The Deep Journey Ayahuasca Retreat
Carretera San Roque de Cumbaza. jiron la Banda s/n, 16 km desde Tarapoto, Lamas, Peru
Up to 13 in group
July 15 - 22, 2024
Retreat Highlights
- 2 Ayahuasca Ceremonies
- Master Plants Diet (2 days)
- 3 Expansive Breathing sessions
- 3 Conscious Breathing sessions
- 1 Sound Healing session
- Trekking to Añakiwi ravine
- 1 Flowering Bath
- 1 Cacao Exfoliation
About this Retreat
Mauricio is a certified Breath Coach, under the programs of O2 Collective from Dan Brule, one of the pioneers breathworkers in Occident, the Life Awareness Project founded by Michael Bijker (Breath is Life and Breathwork Instructor Course) and The Whole Health Project (under the Yoga Alliance wing). He provides personal breathing sessions and also for companies. He is a meditation coach under the program from the Universidad del Alma de Colombia.
He founded Amaru Inner Growth Alliance as an extension of his personal quest to know himself, and with the intention of creating bonds between people and practices of well-being and inner growth.
During the retreat, he will be in charge of guiding you in deep sessions of Conscious Breathing, Expansive Breathing and meditation, with the purpose of establishing new bridges of connection with who you are and with your heart.
Javier Zavala is a psychologist has more than 30 years of experience leading Ayahuasca rituals. He is part of the ancestral and traditional lineage of ancient wisdom in the use of Ayahuasca as a Master Plant. He has acquired his knowledge from different teachers who have been watching over his evolution. Together, they have spent long periods preparing in the solitude of the mountains. Javier learned the dietary practices and received the secrets from the Master Plants to become an ayahuasquero. He is in charge of the rituals and Master Plants diet. Here is a small interview with him:
What was your first approach to medicine and master plants?
The first experiences I had when I was a kid were together with my grandmother, who used to work with tobacco and coca leaves. Everytime, when I got sick back then, she used plants to heal me. She was using the natural medicine from the Peruvian mountains. But, actually, my grandmother learned everything from her mother: she was a partera (a midwife) and helped people heal with plants. I can say that the elderly women from my family were the roots of what I do now.
So did you always have contact with medicine plants?
Not really, just from time to time, because my parents were not into them. Nevertheless, when I started to study Psychology, I began to travel a lot, especially to Ayacucho, where my grandmother and her mother were born. There I had contact with communities that still practice healing rituals through Master Plants, and my interest and attention of the indigenous cosmovision grew from there.
It was in Ayacucho where you had your first contact with Ayahuasca?
No, it was in Puerto Maldonado (Peruvian south rainforest), thanks to my sister. She is an anthropologist and in that time she was working with communities that used Ayahuasca. She asked me to go there to be part of a ritual, just as a spectator. I was 20 years old at the time and had many preconceived and misinformation about the plant. Even though it scared me a little, without taking the Ayahuasca, I felt something unique when I heard the Icaros (ritual chants use by the ayahuasqueros). It was like they were invited me to follow them. Then, from that moment on, I decided to drink Ayahuasca in the following ceremonies.
When you started to actively being part of Ayahuasca ceremonies, did you feel an instant connection with its teachings?
It was not until the third time that the portal opened. The first two times were merely physical purification. In that third time and afterwards it was when I reconnected with my grandmother: I saw her in a vision urging me to learn about the knowledge of the master plants to heal myself and others. Then, when I was 23 years old and after finishing University, I moved to Tarapoto to work in a center that was using Ayahuasca to rehabilitate drug abusers.
Was that a breaking point in your relationship with Ayahuasca?
Definitely, because it's in Tarapoto where I met the ayahuasquero Guillermo Jarama, who took me into a more profound journey with the plant to work in my inner being. During the rituals, I started to see and understand my unresolved fears and attachments, my resentments to people and other negatives programs. I knew and understood that Ayahuasca was taking care of me and purifying my spirit. It was teaching me to release. At one point, I felt Ayahuasca voice itself: in order to help others you have to heal your body and your energy, and then I will teach you.
So, in other words, you felt Ayahuasca called you to become an ayahuasquero.
