7 Day Ceremonial cacao retreat in the Peruvian Amazon
Tarapoto, Peru
Up to 10 in group
June 8 - 14, 2024
Retreat Highlights
- A spiritual journey to the origin of cacao
- Visit our cacao farm and create your own cacao from pods-paste
- Connect with our cacao farmers and learn about different types of cacao
- Learn directly from ancestral wisdom keepers of cacao
- Stay in a jungle paradise retreat deep in the heart of the Amazon
- Learn the cosmovision of cacao from the indigenous people
- Be initiated as a cacao facilitator
- Dance, play, explore & connect with cacao
- Meet the local tribes and communities
- Integrate ancestral cacao wisdom into modern day neuroscience
About this Retreat
Olmeca descendant and cacao ceremonial initiator. Veronica is an initiated fire ceremonialist and medicine woman taught by Mayan elders. She is also a culture ambassador of Cacao in Tabasco Mexico. She will be educating and initiating you to the art of ceremony with cacao.
Native Peruvian of Andean descent an industrial engineer and ancestral educator of traditional Peruvian medicinal plants. She has a passion to bring the sacred plant knowledge of her people to the world and promoting respect and acknowledgement to the indigenous farmers and communities that produce them. Sally will share ancient wisdom, tools used in cacao ceremonies and ways to incorporate cacao into your daily life.
The lead farmer at our Uturunku cacao farm. 15 years working with cacao in production. Aturo will share his wisdom and knowledge of artisanal ceremonial cacao production. Showing you around the farm and teaching you to become a ceremonial cacao farmer for a day.
(New Zealand - PhD) - Corin is a bio-medical researcher who studies the neurochemistry of cacao and the bioactive components contained within it. His expertise is to create and apply therapeutic profiles to cacao for use in different health applications. He will be educating on the use of cacao in enhancing neuroplasticity and spiritual development.
A Peruvian educator of Andean and Amazonia cosmovision and ancestral knowledge. Pamela has a family lineage of Chankan-Andean ancestors and wants to share the sacred traditions surrounding Peruvian master plants and inspire people to create a healing connection with them, connect to their roots, and give love and respect to Pachamama – the provider of all medicine. Pamela will be teaching you the principals of Andean and Amazonian cosmovision and how to apply them to your practice with cacao. Pamela is also a Yoga instructor and will be facilitating daily integrative yoga workshops at the retreat.
Details of this retreat
Join us as we take you back to where ceremonial cacao began its journey 5000+ years ago in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon. An 7-day immersive, life-changing experience that will initiate you as a cacao facilitator and truly deepen your connection. Small group immersions of up to only 10 people so you can truly connect with cacao and each other.
• A spiritual journey to the origin of cacao
• Visit our Uturunku cacao farm and create your own cacao from pods-paste
• Connect with our cacao farmers and learn about different types of cacao
• Hear the stories directly from the ancestral wisdom keepers of cacao
• Stay in a jungle paradise retreat deep in the heart of the Amazon
• Learn the cosmovision of cacao and its application to modern life
• Deepen your connection with cacao and learn how to awaken and transform with it
• Dance, play, explore & connect with cacao
• Be initiated as a cacao facilitator
• Understand the integration of cacao into modern neuroscience
ARE YOU FEELING THE CALL OF CACAO?
The ancient tribes of Peru have used cacao in ceremony for over 7500 years, dating back to the Chinchipe temple of Monte Grande and beyond. In this life changing experience we will take you on a spiritual and cultural journey to the authentic beginnings of cacao in ceremony.
Learn the indigenous ancestral knowledge taught by indigenous teachers from Peru and Mexico with reverence and respect for their cultures. Understand the true meaning of cacao, work with us to transverse the worlds of cacao cosmovision and finish with a spiritual re-birthing and new direction for the future.
Connection to the source - learn the traditional uses of cacao, the origin, the tools, the processes, environment, temples, tribes, farmers and communities behind it. Each block has a direct story, history, tradition and face behind it. Meet the makers and learn their art to walk in their shoes as makers of true authentic ceremonial cacao.
