AYAHUASCA RETREATS
Our Ayahuasca retreats are designed to evoke and sustain a transformative healing experience.
Our Philosophy
Our philosophy is grounded in the understanding that Ayahuasca is a medicine which mirrors back to us the relationships we hold with everything that is.
Through the seeing of our own reflection, we are able to acknowledge then transform our old, outdated ways of being, behaving and relating that stand as barriers to living our fullest potential.
This is where true transformation can take place. It is a very present space. The work we guide you through here, in the place where healing happens, requires your absolute openness and willingness to let go of your past stories that no longer serve your fruitful evolution.
Throughout your entire process, our experienced facilitators are there to hold up the lamp to help you see the mirror the medicine reflects, and help you surrender to the process.
DWe believe it is important to understand that Ayahuasca is not a magical potion. You can book a retreat where you will find the necessry support and safety to open up to your process, but you can not buy healing. Every single one of our guests is responsible for their healing journey and taking charge of their lives. This is where the healing begind, when we take charge and no longer give our power away.
Intimate & Small Group Size
We care about our guests and we feel that such a personal and deep experience can only be held with a down-to-earth and grounded family spirit . This is why we limit our group sizes to a maximum capacity of 12 guests. After years of holding ceremonies, we believe that this is the optimal size for your most potent, transformative, and enriching healing journey.
Healing beyond Ceremony
Many years of care and experience have gone into creating a unique and grounded integrative approach that serves to bridge the teachings of Ayahuasca and support deep shadow work, trauma resolution, and the undoing of self-limiting patterns. Ultimately, this work provides the framework to increase your understanding of the insights gained in your ceremonies, and the tools to carry your transformation process forward into your everyday life.
Medicine for the Soul
We believe Ayahuasca is a medicine that helps us expand our consciousness, and enables healing across all aspects of self. It is an extremely powerful and ancient medicine that demands respect.
When experienced in a traditional shamanic setting, Ayahuasca gives us access to our subconscious. It helps us achieve a state of trance in which we experience everything that resides within us. We become more aware, wether is it of our body, emotional state or the thought patterns, beliefs, stories and memories that may affect them.
When we become more conscious of our ways, we can transform them. This medicine shows us what we are ready for, and willing to see. It shows us the relationship we have towards ourselves, which reflects to how we create and experience everything that is. It is known to help us achieve the parts of us that reside in the shadow, those we forgot, maybe neglected and sometimes rejected.
Ayahuasca shines the light, it illuminates us within, so we can see, feel, deeply experience and heal. This does not happen on a mental level, it happens on a level of awareness, heart, body and for those who believe in it, soul. So you can release the past and create the future in a new way.
Even though it would be extremely pretentious to claim that we know how this ancient medicine works, we do our best to give you an idea of how our guests and Shamanic lineage words the vast and endless possibilities of what one’s spiritual Ayahuasca experience may look like.
Our Brew
Ayahuasca is an ancient visionary healing medicine or brew that comes from the Amazon Basin. It is used traditionally in the Jungle of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela & Brazil. The Ayahuasca brew is made up of two main plant components – the Ayahuasca Vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) & Chakruna leaves (Psychotria viridis). We do not use any other plants, additives or substances in our Ayahuasca brew.
Trusted Healers
Our ceremonies are led by our incredible Ayahuasca Maestra from the ancient Shipibo-Conibo tribe located on the Ucayali River of the Amazon. After 13 years working with many Ayahuasca shamans from various traditions, we were guided to this particular group of healers for their genuinely powerful work, their deep devotion to the craft and their right relationship with Ayahuasca. Unfortunately, as the popularization of Ayahuasca rapidly rises, these values are becoming increasingly difficult to find in Ayahuasceros. We are absolutely honored to work with this ancient indigenous healing tradition and healers with such a long and trusted reputation as our own.
The Importance of Integration
The process of integrating Ayahuasca’s teachings into your life is perhaps the most crucial element of deep plant medicine work. Ayahuasca often presents your truth in abstract and symbolic ways. Integration is the process of exploring and understanding your ceremony experience and developing tools to put this understanding into practice in your daily life.This is where the true work of your healing journey happens. Integration allows you to embody and carry forward the insights revealed to you while working with plant medicine. It is just as important as your ceremony experience,and is the means by which you truly begin to transform your life when you return home.