Yes, and it wasn’t an easy path. I started with the diets on the mountain and every six months I looked out for elderly ayahuasqueros as masters, for them to guided me and have insights if this was really the direction that I must take in my life. It was on these diets where I became more intuitive and Ayahuasca was teaching me how to work with her and with other Master Plants. Nevertheless, one of the bigger issues to defeat was my fear to be responsible of other people and guide them on rituals. It is not an aspect to take lightly. It took me six years of preparation, diets and healing to decide to be an ayahuasquero, and to started to guide small groups people.
How will you define your approach to the work you do with the Ayahuasca?
It is true that each ayahuasquero has his own way to work with the plant. Despite working with people struggling with substance addictions for 8 years and focus on helping them to overcome their anguish, now I put my energy to help people to find their own way in life, to clarify their horizons as a individuals and to heal emotional problems.
Details of this retreat
The Deep Journey Ayahuasca retreat is intended to be a tool to awaken to a new level of awareness and understanding of oneself, and our place in the universe. It is also a bridge of personal healing to achieve greater clarity about the path that each one must take to unleash the full potential as a human being. This retreat involves the desire for personal fulfillment, going beyond the ego with which we have been programmed. We are all interconnected: if one heals, it helps heal the other.
Thus, under the principles with which Amaru Inner Growth Alliance was created, the retreat welcomes all beliefs that are based on love towards oneself, towards other living beings and nature. The Deep Journey retreat takes place at Chirapamanta lodge (which in the native Quechua language means “Land of the Rainbow”, located in San Pedro de Cumbaza, 30 minutes by car from the city of Tarapoto in the Peruvian high jungle.
It is not necessary to have previous experience in similar activities to be part of the retreat, but it is necessary to be aware of the importance and intensity that the use of Master Plants entails in personal growth. At Amaru Inner Growth Alliance, we have respect for the origin and ancestral use of these plants, in which Ayahuasca is included. Thus, we understand that it works as a link to help us leave negative mental programming and emotions such as guilt and fear, to open new doors to our subconscious, to unite with the timeless spirit of nature and, thus, establish a new coherence within ourselves, between the heart and our mind.
Therefore, the use that is given to Ayahuasca within the retreat responds to knowledge that has been used for centuries (if not millennia) and transmitted by ayahuasqueros (shamans) and cultures that knew the power of transcendence of the Master Plants for personal transformation. Again, Ayahuasca is a bridge for the healing and evolution of each person.
Likewise, conscious breathing practices pursue the same path of inner exploration: our breath is a very useful tool to connect with the unity of a higher force (which is within us), unblock trapped emotions and turn our gaze inward. And the same happens with the Sounds Circle, where the vibration acts on matter in a subtle and transformative way.
We invite you to join us in this adventure of rediscovering and releasing negative or outdated patterns. We invite you to start a Deep Journey into your own inner being.
This is a free mask retreat: it is mandatory to be vaccinated against Covid.
EMOTIONAL MINDSET AND PREPARATION
It is necessary to know that the retreat is designed for people who are in good health, and is not intended to replace any kind of treatment that they may be undergoing. Because it is a retreat of much inner contemplation and suspension from the daily routine, it is ideal to put yourself in the right mindset. That is, knowing that there will be a change in diet during the days of the retreat, and that it recommends not leaving Chirapamanta (except for emergencies and when the trip to Pishurayacu is made) to protect the purpose of solitude that the retreat requires, and for reasons of the pandemic.
Also, the Master Plant diet can sometimes be uncomfortable, as it can bring old negative patterns of the body and mind to consciousness. This is because it is a detoxification of the physical body, but also of the subtle body. Thus, it is recommended to be alone during the days that it lasts the retreat, and only share with the rest of the participants in group workshops or at times when experiences are shared.
Once the acceptance and registration in the retreat, it is necessary to start with the traditional diet that requires Ayahuasca, at least 7 days before arrival in Tarapoto. That is, try not to consume processed sugar (present in almost all the foods that one finds in the supermarket), do not eat animals, do not have do not consume alcohol (and any other drug) and avoid any type of medicine that is not natural. All these points are recommendations, for the sake of a more complete and profound experience. The cleaner the body and the energy, the less blockages to receive the teachings of the Master Plants, and connect more deeply with the practices.