A focus of health and wellness - We blend ancient knowledge with modern scientific bio-medical research. Understand the how's and why's behind cacao and the amazing ways it works in our body. Learn first hand from biomedical researchers working with cacao to fuse the ancient and the modern so you can incorporate cacao into your daily practices. Applying cacao into modern day neuroscience so you can enhance your own mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
• A spiritual journey to the origin of cacao
• Visit our Uturunku cacao farm and create your own cacao from pods-paste
• Connect with our cacao farmers and learn about different types of cacao
• Hear the stories directly from the ancestral wisdom keepers of cacao
• Stay in a jungle paradise retreat deep in the heart of the Amazon
• Learn the cosmovision of cacao and its application to modern life
• Deepen your connection with cacao and learn how to awaken and transform with it
• Dance, play, explore & connect with cacao
• Be initiated as a cacao facilitator
• Understand the integration of cacao into modern neuroscience
ARE YOU FEELING THE CALL OF CACAO?
The ancient tribes of Peru have used cacao in ceremony for over 7500 years, dating back to the Chinchipe temple of Monte Grande and beyond. In this life changing experience we will take you on a spiritual and cultural journey to the authentic beginnings of cacao in ceremony.
Learn the indigenous ancestral knowledge taught by indigenous teachers from Peru and Mexico with reverence and respect for their cultures. Understand the true meaning of cacao, work with us to transverse the worlds of cacao cosmovision and finish with a spiritual re-birthing and new direction for the future.
Connection to the source - learn the traditional uses of cacao, the origin, the tools, the processes, environment, temples, tribes, farmers and communities behind it. Each block has a direct story, history, tradition and face behind it. Meet the makers and learn their art to walk in their shoes as makers of true authentic ceremonial cacao.
A focus of health and wellness - We blend ancient knowledge with modern scientific bio-medical research. Understand the how's and why's behind cacao and the amazing ways it works in our body. Learn first hand from biomedical researchers working with cacao to fuse the ancient and the modern so you can incorporate cacao into your daily practices. Applying cacao into modern day neuroscience so you can enhance your own mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
Schedule
Day 1 - Connection with cacao
- We travel deep into the jungle to our Uturunku cacao farm.
- Meet our farmers and tour our farm.
- Learn about the local plants and animals.
- Join our agricultural cacao ceremony as we bless our soil and trees in community.
- A night walk into the Amazon with our guide.
- Bonfire and cacao circle in the jungle to celebrate Pachamama.
- Camping in the jungle.
Day 2 - Be a cacao farmer
- Harvest your own cacao pods and try different types of fresh cacao fruit.
- Learn different techniques to open the pods.
- Take your cacao harvest into fermentation and then learn the drying techniques.
- Try some traditional Amazonian food
- Connect with the community and families
- Return to Tarapoto retreat centre.
Day 3 - Explore the traditions of cacao
- Morning yoga with cacao.
- Making pozol and traditional cacao drinks.
- Selecting and roasting ceremonial beans.
- Combining cacao with corn and crafting gorditas.
- Using the molinillo and metate in cacao preparation.
Day 4 - Cosmovision and cleansing
- Morning yoga with cacao.
- Cacao body scrub and cleansing in the river.
- Face and body painting with cacao and achiote.
- Preparing cacao husk tea.
- Andean and Amazonian cosmovision workshop
- Fire pit and cacao ceremony
Day 5 - Ceremonial initiation
- Cacao ceremony initiation with Veronika.
- Creating a ceremonial alter.
- Energetics of cacao.
- Holding space with cacao.
- Energetic protection and projection.
- Learning to listen to cacao and deepening your connection.
- Cacao ceremony and native sound bath.
Day 6 - Integration and neuroscience of cacao
- Morning yoga and cacao
- Neuroscience of cacao workshop.
- Neuroplasticity and re-birthing with cacao.
- Applying ancient cosmovision into our modern world
- Dancing, games and a cacao fiesta
Day 8 - Graduation and affirmations
- Reflective time.
- Affirmations and future direction.
- Closing ceremony.
- Celebration and river plunge.
- Return to Tarapoto
- We travel deep into the jungle to our Uturunku cacao farm.
