Jamaica: five nights at Good Hope, in the hills of Trelawny.
Five nights, two guided sessions and a small group at a private estate. Time in nature, experienced facilitators and space to reconnect. Rooms from $5,500, with all meals and airport transfers included.
Private, takes about seven minutes. Every applicant has a suitability call with our team before being invited. If it is not the right fit, we will say so.
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Upcoming Jamaica dates
Every Jamaica program is the five-night Signature Program at Good Hope. Apply once; you choose your dates after approval.
Prices are per guest and start at the shared-room rate; private rooms are higher. Apply once and choose your retreat after you are approved. Financial aid is available for guests with need.
Why Jamaica
Legal, warm, and a long way from your inbox
Jamaica is one of only two countries where this work is fully legal, and Beckley operates only where it is. Our programs are built around the intentional, guided use of plants, legal in Jamaica and the Netherlands.
The Signature Program runs through the year at Good Hope, a restored estate in the hills of Trelawny, 45 minutes from Montego Bay airport. Five nights, two guided sessions, held inside the full program: preparation before you fly and integration after you land back home. Both are online and at your own pace, one to two hours a week.
Fully legal jurisdiction, one of two in the world
45 minutes from Montego Bay airport (MBJ)
Thirteen rooms, every one with its own bathroom
Two pools, a river and a private beach
Nurse on site during every session, doctor on call
Private transfers and all meals included
2,000acres in the hills of Trelawny
13rooms, each with its own bathroom
2pools, plus a river and a private beach
45 minfrom the airport, transfers included
The venue
Good Hope
The road out of Montego Bay winds up into the hills. The vegetation grows denser, the air feels fresher, and then the valley opens beneath you with the mist still sitting in it.
Cockpit Country
Good Hope sits in the foothills of Cockpit Country, limestone hills, sinkholes and caves that hold one of the island's largest remaining rainforests. The Martha Brae rises here and runs past the estate to the sea. The water is cold and clear, and you can swim in it.
Two stone villas, thirteen rooms
The Country House and the Coach House, both Georgian, both cut stone weathered into the hillside. Original wood floors held by wooden pegs. Tall windows pull the valley into every room. Every room has its own bathroom.
Two pools, a river and a private beach
A saltwater infinity pool on the edge of the lawn, a second pool, a room for yoga and meditation, and purpose-built rooms for the sessions. Below the estate the hills give out and the coast opens onto a private beach.
Where you sleep
Rooms at Good Hope
Every room has its own bathroom, premium bedding and linens. Your room type sets the price of the program.
King Deluxe
A private room with a king bed, your own bathroom and views over the estate.
Queen Premium
A private room with a queen bed and your own bathroom.
Double Shared
Two guests, two beds, one shared bathroom. The lower end of the price range.
Triple Shared
Three guests in one larger room with a shared bathroom. The most accessible price.
Rooms and pricing
One program, priced by room
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Program
Length
Sessions
Per guest
Signature Program
5 nights
2 guided sessions
$5,500 to $12,500
Shared rooms are the lower price and private rooms the higher. Included: airport transfers on arrival and departure days, all meals and snacks, every group session, yoga, meditation and breathwork, and the full preparation and integration programs, online and at your own pace, one to two hours a week. Not included: flights, and massage, which is available on site for an additional charge. Optional 1:1 coaching can be added at checkout, and financial aid is available for guests with need.
Private transfer from the airport. Settle in, meet your group and the team, and open the week together.
Preparation on site
Meditation, breathwork and gentle movement. Time with a facilitator to set your intention. Time in nature, and a digital detox.
The sessions
Two guided sessions on separate days. Each lasts around six hours, in one room, with your group and the full team. Every guest receives a custom amount within a predefined range, around what you would see in a clinical trial in the US, though this is not medical treatment. Music guides the arc and a facilitator is within reach the whole time.
Integration on site
The day after a session is set aside to make sense of it: group circles, 1:1 time, rest, and practices you can take home.
Departure
Closing circle, then a private transfer to the airport. Six weeks of integration begin the following week.