Experienced Facilitators
Our team of highly-trained and experienced facilitators play a crucial role in supporting and guiding your healing process being directed on an energetic level by Ayahuasca and our Shipibo shamans. With decades of experience guiding the Ayahuasca experience, our incredible facilitators create a kindred family spirit that supports a space of safety, compassion and trust throughout your plant medicine journey. Their deep devotion to this work and alignment to our integrative philosphy is vital to the transformative efficacy of your experience.
Embodying the Process
While ceremonies themselves are highly transformative, the process of integrating Ayahuasca’s teachings into your life is perhaps the most important piece of plant medicine work. Many years of care and experience have gone into creating our unique and grounded integrative approach that serves to bridge the teachings of Ayahuasca and support deep shadow work, trauma resolution and the undoing of self-limiting patterns.
We work with you to reinforce and flex the muscle between your conscious and subconscious self. Ultimately, providing the framework to increase your understanding of ceremony experiences and tools to continue the transformation process in your everyday life.
Prepare yourself for your retreat
What is pre-integration? It is important to feel ready to embark on a Journey like this. Preparation involves the Ayahuasca Pre-diet but also aligning with your intentions. What would you like to open up to? What would you like to work on during this retreat? What is it that makes you think Ayahuasca could be beneficial for you? Our staff is trained to help you prepare for your Ayahuasca retreat.
With over 14 Years of experience with Ayahuasca, our preparation and integration specialist guides you and helps you to prepare before you come on one of our retreats. This service is offered for free as we believe it is crucial to be well informed, prepped and ready to embark on such a big Journey towards a new life.
We believe Ayahuasca is not meant for everyone and Ayahuasca is not the one and only answer. We see it as a tool, a tool for healing and transformation. This is why we offer free calls where we go through a deep screening process with each and every one of our guests. In order to make sure you are physically, mentally but also emotionally ready and safe to embark on an ayahuasca Journey.
What happens after your retreat?
What is pre-integration? It is important to feel ready to embark on a Journey like this. Preparation involves the Ayahuasca Pre-diet but also aligning with your intentions. What would you like to open up to? What would you like to work on during this retreat? What is it that makes you think Ayahuasca could be beneficial for you? Our staff is trained to help you prepare for your Ayahuasca retreat.
With over 14 Years of experience with Ayahuasca, our preparation and integration specialist guides you and helps you to prepare before you come on one of our retreats. This service is offered for free as we believe it is crucial to be well informed, prepped and ready to embark on such a big Journey towards a new life.
We believe Ayahuasca is not meant for everyone and Ayahuasca is not the one and only answer. We see it as a tool, a tool for healing and transformation. This is why we offer free calls where we go through a deep screening process with each and every one of our guests. In order to make sure you are physically, mentally but also emotionally ready and safe to embark on an ayahuasca Journey.
THE ULTIMATE HEALING RETREAT
Our Signature
9-Day
Ayahuasca Retreats
The ultimate healing Ayahuasca retreat designed to take you deep into your awakening process with a focus on self-inquiry and integrating the teachings of Ayahuasca across 5-intensive ceremonies. Promised to be life-changing.
Together we will:
🌿Ignite lasting transformation as we deep dive into self-discovery and self-healing with 5 x Intensive Ayahuasca Ceremonies.
🌿Learn tools and techniques to apply Ayahuasca’s teachings in our everyday lives through 1:1 Integration Sessions with our Highly-Trained Facilitators.
🌿Calm our mind, body and spirit with Yoga, Massage, Sound Healing (Sacred 7 Retreat Only) and Guided Meditation Sessions.
🌿Experience new connections and insights with Post-Ceremony Sharing Circles for deeper integration.
🌿Experience the heart-opening medicine of Andean sweat lodges, and deepen our healing process with a Temazcal Ceremony (Sacred 7-Day Retreats Only)
🌿Receive Shamanic Flower Baths to uplift our energies, spirits and heart.
🌿Enjoy the tranquility and headspace of our incredible Retreat Spaces nestled in the foothills of the Andes.
🌿Nourish our bellies with delicious Ayahuasca Diet Meals prepared by our mindful chefs.
🌿Take part in a Traditional Andean Despacho Ceremony Of Gratitude for our deep healing journey.
🌿Hike to Andean Waterfalls and visit sacred Peruvian sites.
🌿Travel to Machu Picchu for an optional/additional Guided Tour as the perfect ending to your healing journey.
