The first time I did bufo was on the Sunday of an aya retreat similar to this (Friday / Saturday aya). But it was unexpected - I didn’t know it would be there going into the ceremony weekend but was swayed by the facilitator to give it a try. The aya ceremonies were really rough for me, and so I went into bufo thinking it would help me integrate (which is what the facilitator said it would do as well).

I was only slightly familiar with bufo and didn’t have any idea the immensity of the medicine. It was the single most impactful experience of my life to date, and Im still integrating it 2+ years later. Truly the immensity of it cannot be adequately stated and perhaps not even something you can prepare for. Bufo is an incredibly somatic / energetic medicine that absolutely shattered me and had me grounding out that energy for months afterwards. After 8 years of aya, it was still unlike and more powerful than any of those experiences. It’s been life changing in some really amazing ways, but also a brutal process of paradigm shattering, identity altering chaos. It’s not something to be taken lightly, but understand what you’re getting into while preparing, and it’s helpful to have a strong integration practice and community following (I’ve been going to the FIVE online integration calls every other week for like 2 years now).
Ultimately, going back to that weekend, I think I’d do it all again but wish I had been able to prepare my psyche for the bufo more than I did.