18 Day Shipibo Ayahuasca Retreats

A COMPLETE TREATMENT – $4650

The eighteen day Shipibo ayahuasca retreat is an opportunity to receive a complete plant medicine treatment from an authentic curandero in the Amazon rainforest. Participants spend 18 days at the Ayahuasca Foundation’s Riosbo Research Center, participating in 8 ayahuasca ceremonies led by a Shipibo curandero and the assistant healers. Enter a deep plant dieta with either Noya Rao or Bobinsana to connect and build a relationship with a powerful plant teacher. In addition to the dieta and ayahuasca ceremonies, participants also receive a wide variety of natural plant remedies that cleanse the mind, body, and spirit, as well as remedies specific to their afflictions.

The Shipibo plant medicine tradition empowers participants to take greater control of their lives and their overall health. The unique qualities of the ayahuasca ceremonies provide participants with the chance to play an active role in the healing process, confronting their negativity, releasing past traumas, and pulling the roots of their illnesses. The plant treatments further enhance this process, working to boost the immune system, balance the digestive system, purify the nervous system, cleanse the circulatory system, and heal the emotional body. The treatment is complete and total, producing lasting positive changes on all levels and guiding you to realize for yourself the path to your health and happiness.

Complimentary practices enhance the effects of the treatments by helping retreat participants connect more with their consciousness through guided meditations, connect more with their bodies through yoga and massage, connect more with their emotions through breathwork and counseling, and connect more with their true nature through hiking and swimming. This retreat is intended for people who are committed to their healing and want to go all the way with their healing process to achieve the highest outcome.

MUCH MORE THAN AYAHUASCA

Of course the ayahuasca ceremonies are at the core of the eighteen day ayahuasca retreat, but those ceremonies are supported by a wide variety of treatments all designed to remove the obstacles preventing healing from naturally taking place as intended. All living beings are designed to return to balance and harmony. We all have a divine motivating principle to heal within us, evident when a cut heals or aches and pains go away.

But, when there are obstacles in the way, they become a hindrance to the healing process, which is why we keep wounds clean or reset bones. The Shipibo healing tradition focuses on removing obstacles. The treatment provided on this retreat cleanses various systems:

• DIGESTIVE – Cleansing the digestive system is done first so that plant medicines taken orally, as well as food, can be better absorbed. This also begins to target the overall immune system, which relies on a healthy balance of bacteria in the gut to enhance the healing process.
• CIRCULATORY – Increasing circulation and oxygenation of the blood is done with a medicine taken daily that we call the blood/brain remedy, named for its ability to improve blood flow and as a result improve brain function. This remedy is taken every day of the retreat.
• RESPIRATORY – Returning the mucus levels and production into balance helps to restore healthy breathing, the cornerstone of healing living. The results are seen in better sleep and improved response to negative elements in the environment.
• NERVOUS – Cleansing the nervous system shakes loose long held emotions and increases communication within the biological system, enhancing the immune system response and stimulating more subtle sensory perceptive abilities.
• IMMUNE – Reducing inflammation and increasing sensitivity, achieved through two other remedies taken every day, as well as following a healthy diet, getting quality rest, connection to nature, reduction of stress, and increase of positive emotion. The entire retreat is a loving embrace of the immune system.

The Ayahuasca ceremonies provide an incredible opportunity to remove our greatest obstacles: the deep traumas that have caused us to misidentify ourselves as undeserving of love, unworthy of happiness, infecting our relationships with inaccurate interpretations of our experiences. Through the amplified awareness that the ceremonies bring to our perceptive abilities, we can remove the detrimental misinterpretations of our past and replace them with the accurate truths of our expanded perspectives. We can remember our true nature, our childhood innocence, our divinity as spirits, completely deserving of joy, happiness, and love.

We can regain balance and harmony on every level, and achieve optimum health again. This is the intended goal of the eighteen day ayahuasca retreat.  This retreat has been offered for over a decade, and incredible healing has taken place. It is possible. It will require great effort, great commitment, and a great will power, but our team will be there to support you every step of the way.

SHARE A ROOM AND SAVE!

If you are traveling with a friend, family member, or partner, you can each save $450 by sharing a room.  Rooms contain two beds and en suite bathroom. To receive the discount, simply state on your registration forms that you’ll be sharing a room and provide the name of the other person. The discount will be applied to the remainder due after the deposit.

Cost of the 18 Day Ayahuasca Retreat: $4,650

The $4,650(USD) price includes:

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An Example Itinerary for the Retreat:

Schedule of Treatments and Activities

DAY 0 (Saturday) Regardless of what day or time you arrive, you will be met at the Iquitos airport and accompanied to the hotel where all the participants stay the night before the retreat. At 4pm: Attend a meeting to get to know the other participants and discuss the retreat itinerary and details.