THE HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE
Our 8-Day
Ayahuasca & Temezcal
Deep Cleanse Retreats
A full-body and soul detox, combining 4 Ayahuasca ceremonies with a Temezcal Sweat Lodge ceremony, along with a diverse selection of consciousness-expanding modalities for a holistic healing experience.
Together we will:
🌿Ignite lasting transformation as we deep dive into self-discovery and self-healing with 4 Intensive Ayahuasca Ceremonies.
🌿Learn tools and techniques to apply Ayahuasca’s teachings in our everyday lives through 1:1 Integration Sessions with our Highly-Trained Facilitators.
🌿Calm our mind, body and spirit with Yoga, Massage, Sound Healing and Guided Meditation Sessions.
🌿Experience new connections and insights with Post-Ceremony Sharing Circles for deeper integration.
🌿Open our hearts with a Sacred Andean sweatlodge ceremony, and deepen our healing process with a Temazcal Ceremony.
🌿Receive Shamanic Flower Baths to uplift our energies, spirits and heart.
🌿Enjoy the tranquility and headspace of our incredible Retreat Spaces nestled in the foothills of the Andes.
🌿Nourish our bellies with delicious Ayahuasca Diet Meals prepared by our mindful chefs.
🌿Take part in a Traditional Andean Despacho Ceremony Of Gratitude for our deep healing journey.
🌿Travel to Machu Picchu for an optional/additional Guided Tour as the perfect ending to your healing journey.
Which Retreat Is Right For Me?
Explore more information about our retreats below,
or schedule a time to speak with Sarah, our Founder & Integration Specialist, to discover which program fits you.
SACRED PLANT MEDICINE RETREATS
Traditional Shipibo
Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Led by our Shipibo Maestros, our retreat’s core ceremonial work occurs across 3 to 5 intensive, traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies. The ceremonies take place at twilight in our cozy and comfortable ceremony space - the Maloca.
We always begin our guests on a gentle dose of the medicine, in order to ease you into the experience with trust and openness. It takes time to develop a relationship with the spirit of Ayahuasca and to open up to the realm of plants. Through this connection, we are able to begin accessing the profound medicine and teachings plant medicine holds for each and every one of us.
Much can happen during these ceremonies, no one can predict what healing will ‘look like’. However, there is always a sense of perfection in how the medicine unfolds and surprises us.
It is all about opening up, not ‘fixing’ but rather allowing ourselves to open up to what is. When we allow and open up, true, deep and long-lasting healing takes place.
INTEGRATION SESSIONS
1:1 Specialized
Integration Sessions
Ayahuasca often presents your truth in abstract and symbolic ways. Integration is the process of exploring and understanding your ceremony experience and developing tools to put this understanding into practice in your daily life.
This is where the true work of your healing journey happens. Integration allows you to embody and carry forward the insights revealed to you while working with plant medicine. It is just as important as your ceremony experience, and is the means by which you truly begin to transform your life when you return home.
It is a crucial part of your healing experience. Our integration specialists tailor their session to the energy of the group and the needs of each participant. From pre-ceremony Relaxing Yin Yoga to Guided Meditation and Theta Healing or Self-Inquiry sessions. Our facilitators are trained to provide you with the guidance, tools and techniques that will empower you on your healing journey.
SHARING CIRCLES
Powerful Sharing Circles
Following every ceremony and throughout the course of the retreat, we provide group sharing circles. Sharing our experiences during such a transformative and powerful healing journey helps us to feel supported and uplifted. It is also an opportunity to receive guidance and feedback from our Shaman and Facilitators.
Sharing allows us to learn from each other’s experiences, creating trust and vulnerability amongst the group, allowing deeper work with the medicine.
If participants feel uncomfortable speaking in a group setting, we also provide one-on-one sessions.
FLORAL BATHS
Purifying Floral Baths
To Usher In New Life
Ayahuasca ceremonies bring energies and emotions to the surface that have been accumulated over the course of a lifetime and stored in the body. These are frequencies that have left an ”energetic impression” on our bodies.
Floral baths are a vital element of the shamanic healing process for its ability to gently cleanse all of the residual energies that Ayahuasca brings to the surface.
These baths quite literally assist with the blossoming and flourishing of new life. They help us clear heavy energies and blockages, cleanse negative thoughts and emotions, uplift the mind and body, and promote transformation through the properties of the specific plants and flowers used in the bath.