We recommend eliminating any preconceived idea that you have about Ayahuasca and only inquire about it from guarantee sources, and not from the much lack of depth information that abounds on the Internet. Although there is currently more information on Master Plants, there is still much that is biased, with a stigmatized look and little research. Thus, we recommend a little literature for a better understanding of Ayahuasca, and other readings related to a change of consciousness.
HEALTH DISCLAIMER
All participants are responsible for their own health and the decisions they make regarding it. Each person travel and decide to take the Master Plants at their own risk. We do not recommend at all to stop taking pills or any medicine that you may be taking as part of another treatment. This retreat is made for people who are in optimal health, and it will be the shaman who will give the approval of acceptance for each person who wishes to attend
the retreat.
In addition, a confidential document must be filled out with information about your mental and physical health (will be send out separately), which will only be read by the shaman and the organizers. It is necessary to report if you are taking any medicine, since the drugs can interfere with the purpose of the Master Plants, except when contraindicated by the shaman. In addition, the questionnaire will also indicate what is the personal purpose of wanting to attend the retreat.
FOOD
From the arrival at Chirapamanta Lodge, all food (with local supplies) will be covered by us and prepared by Chirapamanta Lodge. Due to the nature of the retreat, the food will be vegan, healthy and delicious: there will be a specialized cheff in vegan food. In this way we ensure that the body is more open to receive the effect of the Master Plants. It is important to know that the food has been supervised by the shaman and will be served three times a day.
Thus, under the principles with which Amaru Inner Growth Alliance was created, the retreat welcomes all beliefs that are based on love towards oneself, towards other living beings and nature. The Deep Journey retreat takes place at Chirapamanta lodge (which in the native Quechua language means “Land of the Rainbow”, located in San Pedro de Cumbaza, 30 minutes by car from the city of Tarapoto in the Peruvian high jungle.
It is not necessary to have previous experience in similar activities to be part of the retreat, but it is necessary to be aware of the importance and intensity that the use of Master Plants entails in personal growth. At Amaru Inner Growth Alliance, we have respect for the origin and ancestral use of these plants, in which Ayahuasca is included. Thus, we understand that it works as a link to help us leave negative mental programming and emotions such as guilt and fear, to open new doors to our subconscious, to unite with the timeless spirit of nature and, thus, establish a new coherence within ourselves, between the heart and our mind.
Therefore, the use that is given to Ayahuasca within the retreat responds to knowledge that has been used for centuries (if not millennia) and transmitted by ayahuasqueros (shamans) and cultures that knew the power of transcendence of the Master Plants for personal transformation. Again, Ayahuasca is a bridge for the healing and evolution of each person.
Likewise, conscious breathing practices pursue the same path of inner exploration: our breath is a very useful tool to connect with the unity of a higher force (which is within us), unblock trapped emotions and turn our gaze inward. And the same happens with the Sounds Circle, where the vibration acts on matter in a subtle and transformative way.
We invite you to join us in this adventure of rediscovering and releasing negative or outdated patterns. We invite you to start a Deep Journey into your own inner being.
This is a free mask retreat: it is mandatory to be vaccinated against Covid.
EMOTIONAL MINDSET AND PREPARATION
It is necessary to know that the retreat is designed for people who are in good health, and is not intended to replace any kind of treatment that they may be undergoing. Because it is a retreat of much inner contemplation and suspension from the daily routine, it is ideal to put yourself in the right mindset. That is, knowing that there will be a change in diet during the days of the retreat, and that it recommends not leaving Chirapamanta (except for emergencies and when the trip to Pishurayacu is made) to protect the purpose of solitude that the retreat requires, and for reasons of the pandemic.
Also, the Master Plant diet can sometimes be uncomfortable, as it can bring old negative patterns of the body and mind to consciousness. This is because it is a detoxification of the physical body, but also of the subtle body. Thus, it is recommended to be alone during the days that it lasts the retreat, and only share with the rest of the participants in group workshops or at times when experiences are shared.
