Choudalakis

Coach · Fundamentals

The body as an ecosystem

SWAMI: A Guided Breathwork Experience

Not ready for a retreat? Start with your breath.

Learn to create tension and let it go on purpose — instead of bracing, pushing through, or shutting down.