Floral baths are given on every day of the ceremony for all guests.
YOGA & GUIDED MEDITATION
Embodying Yoga & Clearing the mind.
We provide regular Yoga and Guided Meditation sessions to assist with calming the physical and mental aspects of your being throughout the course of your retreat
Our certified practitioners utilize the science of Yin Yoga - a gentle and passive, floor-based style of yoga - to help unravel any tension or muscle soreness that may appear within your body during the healing process.
Guided Meditation Sessions are conducted pre-ceremony as a wonderful way to calm mental activity and any nervous energy prior to delving into the plant medicine realm. These sessions also assist us in centering and focusing in on the intention we wish to bring to our ceremonies for a deeper experience.
DESPACHO CEREMONY
Traditional Andean Despacho Ceremony with Juan Gabriel
We close our retreat with a traditional Andean ”Despacho” ceremony. This sacred ceremony is a highlight of our retreat. It is guided by our Paco, Juan Gabriel, a Mystic Healer from the Q’ero culture of the high Andes of Peru. The Despacho is a beautiful and uplifting opportunity to open our hearts, give thanks to the healing work that has taken place and to set your intention for returning home.
This ceremony is about aligning with the energy of ‘reciprocity’ known as ‘Ayni’ in the Andean Culture. The ceremony is about giving and receiving. It aligns us with the heart through continuous prayer. It is a ceremony of opening up to abundance on all levels and speaking our heart’s deepest wishes.
AYAHUASCA DIET
Delicious & Creative Ayahuasca Diet Food
While not particularly flavorful, following the Ayahuasca Diet is a crucial element of connecting with plant medicine. The traditional Ayahuasca diet cleanses, detoxes and prepares the body for ceremony .
Playing with the restriction of the Ayahuasca diet only means our menu throughout the retreat can become even more creative and innovative! The energy and love that goes into our food is very important to us with most of our greens coming from our Mountain Lodge’s gorgeous organic gardens. We also hold one Pachamanca, a traditional outdoor luncheon where food is slow-cooked underground with hot stones.
While our menu is primarily Vegetarian/Vegan and Gluten-Free, we are also able to cater to other allergies and special diets.
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
Deep Relaxation & Energetic Massage
Who doesn’t like a good massage? Ayahuasca ceremonies can take a toll on our bodies which is why we provide deep relaxation massage sessions to all our guests. We work with experienced massage therapists who understand the plant medicine work and empathize with your experience.
We provide every guest with multiple massage sessions during the retreat, though additional massages are optional.
RELEASE YOUR FEAR
Traditional Temezcal Ceremony
Diving into the womb of the earth, the Andean sweat lodge helps us to reconnect within and release all the physical, spiritual and emotional tension we might be experiencing during a retreat like this.
Led by Peruvian Maestra Melinda, who owns the beautiful lodge we hold our retreats on, this Andean Sweat lodge has been one of the most powerful additions to our retreats so far. It complements the healing work in a beautiful way and supports us to release and sweat anything that we want to leave behind in life.
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Our Machu Picchu Journey
Machu Picchu ‘The Lost City of The Incas’ is a beautiful way to close the Ayahuasca journey with your comrades.
This guided tour is an exclusive offer to our Ayahuasca Retreat participants as an add-on to your healing experience.
**Only for retreat participants. You can book when you register by adding the additional MP tour. **
LODGING:
+ Hotel Lodging (Accommodations in accordance to what was booked on retreat.)
+ Breakfast included *
ADMISSION:
+ Machu Picchu Entrance
+ Private, Guided Tour of MaPi
+ Fully Organized Tour
TRANSPORT:
+ From Lodge to Machu Picchu station
+ Return Vistadome train
+ Bus to Machu Picchu
+ Bus to Cusco
Total Pricing for your world wonder Journey:
$695 USD
*Lunch & Dinner not included as guests prefer to walk around the beautiful town and pick their own independent restaurants.
**Tour starts on the day the retreat ends at 10:30 AM and ends the following day at 6:30 PM, Please verify flight time with us!
Retreat Example Schedule:
Our 8 & 9-Day Ayahuasca Retreats have been designed to support a deep healing journey. Depending on the program you register for, the activities, timing, and schedule will vary. We work with a team of facilitators, healers, and coordinators who adjust their schedule and classes depending on the group’s / individual’s needs