- Meet our farmers and tour our farm.
- Learn about the local plants and animals.
- Join our agricultural cacao ceremony as we bless our soil and trees in community.
- A night walk into the Amazon with our guide.
- Bonfire and cacao circle in the jungle to celebrate Pachamama.
- Camping in the jungle.
Day 2 - Be a cacao farmer
- Harvest your own cacao pods and try different types of fresh cacao fruit.
- Learn different techniques to open the pods.
- Take your cacao harvest into fermentation and then learn the drying techniques.
- Try some traditional Amazonian food
- Connect with the community and families
- Return to Tarapoto retreat centre.
Day 3 - Explore the traditions of cacao
- Morning yoga with cacao.
- Making pozol and traditional cacao drinks.
- Selecting and roasting ceremonial beans.
- Combining cacao with corn and crafting gorditas.
- Using the molinillo and metate in cacao preparation.
Day 4 - Cosmovision and cleansing
- Morning yoga with cacao.
- Cacao body scrub and cleansing in the river.
- Face and body painting with cacao and achiote.
- Preparing cacao husk tea.
- Andean and Amazonian cosmovision workshop
- Fire pit and cacao ceremony
Day 5 - Ceremonial initiation
- Cacao ceremony initiation with Veronika.
- Creating a ceremonial alter.
- Energetics of cacao.
- Holding space with cacao.
- Energetic protection and projection.
- Learning to listen to cacao and deepening your connection.
- Cacao ceremony and native sound bath.
Day 6 - Integration and neuroscience of cacao
- Morning yoga and cacao
- Neuroscience of cacao workshop.
- Neuroplasticity and re-birthing with cacao.
- Applying ancient cosmovision into our modern world
- Dancing, games and a cacao fiesta
Day 8 - Graduation and affirmations
- Reflective time.
- Affirmations and future direction.
- Closing ceremony.
- Celebration and river plunge.
- Return to Tarapoto
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Seleno Health - Ceremonial cacao, Tarapoto, Peru
Directions
We can arrange collection from Tarapoto airport. Airlines that service Tarapoto from Lima - Star Peru, Jet Smart and Sky airlines.
Multiple airlines service Lima Peru including but not limited to:
Interjet (4O)
American Airlines (AA)
Air Canada (AC)
Aeromexico (AM)
Avianca (AV)
JetBlue Airways (B6)
Copa Airlines (CM)
Delta Air Lines (DL)
LATAM Airlines Group SA (LA)
Spirit Airlines (NK)
United Airlines (UA)
KLM (KL)
Air France (AF)
British Airways (BA)
Iberia (IB)
Gol Transportes Aéreos (G3)
Air Europa (UX)
Aerolineas Argentinas (AR)
Sky Airline (H2)
Avior Airlines (9V)
Multiple airlines service Lima Peru including but not limited to:
Interjet (4O)
American Airlines (AA)
Air Canada (AC)
Aeromexico (AM)
Avianca (AV)
JetBlue Airways (B6)
Copa Airlines (CM)
Delta Air Lines (DL)
LATAM Airlines Group SA (LA)
Spirit Airlines (NK)
United Airlines (UA)
KLM (KL)
Air France (AF)
British Airways (BA)
Iberia (IB)
Gol Transportes Aéreos (G3)
Air Europa (UX)
Aerolineas Argentinas (AR)
Sky Airline (H2)
Avior Airlines (9V)
Accommodation
Rooms are double share (2 single beds). Or alternatively a couple can book both double share and we can arrange a double bed private room.
Twin share room - private ensuite
Twin share room - private ensuite
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
The centre is an immersive jungle experience with open yoga studio, spaces rooms, chill out zones, a beautiful tropical river and bathing area.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
All plant based, healthy delicious local ingredients. We can cater to any dietary requirements.
What's Included
- Specialized workshops
- Transportation during the retreat
- Accommodation
- all meals and drinks
- Translator and guide
- camping beds, bedding and tents for the night on the farm
What's Not Included
- Airport transfer
- Flights costs
- Travel insurance
- Visa fee
- Additional activities not included in the itinerary