DAY 1 (Sunday) At 10am: Take an air-conditioned bus for one hour to the village of Nina Rumi along the Nanay river. Travel by boat for one hour into the National Reserve. Arrive at the Riosbo Center, get settled, have lunch, and attend a meeting to discuss the upcoming ayahuasca ceremony. Guided meditation in the evening before the first ceremony.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #1

DAY 2 (Monday) Wake up early to take Sangre de Grado, a purgative that cleanses the digestive system. Have a private consultation with the curandero, translated by the facilitators to discuss a personalized treatment plan. Begin taking three key plant remedies to increase circulation, decrease inflammation, and boost your immune system. Begin vapor bath treatments to remove toxins.

DAY 3 (Tuesday) Morning yoga sessions will take place every other morning. Begin personalized plant treatments and continue plant remedies Continue vapor baths to release physical and emotional toxins. Attend a workshop on mapacho and agua florida. Guided meditation in the evening before the ceremony.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #2

DAY 4 (Wednesday) Plant remedies continue.  Vapor baths continue. Attend a sharing circle to discuss ceremony and experiences to make further progress in healing. Take the powerful plant medicine Chiric Sanango to cleanse the nervous system. Individual treatments continue, if needed, in the afternoon.  

DAY 5 (Thursday) Morning yoga session. Plant remedies and vapor baths continue.  Personal treatments continue, if needed. Use an inhalant called Mucura to cleanse the sinus system. Take a guided plant walk around the property to learn about various plants and their uses. Enjoy clay baths and swimming in the river. Guided meditation before the ceremony.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #3

DAY 6 (Friday) Take the powerful plant medicine Ojé to cleanse the lower intenstine and purify the blood. Receive your last vapor bath. Attend a workshop on icaros, the Shipibo healing songs used in ceremonies, begin learning a Shipibo icaro and discuss healing prayers.

DAY 7 (Saturday) Plant remedies continue. Lecture on plant dietas and preparation. Create pledge statements for your dieta process. Cacao and Breathwork Ceremony. Practice the icaro learned in the previous workshop. Rest and relax into a harmonious state for the dieta.

DAY 8 (Sunday) Morning yoga session. Begin the dieta process in the afternoon with the drinking of the first dose of the dieta plant extraction. The dieta will be formally opened in the ceremony in the evening. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #4

DAY 9 (Monday) Fast for the next two days. Inward attention to connect with the plant spirit of the dieta. Take another dose of the plant extract in the morning and again in the evening. Noble silence is observed to enhance one’s inner awareness.

DAY 10 (Tuesday) The dieta fast continues in silence. Take the final doses of the plant dieta extract. Concentration on the connection to the dieta and plant spirit. Quiet contemplation and focused awareness. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #5

DAY 11 (Wedesday) The fasting ends, and a more strict diet than before begins. Sharing circle. Receive a plant bath for protection in the afternoon. The dieta continues in deeper contemplation. Attend an art workshop to expand creativity and expression. Practice the icaro.

DAY 12 (Thursday) Morning yoga session. Plant baths for protection continue. Attend another icaro workshop and discuss techniques for staying connected to nature and the plants. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #6

DAY 13 (Friday) Plant baths continue. Sharing circle. Attend a breathwork session to further release deep seated traumas and gain insights into the path forward in your personal healing process. Final icaro workshop.

DAY 14 (Saturday) Morning yoga session. Receive another plant bath in the afternoon. Prepare to open the ceremony as a group singing the icaro that you’ve learned. Guided meditation prior to the ceremony.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #7

DAY 15 (Sunday) Sharing circle. Take a hike into the jungle and learn about wild medicinal plants from your guide.. Receive another plant bath. Attend an important workshop on dieta integration and deepening connection to the plants.

DAY 16 (Monday) Morning yoga session. Receive a special plant bath called a Love Bath to attract positive energies. Attend a second workshop on integration and preparation for your return home. Evening meditation. Close the dieta in ceremony and receive an arkana of protection.
> AYAHUASCA CEREMONY #8

DAY 17 (Tuesday) Breathwork ceremony to expand into the healing. Final sharing circle. Receive love baths and spend time relaxing and enjoying your final day in the jungle. Take pictures with the maestro and each other and begin preparations to leave. Take a group swim or float down the river together. Fireside sing along that night.

DAY 18 (Wednesday) Final breakfast. Say goodbye to the Mishana community and board the boat to head back to Iquitos. Check back into the hotel at around 2pm – take showers, check emails, etc. Do some shopping for gifts and enjoy some free time in town.

DAY 19 (Thursday) Meet with the group at 9am for breakfast at the hotel. Receive your USB with the pictures taken during the retreat, the audio recordings of the ceremonies you attended, and other helpful materials. After breakfast, say goodbyes and prepare for your next journey…

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