Once the acceptance and registration in the retreat, it is necessary to start with the traditional diet that requires Ayahuasca, at least 7 days before arrival in Tarapoto. That is, try not to consume processed sugar (present in almost all the foods that one finds in the supermarket), do not eat animals, do not have do not consume alcohol (and any other drug) and avoid any type of medicine that is not natural. All these points are recommendations, for the sake of a more complete and profound experience. The cleaner the body and the energy, the less blockages to receive the teachings of the Master Plants, and connect more deeply with the practices.
We recommend eliminating any preconceived idea that you have about Ayahuasca and only inquire about it from guarantee sources, and not from the much lack of depth information that abounds on the Internet. Although there is currently more information on Master Plants, there is still much that is biased, with a stigmatized look and little research. Thus, we recommend a little literature for a better understanding of Ayahuasca, and other readings related to a change of consciousness.
HEALTH DISCLAIMER
All participants are responsible for their own health and the decisions they make regarding it. Each person travel and decide to take the Master Plants at their own risk. We do not recommend at all to stop taking pills or any medicine that you may be taking as part of another treatment. This retreat is made for people who are in optimal health, and it will be the shaman who will give the approval of acceptance for each person who wishes to attend
the retreat.
In addition, a confidential document must be filled out with information about your mental and physical health (will be send out separately), which will only be read by the shaman and the organizers. It is necessary to report if you are taking any medicine, since the drugs can interfere with the purpose of the Master Plants, except when contraindicated by the shaman. In addition, the questionnaire will also indicate what is the personal purpose of wanting to attend the retreat.
FOOD
From the arrival at Chirapamanta Lodge, all food (with local supplies) will be covered by us and prepared by Chirapamanta Lodge. Due to the nature of the retreat, the food will be vegan, healthy and delicious: there will be a specialized cheff in vegan food. In this way we ensure that the body is more open to receive the effect of the Master Plants. It is important to know that the food has been supervised by the shaman and will be served three times a day.
Schedule
(This schedule is subject to changes according to the weather and arrival of all participants during Sunday and Monday)
Day 1
Arrival, check in, relax.
(Lunch, dinner & lodging available for an extra price)
Day 1 (Monday – February 6th)
8am: Breakfast available.
1pm: Lunch available.
5pm: Welcome meeting and opening of the Deeper Journey Retreat. 7pm: Dinner.
Day 2
7am: Conscious Breathing | Full Body Breathing and Activation. 9am: Meditation and Tobacco purge.
2pm: Lunch.
4pm: Flowering bath.
6pm: Expansive Breathing | Life Intention.
8pm: Dinner.
Day 3
(First day Diet Master Plants: Morning and Evening)
7:30am - 8am: Energetic smoothie and light breakfast.
8am – 12pm: Trekking Añakiwi ravine. | Active Breathing: Flowing Water. (Difficulty: beginner - intermediate).
1pm: Lunch.
4pm: Conscious Breathing | Pranava Pranayama | Use in Ayahuasca. 5:30 pm: Light Dinner.
8pm: First Ayahuasca Ceremony.
Day 4
(Second day Diet Master Plants: Morning and Evening)
8:30am: Conscious Breathing | Breath Flow | QiKung
10am: Breakfast
11am - 2pm: Post Ayahuasca individual orientation meeting (20min each person) . 2pm: Lunch.
5pm: Expansive Breathing | Flowing Energy.
6pm: Dinner.
8:00pm: Sound Healing Session.
Day 5
8am: Conscious breathing | Wim Hof Technique | Pranava Pranayama 9:30: Breakfast.
11am: Conscious Breathing | Inhale, Exhale, Connect.
1pm: Lunch.
4pm: Group Meditation | Compassion and Love for the Earth 5pm: Light dinner.
8pm: Second Ayahuasca Ceremony.
Day 6
8am – 10am: Breakfast available.
9am – 1pm: Post Ayahuasca Individual orientation meeting (20min each person). 1:00pm: Lunch.
3pm: Cacao Exfoliation.
6pm: Expansive breathing: Journey into the Heart.
7pm: Group Talk | Closing
8pm: Dinner.
Day 7
8am: Breakfast available. Check out and market.
Day 1
Arrival, check in, relax.
(Lunch, dinner & lodging available for an extra price)
Day 1 (Monday – February 6th)
8am: Breakfast available.
1pm: Lunch available.
5pm: Welcome meeting and opening of the Deeper Journey Retreat. 7pm: Dinner.