Who holds the room
Practitioners who know the island
There is at least one facilitator for every four guests during sessions, usually one for every three. Our teams include practitioners with backgrounds as psychotherapists, psychologists and physicians. On retreat they are not acting in their licensed capacity, because Beckley does not provide medical treatment, but that training is in the room with you. Our Jamaica team includes Jamaican practitioners, among them Dingle Spence, a retired Jamaican physician trained in oncology and palliative medicine, and Micah Tafari, a Jamaican custodian of land who holds space on retreat. A nurse is on site throughout every session, with a doctor on call and nearby care if it is ever needed.
Neil Markey
Co-Founder, CEO. Former US Army Special Operations Captain; McKinsey; Harvard T.H. Chan.
Fede Menapace
Chief Growth Officer. Former COO of MAPS. Stanford MBA; former McKinsey consultant; go-to-market leader at Segment.
Anja Saloranta
Chief Operating Officer. Harvard Business School MBA. Former COO of Ballentine Partners and Head of Commercial Operations at Ginkgo Bioworks.
Dr. AZA Allsop
Head of Research. MD, Harvard Medical School; PhD in Neuroscience, MIT. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine.
Karestan Koenen
Research Advisor. Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dingle Spence
Team Lead. Retired Jamaican physician in oncology and palliative medicine.
Ben Sheinwald
Lead Facilitator. Biodynamic body psychotherapist, leading group work since 2014.
Kosu Boudreau
Lead Facilitator. Registered trauma psychotherapist and integration specialist.
Photos
Around the estate
Good Hope through a year of retreats: the houses, the water, the light, and the places guests end up sitting.
The bench under the trees, first light on the lawnThe infinity pool above the valleyThe great house from aboveThrough the arch to the hillsThe river below the estateThe pavilion, set for a group circleThe table set for dinnerThe private beachMist at first lightA sitting room in the Country House
In their words
Our guests are making real change
Four guests on what the program was like, in their own words.
“Every leader in America should go through this program.”
Jim MacPheeFormer COO, Walt Disney World. Two-time Beckley guest.
“I am walking away from this retreat with new found love in my heart. And I am humbled. Feeling cleansed and restored.”
Toni KoFounder, NYX Cosmetics (sold to L'Oreal).
“My experience of the retreat was just fantastic. The four week preparation before the retreat really helped people understand how powerful the work is, and also trained people on a set of practices to best navigate the experience.”
Ashish KothariFounder and CEO, Happiness Squad. Former McKinsey Partner.
“I did a lot of research around wellbeing programs and found Beckley Retreats. I manifested for two years that I wanted a life-changing experience like this. Now here I am, I've done it and it has been amazing.”
We link to it because it is honest, and because a sceptical outsider describing the week says more than we can.
Oprah Daily · June 2026
A journalist went to Good Hope as a guest
A nine-minute first-person account of the five-night Jamaica program: the doubts going in, both sessions, the day after, and what the writer took home to the second half of life.
Yes. Every applicant has a suitability call with our team before being invited. It is mandatory: we go through your history together, answer your questions and make sure the program is a fit. It protects you, and it protects the group you will sit with.
Is this legal?
Yes. Jamaica is one of only two countries where this work is fully legal, and Beckley operates only in legal jurisdictions. It is federally illegal in the United States, which is why our programs run abroad. Beckley Retreats is a US public benefit corporation.
Who will be in my group?
Most guests are in their 40s through 70s: founders, executives, physicians, therapists, attorneys and people who have built a full life and want to look honestly at what has not shifted. Every applicant is screened and each group is composed with care.
I have never done anything like this. Is Jamaica the right choice?
Yes. The five-night Signature Program carries the most preparation and support, which is why we recommend it to first-time guests.
I take an SSRI or SNRI. Can I still apply?
Some medications, including SSRIs and SNRIs, may mean the program is not the right fit, or not yet. Apply anyway and tell us; the call is where it is worked out.
What happens if a session is difficult?
Difficult passages are part of this work and the team is trained for them. A facilitator is with you, a nurse is on site, and the next day is built for making sense of what came up.
Getting there?
Fly into Montego Bay (MBJ). A private transfer meets you on arrival day and takes you back on departure day; the drive to Good Hope is about 45 minutes. Transfers cover program days only.
A healthier, more beautiful world is possible.
It starts one person at a time, with rest, good food, clear air and a structured program held by people who have done this work for decades.
If Jamaica is the place
Apply once, in about seven minutes. Every applicant has a suitability call with our team before being invited. You choose your retreat after approval. Prefer to talk first? Book a call.
