Our programs
How it works
Ibogaine helped one of us years ago. During COVID, we saw too many people with nowhere good to go for it. So we built one.
Beond is a medically supervised ibogaine clinic in Cancún, Mexico. We pair ibogaine treatment with medical screening, continuous monitoring, and coaching before and after, and we tell you directly what ibogaine can and cannot do.
Talia Eisenberg, co-founder · Tom Feegel, co-founder and CEO
Years ago, ibogaine helped our co-founder Talia Eisenberg. Our CEO and co-founder, Tom Feegel, came from long-term recovery and his own trauma. Both had seen what ibogaine could do for people, and how it was too often given: without screening, without monitoring, without anyone at the bedside who knew what to do if something went wrong.
During COVID, we saw many people struggling who had no quality place to receive ibogaine. So in 2021 we started building one: ibogaine under physician supervision, with the medical care it demands and the warmth people need to go through it.
Ibogaine comes from the root bark of iboga, a shrub from Central Africa.
Its use as an addiction treatment goes back to the 1960s, when Howard Lotsof reported that it interrupted his own opioid withdrawal and cravings. Researchers have since studied it in animals and in small human studies, and clinics outside the United States have offered it.
Beond provides ibogaine treatment under medical supervision.
Every guest follows the same five steps:
A coach works with you from home before you travel.
A physician reviews your heart, labs, and medications, before you book and again when you arrive.
A medically supervised session, with bedside monitors tracking heart rhythm, heart rate, and oxygen saturation continuously.
On site, daily group workshops and one-on-one coaching, alongside adjunct therapies: daily massage, watsu, breathwork, bodywork, yoga, meditation, sound healing, acupuncture, and fitness. You also have the support of a community of guests going through it with you.
After you're home: one-on-one coaching that you can continue as long as you need it, free weekly group coaching, and Beond Circle, our private community integration platform for alumni.
We offer a program for personal growth and clarity, and we also treat people with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic dependence on opioids, alcohol, prescription medications, and other substances.
Licensed physicians make every clinical decision, including dosing.
During our medical screening, before anyone is approved for treatment or books travel, roughly 1 in 5 people who express interest in Beond are told ibogaine isn’t right for them. We tell them why, and we do our best to offer other options to explore.
What happens afterward matters as much as the treatment, so we help you plan for home before you leave.
You’ll have your own room to come back to, daily massage and watsu, fresh food from our chefs, pools, and quiet. These aren’t extras. Your body and mind are doing hard work here, and they need care to do it.
We have about four staff for every guest, and we don’t treat people in cohorts. Your physician plans your doses and timing for you, and most guests have more than one session with the medicine, so there’s time to rest, reground, and return with new questions.
As of January 2026, our team includes almost a dozen full-time physicians, more than 40 full-time nurses, and about 70 support staff. Our therapists and coaches are certified in their disciplines, and the team rehearses emergency response regularly. Our team has administered more than 6,000 treatments as of January 2026.
Paty runs clinical operations. She knows where every guest is in their care, every hour.
Dr. Paulsen is our psychiatrist. During pre-admission screening, he evaluates applicants our physicians refer to him and helps plan any medication changes with each person’s own prescriber.
Dr. Ramírez oversees medical care and safety for every guest. An emergency medicine physician since 2013, he has more than six years of experience in the medical administration of iboga and ibogaine, and has worked in emergency rooms and as an air ambulance doctor.
Vianey has spent more than ten years guiding thousands of people through ibogaine, and helped build the protocols we use to support guests at every stage, from preparation through integration.
Dr. Montalvo works full time as a physician on our pre-admission team, reviewing each applicant’s medical history before anyone is approved for treatment.
Dr. Peykar is a cardiac electrophysiologist, a physician who specializes in heart rhythm, which is ibogaine’s main risk. He helped develop our cardiac protocols and continues to advise on and oversee them, drawing on more than 15 years of practice and thousands of electrophysiology procedures.
Beond has three Cancún facilities, all with pools. Only Beond: The Beach, a separate beachfront location, has a beach, and it is for alumni and pre-qualified guests. The other facilities are not beachfront.
A client care specialist answers your questions.
If you move forward, a physician reviews your medical history and tells you honestly whether ibogaine may be appropriate.