Organized and Led by Indigenous People
Safe & Inclusive
We hold clear boundaries, to create a safe environment for the diversity of our human experience, and to maintain awareness of gender, cultural, and racial social challenges. We strive to balance power dynamics and foster communication while respecting our sacred ground and tradition.
Integrative
We offer plenty of time in nature and community activities to allow the gentle assimilations of the work. In addition, we offer an evaluation of your medicine journey, group sharing, and individual counseling.
Authentic
Our retreat takes place within our Kichwa community and sacred land. We offer small groups, one on one with the shamans, and time with the community and nature. Your participation supports our culture, rainforest conservation, and the sustainability of our medicine.
Supportive
You will have a Spanish-English translator, cultural mediator, clinical counselor, shaman, and host supporting you in and out of ceremonies, as well as pre and post retreat counseling.
The Retreat
Ayahuasca Program
WHAT'S INCLUDED
30 minute video call interview.
Private FaceBook group for Q/A and to connect with participants.
60 min group video call with participants one week before the retreat.
30 min video call integration session one week after the retreat.
30 min video call integration session three weeks after the retreat.
2 nights in Papallacta Hot Springs Resort, first and last nights (meals not included).
7 nights at Napusami Lodge, simple and rustic accommodation.
Delicious, healthy, local and traditionally prepared meals during the 8 days at Napusami Lodge.
Guided tours/Jungle walks to learn about different medicinal plants and jungle animals.
Waterfall bath and Limpia (spiritual cleansing) with Medicinal Tobacco (Mapacho).
Participation in the preparation of the Ayahuasca medicine.
4 Ayahuasca ceremonies.
Herbal sauna and blood-cleansing herbs.
Plant “Remedio” for cleansing the blood and cleansing the system.
Daily group sharing and integration led by a professional clinical counselor.
An evaluation from our elders Don Luis and Juan Andi at the end of the retreat for each participant.
Kichwa cultural demonstration of traditional music, dance, and gift exchange for the children.
Spanish-English translator.
Private Bus from Papallacta Hot Spring Resort to Napusami Lodge and back.
10 participants only to create a sacred, intimate, and personalized experience. In this way, we can address and meet everyone's needs and support their journey.
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
Airfare.
Airport transportation.
Meals at Papallacta Hot Spring Resort.
Additional counseling sessions.
Additional treatment by Elder Don Luis and his family. You may inquire further at the retreat. Often private healing sessions range from $150 to $300 USD.
CANCELLATION POLICY
If canceled:
90 days prior to the first day of the retreat, there will be an 100% refund of your deposit.
30 days prior to the first day of the retreat, there will be a 50% refund of your deposit.
Within 30 days prior to the retreat will not receive a refund. However, 50% of your deposit could be credited to next year’s retreat.
Rates
$2200 USD for full board retreat if registered before September 11th
$2350 USD for full board retreat if registered on September 12th
$500 USD deposit is required to hold your space.
When you pay full tuition, $200 will be allocated towards supporting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) members, students, and low income participants.
Consider adding an additional amount to your total, to help us with the sponsorship program for low income participants.
Our dream is to sponsor and support indigenous cross cultural exchange between North (Eagle) and South (Condor) Meso American indigenous cultures. If you have the financial means and would like to move towards reparations with indigenous people, please consider donating, sponsoring, and supporting our dream. For donations please send us an email and we will work closely with you.
Financial Aid, partial scholarships, and discounts available, please enquire.
$175 USD Additional 55 min Ayahuasca Tele-Counseling session. Preparation or integration. Read...
$180 USD Additional 45 min Limpia. Colorado only. Read…
Additional treatments (Curaciones - Extractions) with Don Luis $150 to $300
Wachuma Program TBA
Food & Lodging
Food and Lodging
Healthy Food
Our meals consist of products from our gardens and chemical-free products from the local market. The meals are traditional to our community and are based on grains, cooked vegetables, some fresh fish and eggs. We produce a lot of yuca and plantain, so most dishes will have a side of these. Vegetarian, vegans, and other food preference could be accommodated.
Papallacta Hot Springs
Enjoy 2 nights at this luxury resort.
First night; unwind, recover from your travels, and get ready for your jungle adventure
Last night; recover and relax at the hot springs while you integrate your journey and get ready to return to the city.
Accommodations are double and triple. Single accommodation is available on request.
Meals not included.
Napusami Lodge
7 nights of jungle and Kichwa tradition
4 nights at Kuyaloma in the heart of the community.
3 nights at Pasourco in the heart of the jungle
Accommodations are basic single or double rooms. Kuyaloma has running water and electricity. Pasourco has running water from the river and no electricity. Purified drinking water will be provided and meals will be prepared for you.
Our Family
Kuyaloma Community
The community consists of about 200 family members, one elementary school and several houses spread throughout their rainforest land. During weekends and holidays they all meet at the school's basketball court to play sports, socialize, play music, and celebrate.
Even though most members work in town at regular jobs, their community traditions are still alive. When the community needs to build a house or work in the field, they all contribute and support each other.
Don Luis and Doña Ines are regarded as the head chiefs or elders in this community, and they oversee the wellbeing of each member. At times when newborns or children do not have the ideal family conditions, Luis and Ines adopt and raise these children as their own.
Ayahuasca ceremonies and herbal medicine is their primary healing method and nowadays their main source of income is from hosting visitors for traditional practices. They deeply appreciate newcomers.
Ambi Mama
Mother Medicine
Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis Caapi) Brew is a visionary medicine that helps to heal physical, psychological, and spiritual illness. It has been used in the Amazon native traditions for thousands of years as their primary health method of healing and for vision quest to start new projects.
In Kuyaloma, our ceremonies are held in the traditional way to help individuals face their unresolved emotional and spiritual challenges, so their bodies can heal and be restored to health. No dogma or specific belief is preached, allowing participants to have their own experience free of conditioning and allowing the spirit of Mother Aya guide them.
The process is therapeutic in essence, helping heal layers of trauma by purging, letting the nervous system discharge, creating new pathways, and regulating the system itself. Integration is a major part of our retreats, as it is the main part of the work that begins when you bring your new experience and awareness to your day-to-day life.
Aya does not make you enlightened, nor does it take your issues away, nor does it cure your illness miraculously. It helps your system reorganize itself, so healing can come in. It brings awareness to where things are not flowing and helps you to get things moving. It meets you where you are and enhances your self-understanding. It teaches you how to heal, transform, and empower yourself, so that you can be more present and live fully. It is about taking charge of your life.