Day 2
7am: Conscious Breathing | Full Body Breathing and Activation. 9am: Meditation and Tobacco purge.
2pm: Lunch.
4pm: Flowering bath.
6pm: Expansive Breathing | Life Intention.
8pm: Dinner.
Day 3
(First day Diet Master Plants: Morning and Evening)
7:30am - 8am: Energetic smoothie and light breakfast.
8am – 12pm: Trekking Añakiwi ravine. | Active Breathing: Flowing Water. (Difficulty: beginner - intermediate).
1pm: Lunch.
4pm: Conscious Breathing | Pranava Pranayama | Use in Ayahuasca. 5:30 pm: Light Dinner.
8pm: First Ayahuasca Ceremony.
Day 4
(Second day Diet Master Plants: Morning and Evening)
8:30am: Conscious Breathing | Breath Flow | QiKung
10am: Breakfast
11am - 2pm: Post Ayahuasca individual orientation meeting (20min each person) . 2pm: Lunch.
5pm: Expansive Breathing | Flowing Energy.
6pm: Dinner.
8:00pm: Sound Healing Session.
Day 5
8am: Conscious breathing | Wim Hof Technique | Pranava Pranayama 9:30: Breakfast.
11am: Conscious Breathing | Inhale, Exhale, Connect.
1pm: Lunch.
4pm: Group Meditation | Compassion and Love for the Earth 5pm: Light dinner.
8pm: Second Ayahuasca Ceremony.
Day 6
8am – 10am: Breakfast available.
9am – 1pm: Post Ayahuasca Individual orientation meeting (20min each person). 1:00pm: Lunch.
3pm: Cacao Exfoliation.
6pm: Expansive breathing: Journey into the Heart.
7pm: Group Talk | Closing
8pm: Dinner.
Day 7
8am: Breakfast available. Check out and market.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Amaru Inner Growth Alliance, Carretera San Roque de Cumbaza. jiron la Banda s/n, 16 km desde Tarapoto, Lamas, Peru
Directions
First you have to fly to Lima, and then to Tarapoto. Don't worry, we will pick up at the Tarapoto airport.
Accommodation
The Deep Journey Ayahuasca Retreat has 3 kinds of bedrooms: a marvelous Private Suite (price per the whole room, up to two people), Single and Double Rooms located on the main house of the lodge and a Shared Room (up to 3 people). Be mindful of the following: to get to the Maloca and the shared room, is necessary to walk up on a path in the mountain (around 10 minutes in a slow pace), so there will be light exercise everyday.
Shared Room (price per person): 3 people maximum | Regular beds | Shared Bathrooms outside the room (3 showers, 2 stalls) | Located on the upper side of the lodge, next to the Maloca (main room for the sessions), 10 minutes walking up on a path.
Double Room (price per person): Regular bed | Balcony | Private bathroom | Located on the main house of the lodge | One of them available on second floor with private balcony | Two double rooms have one bed on the bottom and the other on the second level of the room. Two double rooms with twin beds.
Private Suite (price per the whole room): Single or couple | Private balcony | King Size bed or double | Most private room of the lodge.
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
Chirapamanta Lodge is eco-friendly and, as part of its permaculture-based philosophy, all toilets are dry. That is, they do not use water, but sawdust and are subsequently handled for transformation into compost. Chirapamanta Lodge is located in San Roque de Cumbaza, 30 minutes by car from the city of Tarapoto, in the upper part of the Cumbaza River and in the buffer zone of the Cordillera Escalera Regional Conservation Area, so the lodge is surrounded by pure nature.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Delicious vegan and vegetarian food made with local products and a specialized chef.
What's Included
- 6 nights in Chirapamanta with healthy food
- Pick up and drop off from Tarapoto airport
- 1 Tobacco purge
- 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
- Diet with Master Plants (2 days)
- 3 Expansive breathing sessions
- 1 Healing Sounds Circle
- 4 Conscious Breathing and Meditation
- 1 Flowering bath
- 1 Cacao Exfoliation
- 1 Trekking to Añakiwi ravine
- 2 Personal orientation after each ceremony
- Contact with nature
What's Not Included
- Flight tickets to destination.
- Travel insurance.
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