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AYAHUASCA HEALING RETREAT CENTER: The healing center is based outside of Pucallpa, Peru on 50 acres of lush preserved jungle set along beautiful Yarina Cocha Lake. "We are genuine seekers of Truth and are devoted to the collective healing of the planet and her children. Through our retreats we aim to help raise awareness in the preservation of shamanic traditions, local indigenous cultures and the Amazon Rainforest. We are dedicated here at the center in helping those individuals seeking life transformative change and growth. We work with Mother Ayahuasca in ceremonies that are led by a local Shaman. These ceremonies allow the particpants to break through their personal boundaries and limitations set within their normal daily life. The Ayahuasca ceremonies are profoundly successful and self-empowering. They cleanse and detoxify the physical body, release emotional blockages, and let the individual achieve deep realizations and higher states of illuminated consciousness. We provide a safe and comfortable space for those seeking a responsible way to open their spirituality to the higher realms and dimensions of healing and exploration. The illuminated experiences will unfold into a stronger, lifelong connection with the Divine. Discussion forums and continual personal support will be provided to ensure successful personal transformation. It is our commitment to help facilitate healing on a individual and global basis. We deeply honor our connection to the Mother Earth and are excited to witness the mass awakening happening on our planet at this time. The plant spirit medicine Ayahuasca is playing a pivotal role in this transition and we are very thankful to have Her as one of our greatest healers and teachers. " Our shamanic retreats are designed to accommodate each individual on their path of awakening and healing. We offer a series of three Ayahuasca ceremonies per week with a local Shaman, also known as a Curandero or Ayahuasquero. These Shamans have been well established in the shamanic ayahuasca practice. The participants may join in the preparation of the ayahuasca brew, pounding the vine and picking the chacruna leaves. We use a stainless steel pot for cooking our medicine, as aluminum can affect the chemical make-up of the brew. Taking the sacred ayahuasca medicine during ceremonies allows the particpants to expand their conciousness to a multi-faceted universe. Ayahuasca takes the individual through a process of cleansing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. The individual journeys through a series of visions and profound realizations that lead them to a place of healing, understanding and balance within themselves. During the course of the retreat we offer facilitated group sharing and one on one counseling. We prefer our groups no larger than 12 people to accommodate an intimate and personal setting during ceremony. Our ceremonial Maloca is very spacious, providing a comfortable environment for the profound experience. It is situated further back on the land amongst the banana and mango trees. Here we are in the presence of the sounds of the jungle, where natures orchestra graciously joins us in our sacred cermonies. Our shamanic retreats are designed to accommodate each individual on their path of awakening and healing. We offer a series of three, four or seven Ayahuasca ceremonies per retreat with a local Shaman, also known as a Curandero or Ayahuasquero. Our healers have been well established in the shamanic ayahuasca practice. The participants may join in the preparation of the ayahuasca brew, pounding the vine and picking the chacruna leaves. We use a stainless steel pot for cooking our medicine, as aluminum can affect the chemical make-up of the brew. Taking the sacred ayahuasca medicine during ceremonies allows the participants to expand their consciousness to a multi-faceted universe. Ayahuasca takes the individual through a process of cleansing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. The individual journeys through a series of visions and profound realizations that lead them to a place of healing, understanding and balance within themselves."
MEALS:
Meals are made from the heart at Tierra Vida. We provide organic fruits and vegetables grown on our land whenever possilbe.
~Breakfast consists of a variety of seasonal fruits, smoothies, oatmeal, eggs and toast.
~Lunch is the largest meal of the day. We provide from variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables, plaintains, yucca, rice, beans and pasta.
~Dinner consists of seasonal vegetables, salads, soups and pastas.
**Our health is of upmost importance to us during the dieta process. Enjoy our super food smoothies consisting of local fruits, spirulina, maca, algarabina and more! **Vegetarian, vegan and raw food meals are available upon request.
On the days of ceremony the traditional dieta will be applied. A light breakfast will be served in the mornings and fruits snack will be available through the afternoon. Drinking lots of water throughout the day is highly recommended.
DIETA - THE IMPORTANCE OF DIET DURING AYAHUASCA CEREMONIES:
Throughout the indigenous shamanic traditions, the "dieta" has been designed to best facilitate a safe and effective journey with the teacher plant. By strictly following the dieta requirements the participants are more easily able to purify the physical body and alter their states of consciousness. The dieta will also stimulate the body's innate ability to self-heal. Although the strictness of the dieta may vary according to different lineages of shamanism, it is best to maintain the basic diet requirements to ensure ones health and effective journeys with Ayahuasca. It is suggested that the participant begin to cut down sugars, salts, greasy foods, alcohol and pork two weeks before ceremony. It is highly encouraged to abstain from all sweets (no sugars, acidic fruits, or artificial sweeteners) for at least three days before and after drinking Ayahuasca. One should also abstain from sex for a minimum of three days before and after drinking. Salt should be completely elimanated on days of ceremony. Pork should be abstained from one week before ceremony and for one month after.
Many prescription drugs and some herbs should be avoided with taking MAOIs.
A thorough list of these may be found at www.ayahuasca.com/?p=10 We will be offering additional plant dietas in conjunction with the Ayahuasca to help with further cleansing, protection, lucid dreaming, etc. Some of the plants we offer are Pinon Colorado, Guayusa, Ajo Sacha, and Pinon Blanco.
PRICING & RESERVATIONS: NOTE: You may notice that our pricing is much lower than many similar Ayahuasca Retreat Centers. In fact our pricing is often only 1/2 of what some others charge. Please be aware that this in no way affects the quality of our Shamans's, retreat and ceremonies but rather reflects our philosophy of wanting to make this available to those that are ready. We believe that our mix of traditional Shipibo shamanism and bridging the modern needs of westerners coming for retreats and healing - is among the best anywhere. TO REGISTER- CONTACT: A deposit of $100 required upon registration.
It's easy to arrange and we'll help answer any questions you may have.
After my journey down into the jungles of the Amazon in Peru and participating in 5 Ayahuasca healing ceremonies with Shamans (see story 'Ayahuasca Journey' below) - I had asked God-Spirit for something more accessible for westerners to be able to interact with Ayahuasca in a truly supportive healing environment that wouldn't be too foreign or alien for them. I came across a quote by an Argentinian psychologist who works with healing people with Ayahuasca where she said: "We wanted to take the plant out of the insectoid terrors of the jungle, and away from the heavy male energy of the Shamans." Here's some thoughts by a 20 yr old woman about her experiences with Ayahuasca - "Throughout the seminar there was a lot of communication among the participants that forged a strong bond between us, and allowed me to really develop my interpretation of the completely overwhelming ayahuasca experience. For me, the seminar was a transcendent mingling of historic, contemporary, and futuristic worlds. It created a context in which an ancient medicine could be used by non-indigenous people in a way that was not separate or alien from our lives in the current world. The nature of the sacrament induces a feeling of unification with the human experience across the ages, and the power of the jungle reminded me of geologic time and the newness of the human species."
Here's a video by Piers Gibbons - British Documentary film maker about Ayahuasca.
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