Maria Camille
I've Never Followed a Straight Line.
Maria Camille is no stranger to reinvention - or initiation.
Long before leading psilocybin retreats in Mexico, World Champion on the U.S. Parachute Team - traveling the world alongside special forces operators, mastering the kind of inner discipline most people only read about.
Her first medicine circles weren’t held in plush retreat centers. They began years ago in a mountain dojo - 10,000 feet up in the Colorado Rockies - where former military men, outlaw bikers, and seekers in need of something real would gather. The energy was raw. The work was deep. And the transformation was undeniable.
Since then, she has held space in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico through ceremonial psilocybin work and the Next Chapter journey: a sacred training path for both women and men ready to evolve.
Maria blends legacy-level life experience with grounded spiritual clarity. She doesn’t just talk about becoming whole - she’s walked it, flown it, and taught it across continents.
Today, she helps others step into the most powerful chapter of their lives:
The Next Chapter.
The one they haven’t written yet.
The one their soul has been whispering about for years
Maria Camille is not connected to the Maria Camille Hotel Boutique in San Miguel de Allende.
- Four-time Gold Medalist with the U.S. Parachute Team, competing in Style — aerial gymnastics performed in freefall at roughly 200 mph.
- Three-time National Champion in Para Ski — parachuting onto an icy mountain slope for accuracy, followed by giant slalom racing.
- Produced The Beauty Show, a television series distributed through airline in-flight programming, and worked with more than 400 women whose stories often changed the direction of their lives.
- Joined an all-woman extreme-sports expedition to New Guinea. The team ended up in jail after the producer was caught filming illegally. The movie aired anyway.
- Studied Eastern philosophy, internal martial arts and warrior traditions for decades — eventually discovering that some of the greatest teachers arrive in forms you never expect.
- Author of Chasing Courage and Dragons, Tigers & Lipstick — because eventually people kept telling me, “You should write a book.” So I did. Twice.
Perhaps this is what becoming an elder is really about.
Not withdrawing from the work.
Seeing which parts are yours to carry forward — and which parts are
yours to place into someone else's hands.
I'm still asking, “What if? Why not?”
But these days, I've added another question:
What can I pass on?
Thank you!
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