Paraíso, Maynas, Peru
Up to 12 in group
43 Days Package (42 nights)
About this Retreat
Don Gardel is from a family of curanderos: his grandfather was one, and his two brothers are shamans as well.
He learned ayahuasca from a Shipibo woman (la maestra Alicia) deep down on the river Momon. Now it’s 40 years that Don Gardel has been practicing this medicine.
When he was a young man, he had the chance to go to work near Brasil where the Matses people live. There he learned to use kambo. This in combination with his experience and studies as a nurse make of Gardel one of the most famous Kambo healer of Iquitos.
Now in the center he combines all the ancestral medicinese available: mambè, rapè, yopo etc.
The term "Maestra" (which in this context refers to the teacher) is used to refer to Alicia, who was once Gardel's teacher. Her grandfather was a "tabacchero," a type of curandero who specialized in using tobacco for medical purposes. She was initiated when she was quite young, but it was a major crisis, a traditional spiritual awakening, a death that gave her a new lease on life that ultimately inspired her to become a healer.
She has a lot of allies from her years of long-term dieting and extensive knowledge with plant-based therapies. People from the neighbouring villages travel to her for traditional treatments.
She is a strong, yet tender woman who acts as a big mama to all of the patients.
Research in the biomedical field is Fabrizio Beverina's background. His expertise was in emotional computing and brain-computer interaction.
He fled the scientific community to study meditation in Asia. He spent 12 years in China before traveling to study with Tibetan Buddhist monks in Tibet and India.
he is now researching ancestral remedies. In Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, he lived with numerous shamans and gained extensive knowledge of medicinal plants.
He co-founded Paojilhuasca with don Gardel, where he also teaches meditation and participates in the manufacturing of various drugs.
He just created a psychological test to track the clients' progress and aid the therapy team.
Daniel and Rodriguez are two shipibo brothers from Pucallpa.
They come from a traditional shaman family.
Daniel was for few year a policeman, then he received the call from ayahuasca and joined his brother in his mission.
They come to the center once or twice a month.
Their ceremonies are very powerful because the power of the icaros that has been passed on and charged with good intentions for generations.
They are young shamans, they know a little bit a bout meditations and other spiritual practices like yoga.
Details of this retreat
During the first ayahuasca ceremony you will find out your plant to diet.
From the following day, you’ll start your day at 5 a.m. drinking your plant.
Twice a week you’ll have an ayahuasca ceremony, where your plant will be added to the brew.
According to your feelings we can change to other plants. Usually beginner’s plants to diet are: ajo sacha, mucura, achiote, guayusa, chuchuhuasi, clavo huasca.
After one month, you can dare to approach more powerful plants like chiric sanango, ayahuma, toe’.
A mambe’ ceremony is set at the beginning to help to clarify intentions.
For people who really is looking for a deeper connection with the plants we have two huts isolated in the jungle at 5 minutes walking for the principal camp. Isolation in nature is the best way to connect with the spirits of the plant.
Social contact and distractions doesn’t help the inner work that a person is suppose to do during a diet
During the diet you’ll not have any salt, sugar, coffee, pork meat, fat food, and sex.
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
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Verified
A preparation course valued at $109 is included with the retreat at no extra cost
