Paraíso, Maynas, Peru
Up to 12 in group
29 Days Package (28 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.
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.
is now researching folk remedies. In Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, he lived with numerous shamans and gained extensive knowledge of medicinal herbs.
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 our clients' progress and aid the therapy team.
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.
Details of this retreat
You will be introduced to the vast universe of Amazonian medicinal plants in a month.
Don Gardel will accompany you as you search the jungle for plants while teaching you about their name, characteristics, and uses.
You'll learn how to prepare ayahuasca as well as how to use the different add-mixtures.
You'll discover how to prepare rapé the Brazilian way.
Your own Yopo will be made.
You will search for Kambo frogs and discover how to remove the poison from their skin.
The nearby tree will yield dragon blood for you.
You will discover the various bark and root tinctures produced in Peru.
At the conclusion, you will depart with your personal collection of medicines (ayahuasca little bootle, Kambo stick, sangre de drago, plants and bark).
You’ll be a kambo practitioner with all the basis for safely healing people.
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
